DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s former President Abdoulaye Wade has called for a boycott of the West African nation’s Feb. 24 elections, accusing the current president of locking down the vote. Wade returned to Dakar…
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Kadiatou Balde grew up in a Senegalese village with the tradition of female genital mutilation. She never had a choice, but now as a community elder she is helping to banish…
NGAPAROU, Senegal (AP) — In the quiet hours before lunch, two women worked side by side in an airy kitchen. One, a chef, cleaned fresh red snapper filets with a sharp knife. The other, a…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Museum of Black Civilizations in Senegal opened this month amid a global conversation about the ownership and legacy of African art. The West African nation’s culture minister isn’t shy: He…
DAKAR, Senegal — German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Senegal late Wednesday on a three-nation West African visit focusing on economic development and migration. Merkel is meeting with the presidents of Senegal, Ghana and then…
Air traffic controllers at Senegal’s new international airport have gone on strike just days after the facility opened. Flights to and from Dakar’s Blaise Diagne International Airport were canceled Friday after controllers announced they would…
An airlift is under way to repatriate some 15,000 African migrants, who are being held in abusive detention conditions in Libya. The International Organization for Migration says it expects to complete the operation before the…
The President of Senegal, Mr. Macky Sall has called on ECOWAS member states to facilitate the repatriation of its citizens being trafficked in Libya. Mr. Sall made the call at the 2017 Second Ordinary Session…
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s foreign minister said on Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Libya over a report that black African migrants were being auctioned as slaves there. The decision by the West…
DAKAR — Senegal’s presidency is getting into the fact-checking business. “Fake news is flourishing. It is something people cannot control and that can end up affecting politics, society and the way people behave,” says the…