Troubled West African states test fractured regional bloc
Abuja – West African foreign ministers hold emergency talks on Thursday confronted by a major political crisis in Senegal... Read more
8 Feb
LOOK | Sadio Mane’s secret wedding to 19-year-old beauty
Cape Town – Former Liverpool striker, Sadio Mane, 31, recently tied the knot with his girlfriend in a discreet... Read more
12 Jan
Opposition leader detained as Senegal tensions rise
Dakar – Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko was forcibly removed from his vehicle by security forces on Thursday after... Read more
17 Feb, 2023
Senegal probes suspected fraud in huge Covid fund
Dakar – Prosecutors on Monday said they had ordered a probe into suspected corruption and abuse of office in... Read more
7 Feb, 2023
Boom times for francophone Africa’s TV and film industry
Dakar – Standing in a barren schoolyard surrounded by baobab trees at the end of a dusty road in... Read more
1 Feb, 2023
Senegal seizes cocaine off coast of Dakar
Dakar – A Senegalese naval patrol boat seized 800 kilograms (1 763 pounds) of cocaine aboard a vessel 335... Read more
25 Jan, 2023
Senegal, Ivory Coast win to reach CHAN quarter-finals
Algiers – A successful night for west Africa saw regional powerhouses Senegal and the Ivory Coast qualify for the... Read more
23 Jan, 2023
US, Africa histories ‘intimately connected’ by slavery, says Janet Yellen
Dakar – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday the histories of the United States and Africa were “intimately... Read more
22 Jan, 2023
Yellen contrasts US-Africa relations with China, Russia on Senegal visit
Dakar – US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday touted the fruits of a new “mutually beneficial” economic strategy... Read more
21 Jan, 2023
Senegal’s Ousmane Sonko to run for president despite rape trial
Dakar – Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko vowed on Thursday he would run for president next year despite facing... Read more
21 Jan, 2023
