Tournament favourite Algeria avoided an unpleasant surprise at the African Cup of Nations on Monday, while four-time champion Ghana did not.
Senegal’s Prime Minister Aminata Toure has been sacked after she did not win a local election in Grand Yoff.
Over 5.3-million people are expected to vote in elections seen as a key test for Macky Sall and his party, which control only a few local communities.
Côte d’Ivoire has joined Nigeria as the first African teams to reach next year’s World Cup finals.
Senegalese patients with advanced cancer have been suffering with severe pain due to morphine shortages. Human Rights Watch investigates why.
Justice Minister Sidiki Kaba has ruled out legalising homosexuality in Senegal despite being a former leading activist for gay rights, say reports.
In Sedhiou, southern Senegal, Papiss Cissé is very much the local hero.
Thousands of revellers in Dakar have welcomed US President Barack Obama, who aims to focus on the modern-day achievements of the former French colony.
A Senegalese activist blames poverty and underdevelopment for Africa’s instability.
The son of former Senegal president Abdoulaye Wade has been asked to explain why he has assets allegedly worth over $1-billion, say judicial sources.
Senegal’s President Macky Sall kicked out his foreign and interior ministers in a major government reshuffle on Monday.
Senegal have been disqualified from the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after crowd trouble forced their qualifier with Cote d’Ivoire to be abandoned.
A decade after the worst maritime disaster in recent history, relatives of those killed when a Senegalese ship sank in the Atlantic wait for justice.
Africa’s young people suffer from political apathy, but a group in Senegal bucks the trend. Nicole Beardsworth reports.
Defender Morgan Gould says Bafana Bafana will not take Senegal lightly in their quest for a much-needed win in their international friendly.
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/ 26 January 2012
Rank outsiders Equatorial Guinea have reached the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals and eliminated Senegal with a shock 2-1 triumph.