Dakar, Senegal News

Though a few days old, this is an inspirational development. After experiencing intimidation and threats from members of the country's government, news outlets in the West African nation of Senegal have banded ...

'My guide whispered to me: If we get caught, we're both in jail' Interview by Leo Benedictus The Guardian , Thursday August 28 2008 This rock is perched on a cliff, behind which is a sheer drop of 500-600ft. I ...

Trinity Lutheran Church invites the community to join them in welcoming Peter Grow-Hanson, missionary in Senegal, West Africa, on Sunday.

Seneblog writes [Fr]: "While athletes from all over the world are vying to break world records in Beijing, the students at Cheikh Anta Diop University are trying to break the record in stone-throwing." # Al ...

After recent attacks on newspaper offices in Senegal and ongoing detentions of journalists in Gambia, international attention is yet again being focused on the state of journalism in West Africa.

D AYS after raising doubts to try former Chadian President Hissen Habre for murder and rights abuse, Senegal, again, has indicated it would continue with its plans to try the ousted leader, even though he was ...

Senegalese mobile operator Orange Senegal has begun tests of high speed downlink packet access services in Dakar, reports Telecompaper.

DAKAR, Senegal : Imagine living with a 50 percent chance of being enslaved or threatened with death by an armed group.

Eritrean and Libyan foreign ministers discussed today the ongoing preparations to hold a meeting of a contact group charged with the implementation of Dakar Agreement signed last March between Chad and Chad.

Western media coverage of Africa focuses primarily on disease, starvation and war and African leaders making strides to advance their countries with ambitious economic initiatives, medical advancements and ...

Former President Clinton said Aug. 3 that keeping HIV-infected children in the developing world well-fed amid the pressures of skyrocketing global food and fuel prices will be crucial to fending off the deadly ...

Twenty states from West and Central Africa have agreed to establish a coastguard network to protect shipping in the sub-region. The adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding was made at the 13th General ...

Food is getting harder to find in West African cities as prices skyrocket and people hoard supplies waiting for the best selling price.

I spent part of the summer of 2006 in Senegal, the western most country in Africa.

DAKAR, 8 August 2008 - Up to 2.1 million Senegalese are facing food insecurity linked to high food prices and a poor 2007 harvest, according to an inter-ministerial government assessment.

International leaders, heads of states and human rights lobbyists have condemned the military ouster of Mauritania's President Sidi Mohamed ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and Prime Minister Yahya ould Ahmed Waghf on 6 ...

For almost a decade, Dakar residents, pressurised by the continuously rising cost of rent have been saying: "We have reached the ultimate limit; it cannot reasonably go any higher". Year after year, the ...

At the conclusion of a four-nation tour of Africa on Sunday, former President Clinton discussed progress in HIV treatment access and costs, the role of nutrition among HIV-positive children and other issues, ...

DAKAR, Senegal - Greenpeace called on the world's electronics companies Tuesday to eliminate hazardous chemicals from their products, saying toxic waste from wealthy nations' gadgets ends up being dumped in ...

Dakar's suburban communities still deal with irregular access to water. The problem is especially pressing for neighborhoods such as Yeumbeul, Diamaguene et Camberene.