Senegal
200 Senegalese soldiers contract virus: official
The Senegalese troops were part of a West African force first deployed in January 2017. They were there to assure a smooth transition of power after outgoing...
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200 killed in floods across Africa
Aid needs are likely to surpass 2019 levels, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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'Home back home': Rapper Akon plans $6bn city in Senegal homeland
The R&B star, boasting two multi-platinum albums, told a news conference he had laid the first stone for the city in the Atlantic Ocean village of Mbodiene around 100 kilometres south of the Senegalese capital Dakar.
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Senegal to lift curfew, allow international flights
In a televised speech, Sall pointed to the economic fallout of the pandemic, saying that growth in the impoverished country would slow "from to 6.8% to 1.1% or even less".
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Senegal president self-quarantines after contact with COVID-19 case
The measure is precautionary as an initial COVID-19 test of President Macky Sall has come back negative.
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Senegal to ease virus curfew after angry protests
More than 70 people were arrested on Wednesday after demonstrations, focused on the curfew, broke out in several cities.
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Senegal delays school reopenings after fresh virus cases
Students in the last three years of high school had been scheduled to return on Tuesday but in the middle of the night, the education ministry announced the much-awaited move was being delayed 'until a later date'.
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Senegal postpones school restart after teachers test positive for COVID-19
Schools were scheduled to gradually resume on Tuesday, after weeks of shutdown due to the pandemic. Senegal has recorded 3,739 positive COVID-19 cases since the start of the outbreak, with 43 deaths.
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Senegal president eases virus lockdown
Mosques will be reopened for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan, and churches will also be allowed to accept worshippers.
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Senegal launches huge aid scheme amid pandemic
Senegal has shut its borders, banned travel between cities, and imposed a strict dusk-to-dawn curfew in a bid to curb the contagion, also mandating mask-wearing in government and commercial sites.
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Senegal says hydroxychloroquine virus treatment is promising
Both chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are drugs ordinarily used to treat malaria, but early small-scale studies suggest they reduce virus levels among people badly infected by COVID-19.
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Senegal prepares to offer food aid to millions
The government plans to purchase tonnes of rice, pasta, sugar and cooking oil in order to help some of the country's poorest, according to a public tender published in local newspapers.
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Senegal confirms first coronavirus case - health ministry
The rapid spread of the new coronavirus has increased fears of a pandemic, prompting governments to step up control measures and sending global financial markets into a dive.
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Senegal confirms first coronavirus case
It is the second confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria, where an Italian national returned with the virus.
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Senegal pushes for AU role in tackling Libya confict
"The whole African continent is worried about the consequences of what is happening in Libya," he said during a press conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Senegalese capital Dakar.
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Ethiopian Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Dakar, no casualties
The airline confirmed on Twitter that its Boeing 767 aircraft had to land unexpectedly at Senegal’s Blaise Diagne International Airport near the capital Dakar because of 'a technical problem'.
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Ramaphosa receives report from special envoys following xenophobic attacks
The delegation visited countries including Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal to offer President Cyril Ramaphosa’s apologies and to explain what happened.
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Tourist boat capsizes in Senegal, killing four
The death toll could rise as three passengers were said to be missing after the accident.
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West Africa wealth inequalities reaching extreme levels: report
A report by Oxfam and Development Finance International shows that the wealthiest 1% of West Africans own more than everyone else in the region combined.
