The winner will be tasked with steering Senegal, viewed as a beacon of democracy in coup-hit West Africa, out of its recent troubles and managing reve...

Kagame, 66, has been President since 2000 although he has effectively been in control since his rebel force marched into Kigali in 1994 to end a genoc...

The amnesty is part of President Macky Sall's response to turmoil sparked by his last-minute postponement of the presidential election, originally sch...

Senegal is grappling with its worst political crisis in decades after Sall's last-minute deferral of the February 25, 2024 election.

President Macky Sall says he intends to respect the Constitutional Council's ruling and will "carry out the consultations necessary to organise the pr...

Even before the West African nation had fully emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, it was rocked by violent riots in March 2021 triggered by the arrest...

A heavy police presence was seen around the area where the demonstration was due to take place.

Elymane Haby Kane, one of the organisers of the march, told AFP he had received an official letter from local authorities in the capital Dakar that th...

The death of the student in Saint-Louis was confirmed to AFP by a local hospital source speaking on condition of anonymity and an official at the univ...

The teenager "took a projectile to the head and died of his injuries in intensive care" on Saturday evening, a hospital source said.

A newly formed collective –- comprising some 40 civil, religious, and professional groups –- outlined a series of upcoming actions including a protest...

Opposition leaders have used the term "constitutional coup" to describe the current situation, which they say is an assault on democracy.