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Since 1978, presidential elections have always taken place in Senegal in February. This Sunday was the first time that this tradition was not observed. However, voters didn't want to stay home. Instead they took part in symbolic voting by turning up at their polling stations.

French President Emmanuel Macron is on Monday hosting an international conference in support of Ukraine as Russia's invasion enters its third year.

West Africa's regional bloc Ecowas on Saturday said it was lifting some of the sanctions imposed on Niger after last year's military coup.

As Turkey's rapprochement with the United States gathers pace, the future of Turkish-purchased Russian S-400 missiles is increasingly in question. The missile deal is a potent symbol of Ankara's close ties with Moscow, but Washington is offering to sell Turkey its advanced F35 military jet for the removal of the…

Dahomey, a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe's return of looted antiquities to Africa, won the Berlin Film Festival's top prize Saturday.

France's Eiffel Tower that had been closed for six days by a strike will reopen Sunday after the monument's management announced a deal had been struck with unions.

Several hundred people demonstrated in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Saturday calling on President Macky Sall to set a date to elect his successor before his term ends on 2 April. Meanwhile, researchers, teachers, economists and analysts have been gathering to try and break the political stalemate.

While French farming unions are glad their flocks be better protected from wolves thanks to changes to the government’s five-year management plan for the wild animals, environmental groups are angry.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin early Saturday not to "count on any fatigue from Europeans" over the war in Ukraine, pledging that France's support for Kyiv "will not waver". This comes amid Europe-wide rallies and protests marking the second anniversary of Russia's invasion.