The Latest Breaking News from Senegal

Sadio Mane responds to message from Jurgen Klopp amid Liverpool struggles

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have picked up just two Premier League points since Senegal international Sadio Mane completed a summer transfer to German giants Bayern Munich

Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022

France's Macron visits Algeria in bid to mend ties

French President Emmanuel Macron has kicked off a three-day visit to Algeria with economic ties on the agenda, as well as a bid to reset often tense relations between Paris and Algiers. Also in this edition: Angola's ruling party edges closer to an election win after the tightest presidential race…

France 24 · Aug 25, 2022

TikTok star Khaby Lame granted Italian citizenship after moving to country from Senegal as an infant

Lame is best known for his droll and completely wordless reactions to TikTok ‘life hacks’

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2022

'No one can stop them': African migrants aim for Spain's Canary Islands

Standing in a cemetery of abandoned boats, Mohamed Fane picks a West African franc off the floor and shudders at the traumatic memory of his voyage from Senegal to the Canary Islands.

Reuters · Aug 11, 2022

Idrissa Gueye sends Everton transfer signal after Amadou Onana deal confirmed

The Senegal midfielder looks set for a return to Merseyside three years after leaving for £30million

Liverpool Echo · Aug 10, 2022

Exclusive-Rotavirus childhood vaccine shortage hits four African countries

Supplies of a vaccine to prevent the deadly rotavirus infection in children have either run out in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Cameroon or are close to doing so, officials close to the roll-out told Reuters, after disruptions at drugmaker GSK.

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

‘It’s never enough’: the Senegal goldminers surviving from one nugget to the next

Thousands are lured to the Kédougou region by dreams of riches hidden underground. Fortunes rarely materialise, but still the pickaxes fall, night and day

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022

Historic peace deal signed with separatists in Senegal's Casamance region

After three years of talks, a peace deal has been signed between separatists and the central government in Senegal's southern Casamance region. It's hoped the agreement could bring an end to one of the longest-running conflicts on the continent, in which thousands of people have been killed and displaced since…

France 24 · Aug 5, 2022

Flooding kills at least one in Senegal's capital

At least one person was killed and one severely wounded after torrential rain caused intense flooding in Senegal's capital, Dakar, on Friday, a police officer said.

Reuters · Aug 5, 2022

Setback for Sall as Senegal president's allies lose absolute majority

Senegalese President Macky Sall's coalition has lost its absolute majority in parliament by a single seat, despite finishing first by a narrow margin in last Sunday's polls, according to provisional results published on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 5, 2022