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Africa Cup of Nations | Sadio Mane’s finest victory: The ball wizard who chose peace

January 19, 2026 4:59 pm

Sadio Mane has scored spectacular goals, yet his legacy would be that he was the symbol of peace and calm on one of football’s wildest nights.

Senegal's head coach Pape Thiaw, left, Morocco's head coach Walid Regragui, right, and Morocco's Achraf Hakimi argue after a controversial penalty was awarded in the AFCON final. (AP Photo)

'I apologise to football', Senegal coach Pape Thiaw issues apology after AFCON final fiasco

January 19, 2026 1:50 pm

Senegal was protesting a disallowed goal on the other side, while referee Jean-Jacques Ndala’s decided to award a penalty to Brahim Diaz after VAR check.

UN, Netherlands cancel LGBTQ event in Senegal after government warning

July 12, 2025 2:07 am

Anti-gay laws are in place in many conservative West African countries, including Senegal, where anyone who commits an "act against nature" with someone of the same sex can be punished by up to five years in prison.

Boeing plane catches fire, skids off runway at Senegal airport; 10 injured Dakar

May 09, 2024 6:21 pm

Transport Minister El Malick Ndiaye said the Air Sénégal flight operated by TransAir was headed to Bamako, in neighboring Mali, late Wednesday with 79 passengers, two pilots and four cabin crew.

Senegal inaugurates youngest president, who promises change

Senegal inaugurates youngest president Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who promises change

April 03, 2024 5:12 pm

Former tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye is Senegal's youngest president ever. He has vowed to fight corruption and renegotiate contracts with foreign companies.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye holds a press conference after winning the presidential elections in Dakar, Senegal, March 25, 2024. (AP)

Senegal's little-known opposition leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye named next president

March 26, 2024 7:30 am

Senegal Presidential Elections 2024: Bassirou Diomaye Faye's victory reflected frustration among youth with high unemployment and concerns about governance in the West African nation.

40 people killed, dozens injured in bus crash in Senegal

January 09, 2023 8:09 am

President Macky Sall said in a tweet that the accident happened in Gnivy village, in the Kaffrine region, at about 3:30 am.

Akon City: Why the singer plans to build his own city, with its cryptocurrency

December 27, 2022 7:23 am

In 2018, Akon revealed his plans of creating a futuristic city in the mould of Wakanda, a fictional place depicted in the Black Panther movies and comics. Recently, he said the plans were gathering steam post Covid.

Senegal MP slaps female lawmaker, sets off parliament brawl

December 02, 2022 4:42 pm

Tensions have grown between ruling and opposition politicians since a July legislative election in which the ruling party lost its comfortable majority, damaged in part by concerns President Macky Sall will seek a third term in 2024.

Twenty years after he led Senegal out of World Cup group stage as captain, Aliou Cisse does it again - as a coach

November 30, 2022 9:40 am

For Cisse though, the return to the knockout stages was a place he remembers all too well. He has repeated a feat he had conjured once earlier a couple of decades back – only that time he was the captain, and his team had just knocked out the then defending champions of the world, France.