The look on restaurant owner Mame Couma Tandjigora's face tells the story. She scowls, as many in her country might when asked about ...
Somali pirates have released a Spanish tuna trawler and its crew of 36 which they seized over a month ago in the Indian ...
In a historic first, a black woman writer is a hot favourite to scoop France's top literary prize next week for a haunting novel on family, betrayal and the hellish ordeal of illegal migration from Africa. French-Senegalese writer Marie NDiaye, 42, is ...
Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-Sung will be out of action for another three weeks after suffering a knee injury while on international duty with South Korea. Park, who recently signed a new two-year contract with the Premier League champions, sustained the problem ...
Senegal says $200,000 given in error to departing IMF representative as farewell gift Senegal's president said Tuesday that he hosted a special dinner at his palace for a departing International Monetary Fund representative — only to have a top aide erroneously send ...
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade said Tuesday it was "nonsense" to see a gift of 133,000 euros given to a departing International Monetary Fund agent as corruption. An IMF report said its regional agent Alex Segura was given the money as he left ...
Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has admitted giving a "farewell gift" of some 133,000 euros to the International Monetary Fund's ex-regional agent, but denies any influence-peddling, an IMF report says. The incident, which provoked a scandal in Dakar, goes back to September 25 ...
The small west African country of Guinea-Bissau plans to crack down on foreign fishing boats that use its waters illegally because they are so rich in fish, the fisheries minister said on Friday. "We're going to step up our checks by using ...
Guinea-Bissau has put its troops on alert in the north of the country along the frontier with Senegal following a border dispute with Dakar, a military source told AFP Wednesday. "The reason for this renewed tension is the allocation by the Senegalese ...
Troubled Belgian cyclist Frank Vandenbroucke had been drinking and vomited before he died at a Senegalese seaside hotel, staff said here on Tuesday. The 34-year-old's body was found in a room at the hotel, 'La maison bleue', where he checked in at ...
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2009 file photo, Senegalese and Chinese construction workers cheer during a visit by China's President Hu Jintao and Senegalese counterpart Abdoulaye Wade at the construction site of Senegal's new national theater, being built by China, in ...
Six Senegalese soldiers have been killed in an attack apparently carried out by former rebels from the separatist Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces, military officials said Saturday. "Yesterday (Friday)... a Senegalese army patrol returning to its base was attacked by armed elements ...
