Senegal currently hold the fifth-best record of third-place teams based on their plus-2 goal differential. Published On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026 Pape Gueye scored two sensational second-half goals from long range, giving Senegal a thumping 5-0 win over Iraq and a much-needed goal difference boost in their bid to qualify for the round of … Read more
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A court in Senegal has issued the first conviction under a new law increasing the punishment for homosexuality. A court in Dakar suburb Pikine-Guédiawaye sentenced a 24-year-old laborer on Friday to six years in prison and fined him 2 million CFA ($3,300) for “acts against nature and public indecency.” He was … Read more
Governing body’s appeal board rules Senegal forfeited January final after players’ walked off pitch to protest referring decision. Published On 17 Mar 202617 Mar 2026 African football’s governing body has stripped Senegal of the Africa Cup of Nations title they won in a chaotic final two months ago and declared Morocco champions. In a stunning … Read more
Senegal distances itself from colonial past, following trend sweeping across West and Central Africa since 2022. France and Senegal are setting terms for a withdrawal of all French soldiers stationed in the West African country by the end of this year. The two countries said in a statement on Wednesday that they are establishing a … Read more
The middle school students in Senegal listened quietly one afternoon this past week as their history teacher told a story most of them knew already. In 1944, French colonial forces massacred West African soldiers who had returned from France after fighting in World War II, said the teacher, Aminata Diedhiou. Their school, in the town … Read more
Navy says search continues as many passengers from the vessel, which sank off the town of Mbour, remain missing. Senegal’s navy says it has found 17 more bodies from a boat carrying refugees and migrants that sank off the West African country, raising the death toll to 26. In a post on X, the navy … Read more
Three generations of female rugby players advocate for the sport for women in Dakar. Anna Preira, her mother Leontine and her daughter Mama are three pioneering rugby players who are paving the way for more women to enjoy this sport in Senegal. Rugby is a relatively little-known sport here, especially so for women. Anna played … Read more
The full provisional results are expected to be confirmed by the Constitutional Council in the coming days. Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye won more than 54 percent of votes in Senegal’s presidential election, the Dakar appeals court has said. The court said on Wednesday the provisional results were based on vote tallies from 100 percent … Read more
The call for mass mobilisation comes as a major political upheaval continues in the usually stable West African nation. A coalition of Senegalese civil society groups on Thursday called for mass mobilisation against the delay to this month’s presidential poll, outlining a series of planned actions including a protest and strike. The normally stable West … Read more
Protests erupt in Senegal after the president indefinitely postpones elections. Senegalese President Macky Sall made a surprise announcement on Saturday – indefinitely postponing elections scheduled this month. He cited controversy surrounding the disqualification of some presidential candidates. The opposition has accused Sall of trying to cling to power, and protests have taken place in the … Read more