Bishop Jean-Baptiste Valter Manga, ordained in November to lead the Diocese of Ziguinchor, is committed to reconciling people ...

Fighting has escalated sharply in recent weeks in eastern Congo, where rebels have seized key towns and are closing in on the ...

The militia seized the pivotal city of Goma, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in a region that has suffered decades of ...

Senegal's President Bassirou Dioumaye Faye said that 2025 would see an end to all foreign military presence in the West African country, in a speech on Tuesday, December 31, to mark the new year.

Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War II and were shot by French soldiers in 1944 for demanding fair ...

The Senegalese prime minister and the Chadian foreign minister have condemned claims made by Emmanuel Macron regarding negotiations about the withdrawal of French troops from several African countries ...

Two-year-old Thayi loves the aerosol therapy room at Senegal's Albert Royer Children's Hospital, where she gets to fall asleep on her mother's lap, breathing deeply - something that is usually ...

Wooden fishing boats are often used by migrants leaving Senegal (archive photo) At least 26 people have died after a boat carrying migrants capsized off Senegal's coast. Authorities say more than ...

Senegal’s president said he had received a letter from Macron admitting French culpability for a World War II-era massacre at Thiaroye on December 1, 1944. The atrocity has long been a bone of ...

Those who died were part of the Tirailleurs Senegalais unit, recruited at the start of World War Two to help defend France, the colonial power. On returning to Senegal in 1944 many protested about ...