Cape Verde boat disaster: vessel drifted for month after alarm raised, says NGO
Walking Borders said it told authorities in four countries on 20 July about vessel with more than 100 asylum seekers onboard A Spanish NGO alerted...
Category : Senegal
At least 63 people feared dead after boat found off Cape Verde
Fishing vessel with 100 asylum seekers was travelling from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands More than 60 people are believed to have died after the...
Senegal authorities arrest opposition frontrunner, ban his party and cut internet
Supporters say string of charges are intended to prevent Ousmane Sonko and his Pastef party challenging President Macky Sall Senegal’s government has dissolved a major...
Massive strike pits African fishers against ‘superprofitable’ EU firms
About 2,000 crew members withdrew labour over pay and conditions, as well as citing serious breaches of overfishing rules by Spanish and French companies The...
Florence and her cubs give hope that west African lion can come roaring back
National park in Senegal shows off three surprise new recruits in fight to save critically endangered species from extinction A lioness in one of the...
Second deadly bus collision in Senegal in eight days kills 22 people
More than 20 injured in incident involving a truck, after 40 died in two-bus collision in Kaffrine region A collision between a truck and a...
UN calls for release of jailed journalist on hunger strike in Senegal
Concerns raised over health of Pape Alé Niang, detained since 20 December on charges of revealing confidential government information Pressure is mounting on authorities in...
Senegal or England to win? Parents v children in London’s west African community
In Deptford, south-east London, support for Senegal is high among the older generation, while their offspring opt for the country of their birth in the...
‘Senegal is the best’: Dakar dreams of World Cup upset over England
There is a buzz in the air of the capital and a real belief the Lions of Teranga can beat the Three Lions Just under...
Eleven newborn babies die in Senegal hospital fire
President Macky Sall announces deaths of infants after blaze at hospital in Tivaouane Eleven newborn babies have died in a hospital fire in Tivaouane, western...
