Collaboration between the company Oniva Senegal and the Dakar Polytechnic Institute has produced "Malaw", a prototype seven-seater vehicle designed to replace transport vans that are in use, though very old

Depigmentation, a common practice among some women groups in Senegal, links to cancer surge; Dr. Fatoumata Ly says there has been a 100% mortality rate of skin cancer patients due to depigmentation

Senegal's newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed Ousmane Sonko as his prime minister; Sonko could not run for president because of a criminal conviction

Senegal's only female presidential candidate has little or no chance of winning in Sunday's election, but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decades-long campaign to achieve gender equality

Incidents cast a shadow over the start of the election campaign in Senegal this weekend with violent clashes between supporters of presidential majority candidate Amadou Ba and those of opponent Bassirou Diomaye Faye