Senegalese footballer Sadio Mané won the first edition of the Socrates Trophy, an award presented during the Ballon d'Or ceremony, at which the Senegalese national team striker came second, behind France's Karim Benzema

Finning, the practice of removing fins and casting the rest of the shark overboard, largely prohibited across regulatory zones, countries and international conventions, has found a hotspot in Dakar, according report by NGO Environmental Justice Foundation

Official annual inflation rate has been announced at 0,4% in June though Senegalese households experience daily rising prices, testifying a more complex economic situation than the one summarized by figures

The controversial constitutional amendment that expands MPs role and reduces presidential powers was passed amid chaos in the Assembly and protests in the streets; the government said it will be put to a referendum