Africa Senegal Twelve tons of waste, twice as much as the previous year, were taken from from the Dakar coast through a cleanup operation on Hann beach last Saturday
Africa Senegal Media organisations staged a day-long blackout on Tuesday 13 August to protest a government crackdown that they say directly targets them and aims to restrict press freedom in the country
Africa Senegal Taking up the issue of the use of the Islamic headscarf in French-speaking schools, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko relaunched a sensitive debate, advocating the inclusion of Arab students who face difficulties integrating into the mainstream curriculum
Africa Senegal Senegal's Niokolo-Koba National Park was removed from the list of World Heritage in Danger and UNESCO cited Senegal's positive achievements and its formal commitment to re-evaluate the property's development plans
Africa Senegal The families of those who lost their lives or were unjustly imprisoned during the opposition protests over the past three years have decided to contact OHCHR to demand a thorough investigation