Senegal’s parliament has approved a bill that toughens punishment for homosexuality in the largely conservative West African nation.

The American Dara Academy in Senegal is at the center of abuse allegations after students describe harsh punishments in a ...

A widening rift between Senegal’s top leaders risks splitting the ruling party and stoking renewed uncertainty as the nation contends with ballooning debt and negotiates a new International Monetary ...

DAKAR, March 2 (Reuters) - Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said he was willing to take his party out of the government and return to opposition if President Bassirou Diomaye Faye breaks from ...

From a rise in arrests to online attacks, Senegal has been under an intensified crackdown on same-sex relations in recent weeks, prompting outcry from human rights groups and driving some in the ...

Senegal's prime minister Tuesday unveiled legislation that would double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison, in a crackdown condemned by ...

Every time Senegalese mechanic Ibrahima Mbodj hears screeching tyres, a popping firecracker or even shattering glass, he fears another jihadist attack on the Malian border post near his village.

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DAKAR, Feb 17 - Senegal expects to make its hefty March Eurobond payments on time, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The West African country has raised enough financing in ...