Sources: BBC
Citizens of Senegal vote for the 165 seats of the National Assembly after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the parliament in September. 2024-11-17
At least 16 people are killed and 22 others are injured when a bus and a truck collide in Bambey Department, Senegal. 2024-09-9
Violent protests occur in Senegal following an announcement by President Macky Sall that presidential elections have been delayed from February 25 to December 15. 2024-02-10
The ECOWAS Court rules that Senegal has not violated the rights of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. 2023-11-17
Spain's Maritime Safety and Rescue Society rescues 86 people from a pirogue off the Canary Islands after human rights defender Helena Maleno reports that three boats carrying around 300 people from Senegal have gone missing since June. 2023-07-10
Senegal authorizes the use of COVID-19 vaccines for children over the age of 12 years and also authorizes the use of booster doses for adults. 2022-01-13
Police in Bignona, Senegal, open fire against a group of people demonstrating against the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, killing a protester. 2021-03-4
At least 140 migrants drown when a boat carrying 200 people to the Canary Islands caught fire and then capsized off the coast of Saint-Louis, Senegal. The International Organization for Migration says this is the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year. 2020-10-29
Former President of French association football club Olympique de Marseille, Pape Diouf, dies from COVID-19 in Senegal, becoming the country's first fatality from the virus. 2020-03-31
The Extraordinary African Chambers tribunal in Dakar, Senegal, upholds its conviction of former Chadian president Hissène Habré for crimes against humanity, but acquits him of rape. 2017-04-27