Sources: BBC
Senegalese authorities intercept 112 Gambian migrants aboard a pirogue off the coast of Dakar on the suspicion of irregular migration as they attempt to reach Europe. 2025-09-16
Two Boeing 737 planes are involved in accidents involving takeoff and landing in Senegal and Turkey. 2024-05-9
Nineteen people are killed and 24 others are injured during a collision between a bus and a truck in Sakal Arrondissement, Senegal. 2023-01-16
Senegal receives 324,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative. 2021-03-3
Senegal begins a vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using 200,000 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine. Government ministers and health workers are the first to receive the vaccine. 2021-02-23
The World Organisation for Animal Health confirms that Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a poultry farm in Thiès. 2021-01-7
Senegalese Judge Malick LaMotte sentences Khalifa Sall, mayor of Dakar, Senegal, to a five-year term for fraud. 2018-03-30
Voters in Senegal go to the polls for a runoff in the presidential election with reports indicating that challenger Macky Sall has defeated incumbent Abdoulaye Wade. 2012-03-25
Police shoot and kill two people in Podor during protests over a decision by the Constitutional Council that President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade can run for re-election. 2012-01-30
African leaders meet in Chad to discuss the Great Green Wall tree belt from Senegal to Djibouti in the battle against the Sahara. 2010-06-17