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The Bissau-Guinean military installs General Horta Inta-A Na Man as interim leader for one year, while President Umaro Sissoco Embaló is flown to Senegal, with opposition candidate Fernando Dias da Costa alleging the coup was orchestrated to block the release of the election results he claims to have won.
2025-11-27

Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) fighters ambush and burn at least 100 fuel trucks arriving in Mali from Senegal and the Ivory Coast. The attacks are part of a nationwide blockade on fuel and other goods enforced by JNIM as it besieges Malian government-held cities and towns.
2025-09-16

In his New Year's speech, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announces the closure of French military facilities and the withdrawal of all foreign military forces from Senegal beginning in 2025.
2024-12-31

Senegalese prime minister Ousmane Sonko announces the closure of all foreign military bases in the country, citing a decision by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to remove foreign troops as part of a broader shift away from colonial-era military arrangements.
2024-12-27

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

Two people are killed and five others are injured when an assailant robs passengers and throws a Molotov cocktail on a bus in Dakar, Senegal.
2023-08-1

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

Voters in Senegal approve a series of constitutional reforms, which include a reduction of presidential terms from seven to five years, with 63 percent of the vote.
2016-03-23

Former President of Chad Hissène Habré will stand trial in Senegal for alleged war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity.
2015-02-14

Nobel Peace Laureates Desmond Tutu and Shirin Ebadi lead hundreds of rights groups in calling on Senegal to try exiled Chadian dictator Hissène Habré for mass murder and torture.
2010-07-22