Sources: BBC
The Ministry of Justice charges detained opposition leader and Ziguinchor mayor Ousmane Sonko with fomenting insurrection, undermining state security, and criminal association with a terrorist body. 2023-07-31
At least 14 people are killed when a pirogue capsizes off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. 2023-07-24
A judge in Senegal releases opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on bail, after days of protests as a result of his arrest. Eight people died during the protests. 2021-03-8
Voters in Senegal assemble to vote for the country's next president. 2019-02-24
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
Voters in Senegal go to the polls for the Senegalese presidential election which has been marked by violence. 2012-02-26
Mexico states that it has the support of Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, the Federated States of Micronesia, Panama, Senegal, Turkey, and Uruguay in pursuing its case against Arizona's immigration law. 2010-07-21
Senegal enters eight days of national mourning as President Abdoulaye Wade swears allegiance to the new Grand Marabout of the Mourides following the death of his predecessor, Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine Bara Mbacké. 2010-07-2
At least 11 people die while watching a 2010 FIFA World Cup match in Matam, Senegal. 2010-06-27
Sékouba Konaté, the interim head of the junta in Guinea, is flown to Senegal after falling ill. 2010-01-8