Sources: BBC
In his New Year's speech, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announces the closure of French facilities and the withdrawal all foreign military forces from Senegal starting in 2025. 2024-12-31
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
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
Senegalese Judge Malick LaMotte sentences Khalifa Sall, mayor of Dakar, Senegal, to a five-year term for fraud. 2018-03-30
Egypt, Senegal, Uruguay, Japan, and Ukraine are elected to two-year, non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council for 2016-17, replacing Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, and Nigeria. [https:--www.nytimes.com-2015-10-16-world-ukraine-and-japan-among-latest-members-of-un-security-council.html?ref=world (New York Times) ] 2015-10-15
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