Sources: BBC
One person is killed and another is injured after heavy flooding in Dakar, Senegal. 2022-08-5
Senegal reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a 58-year-old man who attended an international meeting in Dakar with 300 people from different countries on November 24 and 25. 2021-12-5
Senegal reports zero COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. 2021-10-20
Senegal reports a record 733 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 45,796. 2021-07-14
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
Adama Barrow is sworn in as the Gambia's new President at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal. 2017-01-19
Former President of Chad Hissène Habré will stand trial in Senegal for alleged war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. 2015-02-14
Court proceedings against former Chadian President Hissène Habré commence in Senegal, with charges including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and torture. 2013-07-2
Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure arrives in Senegal after being ousted in a military coup. 2012-04-20
President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade announces in a televised address marking 50 years of independence that his country is to resume control of all military bases held by former colonial power France. 2010-04-4