Sources: IOL
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
At least 14 people are killed when a pirogue capsizes off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. 2023-07-24
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
At least eight people are killed in a stampede at a football stadium in Dakar, Senegal, that started after police used tear gas to break up a fight between the rival teams' fans. 2017-07-15
The Extraordinary African Chambers tribunal in Dakar, Senegal, upholds its conviction of former Chadian president Hissène Habré for crimes against humanity, but acquits him of rape. 2017-04-27
Adama Barrow is sworn in as the Gambia's new President at the Gambian embassy in Dakar, Senegal. 2017-01-19
Fires rage through Dakar after Senegal's top court rules that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in office next month and prevents his best-known opponent, Grammy Award-winning musician Youssou N'Dour, from running against him. 2012-01-28
Senegal bans demonstrations in the capital Dakar ahead of planned opposition protests against the regime of President Abdoulaye Wade. 2011-07-21
The controversial African Renaissance Monument, which is taller than the Statue of Liberty, is inaugurated in the Senegalese capital Dakar. 2010-04-3