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Production begins at Senegal's first offshore oil project at the Sangomar oil fields which aims to produce 100,000 barrels of oil per day.
2024-06-11

The World Organisation for Animal Health confirms that Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a poultry farm in Thiès.
2021-01-7

Former Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure arrives in Senegal after being ousted in a military coup.
2012-04-20

Macky Sall, former Prime Minister under Abdoulaye Wade's administration, is elected President of Senegal.
2012-03-26

Voters in Senegal go to the polls for a runoff in the presidential election with reports indicating that challenger Macky Sall has defeated incumbent Abdoulaye Wade.
2012-03-25

Belgium asks the International Court of Justice to order Senegal to put former Chadian President Hissène Habré on trial or to extradite him on charges of torture and crimes against humanity.
2012-03-12

Police shoot and kill two people in Podor during protests over a decision by the Constitutional Council that President of Senegal Abdoulaye Wade can run for re-election.
2012-01-30

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

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