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2018-04-26 Erin Energy, a Texas company specialising in African offshore oil deposits with licences to explore off Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, and Kenya, files for bankruptcy protection. The Gambia

2018-01-6 Gunmen kill 13 people near the town of Ziguinchor, Senegal. Senegal

2017-07-15 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. Senegal

2017-01-23 According to an advisor to Gambian President Adama Barrow, more than 500 million dalasi, equivalent to US$11.3 million, are reported missing from state coffers after former President Yahya Jammeh left the country in exile. Yahya Jammeh

2014-10-17 The World Health Organisation declares Senegal to be free of the Ebola virus. Senegal

2012-02-18 Violence breaks out in Dakar, Senegal, during an anti-government protest. Senegal

2012-01-30 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. Senegal

2012-01-28 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. Senegal

2010-04-4 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. Senegal

2010-01-17 Aftermath of 2010 Haiti earthquake: Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade offers "voluntary repatriation" to each of his Haitian "sons and daughters of Africa". Senegal