You are here

Senegal

Top Stories

A woman in rural Senegal holding leaves of Cassia Italica, known locally as leydour

The little shrub making a big difference in rural Senegal

5 June 2017

A medicinal herb is helping to cure the financial ills of Senegalese farmers suffering the effects of climate change

Feature

Seeds of rural renewal sown in Senegal
8 May 2017
African cities have long served as magnets for struggling rural populations. A project in Senegal is helping to reverse the flow
Feature

HAS VIDEO

Will a united opposition finally unseat Gambia’s strongman?
28 November 2016
Yahya Jammeh has been in power for 22 years. Can a united opposition finally unseat him on Thursday?

Prostituted, beaten and held for ransom
31 March 2016 Feature
Briefing: The new Jihadist strategy in the Sahel
4 February 2016 Feature
AQIM incident map
15 January 2016 Maps and Graphics

Analysis

Lives on hold
20 October 2015
When migrants go missing on the long journey from Africa to Europe the lack of information about their fate often adds immense bureaucratic hurdles to...
Feature

HAS VIDEO

New boom job: cultural mediator
16 October 2015
A by-product of the dramatic rise in the number of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe is soaring demand for a relatively new kind of...
Photo feature

No way forward, No way back
31 August 2015
Will the arrival into a Libyan port of a vessel full of decomposing bodies force migrants waiting to cross the Mediterranean to think again? In...
Feature

Between war and peace
3 August 2015
Senegal has a proud musical heritage, but in the southern region of Casamance they too often sing of pain, suffering and conflict without end.
Feature

Why landmines keep on killing in Senegal
3 August 2015
“Demining in the Casamance region in Senegal could be done in six months.”
Feature

HAS VIDEO

Casamance
3 August 2015
Atrocities in nearby countries have stolen the regional headlines over the years, but the low-intensity separatist struggle in Casamance is West Africa’s longest-running civil conflict.

Mapped - the world's conflicts
30 July 2015 Feature
The Gravedigger and the President: Chadian torture victims face former president
22 July 2015 Analysis
Killing us softly
27 March 2015 Analysis
Working to keep the peace: The impact of job schemes on ex-rebels
27 February 2015 Analysis
Three words of advice for WHO Africa's new chief
24 February 2015 Analysis
Who celebrity advocates are really targeting. And it’s not you.
13 February 2015 Analysis

See all reports relating to Senegal