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President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has granted clemency to 984 convicted individuals, according to a statement from the Ministry of Justice…
African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf and International Organization for Migration Director General Amy Pope met on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly to reinforce institutional cooperation on safe, structured, and rights-based human mobility.
Senegal’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene has confirmed 114 diphtheria cases and 11 deaths across 31 health districts, marking a significant geographic expansion of the bacterial outbreak.
Power supply disruptions across Senegal are expected to ease beginning Thursday, September 24, following major technical incidents at key generation facilities, according to Senelec Director-General Papa Toby Gaye.
The Senegalese government has initiated its second major bond offering of the year, targeting CFA200 billion on the West African regional capital market to finance priority development projects and manage public debt.
The Autonomous Union of Doctors, Pharmacists and Dental Surgeons of Senegal (SAMES) has called a nationwide 48-hour strike for September 23 and 24, following an impasse in negotiations with the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene.
Senegal’s construction industry turnover fell by 22.1% in the second quarter of 2026, driven by declines in building construction, civil engineering, and specialised construction activities.
The new coach of Senegal’s national team, Patrick Vieira, Friday unveiled a list of 29 players for the next Lions…
Forces from the Saraya Rapid Action Surveillance and Intervention Group (GARSI 2) confiscated 93 illicit gold-mining dredges during targeted anti-trafficking raids across the eastern villages of Wassangara and Sansamba in Saraya department on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
Officers from the Dakar Regional Narcotics Brigade (BRS), operating under the Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (OCRTIS), arrested four suspects and confiscated a diverse array of illicit narcotics during an overnight counter-trafficking operation along the Rufisque–Zac Mbao–Keur Massar transit corridor.