Women charged with a crime in Senegal are at the mercy of a slow judicial process and prisons that may lack basic supplies.

The school is being investigated for alleged physical abuses, with hundreds of students withdrawing from the academy and one ...

By Jessica Donati and Bate Felix March 13 (Reuters) - Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on Thursday declared a BP gas ...

Senegal’s parliament has approved a bill that toughens punishment for homosexuality in the largely conservative West African ...

Senegal has paid coupons and principal on its foreign bonds ahead of this Friday’s deadline, avoiding a potential default as the nation seeks aid from the International Monetary Fund, people familiar ...

Senegal's Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said he was willing to take his party out of the government and return to opposition ...

"Violence and fear" will spike and "equality and non-discrimination" will be trampled on, warn critics.

"Homosexuals will no longer breathe in this country. Homosexuals will no longer have freedom of expression in this country," said one lawmaker.

Senegal says it has enough cash to make nearly half-a-billion-dollar debt payments due on Friday, but spending cuts and, ...

By Robbie Corey-Boulet and Diadie Ba DAKAR, March 12 (Reuters) - Senegal's National Assembly late on Wednesday overwhelmingly ...

By Jessica Donati and Bate Felix March 12 (Reuters) - Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko vowed on Thursday that sweeping ...