Political tensions have run high in Senegal for at least a year. Authorities also cut internet access from cellphones in June 2023 when supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko clashed with ...

Adji Bousso Dieng is an assistant professor of computer science at Princeton University, an AI research Scientist at Google DeepMind, and the founder of The Africa I Know. She hails from Kaolack ...

According to Yingi, young people in Senegal are also frustrated with high unemployment and want to see more jobs created, thus joining the protests. Buchanan Ismael, a political scientist at the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As Senegal president Macky Sall arrived in New York for this week’s UN gathering, pro- and anti-Sall ...

As Senegal president Macky Sall arrived in New York for this week’s UN gathering, pro- and anti-Sall protesters faced off near the country’s UN mission, in the latest sign of the political ...

As Senegal president Macky Sall arrived in New York for this week’s UN gathering, pro- and anti-Sall protesters faced off near the country’s UN mission, in the latest sign of the political ...