In Senegal, the case of a 9-year-old girl, pregnant after being raped by her Koran teacher, has sparked debate and outrage -- particularly from rights organisations. In Senegal, victims of rape ...

In the Fouta region of northern Senegal, cultural attitudes about education have made sending girls to school a low priority for families. Though some progress has been made, educators who once ...

Abusive teachers and other staff sexually exploit, harass, and abuse adolescent girls in Senegal’s secondary schools, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

In one region of Senegal, girls can become wrestlers — and win. But only until marriage Coach Isabelle Sambou, 43 years old, rear, two-time Olympian and nine-time African wrestling champion, explains ...

THIES, SENEGAL-- (Marketwired - August 30, 2016) - Women and adolescent girls will have many reasons to celebrate with the launch today in Notto Diobass of a program to improve their nutrition status.

DAKAR, SENEGAL -- Hundreds of students from the Martin Luther King all-girls high school in Dakar warmly welcomed first ladies Michelle Obama and Marieme Sall of Senegal on Thursday morning.

Opinion - In October 2017, I traveled to a small village in southern Senegal. I was there to investigate persistent allegations of sexual abuse in secondary schools.

THIES, SENEGAL-- (Marketwired - August 30, 2016) - Women and adolescent girls will have many reasons to celebrate with the launch today in Notto Diobass of a program to improve their nutrition status.

It’s almost dusk, and the West African heat is finally faltering. In Mlomp, a village in southern Senegal, dozens of teenagers in colorful jerseys are throwing each other to the ground to the ...

MLOMP, Senegal (AP) — It’s almost dusk, and the West African heat is finally faltering. In Mlomp, a village in southern Senegal, dozens of teenagers in colorful jerseys are throwing each other ...

THIES, SENEGAL--(Marketwired - August 30, 2016) - Women and adolescent girls will have many reasons to celebrate with the launch today in Notto Diobass of a program to improve their nutrition status.