As downpours progressively cascade across west Africa -- Nigeria's have just started, while Senegal's rains won't arrive ...

Stories of the kingdom of Kaabu's reign have been told for generations through a kind of traditional song. Now, an archaeological dig has confirming the histories told and retold by griots.

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Francis had led the Roman Catholic church since Benedict XVI resigned in 2013. Born in Argentina, he is the first pope from ...

While the Democratic Republic of Congo reels from a new rebel offensive in the east, its capital in the west, Kinshasa, grapples with deadly floods. By Saikou Jammeh Reporting from Dakar, Senegal ...

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Militaries that have taken power in Africa’s Sahel region – notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – have put pressure on ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal’s capital ... Other democratic nations in west Africa seem to be reassessing their ties with western ...

Senegal's top court has rejected a move by lawmakers to revise an amnesty law that would have paved the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths of dozens of protesters during anti-government ...

France has handed over control to the Senegalese government of two military bases in Senegal's capital ... Other democratic nations in west Africa seem to be reassessing their ties with western ...