senegal

Picture: Collected
World+Biz

Luxury sheep steal the spotlight at Senegal's high-profile beauty contest

Known as the "Ferrari" of sheep, Ladoums are showcased in one of the country’s most celebrated annual events, competing across three categories: adult male, adult female, and young/promising

Blaise Diagne International Airport in Thies, Senegal, March 28, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File photo
Africa

NYC-bound Boeing 767 makes emergency stop during take-off in Senegal

Senegal's newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye addresses the audience after he took the oath of office as president during the inauguration ceremony in Dakar, Senegal April 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Africa

Senegal unveils 25-year economic and social development plan

A riot police officer walks near a car set on fire during clashes between supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and security forces after Sonko was sentenced to prison in Dakar Senegal June 1, 2023 REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Africa

Nine killed in Senegal clashes after opposition leader sentenced

Photo: Saqlain Rizve/TBS
Global Economy

Senegal hones its home-grown rice to cut dependence on Asian imports

Kaba, a mother of a ten-day-old baby, reacts as she sits outside the hospital, where newborn babies died in a fire at the neonatal section of a regional hospital in Tivaouane, Senegal, May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Africa

Families confront horror after 11 babies die in Senegal hospital fire

Representational image of a newborn. Photo: Pexels
Africa

Senegal president says 11 newborn babies die in fire at regional hospital

An aerial view shows participants of a Tolou Keur programme working on a newly built Tolou Keur garden in Boki Diawe, within the Great Green Wall area, in Matam region, Senegal, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Africa

Senegalese plant circular gardens in Green Wall defence against desert

Senior officials of Simpara Group and Walton at the signing ceremony. Photo: Courtesy
Corporates

Walton to export electronics products to Mali, Senegal

A sign of Sinopharm is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Coronavirus chronicle

Senegal begins vaccinating against coronavirus with doses from China

Ousmane Issaka, a Nigerien student who said he had to sleep on the street outside his dormitory after the government ordered all educational establishments to close, one of measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks outside his temporarily assigned room in Dakar, Senegal April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Coronavirus chronicle

Stranded foreign students in Dakar live in coronavirus limbo

Members of the Village Pilote association supply children with a meal during a food distribution to street children amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dakar, Senegal April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Coronavirus chronicle

Coronavirus leaves Senegal's street children more exposed than ever

Photo :Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

UN’s first employee with coronavirus among Senegal infections