Bodies are lying on the streets. Medical staff in overwhelmed hospitals are treating hundreds of wounded civilians against ...

“It’s a city. Nowhere near done,” Akon clarified during a recent interview. The project, located in Mbodiene, Senegal, spans 2,000 acres and carries a massive $6 billion price tag.

Is Senegal’s Akon City an impossible dream? A futuristic city with atypical architecture, immersed in high-tech and propelled by solar energy and the crypto-currency launched by musician Akon, Akon ...

The Baye Fall, a subgroup of Senegal's large Mouride brotherhood, are unlike any other Muslim group. They make up a tiny ...

The M23 militia, funded and directed by Rwanda, said it had seized the city of Goma, terrifying its people, many of whom ...

Many Congolese see the rebel advance as an invasion of their country by a foreign power in an attempt to seize land and Congo ...

about 80km south of the capital city Dakar, bound for Spain's Canary Islands, which are off the coast of West Africa. In recent years, the number of migrants leaving West Africa through Senegal ...