20120104 AFP World-renowned singer Youssou Ndour stirred up the battle for Senegal's presidency Tuesday by announcing he plans to take on veteran incumbent Abdoulaye Wade in February elections.
20120103 AFP Thousands of Dakar residents found themselves stranded on Monday as bus and taxi drivers took part in a two-day strike over high fuel prices, leaving some to turn to horse-drawn carts to get around.
20120102 AFP Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade said Sunday he would put together a unity government if elected for a controversial third term in February polls, which has raised tensions in one of Africa's stable states.
20111231 AFP Senegal's Interior Minister Ousmane Ngom on Friday banned the carrying of firearms for a period of four months which will include presidential elections, after recent violent political clashes.
20111228 AFP Around 400 people marched in Senegal's restive region of Casamance Tuesday to demand the army set up outposts to protect the population from separatist rebels, officials and organisers said.
20111227 AFP The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) and the government's sports ministry have resolved a damaging dispute that threatened the country's preparations for next month's Africa Cup of Nations.
20111221 AFP Fighting between separatist rebels and Senegal troops left 13 people dead on Tuesday, in the latest violence to hit the Casamance enclave, the military said.
20111220 AFP Senegal's army said Monday it was searching for five missing soldiers following an attack last week by rebels in the southern separatist region of Casamance.
20111214 AFP Florence was in mourning Wednesday after an Italian far-right author shot dead two Senegalese men and wounded three others before killing himself in a daylight shooting spree that prompted outpourings of grief.
20111127 Reuters (Reuters) - Senegalese world music star Youssou N'dour declared Saturday he would cancel concert dates to enter politics from January 2 next year, a month before a tense presidential election in his West African country.
20111110 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade late on Wednesday offered two key rivals cabinet jobs in exchange for working with him in the run up to elections in February, but both men's parties immediately rejected the offer.
20111020 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - A Senegalese opposition activist was jailed for two years on Thursday after he was found guilty of threatening the lives of judges if they do not bar President Abdoulaye Wade from running for a third term.
20110722 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal banned political rallies in the centre of the capital Dakar on Thursday, two days before a planned march to protest against 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade seeking a new term in February 2012 elections.
20110721 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal banned political rallies in the centre of the capital Dakar on Thursday, two days before a planned march to protest against 85-year-old President Abdoulaye Wade seeking a new term in February 2012 elections.
20110717 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Critics and rivals of Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade warned on Friday of political tensions and more street protests if the president goes ahead with plans to seek a third term in an election due in February.
20110709 Reuters N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Senegal will next week send former Chadian president Hissene Habre, who is accused of thousands of killings during his rule, back home, where he would be given a fair trial, Chad said on Friday.
20110707 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade has said he must "learn a lesson" from violent protests against his government, but did not specify whether this would alter his controversial plan to stand for re-election.
20110624 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade backed down on a proposed change to the election rules on Thursday, completely withdrawing a bill that sparked violent clashes between riot police and protesters in the capital.
20110519 Reuters DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegalese authorities have arrested a British-Senegalese national suspected of involvement in financing terrorism and being in regular contact with an English militant, the man's lawyer said on Wednesday.
Anti-government demonstrators rallied throughout Senegal as the government said it would arrest opposition activists, artists and students for their involvement in what it called plot to topple President Abdoulaye Wade.
