List of Senegal articles
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Akon, wearing a light blue suit and holding a microphone gestures and looks down as he sings agains a blue and purple background. Senegal’s Cryptocurrency City Has Evaporated
Singer Akon wanted to help his childhood country—but tokens were a dead end.
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Three fishermen in a traditional vote ride the top of a wave as they had out to see. The lights of a gas terminal are seen on the horizon. The Empty Promise of Africa’s Oil and Gas Boom
The continent is awash in fossil fuel discoveries. But relying on them for development will be disastrous.
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A man holds a sign reading: "Down with France down with ECOWAS," using the bloc's French acronym CEDEAO, as supporters of Niger's National Council for Safeguard of the Homeland gather in Niamey on Aug. 26, 2023. How ECOWAS Lost Its Way
An inability to stand up to constitutional coups—most recently in Togo—has undermined the bloc’s credibility.
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Nigeriens gather to protest against the U.S. military presence, in Niamey, Niger, on April 13. After Failure in Niger, U.S. Africa Policy Needs a Reset
Instead of trying to put out security fires, U.S. policy should focus on governance and growth.
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Opposition supporters chant and hold up Senegalese flags during a demonstration in Dakar. How Macky Sall Provoked a Constitutional Crisis in Senegal
A country renowned for stability and peaceful transitions has been plunged into uncertainty.
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A photo collage illustration shows candidates for global elections in 2024 including: India's Narendra Modi; Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum; Russia's Vladimir Putin; Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro; South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa; Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina; the United Kingdom's Rishi Sunak; Taiwan's Lai Ching-te; El Salvador's Nayib Bukele; and Tunisia's Kais Said. Elections to Follow in 2024
Dozens of countries will vote this year. In many of them, democracy is at a tipping point.
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Senegalese gendarmes block a road after protesters burned tires and blocked roads in Dakar, Senegal's capital. Is Senegal’s Exceptionalism Over?
The defenses that made the country unique are falling one by one—leaving political discontent and spiritual voids exposed to al Qaeda.
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Protesters attend a rally backing the Senegalese opposition in Dakar, on June 8. Senegal’s Democratic Backsliding Is a Threat to African Democracy
A constitutional coup in a country that has long been a beacon for freedom would encourage authoritarians across the continent.
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Supporters of Ousmane Sonko in Senegal. What’s Going On in Senegal?
Protests over the arrest of a popular opposition leader highlight the decline in what was a beacon of democracy in West Africa.
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African infantrymen of the French Army in 1915 In the Trenches With the Colonizer
The French Senegalese writer David Diop revises the modernist archetype with a protagonist long excluded from World War I literature: the African soldier on the front lines.
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Thousands of women and men gather in Brussels to protest violence against women on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov. 25, 2018. (Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Celebrating #MeToo’s Global Impact
In countries around the world, progress defies the backlash.
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001_senegal1 All for Nothing
Migrants who fail to reach Europe face humiliation, isolation, and impoverishment at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Exchange: Are Journalists Checking their Privilege When Covering Refugees?
Tobias Zielony and Anna Badkhen on the displaced, the Global South, and what Africans misunderstand about their peers who’ve made it to Germany.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Go North, Young Man, Go North!
Even African 'success stories' like Senegal want their citizens to seek their fortune in Europe, because it's easier than giving them a chance at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Can Models Dressed in Trash Save Dakar?
2015 Global Thinker Fabrice Monteiro discusses how plastic-bag couture can teach a generation to respect its environment.
