November 21

• Senegal: Helping Returnees Turn a Profit

  One in four Senegalese migrants returns home within five years, according to the French National Institute of Demographic Research (INED). Many are armed with new skills that could... Read more »

August 10

• Senegal: Texting for Birth Certificates

  Only a handful of births are registered in the remote Kolda region of southern Senegal, but a new mobile phone application that allows parents to text the details of a newborn to... Read more »

July 30

• Africa: New Words, Old Challenges

  Spending aid money on social initiatives like communal bore-wells, which affect and protect everyone's lives, especially the poorest, will make people more resilient to climatic... Read more »

July 18

• Senegal: Overfishing - Culprits and Consequences [analysis]

  "In terms of environmental degradation, the responsibility is shared. Artisanal fishermen are responsible for habitat destruction. Although industrial vessels and foreign ships are... Read more »

July 13

• Senegal: Making Cashews Pay

  As the cashew harvesting season draws to a close, producers in the Casamance region of southern Senegal are starting to organize themselves so as to have more say in the price that... Read more »

July 12

• Senegal: Casamance Mine Removal Slows

  Removing the landmines from villages, farms and plantations of Casamance in southern Senegal has taken several years to get up to speed, but now demining teams may be forced to... Read more »

May 7

• Senegal: Change of Direction in Hunger Response

  One day after being sworn in on 2 April, Senegal's new President Macky Sall reversed months of public denial of the hunger affecting over 800,000 of his people - part of the... Read more »

March 29

• West Africa: Hunger Affecting 10 Million as Dry Season Approaches

  Hunger has come again to the Sahel. "Since yesterday I have only drunk water," said Houley Dia, 60, a widow who lives in Houdallah, a village of the Fula ethnic group in southern... Read more »

February 24

• Senegal: Looking at President Wade's Reign [analysis]

  As Senegalese presidential elections approach on 26 February, the grassroots M23 and "Y'en ai marre" ("Enough is enough") opposition movements continue to hold daily protests... Read more »

February 17

• Senegal: No End in Sight to Casamance Conflict

  As the body count rises from the conflict between members of the separatist Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) and the Senegalese army, Casamancais are starting to... Read more »

December 8, 2011

• Senegal: Talibés Turn Traders

  It is widely assumed that few of the estimated 50,000 'talibés' in Senegal - boys in Koranic schools, or 'daaras', studying to become Islamic teachers - who roam the streets... Read more »

November 30, 2011

• Senegal: Prospects and Pitfalls Along a Great Green Wall

  Former goat-herder Samba Ba proudly points to a row of metre-high acacia trees growing amid the fine grasses that are the only other vegetation in this part of northern Senegal's... Read more »

October 11, 2011

• Senegal: Demining Machine Clears Path for a Better Future

  A new demining bulldozer is speeding up mine clearance in the Casamance region of southern Senegal, where fighting between separatists and government forces has been ongoing since... Read more »

September 26, 2011

• Senegal: "Small Revolution" in Family Planning

  Talibouya Ka, Muslim leader (imam) of the Omar Kane mosque in the Medina neighbourhood of the Senegalese capital Dakar, encourages his followers to procreate as much as they can.... Read more »

September 20, 2011

• Libya: Sub-Saharan Migrants Keep Their Heads Down

  In an abandoned port on the outskirts of Tripoli, a young woman timidly peeks out from behind the blanket that forms a wall in her improvised home. She is one of hundreds of... Read more »

July 1, 2011

• Senegal: Poorly-Trained Midwives Pose Danger

  Poorly-regulated, privately-run training schools in Senegal are churning out midwives who do not have a solid grasp of birthing or ante- and post-natal care, causing women and... Read more »

June 14, 2011

• Senegal: Health Minister Outlines Vaccination Programme

  The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), at a conference in London on 13 June to receive firm pledges of funding for the next five years, raised US$4.3 billion... Read more »

December 13, 2010

• Senegal: Putting Urban Gardens On the Map

  Mame Penda Diouf talks above car horns and city bus engines as she shows potted lettuce, mint and potato plants at a traffic circle in the Senegal capital Dakar. A trader and... Read more »