Senegal has raised 364 billion CFA francs ($644 million) in its second public bond offering of 2025, exceeding its initial target of 300 billion CFA francs, the West African nation's finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO's African Region to have achieved this feat.

The Women's Africa Cup of Nations group round provided pulsating excitement, many talking points, and plenty of intrigue, ahead of the knockout stages.

Senegal has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the 25th country in the world—and the ninth in Africa to do so, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Trachoma is a bacterial eye infection that can lead to permanent blindness.

South Sudan has accepted eight third-country deportees from the U.S. and Rwanda says it’s in talk with the administration of President Donald Trump on a similar deal.

In a letter released on his social media platform, Donald Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney the new rate would go into effect on August 1 and would go up if Canada retaliated.

U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians trained together with troops from Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritania and the

Akon’s $6 billion ‘Wakanda-inspired’ city in Africa has been reportedly abandoned after years of delays and limited progress.

Senegal have booked their place in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations thanks to Botswana's 2-1 win over Tunisia. The Lionesses advance as the best third-placed team despite their defeat to Morocco on Saturday.

For many service members, participating in an international military exercise can feel like joining a larger, multinational family.

Senegal has begun recalculating its gross domestic product using an updated base year in a move that could result in an improvement in its debt metrics, its finance ministry said on Tuesday in response to a credit rating downgrade.