DAKAR (Reuters) - A cloud of Saharan dust stretching thousands of kilometres dimmed the sun and grounded flights across the western edge of Africa, the region's worst sand storm in two years. A NASA satellite image showed a yellowish-brown plume stretching north from Western Sahara and inland to Mali. Residents of Mauritania's seaside capital Nouakchott covered their faces with scarves or stayed ...

Errol Barnett travels to the beaches of Dakar to discover the secrets of Senegal's national dish.

Abdoulaye Wade's bid for a third term as Senegal's president has raised the possibility of a popular uprising or violence in a country previously seen as one of Africa's greatest success stories. 

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A military spokesman says four soldiers have been killed by separatist rebels in the country's restive south. Saliou Ngom says the attacks happened Monday night. He says eight soldiers were also wounded, and two of the wounded were flown to Dakar.

DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal security forces used tear gas and flash grenades to disperse hundreds of rock-throwing youths in the capital Dakar on Wednesday, a day after a student was killed in mass anti-government protests. The clashes come amid mounting international pressure on President Abdoulaye Wade over his plans to seek a third term in February 26 elections in defiance of opposition ...

[Interpol] Dakar - An operation to disrupt the trafficking of drugs from South America to Europe via Africa has resulted in the seizure of more than 500 kilogrammes of drugs and the recovery of cash totalling two and half million euros in 25 airports across Western and Central Africa and Brazil.

People Displaced by Climate Change Need Our Help, But So Do Those Who Cannot Leave

DAKAR (Reuters) - "I will tread on no corpses to get to the presidential palace," Senegal's Abdoulaye Wade once declared from the opposition benches in a famous pledge to win power by democratic means.

A military spokesman says four soldiers have been killed by separatist rebels in the country's restive south.

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade's outdated model of governance isn't working for his country.