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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Senegal, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 669 stories have been published about Senegal which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Senegal, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 669 stories have been published about Senegal which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Senegal · SenegalFor 20 years, there has been a gold-digging mood in eastern Senegal. Bantakokouta has brought about the upswing, but also lively drug trafficking and mercury pollution
Gold rush as a curse and blessing for Senegal
Janet Yellen · WashingtonU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen caravanned from a government building to a business incubator in Dakar on Friday and was set to end her day at the president’s residence, spreading a message of mutually beneficial U.S.-Africa relations.
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US Treasury Secretary Yellen Kicks Off Africa Tour in Senegal
52% Center coverage: 25 sources
Macky Sall · DakarAt least 40 people were killed Sunday in a bus crash in central Senegal. The incident involved two buses that collided with one another. The reason for the crash is as yet unknown. The western African nation will observe three days of national mourning for the victims, starting on January 9.
40 dead, many injured in Senegal bus crash, president says
40% Center coverage: 87 sources
Macky Sall · DakarThe crash was on one of the main east-west arteries near the town of Kaffrine. President Macky Sall said on Twitter that he was "profoundly saddened" The accident occurred after the tyre of one passenger bus burst, officials said. In 2017, two buses collided, killing 25 people, including some heading to a religious festival.
Senegal declares national mourning after bus crash kills dozens
34% Center coverage: 18 sources
Animals · DakarCarlos Sainz finishes second after Nasser Al Attiyah in the Ha'il loop and remains fourth overall
Two major accidents involving Laia Sanz and Joan Barreda mark the fifth stage of the Dakar
100% Right coverage: 1 sources
Politics · DakarTwo Senegalese politicians have been sentenced to six months in jail after assaulting a pregnant colleague during a parliamentary brawl. In chaotic televised scenes that shocked the nation, Massata Samb slapped Amy Ndiaye Gniby in the face during a budget debate in the National Assembly after she scoffed at his remarks in criticism of her.
Senegal lawmakers get 6-month jail sentence for assaulting colleague
84% Center coverage: 12 sources
Sports · DakarSam Sunderland's defence of his Dakar Rally motorbike crown ended on this year's first stage. The 33-year-old English GasGas rider came to grief at the 52 kilometres mark. Sunderland also had to retire from the 2018 edition -- a year after he won his first title.
Carlos Sainz wins first stage of Dakar Rally
45% Center coverage: 9 sources
Janet Yellen · WashingtonU.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the horrors of the Atlantic slave trade that trapped tens of millions of Africans in bondage for generations.
Door of No Return: Yellen visits onetime slave-trading post
60% Center coverage: 10 sources
