DAKAR, Senegal — The death toll from an attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria over the weekend has climbed to 150, survivors said Monday. Villagers were still digging through burned structures, ...

Every year, tens of thousands of migrants set off to Europe from Africa in fragile wooden boats. But there’s growing evidence ...

The death toll from an attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria over the weekend has climbed to 150, survivors say.

Residents of Darsilameh, a village in Kombo North District bordering Senegal, have called on the government to urgently demarcate the border to prevent recurring tensions and potential conflict. Their ...

I was so excited. I remember when my gran came home, I think she must have been at work, how I dashed to the door to tell her the score and all about the game. To be honest my gran was not a great ...

Resentful that she had married someone else, her ex-boyfriend first sent her husband and new in-laws photos she had shared with him when they were together.

In a remote village in Senegal, a woman is using solar energy to bring progress. Against her husband's wishes, she trains to become a solar technician. In doing so, she initiates a shift in ...

After 11 years of volunteers and paid interns using hand tools to rebuild the 177-year-old home, its completion will be celebrated June 21 with an open house at Folklore Village.

Jerreh Badjie, a member of the Village Development Committee (VDC) and mediator between the Senegalese authorities and the ...

Seabass and bream farms in Europe are driving environmental destruction and depriving communities of vital food sources and ...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...