Senegal is due to launch a professional football league this week with two divisions. The league will be overseen by a new body, the LSPF, and there will be 18 clubs in the first division and 12 in the second.
22 April 2009
A film featuring Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour and jazz pianist Moncef Genoud is now available which explores the history of the slave trade and it’s musical legacy. Return to Gorée commences on the island of Gorée, Senegal, a former trading post where African slaves were taken before their journey to America.
15 April 2009
Insight Guides have produced a new 352-page guide to The Gambia & Senegal, highlighting the best of the two West African countries
09 April 2009
A week-long festival celebrating the culture of Senegal and focusing on the slave trade is scheduled for 10th to 17th May 2009 on the Senegalese island of Gorée...
02 April 2009
Senegal went to the polls on Sunday for the country’s local elections. Although official results aren’t expected for a few days, initial results suggest that the President’s ruling SOPI coalition has lost control...
25 March 2009
Senegal has finished fourth in the first ever African Nations Championship after losing to Zambia at the weekend in the third place play off.
11 March 2009
Senegal is out of the African Nations Championship after losing in a penalty shoot-out in yesterday’s semi-final.
05 March 2009
Senegal will play against Ghana in today’s semi-final of CHAN, the African Nations Championship Finals in Bouake, Ivory Coast, after finishing second in Group A to Zambia.
04 March 2009
A new all-inclusive hotel has opened its doors to holidaymakers near the Senegalese resort of Saly, south of Dakar.
12 February 2009
Africa's most important jazz festival, The International Jazz Festival of Saint-Louis, will be held between 28th and 31st May 2009 in the Senegalese city of Saint-Louis.
04 February 2009
