Thousands of migrant kids have reached the Canary Islands alone. Local officials want Spain's help

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The children sometimes won't stop crying. Health workers dealing with migrants arriving on Spain's Canary Islands try to understand if the tears are from illness, injury or, as is often the case, from pure shock. One young Senegalese boy who disembarked...

Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections

LONDON (AP) — Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble. From India to South Africa to Britain,...

A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s divided regional bloc Sunday asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in...

For Senegalese fishermen, Eid al-Adha is now a source of anguish, not a joyful occasion

THIAROYE-SUR-MER, Senegal (AP) — The upcoming holiday of Eid al-Adha should have been a joyful occasion for millions of Muslims in Senegal. But skyrocketing prices, record unemployment and growing inequalities have turned Tabaski — as the holiday is locally known — into a source of anguish...

On Eid al-Adha, Senegal's star sheep are for luxury, not sacrifice

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Cheikh Moustapha Seck, a 24-year-old sheep breeder from Senegal, speaks about his animals, his face lights up. “You need love and patience to work with the sheep,” said Seck, affectionately stroking the long neck of Sonko, his champion sheep, named...

Production starts at Senegal's first offshore oil project

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Production has started at Senegal's first offshore oil project, the Australian group Woodside Energy said Tuesday, as the country's new government eyes higher profits from natural resources. “This is a historic day for Senegal and for Woodside,” the...

Senegal's new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's new prime minister, who was freed from jail weeks before the presidential election earlier this year and propelled his party to victory, has criticized the French military presence in the West African country. Ousmane Sonko also criticized efforts by...

Boeing plane carrying 85 people catches fire and skids off the runway in Senegal, injuring 10

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A Boeing 737 carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at Senegal's main airport, injuring 10 people including the pilot, the country's transport minister said Thursday. Passengers were evacuated from the burning aircraft and some described...

Boeing 737 plane crashes off a runway in Senegal, injuring 10 people