Voters handed Senegal's president an overwhelming legislative majority in snap elections. Now, he has to deliver for them.

The ruling Pastef party of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Sonko won 130 seats in the 165-seat national assembly in snap ...

Senegal on Sunday commemorated 80 years since the killing of dozens of African troops by French forces that the former ...

Bassirou Diomaye Faye's statement comes ahead of Thiaroye massacre anniversary when French troops killed hundreds of African ...

In an interview with Le Monde, the Senegalese president, an advocate of sovereigntist policy, discusses the 1944 Thiaroye massacre and the relationship he intends to forge with France, whose influence ...

Senegal's legislative elections see President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's party leading, as opposition leaders concede. Amid ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s party won an overwhelming majority in parliamentary elections, paving the way ...

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye says Senegal 'does not accept the presence of military bases in a sovereign country'.

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, noting that it was “incompatible” with Senegal’s national sovereignty.

Just weeks after being released from jail, Bassirou Diomaye Faye is set to become Senegal's youngest ever president following an extraordinary election victory. The meteoric rise of The 44-year ...

More than 7 million registered voters in the West African country were choosing 165 lawmakers in the National Assembly, where the party of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye does not hold a majority.

Few political turnarounds can match the last month in Senegal. Just over two weeks ago, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was a little-known opposition leader languishing in jail, detained without trial on ...