A brawl breaks out in Senegal's parliament after a female member of parliament was slapped in the face by a male colleague, amid growing acrimony between ruling and opposition party politicians.

The brawl worsened political tensions in Senegal that have risen since the ruling party lost its comfortable majority in a July election. The loss was widely seen as a rebuke of President Macky ...

A court in Senegal sentenced two politicians to six months in jail on Monday for assaulting a pregnant colleague during a brawl in parliament. The two men, Massata Samb and Amadou Niang from the ...

Senegal’s former prime minister Aminata Toure says she will keep fighting against a possible third term for her former boss, President Macky Sall, who remains silent on his intentions regarding ...

DAKAR, Jan 2 (Reuters) - A court in Senegal sentenced two lawmakers on Monday to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague on Dec. 1 during an acrimonious parliamentary session that ...

The authorship — and therefore origins — of jollof rice (called ceebu jën in Senegal according to the Wolof spelling) is the subject of a spicy debate between West African nations.

In February 2021, Sarr accused Sonko, a longstanding national member of parliament, of rape, leading to his arrest. Then-46-year-old Ousmane Sonko, the youngest candidate to run in the 2019 ...

BRAWL BREAKS OUT IN SENEGAL PARLIAMENT AFTER MALE LAWMAKER SLAPS FEMALE COLLEAGUE Sall declared a three-day national mourning starting on Monday. He also said a meeting will be held on Monday to take ...