Topic - Dakar

Dakar (; is the capital and largest city of Senegal. - Source: Wikipedia

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Aminata "Myamy TheAyGirl" Thiam, 31years - Old, left, instructs a student 30 years old Julia Sall, at a beat making class for women in Dakar, Senegal, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Aminata Thiam is Senegal's first female beatmaker. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

In Senegal’s thriving hip-hop scene, this beatmaker insists women have a seat at the table

By Annie Risemberg - Associated Press

People rest next to a fountain adorning the Senegalese flag at Place de l'Indépendance, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in Dakar, Senegal. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Senegal votes in a tightly contested presidential race after months of unrest

By Jessica Donati and Babacar Dione and Jack Thompson - Associated Press

Presidential candidate Anta Babacar Ngom greets supporters during her electoral campaign caravan in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, March 11, 2024. Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may stand no chance of winning but activists say her presence alone is helping to advance a decades long campaign to achieve equality in the West African nation. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Senegal votes Sunday in a presidential election that has fired up political tensions

By Jessica Donati - Associated Press

Demonstrators protest President Macky Sall's decision to postpone the Feb. 25 vote, citing an electoral dispute between the parliament and the judiciary regarding some candidacies in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. The Senegalese government has announced March 24, 2024 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election. (AP Photo/Stefan Kleinowitz, File)

Senegal’s presidential candidates kick off campaigns after violent protests over a delay of the vote

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Gueva Ba sells used cell phones in Dakar's Colobane market Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Ba, who tried to reach Europe via Morocco eleven times, flew legally to Nicaragua and made the rest of the journey illegally by land to Mexico's northern border, before being repatriated from the United States to Senegal in September 2023. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

In Senegal’s capital, Nicaragua is a hot ticket among travel agents as migrants try to reach U.S.

By Baba Ahmed - Associated Press

In a photo provided by Can-Am Off-Road, Sara Price drives during Stage 10 of the Dakar Rally on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, near Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia. (Maciej Niechwiadowicz/Can-Am Off-Road via AP)

Off-road racer Sara Price celebrates becoming first American woman to win stage in Dakar Rally

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Senegal police stands in front of the Supreme Court in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, as the court is due to rule on whether opposition leader and presidential hopeful Ousmane Sonko can take part in the upcoming February election despite being struck from the country's voter rolls after his conviction on charges of corrupting youth earlier this year. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko’s bid

By Babacar Dione - Associated Press

Arrested members of the Wazalendo sect are sat and lined up in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. More than 40 people died and dozens were injured in clashes in the Congolese city of Goma between protesters from the Wazalendo religious sect and the armed forces, national authorities said. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

The Congolese military is accused of a deadly crackdown on a religious sect, killing at least 43

By Zane Irwin - Associated Press

Seynabou Diop looks on as she holds her prayer beads after talking about her son, Khadim Ba, 21, who died during the protests earlier this month in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 15, 2023. "If I had known (he was going to protest), Khadim would never have taken part," said Diop. "I want (the government) to meet the expectations of young people, the government has an obligation to help (them)," she said. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest

By Sam Mednick - Associated Press

A riot police officer runs past a burning car during a protest at the Cheikh Anta Diop University campus in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 1, 2023. Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted Thursday of corrupting youth but acquitted on charges of raping a woman who worked at a massage parlor and making death threats against her.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal opposition leader Sonko convicted of corrupting youth, acquitted of rape

By Babacar Dione and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

Spain’s Sánchez tries to contain migration with Africa visit

By ARITZ PARRA and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2009 file photo, cranes off load containers at the Jebel Ali port terminal 2 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. International port operator DP World signed a deal on Wednesday, Dec. 23,2020, to develop a new deep-water port in Senegal worth over $1 billion, the company announced, its biggest ever investment in Africa. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

DP World signs deal to develop $1 billion new Senegal port

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Senegal’s capital gets year’s worth of rain in single night

By BABACAR DIONE - Associated Press

Senegal sends 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate to Mali

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb.4, 2014 file photo, former president of Olympic Marseille soccer club, Pape Diouf, poses after a press conference, in Marseille, southern France. Pape Diouf, who led the French soccer club from 2005-09, has died after contracting the coronavirus. He was 68. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

1st virus death in Senegal is ex-French soccer club boss

By CARLEY PETESCH and JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press