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The Big Read: Today in Senegal

The stories that matter most today. Updated Nov 2, 6:30 PM ET.

Senegal Naval Base Accident Kills 1 Gendarme
A Senegal naval base accident during a refueling operation killed one gendarme and injured four, three seriously, and an inquiry is under way.
Mon 2:53 AM ET
Senegal Economy 2026, Key Players in Oil, Debt and Power
A plain guide to the Senegal economy in 2026: the ministers, the central bank, the oil and gas companies, the lenders and the sectors that matter.
Sun 6:53 AM ET
Amiral Faye Gassama Naval Base in 5 Facts
The Amiral Faye Gassama naval base in Dakar hosts the Senegalese Navy's headquarters.
Mon 2:54 AM ET

The Amiral Faye Gassama naval base in Dakar is the Senegalese Navy's home port. Five facts on who runs it...

A Senegal naval base accident between two Gendarmerie boats killed one gendarme and injured four on 31 October, the Interior...

The Senegal economy in 2026: who sets policy, who pumps the oil and gas, who runs the power grid and...

Team USA named 29 athletes in 12 sports and two flag bearers for the Dakar Youth Olympic Games, which open...

Moody's cut Senegal's foreign-currency rating to Ca on 29 October as the budget fight with its Assembly drags on and...

Modou Ngom received the maximum 22.5 years for an Ohio I-71 crash that killed a family of three. A judge...

Senegal's foreign minister led an ECOWAS-backed mission to Guinea-Bissau after elections were postponed indefinitely. No new vote date has been...

Senegal geopolitics in 2026: how the US, China, Russia, France, the EU and the Gulf compete for oil, ports and...

A Thiès building that collapsed on 27 October 2026 had five floors but a permit for only three, Senegal's urbanism...