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    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      InterviewFilm
      Alice Diop on her film Saint Omer: ‘It questions the complexity of the maternal bond’

      The director discusses dramatising the trial of a woman who left her child to die — and why it reflects ‘a very French form of racism’

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      US foreign policy
      Yellen to visit African countries as US steps up overtures

      Washington is seeking to entice nations away from financial and resource ties to China

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      FIFA World Cup
      Ruthless England get job done against Senegal

      Tougher challenge against France awaits in World Cup quarter-final

    • Saturday, 28 May, 2022
      Travel
      Discovering Dakar, the coastal capital on Africa’s westernmost tip

      The rally is long gone, but Sarah Provan relishes the city’s laidback streetlife, beaches and markets — plus a pink lake and a North Korean behemoth

    • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
      BioNTech
      BioNTech to open Africa’s first mRNA manufacturing plant

      Rwanda and Senegal agreement a big step in plans to produce Covid jabs on the continent

    • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
      Special ReportInvesting in Education
      Schools focus on basic skills to improve poorest children’s chances

      Literacy and numeracy targeted as foundation for later success in low-income countries

    • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
      Chad
      Former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré dies after contracting Covid

      Ex-president was convicted of overseeing killings of tens of thousands of people

    • Saturday, 12 June, 2021
      InterviewFiction
      International Booker winner David Diop on France’s colonial legacy

      The author of ‘At Night All Blood is Black’ gives voice to the first world war’s forgotten Senegalese soldiers

    • Friday, 11 June, 2021
      Film
      African cinema’s undersung auteurs rediscovered

      Ousmane Sembène’s newly restored 1968 classic Mandabi is among the works prompting a rethink of the film canon

    • Monday, 8 March, 2021
      Senegal opposition leader Sonko released after protests

      Demonstrations in West African country have left eight people dead

    • Monday, 22 February, 2021
      HTSI
      The philanthropic genius of Josef and Anni Albers

      Fifty years ago the Bauhaus artists established a foundation to use “minimal means to maximum effect”. A cultural centre, school and, now, hospital in Senegal are a perfect expression of their aims

    • Sunday, 9 August, 2020
      Paul Collier
      Pandemic threatens African economic success

      Fall in commodity prices benefits advanced economies

    • Monday, 27 July, 2020
      Capricorn Energy
      Cairn sells Senegal assets to Lukoil with eye on acquisitions

      UK oil and gas developer to pay special dividend and boost war chest after deal with Russian group

    • Monday, 22 June, 2020
      African economy
      Senegal president admits virus will delay oil projects

      Macky Sall says ripple effects from pandemic are having devastating effect on business

    • Thursday, 26 March, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      UK-Senegal partnership to trial 10-minute coronavirus test

      Pocket-sized kit offers potential lifesaver for poorer countries battling to contain pandemic

    • Friday, 13 December, 2019
      Travel
      Travel writers’ discoveries — and disappointments — of 2019

      From Senegal’s spectacular capital to the snows of the Val di Fassa, FT contributors share their most eye-opening trips

    • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
      Mining
      Barrick sells 90% stake in Senegalese gold mine to Teranga Gold

      Gold producer to get up to $430m as it pushes ahead with asset sales

    • Wednesday, 10 July, 2019
      BP PLC
      BP says Senegal conducting ‘investigations’ into gas deal
    • Tuesday, 25 June, 2019
      Senegal president’s brother resigns over gas deal allegations

      Aliou Sall steps down as fallout from contract involving BP and Frank Timis builds

    • Thursday, 28 February, 2019
      Africa
      Macky Sall seals victory in Senegal’s presidential election

      Main opposition figures reject results but claim a court challenge would be futile

    • Thursday, 1 November, 2018
      Matshidiso Moeti
      Cleaning up Africa’s air would pay for itself in economic gains

      Pollution is dragging down the continent’s GDP and harming its children

    • Monday, 24 September, 2018
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      The scramble for business in Africa

      Led by China, countries from Turkey to India are looking for opportunities

    • Tuesday, 14 August, 2018
      beyondbricsClimate change
      De-risking agricultural investment in Africa

      Climate science can reduce uncertainty in a high-risk environment

    • Wednesday, 27 June, 2018
      Sport
      Senegal’s Lions benefit from their French connection

      Diaspora in France have blossomed in the country’s youth development programme

    • Friday, 1 June, 2018
      FT SeriesWorld Cup 2018
      They weren’t expecting to be at the World Cup but…

      Fans in Egypt, Iceland, Panama, Peru and Senegal tell FT correspondents how it feels

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