Events in the year 2019 in Senegal. President: Macky Sall Prime Minister: Mahammed Dionne February 24 – President Macky Sall wins a second term with 58%...

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered...

Air Senegal is the flag carrier of the Republic of Senegal. Created in 2016, it is state owned through investment arm Caisse des Dépots et Consignation...

and finished as runners-up in both 2002 and 2019. Senegal would finally win their first AFCON title in 2021, defeating Egypt in the final on penalties following...

Events in the year 2024 in Senegal. President: Macky Sall (until 2 April); Bassirou Diomaye Faye (since 2 April) Prime Minister: Amadou Ba (until 6 March);...

The economy of Senegal is driven by mining, construction, tourism, fishing and agriculture, which are the main sources of employment in rural areas, despite...

occupy an important place in the daily life of the nation of Senegal. The majority of citizens follow Islam (mainly Sunni Islam). In 2013, 6% of the population...

About 42% of Senegal's population is rural. In rural areas, population density varies from about 77 per square kilometer (200/mile²) in the west-central...

is a town in Sédhiou Region, Senegal, located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-east of Sédhiou, on the banks of the Casamance River. In 2018, the population...

Prostitution in Senegal is legal and regulated. Senegal has the distinction of being one of the few countries in Africa to legalize prostitution, and...

Forces of Senegal (French: Forces armées du Sénégal) consists of about 17,000 personnel in the army, air force, navy, and gendarmerie. The Senegal military...

The Prime Minister of Senegal (French: Premier ministre du Sénégal) is the head of government of Senegal.[citation needed] The Prime Minister is appointed...

represented Senegal at the 2012 Olympics, as well as the 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. In the 2019 tournament...

one match. He played for Senegal at two FIFA World Cup and five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. After a defeat in the 2019 final, he helped his country...

The president of Senegal (French: Président du Sénégal) is the head of state and head of government of Senegal. In accordance with the constitutional...

transgender (LGBT) people in Senegal experience legal persecution. Senegal specifically outlaws same-sex sexual acts and, in the past, has prosecuted men...

The COVID-19 pandemic in Senegal was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome...

(Wolof: Ndar), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and 320 kilometres (200 mi)...

of Senegal since 2024. He is also the Leader of PASTEF ever since the party was founded in January 2014. Sonko was the PASTEF candidate in the 2019 presidential...

city of Senegal. The department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Dakar...

description of the Senegal parrot in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Senegal. He used the French name La petite perruche du Sénégal and the Latin...

Senegal competed at the 2019 African Games held from 19 to 31 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco. In total, athletes representing Senegal won one gold medal...

Presidential elections were held in Senegal on 24 February 2019. Incumbent president Macky Sall of the Alliance for the Republic was re-elected for a second...

192,000 km2 is land and 4,190 km2 is water. 70% of the population of Senegal lives in the Coastal Region, so climate change is expected to displace larger...

Agriculture is one of the dominant parts of Senegal's economy, even though Senegal lies within the drought-prone Sahel region. As only about 5% of the...

Healthcare in Senegal is a center topic of discourse in understanding the well-being and vitality of the Senegalese people. As of 2008, there was a need...

The sport of football, the most popular sport in Senegal, in the country of Senegal is run by the Senegalese Football Federation. The association administers...

continental stage was in 2011 at the 2011 African U-17 Championship. Senegal made their first appearance at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2019 in Brazil after Guinea...

Chelsea and the Senegal national team. Nicolas Jackson was born in Senegal, in 2001, to a Gambian father and Senegalese mother. In 2017, in the aftermath...

Transair is a regional airline based in Senegal. As of December 2019, Transair operates flights to the following destinations: According to the Transair...