Akon's $6 billion futuristic city project in Senegal officially scrapped after five years of failed promises, replaced with ...

Built by North Koreans, the new monument in Dakar, Senegal, is larger than the Statue of Liberty. Take a tour with WSJ's Christina Passariello months before the official opening in April.

The African Renaissance Monument, a towering 171ft bronze edifice perched atop the Collines des Mamelles just outside Dakar, Senegal, stands as Africa's tallest statue.

A statue of Victor Hugo, created by the Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow, in Besançon, France. After a restoration darkened its features, the statue was defaced. Andrea Mantovani for The New York ...

Senegal demands answers as the West African country commemorates a French colonial massacre Hundreds of West African soldiers who fought for France during World War II were likely killed by the ...

Senegal's President Macky Sall has inaugurated a statue in the capital Dakar in memory of Capt Mbaye Diagne, a Senegalese peacekeeper killed in Rwanda during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

The West African nation of Senegal votes for a new president Sunday, in an election that many young people see as a chance to overhaul the political and economic order.

The bronze statue, which was completed in 2010, marks 50 years of independence from France. It was commissioned by Senegal’s then president Abdoulaye Wade and depicts an idealised African family.