A plane from the Belgian company Brussels Airlines had an extra passenger between takeoff and landing. A passenger gave birth ...

DAKAR, Senegal—The UN children’s fund on Thursday accused armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their ...

Senegalese student Fallou, 26, loitered near one of the restaurants of the University of Dakar, hoping that one of his friends would give him a luncheon voucher so he could eat. A meal ticket only ...

The U.N. children’s fund on Thursday accused armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint and ...

It's a taboo topic and an age-old practice across several countries and religious traditions in Africa, the Middle East and ...

Senegal hopes for a new International Monetary Fund programme by June, Finance Minister Cheikh Diba said on Thursday, as the ...

Serigne Mbaye, chef of the James Beard award-winning "Dakar NOLA," showcases a unique blend of Senegalese and New Orleans ...

Armed men in eastern Congo raped hundreds of children and recruited child soldiers at unprecedented levels, the U.N. children’s fund said Thursday, as the conflict in the mineral-rich region ...

The world around us was khaki and brown—a sprawling sea of sand, with tracks carved in the dirt for makeshift roadways.

Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, a firebrand critic of former president Macky Sall who was locked up under his administration, ...

EL CENTRO, Calif. — Brock Heger, a 25-year-old off-road race car driver from El Centro, California, has emerged as a celebrity in the racing world after winning the SSV class of the Dakar Rally as a ...