Senegal's president, Abdoulaye Wade, is under mounting pressure to quit. The latest controversy: a 160-foot, $27 million monument he says celebrates African liberation from centuries of ignorance ...

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

BESANÇON, France — The statue of Victor Hugo has loomed outside the city hall of his birthplace, ... Mr. Sow, who was often called the Auguste Rodin of Senegal, died in 2016.