Voters handed Senegal's president an overwhelming legislative majority in snap elections. Now, he has to deliver for them.

In an interview with Le Monde, the Senegalese president, an advocate of sovereigntist policy, discusses the 1944 Thiaroye massacre and the relationship he intends to forge with France, whose influence ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday said that France should close all its army bases in the country, noting that it was “incompatible” with Senegal’s national sovereignty.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye's statement comes ahead of Thiaroye massacre anniversary when French troops killed hundreds of African ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s party won an overwhelming majority in parliamentary elections, paving the way ...

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's Pastef party has won 130 out of 165 seats in legislative elections, securing a ...

Chad's surprising announcement that it is ending military cooperation with France -- the last Sahel country to host French troops -- comes just a day after Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye ...

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told AFP Thursday that France should close its military bases in the West African state as it prepared to mark the 80th anniversary of a notorious colonial ...

Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told AFP Thursday that France should close its military bases in the West African ...

Senegal's Constitutional Court has confirmed the ruling party's overwhelming win in parliamentary elections giving President Bassirou Diomaye Faye a powerful mandate for change. Senegal's ruling ...