Senegal

11 Families in Senegal Welcomed Newborns. A Fire Left Them Devastated.

TIVAOUANE, Senegal — The baby boy did not yet have a name. He was only a day old on Wednesday when a fire broke out in the neonatal section of the hospital where he was born, in the holy city of Tivaouane in central Senegal. He was on the maternity ward’s third floor; his mother, […]

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Senegal Hospital Fire Kills 11 Infants, President Says

At least 11 newborns were killed after a fire tore through a neonatal unit of a regional hospital in the West African nation of Senegal, the country’s president, Macky Sall, said on Thursday on Twitter. Mr. Sall, who was on a state visit to Angola, said the blaze had broken out at Abdou Aziz Sy […]

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In Senegal’s Former Capital, a Colonial Statue in Hiding Is No Longer Welcome

SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal — For more than a century, the French general who shaped Senegal’s former capital was hailed as a hero and a father figure, his bronze statue triumphantly standing on a square that bore his name. Under his feet, carved into the stone of a massive pedestal, a message read: “To its governor Faidherbe, […]

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Former French Colonies in Africa Demand a Reset

BAMAKO, Mali — Many French guests came through the guesthouse where El Bachir Thiam worked as a security guard, a small oasis of greenery in busy Bamako, the capital of the West African country of Mali. They were friendly, usually, and he liked them. But after he had welcomed them in, shown them to their […]

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Amid Coups and Covid, Africa Focuses on What’s Most Important: Soccer

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — She had watched some of the matches secretly, volume turned down low so that nobody would report her. She had seen the threats, and knew that she could be kidnapped or killed for watching the African soccer tournament that her country, Cameroon, was hosting. But she was fed up with containing her […]

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Africa Cup of Nations: Soccer Tournament Offers Joy Amid Coups and Covid

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