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21 May 2023 4 minute read

Baaba Maal’s impact extends far beyond music

Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal speaks to Graeme Green about music making a difference.

10 Jul 2022 5 minute read

This article is more than one year old.

The interview: Ndongo Samba Sylla

Senegalese development economist Ndongo Samba Sylla speaks to Hazel Healy about why he thinks ‘neo-...

19 Sep 2021 1 minute read

This article is more than two years old.

The disappearing Senegalese sardines

Hazel Healy sheds light on a deeply dysfunctional food chain.

21 Mar 2018 5 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Five reflections on the death of Mame Mbaye

A migrant’s death provokes soul searching in Madrid. Sarah Babiker reports

29 Jun 2017 6 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Migrants who make it convince others not to risk it

How Senegal is trying to involve the diaspora to curb emigration. By Sofia Christensen

22 Aug 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

‘More understanding, more awareness, more dignity!’

Clelia Goodchild talks to members of the first union in Europe for illegal street vendors about what they...

1 Jun 2014 2 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Big Tobacco takes a tumble in Senegal

Stephen Cockburn reports on how Dakar defied lobbyists to enact tough new anti-smoking legislation.

1 Aug 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Change-makers: women of the African diaspora

A long tradition of positive social action sets international standards, writes Minna Salami.

6 Feb 2011 2 minute read

This article is almost 13 years old.

World Social Forum promises to clean up its act

In Africa, for Africa?

18 Jun 2009 2 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

Holding our ground

LGBT activists from Africa to South America are standing firm and forming coalitions with other rights groups in the face of...

2 Mar 2009 1 minute read

This article is more than 14 years old.

Djibril Sy

A queue for gas, captured by Senegalese photographer *Djibril Sy*.

16 Oct 2008 3 minute read

This article is almost 15 years old.

African Migration Management

Just over two years ago the Spanish government desperate to stop
migrant workers from crossing into Spain from the...

2 Sep 2008 4 minute read

This article is more than 15 years old.

Youssou N'Dour

Senegal’s beacon of good music and positive energy *Youssou N’Dour* talks to *Ed Stocker*

28 Jan 2007 3 minute read

This article is almost 17 years old.

A Green OPEC?

Despite the underwhelming emphasis...

2 Sep 2004 7 minute read

This article is more than 19 years old.

The onion fields

Playwright and actor Kwame Kwei-Armah visits Senegal and discovers the shocking truth about free trade.

2 Mar 2004 4 minute read

This article is more than 19 years old.

States of Unrest

Resistance to economic ‘adjustment’ is growing with every passing year, as this worldwide round-up shows.

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