Senegal coach Aliou Cisse has been taken aback by the attention he has drawn at the World Cup, but insists he's no "sex symbol." Skip to main content Skip to navigation Menu ...

The baobab tree is revered in Senegal, where it is the nation’s symbol, ... Fitting for a tree also known as “the tree of life,” it appears to be upside down, with roots reaching up to the sky.

To capture the harsh reality of life in Senegal, film director Mati Diop chose young people she met at building sites, bars and in Dakar's poorer suburbs as the stars of 'Atlantics', a ghost story ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Torrential rains in Sierra Leone's capital felled the centuries-old Cotton Tree, ... the roughly 400 year-old tree has been Sierra Leone's national symbol for decades.

Analysis - Senegal's first president is rightly revered for instilling democracy in Senegal and founding the négritude philosophical movement. But Senghor was a poet first and foremost.