Senegal
Senegal: Incumbent has tough time casting his ballot in presidential race
A night of violence in Dakar, captured in amateur videos
Senegal fishermen test life- and energy-saving 'boat kites'
Marabouts up in arms at government ban on child beggars
The Senegalese government has launched an aggressive campaign to root out begging from the streets of Dakkar. Its main targets are Koranic schools, most of which depend on donations their pupils collect on the street. Read our Observer's report...
West Africa's “traditional healers” – life savers or charlatans?
Megaphone in one hand, magic potions in the other, Congo's "traditional practitioners" walk the city streets in search of the sick and wounded. While the most they've got is a first-aid certificate, they sell themselves as doctors who can cure problems modern medicine can't. Read more...
Dakar’s €21m statue rises amongst the poverty
An enormous mound of bronze, rising from the rubble of Dakar. The pride of President Abdoulaye Wade - at a cost of 14 billion CAF (€21m) - is the outrage of the local residents. Read more...
Your Observers TV show is back!
After the summer break, the new Observers TV show is back for its fourth edition. Many thanks to all the Observers who participated: Serigne Diagne, Sandra Miller, Ahmed Al-Omran and Serge. Watch the show...
An illegal immigrant expelled “like a dog”
Lamine Mbengue was waiting for his transfer plane in Madrid airport when he witnessed an illegal immigrant being tied up by the police and forced onto a plane bound for Dakar. The scene shocked him so much that he took out his digital camera and recorded it. Now, the images are making their way round the world. Read more and see the video...
Michael Jackson, Black or White?
News of Michael Jackson’s death spread like wildfire across Africa and the world. But do Africans still consider the performer – who spent much of his life attempting to whiten his skin – as a black singer they can identify with? Read more...
Having fun in Dakar traffic
Papy Deme has launched a game on the Internet: find the oldest car running in Dakar by using number plates. It seems a number of Senegalese drivers have fun looking for the city's most antique car amid Dakar traffic. Read more...
