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          Senegal

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          Soccer Football - CAF Africa Cup of Nations - Morocco 2025 - Final - Senegal v Morocco - Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco - January 18, 2026 Senegal's Sadio Mane lifts the trophy with teammates as they celebrate after winning the Africa Cup of Nations REUTERS / Siphiwe Sibeko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

          Morocco’s Afcon ends in noise, controversy and deep regret

          FootballJanuary 19, 2026
          Senegal captain Sadio Mane, centre left, holds the trophy after beating Morocco 1-0 in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat. AFP

          Senegal crowned Afcon champions after chaotic final against Morocco in Rabat

          FootballJanuary 19, 2026
          Achraf Hakimi, left, will lead Morocco against Sadio Mane and Senegal in the Afcon final at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. Getty Images

          Morocco v Senegal: Afcon glory on the line as Mane and Co stand in way of hosts

          FootballJanuary 18, 2026
          President Sheikh Mohamed welcomes Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye at Qasr Al Shati in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Abdulla Al Bedwawi / UAE Presidential Court

          President Sheikh Mohamed receives President of Senegal

          UAEJanuary 15, 2026
          Egypt's Mohamed Salah celebrates with Emam Ashour after scoring during the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 match against Benin. EPA

          Afcon 2025: Salah hails Egypt's home-grown heroes ahead of Senegal semi-final

          FootballJanuary 14, 2026
          From left, Mohamed Salah, Riyad Mahrez and Sadio Mane. EPA; AFP

          Afcon last dance looms for superstar trio Mahrez, Mane and Salah

          FootballJanuary 09, 2026
          Senegal's Cherif Ndiaye, left, celebrates putting the finishing touches on a 3-0 win over Botswana in Tangier, Morocco. AP

          Afcon 2025: Tunisia and Senegal through as Tanzania make history

          FootballDecember 31, 2025
          Tunisia's Elias Achouri celebrates scoring their third goal in a 3-1 victory over Uganda in Group C of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations at Rabat's Olympic Stadium. AFP

          Afcon 2025: Elias Achouri gets Tunisia up and running with brace against Uganda

          FootballDecember 24, 2025
          The French and Senegalese army personnel during a base handover ceremony in Dakar in July. AFP

          France's complete withdrawal from West Africa should worry the rest of the world

          CommentAugust 13, 2025
          Spanish search and rescue team escorts a 'cayuco' boat with 174 migrants onboard disembarking at La Restinga port on the Canary Island of El Hierro on August 31. AFP

          Spanish migration debate fuelled after PM trip to West Africa

          EuropeAugust 31, 2024
          Senegal's midfielder Lamine Camara celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's third goal against Gambia. AFP

          Afcon 2023: Camara bags brace as Senegal get defence off to winning start

          FootballJanuary 15, 2024
          A capsized boat from which several migrants were found dead in Dakar, Senegal. AP

          West African migrants buried in unmarked graves on coast of Senegal

          WorldJuly 29, 2023
          Two people on the rudder of the cargo ship at Las Palmas port. EPA

          Stowaways sail into Canary Islands hidden on rudder of ship

          EuropeJuly 11, 2023
          A group of 157 migrants arrive at Los Cristianos harbour in Tenerife, Canary Islands on July 4. EPA

          Migrant boat carrying 300 people missing off the Canary Islands

          EuropeJuly 10, 2023
          A woman leaves a voting station in Ngor, Dakar, on July 31, 2022. Senegalese voters head to the polls for parliamentary elections that the opposition hopes will force a coalition with President Macky Sall. AFP

          Senegal has a lot to lose if it no longer remains one of Africa's most stable countries

          CommentJune 15, 2023
          Diogo Dieye 103, a former Senegalese tirailleur, who fought for the French during World War II, in Lebanon and in Libreville, poses for a portrait on his bed in Thies on December 22, 2022. - The Senegalese Tirailleurs where colonial infantry, forced to fight in France’s wars through the 19th and 20th centuries. A tribute is paid to these soldiers in the film "Tirailleurs", by director Mathieu Vadepied, screened on December 20, 2022 in Dakar during a special evening in Senegal, where it will be released on January 6, 2023 after its release in France on January 4, 2023. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)

          Film highlights France's forgotten Senegalese troops - in pictures

          WorldJanuary 06, 2023
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