This makes Senegal the ninth country in Africa and the 25th globally to reach this milestone in the fight against a disease that has affected some of the world's poorest communities for over a century ...

The World Health Organisation has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. The WHO, which ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal ...

Senegal has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the 25th country in the world—and the ninth in Africa to do so, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).Trachoma is a ...

Trachoma, a bacterial eye infection that can lead to blindness if untreated, has plagued Senegalese communities for over a century.

Senegal became the first African team to beat England in a fixture with their 3-1 win on Tuesday night ...

In 2009, a group of wealthy nations committed to helping less developed countries cope with the effects of climate change. But where the $100 billion goes has been tough to verify and critics say ...

Senegal’s foreign ministry announced Tuesday it was temporarily closing its overseas consulates amid raging political tensions that have fueled attacks on its diplomatic missions in Paris ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially announced that Burundi has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, ...

NPR's Miles Parks speaks with Ousmane Diallo, a researcher at Amnesty International, about the state of democracy in Senegal, amid government crackdowns on human rights and political opposition.

At least 40 people were killed Sunday and many others seriously injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, according to the country’s president.