GOUDIRY, Senegal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Slumped on a bench in a village in southeast Senegal - which is lifeless but for the occasional bleating of goats and splutter of old motorcycles - ...

The school focuses on teaching men how to support women and challenge traditional gender norms. In Senegal, men who once upheld patriarchal norms are now promoting gender equality thanks to the ...

In the aftermath of Senegal’s dramatic Africa Cup of Nations victory on Sunday night, it was easy to think back to previous international tournaments. You thought of previous Africa Cup of Nations ...

DAKAR, Senegal — Nine men, including a prominent activist, have been convicted of homosexual acts and sentenced to eight years in prison, their lawyer and a gay rights group said Thursday, Jan. 8.

DAKAR, Senegal – A judge in Senegal sentenced two men to six months' jail in a rare conviction of a gay couple on criminal charges. The two were arrested after neighbors alerted police to their home ...

In Senegal, Africa, two men have been jailed for “spreading false news” that the new prime minister there tolerates homosexuality. Activist Bah Diakhate and Imam Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Ndao were jailed ...

DAKAR, Senegal — A judge in Senegal sentenced two men to six months’ jail in a rare conviction of a gay couple on criminal charges. The two were arrested after neighbors alerted police to their home ...

The dynamic of Senegal’s Feb. 26 election is a familiar-sounding one: an aging, increasingly autocratic African President trying to cling to power, sending in the security services to beat up – and ...

For Senegal's young men, among the 300,000 migrants expected by the IOM to pass through Agadez this year, there begins the hellish 1,200 km (750 miles) journey to Sabha in southern Libya – a route ...

DAKAR, SenegalDAKAR, Senegal — Nine men, including a prominent activist, have been convicted of homosexual acts and sentenced to eight years in prison, their lawyer and a gay rights group said ...

Local activists and would-be migrants Moussa Kebe (L) and Ousmane Thiam (R) pose for a photo on a farm in Goudiry, Senegal, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister By Kieran Guilbert GOUDIRY, ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A judge in Senegal sentenced two men to six months' jail in a rare conviction of a gay couple on criminal charges. The two were arrested after neighbors alerted police to their ...