Senegal

Travel nightmare: Dakar, Dhaka — what's the difference?

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Sandy Valdivieso and her husband intended to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal. They ended up almost 7,000 miles off-course in Dhaka, Bangladesh. How something this bizarre could happen illustrates how a single mix-up on an airline's part can...

The world within Vanessa Williams

2013-04-27 00:00:00

Most of us are curious about our family lineage. For Vanessa Williams, who recently took part in the show "Who Do You Think You Are" and explored her family's history, the task was both surprising and informative. Here, she talks about what she learned...

Burkina Faso's film industry reemerges with a populist bent

2013-03-16 09:00:00

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The film festival crowd had filled the last seats in the Cine Neerwaya and, when there was no room left, sat four abreast in the aisles. The opening credits hardly dimmed the buzz in the theater; for those who missed a...

Anquan Boldin shocked but not bitter about trade to 49ers

2013-03-12 08:28:00

Anquan Boldin was on another continent when he learned he had been traded from the team that had won the Super Bowl in January to the team that he had helped to beat in the big game. The now former Baltimore Ravens receiver said he had just arrived in...

Gambia, Iraq executions buck worldwide abolitionist trend

2012-08-31 05:02:23

Pictures in the News | October 16, 2012

2012-10-16 09:43:26

Clinton promises 'partnership, not patronage,' to African nations

2012-08-01 12:33:32

Why is Senegal -- an African success story -- becoming unstable?

2012-01-30 18:09:58

Singer Youssou N'Dour to run for president of Senegal

2012-01-04 16:36:18

The rise and fall of Wallace Neff's bubble houses

2011-12-30 21:34:49

Female genital cutting sworn off by thousands of African villages

2012-02-10 10:14:06

Senegal's president concedes defeat; victory for African democracy

2012-03-26 16:40:51

and fishermen organizations for a "responsible and sustainable fisheries" at the end of a campaign to collect signatures throughout the country.

2012-01-19 00:00:00

Senegalese model Khady Cisse waits backstage before a show during Dakar Fashion Week in Senegal's capital.

2011-07-09 00:00:00

. Senegalese riot police fired rubber bullets, teargas and water cannon in running clashes with stone-throwing anti-government demonstrators in the heart of the capital Dakar on Thursday.

2011-06-23 00:00:00