The streets of Dakar, Senegal, became a battleground on Friday (Feb. 09) as simmering political tensions boiled over into violent clashes between opposition activists and law enforcement agencies.

Senegalese woke up Friday (Feb. 16) to a ruling on a historic decision. In the streets of Dakar, many welcomed the move by the nation's top election authority to void the government's postponement ...

For a few years now, New Atlas has picked some of its favorite pictures from the grueling, multi-thousand-mile desert race ...

Senegal's moving ahead with plans to put more of its own identity and culture into key streets and has begun changing the name of landmarks named after french colonial figures. It is part of ...

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye called for certain main roads bearing colonial names to be renamed in honor of 'national heroes.' ...

As you walk the busy streets of Dakar, children approach you with small metal or plastic buckets asking for donations and help with food. More than 30,000 children in Dakar are so called ‘talibe’, ...

Henk Lategan and Yazeed Al-Rajhi will duel in the Saudi sand for their first Dakar Rally title after swapping the lead for a second straight day.