Senegal has raised 364 billion CFA francs ($644 million) in its second public bond offering of 2025, exceeding its initial target of 300 billion CFA francs, the West African nation's finance ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Senegal is recalculating its GDP using a new base year to improve its debt metrics following hidden debt revelations. The move, albeit standard, raises skepticism about its long-term effectiveness. The IMF awaits clarity on misreporting,

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Senegal as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. Senegal becomes the ninth country in WHO's African Region to have achieved this feat.

Senegal has begun recalculating its gross domestic product using an updated base year in a move that could result in an improvement in its debt metrics, its finance ministry said on Tuesday in response to a credit rating downgrade.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Senegalese authorities to immediately release news commentator Badara Gadiaga, cease the arrest of journalists, and end retaliation against media

Senegalese authorities have officially abandoned Akon’s ambitious $6 billion smart city project. The government has reclaimed most of the land that was allocated for the proposed futuristic “Wakanda” city. Instead, officials have approved a scaled-down $1.2 billion resort development.

In a letter released on his social media platform, Donald Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney the new rate would go into effect on August 1 and would go up if Canada retaliated.

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Akon's futuristic city in Senegal, known as Akon City, has officially been scrapped. Now the nation will use the land to create a $1 billion resort.

Senegal’s economy shrank by 1.2% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, according to figures released by the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (ANSD).