Diao, 20, has made just seven appearances this campaign due to recurring issues, namely with his foot and hamstring.

Cesc Fabregas has accused Senegal of ‘playing on the fears’ of Assane Diao amid a threat of 2026 World Cup omission. The Como winger has struggled with foot and hamstring injuries this

Assane DiaoAfter Ilay Camara was officially ruled out for AFCON 2025, it's now Assane Diao's turn to withdraw from the continental tournament kicking off in just five days in Morocco.Another

Tension between farmers and herders has long been a fact of life in West Africa, but climate change is ramping it up.

Senegal talisman and striker Sadio Mane could have missed out on a glittering football career had he agreed with a wish of his late father.  The 33-year-old was discouraged from playing football as a child because his father,

The most recent fishing deal between the two countries allowed 500 fishing boats from Senegal to fish 50,000 metric tons (MT) of pelagic fish annually, excluding yellow mullet and wahoo, in Mauritanian waters in exchange for EUR 15 (USD 17.58) per MT of fish caught.

Senegal's best result in the World Cup is a Quarter-finals (2002) finish and enters the 2026 tournament ranked No. 19 in the latest FIFA World Rankings. Group play begins for Senegal on June 16, 2026 against France in New York/New Jersey.

In September 2024, Ousmane Sonko blew the lid off a ‘hidden debt’ now estimated at $13.3bn – 10 times the figure in Mozambique’s Tuna Bonds scandal. For years there had been signs that Senegal’s public debt was escalating.

The United States will play Senegal in a friendly on May 31 at Charlotte, North Carolina, in the Americans’ next-to-last game before their World Cup opener

Senegal plans to nationalise the Yakaar-Teranga gas project, operated by Kosmos Energy and estimated to be one of the world's largest discoveries in recent years, with a view to meeting domestic gas needs,

Moreover, one didn’t have to align with all of PASTEF’s politics to want to see Senegal succeed. The civic cohesion of citizens who insisted that the Senegalese constitution and democratic principles be respected was an inspiration in an era of democratic decline and social mistrust.