The Senegalese navy intercepted 201 West African migrants, authorities said on Wednesday, as the Atlantic Ocean crossing ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese navy intercepted 201 West African migrants in the western part of the country, authorities said Wednesday, as the Atlantic Ocean crossing continues to be the most ...

Through faith and friendship, these Black American women are at peace in the West African country of Senegal ...

One out of every five Senegalese relies on the ocean for their livelihood. That’s not a statistic it’s a lifeline, and it’s at risk. For millions of West Africans, small-scale fisheries aren ...

DAKAR, Senegal — On a beach in Senegal with so much plastic trash that much of the sand is covered, one man is trying to raise awareness about the dangers of plastics — by wearing many of the ...

Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with environmental scientist Dyhia Belhabib about overfishing in Senegal.

The streets of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, usually mix the chatter of busy traders, the aroma of grilled meat and the occasional glimpse of the sparkling Atlantic Ocean. Yet recently smoke from ...

I lost my sons, nephews, and grandson in this tragedy. I lost my older brother’s son. I can say that I lost almost ten ...

While faucets in coastal Dakar barely trickle, an investment company uses Senegal’s only lake to irrigate crops it plans to send to Saudi Arabia.

A plastic bottle left on a beach or in the ocean takes 400 to 450 years to decompose. This is what the students of the Samba Diéry-Diallo Barracks school, located on the Senegalese coast, learn from ...

In 2009, a group of wealthy nations committed to helping less developed countries cope with the effects of climate change. But where the $100 billion goes has been tough to verify and critics say ...