The Department of Social Development says a one-year-old child of a South African woman who was born in a Senegalese prison has arrived in the country. The Department’s social workers arrived with the child this morning. The mother was arrested for drug trafficking last year and gave birth to the child a few days after her incarceration. The Department says the child will be taken into the care of her […]
About 5,000 supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko gathered in the capital, Dakar, on Tuesday for a three-day protest to show support for the aspiring presidential candidate, who faces a libel case set to resume this week. The demonstrations are the latest expression of growing tensions in Senegal in the run-up to a 2024 election that could see President Macky Sall vie for a controversial third term, which the […]
Thirty eight people died and about 80 were wounded in central Senegal after two buses collided in the early hours of Sunday, local officials and President Macky Sall said in statements. The crash, one of the deadliest in the West African country's recent memory, was on one of the main east-west arteries near the town of Kaffrine, about 220 kilometres (137 miles) southeast of the capital Dakar. Sall said on […]
At least 16 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured in accidents in Senegal in recent days as pilgrims headed to a major Sufi Muslim religious gathering, firefighters said Sunday. Millions of people were making their journey home from the town of Touba in central Senegal on Sunday, a day after the so-called Magal ceremony - the high point of the annual pilgrimage - was held. Multiple road […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
