PARIS/DAKAR—Senegal has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a poultry farm in the northwestern part of the country, the government of the West African state and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday. The outbreak occurred on March 18 on a farm in the village of Potou…

DAKAR, Senegal—At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in a bus crash in central Senegal, the country’s president said Sunday. President Macky Sall tweeted that the collision happened in Gnivy village, in the Kaffrine region, at about 3:30 a.m. “I am deeply saddened by the tragic road accident today in Gniby causing 40…

AL KHOR, Qatar—England captain Harry Kane scored his first goal of this year’s World Cup, helping his team beat Senegal 3–0 Sunday and setting up a match against France in the quarterfinals. Kane scored for the 52nd time for his country to move within one of Wayne Rooney’s England record. He also overtook Gary Lineker…

AL RAYYAN, Qatar—Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly put his team into the last 16 of the World Cup by volleying home the winner in a 2–1 victory over Ecuador on Tuesday. Koulibaly scored three minutes after Moises Caicedo had evened the score at 1–1. In a must-win match for the African champions, Senegal took the lead…

DOHA—Host nation Qatar is perilously close to crashing out of the World Cup after they slumped to a 3–1 defeat by Senegal at the Al Thumama Stadium on Friday, despite Mohammed Muntari netting a first-ever World Cup finals goal for the Qataris. A win or a draw for Netherlands against Ecuador, who beat Qatar in…

A hospital fire has killed 11 newborn babies in a neonatal ward in the Senegalese city of Tivaouane, the west African country’s president announced just before midnight on Wednesday local time. “I have just learned with pain and dismay the death of 11 newborns, in the fire that occurred in the neonatal department of the…

Commentary During the Cold War the leadership of developing countries—or the third world—used the rivalry between the West and the Soviets to enrich themselves. Both the Soviets and the West poured billions into badly governed developing countries in the form of aid and sometimes military assistance. An incredible misuse of global resources resulted from this….

DAKAR—Senegal seized more than two tons of pure cocaine from a ship off its Atlantic coast, the navy said on Tuesday, in the West African country’s largest ever cocaine bust. The 2,026 kg of cocaine was found on a ship 226 miles off the coast by naval forces backed by air support from the French…

DAKAR—Up to 48 people were missing on Friday after a boat carrying around 60 people capsized off the coast of northern Senegal, the Senegalese army said in a statement. Navy vessels rescued 11 passengers and retrieved one body from the waters after receiving an alert that a boat had overturned 22 miles from the estuary…