By Emmanuel Okogba Almost every football pundit expected it to be a stroll in the park when they saw the draw that pitted 1998 World Cup champions, France against Nations Cup finalist, Senegal in the opening game of the 2002 FIFA World Cup that held in South Korea and Japan. Senegal would go on to […]

Senegal will continue treating COVID-19 patients with hydroxychloroquine, a senior health official said on Wednesday, despite recent evidence that the anti-malarial drug is harmful. Authorities in the West African state opted to provide consenting patients with the drug early on during its coronavirus outbreak, citing promising clinical results. Chloroquine and its derivative hydroxychloroquine have been […]

President Macky Sall of Senegal has extended for 30 days the state of emergency introduced throughout the country in response to the new coronavirus, the state media reported. The state of emergency first announced by the head of state on 23 March is accompanied by a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. (same hours […]

The mantra of the World Health Organization (WHO) is “test, test, test”. But Africa can ill afford expensive, time-consuming testing. That all may be set to change. Senegal is working with a British company to develop a quick, simple, one-dollar test. More controversially, Senegal has been pioneering the use of an anti-malarial, chloroquine, to treat […]

Senegalese Minister of Health and Social Action Abdoulaye Sarr on Friday reported 14 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the country’s total to 119.