SAINT-LOUIS, SENEGAL — The new sea wall in this old city isn’t just a wall, it’s a kaleidoscope. From the wall’s boulders you see children playing soccer, children joining hands for "Ring Around the ...

Landlocked Mali could gain direct access to the Atlantic Ocean under an ambitious plan to transform the Senegal River into a major commercial shipping corridor linking Mali to Senegal's coast. The ...

The Senegal River valley that marks the border between the Atlantic coast nations of Senegal and Mauritania is pictured as the International Space Station orbited 252 miles above the African continent ...

Lake Guiers and the Senegal River separating the African nations of Senegal and Mauritania are pictured as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles in altitude off the Atlantic coast.

The House of Slaves museum and memorial site on Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. The building was the largest slave-trade center during the transatlantic slave trade and now serves as a ...

The Senegal River in Senegal during a flood; much of the floodplain that is inundated in this image will be planted with crops as the flood recedes. Most people will imagine a good river as a blue ...

Mali is preparing to make history. For the first time, the landlocked West African nation will gain direct access to the sea through a new navigation route along the Senegal River, a project set to ...