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Date Country Category Title
15 July 2025 Senegal Medicine Frontline workers share an eye health achievement
15 July 2025 Senegal Medicine Water and sanitation matter for trachoma prevention
15 July 2025 Senegal Medicine Senegalese patients benefit from eye care
15 July 2025 Senegal Medicine Senegal receives trachoma elimination validation
17 November 2019 France, Senegal Reparations France begins a symbolic return process for Omar Tall’s sword to Senegal
23 November 2018 Benin, France, Senegal Reparations Sarr-Savoy report proposes a framework for returning African heritage
9 October 2004 Senegal Pan Africanist Movement First Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the Diaspora concludes in Dakar
23 August 1999 Senegal International history trans-atlantic slavery Gorée Island in Senegal commemorates the slave trade and its abolition
31 May 1999 Senegal International Criminal Court Senegal becomes the first state to ratify the Rome Statute
9 July 1987 Senegal Racism The Dakar conference opens dialogue with the banned ANC
1 April 1966 Senegal Racism The World Festival of Black Arts opens in Dakar
20 August 1960 Mali, Senegal World War II Mali Federation dissolves as Mali and Senegal separate
6 March 1945 Senegal Racism Survivors of Thiaroye face a colonial military trial
1 December 1944 Senegal Racism French forces massacre African veterans at Thiaroye
25 August 1944 France, Senegal World War II Allied forces liberate Paris, with colonial soldiers central to the campaign
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