Leading French language news magazine Jeune Afrique has removed a cartoon of a prominent Senegalese Muslim leader that sparked outrage in the West African country. The row erupted after the magazine ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Wednesday, May 16. It was updated on Wednesday, May 23 to reflect the fact Mbaye has retained a lawyer. Ahmadou Bamba Mbaye, the 41-year-old ...

Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba's bequest coining something as majestic and timeless as the Magal Touba remains to be a physical and spiritual lore dictating factual accounts of what he and his disciples have ...

Senegal is celebrating Le Grand Magal, one of Africa’s largest religious gatherings. Millions of worshippers are converging on the city of Touba, in the country’s central-western region, in response ...

The leader of Senegal's richest and most powerful Islamic brotherhood has died in the city of Touba aged 92. Serigne Saliou Mbacke was the fifth caliph of the Mouride brotherhood, as well as religious ...