With a 95% Muslim population, political stability and growing links with the Gulf States, the country has high hopes of becoming a continental hub for Islamic banking When Senegal issued a 100bn CFA ...

The country is forging ahead in its aim of becoming a regional Islamic finance hub, issuing its debut sukuk in July. However, questions remain as to exactly how dedicated it is to reaching this goal.

DAKAR, SenegalDAKAR, Senegal — Senegal’s president says the government will close all Islamic schools that do not meet basic safety standards, after nine children in a Quranic school died in a fire ...

Senegal is making its mark in Africa this year with the first big sukuk in the region. While Gambia is an old hand in the Islamic bond market, issuing regular short-term sukuk almost weekly, it has ...

The sight of a million Muslims on pilgrimage usually brings to mind images of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, where the annual hajj brings followers of Islam together from around the world. But last ...

Militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province said Monday that they had captured and executed a Nigerian brigadier ...

Maria Victoria Correa is a Catholic but she keeps a prayer mat in her house for Muslim visitors, one of the everyday kindnesses which underpin Senegal’s religious tolerance. At a time when cartoons of ...

Senegalese activist Issa Kouyate poses for a photo at his shelter for child beggars in St.Louis, Senegal, October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kieran Guilbert By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation ...

Many of the street vendors commonly seen in Italy, France and Spain selling sunglasses, bags and souvenirs are members of a highly industrious, entrepreneurial branch of Sufi Islam, which has its ...