2026 in Senegal

Events in the year 2026 in Senegal.

Events

18 January Ã¢ÂÂ Senegal wins the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, defeating Morocco 1-0 on penalties in the final at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.
28 January Ã¢ÂÂ The Confederation of African Football fines the Senegalese Football Federation US$615,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during the final match against Morocco, fines coach Pape Thiaw US$100,000, and bans him for five 2027 AFCON qualifying matches. Players Iliman Ndiaye and IsmaÃÂ¯la Sarr are also banned from the first two qualifiers.

8 February Ã¢ÂÂ Fourteen people are arrested in Dakar and Kaolack on suspicion of membership in a child abuse network headed by a French national.
10 February Ã¢ÂÂ A student dies during protests at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar over delayed financial aid, after clashes with security forces and a fire at a campus building. The university is closed the next day "until further notice."
12 February Ã¢ÂÂ A patrol boat of the Senegalese Navy capsizes at the mouth of the Senegal River, leaving three sailors missing and 10 others rescued.

11 March Ã¢ÂÂ
The National Assembly passes a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to 10 years and criminalizing the promotion or financing of homosexuality.
A soldier is killed while six others are injured in a shootout during an operation to destroy cannabis fields in Kadialock, Casamance.
17 March Ã¢ÂÂ The Confederation of African Football declares Morocco the winner of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final after overturning Senegal's victory in January over the walkout by the latter's players.
31 March Ã¢ÂÂ President Bassirou Diomaye Faye approves a new anti-LGBT law, doubling the maximum prison sentence for same-sex sexual activities to 10 years, and criminalising the promotion or financing of such acts.