Senegal

News coverage about Senegal accounts for 0.218% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is up 26.9% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -2.89 — negative.

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Coverage share
0.218%
of monitored articles
Week over week
+26.9%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-2.89
negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Senegal coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.22% on 2026-08-200.000.501.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Senegal coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -2.89 on 2026-08-20+50-5May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (4/day latest)

Protest events located in Senegal: 28 days, latest 4.00 on 2026-08-160.005.010.0May 26Jun 17Jul 4Jul 18Jul 28Aug 14Aug 16

Diplomacy (13/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Senegal: 84 days, latest 13.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jun 9Jun 24Jul 8Jul 22Aug 5Aug 19

Coercion & force (1/day latest)

Coercive events located in Senegal: 71 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-200.0012.525.0May 26Jun 7Jun 19Jul 4Jul 22Aug 7Aug 20

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Senegal, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 37% of the coverage about Senegal came from outlets based in Senegal — the rest was written from abroad (4,901 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Senegal from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 58.49 on 2026-08-200.0050.0100Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Senegal produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Dakar (22)
  • Kaffrine (2)
  • Thiaroye (1)
  • Linguere (1)
  • Podor (1)
  • Ousmane (1)
  • Koungheul (1)
  • Velingara (1)
  • Bignona (1)
  • Casamance (1)
  • Goudomp (1)
  • Bounkiling (1)

Places named in coverage about Senegal on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Senegal

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$37.0B
World Bank, 2025
Population
18.9M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
71.1%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
1.6%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
13,028
originating from Senegal
Refugees hosted
17,259
from other countries
Asylum seekers
1,538
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Senegal-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).