Explore the vibrant culture and history of Senegal, West Africa. Discover the resilience of the Senegalese people and the haunting legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday spoke of the "unspeakable cruelty" and enduring consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but said she ...

GOREE ISLAND, SenegalGOREE ISLAND, Senegal — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a solemn visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized ...

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a visit Saturday to the salmon-colored house on an island off Senegal that is one of the most recognized symbols of the Atlantic ...

BRISTOL – As she crosses the Town Common and makes her way up Wood Street, Lynn Smith points out one church after another. There's the First Baptist Church, where you'll find the White Anglo-Saxon ...

President Barack Obama meets with a group of drummers that were playing music on his departure after taking a tour of Goree Island, Thursday, June 27, 2013, in Goree Island, Senegal.(AP Photo/Evan ...