2026 in Senegal

• 18 January – 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.^[1]
• 28 January – 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 Ismaïla Sarr are also banned from the first two qualifiers.^[2]

• 8 February – Fourteen people are arrested in Dakar and Kaolack on suspicion of membership in a child abuse network headed by a French national.^[3]
• 10 February – 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."^[4]
• 12 February – A patrol boat of the Senegalese Navy capsizes at the mouth of the Senegal River, leaving three sailors missing and 10 others rescued.^[5]

• 11 March –
  • 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.^[6]
  • A soldier is killed while six others are injured in a shootout during an operation to destroy cannabis fields in Kadialock, Casamance.^[7]
• 17 March – 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.^[8]
• 31 March – 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.^[9]

• 4 April – The government announces a ban on non-essential foreign travel by government ministers and senior officials, citing rising oil prices linked to the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis.^[10]

• 31 October–13 November – 2026 Summer Youth Olympics in Dakar.^[11][12]

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• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 20 – 21 – March – Korité
• 4 April – Independence Day
• 6 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 14 May – Ascension Day
• 25 May – Whit Monday
• 27 May – 30 May – Tabaski
• 25 June – Tamkharit
• 1 August – Grand Magal of Touba
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 25 August – The Prophet's Birthday
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

• 7 January – Seydou Madani Sy, 92, minister of justice (1986–1990).^[14]