SENEGAL
The Fight Against Ebola
As President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending American military personnel to West Africa to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to Liberia to spend time with those on the front lines of the outbreak.
'The Tone on the Ground Was Sheer Terror and Panic': Looking Back at the First Ebola Outbreak
VICE News speaks with a former CDC epidemiologist and investigator about his experience during the 1976 outbreak in Zaire and how it relates to the current epidemic in West Africa.
The Fight Against Ebola (Part 1)
VICE News went to Liberia, the center of the Ebola epidemic, to spend time on the front lines of the fight against the disease.
Ebola Continues to Spread and Mutate Across West Africa, Now Reaching Senegal
The worst Ebola outbreak ever has now reached a fifth West African country and a Liberian health administrator told VICE News that "the situation is out of hand."
Home Game: A Football Playing Refugee Stuck In Immigration Limbo
Madiama Diop just wants to play football, but repressive German immigration laws have him on the sidelines and his teammates pissed off.
Senegal's Sea Widows Are Well on Their Way to Financial Independence
In the last decade, thousands of young migrants have left Senegal on rickety fishing boats hoping to find work in Europe.
Senegal's Sea Widows Are Well on Their Way to Financial Independence
In the last decade, thousands of young migrants have left Senegal on rickety fishing boats hoping to find work in Europe. Many have died at sea, leaving behind a new class of women: the “sea widows,” as a local newspaper called them.
West African Commission on Drugs Advocates Decriminalization
“The simple use or consumption of any illicit drug by an individual should not be considered a crime,” the commission said in its report.
Senegalese Laamb Wrestling's Marabout Ritual
The most popular sport in Senegal isn't soccer—it's laamb, combining Greco-Roman wrestling moves with eclectic pre-fight rituals and dances.
Watch a New Episode of 'VICE' on HBO Tonight
As another workweek reaches its terminus and you start assembling your dissolute impulses into a “weekend plan,” we hope you’ll remember that with another Friday comes another episode of 'VICE' on HBO. Here’s what you can expect in our weekly ode to...
World Peace Update
This is a little awkward, but I just figured out that the guys on the Norwegian Nobel Comittee haven't been following this column, because if they had they surely wouldn't have awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union this week.