DAKAR, Senegal – DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The spiritual chief of Senegal, who assumed leadership of the West African nation's most powerful Muslim brotherhood three years ago, has died. He was 85.

Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba's bequest coining something as majestic and timeless as the Magal Touba remains to be a physical and spiritual lore dictating factual accounts of what he and his disciples have ...

Once a year, Harlem‘s small, but fast-growing West African community, “Little Senegal” or “Little Africa” as the residents call their blocks of W. 116th St., makes its presence known with no shortage ...

(Reuters) - Serigne Saliou Mbacke, caliph of Senegal's Mouride Muslim brotherhood died on Friday aged 92, throwing one of West Africa's most powerful religious movements into mourning. Saliou was the ...

Tens of thousands of people from across Senegal converged on the capital Dakar on Friday for the inauguration of a huge mosque, claimed to be the largest in West Africa. Muslim faithful arrived by bus ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - The special role of the Muslim "Brotherhoods" in Senegalese society was forged from Islam's encounter with local West African culture and the tribulations of colonialism. After Islam ...

DAKAR, SenegalDAKAR, Senegal — The spiritual chief of Senegal, who assumed leadership of the West African nation’s most powerful Muslim brotherhood three years ago, has died. He was 85. Serigne Bara ...