Internationally renowned Senegalese musician Youssou N’dour says that he will run for president in the country’s election next month. He made the announcement on Monday on his own television ...

Ever since he burst onto the scene in Dakar, Senegal, in the early 1970s at age 12, Youssou N'Dour has been a sensation -- a musical chameleon capable of a seductive whisper or a siren's cry.

Famed musician says Senegal’s current president is not eligible for re-election Perhaps Africa’s most famous musician, Youssou N’dour, has announced he will run for president of Senegal in ...

Recognized in Time Magazine's 2007 list of the world's 100 most influential people, Senegal's Youssou N'Dour is known in some circles as "the most famous African singer alive." He discusses his ...

Doha, Qatar – Youssou N’Dour sits with delicate poise on a couch in the plush lobby of the St Regis hotel, ... N’Dour has been Senegal’s tourism minister since April 2012, ...

Youssou N’Dour was born in october 1959 in the neighborhood of Medina in Senegal’s dusty, seaside capital, Dakar. Dakar is both a city of skyscrapers and a place where goats still wander sandy ...

Youssou N'dour, world music icon, has been named Senegal's minister for culture and tourism. Earlier this year, Ndour himself launched a failed bid for the presidency of the West African Nation ...

The world music singer joins a 20+ candidate field in the Senegal presidential race. By Sadibou Marone World music icon Youssou N’Dour says he plans to run in Senegal’s presidential election ...

Senegal's Youssou N'Dour has taken his music to audiences around the world but says his decision to stop singing and run for president was prompted by a nagging sound straight from the streets of ...

One of the first musicians to gain worldwide prominence beyond the West Africa-to-Paris pipeline, Senegal's Youssou N'Dour turns his back on Western accoutrements on his new disc "Joko (The Link ...

Ever since he burst onto the scene in Dakar, Senegal, in the early 1970s at age 12, Youssou N'Dour has been a sensation -- a musical chameleon capable of a seductive whisper or a siren's cry.