Senegal World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Senegal with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top world headlines from Senegal. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=world&country=sn&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --data-urlencode "country=sn" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "world", "country": "sn", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "world",
    country: "sn",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "world",
    "country"  => "sn",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=world&country=sn&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 36416,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "488fd5cb7e076171200211f688f63fd8",
            "title": "Une campagne nationale contre les violences en milieu scolaire",
            "description": "(SenePlus) - Le ministère de l’Éducation nationale entend mobiliser les familles, les enseignants et les communautés pour mieux protéger les enfants, notamment face aux risques liés au numérique.",
            "content": "(SenePlus) - Le ministère de l’Éducation nationale entend mobiliser les familles, les enseignants et les communautés pour mieux protéger les enfants, notamment face aux risques liés au numérique.\nLe ministère de l’Éducation nationale a lancé, mardi 3... [1545 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.seneplus.com/article/une-campagne-nationale-contre-les-violences-en-milieu-scolaire",
            "image": "https://www.seneplus.com/sites/default/files/2026-11/%C3%A9leves%20.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T19:08:59Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "5ff6f4e60f2a21d60a3800e05cf7a2fd",
                "name": "SenePlus",
                "url": "https://www.seneplus.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0d9253864ee317c8d613d9e5381d3075",
            "title": "Commerce international : Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne a pris la présidence de l'UN/CEFACT pour un mandat de 3 ans",
            "description": "Le directeur général de GAINDE 2000, Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne, a été élu président du Centre des Nations Unies pour la facilitation du commerce et les transactions électroniques ce mardi...",
            "content": "Le directeur général de GAINDE 2000, Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne, a été élu président du Centre des Nations Unies pour la facilitation du commerce et les transactions électroniques ce mardi 3 novembre 2026 à Genève. Le dirigeant sénégalais a obtenu l... [1358 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.pressafrik.com/Commerce-international-Ibrahima-Nour-Eddine-Diagne-a-pris-la-presidence-de-l-UN-CEFACT-pour-un-mandat-de-3-ans_a314027.html",
            "image": "https://www.pressafrik.com/photo/art/grande/98587492-68796869.jpg?v=1793732071",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T18:25:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "e029ebbecf0fefc3eeba8ad1355df032",
                "name": "Pressafrik",
                "url": "https://www.pressafrik.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e5ff8e2198fbb7cd94e77ec324840a58",
            "title": "Election historique du Sénégalais Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne",
            "description": "Le Sénégalais Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne, administrateur général de GAINDE 2000, a été élu président du Centre des Nations Unies pour la facilitatio",
            "content": "Le Sénégalais Ibrahima Nour Eddine Diagne, administrateur général de GAINDE 2000, a été élu président du Centre des Nations Unies pour la facilitation du commerce et les transactions électroniques (UN/CEFACT) pour un mandat triennal de 2026 à 2029, l... [3055 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sikafinance.com/marches/commerce-mondial-election-historique-du-senegalais-ibrahima-nour-eddine-diagne-a-la-tete-de-l-uncefact_65475",
            "image": "https://www.sikafinance.com/i/info/x/BRVMC0_80f9d2e1-5130-4bbe-a40b-6786b60e9806_x.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T17:02:52Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "20d52bed2f5b4cb032cec0a85117f20d",
                "name": "Sika Finance",
                "url": "https://www.sikafinance.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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