Pointe Sar News Today

I recently returned from an epic journey halfway around the planet. It sounds exotic and exciting, but the reality of crossing multiple time zones within 24 hours isn’t quite as romantic. After several nights of staring at the ceiling and days spent in a foggy stupor, I turned around and did it all again. Sadly, memories of any palm-strewn beaches and glittering oceans have all dissolved in a haze.

I recently returned from an epic journey halfway around the planet. It sounds exotic and exciting, but the reality of crossing multiple time zones within 24 hours isn’t quite as romantic. After several nights of staring at the ceiling and days spent in a foggy stupor, I turned around and did it all again. Sadly, memories of any palm-strewn beaches and glittering oceans have all dissolved in a haze.

Winter has arrived – here are the best sunshine breaks to see you through this season

It happens every year, but when daylight hours shrink and any remaining sun is suffocated by thick clouds, moods easily plummet. A dose of vitamin D is never more needed than during our winter months.

Forget far-flung longitudes, these perfectly reachable places are within two hours of the UK's timezone or less – and ideal for warm weather

This year, the RIU chain has set out on a new and exciting adventure into the heart of Africa with the opening of a new 5-star hotel — the Riu Baobab — in Senegal.

RIU chain has set out on a new and exciting adventure into the heart of Africa with the opening of a new 5-star hotel in Senegal

Bowing to pressure, finance and budget minister Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo told parliament last week that the Airbus A320 neo would cost tax payers some $110 million

‘I woke up, he was gone’: Senegal suffers as young men risk all to reach Europe Emmanuel Akinwotu in Saint Louis © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images In the old Senegalese port city of Saint Louis, 12 women step off the sun-baked street and through a doorway draped with pink silk into a dim room beyond. After greetings are over, one by one they recount their stories. Recent memories of husbands, sons and brothers they have lost at sea, reve...

At 10 a.m. on a weekday, the beach in Pointe Sarène, Senegal, is unnaturally quiet, with just a few fishermen out working. There’s rarely a good catch these days, points out Ababacar Mbaye, a father of five. For years, fishermen have complained of depleted stocks due to overfishing, in part by foreign trawlers. Many of the fish are bound for Europe. And so, too, are thousands of migrants setting out for Spain’s Canary Islands. Some 20,000 migrants have arrived this year alone, as the pande...