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| 1962 |
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| Senghor dismissed Dia after uncovering a coup plot. | 1 |
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| 1963 |
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| After Senghor and his Union Progressive Sénégalaise won national elections, government opponents accused the authorities of rigging the vote. Widespread rioting occurred. Senghor banned opposition parties. | 2 |
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| 1968 |
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| When students at Dakar University staged a walkout to protest government policies and the country's trade unions mounted a general strike, authorities promised reforms. Senghor was returned to power after national elections. | 3 |
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| 1970 |
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| Abdou Diouf was appointed prime minister as part of a program of constitutional reform. Diouf was given major responsibility for reviving Senegal's troubled economy. International donors underwrote aid programs on the condition that Senegal undertake economic austerity measures. | 4 |
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| 1980 |
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| Senghor retired and was succeeded by Diouf, who embarked upon a major campaign to weed out corruption. | 5 |
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| 1982, Feb |
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| Senegal joined the Confederation of Senegambia. Senegal and Gambia eventually forged agreements on issues relating to defense, foreign policy, transportation, and communications. Agreements relating to financial and monetary cooperation proved harder to establish. | 6 |
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| 1982–83 |
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| Unrest plagued the Province of Casamance; separatists clashed with police on several occasions. | 7 |
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| 1988, Feb |
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| Forty percent of Senegalese voters refrained from casting ballots in nationwide elections to protest government policies. When violence broke out during protests in Dakar, the government declared a state of emergency. Opposition leaders were rounded up, charged with subversion, and put on trial in April. Protests waged by students and workers mounted. Diouf reacted by embarking on further reforms. | 8 |
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| May |
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| Diouf lifted the state of emergency. | 9 |
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