West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

The same month, militants of an Islamic State group affiliate — known as Islamic State Sahel Province — likely shot and killed 21 passengers on a bus in the Arboudji village, near the border with ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

Over some of the most unforgiving desert terrain in the world ... the Dakar Rally required teams to cross through Algeria, Niger, Mali, and Upper Volta on their way into the heart of western ...

Exceptional World Bank Group-African Development Bank Collaboration to Connect 300 million People to Electricity by 2030 Dar es Salaam Energy Summit to Chart Pathways for Energy Transformation ...

JA Solar’s n-type modules are recognised for high efficiency and reliability. Credit: Lutsenko_Oleksandr/Shutterstock. JA Solar has delivered 1GW of n-type PV ...

The Songhoy are an ethnicity living along the Niger River in northern Mali, speaking the language of Songhai (two spellings that are often used interchangeably). Songhoy music has long been a staple ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A rebel group in Mali says it ... s kidnapping came months after a Swiss tourist traveling in the desert was killed.

A rebel alliance in Mali said Tuesday it has freed a Spanish man who was kidnapped ... but the Spanish man's kidnapping came months after a Swiss tourist travelling in the desert was killed.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Englishman Tyrrell Hatton held off Daniel Hillier of New Zealand to win the Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke on Sunday, equaling Jon Rahm's record of five ...