In his citation during the African Studies Association Distinguished Africanist Award presentation to Bethwell Allan Ogot in Houston, USA, in 2001, renowned Africanist David Cohen said of Ogot: “I ...

Prayers and melodic chants reverberated across Dakar’s Yoff neighborhood as thousands of followers from the Layene ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group's leaders in northern Mali ...

Once an emblematic landmark of traditional west African architecture, Dakar's fondly remembered Sandaga market can now only ...

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

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Dakar is on the verge of a significant transformation with an ambitious project to modernize its public transport system. Estimated at 267.8 billion FCFA, the “Restructuration du Réseau de ...

Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings is set finish the 2025 Dakar Rally in second place. Picture: Toyota Despite his best efforts in the dunes of Saudi Arabia’s notorious Empty Quarter on Thursday ...

The Dakar Rally is unlike any other race on the face of the Earth. And Segway is one of the last bike makers you’d expect to find in it. There are plenty of reasons for that, but perhaps the ...

Daniel Sanders (KTM) has taken his first win in the Dakar Rally. The Australian dominated the race in 2025, becoming the first rider since Spain’s Marc Coma to lead the race from the opening Prologue ...