A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

Under the cover of darkness, the jihadists moved into Wulgo, where the shores of Lake Chad meet the arid countryside of ...

Niger's ruling junta said there would be a five-year transition to constitutional rule starting from Wednesday, in an ...

Mali’s crisis began in 2012, when coalitions of Tuareg secessionists known collectively as the Coordination of Azawad ...

We traveled to Africa to visit Algeria, where we saw the Sahara Desert, drank foamy tea, ate bread and experienced the change ...

At least 44 civilians were killed and 13 others severely injured when Islamist militants launched a deadly attack on a mosque in southwest Niger, according to the country’s defence ministry.The ...

Authorities blame the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate.

Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said.

A separatist group in Mali said an airstrike on a market in the country’s north has killed at least 18 people. Mali’s army ...

An airstrike in northern Mali killed at least 18 people, a separatist group said, while the army says it targeted armed militants ...

An airstrike in northern Mali reportedly killed at least 18 people, according to a separatist group. The Malian army admits ...

An army air strike at a market in Mali's northern Timbuktu region on Sunday killed at least 18 people and injured seven, a local rights group said, while the army said it was targeting terrorists. The ...