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

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

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 ...

An unfortunate human-caused incident once took away a special relic of historical importance from the Nigerian Sahara Desert.

Niger has for many years battled a jihadi insurgency ... back the jihadi insurgency in the vast expanse below the Sahara Desert. The country has severed decades-long military ties with the West ...

It is a fictional representation created for illustrative purposes only. An Austrian woman was kidnapped in Agadez, a desert town in central Niger, according to two Nigerien security sources. The ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in the northern Niger city of Agadez, Vienna said on Sunday ... known as the gateway to the desert. According to information gathered by Air-Info, armed kidnappers ...

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in the northern Niger city of Agadez, media and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said Austria's embassy in Algeria, which is also ...

It was sparked by Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war unfolded in two key phases: Operation Desert Shield, which focused on troop deployment and defending Saudi Arabia, and Operation ...

Niger was seen as one of the last democratic countries in Africa’s Sahel region that Western nations could partner with to beat back the jihadi insurgency in the vast expanse below the Sahara Desert.

on the edge of the Sahara Desert, reported Reuters news agency. The victim, named Eva Gretzmacher, is a development worker in her mid-70's and had lived in Niger for over two decades, according to ...