The army appears to be closing in on notorious bandit commander, Bello Turji, who has been terrorising Sokoto State and its environs. This follows the killing of one his allies, Kachalla Kallamu.

What happens when an internationally acclaimed electric guitar virtuoso who has been hailed as “the Jimi Hendrix of the Sahara” sheds his band for a tour? We will find Saturday when Niger’s Mdou ...

BAMAKO, Mali — Relations between Algeria and the military alliance of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger plunged to historic lows Monday as the two sides curtailed diplomatic ties in a spat over a downed ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds. By Saikou Jammeh ...

This is the story of an independent record label that has been sending the music of the Sahel around the world since 2010. From Agadez, Niamey, Illighadad in Niger and Podor in Senegal, to Nouakchott ...

Five months ago, Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar released a new album called Funeral for Justice, a furious, frenetic fusion of psychedelia, hard rock, and West African desert blues that left critics ...

The mainstream pop world still may not be aware of it but, over the last four decades, there has been a distinctive brand of guitar-driven, blues and rock-flavored music wafting in from northwestern ...

LONDON/DAKAR (Reuters) - Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans who survived ...

The West African nation of Niger is severing diplomatic relations with Ukraine, government spokesperson Amadou Abdramane announced on Aug. 6, two days after neighboring Mali made a similar ...

Details: Niger announced that it was severing diplomatic relations with Ukraine "with immediate effect" on 6 August. This comes two days after Mali accused Kyiv of allegedly supporting Tuareg rebels ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's junta on Tuesday cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine over remarks from officials it said showed Ukraine's support for groups involved in fighting in neighbouring Mali that ...