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

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

The World Health Organization said Thursday that Niger met the criteria for the elimination of onchocerciasis, a cause of blindness, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...

DAKAR (Senegal), Jan 29 (Bernama-dpa) – The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are officially leaving the Economic ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is "a blow to ...

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 ...

After finishing the Dakar Rally as runner-up by the second smallest time margin in the cars category – three minutes 57 minutes – in its 45-year history, Henk Lategan is more determined than e ...

The project is considered crucial for improving access to Casamance, a region sandwiched between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau that Dakar wants to open up to counter secessionist tendencies in the area.

As a potential funder of the upgrading of the railway between Dakar and Bamako, the World Bank is supporting the two capitals in the structuring of this project, estimated to cost $830m. Thanks to a ...