Just before dusk, the first pickup trucks roll past the checkpoint and array themselves across the desert on the outskirts of Agadez, Niger. Passengers pile in, as many as 25 per vehicle ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

The Tuareg are a transnational ethnic group spread across thousands of miles of Saharan wilderness and are often romanticized for their desert combat and survival skills. They're 10% of Niger's ...

Niger, officially the Republic is Niger, is a vast, landlocked country on the edge of the Sahara desert. Following its independence from France in 1960, Niger fell victim to a series of military coups ...

This month's ECOWAS wrestling tournament, however, marked the first time that the annual showdown featured a women's division. Legs taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out ...

Niamey, Niger — Niger on Sunday announced the imminent start of copper mining in its desert north as the country seeks to diversify its exploitation of raw materials. Niger, which is already a ...

The Nigerien army announced on Sunday the rescue of 50 migrants stranded in the country’s northern desert near the Libyan ...

It declared three days of national mourning Niger, along with its neighbors Burkina ... a vast region on the fringes of the Sahara Desert, has significantly worsened since the juntas took power ...