Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.Tens ...

One of the most polluted places in the world is located at the heart of the Niger Delta where decades of oil exploitation ...

and one boat on the Niger River was flying Malian and Russian flags. A Russian mercenary base is located roughly 20 km (12 miles) from Segou, according to two consultants. Goita has designated ...

Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...