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

President John Dramani Mahama has hinted that the government is in the process of setting up a national airline .

They have announced a new confederation known as the Alliance of Sahel States (AES ... and one boat on the Niger River was flying Malian and Russian flags. A Russian mercenary base is located ...

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 ...

Nearly 400 people died in Niger and more than 1.5 million others were affected by floods triggered by last year's exceptionally torrential rains, according to a final toll announced on Saturday.

The communities around Lake Chad have always lived by its water rhythms. Now, as climate change impacts intensify, they must ...