Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an ...

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 ...

I had heard that he had information about a Frenchman who was being held by terrorists somewhere deep in the folds of Mali's northern desert. The merchant's trucks regularly crossed this desolate ...

Festival au Desert started in 2001 as a small Sahara Desert gathering of Tuareg tribes and Malian musicians in the aftermath of civil strife between Mali’s principal ethnic groups. Its centerpieces ...

After leaving ECOWAS, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso created their own alliance known as the Alliance of Sahel States, or AES, ...

The countries share a vast 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) desert border in the Sahel region ... is also active in the northern Menaka region of Mali, which has been embroiled in a political, security ...

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (CVE:DAU – Get Free Report) traded up 25% during mid-day trading on Saturday . The stock traded as high as C$0.08 and last traded at C$0.08. 384,000 shares changed hands ...

Desert Gold Ventures Inc. (CVE:DAU – Get Free Report) traded up 25% during trading on Saturday . The company traded as high as C$0.08 and last traded at C$0.08. 384,000 shares changed hands during mid ...

En route to the interview in Gao, northern Mali, in April 2021, Dubois, a correspondent for Libération and Jeune Afrique publications, was kidnapped. He spent 711 days in desert captivity ...