Global leaders have pledged over $8 billion to boost economic growth in the Sahel region of West Africa as they begin a United Nations-led visit to an area that has suffered for ... Read more »
The Sahel region, a vast arid stretch of land linking six countries in West Africa -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal -- is home to some of the most ... Read more »
An anti-slavery campaign group says in a new report that Nigeria has the highest number of people living in what it describes as "modern slavery" in Africa, while Mauritania has ... Read more »
As violence rages in northern Nigeria, and Mali prepares for peacekeepers, Islamist movements will spread across borders - including Senegal which is not immune to the spread of ... Read more »
Amid the harsh desert climate that wiped out crops and sent food prices soaring last year, farmers are now using improved seeds, tools and farming techniques to grow their ... Read more »
The European Commission has adopted the update of the "safety list" of air carriers, which bars several African countries landing rights due to a lack in safety standards. Read more »
While many of the details of the shooting remain unknown, and some accounts are contradictory, for those who have followed country's politics, it was only a matter of time before ... Read more »
With carcasses of dead livestock scattered throughout the landscape, the effects of the drought are alarmingly visible as households struggle with reduced crop yield and increased ... Read more »
Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, faces charges of crimes against humanity. He was arrested in Mauritania after being arrested for illegally entering the ... Read more »
Libya, France and the International Criminal Court have called for the extradition of Abdullah Senussi, a former military chief who operated during Muammar Gadaffi's regime. Read more »
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