An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

The TSGP will leverage a large network of oil pipelines in both West and North Africa, including the Maghreb-Europe Gas ...

The stunning city of poets and scholars that’s vanishing into the desert - A city surrounded by an ocean of sand that’s ...

Residents say the desert is their destiny ... Chinguetti is one of four UNESCO World Heritage sites in Mauritania, a West African nation where only 0.5% of land is considered farmable.

The night-time ascent is the final highlight of this very Australian pilgrimage, the 230-kilometre Larapinta Trail from the desert city of Alice Springs through the West MacDonnell Range, a mountain ...

Chatham House convening and research focuses on social norms and anti-corruption programming in Nigeria; cross-border conflict and smuggling across West Africa as part of the XCEPT research programme; ...

To combat the brewing drought and desertification, the African Union developed the Great Green Wall Initiative in 2007. The ...

How the Libyan conflict transformed human trafficking routes in West Africa, and why Europe’s response has so far failed.

Less than a third of Niger’s vast territory has internet access, so the West African country is betting on satellite ...

This moment could provide an opportunity for West African states to shake off the remnants of the power imbalance that characterized France’s presence, and reshuffle the cards of military and ...

West Africa observers are also concerned the withdrawal will worsen security in the region. The Sahel - the semi-arid region just south of the Sahara Desert that includes the three departing ...