For a foreign correspondent in Mali, the assignment seemed like a dream: as Islamic extremists upended the region, Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, secured a rare interview with a leader of JNIM, ...

It is also about his role in building indigenous institutions, which he saw as a way of restoring agency to Africans that colonialism had suppressed. He would prominently play this role as the editor ...

Dozens of people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of ...

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 ...

Once an emblematic landmark of traditional west African architecture, Dakar's fondly remembered Sandaga market can now only ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

The dust has finally settled on 14 days of racing across some of the world’s most inhospitable terrain. Here's what you need to know about what went down at the 47th edition of the Dakar Rally.

Dakar is on the verge of a significant transformation with an ambitious project to modernize its public transport system. Estimated at 267.8 billion FCFA, the “Restructuration du Réseau de ...

Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings is set finish the 2025 Dakar Rally in second place. Picture: Toyota Despite his best efforts in the dunes of Saudi Arabia’s notorious Empty Quarter on Thursday ...

There has been no accountability for abuses committed in the armed conflicts involving Islamist armed groups in the Sahel and Nigeria ... We operate from Cape Town, Dakar, Abuja, Johannesburg ...

The Dakar Rally is unlike any other race on the face of the Earth. And Segway is one of the last bike makers you’d expect to find in it. There are plenty of reasons for that, but perhaps the ...