Known as the gateway to the desert, Agadez, on the southern edge of the Sahara desert, developed in the 15th and 16th centuries when the Sultanate of Aïr was established and Touareg tribes were ...

A modern-day gold rush is sweeping across the Sahara. Thousands of young Africans are digging through the dunes with pickaxes – and risking their lives in search of precious treasure.

But for how long? A convoy of pickups packed with Nigeriens and other Africans begins a three-day trek from Agadez, Niger, through the Sahara to Libya. Many migrants intend to work there ...

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger's Agadez city ... insurgency in the vast expanse below the Sahara Desert. The country has severed decadeslong ...