- The Atlantic route, through which Sahel migrants depart from West African coasts. They board boats of varying sizes bound for the Canary Islands, Spain. That route is very deadly, with deaths and ...

Niger plans to take in 4,000 migrants expelled from neighbouring Algeria for humanitarian reasons before sending them back to their ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Nigerien authorities to swiftly and unconditionally release journalists Hamid Mahmoud, Massaouda Jaharou, and Mahaman Sani, with the privately owned ...

Journalists Hamid Mahmoud, acting editor-in-chief of Sahara FM, Mahaman Sani, news presenter, and Massaouda Jaharou were all arrested on 7 May. Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, the Head of Air Infor Media - the ...

French uranium mining company Orano says it has sued the government of Niger after the disappearance of its director and the ...

SaharaReporters.com is an outstanding, groundbreaking news website that encourages citizen journalists to report ongoing corruption and government malfeasance in Africa. Using photos, text, and ...

An "amazing" team of colleagues have completed a gruelling trek in the Sahara Desert in aid of a worthy cause. Funeral arranger Stacy Power from Co-op Funeralcare Bury in Silver Street, was among the ...

for considering the Moroccan Autonomy Plan as the most serious and credible path to a lasting political solution of the dispute over Western Sahara. Spain adopted its newfound position in March ...

I remember once driving from Abuja to Agadez in Niger with some friends from the Netherlands. Probably not the smartest idea—we got stuck in the middle of the desert—but we managed.

Alarmphone Sahara, which monitors migration across the region, said the migrants were bussed to a remote desert area known as "Point Zero" after being apprehended in Algerian cities. Abdou Aziz ...

Etran de L’Aïr’s latest album is titled 100% Sahara Guitar (Sahel Sounds), and ... are billed as the longest-running wedding band in Agadez, and when you listen to their music, it’s easy ...