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Migrants Rescued Crossing Sahara Desert
Twenty-three west African migrants, including a seven-year-old girl, were found alive after being abandoned in the...
Top Malian Jihadist Killed As Unrest Intensifies
The Malian army said Friday it had killed a top jihadist commander operating in the country's troubled central region,...
67 Migrants Saved After Being Left For Dead In Niger Desert
Niger authorities rescued 67 West African migrants in Niger's northern desert this week after traffickers left them...
24 Migrants Rescued In Niger, Dozens More Feared Dead
Twenty-four West African migrants were rescued and dozens more feared dead after traffickers deserted them in Niger's...
Mali Relaunches Beleaguered Peace Process
Mali's government and armed groups which signed a 2015 peace deal have relaunched talks aimed at speeding up its...
Mali Ex-Rebels Reject National Charter On Peace Deal Anniversary
Mali's former rebel alliance on Tuesday rejected a national reconciliation charter unveiled on the second anniversary...
100 Migrants Rescued From Desert In Niger
Around 100 Libya-bound migrants, including women, have been rescued from the Sahara desert in Niger after being...
100 Migrants Rescued From Desert In Niger
Around 100 Libya-bound migrants, including women, have been rescued from the Sahara desert in Niger after being...
Crackdown Takes Toll On Niger Smuggling Hub
With tens of thousands of migrants flooding into the desert city of Agadez en route to Europe, Africa's smuggling...
The Migrant Crossroads of Hope… and Broken Dreams
Wild-eyed with matted hair after four days in the searing Sahara sun, Ibrahim Kande climbs out of the pick-up truck he...
Migrants In Limbo Power Niger Football Club
As Africa's smuggling capital, a dusty city in central Niger has found its local football team boosted by an unexpected...
To Europe, Whatever the Risk
Uche's real journey had yet to begin but he had already spent four days in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after...
UN Peacekeeper Death Toll Rises After Mali Jihadist Attack
The death toll in a jihadist attack on UN peacekeepers in northern Mali has risen to four, the United Nations mission...
Al-Qaeda-Linked Group Claims Deadly UN Base Attack
A powerful Al-Qaeda-linked group on Friday claimed an attack on a United Nations camp that killed three peacekeepers in...
Three Peacekeepers Killed In Northern Mali Attack
Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed and eight others wounded when they came under sustained attack in Kidal...
44 Migrants, Including Babies, Die In Niger Desert
At least 44 migrants, including women and babies, were found dead after their vehicle broke down in the desert of...
Suspected Jihadists Wreck Mali Primary School
Suspected Islamic extremists have wrecked a primary school in central Mali out of hostility to Western-style education,...
Two UN Peacekeepers Killed In Mali
Two UN peacekeepers were killed and a third wounded on Tuesday in an ambush in restive northern Mali, the nation's UN...
Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, the first such known occurrence...