Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have formed the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) to reject Western pressures and establish a ...

One in five elections globally are disputed in some way, and average voter turnout has fallen by almost 10% in a decade.

Massive, migrating dust clouds originating in the Sahara Desert are crucial to fostering life in the Atlantic Ocean as far ...

A Dutch engineer wants to transform an expanse of arid land into green, fertile land teeming with wildlife — and in the ...

Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for life, enabling processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and DNA synthesis.

The recent closure of the last US military base in Niger highlights a shifting geopolitical landscape in which Sahelian countries are diversifying their partnerships beyond traditional Western allies, ...

The answer is found on the other side of the Atlantic, where the Sahara Desert just had weeks of unprecedented rainfall.

Last year had the worst decline in credible elections and parliamentary oversight in almost a half-century, driven by ...

Iron contained in Saharan dust, blown across the Atlantic, is beneficial to ocean life and becomes more beneficial, the ...

Islamist armed groups in Burkina Faso have escalated their attacks on civilians, massacring villagers, displaced people, and ...

Its been 23 years since al Qaeda hit the U.S. in the deadliest terrorist attack in history and sparked the Global War on Terror, though terrorism remains a major security threat across the globe.

The Senegalese navy on Tuesday found 17 more bodies from a boat carrying migrants that capsized off the coast, taking the death toll to 26. The Atlantic migration route from the coast of West Africa ...