HyveGeo believes it can turn the desert green and remove carbon from the atmosphere – using biochar and microscopic algae.

"Niger is continuing its programme of diversifying mining production" with a move that "marks its entry into the restricted ...

Algeria and Mali give differing accounts of an unmanned aircraft that went down in their desert border region.

Russia on Thursday discussed ways to boost military ties with the Sahel countries, promising to train their troops and supply ...

In the Sahel — the transition zone between the tropical climate of the Guinean coast region and the extreme aridity of the Sahara Desert — persistent drought from the early 1960s into the ...

Join presenter, Chioma, for an introduction to the physical geography of the continent of Africa, from the Sahara Desert in ...

Morocco’s Interior Ministry announced today that the country has heightened its preparedness levels following the detection ...

DAKAR, Senegal -- An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country's Interior Ministry said.

The connection? Both Moroccan and Spanish authorities said the groups were aligned with Islamic State in The Sahel. The group is best known for wreaking a devastating wave of violence across ...

From left, Niger Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare, Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Burkina Faso Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean Marie Traore ...