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DREAMS IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at why Nigerians believe they will be the lucky ones to reach Europe... READ MORE›
WEST AFRICA POPULATION PLANNERS BATTLE TO WOO MUSLIM HEARTS
On Niger's religious TV stations, preachers promise hellfire for anyone practicing family planning... READ MORE›
'I WAS SOLD THREE TIMES BY SLAVE TRADERS'
Harun Ahmed is one of thousands of young Ethiopians who have attempted the journey across the Sahara to Libya... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | TRUMP'S NIGER UPROAR SHINES LIGHT ON THE U.S.'S MURKY AFRICAN WARS
The part of Niger where U.S. troops were killed is already awash with deadly skirmishes... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | PARTS OF NIGER AND MALI ARE ALREADY LAWLESS. U.S. STRATEGY MIGHT MAKE IT WORSE.
Chadian troops and Nigerien Special Forces participate in the Flintlock exercises with the U.S. military and its Western partners in Mao, Chad, March 7, 2015... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Sahara Desert
STUNNING PHOTOS CAPTURE RARE SNOW IN THE SAHARA DESERT
Incredible photos capture freak snowfall in the Sahara Desert, believed to be first time it has fallen on the unforgiving red dunes in almost 40 years... READ MORE›
STEPHEN MCGOWN OPENS UP ABOUT SIX YEARS AS AL-QAEDA HOSTAGE AND HOW HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM
Stephen McGown opens up about six years as al-Qaeda hostage and how he converted to Islam... READ MORE›
MALI HOTEL ATTACK: GUNMEN HOLD 138 HOSTAGE AT RADISSON BLU AS THIRD BODY FOUND AT PARIS TERRORIST LAIR - LIVE
After the Paris attacks the other asylum-seekers at the shelter in Arnsberg, who are Syrian, reported him to police... READ MORE›
'AT LEAST 20 DEAD' IN OUAGADOUGOU HOTEL
Gunmen have attacked a hotel used by Westerners in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, taking hostages and reportedly killing at least 20 people... READ MORE›
THIS CITY IS A TINDERBOX, AND THE US IS BUILDING A DRONE BASE NEXT DOOR
The sprawling desert north of Agadez, in the west African nation of Niger, is the size of France... READ MORE›
MALI BAR ATTACK KILLS FIVE IN BAMAKO
Ctv news french belgian among 5 killed during attack on restaurant in mali 3 hrs ago... READ MORE›
DOZENS FEARED DEAD AFTER ABANDONED IN NIGER DESERT
Agadez is a remote town in Niger on the edge of the Sahara desert that has become a major people-smuggling point... READ MORE›
CAR TOPS LIST OF 'WORLD'S MOST NEGLECTED' CRISES
The conflict in the Central African Republic CAR is the world's most neglected displacement crisis, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council... READ MORE›
SMUGGLERS ARE ABANDONING MIGRANTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A DESERT THE SIZE OF TEXAS
A pickup truck filled with migrants in 2015 returns to the city of Agadez after it was turned back at military checkpoints in the Sahara... READ MORE›
JIHADISTS DEEPEN COLLABORATION IN NORTH AFRICA
Many of the extremist groups are affiliates of Al Qaeda, which has had roots in North Africa since the 1990s... READ MORE›
'I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE ANGRY AT. THE DISEASE? THE WORLD? GOD, IF THERE IS ONE?'
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month and also it marks Histiocytosis Awareness Month, so spread the word and go blue for Histio!... READ MORE›
OVER 40 PEOPLE 'DIE OF THIRST' IN SAHARA DESERT
The route from Niger to Libya is one of the main ways migrants reach North Africa before crossing the Mediterranean Sea to get to Europe... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 27 DEAD AFTER ISLAMIST GUNMEN STORM RADISSON BLU HOTEL IN BAMAKO
Mali security forces have reportedly evacuated 12 hostages from the hotel, according to Mali government authorities... READ MORE›
'MIXED A DEVOTION FOR ISIL WITH PASSION FOR REAL MADRID FOOTBALL TEAM'
Tunisia gunman Seifeddine Rezgui 'mixed a devotion for Isil with passion for Real Madrid football team'... READ MORE›
SATELLITE EYE ON EARTH: JUNE 2015 IN PICTURES
On 26 May Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands erupted for the first time in 33 years... READ MORE›
FRANCE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN ANTI-TERROR FORCE DESPITE US VETO THREAT
Nearly half a decade into its emergency intervention in the region, France is seeking to shift more responsibility for fighting terror groups to African militaries... READ MORE›
AFTER HARROWING CROSSING, MIGRANTS FORCED INTO WAITING GAME IN ITALY'S DETENTION CAMPS
If you can't stop people coming here, then you have to work to stop the sexual slavery, he says... READ MORE›
ALGERIA AND MOROCCO URGED TO ASSIST SYRIAN REFUGEES
Algeria supports and hosts the Western Saharan independence movement Polisario, a stance that angers Morocco... READ MORE›
NIGER SAYS 34 MIGRANTS FOUND DEAD IN SAHARA DESERT
Niger lies on a major migrant route between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | EUROPE IS TRYING TO CUT THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS FROM AFRICA. IT WON'T BE EASY.
That leaves one other European proposal on the table -- using the Libyan coast guard and militias to crack down on the flow of migrants... READ MORE›
GUNMEN ON MOTORCYCLES ATTACK TURKISH RESTAURANT IN BURKINA FASO, KILLING 18
He said at least 20 other people were injured in the attack on the Aziz Istanbul restaurant, a spot popular with foreigners in the capital, Ouagadougou... READ MORE›
DREAMS OF EUROPE LIFE SPUR PERILOUS JOURNEY FROM WEST AFRICA
Kadi Bah saw people starving in the Sahara desert and drowning in the Mediterranean during her failed six-month odyssey to reach Europe... READ MORE›
'I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE'
Every morning for four months, Seun Femi's captors beat him at a makeshift prison in Libya... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 120 BODIES WASHED ASHORE NEAR LIBYAN CITY
Libya is a common departure point for migrants seeking to travel to Europe by boat, many of them fleeing violence, repression or poverty in sub-Saharan Africa... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS PRAYS FOR CLIMATE SUMMIT IN PARIS TO SUCCEED
Deforestation of the world's tropical forests has contributed to climate change by producing up to 15 percent of global carbon emissions, according to the institute... READ MORE›
SATELLITE EYE ON EARTH JUNE 2016
The island is one of the remote South Sandwich Islands in the far South Atlantic Ocean between Antarctica and South America... READ MORE›
ALGERIAN GAS PLANT HIT BY ROCKET ATTACK
An Algerian gas plant jointly operated by foreign energy giants came under attack on Friday with rocket-propelled grenades, Algerian officials have said... READ MORE›
U.S. MILITARY SEEKS TO PREPARE AFRICA FOR SHIFTING TERROR THREAT
The annual Flintlock exercises started only weeks after an attack in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou left 30 people dead... READ MORE›
NIGER ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT ISSOUFOU TO FACE RUNOFF VOTE
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou will contest a runoff after no candidate gained 50 percent in the country's presidential elections, officials have said... READ MORE›
OPPOSITION COALITION TO BOYCOTT NIGER RUNOFF POLL
COPA 2016 has accused the government of fraud in the first round, with no official final results announced so far... READ MORE›