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FRANCE'S GRIVEAUX SAYS AFRICANS TO TAKE LEAD ON LIBYA MIGRANTS
African countries have to take the lead on rescuing migrants trapped in camps in Libya, French government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said... 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›
THEY KNOW THE RISKS AND STILL THEY COME
When my brother Sleiman died, it was Allah's will, said his oldest brother, Ebrima Danso, a melon farmer from Sabaa, deep in the Gambian interior... READ MORE›
US SPECIAL FORCES 'FOUGHT NIGER AMBUSH ALONE AFTER LOCAL TROOPS FLED'
The five Nigeriens killed in the ambush died in its first moments, sources within the special forces community said... READ MORE›
DEATHS OF FOUR U.S. SOLDIERS IN NIGER HINT AT THE SHADOW WAR AGAINST ISIS IN AFRICA
Libyan militia commanders and officials have said many West Africans fought with the Islamic State in Libya before its defeat there... READ MORE›
US AFRICA COMMAND CONDUCTS AIR STRIKES IN SOMALIA
Friday's attacks were in coordination with Somalian government forces, the statement said... READ MORE›
CONNECTING THE DOTS BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM AND NIGER
Niger highlights a much larger problem -- just how foolish, how flat-out dumb President Donald Trump is behaving... READ MORE›
AMID NIGER AMBUSH CHAOS, THE WHITE HOUSE FIRST THOUGHT SEVERAL AMERICANS WERE MISSING
I personally think the American and Nigerien force was just overwhelmed, the administration official said... READ MORE›
PENTAGON DEPLOYED ELITE COMMANDOS TO NIGER FEARING THAT MILITANTS WERE HUNTING MISSING SOLDIER, OFFICIALS SAY
Johnson, 25, worked as a mechanic and was attached to the 3rd Special Forces Group team... 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›
GUNMEN KILL 13 NIGER SOLDIERS IN ATTACK NEAR MALI BORDER
A United Nations Security Council delegation was in Mali on Saturday to discuss the force... READ MORE›
FOUR KILLED AFTER CARGO PLANE CRASHES INTO ATLANTIC OCEAN
Four crew members were killed when a cargo plane chartered by the French military crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the Ivory Coast... READ MORE›
4TH U.S. SOLDIER DEAD AFTER AMBUSH ATTACK
U.S. officials say they believe extremists linked to the Islamic State group were responsible for the attack about 200 kilometers 120 miles north of Niger's capital, Niamey... READ MORE›
FOURTH US SOLDIER CONFIRMED KILLED IN NIGER AMBUSH
U.S. officials say they believe extremists linked to the Islamic State group were responsible for the attack about 120 miles north of Niger's capital, Niamey... READ MORE›
TROOPS KILLED IN AMBUSH ON JOINT NIGER-US PATROL
In mid-June, Niger mounted a new military operation in the Tillaberi region to take on the armed groups... READ MORE›
A DEADLY AMBUSH IN NIGER RAISES TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR TRUMP'S PENTAGON
Less clear are the circumstances surrounding their deaths Wednesday in an ambush in the Central African country of Niger, and the precise nature of their mission... READ MORE›
5 NIGERIEN SOLDIERS AND 3 U.S. GREEN BERETS KILLED IN AMBUSH
Namatta Abubacar, an official for the region of Tillaberi in Niger, said five Nigerien soldiers were among the dead... READ MORE›
3 U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMANDOS KILLED
The White House said President Donald Trump was notified about the attack Wednesday night as he flew aboard Air Force One from Las Vegas to Washington... READ MORE›
US TROOPS 'ATTACKED ON NIGER-MALI BORDER'
Media reports say three US soldiers and five Nigerien soldiers were killed in the ambush in south-western Niger... READ MORE›
GHANAIAN TRAVELS 4,900 MILES FROM PARIS TO ACCRA BY CAR
Homecoming Midafternoon on Sunday, July 16, Donkoh crossed from Burkina Faso to Paga in Ghana's Upper East region... READ MORE›
TOP 3 PICKS FOR ARTSY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND
Pina Bausch dance company electrifies NAC stage. Rediscovering an enigmatic Ottawa filmmaker and magical art made with the help of beeswax... READ MORE›
SOMALIA, LIBYA ... AND CHAD? THE SURPRISING COUNTRY ON TRUMPS TRAVEL BAN LIST
Boko Haram has spilled into Chad but is a fundamentally a Nigerian-based group... 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›
Trending News Headlines : Sahara
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›
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE WORLD SUDDENLY WENT VEGETARIAN?
In fact, clear solutions already exist for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock industry... READ MORE›
2016: THE YEAR THE WORLD STOPPED CARING ABOUT REFUGEES
Deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan swelled this year, with 100,000 repatriated in September alone... 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›
CLIMATE CHANGE DRIVING BIRDS TO MIGRATE EARLY, RESEARCH REVEALS
A University of Edinburgh study finds birds are arriving at breeding grounds too soon, causing some to miss out on food... 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›
GROUP OF 'EXTINCT' ANTELOPE RELEASED INTO WILD IN SOUTHERN SAHARA
Conservationists hope second group of 14 scimitar-horned oryx bred in captivity will help repopulate original habitat in Chad... 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›
FROM HEATWAVES TO HURRICANES, FLOODS TO FAMINE
Global warming will not affect everyone equally. Here we look at seven key regions to see how each is tackling the consequences of climate change... READ MORE›
HUGE TUNISIAN SOLAR PARK HOPES TO PROVIDE SAHARAN POWER TO EUROPE
An enormous solar park in the Sahara could soon be exporting electricity to Europe if Tunisia's government approves an energy company's request to build it... 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›
A EUROPEAN DEAL WITH LIBYA COULD LEAVE MIGRANTS FACING BEATINGS, RAPE AND SLAVERY
And stop migrants from crossing into Libyan territory, said Ahmed Safar, the Libyan ambassador to Italy... READ MORE›
THE GAMBIA: TROOPS DEPLOYED TO STREETS AS PRESIDENT REJECTS ELECTION DEFEAT
Yahya Jammeh had conceded result to Adama Barrow but now claims 'fresh and transparent elections' are needed... READ MORE›
'WHO IS GOING TO CHANGE GAMBIA, IF NOT US?'
In 2013 Jammeh withdrew the Gambia from the Commonwealth, describing it as a neocolonial institution... 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›
MEET THE ERITREA REFUGEE TURNED RESCUE VOLUNTEER
So far this year, at least 3,654 refugees have died while trying to reach Europe on perilous journeys... READ MORE›
WHAT IS THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE CITY?
Drinking water is also affected because Detroit is particularly vulnerable to water-borne pathogens, and the larvae gruesomely referred to as Chicago Climate Change Maggots ... READ MORE›
CRACKDOWN IN NIGER FAILS TO DETER MIGRANT SMUGGLERS
As many as 2,000 migrants leave Agadez weekly, the last big stop before reaching Libya, 620 miles away across the scorching sand... READ MORE›
GAMBIA GOALKEEPER WHO DIED IN MEDITERRANEAN WANTED TO PLAY IN EUROPE
Bakery Jatta, a Gambian teenager who reached Germany via the Sahara and the Mediterranean in 2014, was recently signed by the German football club Hamburg... READ MORE›
AFRICA'S BIGGEST WINDFARM SPARKS CONTROVERSY IN THE DESERT
By 2020, wind and solar resources in Western Sahara could provide more than a quarter of Morocco's clean energy, which will power 42 percent of Morocco's electricity... READ MORE›
GUNMEN KILL 19 IN TUNISIA MUSEUM RAMPAGE
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid said a museum worker and 17 foreign tourists from Spain, Germany, Poland and Italy were killed in the attack... 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›
ON GREEK ISLAND, TOURISTS COME FOR THE SUN AND STAY TO HELP REFUGEES
Read full story On Greek island migrants find paradise quickly turns to purgatory At 10 p.m... READ MORE›
US PLANES STRIKE ISIS FIGHTERS IN LIBYA 'PLANNING ATTACKS IN EUROPE'
He did not say how many Isis fighters remain in Libya following the attack... READ MORE›
GUNMEN STAGE DEADLY SIEGE ON BURKINA FASO HOTEL
Andrew Lebovich, a specialist on political and security issues in the region, said the attack in Burkina Faso showed an evolution in the group's tactical ability... READ MORE›
IS THIS HEAVEN ON EARTH? AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER CAPTURES BREATHTAKING IMAGES OF NEW ZEALANDS SOUTH ISLAND HE SAYS PROVES IT IS THE WORLDS MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE
Antony harrison's top ten favourite places in new zealand in no particular order............... 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›
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›
BRITAIN TRIES TO DETERMIGRANTS EVEN AS ITLETS MORE IN
Britain is the only European Union country where asylum seekers can be detained for an unlimited period while their applications are processed, Mr. Mouzourakis said... READ MORE›
ON THE ROAD IN AGADEZ: DESPERATION AND DEATH ALONG A SAHARAN SMUGGLING ROUTE
The going rate between Agadez and Libya is thought to be about 150,000 West African francs CFA, or ?166... READ MORE›