A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

From the Trans-Canada Highway to Europe's Route E40, these vast roadways stretch across the world's continents, connecting ...

West African neighbours Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have announced a new 0.5% levy on imported goods as they seek to fund a ...

From being a rock band player who toured the world, Iyad ag Ghali became the most dreaded al Qaeda in the Western Sahara who ...

Geographical determinism, the theory that physical environments significantly influence social and political development, ...

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

Everything from desert sands to lush forests, and towering mountain ranges to savannahs make up the landscapes that are Africa. Norwegian Cruise Line just completed a home ... devoid of the additives ...

Rusting pipes in a barren field and unpaid workers are what remain after a U.S. company promised to turn a huge piece of land in Senegal — about twice the size of Paris — into an ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti.The wind originates from ...

Over the last 30 years one of the very cool trends in the international music scene is the growing popularity of West African “desert blues”: music from the Sahel region that draws on some of the same ...