The girls were crossing the Niger river in the northeast of Guinea in West Africa to take high school entrance exams that begin on Monday. "We are struck by this bad news that seven students lost ...

Names are an important part of who we are, and that is true for African countries with their names often reflecting history ...

At 23 she ventured solo into New Guinea. At nearly 30, she navigated 600 miles, alone, down the Niger River in Mali. Now 32 and an acclaimed adventure writer, Salak continues to visit remote and ...

It seems improbable: why would these lumbering aquatic mammals, also called sea cows, be living some 4000 kilometres up the Niger river in Guinea, almost as close to the Sahara desert as to the ...

BAMAKO — Bourama Traoré and his brother, now aged 20 and 29, grew up along the banks of the Niger River. Their daily routine has always been simple: cast their nets and provide for their family.

Some fishers in Bamako, Mali’s capital, are raising concerns about dredging of the Niger River in search of gold. They say the combination of dredging and increasing plastic pollution is causing ...