A once thriving Saharan tourist city with a rich but fading heritage faces harsh realities two years since Niger’s coup.

International criminal gangs have exploited instability in Sahel countries to build flourishing drug and human trafficking networks, while Russian promises of bringing order have so far failed.

In its continued efforts to ensure the safe and dignified return of Nigerian migrants, the National Emergency Management ...

AGADEZ, Niger—In this dust-caked desert outpost 200 miles from the nearest city, Idriss MohammadIdriss Mohammad spent his 20s scratching out a living driving tourists into the Sahara.

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

The U.S. military on Monday withdrew from its base near Agadez, Niger, marking the end of a security relationship with this West African nation that has lasted more than two decades. At its peak ...

Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion features the extraordinary Tuareg musician, Omara Moctar - "Bombino" - a rising star on the international scene.

NIAMEY, Niger – Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installation in the town of Agadez on Thursday had never taken any hostages ...

I am writing this from the oasis of Agadez, our base, which we will leave for a month at a time under armed guard, camping in the open with temperatures reaching 120 degrees Fahrenheit or more in ...

Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a ...

Almost devoid of context, "Agadez Nomade FM," is an ethnographic peek into the Sahara desert township of Agadez that's arresting partly because it feels like a missive from another planet. Both ...