The United Nations called for sanctions against Islamist fighters in northern Mali and warned it is considering a proposal by West Africa states to deploy troops in the troubled country.
For Omara Moctar, the electrifying Tuareg guitarist better known as "Bombino," there is no better place to play music than the majestic starkness of the desert.
The Economic Community of West African States sent a distress call Tuesday to the international community declaring that more than 6 million people are at risk of hunger in the Sahel region of Africa, including more than a million children exposed to severe malnutrition.
Ralitsa Vassileva reports on the drought gripping the West African country of Mauritania.
From his Toyota Land Cruiser, Kent Alexander couldn't stop clicking his camera.
The Arabic nomads in central Chad always have moved from place to place, following the rains with their camels and cattle. But in that parched stretch of Africa, some nomads have stopped moving, saying the droughts now come too often.
CNN's David McKenzie reports from Africa's Sahel region where U.N. says drought threatens lives of one million children.
CNN's Phil Han takes a look at the one day social media campaign to help save millions in the Sahel region of Africa.
The United Nations Children's Fund set in motion a worldwide social media campaign Tuesday to raise awareness about children in the Sahel region in northern Africa who are in urgent need of food aid.
The knock on the door is a sign of bad things to come.
In parts of Niger worst hit by drought, families have simply run out of food, according to one aid worker.
Foreign ministry officials in Mali said Saturday three people from other countries were kidnapped Friday, while a fellow foreigner who was killed was probably German.
Lake Chad is shrinking rapidly, threatening the millions of people who depend on it for their survival. But some locals are fighting back in a bid to preserve their way of life.
UNICEF helps bring us this story on the disappearing lake, and how locals are trying to preserve their way of life.
It is a conflict fought in blistering heat, in some of the most inhospitable territory on earth. The frontline troops often wear scruffy T-shirts; most can't drive. But it is a struggle that the United States is taking ever more seriously, according to U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks.
Heavy rains in Niger have displaced nearly 200,000 in recent weeks, the United Nations says, calling on donors and aid agencies to send shelter material, blankets and other supplies.
Heavy rains in Niger have displaced nearly 200,000 in recent weeks, the United Nations says, calling on donors and aid agencies to send shelter material, blankets and other supplies.
U.N. officials are pleading for immediate economic assistance for four African countries where people are facing malnutrition in the wake of a drought last year.
Niger security forces and military police arrested more than 600 people in an overnight raid aimed at dismantling gangs and stopping armed robberies in and around the capital, a government-run Web site said Wednesday.
The final of the FIFA Club World Cup has a familiar look.
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For 15 months violent conflict has been raging in Sudan's Darfur region, where U.N. officials have accused Sudan and allied Arab tribal militias of "ethnic cleansing."
Several people were hurt when the Moroccan military broke up a demonstration by protesters angry over the government response to the country's deadly earthquake, a local official said.
Frenchman Rene Lobello has been appointed new coach of struggling Swiss first division club Neuchatel Xamax.
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