DAKAR, Senegal ? At least 16 people were killed and 17 wounded in northern Mali in fighting that ended Friday morning between rival Tuareg groups, according to an officer in the U.N....

Devant la cour dakaroise, les témoignages se suivent, tous glaçants. Du 19 au 22 octobre, ce sont quatre femmes, décrites par Human Rights Watch (HRW) comme des esclaves sexuelles de l'armée d'Hiss...

DAKAR, Senegal ? A triple suicide bombing Saturday at a market on an island in Lake Chad killed at least 15 people and injured 130, Chad's government said. A top police official blamed the carnage on N...

Anne Look DAKAR, SENEGAL? Nigeriarsquo;s electoral commission is scrambling to find ways that will allow approximately 1 million people displaced by Boko Haram-related violence to vote in the February ...

DAKAR, Senegal ? Nigeria's electoral commission will postpone Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force time to secure northeastern areas under the ...

Reuters DAKAR? France urged African nations on Monday to step up cross-border cooperation to tackle security challenges from Islamist groups in southern Libya to Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, as it se...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Many people in Mali are at high risk of catching Ebola because the toddler who brought the disease to the country was bleeding from her nose as she traveled on a bus from Guinea,...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The World Health Organization says a toddler who brought Ebola to Mali was bleeding from her nose during her journey on public transport and may have infected many people. WHO sa...

DAKAR -- With the first case of Ebola confirmed on Friday by Senegalese health authorities, the epidemic has spread to a fifth West African country and claimed over 1,500 lives in the region since earl...

DAKAR/N?DJAMENA 19 May 2014 (IRIN) - A measles outbreak that is spreading across sub-Saharan Africa is showing no sign of let-up as vaccine campaigners struggle to reach all at-risk children....