While Hausa is the predominant language spoken in Niger, French has held official status since the nation gained independence ...

The military government of Niger has officially declared Hausa as the country's new national language, marking a break from ...

(Bangkok) – Myanmar’s military junta should allow immediate unfettered access to humanitarian aid for earthquake survivors and lift restrictions that impede the emergency response, Human ...

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

Top of the pops is Arabic, spoken by some 150 million people across the continent. It’s the liturgical language of Islam and holds cultural significance across North Africa, including Egypt, Sudan, ...

An incredible map shows the most widely spoken languages in each country in Africa. There are believed to be between 1,000 and 2,000 distinct languages across the continent, which have roots in ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with pickaxes - and risking their lives in search of precious treasure.

Algeria has sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison on charges of “undermining national unity”. A court in Dar El Beida, near Algiers, sentenced the author on ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron is urging Algeria to free an 80-year-old writer who was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison, following accusations he had undermined Algeria's ...

That is an area larger than the entire country of Algeria. "We're going to come into this next summer season with less ice to begin with," said Linette Boisvert, an ice scientist at NASA's Goddard ...

Knowing the type of love language you and your partner use can help foster a deeper connection. The five love languages are words of affirmation, quality time, physical touch, receiving gifts ...

The sand and the culture bleed among the pencil-drawn boundaries of maps. We were there to meet and learn about the Tuareg, a semi-nomadic people who live in Algeria, Libya, Mali and Niger.