Listeners swayed as the celebrated Malian duo Amadou and Mariam sang from a stage on the banks of the Niger River at an annual festival coloured this year by political shifts roiling West Africa.Tens ...

Mali and its neighbours have for more than a decade battled militant groups allied to Islamic State and al-Qaeda while ...

Sur le rond-point Francophonie, dans le nord de la capitale, des jeunes préparent le thé sur un petit poêle à charbon posé au milieu du terre-plein poussiéreux. La nuit sera longue.

But this year's edition of the Festival sur le Niger took place against the backdrop of Mali's exit - along with Burkina Faso and Niger - from the West African bloc ECOWAS and uncertainty about ...