Aid groups warn a ‘humanitarian emergency’ is unfolding along treacherous migration routes from sub-Saharan Africa towards ...

Tuareg jewelry, an integral part of Sahara's Tuareg people's cultural heritage, is known for its intricate designs and ...

Malian army says its soldiers clashed with members of an armed separatist group in the country's north, resulting in the ...

From Africa’s Namib to South America’s Atacama, explore the world’s most iconic deserts—where silence roars and dunes dance.

In a desolate section of the Sahara once ruled by the French, two thirsty men stumble into the camp of a Tuareg warrior where they're given water and shelter. Soldiers from the new Arab government ...

r The Aprilia Tuareg Rally was developed based on the invaluable ... this year - before astonishing everyone on its debut in the desert dunes, dominating the Africa Eco Race from the first stage ...

But the catalog of a style dubbed "desert blues," in which sinewy electric ... associated with the nomadic Berber people known as the Tuareg and the lyrics, as with American blues, often deal ...

LONDON/DAKAR, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Among the dozens of Wagner mercenaries presumed dead after a lethal battle with Tuareg rebels during a desert sandstorm in Mali in July were Russian war veterans ...

This was Mali’s Festival in the Desert in 2004, half a day’s travel through the dunes from Timbuktu. The performers were Tinariwen, the local Tuareg band who had a hand in creating it in 2001 ...

Etran de L’Aïr play at the Empty Bottle Credit: Abdoul Moumouni Hamid Nigerien band Etran de L’Aïr (“Stars of the Air”) aren’t as well-known in the West as Tuareg desert-blues ...

For Tuareg communities caught in the middle of these conflicts, the themes and lyrics of desert blues remain as timely as ever. Still, some desert blues musicians find a reason for optimism and choose ...