In 1998, French entrepreneur Jean-Yves Brizot formed a Tuareg silver guild in Agadez, Niger. The jewelry caught the eye of Pierre-Alexis Dumas, artistic director of Hermès, the Parisian design house.

At the end of the last Tuareg rebellion in 1995, many former rebels were brought into the Niger military as part of the peace settlement. "You would join the people who have killed your friends ...

One of the vehicles reportedly used by US Special Forces in last October’s deadly ambush in Niger, captured by the Tuareg alliance in northern Mali. The Imghad and Allies Self Defense Movement (GATIA) ...

People trusted me,» says the human smuggler ... at least for the time being. Even within Niger, the Tuareg city of Agadez has long been marginalized by its own government, like most areas ...

The ministry said another 13 people were wounded ... in north Mali after the 2012 Tuareg rebellion. Since then, it has spread into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso, and more recently into ...

The insurgency in the Sahel region started when Islamist militants took over territory in northern Mali after a 2012 Tuareg rebellion. It has since spread into neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso ...

In 2013, 23 people were killed when an Al Qaeda ... This allowed him to triangulate policy during Tuareg uprisings in Niger in the mid-'90s and late 2000s: Gadhafi "contributed to ending the ...

The politics of this album, rooted in the plight of Niger and the Tuareg people, may be lost via a language barrier, but the intensity that drives it speaks loud and clear. The politics of this ...