As heavy rainfall pelts southern Switzerland, canton Valais has issued a weather warning and Ticino is set for a wet Easter.

The decision by the military-led Alliance of Sahel States to impose a 0.5% tariff on goods from rival ECOWAS nations has ...

Jihadists are assumed to be behind the recent kidnapping of a Swiss woman in Niger, the latest in a series of abductions in ...

Solar energy is booming in Niger, one of the world's sunniest countries, with sales of increasingly cheap solar panels going ...

A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped in Niger, Switzerland's foreign ministry told AFP, confirming information published by a Nigerien media outlet.

A Swiss citizen has been abducted in Niger, the Swiss foreign ministry said on Monday on X. The Swiss representation in the capital Niamey is in cont ...

The governor of the central Nigerien state of Agadez, General Ibra Boulama Issa, said the woman was abducted late Sunday from ...

BAMAKO, Mali — A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Niger’s city of Agadez, according to local authorities and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. This is the ...

A Swiss citizen has been kidnapped in Niger, Switzerland's foreign ministry told AFP, confirming information published by a ...

The World Bank has approved an additional $90 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to support Niger in improving its road infrastructure, connectivity, and access ...

Elite competition for dominance over illegal mining locations leads to funding of armed bandits, and the use of violence ...

Not to get all chamber of commerce-y about it, but Seattle has played a crucial role in laying the foundation for Saharan rock’s current popularity. In the ’00s while based in the Emerald City ...