Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way ...

The Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, are officially leaving the regional economic bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday, ...

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military ...

Starting with a heavy-duty tubular chassis and carbon fiber body panels, Ford’s Dakar Rally vehicle was made to withstand ...

Niger’s defense minister says the junta-led West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali have created a joint force ...

Libya deported more than 600 men from Niger last month as North African countries — financed by the European Union to tackle ...

Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings is set finish the 2025 Dakar Rally in second place. Picture: Toyota Despite his best efforts in the dunes of Saudi Arabia’s notorious Empty Quarter on Thursday ...

The Dakar Rally is unlike any other race on the face of the Earth. And Segway is one of the last bike makers you’d expect to find in it. There are plenty of reasons for that, but perhaps the ...

Daniel Sanders (KTM) has taken his first win in the Dakar Rally. The Australian dominated the race in 2025, becoming the first rider since Spain’s Marc Coma to lead the race from the opening Prologue ...

A collection of some of the top photos of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia in the past week by AP photographer Christophe Ena.

SHUBAYTAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Henk Lategan and Yazeed Al-Rajhi will duel in the Saudi sand for their first Dakar Rally title after swapping the lead for a second straight day Wednesday.

Barrick Gold has been in dispute with Mali since 2023 Miner to start standing down staff this week, says employee Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger seek ... and Portia Crowe in Dakar; Writing by ...