Renowned Nigerien designer Alphadi, celebrated across Africa as the “Magician of the Desert,” returned to his birthplace of Timbuktu this week to stage a vibrant fashion show aimed at rekindling hope, ...

You define yourself as “the most pan-Africanist of all pan-Africanists”. Where does this feeling come from? I am a pan-Africanist by descent and conviction. I was born in Timbuktu to a Moroccan mother ...

The west African country of Niger is known for its poverty, and at times its Tuareg rebellion — not for fashion. But out of this dusty and arid nation on the edge of the Sahara desert has emerged ...

It was the gathering of the best hands in the fashion industry in Africa when the annual Afrik Fashion Show, otherwise known as the Tendances Party, took place last weekend at the Ivorian capital, ...

Renowned Malian-Nigerien fashion designer Alphadi has been raising funds to help refugees who fled northern Mali following a rebel advance earlier this year. He was invited to the Dakar Fashion Week ...

NIAMEY: The west African country of Niger is known for its poverty, and at times its Tuareg rebellion - not for fashion. But out of this dusty and arid nation on the edge of the Sahara desert has ...