Aida, 41, carries the ball during a match in an annual local soccer tournament in the village of Sahel Aida, 41, carries the ball during a match in an annual local soccer tournament in the village of ...

In the Tuareg community in Niger, the women play a drum, made of stretched goatskin, known as the tendé. The skills and songs are passed down from mother to daughter, and are played at community ...

The Tuaregs are of Berber descent, having probably moved south from African areas now labeled as Mauritania, Morocco, Libya and Egypt. As Arabs pushed east into Berber lands, both the Muslim faith and ...

The Tuareg have recently been in the news for helping Qaddafi loyalists escape from Libya. But many members of the tribe are trying to flee the chaos themselves. Both Qaddafi and the Tuareg have ...

Fati Walet Mohamed Issa, a young documentary filmmaker from Mali's volatile north, says her goal is to shine a light on the plight of women in the conflict-torn Sahel state. "Women are often either ...

SAHEL, Algeria, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Algerian women in bright Berber dress ululating, singing and beating drums at a soccer tournament last week were pushing their fight for gender equality - a cause ...