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 ...

The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will designate Nigerien fashion designer Sidahmed Alphadi Seidnaly, known as Alphadi, as a UNESCO Artist for Peace in a ceremony at the Organization’s ...

Our Perspective guest today is fashion designer Alphadi often known as the Magician of the Desert. Born in Timbuktu, Alphadi now spends his time between Niger and France making his bold and original ...

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 ...

On tonight's show: Kenya deports the spokesperson for South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar. The move has angered rights groups who say he was a refugee. Also, the UN urges both the government and ...

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 ...