Yazeed Al-Rajhi has become the first Saudi to win the Dakar Rally after completing the race on home sand in Shubaytah.

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Banjul, The Gambia, as part of a two-country visit to The Gambia and Senegal .

In his debut, Heger ensures a U.S. category champion for a fourth consecutive year in the prestigious off-road event.

Daniel Sanders has raced into the history books, becoming only the second Australian to triumph at the Dakar Rally.

Wildly varying machines taking on motor sport's biggest challenge, from family hatchbacks to supercars and high-riding V8-powered raiders built for the

Dakar hosted a silent march on Tuesday for Souadou Sow, better known as Diary, a 12-year-old girl who was murdered on the night of December 31 by a man in his thirties, the father of her best friend,

Senegalese and Chadian leaders said that the ousting of French troops from their territories was their sovereign decision, rejecting remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron that suggested otherwise.

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Mali's military government has started seizing gold stocks of the Canadian mining company Barrick as part of a legal battle over the share of revenue owed to the West African state, according to an internal Barrick letter seen by The Associated Press.

Dakar Rally participants know what they're signing up for: a gruelling two-week ordeal they have no guarantee of completing. But this storied event was born of an even more extreme and dangerous experience,

France’s enduring strategy to destabilise the Sahel is manifesting through new and suspicious demonstrations allegedly organised by members of the Malian

Associated Press photographer Christophe Ena's images from the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia capture the speed, driving skill and spectacular desert views of one of the world's most breathtaking auto racing events.