Ghana said on Thursday it considers a Moroccan autonomy plan as the sole basis to settle the Western Sahara dispute within the framework of the UN, aligning itself with a growing number of Western, ...

After making its way across the Atlantic Ocean, a massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert is expected to reach the U.S.

Stromer named it Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, the Egyptian Spine Lizard. The bones were added to the Bavarian State Collection of ...

Siwa, nestled in Egypt 's Western Desert, is an oasis town. Known for its palm groves and salt lakes, Siwa provides a ...

Until we arrived in southern Tunisia and headed toward the high desert of Tatouine Governate, I never knew that George Lucas ...

This Africa Day, discover the breathtaking beauty and cultural richness of Africa's deserts. From the stunning dunes of the ...

asks Baba Atanof as a tourist struggles to get her leg over a large rock on a steep ascent in the Algerian Sahara Desert ... barely answer. This desert makes up 83% of Africa’s largest country.

turned the once lush oasis into the Sahara desert known today. Using genomic analysis, the researchers found that the North African lineage diverged from sub-Saharan African populations at about ...

3. Western Sahara – Population: 593,408 (Global Rank: 172nd) Western Sahara, a disputed territory in North Africa, has one of the continent’s lowest populations. The challenging desert ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At the sunset call to prayer, the site guardian popped his head into the Temple of Amun and said he would ...

Chinguetti is one of four UNESCO World Heritage sites in Mauritania, a West African nation where ... role in desertification.