A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed ...

W henever we think of the Sahara Desert, the images that come to mind are vast stretches of sand and extreme dryness. But do ...

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...

A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...

A new study recently published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, provides new insights into the meteorological ...

What was I hoping to experience? What did I hope to show them? The Sahara, I said. The desert. Look at any map of Africa and you see the Sahara spread across the entire north of the continent.

Africa’s mega-project to help combat climate change, desertification, and land degradation has seen positive strides. The project will see a 4,722-mile green wall that will aim to restore 100 ...

The tournament will culminate with a championship showdown in early May, coinciding with the conclusion of the Sahara ...

In North Africa, the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara have long been denied self-determination, first under Spanish colonialism and then under Morocco’s occupation since 1975. Decades after the ...

A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed ...