Sahara dust colors the evening sky, glittering crystals shimmer in detail – This week, our gallery photographers once again show diversity.

New research has uncovered how powerful storms occasionally drench parts of theSahara Desert, forming short-lived lakes and ...

New research reveals that only the most intense Atlantic-sourced storms are responsible for filling a normally dry lake in ...

We traveled to Africa to visit Algeria, where we saw the Sahara Desert, drank foamy tea, ate bread and experienced the change ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An attack by a jihadi group on a village in western Niger has killed 44 civilians, the country’s Interior Ministry said.

As Earth continues to warm, more and more of the planet is becoming dry. A 2024 UN report found that in the last three ...

About two decades ago, African nations launched an audacious plan: a 7,700km “Great Green Wall” to hold back the Sahara Desert’s southward march. Yet years passed and progress was stalled ...

Private yachts were moored nearby, and some of the biggest celebrities were in attendance as Saudi Arabia partially opened Neom, its ambitious $500 billion mega-city in the desert. The event was ...

Analysis of stalagmite samples from caves in southern Morocco has revealed new details about past rainfall patterns in the Sahara Desert. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the Institut ...

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 ...

Dakhla does not, initially, sound like prime budget-holiday fodder.And yet, it is a safe, sun-baked town with magnificent beaches, access to the glories of the desert and an abundance of rich ...