spanning more than 10 countries, the Sahara boasts landscapes as diverse as they are vast. From the bustling cities on its edges to the emptiness of its core, the desert has always fascinated ...

An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up by the Sahara Desert.

Cloud laden with dust particles from the Sahara desert are set to colour the sky over Luxemboug on Friday, 21 March - the ...

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa ... The increased rainfall has so far put 4 million people in 14 countries at flood risk, according to the World Food Programme. Also, with some regions ...

Like every ecosystem on Earth, the Sahara is a beautiful and delicate balance of nature. Desert ecosystems host ... instability across many Saharan countries, which hugely hampers those few ...

Many countries around the world suffer from the ... The Sahel is a narrow belt of land which lies immediately to the south of the Sahara Desert and which extends across most of Africa.

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes.