NASA scientists said that the historic event was triggered by a cyclone and similar storms are expected to occur in the ...

Embark on an unforgettable exploration of Algeria’s majestic Sahara, where the landscape shifts from smooth sand dunes to jagged rocky outcrops. This epic journey immerses you in the desert’s natural ...

"That," Mattingly notes, "is an awful lot of people in the hyperarid landscape of the central Sahara." An archaeologist at the University of Leicester, he's become a slave to the desert ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj volcanic field interspersed with patches of golden sand.

The results suggest that the radioactive dust originated in Algeria's Reggane region, but its plutonium levels didn't match ...

By the Swedish Council Communist group Folkmakt, this text talks about the struggle of the Polisario Front in Western Sahara. Originally published in "Folkmakt, No. 2" ...

Hot deserts are found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. The largest hot desert is the Sahara in Africa which spans the whole width of the continent.

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. The main causes of desertification include: ...