A new study has revealed that two 7,000-year-old mummies found in the Sahara Desert belong to a previously unknown branch of ...

There is extensive media attention given to migration from North Africa to Europe across the Mediterranean. These stories are accompanied by regular reports on the rescue of migrants from sinking ...

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. Aa Aa ...

Traditionally, South Africa‘s ruling party African National Congress (ANC) has given unwavering support to the Polisario Front, the government of the Western Sahara, the world’s largest disputed ...

AGADEZ, Niger (Reuters) - In a sandy compound in the Niger desert town of Agadez, a white-turbaned imam blesses a circle of African migrants, some of them little more than boys, to protect them on the ...

One footballer tells The Athletic about his dream that Western Sahara could one day feature as a nation on the game's global ...

The state of Texas is bracing for a Saharan dust outbreak, as large plumes travel northward from the African desert and move over the Atlantic. The Saharan Air Layer (SAL) is the dust that forms over ...