Mauritania, Africa’s 11th largest country, remains a blank spot on all but the most die-hard of travellers’ maps, but that ...

In Oliver Laxe’s desert thriller, an intensely agonizing journey reveals both the pitiless nature of fate and the stubborn ...

Imagine powering the entire world using solar energy from the Sahara. While it sounds like a futuristic dream, covering this ...

The international community must decide which principle will prevail: the right of self-determination or the right of conquest.

Once isolated insurgencies in remote deserts and jungles have turned into full-blown wars of terror, turning several regions ...

Once the Hollywood of the Sahara, Morocco’s desert city is betting on sustainable tourism to reclaim its place on the map.

In the Libyan city of Sabha, known as the “Bride of the South,” authorities dismantled three terrorist networks in August, ...

Discover Africa’s 10 smallest countries — from Seychelles to Burundi — exploring their unique geography, culture, economies, ...

On November 6, the Kingdom of Morocco will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Green March (Al-Massira Al-Khadrae), a ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year—one-tenth of the amount of Chicago's rain, sleet and snow. "Changing rainfall patterns will ...