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Legislation designating the Polisario Front as a foreign terrorist organization would send a strong signal as the regional ...
Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...
Dust from the Sahara Desert, once a massive lake, travels across the Atlantic Ocean. This dust, rich in potassium and iron from dead diatoms, fertilizes the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon River then ...
Riccardo Fabiani, north Africa director at the International Crisis Group, said the decision in June was “pretty bad” for ...
In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a ...
Deserts provide some of the most unique and treacherous trekking experiences on the globe. These vast, barren lands are not ...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The World Food Programme said Friday it is suspending food and nutritional assistance across crisis-hit ...
Ancient Africa's Climate Was Unexpectedly Rainy, Muddying the Story of Early Humans Learn why the idea of an ancient African drying period is now being challenged and what this means for the story of ...
THE Sahara, comparable in size to the United States, is essentially a land of minerals. Plants, animals and men, all live there artificially. The vast spaces, the heat, the lack of water and ...
Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long roamed desert plains, seemingly unaware of the existential threat to their ...
The Sloughis, known for their speed and slender physique, have for many centuries accompanied nomadic societies across North ...
"One of the more difficult places to visit is the sparsely populated territory known as Western Sahara," writes John P. Smith ...