Las Palmas - Shioukhs and notables from Saharan tribes taking part in the 3rd International Conference for Peace and Security in the Sahara, held Thursday in Las Palmas, hailed the momentum of ...

It seemed unlikely that a gathering like this on Dec. 24 — with a Bedouin tribe in the Sahara Desert — would reflect Christmas at its richest.

The Arab tribes here are nomadic herders, the black African tribes primarily farmers. But the desert here is spreading at a rate of 4 miles a year, according to Worldwatch Institute, and grazing ...

Chouraqui said that in crossing the Sahara, he had found Jewish nomads as yet unknown to Jewish historians. He reported finding one Jewish tribe of 3,000 people at an oasis in the Sahara.

95 percent of Libya is desert. The southwestern region, called Fezzan, is the heart of the Sahara and almost entirely inhospitable. Although ancient tribes inhabited this area, especially during ...

Western Sahara is a sparsely-populated area of mostly desert situated on the northwest coast of Africa. ... 1884 - Spain colonises Western Sahara, an area formerly populated by Berber tribes.

Bass was there to oversee what would become The Sahara Sessions — an album recorded in a tent under the stars. Its central theme hinges on what all the musicians in Etran Finatawa have in common ...