The dispute over Western Sahara – roughly 100,000 square miles of sparsely populated land to the south of Morocco and Algeria, and to the west of Mauritania – has become an "intricate" and ...

The plume is forecast to move northwest and reach Florida mid-week, then hit other states including Georgia, the Carolinas, Texas and Louisiana by Friday, radar shows.

British Foreign Minister David Lammy said Sunday that Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara is the "most credible" solution, reversing UK policy. The mineral-rich territory, largely ...

Vowing to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza, US President Donald Trump has also set his sights on Western Sahara, adding urgency to talks that show signs of progress but remain far from settled.

Get ready for the Basketball League Africa (BAL) Sahara Conference in Dakar Senegal as top teams battle for supremacy.

Stretching up to 3 kilometers, the Iron Ore Train of Mauritania is one of the world’s longest, heaviest, and most dangerous trains. It travels nonstop across the scorching Sahara Desert ...

In Mauritania, Sub-Saharan migrants are facing arrests and expulsions. According to some Mauritanian civil society actors, this situation is due to an agreement between Nouakchott and the European ...

BP has loaded its first LNG cargo for export from Phase 1 of its Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Mauritania isn’t typically a major tourist destination. But its only railway has recently become the subject of a viral TikTok travel trend: riding the “Iron Ore Train.” This 437-mile ...

The Sahara desert, once lush and green, during a time between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago, was also home to a mysterious human lineage, a new study has found. Researchers from Germany's Max Planck ...