The dust hurts air quality not only by giving skies a milky haze, but also by aggravating respiratory problems and triggering ...

There isn’t much green in the Sahara Desert, but an unusual shift in the weather pattern has caused storms to move where they typically wouldn’t.

Dust from the Sahara desert has covered cars in the West Midlands. Parts of Worcester, Stourbridge, Wolverhampton and Shropshire awoke to the phenomenon on Thursday morning.

Some parts of the Sahara Desert will see five times their average August and September rainfall. A few areas could experience rain for the first time on record in August or September.

It saw an influx of miners from across West Africa, bringing life and some economic respite, but also bandits who hole up in the mountains. Few of the newcomers seem interested to visit the ksars ...

There isn’t much green in the Sahara Desert, but an unusual shift in the weather pattern has caused storms to move where they typically wouldn’t.