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The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town in the Sahara ...

Police believe search aircraft are their best chance of finding German tourist Carolina Wilga a day after her van was found ...

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The United Kingdom on Sunday became the latest country to back Morocco’s position on the disputed Western Sahara, calling its plan to keep the territory under Moroccan control “the most ...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The United Kingdom on Sunday became the latest country to back Morocco’s position on the disputed Western Sahara, calling its plan to keep the territory under Moroccan ...

Unesco-listed fortified town in northwest Africa fights to preserve buildings and medieval books about science, astronomy and history.

Ancient Town And Its Manuscripts Face Ravages Of The Sahara Oualata is one of a UNESCO-listed quartet of ancient, fortified towns or "ksour", which in their heyday were trading and religious ...

Show more Show less Oualata in Mauritania is one of a UNESCO-listed quartet of ancient, fortified towns or 'ksour' In their heyday, the ksour were trading and religious centres and now hold jewels ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the mediaeval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Mauritanian desert. "It's a magnificent, extraordinary town ...