The formation, known as the Trou au Natron, lies in northern Chad within the Tibesti Mountains, the highest range in the ...

The natural world has brewed up a spooky 'skull' in a deep volcanic pit in the Sahara Desert. From space, the sight really ...

Where there’s a tree, there’s usually a forest. But not always. A biologist describes some of the loneliest trees on planet ...

You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s ...

From her apartment in rural Germany, Abeba winces as she stares at her phone. The men holding her brother in the desert are sending videos of his torture as they seek to extract a hefty ransom.

Discover how global warming could dramatically alter rainfall patterns, with scientists predicting significantly increased ...

Morocco has declared 31 October a national holiday to mark the day the UN Security Council voted in favour of a resolution ...

Discovery and scale of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer SystemLibya’s Great Man-Made River and its water supply impactGlobal ...

Nick Blanch from Catton has completed a brutal walking challenge, spanning over five days which saw him trek 100km across the hottest desert in ...

The mass demonstration pushed Spain to hand over control of the disputed territory, paving the way for Morocco’s takeover.

Today, through the explicit recognition of several world powers and the opening of more than 30 consulates in Laayoune and Dakhla, the Moroccan identity of the Sahara has become an irreversible ...

The U.N. Security Council on Friday approved a resolution backing Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara, a shift ...