Clouds of dust blown off the Saharan Desert into the southeastern U.S. could affect local weather and make sunrises and ...

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

The Sahara Desert — one of the driest places on the ... Up to an inch or two is possible in Mauritania and southern Algeria too. Even Libya might see some showers. Africa is a continent with ...

Imagine embarking on an 18-hour journey across the sprawling Sahara Desert aboard a train laden ... Welcome aboard the Iron Ore Train in Mauritania – a unique experience that has stirred debate ...

Scientists and policymakers are mostly concerned about soils degrading in once-fertile regions that are gradually becoming wastelands, rather than areas deep in the Sahara Desert. Still ...

A volley from the muskets of blue-turbaned Moorish guards rattled in the desert ... start with. Mauritania is a land of sand twice the size of France sprawled across the lower Sahara on Africa ...

Few train journeys in the world are as extreme and unforgettable as the one that crosses the vast, unforgiving Sahara Desert. In this video, we explore the incredible story of the train that defies ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the medieval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands of the Sahara desert ... the southeast of Mauritania near the ...