The Western Sahara is the most sparsely populated territory in Africa, much of it desert. On the surface, it appears to have ...

A new World Meteorological Organization report warns of the exacting toll that sand and dust storms are having on global health and economies. The report pinpoints South Africa’s West Coast as a dust ...

"One of the more difficult places to visit is the sparsely populated territory known as Western Sahara," writes John P. Smith ...

Europe's record numbers of visitors also made it ground zero for concerns about overtourism. Last year, 747 million ...

Swarms of desert locusts are moving across parts of North Africa. With unusually heavy rains in late 2024 supporting growth ...

Thousands of birds flying south for the winter stop off in Nigeria’s Hadejia Wetlands National Park. Researchers mapped the park, uncovering hundreds of species.

We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its Indigenous people, the Sahrawi. The Sahrawi ...

Morocco’s $1.3bn Atlantic Initiative aims to link Sahel nations to the ocean via Western Sahara, despite coups, rivalries, and insecurity.

Morocco has occupied Western Sahara since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community.

The desert is where the Earth's coldest temperature ever was recorded and some areas haven't seen rain in more than 14 million years.

Dune: Awakening update 1.1.0.17, which adjusts the PvE area to encompass the entire southern half of the Deep Desert map, is out now. Check out the patch notes.

The largest data centers can guzzle millions of gallons of fresh water a day. Roughly 40% are located in the most ...