In an unprecedented turn of events, regions of the Sahara Desert have been inundated by severe rainstorms. This unusual ...

Nothing says adventure like running 222 kilometres through the heart of the Sahara Desert. The Algeria Treg invites intrepid ...

Africa is the second-largest continent in the world and covers an area more than three times that of the United States, with ...

From the edge of space, the Sahara Desert looks like it belongs more on the planet Mars than Earth, with the red-tinged dune ...

NASA’S MODIS Aqua satellite captured the aftermath of the rare desert rainfall, showing typically dry lakebeds full of water.

A striking image taken from the International Space Station reveals the Erg Chebbi dunes in southeastern Morocco, part of the ...

The U.N. Security Council has voted to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in the Western Sahara for another ...

The arid region sometimes develops lakes after heavy rain, hinting at how the desert may have once had a different climate.

Lakes appearing in the Sahara desert captured in satellite images ... An extratropical cyclone hit parts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya on Sept. 7 and 8, dropping around 8 inches (20 ...

Temperatures in the Al-Nafūd desert can climb as high as 55 degrees Celsius during the summer, making this drastic change a ...

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