Niger’s ruling military rulers took power in a coup last year, the latest of several military takeovers in Africa’s Sahel, ...

The Earth's climate is in a constant state of change based on its position relative to the sun. This relationship means that as the planet's relationship to the sun changes, unexpected series of ...

Niger’s military junta has banned the French aid group Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development, or Acted, from ...

Aboubakar Alassane of the West Africa Peoples Organization (WAPO) explains how Nigeriens are enduring the consequences of ...

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

V iewed from space, the western edge of the Sahara Desert looks like another world. Its abundance of red-tinged sand turns ...

In her third year in the mathematics Ph.D. program at Oregon State University, it isn’t easy being 7,000-plus miles away from ...

The endangered species is native to the the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, the Sahel, in Africa. Sulcata tortoises are mostly herbivores, so their diet consists of grasses, plants and hay. They ...

Next year, between November 6 to November 11, you’ll have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to trek the infamous Sahara Desert – the world’s largest hot desert. Last month we hosted the Bury Six Trek ...

In recent years, the issue of economic sovereignty of the Sahel countries has become increasingly important. Dr Fousseynou Ouattara, Economist/Expert in Finance, argues that in order to achieve real ...

Last year was Morocco's driest in 80 years, with a 48 percent drop in rainfall Tourists camp on the shores of Erg Znaigui, a seasonal lake in the village of Merzouga in the Sahara desert in ...

In the Sahel region bordering the Sahara desert, the volume, intensity and duration of rainfall was "unprecedented," according to Amadou Diakite from the Mali Meteo weather service. In Niger ...