Sahara

Africa's Sahel region accounts for more than half of terror-related killings, a new reports says.

"It's part of the thrill."

Since the "Saharan Gold Rush" in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country's contributions to science to be recognized.

Bennu samples also indicate it was part of an ancient water world

For the second time in two years, a blanket of snow covered parts of the Sahara Desert in northern Africa, creating a rare and unexpected sight.

More blazes break out where wild land and urban areas overlap.

Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria.It is always the same story -- the Niger River bursts its banks and the waters claim his home for weeks on end, until he can return and take stock of the damage.The house then need...

Illegal small-scale gold mining in Ghana has been linked with the destruction of the environment and illness. Now it could affect the election.

A year after the Oct. 7 attack that spurred the Gaza war, Israelis and Palestinians reflect. In their voices, they chronicle a devastating day, tragic year.

This changes everything we knew about African 'prehistory.'

The Amazon fires, fueled by severe drought exacerbated by climate change, have created a toxic smoke cloud spanning about 4 million square miles — an area larger than the entire United States.

Scientists offer clues about what it is and where it came from.

Many sub-Saharan Africans feel they have no choice but to leave home, myself included. I wanted them to know that their lives – and stories – matter, says novelist Samuel Kọ́láwọlé

Spain has won a record fourth European Championship title after Mikel Oyarzabal's 86th-minute goal clinched a 2-1 victory as England's painful decades-long wait for a major trophy goes on.

Thousands are thinking of leaving their country - but know they will miss many things about home.

The continent's human capital is its greatest resource.

In Mauritania, climate change has fueled a mass migration of livestock herders to the coast, where they have forged a new life as fishermen.

In travel news this week: a gelato ban in Italy, runaway horses in central London, the orange fog that hit Athens and – if you're still feeling brave enough ...

Southern Greece experienced orange skies as dust clouds from the Sahara Desert descended over Athens, on Tuesday, April 23rd 2024.

The Biden administration has kickstarted the process of removing U.S. troops from Niger, though a timeline on the effort is not immediately clear.