The town of Douz, called the "gateway to the Sahara," is where most desert journeys begin. This small settlement grew around a huge palm oasis (there are over 500,000 palms in the area) and as a ...

The cast and crew of Season 2 describe how they approached designing the sets and filming the North African desert scenes, plus the research they did to prepare. Aired 10/22/2023.

The desert communities of Algeria make a home in the Sahara sand seas. Covering around 800,000 square miles, Algeria’s share of the Sahara takes up over 80% of the country — the volcanic peaks ...

Some parts of the Sahara Desert will see five times their average August and September rainfall. A few areas could experience rain for the first time on record in August or September.

Meteorologists had predicted that a rare deluge could strike North Africa’s Sahara Desert, where many areas receive less than an inch of rain a year. Officials in Morocco said 18 people were killed in ...

With Europe’s support, North African nations push migrants to the desert Videos from Tunisia and Mauritania show migrants being detained by local security forces and abandoned in remote regions.

It was primarily caused by orbital changes in the Earth’s axial tilt, which strengthened the African monsoon system. Moist air was drawn further north into the Sahara, which turned the desert into a ...

TUNIS, March 25 (KUNA) -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization issued an alert for Algeria, Libya and Tunisia against groups of desert locusts. The outbreak that began in December in the Sahel ...