A desert heavy-haul railway built by a Chinese company officially opens to traffic in western Algeria on Sunday, marking the ...

ALGIERS, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Algeria's Western Mining Railway, Africa's first heavy-haul desert railway, has opened to traffic, improving Algeria's national railway network and promoting connectivity ...

China's advances in railway technology have opened further opportunities for international collaboration. The Sahara heavy-haul railway in Algeria demonstrates how Chinese engineering practices can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tassili n´Ajjer National Park sprawls across nearly 50,000 square miles of the Sahara Desert. - Westend61/Getty Images “Labès?” ...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune inaugurated a nearly 1,000-kilometre (621-mile) desert railway to transport iron ore ...

Tassili n’Ajjer National Park, Algeria (CNN) — “Labès?” (‘OK?”) asks Baba Atanof as a tourist struggles to get her leg over a large rock on a steep ascent in the Algerian Sahara Desert. Fighting jelly ...

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, and where to stay. “Labès?” (‘OK?”) asks Baba ...