A new study has revealed that two 7,000-year-old mummies found in the Sahara Desert belong to a previously unknown branch of ...

This ancient people lived in the Sahara when it was a much more welcoming environment.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is shocked to hear about the reported deaths of 44 desperate migrants and refugees in the Sahara Desert this week - including women and children. Survivor accounts ...

The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study conducted by University of Maryland researchers. This represents roughly an area the size of South Dakota being ...

The Sahara Desert has expanded by approximately ten percent since 1920, according to comprehensive research analyzing rainfall data across Africa from 1920 to 2013. This expansion varies significantly ...

The Sahara Desert is one of the driest areas in the world. It gets just 3 inches of precipitation per year — one-tenth of the amount of Chicago’s rain, sleet and snow. But by the second half of the ...