An exhibition opening this week brings cultures, tribes and landscapes from afar to the heart of Nicosia. Marina Shacola presents the Sunscapes photography exhibition depicting the people of the ...

Scientists have found a population of people in Africa‘s Namib desert that were believed to have disappeared 50 years ago. Anthropologists initially believed that the community disappeared when the ...

Five Francophone African nations in the ambitious Desert to Power initiative have had a funding shot in the arm from a donor organization. However, PIDG is funded by International Finance Corp.p – the ...

For those who find themselves awed by arid landscapes, there’s no place like Africa. The continent boasts nine separate deserts, including a vast Sahara that sprawls across much of the north, the rust ...

The arid region sometimes develops lakes after heavy rain, hinting at how the desert may have once had a different climate. Reading time 2 minutes Behold Sebkha el Melah, an ephemeral lake in Algeria, ...

Timbuktu's famed manuscripts escaped al-Qaida but the threat remains - Residents of the West African city of Timbuktu ...

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BLUFF, Utah — In February 2020, Dave Herrero drove into the canyon country here in southeastern Utah to visit a slice of land that was up for sale — a 320-acre ranch that stretched deep into the ...

THE BEST WAY to see the town of Prince Albert is to hike up a jagged path to the top of a koppie (small hill) just outside town. From there, you can take in the surrounding Karoo, a semi-desert ...