Imagine a predator so rare that even seasoned trackers consider it a myth. The Saharan cheetah, with its ghostlike presence, ...

The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town ...

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, economies and the environment, the ...

The U.N.'s food agency says it will suspend various food and nutritional assistance in vulnerable countries across West and ...

A new World Meteorological Organization report warns of the exacting toll that sand and dust storms are having on global health and economies. The report pinpoints South Africa’s West Coast as a dust ...

"One of the more difficult places to visit is the sparsely populated territory known as Western Sahara," writes John P. Smith ...