The night-time ascent is the final highlight of this very Australian pilgrimage, the 230-kilometre Larapinta Trail from the desert city of Alice Springs through the West MacDonnell Range, a mountain ...

The ancient Saharan city of Chinguetti, a historical hub for poets, scholars, and theologians and home to thousands of manuscripts, is facing an existential threat from the encroaching desert.

It's not a one-stop solution to water shortages, but it could help supplement other harvesting and conservation methods.

Deep within the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert lies an enormous, circular formation spanning nearly 50 kilometers—an ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

How the Libyan conflict transformed human trafficking routes in West Africa, and why Europe’s response has so far failed.

Chinguetti is a historically important fortified city and medieval trading centre in northern Mauritania with a population of around 5,000.

A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex predator, Bastetodon.

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

Scientists reveal a never-before-seen species of leopard-size apex predator that lived in lush forest 30 million years ago.

In response to public discourse Unified will explore offering AP African American Studies as a districtwide option to fulfill ...

Hidden beneath Egypt’s desert sands, scientists uncovered a nearly complete skull of Bastetodon, a 30-million-year-old ...