Adrian Tinniswood, author of The Barbary Pirates, talks to Ari Shapiro about the first U.S. military engagements with Tripoli and the early 19th century Barbary Coast nations.

Much of the western coastline of North Africa, from modern-day Morocco to Libya, was known as the "Barbary Coast" at the time — a name derived from the Berber people who lived there; and its ...

Where do Barbary macaques live? Today, Barbary macaques are mainly found north of the Sahara in Africa, with an estimated 1,500–3,500 macaques in Algeria and around 8,000–9,000 in Morocco. While wild ...

It was this lawlessness that gave the neighborhood its original name, The Barbary Coast, taken from the North African coastline of the same name that was home to pirates and traders.

Taking inspiration from the cuisine of the Barbary coast, which stretches from Morocco to Egypt, head chef Eyal Jagermann is "completely committed to every dish he's turning out", says David ...

Those profiting from slavery mocked the hypocrisy of British concern for African slaves while His Majesty's own subjects languished in involuntary servitude along the Barbary Coast. The taunts stung.

Avedis Hadjian is a frequent contributor to Book Review and a former writer and editor for CNN online. As European sailors plied the West African coast for slaves in the 17th and 18th century ...

After a 200-year hiatus, piracy off the coast of Africa is back in the news, this time migrating from the Levant on the Mediterranean to the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden. “Plus ca change ...