Burkina Faso consistently ranks as the hottest country in Africa by average annual temperature, often exceeding 28°C year-round. Located in the Sahel region, the country experiences long, dry seasons ...

Desertification is turning fertile land in Africa’s Sahel into expanding desert as the Sahara pushes southward at an alarming ...

Since arriving on the world cinema stage with the deeply personal docudrama "Bye Bye Africa" (1999), Chadian auteur ...

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

With less water in the lakes, especially Lake Turkana, it has become easier for the great rift beneath to move.

The International Festival of Saharan Cultures has transformed Amdjarass, Chad, into a vibrant crossroads of desert traditions, uniting dozens of ethnic groups with Niger as guest of honor.

From the deserts of Tunisia to the boardrooms of global tech giants, we meet Karim Beguir, the mathematician who turned two ...

Not only did Zorro Ranch isolate his victims, it also hosted scientists and celebrities flown in to listen to his warped and ...

Yet this single project reflects a broader trend. Over the past two decades, China has become Africa’s largest external ...

Christian and David try not to fall off the back of the pick-up. The vehicle is being driven at breakneck speed through the desert by smugglers. Like hundreds of thousands of people before them, the ...

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday inaugurated a nearly 1,000-kilometre (621-mile) desert railway to transport ...

Travel the planet’s toughest off-road rallies, from Dakar’s endless dunes and Baja’s desert chaos to jungle mud and alpine ...