Despite its vast expanse of sand, the Sahara is not the largest desert on the planet, that distinction goes to someplace with ...

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Dust from the Sahara Desert is moving across the Atlantic Ocean and could make skies hazy over the southern United States in ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the United ...

Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New ...

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The National Weather Service has noted that a large plume of Saharan dust is forecast to arrive across Puerto Rico and the ...

Kenya said it supports Morocco's plan to give the disputed region of Western Sahara autonomy under the North African ...

It's the time of the year when sea breeze storms become a daily occurrence, the tropics begin to slowly simmer, and the Saharan dust returns with a vengeance. If you thought allergy season was rough, ...

This African country has the continent's biggest population, accounting for nearly a fifth of the people across 54 countries.

Kenya also backed a Moroccan initiative offering landlocked Sahel states access to global trade through its Atlantic ports.