The ancient city of Chinguetti is succumbing to a sea of sand – Sam Metz discovers how its residents are dealing with ...

This battle can be won': desert expert reveals how China's technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental ...

An ambitious and bold project looks to help desertification in Africa and to combat African nations from being swallowed up ...

One of the most significant shipwreck finds of recent times was made in an ostensibly unlikely place: a southwest African ...

Africa is home to some massive countries that have incredible and varied landscapes like rainforests and deserts. But one country stands out from the rest as it’s mostly covered by sand and is ...

The African Development Bank Group ( www.AfDB.org) and Eritrea have signed an agreement for $19.5 million in grant funding ...

Scientists have known for the past two decades that Africa has been splitting. In 2005, Ethiopia experienced earthquakes that caused the appearance of a 35-mile-long fissure in the desert called ...

Athol Fugard, the South African playwright of works including 'The Road to Mecca,' and 'Boesman and Lena' died on Saturday.

Botswana specialist Desert & Delta Safaris is strengthening its presence in Australia and New Zealand by visiting key cities.

For two years, an ambitious initiative in sub-Saharan Africa has demonstrated how pocket ... are essentially diagnostic deserts. The lack of equitable, accessible primary healthcare for women ...

WINDHOEK - African leaders past and present gathered in Namibia on Saturday to bury the country's \"founding father\" Sam ...