The Sahara Desert is crawling forward like a silent invader, swallowing farmland and forcing families in the Sahel to fight ...

In 2015, NASA-backed research led by Hongbin Yu revealed that millions of tons of Saharan dust cross the Atlantic each year, ...

For Black History Month, The Republic talked to fans and a golf writer about the sport, Black representation and the WM ...

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s ...

Deep in the remote desert of Niger, paleontologists have uncovered the remains of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a 12 metre long ...

Deep in the desert of Niger, scientists have unearthed an unknown species of dinosaur, a giant fissvery of its kind in more than a century.

Zijin Mining's billion-dollar takeover deal for Allied Gold, worth CAD 5.5 billion, is accelerating the wave of consolidation in the African gold sector. Driven by record prices for precious metals, h ...

A woman has shared her highs and lows of a "magical" cycle across Africa. Ellie Mitchell-Heggs, 35, flew to Kigali in Rwanda ...

Spending two weeks sleeping under the stars in southern Algeria is a perfect introduction to the Tuareg way of life ...

Experts have discovered a huge new species of fish-eating dinosaur. It has been named Spinosaurus mirabilis and scientists say it lived nearly 100 million years ago. The fossil was found in the Sahara ...

Explore the urgent issue of desertification in Africa's Sahel region and discover how the ambitious 'Great Green Wall' project is making a remarkable difference. Learn how drought, food insecurity, ...