Residents, seemingly resigned to their fate, speak of the desert as an inevitable destiny ... mosques and libraries store some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts, covering ...

Residents say the desert is their destiny. Advertisement Article continues ... Chinguetti is one of four UNESCO World Heritage sites in Mauritania, a West African nation where only 0.5% of land is ...

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been ...

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This month's ECOWAS wrestling tournament, however, marked the first time that the annual showdown featured a women's division. Legs taut, backs bent at the waist, the wrestlers slowly stretched out ...

Its new report says that in this semi-arid area to the south of the Sahara Desert 3,885 people out ... The Sahel stretches from the west coast of Africa eastwards across the continent.

"It looks like a desert, and then when the rain comes ... While some degree of rainfall every summer is normal due to the West African Monsoon season, it is unusual for the Intertropical ...