Today, through the explicit recognition of several world powers and the opening of more than 30 consulates in Laayoune and Dakhla, the Moroccan identity of the Sahara has become an irreversible ...

The U.N. Security Council on Friday approved a resolution backing Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara, a shift ...

Study project up to 75% more summer rain in the Sahara by late century. Some African regions will get wetter and West Southern Africa may dry ...

The UN resolution on Moroccan Sahara has earned broad praise from West African media which hailed Morocco’s landmark ...

The Trump administration has set its sights on North Africa, where decades-old tensions between Morocco and Algeria over ...

Fish may have once swum across the Sahara, a finding that could shed light on how humanity made its way out of Africa, researchers said. The cradle of humanity lies south of the Sahara, which begs the ...

Paleoclimate and archaeological evidence tells us that, 11,000-5,000 years ago, the Earth's slow orbital 'wobble' transformed today's Sahara desert to a land covered with vegetation and lakes. Aa Aa ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. There is extensive media attention given to migration from North Africa to Europe ...

LAAYOUNE, WESTERN SAHARA — On a recent Saturday in May, as dusk shaded into night in this desert city, more than a thousand women, men, and children poured into the streets. They chanted slogans for ...

UIC scientists predict the Sahara Desert could get up to 75% more rainfall by 2100. Using 40 climate models, they foresee ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday will travel to Ethiopia and then Niger later in the week as the Biden administration looks to bolster relations with African partners to counter top ...

The U.N. Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution backing Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara.