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Travelling through the desert

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Trans-Saharan travel has in recent years become increasingly famous among African youths, while it is less safe to westerners as assumed. As a...

7 Gambians die in Sahara Desert ...as vehicle hits landmine

Thursday, February 19, 2009

At least seven Gambian migrants have died and three seriously injured after their vehicle detonated a landmine in the Niger-Libya border, reports...

Stakeholders Briefed on the Green Wall for Sahara Initiative

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Stakeholders in the environment and forestry sector were on Monday December 15th 2008 briefed on The Green Wall for Sahara. The one-day forum,...

SAHEL: Voices from clandestinity

Sunday, October 26, 2008

The International Organization for Migration estimates that up to 35,000 sub-Saharan clandestine migrants leave for North Africa and Europe every...

NIGER: Freddy Kasseri, “Migrants are dying out here”

Monday, October 13, 2008

Freddy Kasseri, 23, travelled from Ghana to Niger intending to cross the desert into Libya. He did not make it. Libyan security forces return...

MALI: When the world’s deserts flood

Sunday, October 12, 2008

In August, floods loosened the dry caked Sahelian earth in Gao, northern Mali, affecting more than 1,000 people, many of whom temporarily took refuge...

WEST AFRICA: Migrants risk all to cross desert

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Sub-Saharan migrants continue attempting dangerous and illegal crossings into Libya and Algeria. They pick their way through Niger’s Air mountains,...

MALI: All it takes to save the lakes from climate change is money

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Thursday, June 05, 2008

Ahmed Toure spends most days squatting beside the only surfaced road running through the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, his face and eyes shielded...

The Deserts Of Africa - Unimaginable Beauty

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Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Africa - the second largest continent in the world is also home to the largest desert in the world—the Sahara. In fact there are three deserts on...

Discover Africa

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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Africa is the second largest continent in the world with over 500 million people Africa is the second...