Africa has nine deserts in total but none are arguably as famous as the Sahara. The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, covering 3.5 million square miles - an area roughly the size of the ...

Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus defied the extreme conditions of African deserts. A recent study reveals how this ...

AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first ...

A stunning city in Egypt that boasts "mirage-like" sky-blue waters and a romantic Old Town has been named among the top places to go in Africa and ... in the heart of the desert.

Africa's largest natural arch is located deep in the remote Sahara Desert, on the Ennedi Plateau in Chad, and reaching it is ...

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

Twenty-two are African languages, among them Ga (745,000 speakers in Ghana), Tshivenda (1.3 million in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique), and Wolof (8 million in Senegal).

It’s a well-known fact that lizards like to bask in the sun to regulate their body temperature. But global warming is putting them under ...