Red Saharan dunes dusted white with snow near Ain Sefra, Algeria, creating a fleeting contrast that happens only a handful of ...

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian forces scoured the Sahara Desert on Tuesday, searching for five foreign energy workers who vanished during a chaotic four-day battle with hostage-taking Islamist ...

On Feb. 18, 1979, snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first known time. It fell a second time in 2016 and a third time in 2018.

One of the driest regions on earth is shifting green, as an influx of heavy rainfall causes vegetation to grow in the typically barren landscape. Satellite images released by NASA show pockets of ...

In September 2024, intense rainfall, exceeding 200 millimeters in some areas, transformed parts of the Sahara Desert, filling ...

I’ve been to friendly places before, where people are kind and the tradition of hospitality is so beautiful it breaks your heart. But I’ve never experienced anything like Algeria. We stood on the side ...

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Algeria has completed a 575km heavy-haul railway to connect a huge new iron-ore mine in the Sahara Desert to the Algerian rail network.

DJANET, Algeria — In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolizing battle. In the other, a piece of cloth symbolizing peace. They dance a shuffling “step-step” to the beat of drums and chanting from ...

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian security forces have clashed repeatedly with al Qaeda rebels providing armed security escorts for drug smugglers in the Sahara desert, a senior Algerian official said on ...