During a recent trip, travel columnist Scott McMurren enjoyed the country’s history and caught a spectacular Sahara sunrise.

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Once again, who benefits from this cancellation? The Berber/Amazigh Spring constitutes a major historical milestone for the Amazigh peoples of North Africa, the Sahel and the Canary Islands, which ...

In the middle of the 19 th century, the German explorer Heinrich Barth discovered prehistoric Saharan rock sculptures and engravings while traveling through the Sahara Desert in North Africa. Barth, ...

Modern map of the Earth’s tectonic plates ... The closure created contrasting regional effects on land. North Africa became drier as Atlantic moisture was blocked, potentially contributing to the ...

Known for their impossibly fast wings and long, slender beaks, hummingbirds spend their winters in Central America or Mexico before migrating north as early as February to late spring, according ...

Three wildfires in Western North Carolina are nearing containment ... See our interactive wildfire map for WNC and the region. It is updated hourly and provides information on the fires.

MOUNT DESERT — Voters will have final approval of the proposed LD 1438 — An Act to Require the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to Allow Hunting on Mount Desert Island, explained Town ...