The search for 29 European tourists who disappeared in the Sahara Desert gained momentum as tiny - but insufficient - clues to their whereabouts surfaced and special teams from Europe arrived.

The Sahara Desert, located in West Africa, is the largest hot desert in the world. While deserts are traditionally characterized by a dry climate with low levels of vegetation, the Sahara has been ...

The initiative will look to increase the amount of arable land in the region bordering Africa’s Sahara Desert known as the ... them from having to leave to search for better conditions”.

Turns out, however, that a surprising proportion of the world’s largest hot desert isn’t actually sandy at all. Just 25 percent of the Sahara’s surface is covered by sand. We say “just ...