Riches buried in the Sahara fuel a perilous gold rush
A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...
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Africa's incredible new £35bn 'wall' stretching 4722 miles across 11 countries
The initiative will look to increase the amount of arable land in the region bordering Africa’s Sahara Desert known as the ... Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso ...
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FAO warns against swarms of desert locusts in North Africa
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization issued an alert for Algeria, Libya and Tunisia against groups of desert locusts. The outbreak that began in December in the Sahel spread to North Africa during ...
Brits in Greece told 'stay indoors' as sky over Athens turns orange
The skies in Greece have taken on an orange tint as a new wave of dust from the African continent has blanketed many regions ...
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Rep. Blake Moore proposes extending tax exemption to U.S. forces in Sahel region of Africa
U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) has introduced bipartisan legislation to extend tax benefits to American service members ...
India has six of the world's 10 most polluted cities, report shows
Chad, in central Africa, is the world’s most polluted country, while California has the worst air pollution in North America, ...
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The region with more 'terror deaths' than rest of world combined
The Sahel region of Africa is the "epicentre of global terrorism ... Its new report says that in this semi-arid area to the south of the Sahara Desert 3,885 people out of a worldwide total ...
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India has six of the world's 10 most polluted cities, report shows
New Delhi was the most polluted capital city globally, followed by N’Djamena, capital of Chad, a country in central Africa with the ... with mineral dust in the Sahara Desert as the primary ...