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SADC pushes for Western Sahara independence
The regional bloc also undertook to raise the issue of Western Sahara in all multilateral ...
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Ancient Sahara's isolated society revealed by DNA analysis
The latest genetic studies reveal that 7,000 years ago, the Sahara was home to a unique group of people. This community lived ...
Ancient DNA sheds light on origins of 7,000-year-old Saharan mummies
Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the ...
Once Lush Sahara Was Home to a Surprisingly Unique Group of Humans
Max Planck Institute evolutionary anthropologist Nada Salem and colleagues sequenced the ancient DNA of two female ...
First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered
An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has ...
Whiskey-Drinking Rocker to West Africa’s Most Dangerous al Qaeda Leader
A militant leader from Mali championed a rock band and helped write a hit song before leading an Islamist army that killed ...
Niger withdraws from Lake Chad military force
Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government said in a bulletin on ...
West Africa's Hazardous Winds: Harmattan Carries More Than Dust It Also Spreads Disease
Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from ...