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Sahara desert
Unprecedented rainfall leaves blue lagoons in Sahara Desert: Report
The Moroccan government revealed that several areas of the country have received more rainfall in two days than their yearly averages (250 mm or 10 inches).
12 October 2024, 11:24 IST
Unprecedented rainfall leaves blue lagoons in Sahara Desert: Report
12 October 2024, 11:24 IST
Violence, rape, thirst, even organ theft: Migrants face lethal risks in Africa
Over 72,400 migrants have sailed across the Mediterranean in 2024 alone, according to the UN Refugee Agency, one of the sponsors of the new report, and at least 785 are known to be dead or missing. Several of the countries that migrants try to cross are torn by armed conflict and extreme poverty, or have weak central governments.
08 July 2024, 05:58 IST
Violence, rape, thirst, even organ theft: Migrants face lethal risks in Africa
08 July 2024, 05:58 IST
Subduing the scorching Sahara
The gruelling multi-stage six-day event requires participants to traverse 253.5 kilometres across the dunes and jebels of the punishing Sahara Desert in extreme temperatures, all while carrying survival necessities throughout.
03 May 2024, 20:21 IST
Subduing the scorching Sahara
03 May 2024, 20:21 IST
Scientists reveal secrets of Earth's magnificent desert star dunes
Scientists on Monday unveiled the first in-depth study of a star dune. The study focused upon a star dune in eastern Morocco called Lala Lallia, meaning 'highest sacred point' in the local Berber language, situated within the Sahara Desert.
04 March 2024, 06:02 IST
Scientists reveal secrets of Earth's magnificent desert star dunes
04 March 2024, 06:02 IST
Explained: The Sahel region and why it's so important
With vast stretches of inhospitable desert and porous borders, the central Sahel has become a hunting ground for armed groups
24 December 2020, 05:34 IST
Explained: The Sahel region and why it's so important
24 December 2020, 05:34 IST
Covid-19 cases mount at the ends of Earth in Tumbuktu
01 July 2020, 11:12 IST
Covid-19 cases mount at the ends of Earth in Tumbuktu
01 July 2020, 11:12 IST
School bus-sized dinosaur found in Egyptian Sahara
14 December 2018, 13:19 IST
School bus-sized dinosaur found in Egyptian Sahara
14 December 2018, 13:19 IST
Deadly Algerian migrant expulsions resume in desert: UN
Deadly Algerian migrant expulsions resume in desert, UN says
14 July 2018, 13:12 IST
Deadly Algerian migrant expulsions resume in desert: UN
14 July 2018, 13:12 IST
