Sahara
NASA Video Shows How Dust from the Sahara Fertilizes the Amazon
About 27.7 million tons of Saharan dust — enough to fill more than 100,000 semi trucks — makes it to the Amazon forest floor each year, bringing with it an estimated 22,000 tons of phosphorous.
The Sahara Desert Is Twice as Old as Previously Thought
Once upon a time, North Africa was a lush, vegetated landscape.
The US and France Are Teaming Up to Fight A Sprawling War on Terror in Africa
A burgeoning Franco-American alliance relies heavily on special forces, drones, and private military companies for counterterrorism operations in the Sahara and Sahel regions.
Famine And Climate Change Are Making Africa a Terrorist Tinderbox
The dire humanitarian situation in the Sahel is turning it into fertile ground for extremists.
Famine and Climate Change Are Making Africa a Terrorist Tinderbox
The humanitarian situation in the Sahel is turning it into fertile ground for extremists.
The Sahara's Forgotten War (Full Length)
We traveled to Africa's last colony to learn about one of the world's least reported conflicts.
The Sahara's Forgotten War
In part four, VICE News learns what life is like for Sahrawis living under Moroccan rule in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The Sahara's Forgotten War
In part three, VICE News finds out how the Polisario tackle the threats of terrorism and drug smuggling in their increasingly volatile part of the Sahara.
The Sahara's Forgotten War (Part 4)
VICE News learns what life is like for Sahrawis living under Moroccan rule in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The Sahara's Forgotten War
The bloody, 16-year war in Western Sahara between the native Sahrawi and the Moroccan occupiers who forced more than 100,000 Sahrawis into exile across the border in Algeria is barely noticed worldwide, so VICE News travels to Western Sahara to learn...
The Sahara's Forgotten War - Part 2
The Polisario soldiers demonstrate their desert guerrilla tactics.
The Sahara's Forgotten War
The bloody, 16-year war in Western Sahara between the native Sahrawi and the Moroccan occupiers who forced more than 100,000 Sahrawis into exile across the border in Algeria is barely noticed worldwide, so VICE News travels to Western Sahara to learn...