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The Mountains That Guard the Sahara

In southern Morocco, the Atlas Mountains rise above desert plains — snow-capped peaks meeting the golden edge of the Sahara.
Once seen as a barren wasteland, the Sahara Desert is being reshaped into fertile farmland. This video explores the groundbreaking projects turning sand into soil and desert into opportunity.
The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution to Rabat's 50-year ...
As the Saharan sun rose on my waylaid team, one morning in September 2022, it seemed to burn with particular intensity. For nearly three weeks we’d been holed up in a mud-walled compound in the oasis ...
You’ll find a lot more sand than trees in the Sahara Desert, but that doesn’t mean they don’t occasionally crop up. Here’s ...