Africa, the second-largest and second-most-populous continent globally, comprises 54 countries, each with its unique culture, ...

Africa has nine deserts in total but none are arguably as famous as the Sahara. The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, covering 3.5 million square miles - an area roughly the size of the ...

An Icy Expanse The Antarctic Desert may come as a surprise to many as it doesn't fit our conventional idea of sand and heat.

Believed by many geologists to be the oldest desert in the world, the Namib in Southern Africa was created more than 55 million years ago. Life is sparse in some areas of the desert but flourishes ...

Some deserts are among the planet's last remaining areas of total wilderness. Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover ...

When you think of places that are perfectly suited for solar energy, deserts often come to mind. After all, these areas ...

Africa is the world’s second largest continent and contains over 50 countries. Africa is in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. It is spread across three of the major lines of latitude: the ...

“Internet connectivity in Africa happens mostly in urban areas, and often only on low-speed networks,” says Strusani. But he notes that the recent installation of two new submarine cables will ...