In the southern Sahara though, the drying trend was soon counteracted by the monsoon, which brought rain further north than it does today.

Yet the distance between the southern Sahara and the Pacific islands is 15,625 miles as the crow flies!

The southern Sahara has reopened to visitors following unrest.

In the west, copper has only been found in the arid regions of the Sahel and southern Sahara.

The Zawāyā are tribes in the southern Sahara who have traditionally followed a deeply religious way of life.

He set out to create a secure and stable administration in the southern Sahara, led by himself, his vizier and four qāḍīs.

Tensions between the two countries have continued, arising primarily from both political differences and outstanding border issues in the southern Sahara.

More serious fighting broke out a year later in the Kabylie as well as in the southern Sahara.

It also ranges across the Aïr Massif in the southern Sahara.

Like many Atlantic storms, Ivan began as an updraft in the southern Sahara.