Boyd’s story isn’t about medals or records. It’s a story of transformation: a businessman turned socio-economic activist, a Guinness World Record holder who views his Cape to Cairo run not as a ...

The nearly 14-year civil war prevented Syrians from traveling freely to many parts of their own country. After the conflict ...

Was the Eye of the Sahara the real Atlantis, as many theorist claim? What does the evidence really reveal about this popular ...

The Agafay and Sahara Deserts: For time-sensitive itineraries, the Agafay Desert (45 minutes from Marrakech) provides a ...

Long before it became a vast desert, the Sahara supported rivers, lakes, and dangerous wildlife. Fossil discoveries reveal ...

In June 1942, Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping vanished during a routine ferry flight over the North African desert. His P-40 never arrived, and no distress signal was ever received. For decades, the ...

CNN Travel reveals the best places to visit in 2026, from Japan and Spain to Australia and the Caribbean, highlighting culture, food, nature and once-in-a-lifetime events.

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the middle of Mauritania's Sahara Desert, surrounded by an ocean of sand, lies a colossal ...

Scientists are excited over a recent discovery of "black mesas" in the Sahara desert that appear to be hundreds of millions of years old. The are was discovered in the southern Mauritania region of ...

A dotted line on Google Maps marking Western Sahara's border with Morocco vanished for users in the North African kingdom on Saturday, a day after a UN vote in favour of a plan by Rabat for the ...