The Sahara is the largest hot desert on Earth, covering 3.5 million square miles - an area roughly the size of the United States or China. It stretches across 11 countries: Morocco, Algeria ...

video from Ain Sefra in north Algeria shows. Video here was provided by Karim Bouchetata, and shows snow falling as well as the unusually white desert landscape. Credit: Karim Bouchetata via ...

Activists say thousands expelled from Algeria are arriving in Niger, but local media says focus on country is part of a 'humanitarian conspiracy' NGOs and UN agencies are expressing alarm at the ...