It is known as the Richat Structure, or the Eye of the Sahara, and is one of Africa’s most unusual natural formations. The structure is located in Mauritania’s Adrar Plateau and consists of a ...

Eighty ancient clay figures have been discovered by archaeologists at The Universities of Manchester and Ghana, showing that a sophisticated society - now forgotten - once existed in West Africa. They ...

This remarkable 2.5 miles (4km) wide structure was built to ... So while infusing clay into the sandy soils of areas such as North Africa and the Middle East, what about the rest of the world?

Here is an in-depth analysis in infographics. Promised with great fanfare at the turn of the century, a wave of privatisation has never truly swept across Africa. Far from disappearing, many public ...