Lightweight clothing that covers skin from sun exposure is advisable, along with sturdy boots to protect feet from hot sand.

Africa is the second-driest inhabited continent after Australia and as such, provides some varied deserts. Believed by many geologists to be the oldest desert in the world, the Namib in Southern ...

Bir Tawil is a 2,060-square-kilometer stretch of desert in Africa that no country claims ... However, a subsequent 1902 map swapped the administrative oversight, assigning Hala'ib to Sudan ...