The mass deportations come amid rising tensions between Algeria and its southern neighbours, all now led by military juntas ...

Algerian authorities expelled over 1,800 migrants to the Nigerien border in a record deportation. The action highlights ...

ALGERIAN authorities rounded up more than 1,800 people and left them at the Nigerien border in a record expulsion earlier this month, a Niger-based migrant rights group said on Thursday.

Algeria has expelled 4,975 African migrants to neighboring Niger since early April, exacerbating already strained diplomatic relations between the two countries, according to Niger’s state television.

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth’s most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the ...

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.

Algeria's support for the independence of Western Sahara, a disputed territory, has been a point of contention. In July, France supported Morocco's autonomy plan for the region, prompting Algeria ...

Algeria is rounding up migrants and dumping them across the border with Niger, according to a regional migrant rights group.