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Residents say the desert is their destiny ... and more sand migrates into town. And with shorter acacia trees submerged in sand, some herders resort to cutting down date palm trees to feed ...

How this ancient African city is being buried under Sahara sand - The ancient city of Chinguetti is succumbing to a sea of ...

their home can no long serve as a bulwark and the rest of the community therefore becomes more likely to be swallowed by the desert. “We prefer to stay here. If I leave, my place will disappear,” the ...

Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by the sand.

“Women can now depend on acacia trees [former name] for firewood instead of cutting indigenous species like shea trees, which are of a high economic value,” said Abdulai Mariama, a local woman ...

Residents say the desert is their destiny ... and more sand migrates into town. And with shorter acacia trees submerged in sand, some herders resort to cutting down date palm trees to feed ...