Snow has fallen in the Sahara Desert in north-western Algeria as temperatures plummeted to below freezing. For children from nearby towns such as Mekalis, it was a welcome relief from the ...

The Algerian coastguard has shot dead two tourists holidaying in Morocco who reportedly strayed into Algerian waters on their jet skis. They were among four French-Moroccan dual nationals who had ...

Lesotho is entirely landlocked by South Africa and is the only country in the world where every inch of territory is more than 1,000m above sea level - meaning it regularly sees snow in winter months ...

The recent rare snowfall in Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jawf desert has left locals astonished and raised critical questions about the ...

It was a war that spurred an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle and led to years of brutal civil conflict, which pushed Algeria firmly off the map for even the most intrepid of tourists.