Entre le massif de l’Aurès et les oasis : apparition, évolution et disparition des communautés ibâḍites du Zâb (viiie-xive siècle) by Allaoua Amara

“…After spreading among the pastoral communities of Tripolitania, Ibâḍism was quickly disseminated in the Aurès mountains and even in the oasis of Northern Sahara. Under the influence of Hawwâra, Banû Birzâl, Miknâsa and Banû Kimlân tribes, all converted to this religious stream, the province called Zāb by the Arabic authors was transformed into an Ibâḍî stronghold. …”
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Britain’s Safety Arguments: French Nuclear Testing in Algeria duringNigerian Decolonisation (1959-60) by Chloë Mayoux

“… France’s decision to hold its first nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara, at a time when the question of the health effects of radioactive fallout was a matter of scientific controversy, gave Africans political as well as scientific arguments to oppose French policy. …”
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Projected changes in African easterly wave activity due to climate change by Akintomide A. Akinsanola, Adeyemi A. Adebiyi, Vishal Bobde, Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri, Alain T. Tamoffo, Derrick K. Danso

“…We find a robust increase in wave activity over the Sahel–Sahara region by the end of the 21st century under two emission scenarios. …”
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Arts rupestres, écritures et protoécritures en Afrique : l’exemple du libyque by Jean-Loïc Le Quellec

“…Some pre- or protohistoric rock pictures in the Sahara have been interpreted as a protoscript that might have evolved into the Libyco-Berber script by integrating a stock of regional signs (tattoos, tribal marks, etc.). …”
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Amending the algorithm of aerosol–radiation interactions in WRF-Chem (v4.4) by J. Feng, C. Zhao, C. Zhao, C. Zhao, C. Zhao, C. Zhao, C. Zhao, Q. Du, Z. Yang, C. Jin

“…The dust radiative forcing at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) simulated by the Interpolated algorithm is negative in the Sahara region, while the Resolved algorithm simulates positive forcing at TOA and can exceed 10 W m<span class="inline-formula">⁻²</span> in the Sahara, which is more consistent with previous studies. …”
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Advancing forensic investigations based on TiO2/Bi2O3 electrochemical sensor for precise potassium estimation in vitreous humor by Zulfiqar Ali Buzdar, Hamza Ali, Maria Munir, Naveed A. Shad, Allah Rakha, Anam Munawar

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Spatiotemporal analysis of drought patterns and trends across Africa: a multi-scale SPEI approach (1960–2018) by Akinwale T. Ogunrinde, Paul Adigun, Xian Xue, Dairaku Koji, Qiqi Jing

“…Drought intensity increased by 0.2 unit annually, while frequency decreased by 20%. The Sahara region demonstrated the highest increasing drought trend across timescales. …”
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Enquêter sur la prostitution en Algérie. Souvenirs de Bou-Saâda by Ferhati Barkahoum

“…Based on personal experience as a researcher working on the margins, the social phenomena of the “tribal” prostitution of the Ouled Naïl in the Algerian Sahara, this field survey explores borders and taboos (prostitution, female celibacy), and some moral uncertainties concerning post-colonial society in Algeria.…”
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Impact of Saharan dust on particulate matter characteristics in an urban and a natural locality in Central Europe by Jan Loskot, Daniel Jezbera, Martina Nalezinková, Adéla Holubová Šmejkalová, Danilo Fernandes, Jan Komárek

“…Abstract In late March to early April 2024, an unusually high amount of sand dust was wind-blown to Europe from the Sahara Desert. Most of mainland Europe was affected by these sand dust particles. …”
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Géopolitique africaine et rébellions touarègues. Approches locales, approches globales (1960-2011) by Pierre Boilley

“…The Tuareg situation epitomized by rebellions since the 1960s has generally been considered as a major problem, limited however to the Sahel and southern Sahara. Current developments in the region of drug trafficking and settlement of armed Salafists of Al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), have brutally internationalized the interest shown in the issue. …”
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Initial Encounters: Seeking traces of ancient trade connections between West Africa and the wider world by Sonja Magnavita

“…This can mainly be set down to the dearth of convincing material evidence from other archaeological sites in West Africa, the Sahara and North Africa — the result of a lack of research and, perhaps too, of trade in “invisible” merchandise Previous archeological studies on this topic are discussed; and the preliminary findings of recent research in the eastern Niger Bend, presented.…”
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Late Neolithic tethering or trapping stones from Bargat el-Shab (Western Desert of Egypt). Function and meaning by Przemysław Bobrowski, Maciej Jórdeczka

“…Pastoral communities left numerous and varied traces of activity in the Sahara. Among them are so-called tethering/trapping stones, attested mainly in an area stretching from Algeria through Egypt to Sudan. …”
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Figuig et sa région dans l’imaginaire des militaires français au milieu du xixe siècle by Youness Khalloufi, Agnès Charpentier

“…It was also the beginning of a new period of expeditions that would lead the military into the Sahara. Analysis of archives dating from the second half of the 19th century shows how invading armies apprehended these new territories and their populations. …”
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Tlemcen-Touat-Tombouctou : un réseau transsaharien de diffusion du mālikisme (fin viii/xive-xi/xviie siècle) by Elise Voguet

“…It is the links between these three poles in trade circulations, political relations, and especially in the diffusion and implantation of mālikism in the Sahara between the end of the fourteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century, which are the subject of this contribution…”
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Communiquer sur l’authenticité d’un patrimoine architectural : le cas du grand ksar de Temacine dans le Sud-Est algérien by Aissa Merah, Ismail Bendebili

“…Through public and territorial communication, we will focus on enhancing the Temacine ksar, located near the Oued Righ in the Algerian Sahara. First, we will analyze the different communication actions of institutions and associations for the preservation and promotion of that heritage site. …”
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"By patience, labour and prayer. The voice of the Unseen God in the language of the Bechuana nation." A reflection of the history of Robert Moffat's Setswana Bible (1857) by J. J. Lubbe

“… The translation of the Bible into Setswana by Robert Moffat in 1857 was the first in an African language in sub-Sahara Africa and also the first Bible to be printed here — at the mission station at Kuruman, 150 years ago. …”
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Être expulsé ou interné à Djelfa aux siècles derniers (1893 ; 1942) by Danièle Iancu-Agou

“…Finally, a last link in this chain of friendship, Marceau Gast, familiar with the "boundaries of Sahara", contributed to the publication of this text.…”
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Identity, imaginary and tourism in the tuareg region, in Niger by Emmanuel Grégoire, Marko Scholze

“…The authors discuss first the western imagination relative to the Sahara and the Tuareg, an element that the Tuareg have remarkably played upon to encourage regional tourism based on “Desert tourism”. …”
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La Révolte de Bû Ziyân en Algérie, 1849 by Julia Clancy-Smith

“…Utilizing a micro-historical methodology to examine the movement of protest on the Sahara's rim, the article raises the following questions : How were the socially understood and constructed paradigms of « saint/wali/murabit »implicated in the « model »or notion of the Muslim savior ? …”
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La crise de l’oléoduc Edjeleh-Gabès : Au cœur des enjeux de souveraineté du Maghreb (1954-1962) by Sarah Adjel-Debbich

“…While the French-Libyan discussions (1954-1956) were retaining the attention of French oil companies, Paris was focusing on securing the evacuation of oil from the Algerian Sahara during the Algerian War (1954-1962). After the loss of the Libyan Fezzan in 1955, France decided to build a pipeline to transport oil from Edjeleh, near the Libyan border, through the Tunisian territory to the port of Skhira in the Gulf of Gabes. …”
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