Sahara

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In 1966, Duncan was working as a short-order cook at the Sahara, making 400 salads an hour, when she slipped on spilled grease, severely injuring her shoulder, hip and back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, authorities said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

That is because Dakhla is in Western Sahara, an area which the United Nations classifies as a "non-self-governing territory".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

An armed conflict soon broke out between Morocco and Sahrawis fighters who formed the Polisario Front, demanding an independent Western Sahara.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Even if Fertile Crescent crops adapted to winter rain could somehow have crossed the Sahara, they would have been difficult to grow in the summer-rain Sahel zone.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond