The crater was named after Captain W. Messum, an explorer of Southern Africa until around 1849. There are currently no active land volcanoes. The Brukkaros Mountain in the Karas Region, Namib desert ...
People who live in and near the Namib Desert speak of two winds ... from the frenzied exploitation going on in the rest of Africa. The islands offshore (now proclaimed a marine sanctuary as ...
The archaeology of southern Africa’s west coast desert belt has not received the same attention. The Namib Sand Sea, part of the Namib Desert, is on the west coast of Namibia. It is a hyperarid ...
Although large parts of this desert region are protected, it still faces threats from unsustainable land practices, mining and illegal plant harvesting. One unique way of protecting Namibia's ...
Set in the Namib desert, which is not only the oldest desert in Africa but the world, Max Siedentopf set up a sound installation to pay tribute to Toto’s ‘Africa’. Toto’s Africa is set to ...