Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name organized by the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University and the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, ...

AGADEZ, Niger — In the arid moonscape of northern Niger, the light-skinned Tuareg nomads have launched a fresh rebellion. For centuries, the Tuareg have used camel caravans to trade salt throughout ...

For centuries, the Tuareg people have lived as nomads, herding their animals from field to field just south of the Sahara Desert in Mali, near Timbuktu. "Our life is basically the animals we have, so ...

This first major exhibition in the United States examines the historic and evolving culture and arts of the semi-nomadic Tuareg people of Mali, Niger, and Algeria. More than 200 works—selected from ...

INTIKANE, Niger, May 7 (UNHCR) - The long column of animals - flanked by men sitting high in the saddle - headed eastwards at a steady pace, raising clouds of dust on the trek towards new pastures. It ...

AGADEZ, Niger - Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali's fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud mosque ...

For centuries the nomadic Tuareg have roamed across the deserts of West Africa, but severe drought is making that way of life impossible to... Drought Forces Desert Nomads to Settle Down Climate ...