Wole Soyinka and Late President Kwame Nkruma of Ghana In Harmattan Haze on an African Spring, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyin­ka condemns the notion that any of the major civilizations occurred in a vacuum.

Every year, from December to April, the Harmattan sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti. The wind originates ...

As the annual Harmattan dust storms gather strength, a girl bleeding from an abdominal wound stumbles into the squalid flat of clientless private investigator Boubacar, a half-French, half-native ...

At first, it appears to be just an abandoned air base in the Libyan desert. Barracks for hundreds of soldiers, buried in Harmattan dust. A pair of long tarmac runways cracked by the sun and almost 15 ...

Harmattan is the dust-laden wind blowing from Sahara. Harmattan is a weather condition in the tropics in which dust particles are blown up into the air by winds defined as from November to February.

Harmattan Energy, an indirect subsidiary of Chevron, drilled a dry hole in its Kapana 1-X exploration well in Namibia's Orange basin. Harmattan Energy Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of Chevron Corp ...

ABIDJAN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Farmers in some of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions are concerned about the impact of the strong Harmattan wind on the cocoa crop as it can dry the soil and harm ...

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has agreed with Shell and bp to begin production from the Harmattan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea during the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, ...

Production has regained momentum but severe weather, such as Harmattan winds that can dry soil and stress crops and heavy rains, threatened farms in the region. Cocoa harvest weighed at Ivory ...

Harmattan season has arrived with its dry winds, dusty air, and sudden chill, a mix of beauty and discomfort. While this weather paints a nostalgic picture of hazy mornings and cooler evenings ...

Harmattan, the dry and dusty season in West Africa, often brings with it a rise in health issues, particularly respiratory and skin conditions. This period, typically between November and March ...

Harmattan is a cold, dry wind that typically blows from the Sahara Desert across countries in North and West Africa. This phenomenon usually occurs during the dry season, which is generally known ...