Set against miles of mesmerizing sand dunes, Namibia's seaside resort town of Swakopmund is seeing a boom in sandboarding, buoyed by a near-doubling of the numbers of cruise liners docking at ...

Intense sun and wind make Namibia a dry, dusty place. But once-in-a-decade rainfall transformed it into a green oasis, which I photographed on a 5,600-mile road trip in 2021.

“Desert of Namibia,” about a caustic 21-year-old Japanese wanderer, embodies its protagonist’s listlessness to a fault. Director Yôko Yamanaka was still a teenager when she made her debut ...

‘Desert of Namibia’ Review: A Meandering Chronicle of a Listless Japanese Zoomer Reviewed at Cannes Film Festival (Directors' Fortnight), May 17, 2024. Running time: 137 MIN.