Can one buy land in the Sahara Desert?

The Sahara is in several countries - Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea,Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Buying a piece of land there is not special and in fact is cheap due to the infrastructure and resource... read more

The Sahara is in several countries - Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea,Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Buying a piece of land there is not special and in fact is cheap due to the infrastructure and resources available (or not). read more

Best Answer: You can't; at least not yet. None of the countries who own portions of the Sahara are offering it for sale; and some of these countries have restrictions on foreigners owning land. Egypt is one of the countries that is looking into ways to develop undeveloped portions of the Sahara. read more