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Witness - Desert Blues - 28 Sep 08 - Part 2

2008-10-31T21:29:44Z

George Azar takes a behind-the-scenes look at the 2008 "Festival of the Desert organised by the Tuareg community in Mali.

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Witness - Desert Blues - 28 Sep 08 - Part 1

2008-10-31T21:29:50Z

George Azar takes a behind-the-scenes look at the 2008 "Festival of the Desert organised by the Tuareg community in Mali.

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Africa Uncovered - Shifting sands - 25 Aug 08 - Part 2

2008-10-29T15:31:28Z

Africa Uncovered travels to the Sahara desert in Niger to investigate the battle of ethnic Tuaregs - who have maintained their nomadic existence for thousands of years - against the goverment of Niger and the increasingly harsh environment they live in.

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Africa Uncovered - Shifting sands - 25 Aug 08 - Part 1

2008-10-29T15:31:28Z

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Human cost of war in Niger -17 Jul 08

2008-10-27T21:30:54Z

Life is a daily struggle for Tuareg villagers living in Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, they are often left with nothing in their flight from conflict.

Civil war and drought routinely disrupt the largely subsistence economy of this African nation.

Al Jazeera's May Welsh reports from northern Niger, on the violent struggle between rebels and government troops, that make it increasingly difficult for many villagers to survive.

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Niger's natural wealth exploited - 16 July 08

2008-10-27T21:30:27Z

The Tuareg people of Niger struggle to maintain their nomadic way of life in the face of uranium mining, an industry run by foreign companies that many say is having devastating environmental repurcussions.

Al Jazeera's May Welsh reports on civilians and rebels in the uranium mining zone.

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Desertification threatens Niger's nomads - 15 July 08

2008-10-27T21:29:25Z

The effects of global warming can be starkly seen in the Sahara desert, where Niger is one of the countries most vulnerable.

Al Jazeera's May Welsh reports from the country, where she found a bedouin tribe fighting possible extinction.

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Niger's nomad army - 14 July 08

2008-10-27T15:31:30Z

Niger's Tuareg population say that the benefits of uranium mining are not being distributed fairly, and a military campaign against the government is their only option.

In the first of a series of reports, Al Jazeera's May Welsh travelled to a Tuareg base in the northern Air mountains.

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Tuareg nomads face changing times - 09 Nov 07

2008-10-22T15:30:23Z

They're a tribe that have relied on traditional nomadic ways for centuries, but now the Tuaregs in Niger are facing a new challenge.

With the increasing pace of modernisation and the country's rich mineral wealth, many are questioning whether the time has come to embrace change.

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