BBC report on the Tuaregs
‘For thousands of years Tuareg tribespeople have defied the pull of civilisation and roamed the vast and inhospitable Sahara desert with their animals. Yet now the drought that has left seven million people in Niger needing food aid is blighting Tuareg nomads too. With water holes drying up and animals dying many Tuaregs are turning their backs on the desert and heading for cities in the region, perhaps never to return…’
Mike Thomson, BBC Today programme July 3 2010
THE SALT ROAD is proving to be very topical. There was an interesting, though short, report on the plight of Tuareg tribespeople suffering from the effects of drought, but there’s more on the BBC website. To read more on the subject and see their photos, click here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8764000/8764830.stm