Agadez

And so we trudge alog the paths that lay before us and smile.

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008

... bad distribution of funds to the Tuareg minority from teh north. A few days ago I got a but to Agadez, the capital of the rebelious region, no worries, it has been qute sqfe for some months. But it is q reql shqme to see the crumbled tourist infrastructure in such a beautiful part of the cuntry, a diffiult sight to behold, yet life goes on, market day is busy, and people seem to just go...

Niger: Desert Smuggling Profits Climb

All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008

Use our pull-down menus to find more stories web allafrica.com Enter your search terms Submit search form OR subscribers use AllAfrica's Niger: Desert Smuggling Profits Climb This Page This Page on this article 15 October 2008Posted to the web 16 October 2008AgadezDespite recently reinforced border security agreements between Mali and Algeria and between Libya and Niger, Nigerien ethnic Tuareg...

Human Trafficking,: Migrants risk all to cross desert

i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

A truck of smuggled migrants leaving Agadez to cross the Sahara desert into Libya and Algeria Sub-Saharan migrants continue attempting dangerous and illegal crossings into Libya and Algeria. They pick their way through Niger’s Air mountains, circumventing a mountain rebellion, increased mountain banditry, and North African border crackdowns, according to migrants and smugglers in Niger’s

• West Africa: Migrants Risk All to Cross Desert - All Africa

Freddy Kasseri, 'Migrants Are Dying Out Here'

All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Freddy Kasseri, 23, travelled from Ghana to Niger intending to cross the desert into Libya. He did not make it. Libyan security forces return migrants via land to a military post in northern Niger, where the migrants are turned over to Nigerien soldiers. Kasseri was transferred 650km to Agadez, where he is working to save money for a second attempt.

West Africa: Migrants Risk All to Cross Desert

All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

West Africa: Migrants Risk All to Cross Desert9 October 2008AgadezSub-Saharan migrants continue attempting dangerous and illegal crossings into Libya and Algeria.They pick their way through Niger's Air mountains, circumventing a mountain rebellion, increased mountain banditry, and North African border crackdowns, according to migrants and smugglers in Niger's mountain gateway town of Agadez.Freddy...

West Africa: Voices From Clandestinity

All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008

Use our pull-down menus to find more stories web allafrica.com Enter your search terms Submit search form OR subscribers use AllAfrica's West Africa: Voices From Clandestinity This Page This Page on this article 9 October 2008Posted to the web 10 October 2008AgadezThe International Organization for Migration estimates that up to 35,000 sub-Saharan clandestine migrants leave for North Africa...