A smugglers’ haven in the Sahara
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AGADEZ, NIGER —
Agadez, is the largest city in central Niger with an estimated population of over 120,000 people. This city, comprised mainly of one-story mud structures, is situated on the southern outskirts of the Sahara desert and has been an important trade center for centuries. Tuareg and Berber tribes have traveled the many commercial routes that run through the desert for more than a thousand years. Today, this city has become one of the largest human smuggling and...
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Agadez, is the largest city in central Niger with an estimated population of over 120,000 people. This city, comprised mainly of one-story mud structures, is situated on the southern outskirts of the Sahara desert and has been an important trade center for centuries. Tuareg and Berber tribes have traveled the many commercial routes that run through the desert for more than a thousand years. Today, this city has become one of the largest human smuggling and...
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