Populations of the Sahara: more and more numerous and urban
Audio 19:30
The desert train transports travelers on part of Mauritania's only railway line, in the Sahara.
(Illustrative image) © Raphaëlle Constant / RFI
By: Eric Bataillon
21 mins
If the image of long desert caravans transporting men and goods is still relevant today, it is becoming a minority in the face of the mechanization of means of transport.
Because the lawful trade of goods and merchandise remains the main activity of the inhabitants of the great desert.
More and more sedentary Saharans, tells us Julien Brachet, researcher specializing in migratory movements in the central Sahara.
Western Sahara
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