Niger's nomad army - 14 July 08

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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• jazeera
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• Ying
• Welsh
• Tuareg
• Niger
• Niamey
• uranium
• mining
• environment
• desert
• Sahara
• nomad
• desertification

[bulluni]

Yeah Al Jazeera does rock! This is the story of normal people across the world including here in the United States. Our politicians have become prostitutes to big business while ordinary people continue to suffer....Good luck to all in Niger!

[KushaDwipa]

This is the first time i've heard Niger described as a "North African" country.

[extraterrestrialbibi]

@KushaDwipa what the fuck who said that my family on my dad side originated ferom niger and went to kno north of nigeria they are bsicly nigboor you can easily cross each country and it's IN the west my dad looks like that the way they look don't be fooled by their facial feature and call them norhern african's they are WESTERN stupid ingnorant people!

[moatwog]

Hey you soft fat ass weak Western men wearing the Masonic noose around your necks: you just saw what real men look like.

[MRHYDELIVE]

ask for revenues royalties distribution to your country and only temporarily property rights on the mines....no money flows in Niger....no mines

.....first food for you and then food for others...quite simple..this must be negotiated.

[dimpako31]

Vous etes betes et honteux.c est vous qui Aviez preferer de ne pas vous instrure,vous avez preferer rester nomade.est aujourdhui vous parlez d instruction parceque la region d agadez contient und richess souteraine qui appartienne a tous les nigeriens?Vous etes manupuler sans le savoir .des embeciles comme ca.soyer fier d etre nigeriens et faite de sorte que niger avence.le monde entier ri de vous

[drossirdis]

:D noob army!

[210950uarg]

the sahara,,,,,is a nation

[krzintegraboi]

@sleepingcatt it happened here it was called the civil war. The US should not be apart of it also because its a their problem not ours. We have enough problems here with our govt spending time, money and people lives on other nations. they are stripping our liberties and stripping land and sea from us that even a por man cant live off the land. They are not paying attention to its own citizen just illegals, companies, other countries.

[krzintegraboi]

those people are part of the country also they should beniefit from the spoils of their land. the North African comment is valid because Niger is Niger but also part of the African continent. But then it can also be simular when we call certain parts of the US mid-wast, new england, or southern states.

[naser1109]

@jamjr1972 Germany is suffering too, after all, its only the World fifth economy, and offcourse italy as well, look at it its the world 10th rich country. Surely any one who goes againts israel will suffer. BS