My dad and I were out riding in the Midik area just before the rainy season had kicked in, when we rode past these a pair of girls harvesting palm fruits to sell.

Nature’s Pantry offers a wide selection of foods that is very important to local households in Niger.

For some reason, however, these important contributions [...]

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We are in Mauretania; we came in the day before yesterday and hope to cross the border to Mali tomorrow. Have slept the past two nights under open sky. +47 degrees right now. Could arrive in Niamey on Sunday night!! Will post pictures of an awesome journey as soon as I can…

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The car was finished yesterday, the night was spent packing and finally we are off! If all goes well perfect, we should be in Tunisia on Sunday and in Niger sometime… soonish!
Will post you updated whenever I can!

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On Monday morning Taiwanese time, we took the plane to Seoul, then to Germany. Finally!!!
We are now be heading north to Sweden. Will update you as soon as I can!

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We’re having Internet connection trouble. It comes and goes all the time, making it impossible to upload pictures. Most probably reason? Clouds in the air (=potential rain storm). The chances of rain however seems to have passed, for now, but it’s late in the afternoon over here and so the Internet will probably not be [...]

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During the siesta today, I was watching the opening ceremonies of the Bejing Olympic Games 2008 on Tele Sahel, when all of sudden Niger walked by! I’m not exceptionally heavy on patriotism in any particular direction (Sweden, Norway, Niger, Africa, Europe, where would it land?) but the pride I felt seeing them there was poignant. [...]

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Yesterday, I came over a picture that Anette took on our street a few months ago. It was a bit blurry, but when I saw that smile and those gorgeous eyes and chubby cheeks, I just fell in love with the little girl who flashed them so generously. She did not seem to mind the [...]

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In May this year, I came across a Swedish article that dealt with the findings of a recent report about which country was considered the best for mothers to raise their children in. The report based its findings on issues such as health care standards, female life expectancy, education, financial inequality between the [...]

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Having read through many of the articles of the June issue of the NewAfrican magazine that my friend brought to me this weekend, I am left with a heavy feeling, wondering why the world is such a sad place.
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At first glance, Stella Orakwue seems like any educated young author who is eager to [...]

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