The land of Niger’s Tuareg Bedouin tribes—and thus the Tuareg way of life—is drying up. The steadily advancing Sahara desert is swallowing northern Niger at a rate of six kilometers per year, part of a centuries-old process recently accelerated by climate change and groundwater withdrawals by the nation’s booming uranium mining industry.French nuclear giant Areva … Continue reading Al Jazeera Films the Evaporating Way of Life of Niger’s Tuareg Rebels