The Giraffes of Dabous
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 13, 2019
In northern Niger, about half-way between the towns of Agadez and Arlit, and a few miles west of the tar road connecting these two places li...
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The Unusual Salt Industry of Teguidda-n-Tessoumt
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 27, 2015
Roughly 200 km northwest of the city of Agadez, in northern Niger, lies a tiny village of around 50 families called Teguidda-n-Tessoumt. The...
UTA Flight 772 Memorial in the Middle of the Sahara
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2013
UTA Flight 772 was a scheduled flight operating from Brazzaville in the People's Republic of Congo to Paris in France. On Tuesday, Septe...
The Lonely Tree of Tenere
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2012
L'Arbre du Ténéré, known in English as the Tree of Ténéré, was a solitary acacia that was once considered the most isolated tree on Eart...
