Sale of Niger nomad's last camel is sign of hunger

Started by NewsCaster, Aug 19, 2012, 04:30 AM

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In a part of the world where the worth of a man is measured by his animals, Tuareg nomad Soumaila Wantala has come to this market to do the unthinkable: Sell his last camel. He crouches in the shade of a thorn tree as traders haggle over the 4-year-old male animal, Yedi.