| Upcoming 1 day ago by Kal A post on Tawassoul is forth coming. Posted in Africa, Islamism, Mauritania, Third World The Moor Next Door - themoornextdoor.wordpress.com · Rank: 34,674 · 44 references | | Days 11 and 12 – Mauritania doesn’t want us to leave! 1 day ago by nickigoh, KF9, Senegal Km: 500 + 320 Time spent digging the van out of the sand in 40 degree heat: 3 hours Abandoned plans: 1 Hours spent on the road (in the 2 days): 29 hours On Friday we left the Nouakchott campsite at 7am to hit the long tarmac road towards the Malian border. We arrived at a town called Kiffa around 9p ... Thoughts on Microfinance - nickigoh.wordpress.com | | Day 10 – A day in Nouakchott 1 day ago by nickigoh, KF9, Senegal Km count: 0 Poulet yassa count: 1 (YUM – hopefully to be continued in Mali and then Senegal) Refusal of entry to Mauritania: 1 (Tom) Minutes stayed at Mauritanian hip-hop concert: 40 After sorting out our visas in the morning, we met back at the campsite with the guide, Sidi who had suggested that w ... Thoughts on Microfinance - nickigoh.wordpress.com | | Day 9 – Change of plan…This is Africa 1 day ago by nickigoh, KF9, Senegal Km count: 545 Change of plan: 1 Cups of Mauritanian tea drunk: 3 The plan for today had been to drive down to the National Park on the coast, a bird-lovers’ paradise where the sand dunes of the Sahara meet the Atlantic Ocean. After a few days of long drives clocking up kms, the group has been lookin ... Thoughts on Microfinance - nickigoh.wordpress.com | | E’ caduto il muro??? A me ne sembrano nati così tanti!! 1 day ago by baruda Ancora ci vengono a raccontare che il muro è caduto, che vent’anni fa siamo diventati più liberi. Non è caduto un bel niente, non è caduto un bel niente. La “cultura” dei muri è all’apice della sua storia … ne vengono alzati di continui, anche su territori in cui sembrerebbe impossibile. Il muro più ... Polvere da sparo - baruda.net · 14 references | | A Whole Lotta Sand 1 day ago by Helen Lloyd Day 1 – Slow start Not even half a day in reality. By the time we’d had breakfast, packed our panniers, checked emails and then carried the bikes down the narrow stairs of the hotel it was nearing the end of the morning. We had decided to cycle the twenty-or-so kilometres to El Marsa port where we w ... Take On Africa - takeonafrica.com · 2 references | | Why Al – Qaeda is claimed to be strengthening in Sahel Region. 1 day ago by ہارون حیدر Research by: Syed Haroon Haider Gilani The Sahel, a vast region bordering the Sahara Desert and including the countries of Mali, Niger, Chad and Mauritania, is increasingly referred to by the U.S. military as “the new front in the war on terrorism”. There are enough indications, from a security pers ... SYED HAROON HAIDER GILANI - haroonhaider.wordpress.com · 1 reference | |