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Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278203.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278203.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0278203.jpg
Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278204.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278204.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0278204.jpg
Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278205.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278205.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0278205.jpg
Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278206.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278206.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0278206.jpg
Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278207.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278207.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0278207.jpg
Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278208.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278208.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
LePictorium_0278208.jpg
Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
LePictorium_0278196.jpg
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium -
Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali -
18/02/2015 - ? Mali / Afrique de l'Ouest ? / Koulikoro / Bamako - Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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Sand extraction in the Niger River: In Bamako, Mali
Nicolas Réméné / Le Pictorium
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Bamako is currently experiencing the largest urban growth in Africa and the sixth largest in the world. Its population has increased more than tenfold in half a century, from 130,000 in 1960 to 1,800,000 in 2009. It is estimated that between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000 people live in Bamako today. The Malian capital is expanding rapidly and has enormous needs for building materials, particularly sand. Sand extracted from the Niger River in a completely rudimentary and uncontrolled way. In order to satisfy this insatiable hunger for sand, more than 60 extraction and storage sites have been identified along the Niger River between Djoliba and Koulikoro, two towns 150km apart near Bamako. The exploitation is most often carried out by "sand fishermen" who extract the sand by hand by diving to depths of up to 3m. They fill buckets which are brought to the surface and then poured into pinasses, wooden boats with a capacity of 2 to 3 m³. In Kalaban-Koro alone, the storage area, hundreds of pinnaces can be seen docked to unload. On this part of the river it is common to see numerous convoys of pinnaces stuck together going up or down the river, loaded with the precious material. According to the Syndicat National des Transporteurs Routiers Urbains et Interurbains du Mali, the industry employs at least 15,000 people. On the bank of the Kalabankoro, one can see many people directly or indirectly dependent on this sector of activity. (According to the IRD, 15 to 20 million cubic metres were extracted from the riverbed between 2000 and 2006 between Kangaba and Koulikoro, upstream and downstream of the town.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - Maidan Square on 24 February 2023, one year to the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - Maidan Square on 24 February 2023, one year to the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Maidan Square on 24 February 2023, one year to the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - Maidan Square on 24 February 2023, one year to the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - Maidan Square on 24 February 2023, one year to the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Maidan Square on 24 February 2023, one year to the day after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - Ukrainian soldiers lay roses on the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have been missing in the conflict since 2014.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - Ukrainian soldiers lay roses on the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have been missing in the conflict since 2014.
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Ukrainian soldiers lay roses on the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have been missing in the conflict since 2014.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - Members of the Church from Spain and Italy come to pray in front of the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have disappeared in this conflict since 2014.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - Members of the Church from Spain and Italy come to pray in front of the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have disappeared in this conflict since 2014.
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Members of the Church from Spain and Italy come to pray in front of the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have disappeared in this conflict since 2014.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - A Ukrainian soldier comes to pay his respects at the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have been missing in the conflict since 2014.
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24/2/2023 - Ukraine / Kyiv - A Ukrainian soldier comes to pay his respects at the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have been missing in the conflict since 2014.
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A Ukrainian soldier comes to pay his respects at the "Wall of Heroes", the memorial erected to honour the soldiers who have been missing in the conflict since 2014.
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14/7/2022 - Ukraine / Liubashivka - Sergiy Parovyk in one of his grain stores. Liubashivka, 14 July 2022.
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14/7/2022 - Ukraine / Liubashivka - Sergiy Parovyk in one of his grain stores. Liubashivka, 14 July 2022.
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Sergiy Parovyk in one of his grain stores. Liubashivka, 14 July 2022.
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14/7/2022 - Ukraine / Liubashivka - A combine harvests wheat. Liubashivka, 14 July 2022.
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14/7/2022 - Ukraine / Liubashivka - A combine harvests wheat. Liubashivka, 14 July 2022.
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A combine harvests wheat. Liubashivka, 14 July 2022.
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
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The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
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The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Julien Mattia / Le Pictorium
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The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Julien Mattia / Le Pictorium
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The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Julien Mattia / Le Pictorium
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The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Julien Mattia / Le Pictorium
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The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II -
18/09/2022 - United Kingdom / London / London - The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
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The British trample for hours, for miles, night and day to pay their last respects to Queen Elizabeth II installed in Westminster Hall, London, September 17, 2022
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