Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
The futur starts here
O Futuro Comença aqui -
15/11/2016 - Mozambique / Maputo - Lunch break in the new business district in Maputo, Mozambique. After the discovery of more than $2 billion in hidden debt in Mozambique, the IMF suspended aid in April 2016.
Mozambique, now with the highest public debt on the African continent, rising from 40% of GDP in 2013 to 113% in 2018, is struggling to recover and seems to have reached a point of no return. Possessing significant resources in raw materials (gas, coal, titanium), Mozambique attracts large international companies and gives the population hope for development.
Pause déjeuner dans le nouveau quartier d'affaire à Maputo, Mozambique.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
The futur starts here
O Futuro Comença aqui -
29/11/2016 - Mozambique / Maputo - Construction of the longest suspension bridge in Africa to link more quickly the Mozambican capital Maputo to Catembe on the border with South Africa. After the discovery of more than $2 billion in hidden debt in Mozambique, the IMF suspended aid in April 2016.
Mozambique, now with the highest public debt on the African continent, rising from 40% of GDP in 2013 to 113% in 2018, is struggling to recover and seems to have reached a point of no return. Possessing significant resources in raw materials (gas, coal, titanium), Mozambique attracts large international companies and gives the population hope for development.
Construction du plus long pont suspendu d'Afrique permettant de relier plus rapidement la capitale mozambicaine Maputo à sa frontière avec l'Afrique du Sud.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
The futur starts here
O Futuro Comença aqui -
04/12/2016 - Mozambique / Maputo - A young man tries to get the best out of the TV waves to watch his show in the Mafalala neighborhood in Maputo, Mozambique. After the discovery of more than $2 billion in hidden debt in Mozambique, the IMF suspended aid in April 2016.
Mozambique, now with the highest public debt on the African continent, rising from 40% of GDP in 2013 to 113% in 2018, is struggling to recover and seems to have reached a point of no return. Possessing significant resources in raw materials (gas, coal, titanium), Mozambique attracts large international companies and gives the population hope for development.
Un jeune homme tente de capter au mieux les ondes TV afin de regarder son émission, dans le quartier de Mafalala à Maputo, Mozambique.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
The futur starts here
O Futuro Comença aqui -
13/12/2016 - Mozambique / Maputo - Buildings under construction in a new housing area on the edge of Maputo in Mozambique. After the discovery of more than $2 billion in hidden debt in Mozambique, the IMF suspended aid in April 2016.
Mozambique, now with the highest public debt on the African continent, rising from 40% of GDP in 2013 to 113% in 2018, is struggling to recover and seems to have reached a point of no return. Possessing significant resources in raw materials (gas, coal, titanium), Mozambique attracts large international companies and gives the population hope for development.
Immeubles en construction dans une nouvelle zone d'habitations à la bordure de Maputo au Mozambique.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
The futur starts here
O Futuro Comença aqui -
04/12/2016 - Mozambique / Maputo - Entrance to the home of an English teacher who teaches young people in the Mafalala neighborhood. He also gives free lessons at his home. Although Mozambique is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the region, the national education system does not provide young people with a sufficient level of English to communicate with their English-speaking neighbors. After the discovery of more than $2 billion in hidden debt in Mozambique, the IMF suspended aid in April 2016.
Mozambique, now with the highest public debt on the African continent, rising from 40% of GDP in 2013 to 113% in 2018, is struggling to recover and seems to have reached a point of no return. Possessing significant resources in raw materials (gas, coal, titanium), Mozambique attracts large international companies and gives the population hope for development.
Entrée chez d'un professeur d'anglais qui enseigne aux jeunes du quartier de Mafalala. Il donne des cours grratuitement en plus à son domicile. Bien que le Mozambique soit le seul pays a parler portuguais dans la région, l'éducation nationale n'apporte pas aux jeunes un niveau d'anglais suffisant pour communiquer avec leurs voisins anglophones.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
The futur starts here
O Futuro Comença aqui -
10/12/2016 - Mozambique / Maputo - A man smokes in the small streets of Mafalala, township of Maputo. After the discovery of more than $2 billion in hidden debt in Mozambique, the IMF suspended aid in April 2016.
Mozambique, now with the highest public debt on the African continent, rising from 40% of GDP in 2013 to 113% in 2018, is struggling to recover and seems to have reached a point of no return. Possessing significant resources in raw materials (gas, coal, titanium), Mozambique attracts large international companies and gives the population hope for development.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
The futur starts here
O Futuro Comença aqui -
04/12/2016 - Mozambique / Maputo - Interior of a kitchen of a house in the district of Mafalala in Maputo, Mozambique. After the discovery of more than $2 billion in hidden debt in Mozambique, the IMF suspended aid in April 2016.
Mozambique, now with the highest public debt on the African continent, rising from 40% of GDP in 2013 to 113% in 2018, is struggling to recover and seems to have reached a point of no return. Possessing significant resources in raw materials (gas, coal, titanium), Mozambique attracts large international companies and gives the population hope for development.
Intérieure d'une cuisine d'une maison dans le quartier de Mafalala à Maputo, Mozambique.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
The futur starts here
O Futuro Comença aqui -
21/11/2016 - Mozambique / Maputo - Independence Square in Maputo representing Samora Machel, the first president of the People's Republic of Mozambique. After the discovery of more than $2 billion in hidden debt in Mozambique, the IMF suspended aid in April 2016.
Mozambique, now with the highest public debt on the African continent, rising from 40% of GDP in 2013 to 113% in 2018, is struggling to recover and seems to have reached a point of no return. Possessing significant resources in raw materials (gas, coal, titanium), Mozambique attracts large international companies and gives the population hope for development.
Place de l'Indépendance à Maputo représentant Samora Machel, le premier président de la République populaire du Mozambique.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
2016- Mozambique-Set of Chairs -
21/11/2016 - - 2016- Mozambique-Set of Chairs

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
2016- Mozambique-Set of Chairs -
21/11/2016 - - 2016- Mozambique-Set of Chairs

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
2016- mozambique - O futuro comença aqui -
16/11/2016 - - Case -Banco Central de Mozambico- Central Bank of Mozambique, US$2.9m misappropriated in the construction of the head office. The Banco Central is the blue and red building.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
2016- mozambique - O futuro comença aqui -
15/11/2016 - - Lunch picked up in the new business center of Maputo, Mozambic.

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Guillaume Lassus-Dessus/Le Pictorium -
2016- mozambique - O futuro comença aqui -
20/11/2016 - - Crossed for the moment by the ferry, the inhabitants of Maputo are settling in Catembe. Price of the land, 1500 euros.

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Statue of General Storms covered in paint -
10/09/2020 - Belgium / Brussels - The statue of General Storms covered with red paint, as were other statues of Belgian personalities before him and linked to Belgian colonization. Since the Black Live Matters events, many statues have been covered with red paint symbolizing the blood spilled during the colonial period. General Storms is known to have campaigned between 1882 and 1885 in East Africa, commander of the fourth expedition of the African International Association, created under the leadership of Leopold II to explore and conquer the territory that will become in 1885 the Congo Free State.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - The vehicle in which Soumaïla Cissé left the airport. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
09/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Late at night, around 1 a.m., the French ex-hostage Sophie Pétronin and her son Sébastien Chadaud-Pétronin during a press point at the Residence de France in Bamako, Mali.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Release of Sophie Pétronin and Soumaïla Cissé hostages in Bamako -
08/10/2020 - Mali / Bamako - Bamako, Mali. In the early evening, upon the announcement of the release of opposition leader Soumaïla CISSÉ and 3 other Western hostages including Frenchwoman Sophie Pétronin, synpathisans and activists gathered at the airport to welcome and celebrate the release of Soumaïla Cissé.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - a mouride prays in The Great Mosque of Touba, it is the most important building in the city of Touba in Senegal, the largest mosque in the country as well and one of the largest mosques in Africa.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - Two Mourides cross the center of the Great Mosque of Touba.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - a Murid child learns the Koran in the Great Mosque of Touba.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - The great prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Touba.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - the marabout of Sheikh Ahmad Moustapha Mbacké reads the Koran with his faithful

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - The entrance to the place of worship of the Mourides where the history of the Mourides can be found in the town of Diourbel

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - The mosque has 4 minarets 66 meters high placed at the corners of the building, a fifth of 86.80 meters and is surmounted by large domes. In 2013 the caliph Serigne Sidy Moukhtar Mbacke added 2 minarets. These minarets can be seen up to 10 km from Touba, the tallest of the minarets is called Lamp Fall in homage to Sheikh Ibrahima Fall.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - A woman and her children pray in front of the tomb of Sheikh Mouhamadou Moustapha Mbacké in the Grand Mosque of Touba.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - Moustapha Mbacké is a Mourid philosopher and writer in his house in Touba.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - Mourid women walk to pray in the great mosque of Touba.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - a mouride in front of the Great Mosque See Diourbel.

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Touba, the Muslim brotherhood of the Mourides -
18/08/2020 - Senegal - Mourides walk on the sacred sands of the house of Sheikh Mouhamadou Moustapha Mbacké

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The Belvédère-Sébikotane ecovillage -
12/08/2020 - Senegal - Senegal loses 40,000 hectares of forests per year. To remedy this, the country is part of the international project of the Great Green Wall in the Sahel. In this dynamic of reforestation, a new project has just been launched, the "tolou keur", or small nourishing and medicinal forests, replanted next to villages with an ecological vocation. A second pilot project was launched on Wednesday August 12 in the village of Belvédère, 40 kilometers from Dakar. Portrait of Djibril Sall, the village chief

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The Belvédère-Sébikotane ecovillage -
12/08/2020 - Senegal - With the participation of the 60 people of the village, the Senegalese agency for Reforestation and the Great Green Wall has planted a nourishing forest of 5000 m², a few steps from their houses.

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The Belvédère-Sébikotane ecovillage -
12/08/2020 - Senegal - In Senegal, in Belvédère, nourishing forests are emerging as part of the Great Green Wall project. The goal is to fight against deforestation.

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The Belvédère-Sébikotane ecovillage -
12/08/2020 - Senegal - A farmer from the village of Belvédère feeds his oxen.

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The Belvédère-Sébikotane ecovillage -
12/08/2020 - Senegal - the reforestation agency wanted to help this village without water and electricity to become more autonomous, in an ecological way.

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The Belvédère-Sébikotane ecovillage -
12/08/2020 - Senegal - a child from the village of Belvédère collects kindling to make a fire.

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The Belvédère-Sébikotane ecovillage -
12/08/2020 - Senegal - Aly Ndiaye, project manager of the Belvédère village project.

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