REPORTAGE – In the north of the country, a blazing sun modifies the natural environment and the resources are lacking for the stockbreeders.
Special envoy to Podor
“We have water and sun, but not the means to cultivate: yet young Senegalese want to train, be independent and stay in their dear commune.” This Thursday, October 20, despite nightfall, Fatimata Kane came to plead her case before the municipal council of Fanaye, in northern Senegal. Determined, the young woman explains that she managed to buy a rice huller thanks to state aid, but that the machine cannot function without electricity in the village. He would also need a fence to protect his field from free-roaming livestock. She is 31 and has plans, but she is unemployed.
The municipal team nods. In this almost desert region bordering the Senegal River, which traces the border with Mauritania, the mayor is doing everything he can to retain the villagers. In recent years, several boreholes have been dug in the town to water livestock and promote irrigated crops…
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