Mali villagers fight back against Sahara

BBC News by Andrew Harding | Dec. 11, 2009 (News)

Towards the end of an illustrious career in the Malian police force - during which he has battled locust swarms, chased drug traffickers and dabbled in some coup plotting - Col Tidiani Ascofare, bald, burly and unflappable, has taken on his most daunting opponent, the Sahara desert. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Gordon Oliver - Dec 11, 2009 - 9:32 AM PST
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 by Gordon Oliver - Dec. 11, 2009

The story is lacking in background information, though it does allude to historical information that can be searched up on the web.

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