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In the Toubou camp (32)
albertopiubello
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 357 W: 46 N: 859]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (2527) | Here's a Toubou campement in the Tal desert. In the early 1990s, the nomadic Tuareg in the north and Toubou in the east engaged in an armed rebellion against the Nigerien state, asking for more political rights and a more equitable distribution of national resources. A fragmented guerrilla war ensued in the Aïr, Azawak, Manga, and Kawar regions, prompting the local Arab and Peulh communities to create self-defence militias as the rebels began stealing cattle and property to fund their war effort. Three peace accords in Ouagadougou (1995), Algiers (1997), and N’Djamena (1998), followed by the adoption of a new constitution in 1999 and fresh elections in 2000, restored peace in Niger.
The leader of Democratic Front for Renewal, a toubou rebel group, was our actual Minister of public health, who signed peace accord with the governement of Niger in 1998. We were in Lakani together to start tuberculosis control activities in nomadic areas in the east of Niger. |
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albertopiubello
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photoshop CS2
Edited by:noborders
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1601 W: 60 N: 3237]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (13441) |
various little things :
levels mostly as I found it a bit too dark,
added saturation a bit to the whole scene,
then locally with the dodge tool : on the textiles in the shade (camel on the left) and on the persons on the left ; also on some trees ; finally, with the clone tool, made the shades of the sky a bit more even |
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