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Pirogue on the Niger river in the Gao region, Mali (16°12’ N, 0°01’ W).Enclosure in a village near Nara, Mali (15°10’ N, 7°17’ W).Mosque in the village of Kwa, Mopti region, Mali (14°29’ N, 4°01’ W).
Dugout canoe on the Niger river near Timbuktu, Mali (16°39’ N, 3°00’ W).Peul village near Timbuktu, Mali (16°46’ N, 3°00’ W).Village près de Mopti, Mali (14°40’ N, 4°15’ W).
Village near Kidal, Mali (18°26’ N, 1°24’E).Pink sand dune of Koima, near Gao, Mali (16°15’ N, 00°05’ W).Dogon village near Bandiagara, Mali (14°23’ N, 3°39’ W)
Market garden crops near Timbuktu, Mali (16°48’ N, 3°04’ W).Dwellings on an islet in the river niger, between Bourem and Gao, Mali (16°30’ N, 0°12’ W).Market gardens on the Senegal river near Kayes, Mali (14°34’ N, 11°46’ W).
Pirogues on the Niger river in the Gao Region, Mali (16°16’ N, 0°03’ W).Village on the banks of an arm of the river Niger, Mopti region, Mali (14°27’ N, 4°16’ W).Village of Araouane, north of Timbuktu, Mali (18°54’ N, 3°31’ W).
Washing laundry on the old bridge of Kayes, Senegal river, Mali (14°27’N, 11°26’W).Camels and goats at a well, Ti-n-Tehoun, Timbuktu region, Mali (16°58’N, 2°57’W).Washing laundry in a creek, Niger river, Mali (14°28’ N - 11°28’ W).
Pirogues in the port of Mopti, Niger river, Mali (14°30’N, 4°12’W).Mosque in the village near Mopti, Mali (14°42’ N - 04°08’ W).Boats of «Sand digger» in Kalaban Koro, Bamako, Mali (12°34’ N, 8°02’ W).
Village on an islet in the Niger river near Mopti, Mali (14°41’ N, 04°09’ W).Cliff of Bandiagara, Land of the Dogons, Mali (14°18’N, 03°25’W).Cliff of Bandiagara, Land of the Dogons, Mali (14°20’N, 03°25’W).
Dogon village on the Bandiagara escarpment, Mali (14°20’N, 03°25’W).Rice Harvest near Mopti, Mali (14°23’N, 4°21’W).Boat on the Niger river, Timbuktu region, Mali (16°38’N, 3°04’W).



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Pirogue on the Niger river in the Gao region, Mali (16°12’ N, 0°01’ W).
The Niger river, which has its source in the massif of Fouta Djallon in Guinea, is the third-longest (2,600 miles, or 4,184 km) river in Africa, and flows through Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. Crossing through Mali for a length of 1,050 miles (1,700 km), it forms a large loop that rises to the southern border of the Sahara, watering major centers such as Timbuktu and Gao. In Mali, life revolves around the Niger: economic activity is confined to its shores, and 80% of the population live on fishing or on agriculture, which depends on irrigation. The river is also the most common means of transport for a population of 13 million, 65 of whom live below the poverty line. But as well as being under threat from desertification and pollution, the Niger has for several years been invaded by a beautiful and deadly flower—the water hyacinth, which literally asphyxiates the fish. Mali and the other countries along the river are doing their utmost to fight this green pest. Having already been hard hit by a plague of locusts in 2004–2005, the country is now all the more dependent on the good health of its river.

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