In Tibesti, Chad, human migration meets an anarchic gold rush.
This article was originally written in Italian and published in Internazionale. The key points of this article are presented in English below, followed by the original version of the story. For a full English version of this article, please click on the “Translate page with Google” button on the upper right-hand side.
Key Points
- Tibesti, Chad—on the border with Libya and Niger—is one of the most remote regions in the world.
- A report tells the story, shown in the PDF below, of a 30-year-old petrol smuggler operating across Chad, Libya, and Niger. The smuggler describes how the region, situated on an informal desert smuggling route, acts as a crossroads in the Sahara.
- The geopolitical dynamics of the pivotal tri-border region in the desert are undergoing profound change, driven by the gold rush in Kouri Bougoudi, rising global inflation, and the arrival of new technologies.
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