<p>The bakers and farmers trying to wean Senegal off imported wheat. Trotting along on a horse and cart, over the bumpy red dirt roads, through the lush green fields of Senegal’s countryside, Oule carries sacks of cargo back to her village. She is the bread lady of Ndor Ndor and she’s selling French baguettes. As a former French colony, the baguette is such ... Show More
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Europe’s migrant crisis: the truck that shocked the world
In the summer of 2015, tens of thousands of people left their homes in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq in the hope of finding a safe haven in Europe. The journeys they took were often hazardous and not everyone reached their destination. In one of the most notorious cases, 71 migrant ... Show More
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Tajikistan’s Last, Lonely Hyenas
For decades, conservationists in Tajikistan assumed that the striped hyena – a shy, less vocal cousin of the spotted hyena – was extinct there. But in 2017 a motion-sensitive camera trap in the country’s south-western corner, near the borders with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, dete ... Show More
29m 10s
Apr 2024
Pour reconstituer ses stocks de blé, l'Inde en appelle aux négociants
À la veille des élections parlementaires, l'Inde demande aux négociants en blé de ne pas se précipiter sur la nouvelle récolte : l'État a besoin de reconstituer au plus vite ses réserves, pour continuer à mettre en œuvre ses programmes d'aide aux plus démunis. Chaque année, l'Éta ... Show More
1m 40s
Jan 2022
Pourquoi la baguette à 29 centimes suscite-t-elle un tollé ?
Le président du groupe de grande distribution Leclerc vient d'indiquer que, durant quelques mois, les baguettes de pain, se vendraient au prix de 29 centimes dans les magasins de l'enseigne. Cette annonce a aussitôt provoqué une vive polémique et la colère des boulangers.
Une bag ... Show More
1m 51s