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Between Dakar and Bamako, the wages of fear for truck drivers

Auteur: liberation

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Entre Dakar et Bamako, le salaire de la peur des routiers ravitailleurs

Please rinse your feet before climbing into the cab. A bit like taking off your shoes at the entrance of a house, but inside a semi-trailer. "This is our home," says Abdoul (1), a 25-year-old Malian driver, giving a thumbs-up towards the soft rear of the cab, "because we don't really have a home." To his right, a mint tea set, two mini-fans, and N'fa (1), an apprentice barely out of his teens. It's 5:15 p.m. in early November when the truck, freed from its parking brake, lets out a whoosh. "The Dakar-Bamako road is long [about 1,300 km, ed.]," warns Abdoul, with a charming smile and slender legs outlined by skinny jeans. "But we're fast, four days on average, depending on the cargo."

The truck pulls out of the "Malians' corner" on Dakar's bustling distribution platform, near the port. Loaded onto it are tires, cement, excavators, cars, food… Senegalese dried fish is even transported as far as Burkina Faso, Niger, and Nigeria. The only stop: Bamako, Mali, via the now treacherous roads of western Mali.

Auteur: liberation
Publié le: Vendredi 28 Novembre 2025

Commentaires (6)

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    Mo il y a 1 jour

    Lire le texte , ensuite essayez de lui trouver un titre MAMA MÌA .

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    L'enseignant en vacances il y a 17 heures

    Khana lii partie 1 leu

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    Nad il y a 16 heures

    Non, li intro leu

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    Mom il y a 4 heures

    On a l'impression que le texte n'est pas terminé.

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    Kinebaba il y a 3 heures

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    Wetetetete
    Pourtant à L'université notre PROF M'AVAIT: PRINT WRITING is easy just have common sense.
    Saway diy nga waar
    Te yaba te nga.
    Wanteh naak SENEWEB MOKO DEF NAKH MO BAYI LI DIALEU

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    Diop il y a 2 heures

    C’est vraiment du n’importe quoi comme texte🤣🤣🤣

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