SaharaGeographical Overview

1/ Countries2/ Population

3/ Geopolitics4/ Climate

1/ COUNTRIES

11 countries 5 millions peoples living in the

Sahara

2/ POPULATION

Different population :- Moors- Toubou people- Touareg people- Zaghawa people

MOORS West of Sahara Muslim Hassaniya dialect

TOUBOU PEOPLE

Between Chad, Niger and Libya 350,000 people Muslim Nomad / Semi – Nomadic Clan based

TOUAREG PEOPLE

1.2 million Nomadic

Pastoralist lifestyle

ZAGHAWA PEOPLE

Between 75,000 and 350,000 people

Semi-nomadic Cattle, camels and sheep / wild

grains

3/ GEOPOLITICS ASPECTS• Migration from the South to the North, expecting Europe

AGADEZ : crossroads for migration

3/ GEOPOLITICS ASPECTS• WaterArtificial river in Lybia __ Problems with Egypt

3/ GEOPOLITICS ASPECTS• WaterAswan Dam __ Problems with Soudan

3/ GEOPOLITICS ASPECTS• BoundariesOccidental Sahara : phosphate ressources

4/ CLIMATE

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