“Halima is a refugee in Niger. She shares the everyday lot of many other women, men and children who have fled the war and found refuge in the camps in Intikane, Abala, Mangaïze and Ayorou. Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Mali suddenly arrived in Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger as of 2012.”

Extract from Retour à Tombouctou, Éditions Gallimard 2015.