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Africa Agadez Bashir Ama football team Niger Smugglers

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From people smuggler to football club owner

By DW
17 Sep 2017 | 8:00 am | 2m 37s

Bashir Ama was a people smuggler in Agadez, a desert city in Niger known until recently as the people-smuggling capital of Africa. But conditions have changed, and Bashir Ama has opted to fund a football team instead.

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