Local activist and would-be migrant Moussa Kebe poses for a photo on his motorcycle in Goudiry, Senegal, September 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister
GOUDIRY, Senegal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Slumped on a bench in a village in southeast Senegal - which is lifeless but for the occasional bleating of goats and splutter of old motorcycles - Aliou Thiam has only one thing on his mind.
The 28-year-old is preparing to leave behind his wife, two children and the only life he has known in the pursuit of a goal shared by many young men across Senegal: reaching Europe.
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