Bonjour! Having spent just over a week in the two northern towns of Dori and Djibo - on the edge of the Sahel - we are back in Ouagadougou. We managed to do some good interviews while we were away although the trip was somewhat hampered by sand and the strong Harmattan wind. It was difficult to get anywhere by bike in Dori due to the deep sand and the dust carried by the hot wind was a bit demoralising at times. As a result we worked fast and were able to flee the sandstorms in favour of returning to the capital. We are now in Ouaga for the week before hopefully heading to Ghana for a week at the weekend. Our passports are with a very stroppy lady at the Ghanaian embassy as I write and she will hopefully have seen fit to give us visas by the morning. As for this week, I am writing up all the interviews and we hope to continue the search for an elephant at some point! New photos in the top slideshow on the right and I will update some more soon with our adventures of the past week.