Basse, The Gambia. Money from Gambians based in Europe is often sent home through Western Union.In April 2009 300 africans making their way illegally to Europe drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya. 27 of them came from the tiny west Afr

A man walks past a Standard Chartered bank with a Western Union. Remittances sent home to Africa from around the world amount to an estimated USD 40 billion a year.

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Senegal & Gambia: The Departed by Robin Hammond