Lives ruined in one morning, the demolition of houses in the outskirts of the city of Thiès, a preventable social drama.

This paper looks at the demolition and forced displacement of the inhabitants of the MBOUR 4 neighbourhood on the outskirts of the city of Thiès, located 70 km from Dakar, in western Senegal.

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People sitting on the ruins of their houses. More demolitions in the background