It saunters ahead of other camels, seeming not to be part of the group, often stopping to pluck a few shrubs from a thorny bush. Duba Junior (centre) with other camels. Tall and massively built, Duba ...

It is milking time on Mustafa Duale’s farm and the camels are lowing: an eerie groan, like the creak of an old door. A dozen herders strain the milk through a sieve into metal pails. They will sleep ...