6 years of the Syrian civil war in 10 crucial moments
La guerra in Siria dura ormai da sei anni: ecco le dieci date spartiacque di un conflitto che ha provocato 321mila morti e quasi cinque milioni di profughi.
What Donald Trump did in his first month as President
I primi 38 giorni di Donald Trump alla Casa Bianca sono stati contraddistinti da un turbinio di decreti, annunci, decisioni (anche clamorose) e polemiche.
Syria, meet the man who looks after the cats of war-torn Aleppo
Mohammad Alaa Jaleel si prende cura di un centinaio di gatti rimasti senza padrone a causa della guerra civile che ha costretto i proprietari a lasciare la Siria.
Myanmar to ban logging until 2017
The new law aims to stop illegal logging in the country. The measure will safeguard teak for 10 years.
What is happening in South Sudan, five years after independence
The 5th anniversary since independence, obtained with 98.83 per cent of votes in a referendum held on 9 July 2011 after years of war with Sudan, was supposed to be one of celebration. Instead, the African state of South Sudan is having a terrible week. Hundreds of people, both soldiers and civilians, have died in clashes between rival armed
Mosha, the elephant wounded by a land mine, gets her new prosthetic leg
Mosha was only 7 months old when she was maimed. She stepped on a land mine on the border between Thailand and Myanmar. More than ten years have passed from that. This week, she received her new prosthetic leg (the ninth) thanks to the Friends of the Asian Elephant Foundation, an hospital in northern Thailand. Along with Mosha,
The Colombian peace talks. What is holding up the end to the world’s longest civil war
The Colombian peace talks The conflict in Colombia has seen the government, right-wing paramilitary groups and left-wing guerrilla groups such as the The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) fighting against each other. It is the longest running conflict in the western hemisphere, having started five decades
Catching a glimpse of everyday life in war-torn Syria through Avo Kaprealian’s lens
Filmed over two years in Al-Midan, West Aleppo’s predominantly Syrian Armenian neighbourhood, Avo Kaprealian’s documentary, House Without Doors remains open for interpretation but also offers a strong social message. It shows how people live during wartime in an area neglected by mainstream media. Intentionally using semi-professional cameras and mobile phones to capture the confusing aesthetics
Costa Rica convicts those who killed an activist who protected sea turtles
What makes environmental crimes even more dreadful is impunity. “Across the world environmental defenders are being shot dead in broad daylight, kidnapped, threatened, or tried as terrorists for standing in the way of so-called ‘development’,” said Billy Kyte, campaigner at Global Witness. “The true authors of these crimes – a powerful nexus of corporate and
Ethiopia, 200 people have been killed on the border with South Sudan
Ethiopian forces have launched a counter offensive aimed at freeing over 100 women and children that had been kidnapped in a raid in the Gambella Regional State, Ethiopia, on the border with South Sudan. According to Addis Ababa’s governmental sources, the “heavily armed group” – coming from the neighbouring country – also killed 200 people.