The Guardian • 14th March 2025

Supermarket guards, truck drivers and ‘very big mistakes’: the failed role of western mercenaries in the fall of Goma

An investigation into Romanian mercenaries in DRC reveals how a disorganised operation with untrained recruits became a deadly ‘circus’

Public Record • 28th February 2025

A mercenary's connections: Horațiu Potra, Ministry of Defence neighbor, links to the judiciary

Mercenary business dealings and real estate transactions indicate substantial wealth and connections to the state. (Romanian)

Le Soir • 22nd February 2025

In Goma, the Romanian soldiers who cheated the Congolese government

A mission marred by abuses and acts bordering on mercenarism and complicity in war crimes. (French)

POLITICO • 23rd December 2024

How Putin won the Romanian election

Voters on NATO’s eastern flank were already ripe for Moscow’s manipulation, after decades of misrule.

Le Monde • 5th November 2024

In Mauritania, a case of police corruption undermines anti-migration cooperation with the European Union

Eleven police officers working with smugglers are accused of accepting bribes from migrants in exchange for their release. (French)

The New Humanitarian • 10th July 2024

How the Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion endangers Congolese Tutsi

The war between DRC's military and the Tutsi-led M23 armed group is impacting the country’s Rwandophone Tutsi communities.

Balkan Insight • 27th June 2024

From Tech Boom To Housing Crisis: The Growing Pains of Romania’s Cluj

Seattle, Barcelona, Bengaluru – and Cluj-Napoca. Welcome to the Romanian student city trampled under the march of tech-driven gentrification.

Der Spiegel • 21st May 2024

Migrants Abandoned on the Edge of the Sahara: EU finances those responsible

In Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, migrants are taken to remote areas and deserts. The EU knows about it - and finances those responsible.

Le Monde • 21st May 2024

How EU funds enable North African countries to push back Europe-bound migrants into the desert

Migrants are being arrested by the hundreds and deported with EU support to desert areas in Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania.

The Washington Post • 21st May 2024

With Europe’s support, North African nations push migrants to the desert

Europe supports, finances and is directly involved in clandestine operations in North African countries.

Al Jazeera • 8th April 2024

Where Rwanda’s genocide perpetrators and survivors live side by side

A man killed his friend’s husband because he was Tutsi. Now he and his victim’s widow live together in a village designed for reconciliation.

Al Jazeera • 29th February 2024

How an EU-funded security force helped Senegal crush democracy protests

An elite EU-funded Senegalese police unit was meant to tackle cross-border crime. It was used to quash demonstrations.

Al Jazeera • 23rd January 2024

‘Conflict timber’: Gambian traffickers continue rosewood trade despite ban

Al Jazeera investigation finds connection between secessionist struggle in Senegal and timber traffickers in Gambia.

New Lines Magazine • 18th August 2023

The Witches Want Justice

After Yahya Jammeh brutalized his people, the reconciliation process is at a crossroads.

Foreign Policy • 10th August 2023

The Shadow of the Next Pandemic Looms in a Virus Hotspot

Low vaccination coverage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo raises the risk of diseases spreading and adapting undetected.

In These Times • 26th July 2023

How Europe Outsourced Border Enforcement to Africa

The European Union is militarizing Africa’s internal borders to curb migration, with little regard for human rights.

Middle East Eye • 19th March 2022

Transnistria: The breakaway region torn between Moldova, Russia and the EU

War in Ukraine have reignited questions about the future of Transnistria, a pro-Russian enclave in Moldova.

The Guardian • 26th March 2021

‘They can see us in the dark’: migrants grapple with hi-tech fortress EU

A powerful battery of drones, thermal cameras and heartbeat detectors are being deployed to exclude asylum seekers.

Libération • 6th October 2021

‘Migrant pushback: police clamp down on EU borders

Videos show the violent and illegal turning back of migrants by the Romanian and Croatian authorities. (French)

Der Spiegel • 7th October 2021

Europe's Violent Shadow Army Unmasked

Mysterious men wearing balaclavas are beating up refugees at the external EU border or abandoning them at sea.

Kerning Cultures • 1st April 2022

The Sleeping Children

After nearly six years struggling to get asylum in Sweden, a Yazidi girl “fell asleep” – and didn’t wake up again for another five years.

The Europeans • 18th November 2021

Pushbacks

An audio documentary about the history of Frontex, asylum law and the mounting allegations of pushbacks against the EU's best funded agency.

VICE World News • 3rd November 2020

The Shadowy Diplomats Hired to End Global Conflicts

Independent diplomats are increasingly being used to mediate conflicts.

VICE World News • 22nd September 2020

Self-Mutilations and Hunger Strikes: The Mental Health Crisis Inside French Migrant Detention Centres

The appalling conditions of Parisian migrant detention centre Mesnil-Amelot have grave implications for the mental health of detainees.