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.
Independent investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, audio producer and photographer.
Police corruption case in Mauritania exposes anti-migrant cooperation
Eleven agents were arrested on charges of receiving bribes from migrants and the head of the fight against irregular immigration was dismissed.
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.
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.
Desert Dumps
Europe supports, finances and is directly involved in clandestine operations in North African countries.
Mass arrests and forced relocations: how migrants in North Africa are banished with European money
Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia use European funding to forcibly detain and dump migrants in the desert.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How an EU-funded security force helped Senegal crush democracy protests
An elite EU-trained Senegalese police unit was meant to tackle cross-border crime. It was used to quash demonstrations.
‘Conflict timber’: Gambian traffickers continue rosewood trade despite ban
Al Jazeera investigation finds connection between secessionist struggle in Senegal and timber traffickers in Gambia.
Comment l’Europe sous-traite à l’Afrique le contrôle des migrations
Enquête en quatre parties sur les politiques européennes visant à freiner les migrations en provenance du continent africain.
The Witches Want Justice
After Yahya Jammeh brutalized his people, the reconciliation process is at a crossroads.
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.
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.
A rare form of polio threatens DR Congo – this is why it matters
The threat of vaccine-derived polio stems from four sub-regions across the world, but the DRC is of “particular concern".
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.
‘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.
Unmasking Europe's Shadow Armies
The visual evidence that removes the layer of plausible deniability from illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers in the Balkans and Aegean.
«Pushback» de migrants : la police cogne aux frontières de l’Union européenne
Des vidéos montrent des refoulements violents et illégaux de migrants par les autorités roumaines et croates.
Europe's Violent Shadow Army Unmasked
Mysterious men wearing balaclavas are beating up refugees at the external EU border or abandoning them at sea.
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.
Pushbacks
An audio documentary about the history of Frontex, asylum law and the mounting allegations of pushbacks against the EU's best funded agency.
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