POLITICO • 28th March 2025 The Romanian mathematician trying to stop Putin and Trump wrecking the West Elon Musk and JD Vance don’t know enough to judge Romania's election crisis, and Trump should be tougher on Putin, says candidate Nicușor Dan.
Scena9 • 14th March 2025 "You can't have good music without freedom." Syrian musicians hope to change art after Assad's fall In Syria, less than two months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, aspiring musicians are hopeful for the future. (Romanian)
Al Jazeera • 2nd March 2025 Syria’s White Helmets continue to help people in devastated Aleppo The group turns a military base in Aleppo into an emergency response hub, replacing tanks with fire trucks and ambulances.
The Guardian • 24th February 2025 ‘A dream come true’: Syrian twin actors return home after 14 years of exile in France For the 41-year-old brothers, returning to their Damascus flat is bittersweet.
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.
POLITICO • 5th December 2024 Romania’s pro-Europeans fear Putin is pushing them back to dictatorship Far-right NATO-skeptic Călin Georgescu is on track to win the Romanian presidency, thanks to a Russia-influenced campaign.
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.
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.
The Christian Science Monitor • 12th March 2024 In Senegal, domestic violence survivors craft hope in silver A group of women who survived domestic violence is using silversmithing to heal their trauma and challenge gender norms.
New Lines Magazine • 10th January 2024 Senegal’s Woman Caliph In one of the country’s most patriarchal structures, a family line of women scholars has upended traditional ideas.
Middle East Eye • 17th December 2023 Chad replaces Sudan as regional meat exporter as war strangles sector Countries like Egypt seek Chad for meat imports as Sudan no longer fulfils needs at pre-war rate.
Forbes Africa • 13th December 2023 ‘Meat’ In The Middle: Can Chad Become A Livestock Exports Powerhouse? What stands in the way of meat production becoming an effective economic and development tool for Chad?
Scena9 • 28th September 2023 The complicated history of the utopia founded by a Romanian artist in Israel The village of Ein Hod is an artists' colony founded by the Romanian avant-garde artist Marcel Iancu. Its walls tell a twisted and often dark story. (Romanian)
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.
New Lines Magazine • 9th June 2023 Body politics in Senegal Casting doubt on the accuser, protesters riot on behalf of the defendant, a leading opposition figure sentenced to jail.
The Telegraph • 12th April 2023 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".
Al Jazeera English • 30th March 2023 Senegal opposition leader trial kickstarts rocky election season Opposition leader Sonko’s trial on Thursday could mark the start of political unrest or strengthen the incumbent president’s grip, analysts say.
Scena9 • 16th December 2022 Taraf Haïdouk's legacy In Romania a new reiteration of Taraf de Haïdouks hopes to keep Roma folk music alive. (Romanian)
Scena9 • 20th August 2022 Together, in Pata Rât A festival celebrating Roma culture and talking about social justice, organized in Europe's largest ghetto. (Romanian)
Al Jazeera English • 29th July 2022 A summer of bomb threats frightens Moldova as war rages nearby Moldovans fear a Russian invasion as tensions between the breakaway region Transnistria and Chisinau heat up.
Scena9 • 12th June 2022 "We never rest". Who are the people behind TIFF What is it like to organize the biggest film festival in Romania for 21 years? (Romanian)
Are We Europe - Untold Stories • 13th May 2022 The Marks Left Behind How Ukrainian refugees and Romanians come together in Cluj.