How Putin won the Romanian election
Voters on NATO’s eastern flank were already ripe for Moscow’s manipulation, after decades of misrule.
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.
My father voted for Romania’s ultra-nationalist. I am beginning to understand why
We need to hear out family and friends who feel mainstream parties have let them down. This was a cry for help
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.
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.
In Senegal, domestic violence survivors craft hope in silver
In Senegal, silversmithing is “men’s work.” Now, a group of women who survived domestic violence is flipping the script, and healing their own traumas in the process.
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.
Senegal’s Woman Caliph
In one of the country’s most patriarchal structures, a family line of women scholars has upended traditional ideas.
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
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".
The Marks Left Behind
How Ukrainian refugees and Romanians come together in Cluj
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