Much of the media's attention on the migrant crisis facing the European Union has focused on southern Europe, with Greece and Italy in the spotlight as the two countries most refugees and migrants aim for on their hope-filled journeys toward the ...
Over the course of the migrant crisis that unfolded in the spring and summer of 2015 and dominated European news headlines until well into 2016, the Balkan countries of Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia saw the biggest mass ...
Europe's migrant crisis has rattled the European Union, calling into question the notion of open borders and cooperation between member countries on some of the most fundamental issues. The most concentrated influx of migrants over the two years ...
The Solomon Islands form a spectacular archipelago of islands, volcanoes and coral atolls off the eastern edges of Papua New Guinea. The islands are rich in indigenous culture and visually stunning. This Pacific idyll is now facing severe challenges...
On Alaska's remote Bering Sea coast, citizens of the United States, the world's largest economy and most powerful country, are fighting a desperate battle against the most serious environmental problem in human history: climate change. The roughly ...
Tokelau is one of the smallest and most remote nations in the world. Consisting of three coral atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 580 km north of American Samoa and covering a mere 10 square kilometres in combined surface area, it can only be...
Global warming is affecting the entire planet but the people, flora and fauna in the Pacific region are particularly vulnerable. In the southern Pacific powerful super-cyclones and 'king tides' are occurring ever more frequently. In the North, ...
Winter, or 'zima' in Russian, is a definitive season in Russia. Two thirds of the country is covered in snow and ice and winter can last from three to nine months, depending on the region. The effect on people and daily life is, in some sense, ...
Driven out of their countries by conflict and chaos, refugees from Africa continue to arrive in rickety boats on Italy's southernmost outposts such as the island of Lampedusa, a mere 130 km from the Libyan coast. Once registered by Italian ...
Small is Powerful - a project looking at the impact Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are having on economic development in various African countries. Subsaharan Africa is not an entrepreneurial desert, dominated by diminutive businesses relying ...
NEST is a Senegalese healthcare company offering comprehensive maternal and child health services. Its aim is to establish a network of healthcare facilities around the country that provide high-quality services for Senegal's middle class. Founded in...
Agrisatch is a medium sized agribusiness based in the small village of Tori northeast of the capital Cotonou. The poultry farm produces quality chicken and large quantities of eggs and has become the leading producer in the country. Its competitive ...
CDS in Mauritania is a venture which provided access to water and electricity in rural communities using renewable sources wherever possible. Founded 38 years ago, and with a staff of 25 employees, the company aims to fill the gap in energy and water...
In the semi-arid border region between Kenya and Somalia lies Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp which, with 330,000 inhabitants, is also one of Kenya's largest cities. First established in 1992 to house the tens of thousands of Somali ...
The Worldwide Human Rights Movement (FIDH) and the Guinean Organisation for the Defence of Human and Citizen Rights (OGDH) have been fighting against impunity and exposing serious human rights violations in Guinea since 2010. These include crimes ...
On 19 February 2017 Iraq's Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced the resumption of the offensive on the city of Mosul, which had been under ISIS control since 2014. In the preceding four months, the Iraq Army and various allied militias has ...