By Anna Bisignano
Chad is a country rich in oil and raw materials, but it is also rich in renewable energy (read our country file here). The country has in fact on average a level of solar irradiation between 2,000...
By Maria Lanteri
In the island of Ireland, paramilitary groups had abandoned their weapons in 1998 only because they were satisfied with the conditions contained in the Belfast Agreement. Also known as the Good Friday Agreement, the treaty was a...
By Francesca Romana Mollica
The Ivory Coast is still struggling to rid itself of Female Genital Mutilation practices, despite international campaigns that have been raising the attention on the violence of such traditional, but abusive, practices on young girls.
So, for...
By Sara Pieraccioni
Cyprus today remains strongly divided, both politically and in the management of water resources. Since 1974, the southern part, with a Greek majority, with its capital Nicosia and a member of the European Union, is opposed to...
By Anna Bisignano
“Our Land, Our Resources: stop the Plundering of Natural Resources in Western Sahara", this is the Manifesto published by the international campaign “Western Sahara is Not for Sale” (WSNS).
The occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco has lasted...
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by Alice Pistolesi*
In times of more than unstable balances and widespread and expanding conflicts, it comes naturally to reflect on the role of the United Nations. About the functions they should have and those they actually exercise. We talked...
By Sara Pieraccioni
The people of South Sudan, the youngest nation in the world, can now aspire for a significant victory: the first women's soccer championship. During its brief history, South Sudan has been afflicted by a fight for independence,...
by Sofia Silei
In Ethiopia, where 80% of the population lives in rural areas, women contribute significantly to agricultural labour, yet their efforts often go unrecognized. They face severe challenges, including widespread gender-based violence, with one in three women experiencing...
by Sofia Silei
In 1994, a remarkable story began in Cambodia, a country emerging from the shadows of a brutal past. Nine Cambodian refugees, who had spent years in exile in a Thai border camp during the Khmer Rouge regime,...
By Camilla Ballerini
In August 2020, in the afternoon, an explosion of ammonium cargo occurred in the port of Beirut, which triggered a process of reconstruction and strong criticism and revision of a corrupt, absent and problematic system. The Forum...
