Syria, the deadliest place in the world to be an aid worker

Staff

This emerges from an analysis done by CARE International, a major international humanitarian agency, founded in 1945 in the USA, delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Syria has been holding the sad record for the third year running

Here are the toughest places in the world for a girl to get an education

Staff

A new report by The One Campaign reveals the ten toughest countries and highlights some of the many unique barriers girls face

The ship Aquarius rescues 371 people in a day: here’s how it went

Daniele Biella

The story of Daniele Biella, journalist of Vita, of the last days on board of the ship Aquarius of the Ngo Sos Méditerranée

Farmerline, the app helping African farmers

Cristina Barbetta

Farmerline is a start up founded in Ghana in 2013 by computer scientist Alloysius Attah. It sends voice messages to over 200,000 farmers in 10 different countries.

MuMo: art that children can enjoy

Cristina Barbetta

It’s the first travelling contemporary art museum for children. Launched in 2011, it has travelled to France, Africa, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain. It is for free and it is especially targeted to children who don’t have access to culture.

South Sudan: Intense fighting around Kodok forces up to 25,000 people to flee without humanitarian support

Staff

Over the last few days, close to 25,000 people have been displaced by intense fighting between Government and Agwelek opposition forces around the town of Kodok.

Central African Republic: Civilians pay the price of renewed, brutal fighting

Staff

In the past weeks, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have witnessed summary executions and terror among civilians

Conakry, World Book Capital City 2017

Cristina Barbetta

For 17 years, in turn, different cities in the world have hosted this initiative by UNESCO: starting from the 23rd of April and for a year Conakry will be committed to book and reading culture.

Riace, a utopia turned into reality

Cristina Barbetta

A boat full of migrants arrives on the shores of the Calabrian village of Riace, historic place of migration. The little town welcomes the migrants, who are seen as a resource, not as a threaten. This is the story told in the documentary "Un paese di Calabria" (“ A village of Calabria”).

From Turin to Ouagadougou: Terra Madre comes to West Africa for the first time

Cristina Barbetta

Terra Madre, Slow Food's international event, will be held on the 3rd and 4th February in Ouagadougou. It will be organised by the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity in the framework of the initiative Fondazioni For Africa Burkina Faso.