By Maurizio Sacchi
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday that the scenarios in Taiwan and Ukraine are not comparable, as the former is an entirely internal matter, while the latter is a conflict between two countries. This comment...
Russian recruits, according to a Syrian website, for final intervention in the cities. A new controversial chapter in the conflict in Eastern Europe. And Kiev puts its 'legionnaires' in the fieldBy Maurizio Sacchi
Moscow is looking for volunteers to fight...
By Alice Pistolesi
The suffering of the Syrian population continues unabated. On Wednesday 9 March, Paulo Pinheiro, chairman of the UN International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, described the impact of the 11-year conflict on communities as "devastating" at a...
The war in Ukraine has raised concerns about the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia and a possible subsequent US response. With these infographics - curated by Valentina Ochner - we try to give an overview of Russian...
By Emanuele Giordana
"Immediate action is needed to prevent further damage and escalation of the disaster in Afghanistan, where poverty has reached unprecedented levels since the financial reserves were frozen in US and European banks last August". This is the...
By Filippo Rossi, in Antalya for Atlas of Wars/Atlante delle Guerre
Antalya (Turkey) - No breakthrough in sight. In the seaside resort of Belek, near Antalya, the icy winter wind greeted the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers, Sergej Lavrov and...
by Giovanni Mennillo
The condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine must remain firm and unquestionable. The aggressor and the victim of invasion are blatantly obvious. However, this latest act cannot absolve us from attempting to understand the complex historical...
by Francesca Mollica
It was 2018 when the Green Gold Cooperative managed to reach a great goal: exporting its first coffee crop.
This story begins in 2015 thanks to the collaboration with UNODC (United Nations agency for drug control and crime...
By UN NEWS
Shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans have been taking place in Indonesia, UN-appointed rights experts said on March 1st, citing child killings, disappearances, torture and enforced mass displacement. “Between April and November 2021, we have received allegations indicating...
By Maurizio Sacchi
In these months, following a trend lasting decades, we have witnessed how private armies have become an important actor in conflicts and wars all over the planet. These companies of fortune, with the huge amounts of capital...