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Green Or Gone Migrant Lives special series

Why Fishermen Are Taking A Risky Migration Route To Escape Senegal

Photo of children playing in the fish market in Mboro Plage beach
Children playing in the fish market in Mboro Plage beach Dani Salv/VW/ZUMA

The number of pirogues leaving the African coast to reach the Canary Islands more than doubled in 2023. Among them are many Senegalese fishermen forced to leave because of the scarcity of fish resources that trawlers, some of them foreign, come to fish in their waters.

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Israel-Palestine War

Between The Bombs: Cold And Hunger Are Gaza’s Deepest Scourge Right Now

Photo of people waiting for food in the city of Rafah, Gaza
People wait for food relief in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ZUMA

The UN Security Council resolution providing for the safe, unhindered and widespread delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza has done little to avoid the most dire conditions from spreading in the war-torn enclave.

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Geopolitics

Voices Of Middle-Class Venezuelans In The Face Of Basic Shortages

In Caracas, where electricity is not always guaranteed...
In Caracas, where electricity is not always guaranteed... Libertinus

CARACAS – The ongoing shortage of basic products – including food, personal hygiene products and medicine – is having a huge effect on Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro and his government have made several announcements to fight the shortage and have accused the opposition of fanning the flames. Meanwhile, people continue to struggle to find the […]

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