International report - Wangari Maathai's green legacy to the people of Nairobi
This week marks seven years since the death of Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan Nobel laureate and environmental activist. But her legacy in Kenya lives on. Through the Green Belt Movement, Maathai fought...
View ArticleInternational report - Under the leaves of Kenya's sacred forests
The Mijikenda Kaya Forests in Kenya consist of 11 separate forest sites spread over some 200 kilometres along the country's coast. In Kenya, these forests are sacred and have historical, religious and...
View ArticleInternational report - How the Marere Springs brings life to Kenya's Shimba...
Two-fifths of Kenya’s 46 million people do not have access to reliable clean water. The Shimba Hills National Reserve in Coastal Kenya is where the source of the Marere Springs can be found. These...
View ArticleInternational report - Fatoumata Diawara - Mali's ambassador of music
Mali made the news a few weeks ago with its presidential elections. But it has an unofficial ambassador on the rise, singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara, who is currently touring the world. Our...
View ArticleInternational report - Brexit part 1/5: How will Irish businesses cope?
When peace came to Northern Ireland, British military installations were gradually dismantled along it’s border with the Republic of Ireland in the south. Now it is almost invisible and the free flow...
View ArticleInternational report - Brexit part 2/5: The great Irish divide
Violence between Republican and Unionist groups in Northern Ireland left more than 3,500 people dead from the 1950s until the Good Friday Agreement peace deal was signed in 1998. That agreement phased...
View ArticleInternational report - Brexit part 3/5: Will Britain have enough food?
With only six months to go before it is due to leave, the British government is still locked in often acrimonious negotiations with the EU about the terms of its departure. If it leaves without a...
View ArticleInternational report - Brexit part 4/5: Businesses sound the alarm as Brexit...
During Britain’s referendum on European Union membership in 2016, taking back control of national borders was a popular theme. But as London and Brussels struggle to negotiate a deal, representatives...
View ArticleInternational report - Brexit part 5/5: How EU citizens in the UK fear being...
Since Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) two years ago, the country’s three and a half million EU citizens have been uncertain of their future. As negotiations between London and Brussels...
View ArticleInternational report - The role of Syria’s Kurdish women - Kobane Pt.1
In 2015 the northern Syrian city of Kobane made world news when the Islamic State armed group surrounded it. During the four month battle, many women from the armed female Kurdish units died defending...
View ArticleInternational report - Living the life of a teenage Kurdish fighter - Kobane...
Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict various non-state armed groups have used children as young as 15 to fight in the war, that’s according to a Human Rights Watch report. In this second report...
View ArticleInternational report - Business as usual for weapons dealers - Kobane Pt.3
The U.S has long been the world’s number one exporter of arms. The past few years has seen weapons from Eastern Europe flood the Syrian conflict. Through Eastern-European contractors and...
View ArticleInternational report - Syria's job prospects - Kobane Pt. 4
Now in its seventh year the Syrian Civil war continues to affect millions of lives on a daily basis. According to the United Nations, the war has cost the country close to 335 billion euros so far....
View ArticleInternational report - Life of Kobane female teenagers - Kobane Pt. 5
In the northern Syrian city of Kobane, Kurds make up the majority of the population. In 2015, when the city was almost surrounded by the Islamic State armed group, most of the population fled to the...
View ArticleInternational report - Drinking from the world's oldest vine
Slovenia Oldest Vine located in the heart of the old city centre of Maribor is the world’s oldest vine dating back to the 16th century. This plant still produces grapes that are used to make one of...
View ArticleInternational report - The voodoo tradition of West Africa is alive and well
Voodoo or Juju, the belief in traditional magical powers, is widely practiced in Africa and other parts of the world inhabited by people of African descent. Some Africa communities like the Ogu...
View ArticleInternational report - Nazi-looted art on show in Berlin
In the German capital an exhibition at the Martin Gropius Bau museum focuses on art looted under Nazi rule in Germany. Around 200 pieces are on display in order to bring to light the role art...
View ArticleInternational report - Nicaragua series pt.1: Political prisoners
In Nicaragua, more than 300 people have been killed in the past six months as President Daniel Ortega continues his crackdown on protests demanding his removal. In the capital Managua, streets remain...
View ArticleInternational report - Nicaragua series pt 2: Ortega deaf to calls to go
Nicaragua has been in crisis for more than six months now. A large part of the population wants the president gone. Some 320 people have been killed in the unrest and more than 40,000 have fled the...
View ArticleInternational report - Nicaragua series pt 4: NGOs denounce repression
In Nicaragua human rights organisations have grown increasingly concerned about the government’s crackdown on protesters. More than 320 people have been killed in more than six months of unrest....
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