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The largest-ever Dutch human smuggling trial: “We see Walid as one of the most prolific human traffickers on the central Mediterranean route”

November 10, 2025

We must not give up on revolutionary optimism in Kenya

March 28, 2017

Introduction: Kenyan former chief justice Willy Mutunga speaks out. “We must not give up on revolutionary optimism”, he warns in this piece. Since a new...

The invading cows can’t be stopped anymore

February 28, 2017

The gate stands wide open and the fence is destroyed on this normally heavily guarded farm. At the entrance there are some empty cartridges....

Gambia, a country of slaves, sex tourism, alcohol and peanuts

February 12, 2017

Tens of thousands of European tourists come to Gambia annually, while thousands of Gambians leave for Europe illegally. The number of Dutch tourists in...

Can robots in Congo bring order where humans fail?

January 1, 2017

Congo river at Kinshasa facing Brazaville The Botswana diplomat politely presents his passport at Kinshasa airport. He is startled when the customs official slaps it...

Fifteen years ago, a deadly silence descended on Eritrea

September 23, 2016

The Eritrean exile Dawit Mesfin is a bitter man. "There is no news at all of the prisoners”, he says from London. "They have...

South Sudanese run away from their new nation

September 19, 2016

A small van from South Sudan enters Uganda with a group of refugees. All of them are children. “The South Sudanese army stops the...

The landscape has turned naked and brittle

May 17, 2016

Every year in Africa fourteen million hectares of forest disappear

A crisis is emerging in the fight against Aids

April 30, 2016

Drugs used in the fight against Aids are increasingly failing in Africa