Marco Simoncelli

Adventurer born in Rome, in 1988. Crazily in love with Africa and its peoples, but also interested in the discovery of all that concerns developing countries in general. Freelance journalist by choice. I love that type of journalism in which the reporter doesn't seek personal glory but remains blurred in the background. Just a witness trying to interpret the world's complexity through human beings. The only real protagonists.

Favourite quote

"I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none" (Macbeth, William Shakespeare)

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Bargny, a city fighting for its life against industrialisation and climate change

In a municipality on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, threatened by climate change and unchecked industrialisation, activists are fighting to not disappear.

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The roots of Boko Haram and why its terrorist advance won’t stop

Recent attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria show that its hold is still strong. A look at the history and current status of the the extremist terrorist group.

Carmen Medaglia’s battle against waste and injustice in Italy’s Land of Fires

In Italy’s Land of Fires between Naples and Caserta, activists like Carmen Medaglia are fighting to promote new ways of managing waste.

Fighting on two fronts, Burkina Faso’s plight against terrorism as well as the climate crisis

Already torn apart by desertification, Burkina Faso also faces the terrorist threat. Attacks exacerbate inter-communal clashes and drive people to flee. Read the second part of the reportage on a country fighting for land and integrity.

Burkina Faso, the people fighting desertification to save their land

Burkina Faso is one of the countries most severely affected by desertification. It’s at the mercy of water scarcity, soil degradation and humanitarian crises. The stories of hope and fear of a people fighting for their land.

From Bangladeshi brothels, the voices of the prostitutes trapped in the prison of sexual slavery

Bangladeshi brothels like those in Faridpur are prisons with invisible doors in which women are forced into a vicious cycle of slavery and social exclusion. Whose chains are hard to break.

Made in Bangladesh. The truth about the social and environmental impact of leather tanneries

A journey to discover leather tanneries in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, among terrible working conditions, pollution and laws left unenforced.