A celebration of indigenous peoples every day of the year
The winning images of a photography competition are featured in Survival’s 2016 calendar. To support the NGO that fights for indigenous people’s rights.
The Grand Canal of Nicaragua. A scar across the face of Central America
Nicaragua is the third poorest country in Latin America and has been desperately searching for a solution to its economic problems. Many hope the construction of the Grand Canal joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, expected to start in early 2016, will provide the nation with the answers it needs, namely employment, trade and an
Indigenous Colombians need their land back says Amnesty International
Six million people had to abandon their lands because of of a 50-year internal war between the military and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), the country’s largest left-wing rebel group. Over 260,000 people lost their lives during this period and thousands were kidnapped or disappeared, estimates human rights organisation Amnesty International in a report
The COP21 has begun. Alongside promises and arrests, one certain fact: it can’t fail
Atmosfera tesa a Parigi alla vigilia della Cop 21: la polizia ha reagito ad una manifestazione non autorizzata in place de la République. Decine di arresti.
The Eagles of Death Metal open up about their night of terror at the Bataclan
The night of 13 November, the Californian group Eagles of Death Metal (EODM) was performing at the Bataclan theatre, historic Parisian venue built in 1865 that can host up to 1,500 people. That night, a group of gunmen burst into the theatre and opened fire randomly. They killed 89 people. Shortly after the attack,
What links Bamako to Paris, terror attacks aside
L’ex ambasciatore italiano in Costa d’Avorio Paolo Sannella ha fatto chiarezza su cosa lega gli attacchi di Parigi all’attentato di Bamako, in Mali. L’apparenza inganna ancora una volta.
The second life of drones. The dreaded technology can also be a force for good
In April 2015 a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, and the population was highly unprepared to face the devastation. Only 5,000 people were available to rescue the more than 8 million affected. GlobalMedic, a rescue unit from Canada, was able to use drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), to identify thousands of survivors among what
Macedonia “selects” migrants: thousands are stuck at the border
La nazione balcanica ha deciso di far passare sul proprio territorio solo i migranti provenienti da paesi in guerra. Gli altri restano bloccati.
Hopes turn to stone in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar. More than 100 dead
At least 113 people died in a landslide at the site of a jade mine in the township of Hpakant in the state of Kachin, northern Myanmar on the 21st of November. A 60 metre high mountain of waste collapsed in the middle of the night, burying the 70 huts located at its foot together
Ban Ki-moon’s message on the climate change conference
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to call on people all over the world to ask world leaders to effectively fight against climate change. The COP21, the 21st UN conference on climate change, will be held in Paris from 30 November to 11 December. It represents the moment to adopt a binding global deal