The story of Ahmed Mohamed, arrested (and released) for building a clock
The 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed brought a home-built clock to school. Mistook for a bomb, he’s got arrested. US President Obama and Facebook founder Zuckerberg wrote to him.
Military coup in Burkina Faso overthrows the president
The military in Burkina Faso, which yesterday arrested President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Isaac Zida, has announced the government destitution. The news has been released by the Lieutenant-Colonel Mamadou Bamba who appeared on the national television to declared that a new “National Democratic Council” had put an end “to the deviant regime of transition”. Moreover,
The UN shocked over clashes between Hungarian police and refugees
After days of verbal disputes, tensions, and psychological pressures, physical violence has arrived. Hungarian police decided to use violence to placate refugees, which are forced in a camp protected by barbed wire as if they were prisoners, near the city of Horgos, along the border with Serbia. Refugees tried to break the barriers to
Refugees Welcome is the Airbnb for refugees. And Europe opens its homes
It’s been called the “Airbnb for refugees”. Refugees Welcome, Flüchtlinge Willkommen in the original German, is a non-profit website that connects refugees to people offering spare rooms. It has been active in Germany since November 2014 and in Austria since January 2015, helping around 140 refugees from 21 different countries find places to stay.
New disturbing footage emerges from Hungary, the country rejecting refugees
The country led by the conservative Viktor Orban builds a barrier to keep migrants out. A video shows how they are treated in camps.
The guardians of the forest: the Amazon tribe protecting trees forcibly
Bows and arrows and technology. The indigenous Ka’apor tribe has decided to act to stop illegal logging in the Amazon forest.
Hungary. The picture of the prisoners building a wall before our very eyes
One of the main countries, and one of the most debated, chosen by refugees to reach Northern Europe is Hungary. Among the measures taken by Viktor Orbán’s government there is the construction of a wall along the border with Serbia, aimed to contain the flow of people illegally entering the country that, according to local
Venezuela, harsh sentence for opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez
The Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez has been convicted of inciting violence during the 2014 anti-governmental protests.
Green Drop Award. Venice rewards the movie denouncing China’s crazy industrialisation
The winning movie is the documentary by Chinese director Zhao Liang that denounces the unsustainable burden of China’s uncontrolled development race.
Refugees. How Italian associations are helping them
From donations to NGOs, to voluntary works, and hospitality. Here are some tips for those who want to do their bit for refugees in Italy, where more than 100,000 asylum seekers have arrived in 2015.