The militias of Shabab, or revolutionary youth, which fought against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces for control of Libya in 2011, could hardly be called an army. They lacked a proper command chain, uniforms, sophisticated weaponry and military skills, and yet they stood up to the national army and kept advancing towards Misratah and Tripoli.As the militiamen […]
The second life of a big hotel turned hospital
Chronicles of 20 near-death experiences
Lives lived in self-isolation to protect others
A ship becomes a floating hospital to receive Covid-19 patients
Ebola keeps on spreading in North Kivu
Into the daily life of a true frontier hospital
The African Cape Canaveral? It’s in Malindi, Kenya, a few degrees south of the Equator, amongst sandy white beaches and coconut palms. Here, in the Sixties, the first European satellites were launched into orbit and for more than twenty years, Italy continued launching rockets into space. Then the Europeans moved to French Guiana and the […]
