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Conflict

Gaza’s health crisis worsens amid mass graves and garbage piles

by Alessandra Bajec May 2, 2024

Experts estimate that thousands of people are suffering from infectious diseases, as Israel’s war on Gaza hampers abilities to collect rubbish and bury dead bodies. Crippled by an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe amid …

May 2, 2024 1.3K views

Women in Sudan, backbone of society, face war and famine

by Alessandra Bajec April 12, 2024

A year into the war, Sudanese women are struggling to survive in extremely dire humanitarian conditions, yet they remain resilient, keeping the community united. “I know a 30-something woman from Al Geneina …

April 12, 2024 1.3K views

Children in Gaza are dying of starvation at a sickening rate

by Alessandra Bajec March 12, 2024

Reports of hunger and malnutrition are rife across Gaza. By depriving Gaza of food and water, Israel’s assault is literally starving children to death. “There’s an everyday struggle to find food. Her …

March 12, 2024 1.6K views

Miscarriage rates in Gaza turn pregnancy into death sentence

by Alessandra Bajec January 31, 2024

Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip has caused miscarriages to increase by 300%, turning pregnancy into hell for hundreds of Palestinian women. “We’ve heard of numerous stories of women arriving at the …

January 31, 2024 2.2K views

Palestinian women in Israeli prisons pay a heavy price for freedom

by Alessandra Bajec December 14, 2023

Palestinian women recently released from Israeli prison speak of sleep deprivation, psychological and physical abuse, beatings, torture, and sexual violence. The recent prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas that saw more than …

December 14, 2023 1.6K views

Israel’s war on hospitals in Gaza

by Alessandra Bajec November 22, 2023

Medical facilities have become a central target of Israel’s war on Gaza, with the healthcare system in the besieged territory near total collapse after weeks of intense bombing and a total blockade …

November 22, 2023 1.3K views

Why Sudan’s generals are pushing to normalise Israel ties

by Alessandra Bajec February 13, 2023

Amid domestic political deadlock, Sudan‘s military junta wants to demonstrate its authority while sending a message to Washington. Earlier this month, Sudanese and Israeli officials announced that the two states are moving …

February 13, 2023 910 views

Yazidis In Limbo As Iraqi Forces & Armed Militants Fight in Northern Iraq

by Alessandra Bajec July 6, 2022

DUHOK, Iraqi Kurdistan—On a warm afternoon, 30-year-old Vian Ramo walked along an unpaved road inside an informal housing settlement in Sharya, a town in the Duhok province. Wearing a denim shirt, black …

July 6, 2022 1.1K views

Yazidi women survivors of ISIL crimes yet to find justice

by Alessandra Bajec June 14, 2022

SHARYA, Iraq – On a warm weekday, Hilwa Ibrahim, 50, was sitting patiently alongside a few other Yazidi women in the office of the NGO Emma Organization for Human Development, in the …

June 14, 2022 1.2K views

Hundreds of Tunisians stranded in Ukraine return home safely

by Alessandra Bajec March 11, 2022

TUNIS, Tunisia -Tunisian students caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war have given harrowing accounts of fleeing the fighting while leaving behind the lives they worked hard to build for years. A flight …

March 11, 2022 858 views