Cyprus

Nearly 50 years after the UN Buffer Zone went up, around 1,000 incidents transpire within it each year. Speaking to people in the world's last divided capital, Nicosia, this report seeks to answer what does the future hold for the island.

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Mexico

Every year, over 30 000 people lose their lives to Mexican drug cartel violence. This dispatch speaks to one family telling their story.

Afghanistan

Since the 2021 Taliban takeover, the rights of women in Afghanistan have gone from minimal to near non-existent. Speaking to a humanitarian aid worker team, this report examines the hostile conditions they operate in to provide crucial aid.

Mali

Journalists reporting on the severe deterioration of human rights in Mali are being increasingly targetted by the regime.

Palestine

The tensions in Gaza have escalated in recent months, forming another blood soaked chapter in the decade old conflict, with no resolution in sight.

Mexico

Mexico grapples with a crisis characterized by kidnappings, disappearances, and a surge in criminal violence, resulting in an annual death toll exceeding thirty thousand individuals since 2018. The 2023 unrest in Sinaloa commenced on January 5, 2023, subsequent to the apprehension of Ovidio Guzmán, the son of incarcerated drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, instigating a wave of turmoil within the state of Sinaloa.

As a reprisal for Ovidio Guzmán's arrest, members of the cartel obstructed roadways with incendiary vehicles and initiated assaults against the armed forces. In an incident reflecting the escalating situation, bullets targeted two aircraft (one civilian and the other military), prompting the closure of Culiacán International Airport. By January 13, the Mexican Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López Hernández, proclaimed that "normalcy has been reinstated" in Sinaloa.

Official records indicate the casualties encompassed ten soldiers, one police officer, and nineteen suspected members of the Sinaloa Cartel. The intensity of the violence compelled the Mexican military to undertake a series of armed operations, employing planes and helicopters to engage cartel affiliates.

"I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon."

Tom Stoppard