Guide
September 2024

The Atlas of Disarmament

Peacemaking victories were always hard-won. We were reminded of this by UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the Geneva Conference on Disarmament in February 2024. The victories were not miracles either. Guterres went on to say they were achieved because the..

Article
August 2024

The Dark Side of Tunisia’s Phosphate Boom

As Kais Saied’s government tries to capitalize on demand for a critical mineral, the country’s environment and Gafsa Valley residents are suffering.   REDEYEF, Tunisia—In Tunisia’s Gafsa Valley, the desert takes on a different guise. Rather than the picturesque dunes..

Research
July 2024

Investigation into Tunisian female textile workers: the rejects of Fast fashion

  85% of textile workers in the Monastir region are women. These are the little hands of Fast fashion, whose working conditions are among the most arduous, if not the most inhumane, in the world of subcontracting in Tunisia. The..

Article
July 2024

Egypt’s Carceral Complex

Since taking power, el-Sisi has vastly expanded his country’s network of prisons and detention centres   For over a month now, hundreds of prisoners in Egypt’s notorious Badr 1 Prison, around 70 kilometres northeast of Cairo, have been staging a..

Research
July 2024

Visa policies and the traumas of immobility

Visa policies and the traumas of immobility                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Translated by Roots prod ( translated from French to English : Borhen Hallek) Editorial design and illustration :Yessine Ouerghemmi   Man is born free. This assertion is common not only to modern..

Research
June 2024

Colonization, immigration, and borderization: Contemporary perspectives of the Moroccan and Tunisian left

This article aims to analyze the main discourse of political actors in the Tunisian and Moroccan left in regard to the migration issue. The evolution of this discourse will be examined between two key periods of immigration history from these..

Research
June 2024

The Nador-Melilla border trap

THE NADOR-MELILLA BORDER TRAP– A counter-investigation into the racist massacre of 24 June 2022 Border Forensics, in collaboration with Irídia-Centre for the Defense of Human Rights and AMDH-Moroccan Association for Human Rights

Article
June 2024

From Mediator to Plaintiff What is behind Egypt’s decision to join the South African ICJ case?

As Israel proceeded with its military operation in Rafah, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry suddenly announced on 12 May its “intention to officially intervene in support of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice”. The move was..

Article
April 2024

More than a Domestic Conflict

It is impossible to understand the war in Sudan without accounting for the regional and international interests involved   When war broke out on 15 April 2023 between Sudan’s military, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) led by General Abdel Fattah..

Article
April 2024

The War in Sudan Is Causing Mass Hunger

Without a ceasefire soon, the situation could spiral out of control   It is currently the biggest refugee crisis on the planet: more than 10 million people have now been displaced in the wake of the fighting in Sudan, according..

Interview
April 2024

Documentary “Tamurt Inu”

Tamurt inu (my homeland) is a documentary by Elias Terrass co-produced by Siyada Network and Rosa Luxemburg Foundation- North Africa office. The film gives us an insight into the Eastern Middle Atlas agrarian space through the images and words of..

Article
April 2024

The Sudanese Revolution in Crisis

One year since armed fighting broke out, the country’s social movements are losing the battle for public opinion     The war that broke out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on 15 April 2023 brought an abrupt end to the..