The conflict in Western Sahara has been unresolved for fifty years. While Morocco is positioning itself as a pioneer in green energy, climate change is exacerbating the situation for the people in the Sahrawi refugee camps. To ensure that they are not forgotten, the young activist Fatma Moulay is working tirelessly for justice. Sand and stone as far as the eye can see.
In his new book "Vaters Kiste", author Lukas Bärfuss deals with dying and inheritance. He also shared his thoughts on inheritance in a video for the Day of the Will: "The questions we are asked when dealing with inheritance are existential. They concern the first and last things,
Today, the Federal Council made the decision on aid to Ukraine that has been expected for months: CHF 5 billion is to be made available for this purpose over the next twelve years. However, it failed to mention that Switzerland's tried and tested development cooperation would be cut short in the process. From 2025, Ukraine would receive more money than all bilateral SDC programs in
The imagine Festival 2023 will be remembered: With a drag show, a parcour for the lake-disabled, a high quota of women or DJs in wheelchairs, the event stood for diversity and variety on stage. On the weekend of June 9/10, 2023, it was not only the weather that played along: in midsummer temperatures, around 28,000 visitors once again came to the Imagine Festival at the
Amidst the high waves surrounding the downfall of Credit Suisse, the effects on countries in the global South are often lost in the reporting here. In an article on this topic, Alliance Sud makes an important classification of the consequences of the banking scandals. Already since 2017, terre des hommes schweiz, together with other Swiss non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has been dealing with the
The phosphate deposits in Morocco and the occupied Western Sahara are among the largest in the world. The raw material plays a considerable role in the forgotten conflict over the last colony in Africa. A recent report sheds light on the mining and trade of phosphate rock, which is needed for the production of fertilizers - a business with Swiss involvement.
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