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According to the latest calculations by the OECD, South Korean women could live to be over 92 years old on average in 2070, and men over 89. That would be a world record. What's the secret?

South Korea: An Obsession With Health

South Koreans are on track to be the longest-lived people in the world

Five years ago in the in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique, jihadist violence broke out. One areas of the poorest in the country, its people already had enough to deal with, but things have gone from bad to worse. Islamist militias such as Al-Shabab, an offshoot of the Islamic State, have driven 800,000 people out of their villages and towns.

Mozambique: No Way Home

Islamist militias such as Al-Shabab, an offshoot of the Islamic State, have driven away 800,000 people

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland. Once German East Prussia, it is now home to 1 million Russian citizens. What is life like in this small territory now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began?

Kaliningrad: Putin's Enclave

The Russian enclave of Kaliningrad sits between Lithuania and Poland and is now practically cut off from its EU neighbours since the war in Ukraine began.

Fleeing persecution in Burma, 740,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh, which is struggling to welcome them. Many refugees end up in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camp, the most densely populated in the world and also the most dangerous.

Bangladesh: The Rohingya's Bitter Exile

The resistance against the Taliban is embodied by the Massoud family and is organised in the rebel province of Panjshir. Commander Ahmad Shah first drove the Soviets out of this mountainous territory in the 1980s.

The Afghan Resistance

The resistance against the Taliban is forming in the remote rebel province of Panjshir. 

It has its own currency, flag and government. Yet the state of Transnistria is not recognised by the international community. Wedged between Ukraine and Moldova, 450 kilometres long and a few dozen kilometres wide, it claimed independence in 1990.

Transnistria: Back to the USSR

It has its own currency, flag and government. Yet the state of Transnistria is not recognised by the international community.

Human-wildlife conflicts are on the rise in Kenya, as in the rest of the world. The source of the conflict is man and animal competing for the same scarce space and resources. As the human population continues to grow and urban development creeps into the countryside, conflict between wildlife and people will only increase. 

Kenya: Protect Animals, or Humans?

As the human population continues to grow, conflict between wildlife and people will only increase

In South Africa, many miners illegally enter long abandoned mines to dig coal just to survive. 

South Africa: Mining Coal to Survive

Yazidi women box in a gym in the heart of a refugee camp in northern Iraq. To recover their sense of dignity and self-confidence, they train in self-defense. They are survivors of horrific abuse, having been kidnapped and used as sex slaves under IS rule.

Iraq: Return to Sinjar

Yazidi women box in a gym in the heart of a refugee camp to recover their sense of dignity and self-confidence.

After two months of fighting, the Russian troops had their advance towards the West blocked by fierce Ukrainian resistance. Forced to leave the suburbs of Kyiv, the occupying army left behind mass graves and horrific accounts of rape and abuse in their wake. Russia is now turning its efforts to the Dobas and the coastline along the Sea of ​​Azov. In Kyiv, the return of spring is also the return of many residents who had fled.

 In Kyiv, the return of spring is also the return of many residents who had fled

Ukraine: Kyiv in Spring

Undermined by the corruption of its leaders, the country is going through one of the worst economic crises in its history. Since the collapse of the banking system, Lebanese people have seen their living standards plunge. The local currency has lost up to 90% of its value, and inflation is soaring. There are also shortages of fuel, electricity, and medicines. Some citizens even say Lebanon is on the brink of becoming a failed state. 

Lebanon: A People in Crisis

Since the collapse of the banking system, Lebanese people have seen their living standards plunge

"They called us: 'Tutsi! Tutsi!' They took you out of the tent and did what they wanted with you." 

Prisca, Marie-Jeanne and Concessa say they survived the Rwandan genocide and sought safety in refugee camps, only to be repeatedly raped and abused by the French soldiers sent there to protect them. All describe similar horrors: abduction from their tent, the gang rapes, and the photos of the assaults taken by the soldiers. “We naively thought that the white man was a saviour, that he would bring peace,” sighs one of the women. While French army denies all accusations of rape, the three women filed a complaint with the French courts in 2004 and 2012. The investigation is now at a standstill.

Rwanda: The Silence of Words

Three survivors of the Rwandan genocide level terrible accusations at the French army

In 10 years, Jean-Patrice Keka and his team have succeeded in getting five rockets off the ground with varying degrees of success. This 'Made in Africa' space programme is one-of-a-kind and proof of what can be achieved by one engineer with a bold dream: to become the first African in space.

DR Congo's Space Man

DR Congo's 'Made in Africa' space programme is proof of what can be achieved by one engineer with a bold dream

Since 2016, more than 450,000 Venezuelan children have left the country for neighbouring Colombia. Four teenagers Keider, Jordan, Miguel and Ander, decided to travel to Bogotá on foot by illegally crossing the Colombian border through smuggling routes known as "trochas".

Colombia: Disappearing Children

Since 2016, more than 450,000 Venezuelan children have left the country for neighbouring Colombia, a journey that can be dangerous.

Since 2020, Cuba has deployed 3,000 medical professionals to 42 countries including Mexico, Andorra, South Africa, Italy, Kuwait and France. This policy of cooperation has been one of the strengths of Cuban diplomacy for over 50 years. The fees charged for this support is a massive money-maker for Havana: some $10 billion in 2019, according to the World Trade Organisation.

Cuba: Humanitarian Diplomacy

Cuba has managed to control Covid and provide the rest of the world with medical assistance

The students of The Stars of the Desert programme are to become the new Bedouin elite. The alumni of this course go on to have amazing careers, thanks to the help of Jewish teachers who until then were only used to meeting Bedouins on the fringes of society. But the programme has also suffered a backlash from other Bedouins, who suspect Israel of only wanting to use this project to extend its influence.

Israel: The Stars of the Desert

The students of The Stars of the Desert programme are to become the new Bedouin elite

At Lviv station, a convoy prepares to make its way to Kyiv. The driver in his cabin, is at the front of the train. In the other cars are volunteers and men going into battle. Without even picking up a gun, Evgeni, a train driver, is now on the de facto front line.

Ukraine: Keeping the Trains Running

Without even picking up a gun, Evgeni, a train driver, is now on the de facto front line

The 11 days of conflict between Israel and Hamas in May 2021 left more than 200 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead. The physical and psychological damage in Gaza is significant. As Gazan’s rebuild their homes they also try and rebuild their mental health.

Rebuilding Gaza: Body and Soul

As Gazan’s rebuild their homes after the Hamas-Iraeli conflict, they also try and rebuild their mental health.

Israel set up a legal immigration channel intended to bring thousands of Ukrainian Jews to the country. They are not refugees, they are brand new Israeli citizens entitled to a passport and social housing from the moment they set foot on Israeli soil. The same cannot be said for their non-Jewish countrymen...

Israel: Jewish Ukrainians Get Star Treatment

They are not refugees, they are brand new Israeli citizens

In the Idlib region, the last enclave still held by the opposition to Bashar Al Assad, many Syrians are following the situation in Ukraine with concern: they know that the future of their country also depends on the outcome of this war in Europe. After 11 years of war in Syria, which has cost the lives of at least 500,000 people, they still dream of freedom and democracy.

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South Korea: An Obsession With Health

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Mozambique: No Way Home

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Kaliningrad: Putin's Enclave

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Bangladesh: The Rohingya's Bitter Exile

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The Afghan Resistance

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Transnistria: Back to the USSR

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Kenya: Protect Animals, or Humans?

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South Africa: Mining Coal to Survive

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Iraq: Return to Sinjar

Ukraine: Kyiv in Spring

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Lebanon: A People in Crisis

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Rwanda: The Silence of Words

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DR Congo's Space Man

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Colombia: Disappearing Children

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Cuba: Humanitarian Diplomacy

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Israel: The Stars of the Desert

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Ukraine: Keeping the Trains Running

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Rebuilding Gaza: Body and Soul

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Israel: Jewish Ukrainians Get Star Treatment

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