A Ship With A Commitment: Raising Awareness About Global Warming

With her unique aluminum hull, you can’t miss her. The Tara sailing boat has been parked on the river Seine, next to the Champs-Elysees, in the heart of Paris, France since the beginning of November. When I get on board, children are running all over the place with their teachers, looking everywhere, asking questions to […]

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
A photo of the Tara sailboat is shown here. (Photo F. Latreille - Tara Expeditions)

With her unique aluminum hull, you can’t miss her. The Tara sailing boat has been parked on the river Seine, next to the Champs-Elysees, in the heart of Paris, France since the beginning of November. When I get on board, children are running all over the place with their teachers, looking everywhere, asking questions to the members of the

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The Fabulous History Of Plankton And Why Our Survival Depends On It

Take a drop of ocean water. Just a simple drop of water, you may think? You’d be wrong. That tiny drop is actually full of life. When one thinks about marine life, one has often in mind fish or whales or dolphins … but these only represent 2 percent of the oceans’ living organisms. The […]

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
One of the very many micro-organisms living in the oceans. (Photo S. Sardet - CNRS - Tara Expeditions)

Take a drop of ocean water. Just a simple drop of water, you may think? You’d be wrong. That tiny drop is actually full of life. When one thinks about marine life, one has often in mind fish or whales or dolphins … but these only represent 2 percent of the oceans’ living organisms. The other 98 percent is made up of micro-organisms of all kinds

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Exclusive Interview: Journalism In A War Zone, The View Of War Reporter

(BRUSSELS) – Rudi Vranckx is a Belgian journalist working for one of the country’s public television channels. He is one of the best known war reporters in Belgium, having covered conflicts in countries including Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, Afghanistan and Pakistan. More recently, he has been following the so-called Arab Spring, covering events in Tunisia, […]

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
Rudi Vranckx is shown in this picture. (Photo Vlaamse Radio-en Televisieomroep (VRT))

(BRUSSELS) - Rudi Vranckx is a Belgian journalist working for one of the country’s public television channels. He is one of the best known war reporters in Belgium, having covered conflicts in countries including Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, Afghanistan and Pakistan. More recently, he has been following the so-called Arab Spring,

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Torture, Racism, Privacy Violations: Russia Critical Of EU Human Rights Record

(BRUSSELS) — A steady growth of racism; violent nationalism and neo-Nazism; violation of rights of minorities, prisoners and migrant;  gender inequality; violation of privacy; abuse of power by the police; a deteriorating freedom of the press; and the infringement of social rights of citizens are among a long list of human rights violations committed in the European Union, according to a […]

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
Police detain a group of migrants in central Athens, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

(BRUSSELS) -- A steady growth of racism; violent nationalism and neo-Nazism; violation of rights of minorities, prisoners and migrant;  gender inequality; violation of privacy; abuse of power by the police; a deteriorating freedom of the press; and the infringement of social rights of citizens are among a long list of human rights violations

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In India, Gandhian Non-Violence Shows Its Power

(BRUSSELS) — It all started on U.N. International Non-Violence Day, last Oct. 2, and lasted for one month: 100,000 people, representing rural communities, tribal and indigenous people, landless and small farmers, walked in formation, together, 350 km from Gwalior to New Delhi, in India. The aim was to raise awareness about the situation of landless and small […]

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
Photo of the Oct. 6 march during the 4th day of marching, walking over the Chambal Bridge. (Photo Ekta Parishad)

(BRUSSELS) -- It all started on U.N. International Non-Violence Day, last Oct. 2, and lasted for one month: 100,000 people, representing rural communities, tribal and indigenous people, landless and small farmers, walked in formation, together, 350 km from Gwalior to New Delhi, in India. The aim was to raise awareness about the situation of

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While Progress Being Made, Talk Of ‘End Of AIDS’ Premature

(BRUSSELS) — “According to UNAIDS, for the first time this year we can celebrate the possibility of the eradication of HIV and therefore the end of AIDS in the foreseeable future. But I argue that we are nowhere near to the end. So we should stop saying that because we run the risk of making […]

Magda Fahsi
By Magda Fahsi
In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 an unidentified patient prepares to be tested for TB, at the US sponsored Themba Lethu, HIV/AIDS Clinic, at the Helen Joseph hospital, in Johannesburg. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

(BRUSSELS) -- “According to UNAIDS, for the first time this year we can celebrate the possibility of the eradication of HIV and therefore the end of AIDS in the foreseeable future. But I argue that we are nowhere near to the end. So we should stop saying that because we run the risk of making people complacent about AIDS.” According to Mark

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