Investigating the crimes committed during Qaddafi’s regime is not one of the priorities of the new Libyan authorities who are now moving to create a new state from scratch.

Writer: Rosa Meneses
Photographer: Jure Erzen

Beyond elections and regime change in the Arab world, another phenomenon has exploded since the 2003 Iraq War with human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Learn more about the Karamatuna Investigation into the sex trafficking of Iraqi women and girls here.

UN resolution 1979 (2011) on the Western Sahara does not bring independence any closer for the Sahrawi people; it does not even improve human rights; it merely endorses the Moroccan monarchy.

Writer: Eduardo Trillo
Photographer: Alan Gignoux

10 years after 9/11, the most positive side-effects of the U.S-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are the recent regime changes and calls for real reforms across the Middle East and North Africa.

Writer: Boštjan Videmšek | Photographer: Jure Erzen

The story of an Eritrean man epitomizes the sub-Saharan struggle to cross the desert, to survive slavery in Libya, and to breach the walls of Europe.

Writer: Bostjan Videmsek | Photographer: Jure Erzen

Twenty years after secession from Yugoslavia, Slovenia is a vibrant democracy and market economy. Here are highlights of what this small Balkan country has achieved over the past two decades of independence.

Writer: Maja Prijatelj

Turkey’s accession to the EU is perhaps the biggest controversy of European enlargement. No country whose accession application was accepted did not then go on to become a full member – and yet Turkey’s path seem very long indeed.

Writer: Ödül Celep

The Arab world is usually known for its idle café culture, but in the heart of the Balkans, Sarajevo practices a special kind called raja.

Writer: Lidija Jularić | Photographer: Samir Misira

Over 100 Kashmiris were killed by the Indian Army since the uprising picked up again on June 11, 2010 – over 45,000 have died violently since the uprising began in 1989. India, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia and the United States are involved, and life goes on as usual, with weddings too.

Writer: Paul Cochrane

Many horticultural products (fruit, vegetables, flowers) consumed in Europe come from Africa: 60 percent of flowers for example. The struggle of women workers to win their rights from producers and retailers takes us to the heart of rural poverty in Africa.

Writer: Rachel English