Marine Olivesi reports from Burkina Faso, where many Tuaregs have taken shelter to escape violence and Islamic extremism in their home country, Mali.
When war broke out in Libya last year, migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were caught in the middle. Reporter Marine Olivesi meets with some from the West African country of Mali, who are still struggling to rebuild their lives a year after fleeing Libya. She reports from the Malian capital, Bamako.
Mali’s new Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra served as an “interplanetary navigator” at NASA.
A year ago Syrian school children sparked a revolution by writing anti-regime graffiti on their school walls. Many fled with their families to Turkey. Reporter Marine Olivesi went to one school along the Turkish-Syrian border to find out how the students there are coping in exile.
A year after the uprising broke up in the Libyan town of Misrata, officials are holding the country’s first free democratic elections. It’s just for local council, but organizers hope the elections can serve as a test run for a nationwide vote in June. Marine Olivesi reports from Misrata.
In wake of the recent UN vote on Syria, many young Syrians who fled to Turkey now say they want to go back and fight.
Reporter Marine Olivesi speaks with members of the Free Syrian Army across the border in Lebanon.
