MagkaSama Team

Rape survivors protest against increasing violence in Congo (DRC)

Hundreds of rape survivors protested against increasing violence this week, following latest mass rapes in Congo. This is the news we can read on the Denis Mukwege Foundation website. More than 800 Congolese survivors of wartime sexual violence gathered in Bukavu, urging the Congolese...

Tourism in Haiti: All the reasons to visit the beautiful Caribbean country

One of the 4 countries we focus on at the MagkaSama Project is Haiti. We love this country, its history and the people, and we regularly publish news about the country you can read on this page. Even if the news are not always very joyful as Haiti is facing many difficulties (such as the...

Chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria: investigation and retaliation

On April 7, 2018 reports began emerging of alleged chemical attacks on the city of Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta. Rescuers and medics say that more than 80 people have died. Two weeks after the suspected chemical attack, the United States, France and...

Doc à Tunis : Présentation de la 12ème édition du 25 au 29 mai 2018

La semaine prochaine à Tunis se tiendra la 12ème édition de Doc à Tunis (Festival international de films documentaires) organisée par l’association Ness El Fen. Lancé en 2006, ce rendez-vous proposera cette année 23 longs métrages, 4 courts métrages et 4 master-class de 19 pays...

#WeAreCongo: The Conference to bring attention to a mega crisis unfolding in Congo (DRC)

Last week, OCHA, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Union hosted a Humanitarian Conference on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 13 April 2018. OCHA published on their website the details regarding the humanitarian conference, attended by 54 countries in addition to...

Haiti: DHS decision to end Haitian immigrant protections questioned

On September last year, the Haiti Advocacy Working Group (HAWG) tweeted about the Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the legal status which protects refugees whose home countries have suffered natural disaster or war from deportation. The Trump Administration suggested that it would be up...

Conférence de Maître Eric Dupond Moretti organisée par La Chaîne de l’Espoir

L’association La Chaîne de l’Espoir a organisé la semaine dernière une nouvelle conférence dont l’invité était Maître Eric Dupond Moretti. Lors de cette conférence qui s’est tenue le lundi 9 avril 2018 à 18h30, l’avocat pénaliste est intervenu sur le...

Le documentaire inédit sur l’Hôpital Français de Kaboul diffusé demain

Nous vous parlons régulièrement des reportages et documentaires à ne pas manquer (comme L’Ile de Lumière – Quand la France sauve les Boat-People en février dernier), et aujourd’hui il s’agit du documentaire inédit sur l’Hôpital Français de Kaboul qui sera...

We Act Together, a global campaign to shed light on the global refugee crisis by iACT

iACT is launching We Act Together, a global campaign to shed light on the global refugee crisis and inspire action towards peace. In their recent Newsletter, we can read more details about their campaign, and the organization: In 2005, iACT’s Co-founder and Executive Director...

The Heart of Nuba is opening in cities across the United States this week!

On December 2016 we organized in Paris the screening of The Heart of Nuba, in the presence of the movie’s Director Kenneth A. Carlson. The powerful documentary film is telling the story of American doctor Tom Catena serving one million patients in the war-torn Nuba Mountains of...