Frédéric Sautereau

Port au Prince. January, 2010.

Women and children are the primary victims of the conflicts which have plagued the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo these last fifteen years.

1330 Palestinians died, of whom 315 children. More than 5000 were injured. 4000 houses destroyed, 17 000 severely damaged. Schools, universities and mosques smashed by bombs are the tragic aftermath of the three-week Israeli attack in Gaza Strip.

"The populations of the Central African Republic are attacked from all sides. They have been subjected to assaults from bandits, their own army and now the Chadian army". Human Rights Watch.

Many displaced Serb, Albanian and Rrom families still live in slums, and don’t believe in promises from their politics nor from the international community.

Since the 1962 coup, the militaries hold all the country’s wealth, confiscating the lands and the goods or using hard labor. The junta in power since 1989 maintains the population in a state of continuous oppression.

Fifteen years have past between the fall of Berlin’s wall until european Union’s enlargement to the East. On May 1st, 2004, three Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), five Central Europe countries (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia) and two Mediterranean (Cyprus and Malta) have joined the Union.

The food situation, particularly among pastoralists in drought-affected areas of Kenya, continues to deteriorate. Pre-famine conditions were already evident in the northeastern region. Should the 2006 long-rains season be similarly unfavorable, there could be a serious humanitarian and livelihood catastrophe.

Forbidden zone. New Orleans. September 2005. 160 000 houses will need to be pulled down.

Wall between Israel and Occupied Territories.