Mark Pivac

Jul 23, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Mercy Juma |Natasha Booty |Mark Pivac |Chris Bevan

It’s easy to get caught up in the heat of the politicaldebate over migration across the Mediterranean, a topic that has propelledright-wing parties into power in Italy and elsewhere. It’s easy, too, to get lost in the sandstorm of statistics:the tens of thousands of arrivals on Italy’s shores, or the estimated 2,000people who have died crossing the Mediterranean already this year.

Jul 23, 2023 | bbc.com | Natasha Booty |Mark Pivac

Assimi Goïta: President gets sweeping powers in new Mali constitutionBy Natasha Booty & Mark PivacBBC NewsImage caption, Col Assimi Goïta now has the power to dictate government policy and dissolve parliamentThe military government in Mali has adopted a new constitution that enhances the powers of the president and the armed forces. It also creates a senate and demotes French from an official to a working language. Mali has been ruled by a junta since 2020.

Jul 14, 2023 | bbc.com | Natasha Booty |Mark Pivac |Ismail Einashe |Mpho Lakaje

Tessa would not advise anyone to make the perilous journey to EuropeImage caption: Tessa would not advise anyone to make the perilous journey to EuropeIt’s easy to get caught up in the heat of the politicaldebate over migration across the Mediterranean, a topic that has propelledright-wing parties into power in Italy and elsewhere.

Jul 14, 2023 | bbc.com | Shingai Nyoka |Mercy Juma |Natasha Booty |Mark Pivac

Posted at 9:17 23 Jul9:17 23 JulBBC Newsday, Camini, southern ItalyTessa would not advise anyone to make the perilous journey to EuropeImage caption: Tessa would not advise anyone to make the perilous journey to EuropeIt’s easy to get caught up in the heat of the politicaldebate over migration across the Mediterranean, a topic that has propelledright-wing parties into power in Italy and elsewhere.