Marco Simoncelli
Marco Simoncelli is an Italian freelance photojournalist and radio journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focused on sub-Saharan Africa.
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The Grassroots Resistance to Boko Haram
As Boko Haram took hold in the Lake Chad region of Africa and government attempts to quell the insurgency faltered, civil society stepped in to provide relief, reeducation and deterrence, rather than relying solely on military responses.
They Dreamed of Making It Big in Soccer. They Were Trafficked Instead
In West Africa, professional soccer holds out the hope of escape from poverty, unemployment and political instability. And each year, thousands of aspiring players are trafficked, paying money to fraudulent agents to attend tryouts that never existed.