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WAR WINNERS

Post-conflict zones are scenes of immense profiteering by organised crime and regime partners. War Winners builds coalitions from local, international and exiled journalists to return attention and accountability to complex contexts. It combines digital investigations with money trails and ground reporting to explore some of the most under-reported places in the world.

14.05.2026

No Exit from El Fasher

“No Exit from El Fasher” is an intimate look at the survival of civilians who lived through an unimaginable monthslong siege and final dayslong assault on the Sudanese city of El Fasher in North Darfur.
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16.12.2025

The Kanabi Killings

Sudan’s Armed Forces ethnically target farming communities amidst a famine
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03.11.2025

The Killing Fields of El Fasher

As the Sudanese military’s top brass secured their own safe passage out of a besieged city they left tens of thousands of civilians in the hands of a brutal militia
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15.10.2025

Hunted by the Taliban

While the US and others roll back protections for Afghans, new evidence shows the scale of ongoing reprisal killings, belying the Taliban’s claim of an amnesty for former soldiers.
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11.09.2025

Syria’s Stolen Children

Under the Assad regime, hundreds of Syrian children were hidden in orphanages to extort their parents. Families still have few answers from the new government or the international charity that kept it a secret for years.
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11.10.2024

Turkey’s EU-funded deportation machine

The EU has funnelled hundreds of millions of euros into a shadowy deportation system operating just outside its borders in Turkey. Syrian and Afghan refugees have been detained, abused and even killed as a result
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31.05.2024

Afghan War Profiteers

Before the fall of Kabul, billions of dollars were sunk into a failing Western intervention. New records reveal the Afghan contractors who profited and the millions they stashed in Dubai property.
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13.12.2023

The Rubble King

President Bashar al-Assad is demolishing opposition neighbourhoods in order to create a shiny new Syria – one in which dissent never existed – and reward his cronies with the spoils
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15.09.2023

Syrian Women on the Run

Denmark’s threats to send refugees back to Syria has disproportionately affected women – including some who fled abusive partners
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