Arianna Poletti is a freelance journalist based in Tunisia, from where she has contributed to several Italian and international news outlets.

Her fieldwork focuses on social, environmental and postcolonial issues between Europe and North Africa. She previously worked in France for Jeune Afrique magazine and is a member of the freelance collective Fada. 

Arianna Poletti

Basic information

Name
Arianna Poletti
Title
Journalist
Expertise
social, environmental and postcolonial issues between Europe and North Africa
Country
Italy
City
Aosta
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Supported projects

The Phosphates Paradox

  • Climate
  • Environment
  • Industry

GAFSA – Phosphate rocks, rich in phosphorus, are the basis for most fertilisers. With growing demand for food worldwide and a growing need for fertilizers, phosphates are quickly becoming one of the most disputed minerals. One of the crucial phosphate basins is located in southern Tunisia, and the EU growing fertilisers market is drying up the area.

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EU regulations triggering illegal fishing in Tunisia and Libya

  • Environment
  • Fishing industry

KERKENNAH ISLANDS - In Tunisia, artisanal fishers are facing depleted fish stocks as a result of illegal bottom trawling.

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The TuNur solar exportation project: an unjust green energy project

  • Energy
  • Environment

RJIM MAATOUG - Importing the Saharan sun to supply Europe with clean and low-cost energy : this is the dream that European countries have been entertaining with certain players in the private energy sector for decades. Once buried, projects to export solar energy from the North African deserts to European shores are now resurfacing. 

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