What have our shared values become? Let's talk about it !!!

Has the Western model made the world a better place? Are there fewer conflicts? Less poverty? More solidarity? More understanding? In view of the figures and reports, secret and public, Habiba MEJRI-CHEIKH, Tunisian journalist, former Press and Communication Director of the African Union in Addis Ababa, and co-founder of I-Dialogos, notes that many doubt it. So, let's talk. / Habiba leads the work of I-Dialogos around the theme "Media and press in the world". Republication 18/1122023

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The double challenge of plurilingualism and the French-speaking world. Christian TREMBLAY

Whether we like it or not, questions of language raise issues of power. This means that languages ​​which have their own life are factors of influence whose modalities are their own and can only be understood through history. The French language, which finds itself seriously challenged by the hegemony of English, and the American military preponderance, has not said its last word. Will Africa's awakening be sustainable? In any case, the destiny of French is closely linked to that of Africa, which must concentrate all the attention of France and Europe. 05.08.2023

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Speech by President Luiz Inácio LULA DA SILVA at the BRICS Forum

BRICS participation in the global economy has expanded since the first Summit of Heads of State and Government. We have already passed the G7 and now represent 32% of global GDP in purchasing power parity. Projections indicate that emerging and developing markets will exhibit the highest growth rates in the coming years. This shows that the dynamism of the economy is in the South – and that the BRICS are the driving force./ Speech by President LULA at the BRICS Business Forum, in Johannesburg, 22 August 2023

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The first victim of a war is the truth.

For Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish writer and journalist born March 4, 1932 in Pinsk, Poland, died January 23, 2007 in Warsaw, it is essential to know the difference between journalism and propaganda. R. Kapuściński has traveled the world, but not as many of his colleagues do. who stay in the big hotels. His remarks remain particularly topical.

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At the heart of the issues and challenges of the Francophonie / Christian PHILIPP

If the Francophonie is often decried as a post-colonial tool and provokes the rejection of African youth, this is because our country has never wanted and been able to defend a plural and open Francophonie. / Christian Philipp is president of the Maison de la Francophonie in Lyon, and co-president of the international network of Francophonie houses. Interview. 22.06.2023

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The truth has become what we want it to be

“Why, then, does the stupidity of the debate explode when knowledge grows? The abundance of information does not mean that the offer is complete, honest and intelligible. On the other hand, it causes media fatigue which pushes one to take refuge in belief, the irrational, more than in lucid and documented reflection. The truth has become what we want it to be. That is to say, an untruth! A breeding ground that populists adore” / Michel URVOY, editorialist, photographer and former journalist at Ouest-France

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Living democracy and artificial “intelligence”. Jean-Paul JOUARY

The eruption of the digital, of social networks, of various forms of artificial "intelligence", has been so rapid that one cannot imagine that this is without consequence on the forms of social, cultural and political organization of all peoples. If we clearly see the use that dictatorships can make of them, it is undoubtedly for the various forms of democratic life that these new techniques are likely to bring about modifications which it is urgent to examine. The analysis of Jean-Paul JOUARY, philosopher.. 27/05/2023

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What is La Francophonie the name of? . Patrice CARDOT

At a time when in the world as in France, "the social norm imposed as self-evident takes precedence over the substitution of the French language by the Anglo-American, and the culture that accompanies it", the Francophonie seems once again able to win back the hearts of the people, without appearing as a geopolitical instrument in the service of a fantasized neocolonialism, French having become a world language. Multiple initiatives will have to be undertaken under various impulses, in the extension as well as in the spirit of those identified by President Emmanuel Macron as well as by Roger Pilhion and Marie-Laure Poletti. / July 31, 2023

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Tribute to the victims of the attack at the La GHRIBA Synagogue

Two of the leaders of our Think Tank, Annie and Dalel, were present in Djerba, Tunisia, on May 9 to prepare for an upcoming meeting around Intercultural Dialogue, in partnership with, among others, I-Dialogos. We assure them both, as well as all the victims, pilgrims and members of law enforcement agencies, and their families, of our total solidarity.

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Democracy, the antidote to growing violence.

In France, the President of the Republic has launched the National Council for Refoundation with the desire to have variations in each area of employment and training. Isn't this an opportunity to seize! I mean it deeply! Jean-Claude MAIRAL - 06/11/2022

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NATO-Russia in Ukraine: dialogue impossible? Michel SEYMOUR and Samir PAUL

For NATO, to weaken Russia; for Russia, to avert the danger of having NATO as a neighbor on its southern border. Not to fight directly is the threshold NATO and Russians avoid crossing. Is dialogue still possible? The analysis of Samir Saul and Michel Seymour, from the University of Montreal in Pressenza.com of this July 16, 2023.

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18-JULY: MANDELA AGAIN AND ALWAYS! by Serge Mathias TOMONDJI

Proclaimed by UNESCO, International NELSON MANDELA Day has been celebrated on July 18 every year since 2010. Its aim is to “commemorate the contribution of Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and South Africa's first black president, to the promotion of a culture of peace". At the invitation of Reine BENAO SAKANDE, co-president of I-Dialogos, Serge Mathias TOMONDJI Beninese journalist, recalls here, and we thank him for it, the importance and the particular topicality of Mandela's message. / July 18, 2023

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