Analyzes

This March 26 evening, in Belém, Chief RAONI, leader of the Brazilian Kayapo people has just been elevated to the rank of officer of the Legion of Honor by President MACRON with President LULA. A highly symbolic moment for the global icon of the defense of the Amazon. Leader Raoni had been at Lula's side for his inauguration ceremony upon his return to power last year. The I-dialogos Think Tank, which was recently received by the Brazilian Ambassador to France, intends to strengthen its links with Brazil and Guyana and thus help to develop cooperation projects, in connection with Planète Jeunes Reporters. / JC Mairal, March 27, 2024.

La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) est confrontée à des défis existentiels, exacerbés par des forces internationales qui redessinent les rapports de pouvoir. Dans ce contexte, l’avènement de la présidence Trump et les changements géopolitiques globaux offrent une opportunité unique pour que la RDC puisse redéfinir sa trajectoire et tirer son épingle du jeu. L’urgence est palpable : ceux qui nourrissent l’agenda de la balkanisation du Congo exploitent le temps à leur avantage, tandis que de criminels groupes armés comme le M23, appuyé par le Rwanda, continuent de gagner du terrain avec le quasi soutien financier de l'Union européenne. / Tina MWANGLU. 15 janvier 2025

Between Africa and the rest of the world, there are lots of summits that follow one another and intertwine according to canons and schemes that our African leaders do not always master. What do all these forums ultimately bring — Africa-France, Africa-China, Africa-Japan, Africa-India, Africa-United States, Africa-Saudi Arabia, Africa-Turkey, and now Africa-Italy, Africa-Korea — that are throwing billions of American dollars at the development of the black continent? By Serge Mathias Tomondji / republished on November 20, 2024.

Faced with the observation of ignorance among most citizens regarding the functioning of the French Republic and its Institutions despite the numerous initiatives taken in this regard by the latter (Constitutional Council, Council of State, Senate, National Assembly, Ministries, Defender of Rights, the Vie-publique.fr and services-publics.fr sites, etc.), the need for clarification and explanation of the main key concepts and the mechanisms involved is obvious. Patrice CARDOT offers some useful elements for understanding the main characteristics of the current French institutional model, while noting some gaps and dysfunctions./ July 16, 2024

Literature, like philosophy, is a matter of words. It is better to speak of the transatlantic trade (rather than the slave trade). Proudhon said that if we wanted to end war, we would still have to understand it; so if we want to end slavery, we still have to understand it. Born in Brazzaville, Wilfried N'Sondé is the author of six novels. Winner of the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie and the Prix Senghor de la création littéraire, he grew up in Île-de-France and lived in Berlin for twenty-five years. He now lives in Lyon. / Interview with Jean-Claude Mairal, updated on 09/30/2024

According to the observers we met, France is caught in a vice: its administrative structure, its State is increasingly rigid and obese, and therefore less efficient, while society is always asking more of it. Hence the question that hurts the most: namely that of the means. The country no longer has the means to meet its demands and live up to its proclaimed ambitions./ Richard WERLY is the correspondent for France and Europe for the Swiss magazine Blick after a long career at Le Temps. He has just published with François d'Alançon, "Le bal des illusions; ce que la France crois, ce que le monde vois"./ Interview. Lausanne / updated on September 21, 2024.

In an era of universal deception, telling the truth is a revolutionary act,” said George Orwell in 1984. Today, are the media, all media combined, telling us the truth? Are the media endangering democracy? A simple little wander through the twists and turns of the world's media, more particularly those of the great democracies of our time, leaves us thinking. Is our world bogged down in falsification, deception, lies and lies? / Habiba MEJRI CHEIKH / Tunis, Nelle publ. / on 05/07/2024.

Zachary RICHARD, who is one of the most famous Francophone activists in North America, has just published his first novel in French, deliciously laced with "Cajun" expressions. More than 130 years after the last novel published in Louisiana in the Francophone language, that of the Acadians, "Les rafales du carême" is halfway between fiction and historical fresco, with a story interweaving the history of Zachary's family with that of Louisiana, in the ruins of the Civil War. PH / Lafayette, republished on 05 Sept 2024 -

The paradox of our world is that it has never been so open to the flow of people (air transport), goods (sea transport, containers), information (internet, social networks, etc.), and that for all that there is a form of withdrawal, sometimes identity-based or otherwise, which means that we are effectively building walls where we should be building bridges. Europe is only very marginally overseas. Interview by Jean-Claude MAIRAL with Philippe FOLLIOT / Albi on October 9, 2024

Born in 1985 in Poland, Jan Nowak is a poet, translator, editor and teacher of French as a foreign language. He has notably developed a teaching method that uses contemporary French-language theatre and is at the origin of several literary projects in both French and Polish. In 2013, he founded the first theatre publishing house in Poland, Dramedition, Centre international de théâtre francophone, of which he is the director. He has translated numerous plays and regularly organises writing residencies, theatre festivals and literary events. Poznan, 24 October 2024

The citizens of the United States will soon vote in an election whose results will have global importance but which are first and foremost, obviously, crucial for Americans. The theme of health is splendidly ignored by Trump. During his term, he has never stopped unraveling "Obamacare". As for Kamela Harris, she limits herself - which is not nothing - to the right to abortion, and to controlling the price of medicines. If in 2019, like Bernie Sanders, she advocated for the creation of universal health insurance, she does not seem, to date, to have taken up this theme again. Biden had opposed it by claiming that it would increase taxes / Jean de Kervasdoué. September 10, 2024

The issue of sustainable cities always relates to geographical contexts, which makes it difficult to compare, for example, the policies implemented in cities in the north and the south. The specificity of geo-historical, ecological and cultural environments, and of stakeholder interactions, requires adaptation of policies to each context and urban singularity. The Moroccan sustainable city must take (and account for) local social and cultural specificities and not import ready-made models even if they have proven themselves elsewhere / Ahmed Chitachni is a researcher in urban anthropology. He has been scrutinizing urban developments for a long time, and in particular those of African cities, starting with his own, the almost mythical Casablanca./ July 14, 2024