France-Morocco: sports or politics ?
The French president will attend the semi-final of the World Cup in Qatar on Wednesday. But whatever the winner, incidents are feared after the match in France and Belgium.
Africa
French Foreign Minister summoned by a judge in Bamako
Jean-Yves Le Drian must answer the summons of an investigating judge in Bamako, Mali, on June 20, 2022 for “attacking public property and other offenses”. Explanations.
For the freedom of Olivier Dubois the French hostage in the world since April 8, 2021
A few months before the French and Malian presidential elections, the family and friends of Olivier Dubois, a French journalist who has been held hostage in Mali since 8/04/21, are calling for a citizen’s mobilization to urge the heads of state of these two nations to make Olivier the priority of these two states and obtain his release.
Ukraine : Racism under the bombs
Racism is abject in ordinary times. It is even more so in times of war, as is the case today at the borders of Ukraine, where students of African origin are turned away. Explanations.
Mali : another French soldier killed
Brigadier Alexandre Martin, 24, a member of the 54ᵉ Artillery Regiment of Hyères (Var) lost his life during an attack on the Operation Barkhane camp in Gao. Nine other soldiers were wounded. Interview with Leslie Varenne, director of the Institut de Veille et d’Etude des Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IVERIS).
The variant Omicron had a diplomatic passport
According to the Botswana Ministry of Health, the virus was brought into the country by four diplomats!
And now the South African variant!
Highly contagious, this new variant impacts the financial markets and calls into question the vaccine strategy since the current vaccines are designed to counter the initial Wuhan strain which has completely disappeared.
Africa, a continent to conquer
Struck by the global pandemic, the African economy saw its GDP decline by 2.1% in 2020. However, the post-Covid recovery offers good prospects, particularly in construction and real estate.
Sahara sand cloud : a radioactive pollution
As dust-laden winds from the Sahara fly over Europe again this week, analyses carried out by the Association for the Control of Radioactivity (ACRO) show that they contain residues of radioactive pollution dating back to France’s atomic bomb tests in the 1960s.
“The Miracle of the Holy Unknown”, hallelujah!
“It’s both a film about belief, the relationship to faith, and the link between faith and money,” says Alaa Eddine Aljem, the Moroccan director of this endearing fable.
Death of 13 French soldiers in Mali
Thirteen French soldiers from the Barkhane force died on Monday in the accidental collision of two helicopters during a combat operation against jihadists.