Journalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC, CBC, F24...), writer (on art, music, culture...), I work in radio, podcasting, online, on films. As a writer, I also contributed to the New Arab, Art UK, Byline Times, the i Paper... Born in Paris, I was based in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi (covering East Africa), Bangui, and in Bristol, UK. I also reported from Italy, Germany, Haiti, Tunisia, Liberia, Senegal, India, Mexico, Iraq, South Africa... This blog is to share my work, news and cultural discoveries.
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I really loved this film: it is very emotional and inspirational, without ignoring the hardship and the final nail in the coffin from the city council. Interesting talk afterwards, a lot more to be said. The documentary film 'The Republic' retraces some of the conflict between developers and communities in Stokes Croft and St Paul's, in Bristol, UK, over the past 40 years. It was being shown at…
Macky Sall's chances for the UN secretary-general role weaken after first vote The race at the UN is still ongoing to pick António Guterres’s successor as Secretary-General, who will be named in October. So far, two candidates from the African continent, Senegal’s Macky Sall and Uganda’s Olara Otunnu, have failed to win sufficient support. The United Nations is entering the final stages of…
Moroccan Dutch Professor on Migrants from Morocco c rossing into Ceuta Moroccan Dutch anthropologist Miriyam Aouragh working at Oxford and Westminister universities says the driving factors for the mass movement are a combination of shifting entry policies to Spain and increasing economic inequality in Morocco that "has given a sort of empowering incentive to people to try to go to Spain" via…
Burkina Faso's human rights record collapses, NGO says, adding it to watchlist Burkina Faso is officially being added to the international human rights Watchlist of the NGO CIVICUS, as the Sahelian country is currently rated as "repressed". Over the past few months, military authorities have drastically escalated restrictions on civil society and intensified reprisals against critics. The sheer…
This summer in Africa (and how this impacts the world) A round-up of news, some links and some insight. Melissa Chemam Jul 28, 2026 A new rhythm for this newsletter... ? We’ll see. But for now, politics is dominated by fires literally and more metaphorically… Here is a quick round-up of the biggest African stories of this first part of the summer that have an international impact.…
Palestinians hope UNESCO designation halts Israeli push at West Bank site By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 25 (Reuters) - Palestinian officials welcomed UNESCO's designation of Sebastia in the occupied West Bank as a World Heritage site, hoping it will prevent Israel extending its control at the ancient village, while Israel condemned it as a political decision. Sebastia, in the northern…
Chad becomes the fifth state to leave the ICC, after US pressure Chad has become the fifth country to start a formal withdrawal process of the International Criminal Court in recent months, following Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. - The statement issued by the Chadian government spokesperson on Monday says that Chad has announced that it had notified the UN Secretariat of "its sovereign…
Unusual heat hits North Africa hard with power cuts in Tunisia, blazes in Algeria In Tunisia long power outages across the country have added to the strain of an intense heatwave, with temperatures as high as 49C, leaving many fearing for their livelihoods and without power. Meanwhile, in Algeria, more than 100 people were hospitalised after wildfires, the country's interior minister said this…
As NYC Mayor Mamdani calls on Trump to Arrest Netanyahu, Genocide scholar Omer Bartov decries Israel's ongoing impunity Israeli American Holocaust scholar Omer Bartov says on Democracy Now Israel's assault on Gaza predicts "the future of genocide," with the perpetrator not only enjoying impunity for crimes against humanity but also profiting from the death and destruction. He adds that Israeli…
Rights groups sue France over failure to prevent corporate support for Israel’s occupation Five human rights organisations filed a legal challenge this Wednesday before the Conseil d’État, France’s highest administrative court, seeking an order requiring the French government to adopt effective measures to prevent French corporate and financial actors from contributing to Israel’s unlawful…
