Tag: backdrop
In Cameroon, resumption of the parliamentary session against a backdrop of scandal over the management of the Assembly
Suspicions of financial embezzlement within the National Assembly have been making a lot of noise in the corridors of the institution for several weeks. Dysfunctions, both on the administrative level…
Textile pollution, the other side of the “fast fashion” backdrop
The mass production of clothes of dubious quality, cheap and driven by fashion effects to release new collections very frequently – such could be the definition of “fast fashion”. One…
an intense week of diplomatic negotiations against the backdrop of an ultimatum
Four days after the July 26 coup in Niger, the President of Nigeria and current president of ECOWAS gathered his counterparts from the sub-region on Sunday July 30 for an…
Senegal: Tabaski arrives against a backdrop of tense social and political climate
In Senegal, Tabaski, a Muslim festival of sheep sacrifice, will be celebrated on June 29, but it is being prepared in a tense social and political climate after the violent…
a vote without stake in Parliament, against a backdrop of economic and social crisis
More than 8 million Cubans aged 16 and over are called to the polls this Sunday, March 26 to renew the National Assembly of People’s Power. Single party system requires,…
wave of layoffs in the media against the backdrop of the economic crisis
From CNN television channels to Vox Media, via the washington post and the New YorkMagazinethe American media is going through a difficult period economically and has been laying off en…
Jean-Marie Bigard: sick? His health problems revealed against the backdrop of a financial conflict
Comedian Jean-Marie Bigard enters into a professional conflict with his producer, who has financed an explosive show: he was to go on stage with Dieudonné. The comedian has given up,…
Strike of diplomats against the backdrop of disputed reform: “Mismatch between ambitions and means”
For the first time in 20 years, French diplomats are on strike. At the heart of the critics: the abolition of the diplomatic corps provided for in the reform of…
Emmanuel Macron in Strasbourg and Berlin to celebrate Europe against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron is going to the European Parliament in Strasbourg this Monday, May 9 for the closing of the Conference on the Future of Europe, then to Berlin. Two particularly…
1936-1938: social gains against a backdrop of war, illustrated by Willy Ronis
May 1936: more than 2 million workers, employees and even executives go on strike and occupy their workplaces throughout France. The Popular Front, which brings together the three main left-wing…