Tag: our selection
who is the Franco-Senegalese Ramata-Toulaye Sy, in the running for the Palme d’Or?
With her spectacular breakthrough at the Cannes Film Festival, the young Franco-Senegalese director Ramata-Toulaye Sy embodies the paradigm shift for the young generation of African directors. She achieved the feat…
The 2023 Cannes Film Festival invites “the new generation” of African directors
The presence of five African films in the official selection, including two in the running for the Palme d’Or, is the big surprise of the 2023 edition of the largest…
The return to civilian life of former prisoners recruited by Wagner worries in Russia
After six months spent on the Ukrainian front, the former prisoners recruited by the paramilitary group Wagner can return home, free. The first contracts expired at the beginning of the…
“For us, it’s a step, a springboard”
Called “Taifa-1” (Nation-1, in Swahili), the first Kenyan observation satellite is due to take off on Tuesday, April 11 from the American base in Vandenberg, California, aboard a Falcon 9…
“Neither prison nor deportation will abolish my right to resist,” says Franco-Palestinian lawyer Salah Hamouri
Salah Hamouri has been in exile in France since December 18, 2022 after years of fighting to defend Palestinian rights from his native land, Jerusalem. Despite the obstacles to his…
30 years after his assassination, the legend of Chris Hani, “giant of integrity and intelligence”
Thirty years ago, Chris Hani, charismatic leader of the ANC and leader of the South African Communist Party, fell under the bullets of an assassin from the white far right.…
In Yakutia, be critical, far from Moscow
All major opposition figures in Russia have fled or are behind bars. Far from the eyes and the media, the repression against dissenting voices or the press, even cautious, is…
“With this exercise, the Chinese want to demonstrate that they have very high precision weapons”
China simulated bombings against key targets in Taiwan this Sunday, April 9, on the second day of a total encirclement exercise on the island. These maneuvers will continue on Monday…
Faced with Russia, India oscillates between opportunism and caution
New Delhi refuses that the war in Ukraine penalizes its population and assumes to develop its trade relations with Moscow. But seems skeptical of the ideological and strategic bloc that…
Producing your own maple syrup, a spring tradition for Quebecers
In Quebec, the end of March marks the beginning of the sugar season, the three to four weeks when temperatures are hot enough during the day and freezing at night…