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Macron’s African Policy: Verdcit and Perspectives

Histoire, International relations /

On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, renowned postcolonial scholar and Sciences Po alumnus Achille Mbembe honored us with a lecture on the Saint-Guillaume campus. The lecture focused on the evolving relationship between France and its former colonies. More concretely, Mbembe provided us with a complex analysis of the alleged tensions between the Sahel region and France, as well as a verdict on Macron’s handling of the situation since the beginning of his mandate in 2017.

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Let’s stop romanticizing agriculture for the development of Africa

Leave a Comment / Climat et Environnement, Politique, Society /

Export agriculture is promoted as a means to stimulate growth, reduce poverty, and ensure food security. However, the promise of agriculture as Africa’s path to prosperity remains largely unfulfilled. This stems not only from the poor implementation of agricultural policies but also from colonial narratives that continue to hinder African development. Hence, export agriculture primarily benefits former colonial powers to the detriment of Africa.

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The cholera epidemic in Haiti: an imported and neglected tragedy

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Demonstration by human rights defenders and victims of the cholera epidemic, October 15, 2015 in Port-au-Prince © AFP/HECTOR RETAMAL It’s all too common to hear dismissive comments about Haiti’s current situation, hasty judgments that portray its inhabitants as solely responsible for their difficulties, or as “idiots”. Such rhetoric often fails to recognize the impact of

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Droughts, pollution, floods : Africa’s blue ultimatum

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Villagers go about their business in a flooded market center in Kisumu, about 400 kilometers west of the capital Nairobi in Kenya. © EPA/Jacob Wire Day Zero has arrived. Well, almost. On April 12, 2018, Cape Town came close to experiencing the dreaded “Day Zero”, the day when water would no longer flow through the

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GENDER EQUALITY,  INCLUSION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA

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FR EN The second conference of ASPA’s “African Week” was held on Tuesday March 26, 2024  under the theme: “Gender equality, inclusion and entrepreneurship in Africa” and featured  eminent and passionate speakers, all committed to promoting gender equality. A number of  questions were addressed concerning women’s economic emancipation and entrepreneurship.  In particular, how do g e

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