Integration of minorities, a key issue for the development of the Sahel
In the Sahel, there are groups perceived and self-perceived as minorities. The ability of States in the region to integrate them—as well as the way they are treated by those States—are factors that, in governance, can be either a risk factor or an aid in consolidation. First episode of our new series on the future of the Sahel.
Health
Opinion
COVID-19 vaccines: Is it worth continuing funding the COVAX flop?
Despite high ambitions, COVAX, the multilateral vaccine delivery mechanism, has not lived up to its promise. What accounts for this failure and what can be done about it?
Cities
Opinion
Population dynamics in the South: how will cities change?
If population growth and urban growth are related, the sustainability of tomorrow’s cities will above all depend on urban planning and how cities are linked with the rural world. In this fourth episode of our series “Tomorrow, 9 Billion People,” we explore population dynamics in the South.
Shared Innovation
“Decontamination through the living world takes time”
Development news
Plastic: an environmental challenge made worse by COVID-19
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Analysis
Inequalities and environmental damage: the case of the Mekong River Basin
The Covid-19 crisis highlights the extent to which destruction of the environment contributes to inequalities in terms of healthcare and socioeconomic indicators. It also shows how these inequalities are a major obstacle to ecological reconstruction. Here is an illustration with the Lower Mekong...
Interview
Ecocide: “It’s not through criminal law that we can achieve reform”
The philosopher Catherine Larrère (Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne University) has helped make environmental ethics known in France. In this interview, she talks about the bases of the notion of ecocide and the struggle for the “rights of nature”.
Conflicts
Opinion
Chad, what have you done with your oil revenue?
When President Idriss Déby died on April 19, 2021, most analysts talked about the effect this will have on the stability of Chad and the sub-region, suggesting there may be new wars due to the influence of the Chadian military. An influence that finds its source in oil money.
Social
Analysis
Colombia caught in financial turmoil
Covid-19 accelerating education inequalities in Burkina Faso
When the first cases of Covid-19 appeared in March 2020, the Burkina Faso authorities adopted restrictive measures to contain the pandemic. However, these measures may come at the cost of a lasting effect on access to education and compromising the progress made in reducing inequalities.