We live in times of unprecedented violence. Cradled in the wadding of our Western democracy (whose flaws and distortions we do not hide) we cannot even imagine what is happening all around us, starting with the martyrdom of the Ukrainian people, barbarously attacked by assassins sent by
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His whole life is a cemetery. Of people killed or had killed, of orchestrated revolutions, of ferocious repressions, of intrigues in which he played different parts at the same time. He is one of the most powerful men in the Arab world, and also one of the
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Our planet has fewer and fewer surprises in store, and with globalisation, the extermination of many animal and plant races, the different climatic zones tend to resemble each other more and more. There remain a few paradise islands, not yet destroyed by mining or mass tourism, where
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Kismayo, the heart of Jubaland (southern Somalia), is a strategic port. Hodan Nalayeh, a BBC Somali Canadian journalist, lives there, back to her roots, her people. Kismayo and Jubaland are among the safest areas in Somalia since Ahmed Mohamed Islaam Madobe, who was already in charge of
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From a distance, there is a risk of misunderstanding: Turkey is making a strong voice, both diplomatically and militarily, like a poker player who constantly picks up without ever stopping. The reality, however, is that Erdoğan is a tired player who has drained his country economically and
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April 14, 2007: In front of the mausoleum in memory of the father of the Homeland, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish people take to the streets to demand secularism, freedom, democracy, peace, progress and prosperity. Then, the people protests against the corrupt and incompetent regime of Recep
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Denizli is a very difficult city after the First World War. A city of shepherds and craftsmen, lashed by the winter cold and starved to death by the agriculture of the landowners made of sweat, blood and humiliation. A mafia clan called Yiğitbaşı is responsible: a clan
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Since 1920, or since the end of the October Revolution, the Soviet Union has succeeded in keeping together the regions it had annexed in Central Asia and the Middle East only through the use of force by the army and secret police. After the end of the
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