For nearly two weeks, the youth calling themselves “Gen Z”, in reference to mobilisations taking place across the globe, have won their struggle against President Rajoelina's regime. This youth movement has faced ferocious repression: at least twenty deaths and dozens of arrests have struck young activists, as well as trade unionists who rallied to this battle. The Army Abandons the Regime Whilst the mobilisation initially began over issues of water and electricity shortages, it very (…)

After two weeks of Gen Z demonstrations that brought down his government, Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina has just appointed a military officer as Prime Minister. From Antananarivo, where he lives, Jina Tsirofo Ranse Razakarisoa, translator at Afrique XXI, shares his indignation and fears. I am here, in Antananarivo, and the situation has never been so tense since the uprising began on 25 September. It's been more than a week now that the country has been boiling over. What started as (…)

▶ Support for the unemployed drastically reduced ▶ Many will face financial crisis ▶ Utterly counterproductive policy From 1 October, the new unemployment insurance law comes into force, which primarily worsens conditions considerably for all those receiving benefits from this date. Those already unemployed will, however, continue to receive benefits under the old system for the first 300 days—meagre in itself, but at least not a deterioration. It was at a press conference in (…)

La majeure partie des Juifs israéliens paraît indifférente à l'égard des destructions colossales infligées par Tsahal aux Gazaouis, quand elle ne conteste pas en bloc le bilan humain avancé par les organisations internationales. Cinq principaux facteurs explicatifs permettent de mieux comprendre les ressorts de cette attitude. Le 27 septembre dernier, lors d'un rassemblement organisé par les familles des otages israéliens détenus dans la bande de Gaza, un manifestant brandit une pancarte (…)

In Russia and occupied Ukraine, many thousands of civilians have been gaoled or forcibly disappeared for speaking out against the invasion. The numbers reflect a crackdown on dissent worse than at any point since the 1950s. On 16 May 2022, the Ukrainian artist Bohdan Ziza poured blue and yellow paint — the colours of his country's flag — onto a municipal administration building in his hometown, Yevpatoria, in Crimea. Ziza posted a video of the action online, with a call to « adherents (…)

En Russie et dans l'Ukraine occupée, des milliers de civils ont été emprisonnés ou ont été victimes de disparitions forcées pour s'être exprimés contre l'invasion. Ces chiffres témoignent d'une répression sans précédent depuis les années 1950. Le 16 mai 2022, l'artiste ukrainien Bohdan Ziza a déversé de la peinture bleue et jaune — les couleurs du drapeau de son pays — sur un bâtiment de l'administration municipale de sa ville natale, Ievpatoria, en Crimée. Ziza a publié une vidéo de (…)