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the objections of the Prime Minister’s rapporteur

The Prime Minister's rapporteur presented his conclusions in the debate on access to French public archives. A collective of historians and archivists had taken it on the law text IGI1300 which prevents automatic declassification of archives over 50 years old. Its opinion is advisory only, but it is usually very influential.…

a monumental whisper about C (K) ongo history

Since his participation in Documenta 14, Sammy Baloji has become an important figure in contemporary art. AuxBeaux-Arts de Paris, his exhibition, "K (C) in progress, fragments of intertwined dialogues", ping-pong between personal experiences and official archives often forgotten or hidden to tell us otherwise the relationship between K (C) Ongolese and Westerners . With this 42-year-old plastic artist, born in Lubumbashi, who now swings…

Abdikarim Mooge: The man of the moment in the history of Somaliland

HARGEISA, Somalia - When North Western of Somaliawent to the elections last month, more than a million voters turned out in large numbers as the secessionist state triumphed to impose its authority over the electoral system, which could give it an advantage in the fight for international recognition. One of the main shocking results was the great loss of the ruling Kulmiye party, which followed the opposition Wadani and UCID, which collectively outwitted the party led by Muse Bihi. Interestingly, the ruling party has not…

Berlin rejects the claim for compensation

Since the announcement of an agreement on the recognition of the genocide in Namibia by Germany, criticism has increased in Namibia, focusing on the fact that the text does not prescribe compensation without development aid. The head of German diplomacy reacted on Wednesday in parliament. as reported from Berlin, Pascal…

History made in North Western of Somaliaas a minority candidate, son of a former singer

Somaliland's history as minority candidate, former singer's son wins more votes HARGEISA - The recently concluded elections in North Western of Somaliaended on a high note as a minority candidate and the son of a former singer recorded the highest number of votes respectively in the legislative and local elections. North Western of Somaliaheld the first-ever direct elections with at least one…

Thirty years ago, the Mengistu regime fell

This Friday, May 28, we celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the overthrow of the terrorist regime led by Mengistu Hailé Mariam, now in exile. This national holiday truly greets the fall of a 17-year-old tyrannical system, but also the memory of a very special day. The sun has not yet risen over Addis Ababa. In a week since dictator Mengistu Hailé Mariam quickly left the former imperial palace ahead of the rebels' progress, residents of the Ethiopian capital have been waiting for the next battle in anxiety. Officially,…

towards a new doctrine or an opening to

Emmanuel Macron is on an official visit to Rwanda on Thursday 27 May. This rapprochement with Kigali is made possible in particular by the Ducler Commission's report on France's responsibility for the 1994 genocide. It was drawn up on the basis of easy access to the official archives of the time. Despite the promise of greater transparency, access to classified documents is still boring for researchers.…

Black bodies and white doctors: dive into

Racism has a history and medical literature tells like no other about prejudice, explains historian Delphine Peiretti-Courtis, in a book published by La Découverte. During the nineteenth century in Europe and throughout the 19th century, the debate raged between polygenists and monogenists, in other words between those who…

Beninese Roméo Mivekannin reproduces the maps

Benine's artist Roméo Mivekannin presents his first exhibition in Senegal till June 5 on the Cécile Fakhoury Gallery in Dakar. An exhibition known as Hosties blacks which is linked to the determine of Senegalese paragliders, which truly comes from a number of African international locations. Her works are impressed by paperwork from colonial archives - postcards depicting the wives of skirmishers in…

how slavery was acknowledged as a criminal offense towards

The Taubira Act turns twenty on Monday, Could 10, 2021. It was distinctive on the time of its adoption in 2001 and is the primary to acknowledge slavery and human trafficking as a criminal offense towards humanity. Its publication upset France's reminiscence coverage and extra: the UN additionally acknowledged slavery as a criminal offense towards humanity in 2001, adopted by the European Parliament in 2020. Backstage and on the mobilization…

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