Origins

The World Health Organization (WHO) stated on Friday that all hypotheses regarding the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic remain unresolved. This declaration follows a drawn-out four-year investigation that faced significant obstacles due to the withholding of essential data. The pandemic has had a staggering toll, with WHO estimates indicating that around 20 million lives were lost. It also wreaked havoc on economies, overwhelmed health systems, and drastically altered everyday life for countless individuals. The initial…

Amos Chibaya, a former legislator and notable opposition activist, recently voiced a compelling call for a thorough investigation into the financial origins of businessman Wicknell Chivayo. Chibaya argues that such scrutiny is not only necessary but long overdue. In a nation where transparency is often overshadowed by privilege, questions regarding the legitimacy of Chivayo’s wealth have become increasingly pertinent. Chivayo, often labeled a tenderpreneur, has not only attracted attention for his financial maneuvers but…

This morning, the skies over Florida buzzed with excitement as Blue Origin's colossal New Glenn rocket soared into the cosmos, marking a significant milestone for Jeff Bezos' space venture. It was the first dance of New Glenn in Earth's orbit, and the stakes couldn't be higher as it aims to carve out its own niche in the highly competitive satellite launch market—right alongside SpaceX. Standing an impressive thirty stories tall and boasting a reusable first stage packed with liquid oxygen and methane, New Glenn took off…

Hervé Sanson is a specialist in Maghreb literature. It tells of the conditions for the emergence of French-speaking Algerian literature in the 1950s when the country plunged into a brutal war of liberation. The first generation of Algerian novelists and poets paved the way between the militant and the aesthetic imperative and founded a modern and inventive literature in its form and close to the misery and aspirations of their people in…