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Latest update: 11/04/2011 

- colonialism - Ivory Coast - Kenya - Laurent Gbagbo - Libya - Syria - UK


The World This Week - Friday, April 8th

50 years after African independence, Europe’s colonial past makes headlines in The World This Week. François Picard’s panel argues over the long-term consequences of French intervention in Ivory Coast and whether it’s right to charge the current UK government for atrocities committed in the 1950s during Kenya’s Mau Mau rebellion.

  • Alison SMALE, Executive Editor, International Herald Tribune.
  • Kate DOURIAN, Middle East Editor, Platt’s
  • Mamadou DIOUF, Professor at Columbia University, head of the Institute of African Studies
  • Alexandra BRANGEON, Radio Journalist, Africanist

Watch the second part.

The World This Week - 25 January
25/01/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - 25 January

Beyond the principle of sending women into combat, there’s the practical reality. Craig Copetas says the ones he’s met at the front are fierce! Also, France calls for backup in Mali, the surprise story of Israel’s general election, and David Cameron lights the EU referendum fuse.
The World this Week - 18 January 2013 (Part 2)
18/01/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World this Week - 18 January 2013 (Part 2)

If Sahara-based Jihadists hadn’t caught the world’s attention with their takeover of northern Mali, they certainly have with the capture of foreign hostages at an Algerian gas export facility. Also, François Picard’s panel proves unmoved and unforgiving after Lance Armstrong’s doping confession.
The World this Week - 18 January 2013
18/01/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World this Week - 18 January 2013

If Sahara-based Jihadists hadn’t caught the world’s attention with their takeover of northern Mali, they certainly have with the capture of foreign hostages at an Algerian gas export facility. Also, François Picard’s panel proves unmoved and unforgiving after Lance Armstrong’s doping confession.
The World This Week - January 11th, 2013 (part 2)
11/01/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - January 11th, 2013 (part 2)

Out of Afghanistan and into Mali: France announces it is sending troops to stop the advance of Islamists from the north. François Picard's panel reacts to the causes and consequences of France's intervention.
The World This Week - January 11th, 2013
11/01/2013 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - January 11th, 2013

Out of Afghanistan and into Mali: France announces it is sending troops to stop the advance of Islamists from the north. François Picard's panel reacts to the causes and consequences of France's intervention.

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