Latest update: 26/03/2012 

- Abdoulaye Wade - elections - Mali - Senegal - unrest


Which way for West Africa? - part 2

One month ago, it was Senegal’s democracy seemed in trouble. But instead, it’s the coup in neighbouring Mali that caught everyone off guard. François Picard’s panel looks at what went wrong in Bamako… and right in Dakar.

  • Mamadou DIOUF, Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University
  • MICHAEL KIRTLEY, Journalist at Geo Magazine, Newsweek Africa International, National Geographic
  • Dr. Chris Fomunyoh, NDI Senior Associate for Africa

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Germany envy (part 2)
02/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Germany envy (part 2)

The just rewards of a virtuous model and a talented generation, or is an unprecedented all-German UEFA Champions League final the future of a Europe where new "financial fair play" rules suit the Bundesliga better than its rivals? François Picard’s panel looks at Germany’s winning football model.
Germany envy
02/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Germany envy

The just rewards of a virtuous model and a talented generation, or is an unprecedented all-German UEFA Champions League final the future of a Europe where new "financial fair play" rules suit the Bundesliga better than its rivals? François Picard’s panel looks at Germany’s winning football model.
May Day! Hollande's policies split French left (part 2)
01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left (part 2)

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of the labor law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace?
May Day! Hollande's policies split French left
01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of labour law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace.
Karzai's CIA cash (part 2)
30/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Karzai's CIA cash (part 2)

Bags of cash delivered monthly to the Afghan National Security Council offered a quick-fix solution in a nation steeped in a tradition of patronage, but François Picard's panel worries that CIA payments may ultimately undermine US efforts to pull out of a stable Afghanistan.

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