Journalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC, CBC, F24...), writer (on art, music, culture...), I work in radio, podcasting, online, on films.
As a writer, I also contributed to the New Arab, Art UK, Byline Times, the i Paper...
Born in Paris, I was based in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi (covering East Africa), Bangui, and in Bristol, UK. I also reported from Italy, Germany, Haiti, Tunisia, Liberia, Senegal, India, Mexico, Iraq, South Africa...
This blog is to share my work, news and cultural discoveries.
is so clearly intended to hide your criminal complicity in an ongoing genocide that you truly should be embarrassed. Is there any trick from the genocidaire’s playbook that you will refuse to carry out? By attacking a person who is courageously speaking truth, you obviously hope to draw attention away from the criminal conspiracy that is the Biden White House, State Department, Department of Defense, and your office, all of which have materially aided Israel in committing genocide. Francesca Albanese is an upstander. She will be remembered as a hero. You will be remembered as a perpetrator and an apologist. As experts on the crime of genocide, we can say this with certainty.
As UN Special Rapporteur Albanese visits New York, I want to reiterate the U.S. belief she is unfit for her role. The United Nations should not tolerate antisemitism from a UN-affiliated official hired to promote human rights.
South Africa has filed 'evidence' of 'genocide' by Israel in Gaza in the ICJ Case
By AFP - Agence France Presse
South Africa has filed "evidence" of a "genocide" committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip with the International Court of Justice, the office of President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday.
The document "contains evidence which shows how the government of Israel has violated the genocide convention by promoting the destruction of Palestinians living in Gaza", the presidency said in a statement, amid claims vehemently denied by Israel.
An official for the Hague-based court on Monday confirmed it had received the document, but did declined to give further detail.
"The evidence will show that undergirding Israel's genocidal acts is the special intent to commit genocide, a failure by Israel to prevent incitement to genocide, to prevent genocide itself and its failure to punish those inciting and committing acts of genocide," said the presidency.
The "memorial" -- the name of the document detailing South Africa's case against Israel before the ICJ -- cannot be made public but laid out evidence in "over 750 pages of text, supported by exhibits and annexes of over 4,000 pages", it added.
South Africa in December brought a case before the ICJ, arguing the war in Gaza breached the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, an accusation Israel has strongly denied.
Several nations have added their weight to South Africa's proceedings against Israel, including Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Turkey, Chile and Libya.
While ICJ rulings are legally binding, the court has no concrete means to enforce them.
Israel's Gaza campaign has killed at least 43,020 Palestinians, the majority of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-ruled territory's health ministry, which the UN considers reliable.
The offensive was prompted by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack which resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures that include hostages killed in captivity.
Out of 251 hostages seized by during the attack, 97 are still held in Gaza, including 34 whom the Israeli military says are dead.
As Paris hosts multiple events, fairs and exhibitions around the new Art Basel event in October, RFI went to Burgundy to meet the team behind TERRA, a monumental site-specific series of three exhibitions inviting artists from all around the world to relate with the French region known for its wines and traditions of hospitality.
Humanitarian and international law have been undermined by a year of war against civilians in Gaza and other Palestinian territories, according to the UN rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese.
For RFI, I asked her how the region can get out of a now region-wide conflict between Israel and his neighbours, following Hamas's attack on 7 October 2023.
Listen to Sam Quashie-Idun and Hellen Dena from Greenpeace Africa in my podcast, Spotlight on Africa:
This video was produced for my podcast's new episode, which focuses on textile waste from fast fashion. As cheap clothes from China, Asia and Europe increasingly end up in West Africa, pollution is rising – particularly in Ghana.
For RFI English, I spoke to Greenpeace Africa investigators to understand the scale of the issue and how to combat it.
