Afrique
The siege of Misrata
It takes 24 hours of crossing between Malta and Misrata on a makeshift boat, the Sea Tiger, to access the martyred city. Completely destroyed and emptied of its inhabitants, the city is again the scene of intense fighting with heavy weapons led by the loyalist troops of Qaddafi against a handful of Chebabs resisting the attempted urbicide orchestrated by the « Guide of the Revolution ».
a Photo report by Marc Roussel/LightMediation
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Bernard-Henri Lévy in Misrata.
The French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Levy went for the third time in Libya at the end of May 2011. After a 24 hours crossing between Malta and the Port of Misrata on a makeshift boat, the Sea Tiger, BHL found the intensity of the fighting between the loyalist troops of Qaddafi and the Libyan rebels. Fights with heavy weapons – more than 120 tanks destroyed litter the streets of Misrata – against a handful of Chebabs, mostly armed with simple Kalashnikov, that resisted the attempted urbicide orchestrated by Qaddafi.
a Photo report by Marc Roussel/LightMediation
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One thousand and one night in Cairo
Fallen in oblivion when the European city was built at the end of the XIXth century, historic Cairo is thriving again. An army of workers, architects, engeneers and restorators is involved in the salvation of Tulunid, Fatimid, Ayyubid, Mameluk and Ottoman Cairo.
Photos by Michel Setboun/LightMediation Text by Philippe Flandrin
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Slaves to Gold
Is Burkina Faso set to become the new eldorado of West Africa? This is what many are asking as the dizzying rise of the gold price has led to an explosion of activity in the mining sector. The awareness of the existence of gold in Burkina Faso is nothing new; for 10 centuries farmers have turned to it at a times of bad harvests, but the interest is now far more intense. The country has long been neglected in favour of its neighbour Mali, but is now attracting some of the biggest investments in the continent. In 2005 just one mining licence was issued; this compares to 2010 when 487 were issued.
A Photo report by Julien Chraibi/LightMediation
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Bernard Henri Levy back in Libya. by Marc Roussel
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Saving the Mau forest risks civil war in Kenya
The Mau Forest, considered as the water tank of much of Kenya,is in danger and there is such deforestation that it’s difficult today to speak of Mau as a forest. Clash between Maasai and Kalenjin is widely feared and all the ingredients for a civil war in Africa are there. Is this the price to pay for the preservation of the Mau Forest?
Photos and text by Alain Buu/LightMediation
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Uprising in Cairo – Women on the frontline. by Alain Buu
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Baobab express
Being the country’s main road, the famous « Route Nationale 7″ connects Madagascar’s south with its capital, Antananarivo. A wonderful journey, deeply bound with the « Great Island’s » way of life.
Photos and text by Marc Dozier / LightMediation
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Sharing Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is dying. Pollution from industry, sewage, agriculture,deforestation, climate change and over-fishing are all key elements in the demise of Africa’s largest freshwater lake. Every day, an estimated 2 million fishermen sail out in search of the coveted Nile Perch, responsible for a multi-million dollar fishing industry vital to landlocked Uganda and neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania, all of whom export their fish to the European Union and beyond. As fishstocks decline, the East African fishermen are forced to go farther towards the centre of the lake in order to catch their fish.In an attempt to reach some of the richest remaining deep-water fishing zones,fishermen are turning to Lake Victoria’s 3,000 islands, and none more so than Migingo Island. This small, one-acre island (about half the size of a football pitch) is located in the border confluence of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Territorial ownership of the island was claimed by both Uganda and Kenya, until July 2009 when an official survey team found that the island is 510 metres (1,700 ft) east of the Kenya / Uganda border. The Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni conceded the sovereignty of the island claiming that « The island belongs to Kenya…. » However the tension escalated when he added; »…but the water belongs to Uganda. »
Photos and text by Andrew McLeish/Orizon/LightMediation
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Bows facing Kalachnikov
Fulanis in northwest of Central african republic fights against the « Zaraguinas » – highwayman who sows the terror in the area – with arch and arrows, with relative success. Summit meeting with 4 chiefs of bowmen self-defense groups to be prepared to do anything to protect their villages abandoned by the authorities.
a Photo report by Teddy Seguin/LightMediation
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