Paris to withdraw several hundred troops to make way for stronger European presence in conflict-hit region, sources say. Less than a year after sending hundreds of extra troops to the Sahel, France is hoping to cut back its military presence in the restive region to make room for a stronger European
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Facebook live announces immediate ‘one strike bans’ —no more warnings
Zak Doffman “Today,” Facebook announced on Tuesday night, “we are tightening the rules that apply specifically to [Facebook] Live. We will now apply a ‘one strike’ policy to Live in connection with a broader range of offenses.” As ever, policy change at Facebook comes when pressure is applied – that pressure is certainly now being
Global effort begins to stop social media from spreading terrorism
Sasha Ingber New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that she and French President Emmanuel Macron will lead a global effort to stop social media from promoting terrorismin the wake of recent attacks that devastated New Zealand and Sri Lanka. "This isn't about freedom of expression; this is about preventing violent
Buhari: Taking the Jubril story seriously
Abimbola Adelakun Those who refute the story of the substitution of President Muhammadu Buhari with a certain Jubril of Sudan typically deny the possibility of such and then descend to name-calling the conspiracy theorists spreading the rumour (let’s call them the Jibrilists). This approach seemed to have further strengthened the conviction
US, other ‘big five’ cyberwar nations opts out of inter’l cybersecurity agreement
•United States — along with Russia, China, Iran and Israel--the big five of cyberwar countries refuse to answer "Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace" Louise Matsakis During speech at the annual UNESCO Internet Governance Forum in Paris Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the “Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace,” a
Why peacemaking is now more complicated than ever
•The Paris Peace Forum shows why Richard Gowan Peace is complicated. That is the overriding, if unintended, message of this week’s Paris Peace Forum, a new multilateral conclave initiated by the French government to commemorate the end of World War I. The organizers claim that the event is based on the “simple idea” that “international cooperation
France Invites US to Dec. 13 Summit on Boosting Fight Against W.African Militants
French President Emmanuel Macron, center left, speaks with Morocco's King Mohammed VI, center right, during a group photo at an EU Africa summit in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. The French President Emmanuel Macron fears Islamist militants have scored military and symbolic victories in West Africa while a
Macron’s three metropolitan challenges
Emmanuel Macron’s decisive victory in France’s presidential election elicited an enormous sigh of relief in Europe and beyond. On the macro issues—the future of the European Union, the fate of open borders and open trade, a celebration of cultural diversity—Macron took clear and courageous stands. As Macron now turns to
Challenges awaiting Macron in his first 50 days
By Philippe Le Corre What’s next on the docket for Emmanuel Macron, who—defying doomsayers and defeating his far-right opponent 2 votes to 1—became France’s next president on Sunday? By all accounts, his path was an exceptional one: He was virtually unknown to the general public three years ago, and his year-old
From the fringe, Macron becomes France’s youngest president
The French voters elected centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country’s youngest president ever on Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and strengthening France’s place as a central pillar of the European Union. A crowd of Macron supporters roared with delight at the news, jubilantly waving red,