Wall Street stocks bounce after Trump-fuelled slide

Wall Street stocks rebounded Monday after heavy pre-weekend falls as US President Donald Trump reignited his trade war with China. European stock markets made modest gains while Asia’s leading stock markets began the week in the red as they caught up with Wall Street’s sharp losses Friday. Gold reached a fresh record high thanks to its status as a safe haven investment.”Things have calmed down almost as dramatically as the flare up on Friday when Donald Trump threatened 100 percent tariffs on China,” said City Index and FOREX.com analyst Fawad Razaqzada.Trump wrote Friday on social media that he would impose an additional 100-percent tariff on China and threatened to cancel a meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.The US president had been to meet Xi at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit later this month, which was to be their first encounter since Trump returned to power in January.The US president cited Beijing’s export curbs on rare earth minerals used in a range of goods including smartphones, electric vehicles and military hardware.Wall Street’s Nasdaq index plunged 3.6 percent following Trump’s comments, with investors also on edge over worries about a tech stock bubble following a recent surge on massive AI investments.Beijing accused Washington of acting unfairly, and the Ministry of Commerce said Sunday: “Threatening high tariffs at every turn is not the right approach to engaging with China.”But Trump took a more conciliatory tone Sunday.”Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine!,” the US president said in a post on his Truth Social account. Trump’s comments helped shift sentiment, with the dollar perking up and US stocks futures rebounding.”To be blunt, this is just such nonsense — the heaving to and fro on social media posts — but it is what it is, and the stock market seems to be fine playing the part of the puppet,” said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O’Hare.”Friday’s price action exposed how vulnerable market pricing is to developments that threaten the rose-coloEurred outlook embedded in premium valuations,” he added.The latest spat follows months of fragile peace between the economic superpowers as they looked to reach a full trade deal after Trump’s tariff bombshell in April that saw both sides ramp up tit-for-tat levies to eye-watering levels.Meanwhile, shares in chip giant Broadcom jumped 10 percent after OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced it is teaming up with the firm to design and build its own specialised computer processors for artificial intelligence.”Broadcom has been talked about as a worthy member of the club of tech mega caps, and today’s deal with OpenAI cements its position as one of the real movers in the sector,” said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at trading platform IG.”The news comes at just the right time after the knock to sentiment on Friday, reminding investors that the race for computing power is still on, and if anything is intensifying,” he added.In the past few weeks, under the leadership of CEO Sam Altman, OpenAI has signed huge investments in data centres and AI chips with US companies Nvidia and AMD, as well as with South Korea’s Samsung and SK hynix.The deals have boosted the prices of tech stocks and help push the Nasdaq to record highs.- Key figures at around 1530 GMT -New York – Dow: UP 1.3 percent at 46,083.63 pointsNew York – S&P 500: UP 1.5 percent at 6,650.90New York – Nasdaq Composite: UP 2.0 percent at 22,640.68London – FTSE 100: UP 0.2 percent at 9,442.87 (close)Paris – CAC 40: UP 0.2 percent at 7,934.26 (close)Frankfurt – DAX: UP 0.6 percent at 24,387.93 (close)Hong Kong – Hang Seng Index: DOWN 1.5 percent at 25,889.48 (close)Shanghai – Composite: DOWN 0.2 percent at 3,889.50 (close)Tokyo – Nikkei 225: Closed for a holidayEuro/dollar: DOWN at $1.1569 from $1.1615 on FridayPound/dollar: DOWN at $1.3328 from $1.3352Dollar/yen: UP at 152.32 yen from 151.57 yenEuro/pound: DOWN at 86.80 pence from 86.98 penceBrent North Sea Crude: UP 1.5 percent at $63.67 per barrelWest Texas Intermediate: UP 1.7 percent at $59.90 per barrelburs-rl/cw

Les Bourses européennes reprennent des couleurs, rassurées sur les tensions commerciales

Les Bourses européennes ont repris des couleurs lundi après leur décrochage en fin de semaine à la suite des menaces de nouveaux droits de douane sur la Chine par le président américain Donald Trump, qui a ensuite joué l’apaisement.La Bourse de Paris a terminé en hausse de 0,21%, Francfort a pris 0,60% et Londres a grappillé 0,16%, selon des chiffres définitifs.

Woody Allen says world ‘drearier’ without ex-partner Diane Keaton

Woody Allen fell in love with Diane Keaton as soon as he set eyes on her, but took a week to pluck up the courage to speak to the woman whose stellar career he would help to turbo charge. He has now paid a heartfelt tribute to his favorite actress and former partner, whose death was announced at the weekend.”I first laid eyes on her lanky beauty at an audition and thought, If Huckleberry Finn was a gorgeous young woman, he’d be Keaton,” 89-year-old Allen wrote in a long tribute in The Free Press to Keaton, whose death was announced Saturday. She was 79.”For the first week of rehearsal we never spoke a word to one another,” he said of his time acting alongside her in the 1972 film “Play It Again, Sam.” “She was shy, I was shy, and with two shy people things can get pretty dull. Finally, by chance we took a break at the same moment and wound up sharing a fast bite… The upshot is that she was so charming, so beautiful, so magical, that I questioned my sanity. I thought: Could I be in love so quickly?”Allen, the acclaimed director-screenwriter-actor who never shook allegations that he molested his adopted daughter in 1992, described later moving in with Keaton and forming a creative bond with the beloved actress.”She sat through ‘Take the Money and Run’ and said the movie was very funny and very original. Her words. Its success proved her correct and I never doubted her judgment again,” she said.”I never read a single review of my work and cared only what Keaton had to say about it. If she liked it, I counted the film as an artistic success,” said Allen, who worked alongside Keaton in several films, including “Annie Hall,” “Manhattan,” and “Manhattan Murder Mystery.”Keaton stood by Allen when much of Hollywood shunned the neurotic funnyman at the height of the MeToo reckoning in January 2018, tweeting “Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him.”At that time, the director was again facing accusations of sexual assault, made in 1992 by his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow. Charges against him were dropped after two separate investigations.- Troubled relationship with food -In his tribute, Allen describes Keaton’s difficult relationship with food.”She’d put away a sirloin, hash browns, marble cheesecake, and coffee. Then we’d get home, and moments later she’d be toasting waffles or packing a huge taco with pork,” he wrote.”This slim actress ate like Paul Bunyan. Only years later when she wrote a memoir did she describe her eating disorder.”    Allen concluded his tribute by saying that “a few days ago the world was a place that included Diane Keaton.” “Now it’s a world that does not. Hence, it’s a drearier world.”

River boat users pay heavy price for DR Congo’s dearth of roadsMon, 13 Oct 2025 15:30:33 GMT

The cemetery in Mbandaka, a river port city in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the final resting place of many victims of the country’s repeated river boat accidents.  But despite the risks, many feel they have no option but to get on a boat to travel in the vast, landlocked DRC, the size …

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Le Nobel d’économie décerné à un trio pour des travaux sur la croissance et l’innovation

Le Nobel d’économie 2025 a été décerné lundi à l’Américano-israélien Joel Mokyr, au Français Philippe Aghion et au Canadien Peter Howitt pour leurs travaux sur l’impact de l’innovation sur la croissance économique.Dans sa première prise de parole en tant que prix Nobel, M. Aghion a exhorté l’Europe à investir dans l’innovation pour ne pas se laisser décrocher par la Chine et les Etats-Unis.Le comité a attribué la moitié du prix à Joel Mokyr, 79 ans, “pour avoir identifié les conditions préalables à une croissance durable grâce au progrès technologique”.L’autre moitié récompense à la fois Philippe Aghion, 69 ans, et Peter Howitt, 79 ans, “pour leur théorie de la croissance durable à travers la destruction créatrice”.Au cours des deux derniers siècles et pour la première fois dans l’histoire, le monde a connu une croissance économique soutenue et les lauréats 2025 ont expliqué comment l’innovation en était à l’origine et fournissait l’élan nécessaire à une croissance durable, a expliqué le président du comité pour le prix des sciences économiques, John Hassler. D’un côté, Joel Mokyr “a utilisé des sources historiques comme moyen pour découvrir les causes de la croissance soutenue, devenue la nouvelle norme”, a relevé le jury. L’historien de l’économie, spécialiste de la période 1750-1914, a dit sa “surprise totale” de se voir attribuer cette récompense, dans un entretien avec la fondation Nobel.”J’avais toute une liste de personnes que je pensais voir gagner, et je n’en faisais pas partie”, a ajouté le professeur émérite à l’Université Northwestern (États-Unis).De leur côté, Philippe Aghion, professeur au Collège de France, et Peter Howitt, professeur à l’Université Brown aux États-Unis, ont ensemble examiné le concept de “destruction créatrice”, qui fait référence à la manière dont les entreprises vendant des produits établis pâtissent de l’introduction d’un produit nouveau et meilleur sur le marché.”Ce processus est créatif car il repose sur l’innovation mais il est également destructeur car les produits plus anciens deviennent obsolètes et perdent leur valeur commerciale”, a écrit le jury. “Les travaux des lauréats nous rappellent que nous ne devons pas considérer le progrès comme acquis”, a dit Kerstin Enflo, professeur d’histoire économique et membre du comité Nobel, en présentant le prix.”Au contraire, la société doit rester attentive aux facteurs qui génèrent et soutiennent la croissance économique. Ces facteurs sont l’innovation scientifique, la destruction créatrice et une société ouverte au changement”, a-t-elle ajouté.- L’Europe à la traîne -“L’ouverture est un moteur de croissance, tout ce qui entrave l’ouverture est un obstacle à la croissance”, a insisté Philippe Aghion, à l’annonce du prix, au moment où les Etats-Unis ont entrepris de relever leurs droits de douane.Il a mis en garde l’Europe, estimant que ce continent ne devait pas laisser les États-Unis et la Chine “devenir les leaders technologiques”, au risque de voir l’écart de croissance se creuser encore plus avec ces deux pays.”Après une période de rattrapage de l’Europe par rapport aux États-Unis en termes de PIB par habitant entre la Seconde Guerre mondiale et le milieu des années 80″, l’écart s’est à nouveau creusé, a noté l’économiste français. “Nous sommes restés cantonnés à des avancées technologiques moyennes (…) car nous ne disposons pas des politiques et des institutions adéquates pour innover dans le domaine des hautes technologies”, a dit M. Aghion, qui est aussi professeur à la London School of Economics et à l’Insead. Le lauréat 2025 a aidé Emmanuel Macron à préparer son programme économique, avant de critiquer en 2024 “une dérive vers la droite” et un pouvoir “vertical”. Sur X, le président français l’a félicité, estimant que “par sa vision de la croissance par l’innovation, il éclaire l’avenir et prouve que la pensée française continue d’éclairer le monde”.- Racines du progrès -Joel Mokyr, né aux Pays-Bas, mène des recherches sur l’histoire économique de l’Europe. Economiste canadien, Peter Howitt a obtenu son doctorat en 1973 à l’université Northwestern aux Etats-Unis. En 2019, il avait reçu le prix Frontiers of Knowledge de la Fondation BBVA avec Philippe Aghion, pour leurs contributions fondamentales à l’étude de l’innovation, du changement technique et de la politique de la concurrence.Le Nobel consiste en un diplôme, une médaille d’or et un chèque de 11 millions de couronnes suédoises (près d’un million d’euros), dont Joel Mokyr reçoit une moitié tandis que Philippe Aghion et Peter Howitt se partagent l’autre. Il est remis le 10 décembre.

Freed Israeli hostages hug loved ones in tears of joy

Freed Israeli hostages and their family and friends bounded into one another’s arms Monday, beaming and crying with joy at the end of the captives’ two-year ordeal in Gaza.Wrapped in blue and white Israeli flags, those returning waved and smiled as military helicopters landed them back in Israel, AFP reporters saw, after militants freed the remaining 20 living hostages from the Palestinian territory under a US-backed ceasefire deal.None of the hostages spoke directly to AFP immediately after their return, but videos filmed and released by the Israeli military captured some of the raw emotion of the reunions.”My life, you are my life… you are a hero,” cried Einav Zangauker as she embraced her smiling son Matan, in one video.”Love of your mother, bless you, bless you, my dear.”Eitan Mor’s father wailed in relief as he and the young man’s mother squeezed him tight, the footage showed.Other young hostages such as Bar Kuperstein and Yosef Haim Ohana waved from the windows of vans that brought them to the Sheba medical centre near Tel Aviv, as cheering crowds nearby raised Israeli flags.Freed Israeli-German twins Gali and Ziv Berman smiled and gave the thumbs-up, wearing the yellow and blue shirts of their favourite football team, Maccabi Tel Aviv.- Hostages’ families rejoice -In nearby Tel Aviv, hundreds of people erupted in joy, tears and song on Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square Monday as news of the releases broke.Many had come at sunrise, carrying pictures of the hostages and waving Israeli flags bearing a yellow ribbon, a symbol of the movement calling for their release.”It’s so exciting and overwhelming that it’s finally happening,” said Shelly Bar Nir, 34.”What we’ve been fighting for, for over two years — finally our hostages are coming home.”Another woman on the square, Noga, who wore a badge that read “Last day”, shared her pain and joy with AFP.”I’m torn between emotion and sadness for those who won’t be coming back,” she said.Hamas and its militant allies took 251 hostages into Gaza during the unprecedented October 7, 2023 attack.Many of them were released in earlier truces, but 47 people seized on October 7 remained in Gaza. Only 20 of them are alive.Since that day, Noga has worn a small badge each day, counting the days of their captivity.- ‘Welcome home’ -For the past two years, people have held frequent rallies and gatherings on this spot in Tel Aviv that has become known as Hostages Square.When the news broke that the first seven of the remaining hostages had been released on Monday, the square broke out in cheers and song.Israel later confirmed all living 20 hostages had returned to the country, with a series of posts on X that read: “Welcome home”.The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the main organisation representing their relatives, had called on people to gather at the site with the yellow ribbons.As the war in the Gaza Strip has dragged on, the ribbons became ubiquitous in public spaces in Israel, from roundabouts to car door handles and stroller grips.Israel did not expect all of the dead hostages to be returned on Monday. The families’ forum branded it “a blatant breach of the agreement by Hamas”.”Our struggle is not over. It will not end until the last hostage is located and returned for proper burial,” the forum said in a statement.”Only then will the people of Israel be whole.”In exchange for the hostages, Israel is due to free nearly 2,000 prisoners held in its jails, most of them Gazans detained since the start of the war.

Americans feel the squeeze as government gridlock grinds on

The US government shutdown dragged into a third week on Monday, with Congress gridlocked in a clash over spending and no resolution in sight to a crisis that has already cost thousands of jobs.With hundreds of thousands of federal employees already on enforced leave, President Donald Trump is following through on threats to take a hatchet to the workforce to pressure Democrats to agree to Republican funding demands.Trump has vowed to find a way to pay troops due to go without their paychecks for the first time, although the uncertainty is already leading to long lines of men and women in uniform at food banks.And Trump has warned that continued refusal by Democrats to support a House-passed resolution to fund the government through late November would result in mass layoffs targeting workers deemed aligned with the opposition party. “We’re ending some programs that we don’t want — they happen to be Democrat-sponsored programs,” Trump told reporters.”But we’re ending some programs that we never wanted and we’re probably not going to allow them to come back.”Vice President JD Vance told Fox News at the weekend that Democrats could expect more pain ahead if they did not cave. Court documents filed by the Department of Justice show more than 4,000 employees were fired on Friday, with the US Treasury and health, education and housing departments hardest hit.The reductions in the workforce are part of a campaign of threats on multiple fronts to amp up pressure on Democrats to back Republican moves to reopen the government. But Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leaders in the Senate and House respectively, have dismissed the threat, predicting that layoffs will be reversed in court.- Sticking point -About 1.3 million active-duty military personnel are set to miss their first paycheck on Wednesday.The Stronghold Food Pantry, a charity supporting military families, told Time magazine it had seen an “unprecedented increase in need since the shutdown began.”Trump announced on Saturday that he would direct Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to use “all available funds to get our Troops PAID” by Wednesday.Pentagon officials are reportedly diverting $8 billion in research and development funding, and while it is not clear that the move would be lawful, it has received little pushback from either party.Republican Speaker Mike Johnson — who has kept the House on recess since September 19 — is resisting pressure to bring back members to vote on a standalone bill to release military salaries for the duration of the shutdown.”We have voted so many times to pay the troops. We have already done it. We did it in the House three weeks ago,” Johnson told reporters Friday. “The ball is in the court of Senate Democrats right now. That’s it.”The key sticking point is a Republican refusal to agree to Democratic demands for language in its government funding resolution to extend expiring health insurance subsidies for 24 million Americans.Congress was out Monday for a federal holiday — guaranteeing that the shutdown would enter a 14th day — and while Trump’s vow to ensure military pay was welcomed, it also eased pressure for either side to end the stalemate.The Senate was set to return on Tuesday to take an eighth swing at reopening the government — with little hope of a different outcome from previous votes.  Airports are seeing increasing delays as the shutdown drags on, with Transportation Security Administration workers calling in sick rather than working without pay.The Smithsonian Institution has also closed its National Zoo and museums as of Sunday.

‘Historic dawn’: Trump takes victory lap in Israel

As Donald Trump savoured the cheers of Israeli lawmakers it was a moment of triumph for the US president — and as usual he made the most of it.The 79-year-old hailed a “historic dawn” for the Middle East and declared the end of a “painful nightmare” with the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal he helped broker.But Trump also let no one forget that the deal is the high watermark so far for his own turbulent second term in the White House.”I’ve been involved in a lot of success. I have never seen anything like what’s going on today,” the Republican said, adding that people were “dancing in the streets” about the deal.Trump got a hero’s welcome from the Israeli parliament, which gave him a long standing ovation, with some audience members even wearing red MAGA-style hats saying “Trump the Peace President”.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump the “greatest friend of Israel”.In typical style Trump did not miss the chance to bash his political rivals, including former president Joe Biden, while proclaiming the United States the “hottest country in the world”.In a speech peppered with jokes that often veered off script, the former reality TV star also gave shout-outs to his friends, family and allies for helping him broker the deal. He even urged a pardon for Netanyahu over a corruption case, adding: “Cigars and some champagne — who the hell cares.”- ‘His deal’ -The rapturous reception in Israel reflected the praise that the often divisive Trump has received at home and abroad for the Gaza deal.Trump has been mocked for calling himself the “peacemaker-in-chief ” while sending US troops into cities at home, while campaigning unsuccessfully for the Nobel Peace Prize.But given that every US president for the past 20 or more years has tried and failed to resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, Trump’s achievement is already remarkable.Even political opponents in the United States have hailed Trump’s role in the Gaza deal, which saw the release of all living hostages held by Hamas shortly before his arrival.”This was his deal. He worked this out,” Mark Kelly, the Democratic Senator for Arizona, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.Jake Sullivan, who as Democrat Biden’s adviser on national security handled the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, told the same program that “I give credit to President Trump”. He also praised Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was in the audience in the Knesset with Trump’s daughter Ivanka.”The question is, can we make sure this sticks as we go forward?” added Sullivan.- ‘Ultimate prize’ -After his victory lap in Israel, Trump now faces a marathon task to secure the legacy of a lasting peace in the Middle East.Trump appeared to be keenly aware of that as he used his speech to proclaim the dawn of a new regional order that could lead to long-term stability.He told the Knesset that Israel had “won all that they can through force of arms” and said it was now time “translate these victories… into the ultimate prize of peace and prosperity for the Middle East”.But the path to peace is littered with obstacles — and Trump is not known for his attention to the fine print.Hamas’s refusal to disarm and Israel’s failure to pledge a full withdrawal from the devastated territory are all key, unresolved issues that could yet torpedo a longer-term deal.As he headed from Israel to Egypt, Trump will hope to make a start on those at the Gaza summit with around 20 world leaders in the resort of Sharm El-Sheikh.The US president jokingly admitted, however, that he may not have made the best of starts after he overstayed in Israel and kept the leaders waiting for some three hours.”I’ll be quite late. They might not be there by the time I get there,” he told the Knesset.

Madagascar: manifestations de joies en attendant la prise de parole du président

L’annonce d’une allocution du président malgache Andry Rajoelina, prévue lundi soir, suscite des espoirs de démission à Antananarivo parmi les milliers de manifestants encore réunis lundi, libres de défiler depuis le ralliement d’unités militaires samedi.Durant le week-end, Andry Rajoelina, dont la localisation est inconnue, a dénoncé “une tentative de prise du pouvoir illégale (…) actuellement en cours” dans cette île particulièrement pauvre de l’océan Indien, où une partie de l’armée a pris le parti d’un mouvement de contestation né le 25 septembre.Élu en 2018, puis réélu en 2023 lors d’un scrutin boycotté par l’opposition, il fait l’objet de rumeurs de fuite.Des remises gracieuses de peine ont été accordées lundi par décret présidentiel à une série de personnes, dont le Franco-Malgache Paul Maillot Rafanoharana, emprisonné depuis 2021 pour tentative de coup d’Etat, dont le cas était un point de crispation entre les deux pays. L’authenticité du document a été confirmée par une source proche de la présidence.Ce week-end, une unité militaire, le Capsat, qui avait joué un rôle majeur dans le coup d’État de 2009 d’Andry Rajoelina, à la suite déjà d’une mobilisation populaire, a appelé les forces de sécurité à “refuser de tirer” sur les manifestants, avant de rejoindre ces derniers dans le centre de la capitale malgache.”C’est tout bizarre, vu qu’on était habitués à toujours être pourchassés et bombardés par des gaz lacrymogènes”, témoigne auprès de l’AFP Finaritra Manitra Andrianamelasoa, un étudiant en droit de 24 ans parmi les milliers de manifestants ayant rejoint lundi la place du 13-mai dans une ambiance de fête, devant l’hôtel de ville d’Antananarivo.Marchant au rythme d’une fanfare, le cortège a enflé à mesure qu’il approchait de ce lieu symbolique de l’histoire politique malgache, baptisé en hommage aux tués d’un soulèvement populaire en 1972 ayant conduit au départ du premier président.L’actuel chef de l’État doit s’adresser à la nation à 19H00 (16H00 GMT), d’après un communiqué diffusé lundi par ses services.”Nous attendons déjà qu’il s’excuse auprès de tous les Malgaches, parce qu’on a eu beaucoup de blessés. (…) Au tout début, ce qu’on demandait, c’était l’électricité, la liberté de s’exprimer, mais on attend actuellement sa démission”, assène Steven Mandimbiarivong Rasolonjanahary, 19 ans, un autre étudiant en droit.- “Plus de dinosaures” -“On attend sa démission mais le connaissant, je ne crois pas qu’il va dire ça”, pronostique Rotsinasandratra Lucas Hantamalala, étudiante de 20 ans. “Plus de dinosaures politiques s’il vous plaît, on en a assez vus”, exhorte-t-elle.Des soldats ont accompagné samedi dans le centre-ville de la capitale malgache des milliers de manifestants, les rejoignant à nouveau dimanche pour un rassemblement en hommage aux personnes tuées au cours des plus de deux semaines de manifestations.Le collectif à l’origine des manifestations, baptisé Gen Z, a appelé à un nouveau rassemblement plus tard lundi.Le mouvement de contestation, qui dénonçait au départ les coupures incessantes d’eau et d’électricité, s’est mué depuis en une contestation plus large du président Rajoelina, 51 ans, et de son clan.Les manifestants ont obtenu ce week-end le départ du décrié président du Sénat Richard Ravalomanana, ancien commandant de gendarmerie. Quant au troisième homme vilipendé par la rue, l’homme d’affaires et proche du chef de l’Etat Maminiaina Ravatomanga, il a fui dimanche matin à l’île Maurice voisine, comme l’a confirmé le gouvernement mauricien.Surnommé “Général Bomba” pour son recours généreux aux grenades lacrymogènes lors de la crise de 2009, Richard Ravalomanana était accusé par les contestataires d’être un des principaux acteurs de la répression des manifestations ces dernières semaines.Au moins 22 personnes ont été tuées au début des manifestations et plus d’une centaine blessées, d’après un bilan des Nations unies.Le chef de l’État a démenti des “chiffres erronés”, évoquant 12 morts, tous “des pilleurs, des casseurs”, selon lui.Madagascar, île à la population particulièrement démunie, a une longue histoire de soulèvements populaires suivis par la mise en place de gouvernements militaires.Au moins 80% des 32 millions d’habitants de Madagascar vivent avec moins de 15.000 ariary par jour (2,80 euros), le seuil de pauvreté de la Banque mondiale.

Duel emerges for Cameroon presidency as votes countedMon, 13 Oct 2025 14:57:29 GMT

Supporters of long-standing president Paul Biya and of opponent and former minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary both claimed Monday to be leading Cameroon’s presidential race as vote counting was under way. Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, is vying to extend his 43 years in power but former employment minister Tchiroma generated unexpected enthusiasm among …

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