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Cyberattacks, disinformation: alongside the soldiers of 21st century warfare

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Cyberattacks, the new war of the 21st century.

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By: Juliette Rengeval Follow

2 mins

The new war, in the 21st century, is a war that is being played out on the terrain of disinformation, on that of cyberattacks.

This is a war that Moscow has been waging for years.

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Visit to the Finnish capital of the European Center of Excellence for the fight against cyberattacks, the Hybrid CoE, supported by both the European Union and NATO.

He has just organized a " 

wargame

 " devoted to Russian disinformation, a kind of simulation of attacks and counter-attacks on social networks.

Report in Helsinki,

 Frédéric Faux

.

The war in Ukraine is also the food crisis that threatens the world, and more particularly Africa.

At the end of the week, Senegalese President Macky Sall, also the current leader of the African Union, met the Russian President in Sochi.

The opportunity to ask Vladimir Putin to “ 

become aware

 ” that Africa is a victim of this conflict.

Since the outbreak of war on February 24, most countries on the continent have been very cautious: some, like South Africa, refuse to condemn the action of the Kremlin.

This is a report by 

Claire Bargelès

.

Psychedelic treatment: promising results for a highly supervised practice

Psychotherapy with psychotropic drugs has been popular for several years in Switzerland: LSD is administered to patients to reduce their discomfort.

It's called Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy or PAP.

Report, in Geneva, 

Jérémie Lanche

.

The European eye of Franceline Beretti: political groups and the European Parliament

The Conservatives elected German Manfred Weber as leader of the European People's Party.

They met in congress in Rotterdam last week.

Weber has already been the president of the group in parliament since 2014: if his peers elect him to head the party, then he has done a good job!

And what is a good job for a political group in the European Parliament? 

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