To talk about it, we welcome Frédéric Régent, historian, lecturer in History at the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, within the Institute of History of the French Revolution.
Also on the front page, a French journalist, Olivier Dubois, a collaborator of various media, was kidnapped in early April in Mali by jihadists affiliated with Al-Qaeda, information he himself announced in a video broadcast on Wednesday. social network, triggering the opening of an anti-terrorism investigation in France.
Finally, the ANC, the historic party in power in South Africa, suspended its secretary general Ace Magashule accused of corruption, a success for President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was playing big on this issue, within a split party.
The African National Congress (ANC), party of Nelson Mandela, entangled up to the neck in corruption cases for several years, seeks to rebuild a virginity in the face of disgusted voters.
But the internal supporters of Elias Magashule, nicknamed "Ace", are numerous, especially among the supporters of former president Jacob Zuma, who himself drags batteries of pots and pans.
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