In the press - Anti-pass and anti-vax: "A threat to democracy?"

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On the front page of the press, the continuation of the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, where the Islamist group now threatens the cities of Kandahar and Herat, in the west and south of the country.

According to the Emirati daily

, local forces in Herat say they are holding on, but recognize that "today's war against the Taliban is very different from what it was in the 1990s, because the states -United would have legitimized the Taliban with the Doha agreement (of 2020, which opened the way to the American withdrawal and to talks between insurgents and the Afghan government), but also because many other countries now support the Islamist group. The Taliban, called out by

, to stop their offensive: "The insurgents must understand that this war cannot have a military solution. If the group considers itself a benevolent despot, it must stop resorting to violence and injuring the Afghans", calls out the newspaper - which expresses its support for the Afghan forces.

Several international and civil society NGOs have expressed their concern about the situation in Tunisia. They are particularly concerned that President Kaïs Saïed, who granted himself full powers on July 25, has still not appointed a new head of government. The announcement could take place "in the days or hours to come", according to

, which warns the president that the slightest misstep "could cost him dearly at home and abroad", because it would be " the very democratization (of Tunisia) which would be at stake ". Concerns that the head of state tried to defuse in an interview with the

, where Kaïs Saïed, using the formula of General de Gaulle, assures that he does not intend "to embark on a career as a dictator" at 63 years old and that freedom of expression is preserved in Tunisia , where gatherings of more than three people have been banned. A measure officially taken "as part of the application of sanitary confinement procedures", while the delta variant of Covid-19 is sweeping the country. In Tunis, the municipality is worried that there will soon be no more room in Djellaz, the largest cemetery in the capital, according to

- which evokes "the maddening pace" at which the city is buried his dead.

In Martinique, the Delta variant plunges the department into an unprecedented health crisis.

speaks of a "breathless" health system. A situation which, however, would have only "little effect on the population, which sulks the vaccine from the metropolis", according to the newspaper. According to

, less than 20% of Martinicans are currently vaccinated - the inhabitants often preferring to rely on traditional medicine and religion, "against a background of mistrust vis-à-vis the state". "Martinicans often assume that everyone is lying. We still pay for chlordecone", this ultratoxic pesticide, accused of having contaminated the environment and the population for years, testifies a hospital manager of Fort-de-France, where the city's only vaccination center was set on fire on Saturday.

Demonstrations against the vaccine and the extension of the health pass are also gaining momentum in metropolitan France. 200,000 people mobilized Saturday throughout France:

evokes "a figure still modest but increasing, which raises fears of a lively social return". Anti-pass and anti-vax demonstrations have also taken place elsewhere in Europe, in Germany and Italy, in particular.

reports a phenomenon which now worries the leaders of the planet. They are looking for the best way to convince their fellow citizens to be vaccinated, sometimes by the stick method, used in particular by the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who threatens all those who refuse to be vaccinated with no longer having the right to leave their homes. them. Sometimes by the carrot method, as in the United Kingdom, where Boris Johnson tries to convince the youngest to be vaccinated, in exchange for free taxi rides or discounts on take-out food, such as pizza. A proposal not very compatible with the great plan of the British Prime Minister against obesity, ironically the cartoonist Blower, for

.

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