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Month: February 2026

To further criminalize homosexuality in Senegal: getting out of the passionate trap without denying either faith or right

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Senegal has been going through a recurring sequence for several years, where a question of morals becomes a brutal revealing of the whole social system: the relationship between religion and the State, the place of collective emotion, the role of the media, the function of opinion leaders, political reflexes, the capacity of institutions to hold the line between public order and human dignity.

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International cooperation in Africa: from the mirage of partnership to the mechanics of dependency

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When aid, donation and infrastructure become the vectors for organised underdevelopment The semantic trap of cooperation The word cooperation has an almost indisputable positive moral burden. He refers to mutual aid, solidarity, sharing of interests and the reassuring idea of common progress. Applied to Africa, it has been imposed since independence as a discursive pillar of development ... Read more

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NGOs, wars, dependence and life-saving illusion: Critical autopsy of a global system where charity organizes survival without producing emancipation

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For more than three decades, Africa has become one of the main theatres of international humanitarian action. Refugee camps, nutritional programmes, mobile clinics, food distributions, resilience projects, protection missions: the footprint of NGOs is pervasive. This presence is so long-lasting that it is no longer an exception, but a mode of ordinary crisis management ... Read more

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Capitalism, growth and the consumer society: an endless dynamic at the heart of contemporary crises

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Redefining growth in the modern world At the dawn of the twenty-first century, industrialized societies are confronted with a striking paradox: never in history has humanity had as much material wealth and technological innovation, yet social, ecological and psychological inequalities have never been so marked. At the center of this paradox is ... Read more

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Low-noise democratic collapse: when regimes die without falling

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Democracy, victim of slow and administered death Contemporary democracies no longer collapse as in the past. They do not necessarily fall under the blows of an insidious general, nor on the brutal night of a military coup. They gradually weaken, by wear and tear, by slipping, by diverting their own mechanisms. They continue to organize elections, to make ... Read more

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The automobile as a social marker in Senegal: between ostentation and the quest for recognition

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In Dakar, traffic jams offer a spectacle as paradoxical as they reveal: Rusty luxury SUVs, often with one person on board, are difficult to navigate between collective taxis, street vendors and « fast buses ». This urban contrast speaks volumes about the social role of cars in Senegal. Far from being just a simple... Read more

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Financial landing: turning closure into a real strategic exercise

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For many financial firms and directorates, the closing of accounts remains an intense moment when balance sheets, tax deadlines, last-minute arbitrations and high time pressure accumulate. However, beyond the regulatory production of the financial statements, the end of the financial year offers a unique opportunity: to operate a structured financial landing, allowing to anticipate the results, to secure ... Read more

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