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My proposal: repeat the 1952 lesson of alliance and dialogue. Greece and Türkiye joined NATO together on 18 February 1952, strengthening NATO’s southern flank and creating a common security framework between two historic rivals. Today I propose a new strategic opening: Israel https://t.co/DGdTYJoExq #NATO #Greece #Türkiye #GR #TR #IL

Africa Daily Report — 1 October 2026 Major developments reported during the previous 24 hours 1. Kenya / East Africa — $16 billion Dangote refinery breaks ground in Lamu. Five African heads of state joined the groundbreaking of Dangote Group's planned $16 billion refinery in Lamu. The plant is designed to process 700,000 barrels per day and is expected to take about 40 months to complete. It is intended to reduce East Africa's dependence on imported refined petroleum, but the project still faces land-rights litigation and environmental concerns. Importance: VERY HIGH — the project could materially reshape East African fuel supply, trade flows, infrastructure investment and regional industrialisation. Direct source: https://apnews.com/article/a0ae7108ae4f4144222aea101baed3a5 2. South Africa — Ramaphosa announces response to gender-based violence. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced additional measures after the discovery of multiple murdered women in Ekurhuleni. Measures include a 60-day local-government safety audit and reviews of unresolved murder, rape and other gender-based-violence cases. Police have not established that the recent killings were committed by a single perpetrator. Importance: VERY HIGH — gender-based violence remains a major public-safety and criminal-justice challenge in South Africa. Direct source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/violence-against-women-south-africa-is-national-shame-president-says-2026-09-30/ 3. DR Congo — Mistrust complicates Ebola response after politician killed. Congolese politician Marie-Célestin Karondwa was killed after publicly supporting the government's Ebola response, according to AP. The killing illustrates the severe community mistrust confronting health authorities as the Bundibugyo-virus outbreak continues. Congo has recorded more than 8,000 confirmed infections and nearly 4,000 deaths in the current outbreak. Importance: CRITICAL — the combination of rapid transmission, very high mortality, insecurity and resistance to health measures poses a major regional public-health risk. Direct source: https://apnews.com/article/1ff629474298a62db44438c6eb178270 4. Zambia — Government opens talks with IMF on a new programme. Zambia began discussions with a visiting IMF mission on a successor lending programme. The country's previous $1.7 billion IMF arrangement expired in January, and Lusaka wants a new agreement before year-end. The IMF mission is scheduled to remain through October 10. Importance: HIGH — a new IMF programme could affect Zambia's fiscal policy, investment environment and economic strategy after its sovereign-debt restructuring. Direct source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/zambia-starts-talks-with-visiting-imf-mission-new-loan-programme-2026-09-30/ 5. South Africa / United States — Pretoria summons US ambassador. South Africa's foreign ministry summoned US Ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III over what it described as “undiplomatic conduct.” It was the third such summons in nine months, reflecting continuing strain in bilateral relations. Both governments have nevertheless indicated that dialogue is continuing. Direct source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-africa-summons-us-ambassador-again-over-undiplomatic-conduct-official-says-2026-09-30/ 6. South Africa — Anti-immigration protests held in Durban. Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Durban calling for more deportations of undocumented migrants and tighter border controls. The demonstration comes amid heightened tensions over migration and previous violence against foreign nationals. Authorities did not recognise an ultimatum previously issued by organisers demanding that undocumented migrants leave the country. Direct source: https://apnews.com/article/c086e617b555643510541f9c9906ca4b 7. Africa — WHO data show sharp increase in cholera deaths. New WHO surveillance data show that reported cholera deaths globally rose by about 30% in 2025 despite fewer reported cases. The African Region experienced a particularly sharp deterioration: reported cases increased by 34% and deaths by 58%. Angola, DR Congo, Nigeria, South Sudan and Sudan were among seven countries accounting for roughly 90% of reported global cases and deaths. Importance: VERY HIGH — the figures highlight persistent weaknesses in water, sanitation, surveillance and access to timely treatment across several African states. Direct source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202609300113.html 8. Zambia — New cholera outbreak reaches 304 cases and 11 deaths. Zambian health authorities reported 304 cholera cases across seven districts in five provinces as of September 29, with 11 deaths. Lusaka was among the affected areas. The government said eight deaths occurred in communities, pointing to delays in patients reaching treatment. Importance: HIGH — Zambia only recently ended its previous outbreak, making renewed transmission a significant public-health concern. Direct source: https://www.mwebantu.com/11-die-as-cholera-hits-seven-districts-in-five-provinces-says-ministry-of-health/ 9. Burkina Faso — Country opens its first gold refinery. Burkina Faso inaugurated its first domestic gold refinery, RAFFINOR-BF, in Ouagadougou. The facility cost more than 11 billion CFA francs and has an initial annual refining capacity of about 164 tonnes, with plans for substantial expansion. The project is intended to retain more value from the country's gold production through domestic refining, certification and processing. Importance: HIGH — the refinery is part of a wider African trend toward local mineral beneficiation and greater domestic control of commodity value chains. Direct source: https://apnews.com/article/f39f714232e1784bb5051cdf44f0b992 10. Zimbabwe — Helicopter crash reported with six people aboard. A helicopter carrying four passengers and two crew members crashed in Zimbabwe's Marondera district southeast of Harare. Government and police officials said initial information indicated there were no survivors. Authorities had not immediately released all identities or a cause for the crash. Importance: MODERATE — a significant domestic aviation accident, with investigation and identification of those aboard still pending. Direct source: https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/helicopter-6-aboard-crashes-zimbabwe-survivors-officials-136898678 #Africa #AfricaNews #TopNewsOfAfrica #DRCongo #Ebola #EbolaOutbreak #PublicHealth #HealthSecurity #CommunityTrust #DiseaseResponse #Zambia #IMF #InternationalMonetaryFund #EconomicReform #DebtRestructuring #FiscalPolicy #AfricanEconomy #SouthAfrica #CyrilRamaphosa #GenderBasedViolence #Femicide #PublicSafety #CriminalJustice #Ekurhuleni #ViolenceAgainstWomen #AfricanSecurity #RegionalStability #Geopolitics #AfricaToday #wrldorg

Madam @vpecresse, You announce that you want to send the residents of https://t.co/NgzQcjii4v.s and pierrefittois.e.s a bill of 100,000 €. The Paul-Éluard high school is under the authority of the Region. Its maintenance, security, and the conditions for receiving students are your responsibility, not that of the City. Will you send a bill to every municipality where the youth is mobilizing? I have spent several mornings engaging in dialogue with the young people, parents, teachers, and the forces present to avoid escalation. Supporting the demands of high school students does not mean encouraging vandalism or calling for violence. You announce in your tweet 45 million euros for renovation, which is good. But why did you reduce the funding of half of the public high schools in Île-de-France, last Wednesday? The funding for Paul-Éluard has decreased for the second consecutive year. In January, you increased the funding for private high schools by 4 million. The taxpayers of Île-de-France also have some bills to send you: – 1.487 million euros for Stanislas, between illegal gifts and external fees, an institution implicated for its excesses; – 900,000 € in gifts made to Stérin, the far-right activist; – 25 million euros to compensate for the insufficient funding of public high schools, fundable by recovering the 13 million annual payments made to private high schools without any legal obligation; – 143 million euros to restore the budget cut from vocational training; – and an invaluable bill for all the lives disrupted by malfunctioning transportation. 100,000 € claimed from Saint-Denis. Millions given to the private sector and your friends. There are your priorities. So rather than a bill, come and actually discuss with the young people, and give them what they are asking for: a safe and healthy work site, sufficient staff, and adequate funding. (translated)

🚨 39 % renoncent aux soins psy : le paradoxe des agents publics 📒 Baromètre de la santé mentale au travail des agents de la fonction publique territoriale — Édition 2026 ✍️ Moodwork, idealCO et MNFCT (Mutuelle nationale des fonctionnaires des collectivités territoriales, partenaire de la Macif) - septembre 2026 (enquête de mai à juillet 2026 ; 3e édition après 2024 et 2025) Capsules Audio de Pratiques en Santé 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI8TIvpkKbA 🔍💡 Santé mentale des agents territoriaux : 45 % se disent épuisés chaque semaine, 39 % ont déjà renoncé à des soins psy, et seuls 15 % se sentent soutenus par leur collectivité. 🧭 Un baromètre pour cibler les actions là où les besoins sont les plus forts. Analyse de Pratiques en Santé et lien vers la source ℹ️➕ https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/barometre-de-la-sante-mentale-au-travail-des-agents-de-la-fonction-publique-territoriale-edition-2026-6224 📌Près d'un agent territorial sur deux se dit épuisé chaque semaine, et le chiffre augmente depuis 2025. Or ces agents sont souvent les partenaires directs des actions de prévention : accueil social, écoles, PMI, services techniques, centres sociaux. Ce baromètre donne des chiffres récents pour objectiver une situation que beaucoup ressentent. Il permet aussi de repérer les publics les plus exposés (catégorie C, encadrants, moins de 35 ans pour l'accès aux soins). Il peut servir à préparer un diagnostic, un dialogue social ou un projet de santé mentale au travail, y compris pour sa propre équipe. 🇬🇧: Barometer of mental health at work for public service agents — Edition 2026 - https://www.pratiquesensante.com/en/blog/practices-15/barometer-of-mental-health-at-work-for-public-service-agents-edition-2026-6224 #️⃣ #pratiquesensante #SantéMentaleAuTravail #FonctionPubliqueTerritoriale #RisquesPsychosociaux #QVCT #Prévention #RenoncementAuxSoins #SensAuTravail

Humanity has lived under the nuclear shadow for more than eight decades. We must ensure that future generations do not. Let’s replace threats with dialogue, arms racing with arms control, paralysis with concrete action, and choose a future free from nuclear weapons. #NuclearDisarmament #Peace #FutureGenerations #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.

I had the pleasure of meeting the president of the Belgian federal Parliament, Mr. Peter De Roover, at the Parliament's headquarters in Brussels. Our important exchanges focused on several issues related to strengthening constructive dialogue in its various forms, as an essential peaceful instrument for addressing transnational international crises. We also emphasized the importance of preventive religious diplomacy carried out by the Muslim World League. We discussed the crucial role that the diversity of religious institutions around the world can play in defusing conflicts before they erupt, particularly those related to hate speech and the clash of civilizations. This role involves early awareness of the universal nature of difference and diversity, which should be addressed through dialogue, understanding, and collective action around shared values, in order to promote peace in the world and harmony within societies, while respecting everyone's right to live with dignity. I would like to express my deep gratitude for the commendations made by the president of the Parliament for our efforts on behalf of the Muslim World League and the Organization of Muslim Scholars. He praised, in this regard, the leading role played by the League in promoting understanding and mutual respect, fostering peaceful coexistence, and strengthening trust between societies. He described this presence as a concrete example of positive international pluralism and preventive diplomacy. I was also pleased that the president of the Parliament acknowledged the concrete nature of the international action we undertake on behalf of the League, as well as its institutional commitment, which goes beyond theoretical frameworks to establish real dialogue with leaders and communities around the world. The role of the League thus serves as a concrete model of contribution to building peace and promoting the values of coexistence, tolerance, and social cohesion. (translated)

Léon, les Thénardier : un mariage, un enterrement Les Thénardier se sont collés au pape Léon comme on se colle à un dernier témoin de moralité, non pour s’en instruire, mais pour qu’il signe, d’un regard, la respectabilité qu’on n’a plus le temps de mériter. Ils n’ont pas prié. Ils se sont placés. C’est déjà une forme de liturgie : celle du cadre. Le malheur, c’est qu’à côté de lui ils n’étaient même plus contestables : ils étaient petits. Pas petits comme on est humble. Petits comme on est mesuré par une présence qui n’a pas besoin de vous. Lui avançait avec cette simplicité un peu terrible des hommes qui sont toute leur mission. Eux avançaient avec cette application des gens qui savent que la photo durera plus longtemps que leur crédit. Chaque geste était de trop. On eût dit deux figurants très bien habillés, arrivés en avance à un enterrement dont ils croyaient encore être les mariés. Ensemble, ils formaient ce que le pouvoir produit de plus cruel : un couple encore habité par l’idée qu’il représente quelque chose, alors qu’il ne représente déjà plus que le besoin d’être vu à la bonne place. La justice immanente leur avait envoyé un pape lumineux. C’était presque délicat. On ne les a pas humiliés. On les a seulement laissés se tenir debout dans leur vide obscur. Le Vatican, sans élever la voix, leur a fermé quelques portes. Pas d’aparté à Notre-Dame. Pas de visite d’État. Un voyage apostolique, c’est-à-dire : vous n’êtes pas le centre. Les Thénardier ont souri. Ils excellent à cela. Le sourire est leur dernier sacrement. Il absout tout, sauf le ridicule, et encore : le ridicule, chez eux, demande l’absolution à la photographie. Puis vint la messe. Celle qu’on ne ferait pas, au nom de la laïcité. Celle qu’on a faite, au nom de l’agenda. Il y a des revirements qui relèvent de la tactique. Celui-ci relevait de la faim. S’asseoir au premier rang, après avoir fait de la mort une prestation encadrée par la loi, devant un homme qui vient de nommer cette prestation pour ce qu’elle est : on peut appeler cela du dialogue. On peut aussi y voir cette ironie un peu noire des fins de règne, où l’on va chercher l’éternel pour sauver la semaine, et où l’on quitte l’église avec le sentiment d’avoir enfin été vus par Dieu -ou, à défaut, par les caméras, ce qui, dans leur théologie, revient au même. Ils n’ont pas trahi une foi. Ils n’en avaient pas à trahir. Ils ont seulement révélé le fond de leur tactique : tout convertir en voisinage utile. La soutane, la cathédrale, la bénédiction, la foule, Metz au dernier jour. Tout cela n’était pas un horizon, c’était un décor. Et dans ce décor, les Thénardier n’étaient pas des croyants égarés. Ils étaient des aubergistes qui ont reconnu, trop tard, que le grand voyageur ne logerait pas chez eux. Il a seulement accepté le vin d’honneur. C’est déjà beaucoup. Le pape est parti. Il a laissé derrière lui ce silence légèrement accablant que font les êtres dont on a voulu se servir. Les Thénardier sont restés sur le tarmac, artificiels, remerciants, déjà seuls. On ne les oubliera pas pour ce qu’ils ont dit. On les retiendra pour cette chose plus rare : avoir réussi, par simple proximité, à paraître encore plus vains qu’ils ne le sont, ce qui en soi est une forme de miracle. #Vatican #Thénardier #Laïcité

Le Pape Léon XIV a prononcé un discours à Metz soulignant l'importance des racines chrétiennes de l'Europe pour contrer les nationalismes croissants, tout en appelant à un dialogue interreligieux et à l'engagement concret des jeunes en faveur d'une Europe unie. #Europe #Christianisme #LePape

Rangez les matraques, ouvrez le dialogue. Vos provocations font inutilement monter la tension là où les insoumis apaisent et cherchent des solutions. Voulez-vous résoudre ou aggraver la crise ? #Dialogue #Paix #Crise

Devant le lycée Paul Eluard à Saint-Denis pour apporter mon soutien aux justes revendications des lycéennes et lycéens et apaiser la situation. J'invite chacune et chacun à prendre ses responsabilités et venir devant les lycées discuter avec ces jeunes qui méritent autre chose que des réponses violentes. #SoutienÉtudiants #Dialogue #Éducation

✝️ Le Pape appelle à mettre fin aux guerres et à "sacrifier certaines positions pour le bien supérieur de la paix" en Europe. "Aujourd’hui, malheureusement, la guerre a refait surface, même en Europe : un nouveau “massacre inutile”, qui fait chaque jour d’innombrables victimes civiles. Et aujourd’hui encore, comme en 1950, les paroles contenues dans la déclaration Schuman restent d’actualité : “La contribution qu’une Europe organisée et vivante peut apporter à la civilisation est indispensable au maintien de relations pacifiques.” Il est nécessaire de s’engager dans un dialogue patient, de faire preuve de courage dans la négociation et d’être prêt à sacrifier certaines positions pour le bien supérieur de la paix." https://t.co/HjBvwNq8qy #Paix #Europe #Dialogue