Podcasts about Burkina Faso

Join us this Thursday morning as we welcome back Ambassador Arikana Chihombori-Quao to our classroom! Dr. Quao will shed light on the critical situation unfolding in Burkina Faso and provide insights from the recent White House meeting with several African heads of state and the Trump Administration. Before Dr. Quao takes the mic, don't miss Detroit activist Sister Shushana Shuker, who will expose the foreclosure crisis impacting her community and share her group's ambitious plans to empower young people this summer. Also joining us is Investigative Reporter Jeff Gallop, who will reveal the head-spinning effects of immigration raids happening in Florida. Plus, researcher The Irritated Genie will contribute valuable perspectives to our discussion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ils viennent des quatre coins du globe. 1 200 enseignants de français se sont donné rendez-vous du 10 au 17 juillet à Besançon pour le XVI congrès mondial de la Fédération internationale des professeurs de français. Lucie Bouteloup est sur place et cette semaine, chaque jour, elle va nous présenter l'un d'entre eux. Aujourd'hui c'est Salifou Coulibaly. Il enseigne au collège Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso. Demain, Lucie Bouteloup dresse le portrait d'une professeure qui enseigne le français à Lima, au Pérou.

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In this expansive episode, Ghost dives deep into Africa's shifting alliances and the global scramble for critical resources. He opens with Trump's Africa Summit, where five West African nations were invited to Washington to negotiate trade deals centered on rare earth minerals, oil, and gas. Ghost methodically dissects NPR and AP coverage, showing how Western media narratives obscure the real incentives driving U.S. outreach, countering China's and Russia's growing footholds across the continent. Using detailed maps and timelines, he explains how military coups in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have created a new power bloc aligned with Russia, and why Liberia, Gabon, and others were strategically selected for engagement. The conversation moves to the Pentagon's controversial investment in MP Materials, effectively nationalizing America's only rare earth mine to break dependence on Chinese supply chains. Ghost then pivots to Israel's turmoil, exploring how Netanyahu's government is trapped between domestic collapse, far-right coalition partners, and stalled Gaza negotiations. With plenty of sidebars, on rare earth land grabs, CIA-backed coups, and the long game of economic warfare, this episode is equal parts exposé and history lesson, revealing how old empires still pull the strings behind modern headlines.

Au Togo, les tensions sont encore vives à moins de dix jours des élections municipales. Le pays a été marqué fin juin par des manifestations d'ampleur contre le régime de Faure Gnassingbé. Selon plusieurs partis d'opposition et des organisations de la société civile, la répression de ce mouvement de contestation a fait au moins sept morts et des dizaines de blessés. Sur les réseaux sociaux, de fausses déclarations de personnalités politiques africaines et européennes ajoutent à la confusion. Si vous suivez de près l'actualité au Togo, vous avez probablement vu passer cette déclaration attribuée, à tort, au capitaine burkinabè Ibrahim Traoré. Dans une vidéo mensongère devenue virale ces derniers jours, on pense l'entendre apporter son soutien aux mouvements de contestation au Togo. Cet audio, long d'une minute et dix-huit secondes, a été écouté plus de 3 millions de fois sur TikTok et Facebook. Les comptes qui partagent cet extrait évoquent un « discours historique ». Une déclaration fabriquée de toutes pièces En réalité, le capitaine Ibrahim Traoré n'a jamais prononcé ces mots. L'extrait en question a été entièrement généré par un outil d'intelligence artificielle. Plusieurs internautes burkinabés signalent que le timbre de la voix d'Ibrahim Traoré est trop grave. Malgré tout, le résultat est assez bluffant, à tel point que les détecteurs d'IA que nous avons utilisés se trompent. Il s'agit là d'une nouvelle preuve que les outils de génération progressent plus vite que les outils de détection. Pour vérifier cet audio, nous avons d'abord cherché l'origine de cette prétendue déclaration. Sur les divers canaux officiels de communication du pouvoir burkinabè, ainsi que dans les médias locaux, ce discours est introuvable. En multipliant les recherches par mots clés, nous avons fini par retrouver le primo-diffuseur, le compte à l'origine de cette bande son. Il s'agit d'une chaîne YouTube, active depuis plus d'un mois. L'auteur précise qu'il est question d'un discours fictif, généré par intelligence artificielle, dans le but « de soutenir le peuple togolais ». Ce message d'avertissement a été volontairement ignoré par des comptes mal intentionnés. L'IA s'en mêle Ce discours artificiel d'Ibrahim Traoré n'est pas le seul à circuler à propos de la situation en cours au Togo. Avant lui, c'est la voix d'Emmanuel Macron qui avait été détournée. Cette opération de désinformation usurpait l'identité de RFI avec notre logo apposé sur cette fausse déclaration du président français. Plus récemment, l'image de la cheffe de la diplomatie de l'Union européenne, Kaja Kallas, a également été manipulée. Dans une vidéo de huit secondes, on pense la voir mettre la pression sur le gouvernement togolais. Dans les faits, cette vidéo a été générée via l'outil d'intelligence artificielle de Google : Veo III. La durée, huit secondes, ainsi que le petit logo Veo en bas à droite de l'image le confirment. On remarque, de plus, plusieurs incohérences visuelles, comme les drapeaux du Togo et de l'Union européenne qui ne collent pas avec les originaux.   Là encore, cette déclaration est introuvable sur les canaux de communication de l'UE et dans les médias, d'où l'importance de consulter des sources fiables.

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Danielle M. Reiff is a writer, peacebuilder, and Baha'i. For 20 years, Danielle advanced democracy, human rights, and peace around the world as a diplomat with the U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID). She is the founder of the non-partisan Peacebuilders initiative to promote empathy, dialogue, and other forms of nonviolence during this volatile time in the U.S. Her first book, an edited volume called “Overcoming Information Chaos: A Guide for Building Peaceful Communities in the Digital Age” will be published by Upriver Press in July 2025. In this engaging conversation, Danielle M Reiff shares her remarkable journey from a small town in Pennsylvania to becoming a diplomat and advocate for women's leadership globally. She discusses her experiences in the Peace Corps in Burkina Faso, the challenges and triumphs of promoting women's political participation, and the importance of community dialogue in overcoming polarization. Danielle emphasizes the need for confidence in leadership roles and the significance of building trust within diverse communities. She also recommends insightful resources for those interested in social change and personal growth.Information from the conversation:Beijing+30: Will it take another 30 years for gender equality?Danielle's Recommendations: Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana BurkeBraver Angels PodcastGet In Touch With Danielle:www.peacebuildersunite.com Facebook personal profile (@Danielle Reiff) Facebook business page (@Peacebuilders) Vote for Love Facebook Group LinkedIn (@danielle-reiff) Instagram author page(@danielle.m.reiff) Instagram business page (@peacebuilders.unite) X (@d_reiff_citizen) Threads author profile (@danielle.m.reiff) Threads business profile (@peacebuilders.unite) 

Le 9 juillet 2024, Foniké Menguè et Mamadou Billo Bah, les deux leaders de la société civile guinéenne, ont été arrêtés à Conakry par des hommes en armes et en uniformes. Sont-ils toujours en vie ? Depuis un an, on est sans nouvelles d'eux. « Pour nous, cette incertitude est insoutenable », disent leurs épouses et leurs proches. Un an après, la FIDH, la Fédération internationale pour les droits humains, appelle les États de la Cédéao à « se réveiller » pour faire libérer ces deux disparus. Maître Drissa Traoré est le secrétaire général de la FIDH. En ligne d'Abidjan, il répond aux questions de Christophe Boisbouvier. RFI : Est-ce que vous gardez l'espoir que Foniké Menguè et Mamadou Billo Bah sont vivants ? Maître Drissa Traoré : Oui, nous voulons garder l'espoir de surtout les retrouver en vie, ces deux militants des droits humains et de la société civile. Parce que, en l'état actuel, on n'a aucun élément qui puisse nous amener à croire qu'ils ne sont plus en vie. Et donc pour nous, l'espoir est toujours là et vivace. Est-ce qu'il y a eu des signes de vie depuis un an ? Non, nous n'avons pas de signes de vie, en dehors de quelques rumeurs, et de l'autre côté également, on n'a pas des éléments pouvant nous laisser croire qu'ils sont morts. Donc ce qui nous permet de garder de l'espoir jusqu'à ce moment précis. Le 9 janvier dernier, sur RFI, le porte-parole du gouvernement, Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, a déclaré que le ministre de la Justice ou le procureur général ferait bientôt un point de situation pour donner plus ample information sur l'évolution de l'enquête… Nous l'avons cru, nous l'avons espéré et malheureusement, depuis plusieurs mois, nous attendons ces déclarations. Nous attendons ce point-là, et rien ne vient. Et nous pensons que c'est le lieu d'interpeller le garde des Sceaux, ministre de la Justice et des Droits de l'homme, je précise, et le Procureur général, pour qu'ils puissent nous situer sur l'état de progression et d'avancement de cette enquête-là. Parce que leur silence, ce lourd silence, devient de plus en plus insupportable pour nous. Alors, depuis un an, il y a une mobilisation internationale en faveur des deux disparus, notamment de la part des États-Unis. La Commission africaine des droits de l'homme et des peuples et le Groupe de travail des Nations unies sur les disparitions forcées ont publié un communiqué commun, c'était en octobre dernier, dans lequel ils ont fait part de leurs craintes grandissantes sur les risques de tortures et même d'exécutions concernant ces deux disparus. Est-ce que la communauté internationale se mobilise assez à vos yeux ? Non. Au départ, nous avons vu beaucoup de mobilisation. Mais au fur et à mesure que le temps passe, cette mobilisation s'affaiblit. Cela nous inquiète et nous voulons interpeller la communauté internationale, surtout les organisations sous-régionales, pour que la question de ces deux disparus et des autres disparus puisse être à l'ordre du jour et que le gouvernement guinéen continue d'être interpellé, afin qu'au moins, on puisse savoir ce qui s'est passé, ce qui leur est arrivé, où ils sont, s'ils sont en vie ou non. Et nous pensons que cette mobilisation internationale doit être ravivée par l'ensemble des responsables de ces organisations-là et de ces pays-là. Est-ce que vous pensez, comme Me Brengarth, l'un des avocats français des familles des deux disparus, que « le pouvoir guinéen est dans une guerre d'usure, dans l'attente que les choses se tassent et que plus personne n'en parle » ? Oui, je pense que c'est la stratégie du gouvernement guinéen. Mais nous, de notre côté, nous n'allons jamais cesser notre mobilisation. Nous n'allons jamais cesser notre engagement tant que la lumière ne sera pas faite et notre mobilisation sera également, je pense, à la hauteur du silence du gouvernement guinéen. Pensez-vous que la France a joué un rôle dans la réintégration de la Guinée au sein de la grande famille francophone ? C'était au mois de septembre dernier… Non, nous ne le savons pas. Mais nous regrettons surtout que la Guinée puisse être réintégrée dans l'OIF alors que la transition n'a pas pris fin, alors que les violations des droits humains continuent de se perpétrer et surtout alors qu'il y a des enlèvements et des tortures en Guinée ces derniers temps. Et pensez-vous que la France a peur de perdre un quatrième allié en Afrique de l'Ouest si elle fait trop de démarches sur les droits de l'homme en Guinée-Conakry ? Une lecture de la situation en Afrique de l'Ouest, en tout cas, peut laisser penser que la France aujourd'hui marche sur des œufs, qu'elle ne veut pas faire les erreurs qu'elle a pu faire avec le Burkina Faso, le Mali et le Niger et qu'elle veut tout faire pour maintenir ses relations avec la Guinée. Et cela est inquiétant en ce qui concerne la situation des droits de l'homme dans ce pays. Et qu'en est-il du silence de la Cédéao, la Communauté économique des États d'Afrique de l'Ouest ? Je peux dire que c'est enrageant pour nous, parce que, depuis plusieurs années, les autorités de la Cédéao ont indiqué construire la Cédéao des peuples, et nous pensons que la Cédéao des peuples, c'est la Cédéao de la protection des droits humains, c'est la Cédéao où on protège les populations. Et donc cette Cédéao des peuples ne peut pas se taire, ne peut pas être indifférente à l'enlèvement de ces acteurs qui se battent pour la démocratie, qui se battent pour les droits humains en Guinée. Pour nous, c'est incompréhensible et nous souhaitons que la Cédéao se réveille et que la Cédéao également puisse interpeller les autorités guinéennes afin que la lumière soit faite sur ces événements. À lire aussiUn an après leur enlèvement, la Guinée toujours sans nouvelle de Foniké Menguè et Mamadou Billo Bah

Summary: Where are Aba aba found? Join Kiersten as she tells where you can find these amazing fish.   For my hearing impaired followers, a complete transcript of this podcast follows the show notes on Podbean   Show Notes: “Gymnarchus niloticus” Global Biodiversity Information Facility, https://www.gbif.org “Gymnarchus niloticus, Aba aba” Seriously Fish, https://www.seriouslyfish.com “Morphology of Aba Knife Fish (Gymnarchus niloticus) (Cuvier, 1829)”, by S.O. Ayoola and C. E. Abotti. World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences 2 (5): 354-356, 2010. Music written and performed by Katherine Camp   Transcript (Piano music plays) Kiersten - This is Ten Things I Like About…a ten minute, ten episode podcast about unknown or misunderstood wildlife. (Piano music stops)   Kiersten - Welcome to Ten Things I Like About… This is a podcast about misunderstood or unknown creatures in nature. Some we'll find right out side our doors and some are continents away but all are fascinating.  This podcast will focus ten, ten minute episodes on different animals and their amazing characteristics. Please join me on this extraordinary journey, you won't regret it. This is the second episode of Aba aba, or Gymnarchus niloticus, and the second thing I like about this little known fish is where they are found. Let's talk about where in the wild this fish is naturally found and what kind of habitat they tend to like best. This episode may be a bit shorter than most, but I promise to make up for it in future episode of this series. In episode one we found out that the Aba Aba is found in Africa. They can inhabit bodies of fresh water in the Nile, Turkana, Chad, Niger, Volta, Senegal, and Gambia basins. It is wide spread throughout West African countries of Egypt, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, and Gambia. It has been reported in Cameroon, where it is an introduced species, but identification here still needs further confirmation. By widespread I mean that they can be found in various bodies of freshwater such as lakes and rivers in these areas but they are sparsely spread.  These fish need fairly large territories, remember that can get up to five feet in length and weigh 42 pounds, and spend most of their lives as solitary individuals, so therefore, they are sparsely spread throughout their natural habitat. Now that we know where in the world to find these amazing fish, what kind of habitat are we looking for? We know they like freshwater and can be found in lakes and rivers. They will most often be found in areas with dense aquatic vegetation. They use this to hide from larger predators and to help camouflage themselves from prey items.  In rivers, they favor the edges of the water near the banks to keep out of the rushing currents toward the middle. Don't get me wrong, they can swim well, but the edges host the plants they need to rest in during the day. Aba aba are nocturnal, so they are most active at night and they spend their days resting in the vegetation. They can use the plants a bit like a hammock, supporting them while they sleep. Aba aba fish have very small eyes and are a bit sensitive to light so this is another reason to live in and around thick vegetation.  Their behavior is seasonally influenced by the rains of this continent, as are many species of animals that live on the African continent. When the rains come breeding season begins, but you'll have to wait for the next episode to find out the unique breeding behaviors of the Aba aba. That's it for the second episode of the Aba aba. Thank you for joining me to find out where this amazing fish lives because it is my second favorite thing about them.  If you're enjoying this podcast please recommend me to friends and family and take a moment to give me a rating on whatever platform your listening. It will help me reach more listeners and give the animals I talk about an even better chance at change.  Join me next week for another exciting episode about the Aba aba.        (Piano Music plays)  This has been an episode of Ten Things I like About with Kiersten and Company. Original music written and performed by Katherine Camp, piano extraordinaire.

Novedades discográficas de (casi) todos los rincones de África, en muy variados estilos, nos envuelven de magia durante casi toda la emisión, haciéndonos viajar por La Reunión, Sudáfrica, Zimbabue, Mauritania, Burkina Faso y Nigeria. Sones también orientales y norteafricanos del presente y el pasado nos llegan desde Andalucía y Norteamérica, incluyendo alguno de los favoritos de Cleopatra. New music releases from (almost) every corner of Africa, in a wide range of styles, fill most of the broadcast with magic, taking us on a journey through Réunion, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Nigeria. Eastern and North African tunes, both past and present, also reach us from Andalusia and North America, including some of Cleopatra’s favourites. - Grammoun Lélé - Almal - Almal [single] - Mahotella Queens - Mpho ke lehlohonolo (Take care of your gift) - Buya buya: come back - Chaka Chawasarira - Hurombo - Useza - Noura Mint Seymali - Guéreh - Guéreh [single] - Kanazoé Orkestra - Dabara - Balabeatz - Solo Diarra - Wabo - Yimenga - Femi Kuti - Politics don expose them - Journey through life - La Banda Morisca - Cardamomo y té - Por la linde abajo [avance / preview] - Fred Elias with Buddy Sarkissian & his Mecca Four - Mecca interlude - Soul of the East: New England Near Eastern dance instrumentals ca. 1960 - Fred Elias & Buddy Sarkissian - Extravaganza 2 - Outtakes from magic fingers play Cleopatra's favorites & Hellenic Near East gems: Near Eastern music in New England ca. 1957 Mahotella Queens (Umsakazo Records)

Three years ago, Ibrahim Traoré was a junior army officer in Burkina Faso's armed forces. Today, he has emerged as a surprising anti-Western hero preaching self-reliance and resilience with fans across Africa and beyond. But what happened to get us to this point? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Au Niger, 10 soldats nigériens ont été tués et quinze ont été blessés vendredi dans une double attaque de jihadistes présumés dans l'ouest du pays, près du Burkina Faso, a annoncé le ministre nigérien de la Défense, qui fait état de 41 assaillants tués.

Ronnie shares his personal journey and the mission of Drop Inn Ministries, emphasising how the organisation embodies hope, help, and healing in Jesus' name to a hurting world. He recounts significant ​“fives” in his life: his first mission trip to Belarus in 1995, starting a church in 2005, and a 10-year lease at Ballyards Castle in 2015 for their ministry's programs. He also shares his profound re-commitment to faith after a severe motorbike accident at 17, and the deep impact of seeing the ​“heart of Jesus” in action, particularly through a video about Nufo from Burkina Faso who receives prosthetic legs through their ministry. Ronnie articulates his current focus on the Great Commission, aiming to empower individuals globally, not just through direct travel, but by supporting those already working in their own communities. He highlights Drop Inn Ministries' expansion into new nations like Egypt, South Africa, Iraq, and Kyrgyzstan, aspiring to reach every nation on Earth. He also speaks about his and his wife Carolyn's fostering of unaccompanied minors, exemplified by the enduring connection with Mubarak, a young man who continues to visit them due to the love and dignity he receives. This personal approach, he stresses, demonstrates that extending kindness and love to others, regardless of their background, can profoundly impact lives and spread the message of Jesus. Episode link: https://grace-community.church/lesson/the-story-of-ronnie-dawson

Dans le supplément de ce samedi, en première partie, direction l'Espagne, les indices économiques ne sont pas au rouge, bien meilleurs même que dans bien des pays européens, une économie dynamique, 3,2% de croissance en 2024, un beau rebond après la crise du Covid, mais il y a la crise du logement sévère, devenir locataire ou propriétaire est devenu très problématique en Espagne, que l'on soit jeune ou pas. 100 000 logements sont construits par an, il en faudrait 6 fois plus. Une situation qui est particulièrement préoccupante à Madrid. Avec François Musseau.  En seconde partie, paroles d'exilés burkinabè, leurs témoignages, leurs craintes. Le putsch à Ouagadougou, il y a 3 ans, leur a fait préférer le chemin de l'étranger, cela face à la dégradation des libertés les plus élémentaires au Burkina Faso, vous les entendrez au micro de Frédéric Garat. Espagne : le logement, enjeu national Les Espagnols ne peuvent plus se loger : tous les sondages le montrent. Les jeunes, mais pas seulement, ont beaucoup de difficultés à devenir locataires ou propriétaires. L'année dernière, les prix ont en effet doublé. 8,5% de hausse. Rester chez papa maman, s'entasser dans un appartement avec des inconnus, partir ailleurs. La situation est chaotique. On construit en Espagne, chaque année, 100 000 logements alors qu'il en faudrait 600 000. Le gouvernement de Pedro Sanchez a, certes, lancé au printemps un vaste plan de construction, notamment à visée sociale. Mais il y a urgence : la situation est particulièrement préoccupante à Madrid ; certains se frottent les mains, beaucoup sont en plein désarroi... Un Grand reportage de François Musseau qui s'entretient avec Jacques Allix.     L'omerta ou la mort, nous fuyons ! Depuis la chute de Roch Marc Christian Kaboré en 2022 et l'arrivée des militaires putschistes au pouvoir, le Burkina Faso connait une lente, mais certaine dégradation de ses libertés fondamentales. Arrestation arbitraire, kidnapping d'opposants, enrôlement militaire forcé ou interdiction des réunions politiques et syndicales… Le régime militaire du capitaine Ibrahim Traoré pose une chape de plomb sur le pays à tel point que ceux qui revendiquent encore la liberté de parole et d'informer au pays de Norbert Zongo sont obligés de s'exiler… Un Grand reportage de Frédéric Garat qui s'entretient avec Jacques Allix.

Depuis la chute de Roch Marc Christian Kaboré en 2022 et l'arrivée des militaires putschistes au pouvoir, le Burkina Faso connait une lente mais certaine dégradation de ses libertés fondamentales. Arrestation arbitraire, kidnapping d'opposants, enrôlement militaire forcé ou interdiction des réunions politiques et  syndicales… Le régime militaire du capitaine Ibrahim Traoré pose une chape de plomb sur le pays à tel point que ceux qui revendiquent, encore, la liberté de parole et d'informer au pays de Norbert Zongo sont obligés de s'exiler… « L'omerta ou la mort, nous fuyons ! », un Grand reportage de Frédéric Garat,  réalisation : Pauline Leduc.

Comprendre ce qu'est une offensive informationnelle, comment elle naît, comment elle grandit et se propage, c'est déjà un premier antidote au poison de la désinformation. Progressivement, la recherche parvient à mettre en lumière les opérations d'ingérence étrangère, la façon dont s'organisent les opérations d'influence et comment elles peuvent affecter le débat public dans des moments-clé de la vie démocratique. Celles orchestrées par la Russie recèlent un intérêt particulier. Les démocraties ont leurs faiblesses. Le dispositif informationnel de la Russie s'appuie sur ces failles, et sur la caisse de résonance que constituent les réseaux sociaux pour en tirer profit. Notre invitée, Christine Dugoin-Clément nous montre comment se déploie cette « stratégie du chaos ». Nous verrons avec elle, que ce système bien documenté, n'est pas lui-même infaillible.  Christine Dugoin-Clément est chercheuse à la chaire «Risques» de l'IAE Paris-Sorbonne et à l'Observatoire de l'intelligence artificielle de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. Elle est l'auteur de « Géopolitique de l'ingérence russe-la stratégie du chaos » aux PUF. La chronique de Grégory Genevrier de la cellule info vérif de RFI : Pays de l'AES: la réalité derrière les images de logements flambant neufs.

Dans les pays de l'Alliance des États du Sahel, les politiques de construction de logements font régulièrement l'objet de fausses informations. Au Burkina Faso, au Mali et au Niger, ces infox voudraient faire croire que d'innombrables quartiers d'habitations luxueux seraient sortis de terre depuis les coups d'État. Le mode opératoire consiste à diffuser des images sorties de leur contexte, en affirmant, à tort, qu'elles auraient été filmées au Sahel. Le dernier exemple en date concerne le Burkina Faso. Une vidéo, mensongère, vue plus de 4 millions de fois sur les réseaux sociaux, prétend montrer la construction récente de centaines de logements neufs dans le pays. Durant onze secondes, on y voit des immeubles luxueux, à perte de vue. « Ce ne sont pas les États-Unis, mais le Burkina Faso », indique, à tort, une voix anglophone dans la bande son. Les comptes à l'origine de cette vidéo, parlent de « maisons distribuées gratuitement par le capitaine Ibrahim Traoré aux citoyens burkinabés ». Vérification faite, ces images n'ont absolument rien à voir avec le Burkina Faso. Un projet immobilier en Chine Pour géolocaliser cette vidéo, nous avons d'abord effectué plusieurs recherches par image inversée. Cela nous a permis de retrouver le même extrait diffusé par des comptes asiatiques. La légende parle d'un projet immobilier baptisé « Jinan's Ma Shan New Village », en Chine, dans le centre Ouest de la province du Shandong. En parcourant la zone sur des outils de cartographie satellite, comme Google Earth ou Yandex Maps, on retrouve bien nos immeubles, construits au nord de la localité de Feicheng. La vidéo a donc été filmée à 11 000 km du Burkina Faso. Un mode opératoire à la mode Ce type d'infox se compte par dizaines ces derniers mois. Des images de projets immobiliers du monde entier, de l'Algérie, aux États-Unis, en passant par le Maroc, sont sorties de leur contexte et diffusées au Sahel avec des légendes mensongères. Le phénomène concerne aussi d'autres types d'infrastructures, comme des gares, des ponts ou des stations de métro. Ce mode opératoire est particulièrement populaire au Mali et au Burkina Faso. Pour cause, ces infox sont simples à fabriquer, elles deviennent souvent virales et sont, à l'inverse, parfois difficiles à vérifier. Un écosystème de comptes de propagande à la manœuvre À l'origine de cette désinformation, on retrouve tout un écosystème de comptes actifs sur Facebook, X, WhatsApp et TikTok. Ce réseau d'influence, déjà impliqué dans plusieurs campagnes de désinformation régionales, diffuse quotidiennement la propagande des pouvoirs en place dans l'AES. Les indicateurs de viralité montrent que leurs contenus touchent une large audience. Dans les faits, des projets de construction de logements existent dans les pays de l'AES. Au Burkina Faso par exemple, le gouvernement a pour ambition de construire 50 000 logements à travers le pays d'ici à 2029. À ce stade, on ne sait pas combien ont été construits ni à quel prix ils seront vendus. Pour autant, les vidéos qui circulent en ligne sont loin de la réalité.

La stratégie d'hyperdistribution gagne les grands opérateurs audiovisuels français et pourraient bien profiter à des pays d'Afrique francophone Ce jeudi 3 juillet 2025, le groupe TF1 a annoncé le lancement de sa plateforme de streaming gratuite TF1+ dans 21 pays d'Afrique francophone, dont l'Algérie, le Burkina Faso, le Niger ou le Mali. On pourra y retrouver Plus Belle la vie, HPI ou encore Tout pour la lumière, le nouveau feuilleton de TF1. Pour cela, il suffit de télécharger l'application ou de passer par un téléviseur connecté. Mi-juin, le groupe a aussi signé un accord avec Netflix pour intégrer son offre et ainsi toucher 40% des treize millions d'abonnés de la plateforme en France qui ne regardent jamais ses programmes. Or Netflix sera aussi à la mi-juillet accessible dans 24 pays d'Afrique subsaharienne grâce à un accord avec Canal+ qui permettra de retrouver dans son abonnement l'accès aux séries du géant américain. Citons Lupin, Emily in Paris, Squid Game, mais aussi bien sûr les productions africaines comme Blood & Water, Unseen, King of Boys, Anikulapo, Blood Sisters et Kings of Jo'Burg. À lire aussiTélévision: en France, Netflix et TF1 annoncent un partenariat inédit France Télévisions a annoncé cette semaine un accord de distribution avec Prime Video d'Amazon Il ne touche pas spécifiquement l'Afrique, mais comme Prime Video est accessible dans des pays comme le Sénégal, la Côte d'Ivoire et le Mali, ses abonnés vont forcément en profiter. Un espace dédié à France.tv sera ainsi accessible sur Prime avec ses 20 000 contenus comme Intervilles ou Un Si Grand soleil. On retrouve là une stratégie d'hyperdistribution qui avait été initiée par Bruno Patino, l'actuel patron d'Arte, qui a mis le maximum de contenus sur YouTube en considérant que la mission d'un service public était d'être vu le plus possible. Cela peut se comprendre, mais quelle est la logique pour un groupe privé ?  À TF1, on parle de plus en plus de micro-paiements pour voir des épisodes avant diffusion, par exemple. Avec la publicité, cela pourrait compléter les revenus. Le monde de la création audiovisuel africain va aussi évoluer On l'a vu fin juin au Salon des contenus audiovisuels d'Abidjan, le SICA. Les plateformes internationales ne vont plus se contenter des séries de Nollywood pour assurer leurs programmes africains. C'est pourquoi autour d'Alex Ogou, de Mamane, bien connu de RFI, d'Alex Berger, de Charly Kodjo et bien sûr des réalisateurs Abderrahmane Sissako ou Dani Kouyaté, tout un tissu créatif gagne en intensité et en puissance. On parle du Bureau des légendes africain d'Axel Berger, mais aussi d'une comédie en douze épisodes de Mamane ou le super-héros africain est un bras cassé. Avec le rachat de MultiChoice par Canal+, ce sont de nouvelles perspectives sur tout le continent qui s'offrent à eux.    À lire aussiAlex Berger: «Mon ambition c'est de créer des séries avec des producteurs ivoiriens ou d'ailleurs»

Tedduɓee heɗiiɓe taskaram Laawol Ganndal e Needi on calminaama, e ndee yontere yawtunde en njeewtii e Batte njuɓɓidiiji ɗi timmaani e waɗooɓe folondiro « examen » en njokkat hannde kaalen e Nguyka nder folondiro. Ko Mahmoudou DIALLO jannginoowo to Burkina Faso woni koɗo men e ndee yewtere bismillah mon.

Aos 37 anos, o capitão Ibrahim Traoré virou o centro de uma revolução em Burkina Faso — e um símbolo de resistência para milhões na África. Carismático, jovem e ferozmente antiocidental, ele expulsou os franceses, se aliou à Rússia e passou a nacionalizar minas de ouro enquanto prega uma nova era panafricanista. Neste vídeo, mergulhamos na trajetória fulminante do líder mais popular do continente: suas políticas radicais, a construção de sua imagem nas redes sociais, os confrontos com Macron, Langley e o Ocidente — e os riscos que ele enfrenta para não terminar como tantos outros heróis africanos. Sankara reencarnado ou apenas mais um militar com discurso bonito? Descubra agora.

Don't miss the chance to engage with insights from Morgan State University Professor Ray Winbush this Monday morning! Dr. Winbush will explore the implications of the New York mayoral race on national politics, offering a unique perspective that could reshape how we view our political landscape. He'll also dive deep into critical issues such as the Iran-Israel conflict, the turmoil in Burkina Faso, and the controversial Trump spending bill currently in Congress. Before Dr. Winbush takes the mic, DC-based attorney Ari Theresa will be sharing valuable updates on the ongoing gentrification in the DMV area, shedding light on a pressing issue that affects us all. And to cap off this incredible lineup, music journalist Norman Richmond will celebrate the conclusion of this year’s Black Music Month with us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Les Têtes d'affiche de Denise Epoté de TV5MONDE, comme chaque dimanche sur RFI, avec Nicolas Brousse. Sur la première marche de notre podium cette semaine un duo d'innovateurs originaires du Burkina Faso : Joseph Théodore Sandwidi et William Palé. Portés par leur passion pour la culture, le financier et l'informaticien ont lancé en 2024 « Sanbbiz » une application pour organiser vos sorties culturelles. Notre seconde tête d'affiche est originaire du Gabon. Prisca Bivigou Gangou possède un master 2 en gestion des affaires juridiques et fiscales obtenu à l'université africaine de Management. Après une formation à Grasse, capitale  mondiale de la parfumerie elle obtient une attestation de parfumeur amateur et en  2018 lance Yoma une marque de parfum à base d'essences locales. 

Quels sont les secrets d'un développement économique réussi, surtout lorsque l'on part de très loin ? Nous étudions le cas du Bénin, pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest à la recherche d'une croissance partagée via une politique d'industrialisation, de grands travaux, d'autonomisation et de diversification. Beaucoup de paramètres entrent en compte : coopération régionale, sécurité intérieure, démographie, main-d'œuvre étrangère, coût de la vie, financements extérieurs et poids de la dette.

Some church leaders in Burkina Faso expressed their dissatisfaction with current president, Captain Traore' charging he was an "unbeliever" meaning a non-Christian, although he has a deep faith in God as a Muslim. They cited, incorrectly, 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 as the proof text for their objection. In this episode we demonstrate how the text was misused and give examples of how the people of God were historically servants and subject to rulers who did not share their views. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/all-bible-prophecy-fulfilled--2642968/support.

Les images générées par l'intelligence artificielle ne sont pas des photographies comme les autres, mais se présentent comme telles sur nos environnements numériques. Le philosophe Pierre Cassou Noguès interroge l'effet produit par la machine numérique que nous sachions ou non que ces images sont fabriquées par une intelligence artificielle. Il nous montre aussi comment ces images dites «  pyromanes » favorisent l'évitement de la réalité de la crise environnementale, tout en y contribuant. « Les images pyromanes-théorie fiction des images génératives », c'est le titre du livre réalisé par le philosophe Pierre Cassou-Noguès avec l'artiste Gwenola Wagon. À travers une série de contes spéculatifs, ils mettent en lumière la façon dont les IA génératives changent nos vies, en profondeur, sans que l'on ne s'en aperçoive.  Philosophe et écrivain, Pierre Cassou-Noguès enseigne au département de Philosophie de l'Université Paris 8. Il est membre senior de l'Institut universitaire de France, et chercheur associé à GEODE, projet de recherche interdisciplinaire, partenaire de l'émission. Son travail est fondé sur un usage théorique de la fiction. Il porte sur les nouvelles technologies et sur les problématiques contemporaines, telles que le réchauffement climatique. Gwenola Wagon est artiste et chercheuse. Elle imagine des récits alternatifs et paradoxaux pour penser le monde numérique contemporain.  Des images générées par l'IA de plus en plus invasives sur les réseaux sociaux, on en parle également dans nos chroniques : La chronique de Grégory Genevrier de la cellule info vérif de RFI: Israël-Iran, une guerre des images propice à la désinformation La chronique de Kahofi Suy de l'AFP factuel à Abidjan : Des accusations d'espionnage alimentées par des vidéos s'appuyant sur des images générées par l'IA.  

Quels sont les secrets d'un développement économique réussi, surtout lorsque l'on part de très loin ? Nous étudions le cas du Bénin, pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest à la recherche d'une croissance partagée via une politique d'industrialisation, de grands travaux, d'autonomisation et de diversification. Beaucoup de paramètres entrent en compte : coopération régionale, sécurité intérieure, démographie, main-d'œuvre étrangère, coût de la vie, financements extérieurs et poids de la dette.

This program ventures into corners of Africa we rarely hear from, guided by adventurous field recordists and crate diggers. The Zomba Prison Project is a set of recordings by inmates at a maximum security prison in Malawi, one of the poorest nations on earth. The project's debut CD was nominated for a Grammy Award. Here, we speak with the producer, Ian Brennan, and hear tracks from a volume of soulful, even heartbreaking, songs from the prison. We then go back to the 1960s and ‘70s in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta) to sample a gorgeous set recordings by Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Les Imbattables Leopards and more. We hear from Florent Mazzoleni, the author and intrepid vinyl collector behind the new box set, Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta. Produced by Banning Eyre APWW #738

Les journalistes et experts de RFI répondent également à vos questions sur l'accord de paix entre le gouvernement centrafricain et deux groupes armés, les frappes américaines en Iran et les cyberattaques contre des institutions iraniennes. Côte d'Ivoire : ruée vers l'or dans le nord-est   Avec une capacité de production évaluée à 100 tonnes d'or, la mine découverte à Doropo, à la frontière avec le Burkina Faso est qualifiée de classe mondiale. Pourquoi ce gisement suscite-t-il autant d'intérêt ? Quelles sont les retombées attendues ? Avec Benoît Almeras, correspondant de RFI à Abidjan.     Centrafrique : quelles avancées après l'accord de paix signé avec des groupes armés ?   Deux mois après le cessez-le-feu conclu entre le gouvernement centrafricain et les groupes armés 3R et UPC, l'accord commence à être mis en œuvre. Quelle est la différence entre ce nouvel accord et celui conclu en 2019 ?  Pourquoi la question du désarmement n'est-elle pas à l'ordre du jour ? Avec François Mazet, journaliste au service Afrique de RFI.   Iran : les frappes américaines sont-elles anticonstitutionnelles?   Donald Trump a ordonné le bombardement des principaux sites nucléaires iraniens, dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche, sans prévenir le Congrès. Une décision dénoncée par les Démocrates qui l'accusent d'avoir enfreint la Constitution. Que dit la loi fondamentale ? Le vote du Congrès est-il obligatoire avant toute intervention militaire ? Avec Ludivine Gilli, directrice de l'Observatoire de l'Amérique du Nord de la Fondation Jean Jaurès.    Guerre Israël-Iran : cyberattaques contre le régime  La semaine dernière, alors qu'Israël menait des frappes contre l'Iran, la banque Sepah et la plus importante plateforme d'échange de cryptomonnaies du pays, Nobitex, ont été la cible de hackers. Ils se font appeler « Gonjeshke Darange », les « moineaux prédateurs » en français. Qui se cache derrière ce groupe ? Quelles sont ses revendications ?  Avec Maxime Arquillière, analyste en cybermenace pour la société française de cybersécurité Sekoia.io.

Ira ? Ira pas ? Les spéculations vont bon train en Côte d'Ivoire quant à la volonté du président Ouattara, 83 ans, de briguer un 4e mandat. « Le parti présidentiel, le RHDP, a tenu le week-end dernier son 2ᵉ congrès ordinaire, constate le site Presse Côte d'Ivoire. Congrès au cours duquel les congressistes ont demandé avec insistance que le président du parti, Alassane Ouattara soit leur porte-flambeau à l'élection présidentielle d'octobre de cette année. Pour la cérémonie de clôture tenue avant-hier dimanche au stade olympique Alassane Ouattara d'Ebimpé, le discours du président était très attendu par les militants qui espéraient qu'il répondrait favorablement à cette requête. Mais au finish, ils sont restés sur leur faim. » Fraternité Matin, notamment, rapporte les propos d'Alassane Ouattara : « s'agissant de ma candidature à l'élection présidentielle, je vous ai écoutés et compris. Je prendrai, dans les prochains jours, une décision après mûre réflexion. » Flou calculé Ce qui fait dire au site ivoirien Le Point Sur que « Ouattara entretient le flou sur un 4e mandat contesté. » En effet, précise-t-il, « cette stratégie de flou calculé, Ouattara l'avait déjà employée en 2020. Après avoir affirmé qu'il ne se représenterait pas, il avait finalement annoncé sa candidature, invoquant des circonstances exceptionnelles. Cette fois encore, relève Le Point Sur, l'opinion publique soupçonne une manœuvre orchestrée, destinée à créer l'illusion d'une décision attendue ou réclamée par les bases du RHDP. Mais le climat sociopolitique a changé. Ce qui pouvait passer en 2020 ne semble plus audible en 2025. La lassitude est palpable, l'économie souffre, le chômage progresse, et les tensions sociales persistent. Dans les quartiers populaires comme dans les cercles intellectuels, le mot d'ordre est le même : non à un quatrième mandat. » L'opposition en ordre dispersé... Alassane Ouattara fait donc durer le suspense dans un contexte politique tendu. En effet, relève Le Monde Afrique, « face au parti au pouvoir, la scène politique a été purgée de tout opposant sérieux. L'ancien président Laurent Gbagbo est inéligible à cause de condamnations, comme son ex-ministre, Charles Blé Goudé. L'ancien rebelle Guillaume Soro s'est exilé, sous peine sinon de se retrouver derrière les barreaux en Côte d'Ivoire où l'attend une peine de prison à vie. Quant au candidat du Parti démocratique de Côte d'Ivoire, l'ancien patron du Crédit suisse, Tidjane Thiam, il ne peut se présenter à la présidentielle, car il a renoncé trop tardivement à sa nationalité française – le code électoral exclut les binationaux. » Résultat, constate Le Point Afrique, « l'action de l'opposition reste entravée par l'inéligibilité de la plupart de ses candidats. Après avoir entretenu le doute sur la qualité de leur relation, le président du PDCI-RDA, Tidjane Thiam, et le leader du PPA-CI, Laurent Gbagbo, ont fini par se rencontrer à Bruxelles. De cet échange a découlé un accord, officialisant la naissance d'un front commun entre ces deux partis aux réserves de voix non négligeables. » Mais, souligne encore Le Point Afrique, « l'avènement de cette nouvelle formule vient quelque peu marcher sur les plates-bandes de la CAP-CI ; coalition de l'opposition née quelques mois auparavant. » Bref, une opposition amoindrie et divisée… … ou en ordre de bataille ? Non, estime pour sa part le site Afrik.com : « l'opposition ivoirienne s'organise. Le récent accord politique entre le PPA-CI de Laurent Gbagbo et le PDCI de Tidjane Thiam a redéfini le paysage électoral, en créant une force d'alternance crédible pour la présidentielle de cette année. » En effet, renchérit Le Pays au Burkina Faso, « c'est connu, la stratégie du vide est une terre fertile pour ceux qui cherchent à occuper l'espace, et l'attente prolongée de la réponse du président Ouattara à la requête de son parti d'être candidat, pourrait offrir un boulevard à l'opposition en mal de structuration pour se poser désormais en véritable alternative à quelques mois de l'une des élections les plus ouvertes de l'histoire du pays. » En tout cas, l'horloge tourne, souligne encore Afrik.com : « le calendrier électoral ajoute à la pression : la collecte officielle des parrainages démarre le 1er juillet et les candidats ont jusqu'au 26 août pour déposer leur dossier. Si Alassane Ouattara veut se présenter, il doit se conformer (rapidement) aux exigences de la Commission électorale indépendante, à moins d'un éventuel assouplissement ou réinterprétation des délais. »

Die Springbok Sewes ‘A'-span is die Rugby Afrika Seweskampioen na ‘n oortuigende oorwinning van 26-12 oor Madagaskar in die eindstryd in Mauritius. Suid-Afrika het Groep B met Burkina Faso, Zambië en Nigerië oortuigend gewen. In die kwarteindronde het hulle die verdedigende kampioen, Uganda, 26-0 geklop voordat hulle ‘n moeisame oorwinning van 19-12 oor Zimbabwe beklink het om die eindstryd te haal. Blitsbok-afrigter Philip Snyman sê hy is tevrede met die spelers se spel en die uitvoering van hul pligte:

My Story Talk 21 The Rocky Road to Mattersey (1972-78) Welcome to Talk 21 in our series where I'm reflecting on God's goodness to me throughout my life. Last time I finished my series of talks on the years we spent I Basingstoke by telling you how in January 1972 God clearly told me that we were going to live at the Bible College. This didn't happen until 1978 when I was appointed principal of the College which by then had moved from Kenley to Mattersey. Today's talk will cover some of difficulties we faced on the way and how the Lord eventually brought us through.   In December 1972, after he had served only two years as the Principal at Kenley, George Jeffreys Williamson suffered a heart attack, probably as a result of over-work combined with an accusation that was made against him by one of the students, and shortly after this the Board of Governors reluctantly accepted his resignation. Meanwhile, as there was no resident tutor at the time due to the departure of John Phillips, the Board asked some of the visiting lecturers, including me, to spend a few days at the college encouraging and taking care of the students.   While I was there, Eric Dando, a member of the AoG Executive Council, asked me confidentially if I had ever thought of becoming the principal. This was not a complete surprise to me because of what the Lord had shown me earlier that year about living at the College, but at that stage I had not thought that I might be the principal. And I had never told anyone except Eileen about it.   So I asked Eric why he was asking that question. He told me that it looked likely that Williamson would sadly be resigning and he felt that I might be a suitable person to take over. Although I felt that at the age of 33 I was possibly too young to be appointed to such a responsible position, I shared with him how the Lord had spoken to me back in January.   The months that followed were something of a rollercoaster as Eileen and I lived with the tension that we all experience in times of uncertainty. We knew that the Lord had called us to the college, but was it his plan that I should be the principal? And was it to happen yet? All we could do was hang on to what God had shown us and rest in the certainty that whatever happens God is always in control.   As it turned out, because a new principal could not be appointed until the General Conference the following May, the Board of Governors asked David Powell, the pastor of the Rotherham Assembly, to take care of the College until then. Meanwhile I was waiting to see if I would be nominated. Apart from Eric Dando, Arnold Shaw from Bracknell and Pastor Appleby from Reading had also expressed their confidence in me, but although individuals could make suggestions, nominations would only be accepted which had the support of at least one official council. And when Pastor Appleby suggested my name in a District Council meeting, the chairman, Billy Richards, said,               In a few years, perhaps,   which was to prove to be prophetic. I was encouraged by this, as Richards was, like Dando, a member of the Executive Council and a man I highly respected, and it was evident that he did see the potential in me but felt that now was not the right time, which confirmed what I had already suspected. It was clear that I would not yet be leaving Basingstoke, but that the Lord would fulfil his purpose for me at the proper time, and I had peace about that.   That is until the unprecedented events that took place in May at the General Conference! Immediately before the vote was to take place to determine which of the men who had been nominated would be the next principal, there was a prophetic word saying that the man God had chosen knew who he was and that he should come forward and declare it! This threw the conference into confusion as it was completely contrary to the normal democratic process practised at conference.   The Chairman had to make a decision. The prophecy had to be judged. He conferred with the Executive Council. The matter was put to the conference, and it was agreed to proceed in line with the prophecy. The man whom God had chosen knew who he was, and he should come forward and declare it. Was I the man? The problem was, I knew I was called to the college, but the Lord had never told me that I would ever be the principal.   But while I was still churning these things over in my mind, David Powell, one of those who had been nominated, walked forward and told conference why he felt he was the man. I need to say, in passing, how unfair this procedure was to the two other nominees, one of whom, Clifford Rees, was not present because he was speaking at a meeting in another part of the conference. He told me afterwards that he would not have accepted nomination if he had not felt that he was the man.   After Powell had made his statement the chairman gave opportunity for people to make comments or to ask questions, and one of those who came forward was my old pastor, Alfred Webb. His way back to his seat went right by me and I decided to ask his advice. A few months previously I had confidentially shared with him how I felt God had called me to the college, and so I quietly asked him if he felt I should share it with the conference. His reply was,   Yes, it could be a B that leads to an A.   So that is how I came to tell the entire conference, explaining that I had not come forward before as I could not claim that God had called me to be the principal, but that I did know that God had told me I would live at the college, and that if Brother Powell were elected, and felt it were appropriate, I would be willing to serve under him.   That day Powell was appointed having received the required two-thirds majority vote of the conference, and a day or so later, when I had heard nothing from him, I approached him and said that I hoped he did not mind what I had said, to which he replied,   My heart is with you I this matter, brother. Wait and see what happens. So I waited, and soon I discovered that he had appointed someone else to work with him. It was weeks later, however, before I received a letter from him saying that he would be happy for me to continue as a visiting lecturer teaching the same subjects as before. In fact, I was the only member of the old faculty who was invited to do so. I decided to accept even though my visits were to be monthly rather than fortnightly due to the fact that the college had now moved to Mattersey, some 200 miles north of Basingstoke, much further from home than Kenley had been.   During the four years that David Powell was the principal, the college was facing considerable difficulties due to the fact that only part of the property at Kenley had been sold and there were insufficient funds to refurbish and develop the property at Mattersey. This was very evident each time I visited the college as a lecturer and, from 1976 onwards, as a member of the Board of Governors. And although these problems were not of Powell's making, it was also very clear to me that there were administrative issues that could easily be rectified without incurring any additional expenditure.   As a result my desire to be more fully involved in the work of the college was increasing steadily, but at the time there seemed little likelihood of this happening soon. But then, quite unexpectedly, in January 1977 Powell informed the Board of Governors that he had decided not to stand for re-election at General Conference. (At that time all heads of department were subject to re-election every two years). So the other members of the Board agreed unanimously to nominate me.   But when the news was out that Powell was not standing for re-election I was not surprised to discover that two others had accepted nomination from different councils. There was of course no guarantee that I would be elected especially bearing in mind the confusion that had arisen at the time of Powell's appointment, but I was nevertheless quietly optimistic that this might be the year when the Lord's word to me would be fulfilled.   However, shortly before the conference we received the staggering news that Powell had changed his mind! He was going to stand for re-election after all. This was, to say the least, administratively inconvenient, and was not a little nerve-racking for me, but I was reassured by the Board of Governors that they would in no way withdraw their support for my nomination.   But that was by no means the end to Powell's vacillating behaviour. On the first day of conference, he announced that he was withdrawing his name from the list of nominees. Once again the entire conference was thrown into confusion. As a result, when the vote was taken, none of the candidates received the required two-thirds majority and the appointment of the principal was placed in the hands of the Board of Governors and the Executive Council.   A few weeks later, at a meeting where I was of course present as a member of the Board, various names, including mine were suggested and voted on by secret ballot, but none of us received the necessary two-thirds majority. So what next? It was finally decided to defer the appointment until the 1978 conference and meanwhile to appoint for the next year a team of three principals each of whom would serve for a term at the college but who would throughout the year be jointly responsible for the college.   This was sometimes referred to later as the year of the three principals and, crazy as it may sound, turned out to be a blessing in disguise as I was appointed to serve for that year along with Alfred Missen and Keith Munday and benefitted greatly from their wisdom and greater experience in ministry as we made decisions together about the curriculum, the members of faculty, the timetable for the year, rules for students, and so on.   I agreed to take the first term and, with the exception of the two weeks I was at camp in the New Forest, was resident in Mattersey from the end of July until Christmas, going home only for occasional weekends to see the family. The other weekends I was away on ministry, often with some of the students promoting the college. It was on one of these occasions that I went with about 50 of our students to Newport in South Wales. There was a big inter-church meeting on the Saturday night and on the Sunday the students went to different churches to sing, testify, and preach. I stayed in Newport to preach in the church there.   After Sunday lunch the pastor, Eric Dando, asked me if I would like to phone Eileen, which of course I was grateful to do. After telling her that the weekend was going well, I asked her how she was and was shocked to hear her reply.             I'm O.K., but I very nearly wasn't!             Oh! What's happened? I replied. She told me that there had been a women's missionary meeting in London and that she and several of the ladies from the church in Basingstoke had gone to it. They had travelled in two cars and on the way home, on the road between Reading and Basingstoke, several horses ran into the road in front of the cars. It seems that they had escaped from a nearby field. One of the horses collided with the car in which Eileen was travelling in the front passenger seat. The impact was so great that the front of the car roof caved in, to within an inch of Eileen's head. The car was a complete write-off and, as the people from the car in front walked back to see exactly what had happened, they feared the worst. At this point it is important to explain that at that time the wearing of seat-belts was not compulsory in the U.K. and the car in which Eileen was travelling didn't have any. Bearing in mind the speed at which the car had been travelling when it collided with the horse, both Eileen and the driver should have been thrown forward through the windscreen. Indeed, the woman seated behind Eileen was thrown forward so violently into the back of Eileen's seat that it was twisted out of position. Yet Eileen was not thrown forward, and none of those travelling in that car was seriously injured. They all walked away relatively unharmed. Eileen told me that throughout the whole incident she was strangely conscious of something – or someone? – holding her to the back of her seat, preventing her from being thrown forward. Was it a coincidence that on that very evening I had been preaching in Newport on a subject I have rarely preached on before or since? My subject was ANGELS. On another such occasion we took a bus-load of about 45 students to Bethshan Tabernacle in Manchester. There were several hundred people in the meeting during which the students sang and testified and I preached. As soon as I had finished preaching , an Irish woman near to the back of the meeting began to speak in tongues. As I was still at the microphone, it seemed right for me to interpret so that everyone present would hear and understand what had been said. So I spoke out in faith trusting that God would give me the right interpretation for what had been said in tongues. When I had finished, we sang a hymn and the pastor  closed the meeting in prayer. As soon as the meeting was over, one of our students, Guetawende Roamba from Burkina Faso, rushed up to me. He was clearly very excited, and when I asked him what was the matter, he told me that the woman who had spoken in tongues  had been speaking his native language. Now in Burkina Faso they speak French, and because I speak French, I knew that she had not been speaking French. So I wondered what language it might be.             What language? I asked. Moré, he replied. It's our native African language. Only the educated people speak French as well. Frankly, at that time I had never heard of Moré – and we found out later that the Irish lady who had spoken in tongues  had never heard of it either! But I was excited that I had been present when speaking in tongues had been recognised as a real language. At the same time, I was not a little concerned because I was the one who had given the interpretation! As I mentioned in an earlier talk, I had been interpreting tongues since 1960 when I was a student at Oxford, but it had always been (as it always must be) ‘by faith ', and I had no certain evidence that the gift was genuine. I had simply trusted the promise of Jesus  that God gives good gifts to those who ask him (Matthew 7:11), but it's easy to imagine how embarrassed I would have been if I had ‘got it wrong' in the presence of one of my Bible  College students! I hardly dared ask the question, but I knew I had to.             And what about the interpretation, Gueta? Was it accurate? And of course, it was. I wouldn't be telling this story if the interpretation had been wrong! What an amazing thing! The Holy Spirit inspired an Irish woman to speak an African language which she had never heard, or even heard of, and then gave the interpretation to an English man who had never heard of it either! So exciting things were happening during the term I spent at Mattersey. The Lord was certainly encouraging us, but in the light of all that had happened at previous conferences I knew there was no guarantee that my position as principal would become permanent. Friends like Paul Newberry and Henry Drabble had told me they thought I would never be appointed as principal. My Oxford MA would count against me! And towards the end of the term there was to be a special conference at Mattersey to debate whether AoG really needed a Bible College! What's more, humanly speaking my financial position was far from secure. Keith Davidson, one of the elders at Basingstoke had given up his secular employment to give himself full-time to the work of the church, but had exhausted his savings, so I had told the church to pay him instead of me as I felt that the Lord might soon be moving me on.   These were the kind of things that were occupying my thinking until, during the New Year Convention in Denton at which I was preaching, I finally came to the conclusion that nothing really mattered except for the fact that Jesus died for me. I gave it all to him. And he did meet all our financial needs that year, although I had no guaranteed income, and in the 1978 conference I was finally appointed as Principal of Mattersey Hall Bible College.  

Join us this Monday morning for an enlightening session with Attorney Malik Shabazz, the founder of Black Lawyers for Justice. He will delve into the implications of Trump’s recent attack on Iran, exploring whether this marks the beginning of World War III. Additionally, he will provide us with a live update on the critical situation in Burkina Faso. Before Attorney Shabazz takes the mic, Dr. Michael Thompson will present his innovative Sikhona project, designed to forge strong connections between Africa and the diaspora across various digital platforms. Plus, Naturopathic Doctor Heru will share groundbreaking insights from his protocol aimed at reversing cancer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor PLO Lumumba on the rise of Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso, whether Paul Kagame deserves to sit alongside Africa's greatest revolutionaries, the truth about the M23/AFC rebellion and Donald Trump's humiliation of Cyril Ramaphosa — and what it says about global views on African powerPaid partnership with:Ntare Louisenlund International School: Go to https://ntare-louisenlund.org/ to learn how you can give your child a world-class German STEM education in Rwanda.  Waka Fitness: Go to www.waka.fitbase.rw/thelongform and get 20% off your gym membership. Offer lasts until August 2025! Listen to the Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya podcast on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/rw/podcast/the-long-form-with-sanny-ntayombya/id1669879621Listen to the Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7HkkUi4bUyIeYktQhWOljcFollow Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya on Twitter: https://x.com/TheLongFormRwFollow Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelongformrw/Follow Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@longformrwFollow Sanny Ntayombya on Twitter: https://x.com/SannyNtayombya About Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya:The Long Form with Sanny Ntayombya is a weekly podcast intent on keeping you up to date with current affairs in Rwanda. The topics discussed range from politics, business, sports to entertainment. If you want to share your thoughts on the topics I discuss use the hashtag #LongFormRw on Twitter and follow us on Twitter and Instagram on our handle @TheLongFormRwBe a part of the conversation.

Depuis l'automne 2024, le gouvernement canadien et celui du Québec ont imposé des restrictions sur l'embauche des travailleurs étrangers temporaires. Le traitement des demandes est désormais plus long, parfois ces demandes sont suspendues voire refusées. Face à cette situation, de nombreuses entreprises québécoises tirent la sonnette d'alarme. Reportage de Nafi Alibert. Le reportage met en lumière le parcours d'un patron d'usine, Nicolas, confronté à l'impossibilité de faire revenir un contremaître mexicain, faute de permis renouvelé à temps. Le Programme des travailleurs étrangers temporaires, essentiel pour pallier la pénurie de main-d'œuvre, est aujourd'hui plombé par des délais, des refus et une complexité croissante qui met en péril l'activité économique dans plusieurs secteurs. Avec plus de 115 000 postes vacants, les employeurs, notamment dans les régions éloignées, dépendent de plus en plus de ces travailleurs venus du Mexique, du Guatemala ou du Togo. La Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec demande de faciliter leur embauche, elle dénonce un système à bout de souffle. Malgré les appels à augmenter le nombre de personnes autorisées à s'installer au Québec, le gouvernement québécois invoque une saturation des services publics et la crise du logement pour justifier ses restrictions. Dans ce climat incertain, des travailleurs comme Kabir, venu du Burkina Faso, nourrissent l'espoir de pouvoir rester au Québec. Les décisions politiques attendues à l'automne sont donc cruciales pour l'avenir de ces travailleurs et pour la survie de nombreuses entreprises québécoises.   Des femmes emprisonnées au Mexique, victimes d'abus policiers et de torture  Au Mexique, les femmes représentent une minorité oubliée dans les prisons : seulement 6% de la population carcérale, mais près de la moitié d'entre elles attendent encore leur jugement. C'est le cas de Keren Ordonez, arrêtée sans mandat en 2015 alors qu'elle venait d'accoucher. Elle s'est confiée à notre correspondante Marine Lebegue. Séquestrée, torturée, contrainte de signer de faux aveux, elle a passé plus de neuf ans en détention préventive avant d'être acquittée. Son histoire, marquée par les abus policiers, les lenteurs judiciaires et la discrimination, illustre les nombreuses défaillances du système pénal mexicain envers les femmes. Libérée en avril 2025, Keren tente aujourd'hui de reconstruire sa vie et de renouer avec sa fille qu'elle n'a pas vue grandir. Son avocate, dénonce une justice sexiste, où les mères sont jugées selon des stéréotypes de genre. Elle rappelle que le cas de Keren n'est pas isolé : de nombreuses femmes se retrouvent incarcérées pendant des années sans preuves ni procès équitable. Pour elles, la sortie de prison marque le début d'un autre combat, face à une société machiste et peu clémente envers les ex-détenues.   Comment Donald Trump a minutieusement orchestré les frappes contre les sites nucléaires en Iran ? C'est à lire dans le New York Times : alors qu'il annonçait publiquement vouloir attendre « deux semaines » avant de décider d'un éventuel bombardement, les préparatifs militaires étaient déjà en cours. En coulisses, Donald Trump avait pris la décision de frapper, notamment sous l'influence de l'opération israélienne contre l'Iran qu'il admirait. Pendant que son entourage politique spéculait sur ses intentions — et que certains, comme l'ancien conseiller Stephen Bannon, espéraient le faire reculer —, le président poursuivait en réalité une stratégie visant à désorienter l'Iran et l'opinion publique. Pour tromper l'ennemi, deux groupes de bombardiers B-2 ont été envoyés : l'un vers le Pacifique pour servir de leurre visible sur les radars civils, l'autre, sans transpondeur, vers l'Iran, où ils ont effectué des frappes dans la nuit du samedi 21 au dimanche 22 juin 2025 sur les sites nucléaires de Fordo, Natanz et Isfahan.   Les électeurs MAGA soutiennent la politique étrangère de Donald Trump Pour le Washington Post, contrairement à ce qui était souvent dit, les électeurs MAGA n'étaient pas si divisés que cela sur la décision de frapper les installations nucléaires iraniennes. Les sondages montrent un soutien massif des sympathisants de Donald Trump à cette action militaire. Une majorité d'électeurs MAGA plaident en fait pour une politique étrangère fondée sur la force militaire et les valeurs américaines. Ils approuvent même des projets expansionnistes, comme récupérer le canal de Panama ou intégrer le Groenland aux États-Unis. Le Washington Post conclut que les voix isolationnistes au sein du mouvement MAGA incarnées par des figures comme l'ex-journaliste Tucker Carlson ou la députée Marjorie Taylor Greene, sont marginales.   Cuba : une manifestation d'étudiants réprimée Le gouvernement cubain a réprimé une vague de protestations inédite menée par des étudiants contre la hausse des prix d'Internet. C'est à lire dans El Pais. Confrontées aux revendications sur la connexion à Internet et les tarifs imposés par l'opérateur étatique ETECSA, les autorités ont opté pour une intimidation silencieuse : arrestations, interrogatoires, menaces de représailles, et pressions sur les familles. Les étudiants dénoncent une répression discrète mais efficace qui les a obligés d'arrêter leur grève. Mais selon El Pais, ce mouvement étudiant, bien que réprimé, marque un tournant. Il a permis à de nombreux jeunes de faire l'expérience de la contestation et d'élargir leur mobilisation à des thèmes plus larges : fracture numérique, liberté d'expression, pauvreté généralisée, coupures d'électricité, et inefficacité du modèle économique   Journal de la 1ère Le centre hospitalier de Marie-Galante tire la sonnette d'alarme face à la pénurie de médecins urgentistes.

Aucun journaliste ne sait plus ce qu'est une bonne nouvelle. Dixit le Dalaï Lama qui a raison à 90%, mais qu'on va néanmoins contredire ESM en accueillant Kalidou Sy, un confrère de France 24. Évidemment si vous avez suivi ses enquêtes au Burkina Faso ou au Niger dans les années 2020, les nouvelles (liées à l'insécurité) n'étaient pas reluisantes, il en a d'ailleurs tiré le podcast Échos du Sahel.  Mais peut être que Kalidou Sy se rapproche d'une autre définition Le journaliste s'occupe de choses qui disparaissent. L'écrivain est un journaliste de l'éternel (merci Jean-François Somain). En signant le documentaire Yambo Ouologuem, la Blessure - l'histoire de cet écrivain malien prix Renaudot 1968, encensé puis disgracié par la France littéraire - notre journaliste remet sur le dessus de la pile le nom d'un écrivain africain qui ne peut pas complètement disparaître.

Im Mai jährte sich der Militärputsch in Mali zum vierten Mal. Seit die ehemalige Kolonialmacht Frankreich abgezogen ist und auch die Bundeswehr 2023 den Einsatz beendete, haben wir kaum Informationen darüber, was in dem Sahelstaat passiert. Ein Pakt der Sahelstaaten, gemeinsam mit Niger und Burkina Faso, vereint seither drei Militärregierungen, die nach Staatsstreichen an die Macht kamen. Sie sind aus der westafrikanischen Wirtschaftsunion ECOWAS ausgetreten, wollen gemeinsam eine 5000 Mann starke Truppe gegen Islamisten aufstellen und sogar eine neue Währung schaffen. Diese Allianz wurde auch im Kulturbereich besiegelt: Martina Zimmermann war in Ségou dabei, als Mali eine "Woche der Brüderlichkeit der Sahelallianz" feierte. 

​Join us this Wednesday morning for an exciting continuation of our Black Music Month celebrations, featuring the legendary Duke of Earl, Gene Chandler! He will share his inspiring journey to the R&B Hall of Fame. Before Gene takes the mic, don’t miss economist Dr. Julianne Malveaux, who will shed light on the recent anti-King protests and the ongoing immigration raids, diving deep into how these issues are affecting our economy. Additionally, Sister Maka Taylor will give us a sneak peek of the powerful Fannie Lou Hamer play premiering at the Kennedy Center this week. Also joining us is San Diego State University Professor Adisa Alkebulan, freshly returned from Burkina Faso, who will discuss the significant changes happening there and their implications for the entire African continent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this profound special edition of Geopolitics with Ghost, General Steven Kwast joins Ghost to expose how Africa's hero system was dismantled and what it will take to restore it. Drawing from his upbringing in Cameroon and deep military and academic experience, Kwast examines the collapse of sovereign leadership in places like Burkina Faso, highlighting how revolutionary leaders like Thomas Sankara were undermined by globalist interests and replaced by foreign-aligned regimes. General Kwast introduces his “Hero System” theory, which argues that a functioning society must inspire its youth to stay, serve, and thrive. He outlines how U.S. military programs, though well-intentioned, often inadvertently train future coup leaders, and how a lack of cultural understanding at the highest levels of American policy leads to failure abroad. The conversation spans technology-based solutions like atmospheric water generation, the role of culture in sustainable leadership, and how tribal traditions hold the keys to rebuilding trust and purpose. With insights into oral history, spiritual leadership, and geopolitical missteps, this episode is a blueprint for how America, and humanity, can help rebuild sovereign civilizations by respecting their unique cultural roots and restoring the path to authentic leadership.

Les journalistes et experts de RFI répondent également à vos questions sur la libération du frère du roi des Mossis et la guerre Israël-Iran. Sénégal : sept ans de prison pour un passeur de migrants  Responsable de la mort d'une trentaine de personnes, le convoyeur de la pirogue qui avait chaviré en septembre 2024 au large de Mbour avec à son bord plus d'une centaine de migrants a été condamné à sept ans de prison ferme. Pourquoi la justice sénégalaise a-t-elle prononcé une peine plus lourde que celle requise par le procureur ? Lors du procès, les familles des victimes ont retiré leur plainte. Pourquoi le juge n'en a pas tenu compte ? Avec Gwendal Lavina, correspondant de RFI à Dakar.      Burkina Faso : le frère du roi des Mossis relâché après un mois de détention   Arrêté sans motif officiel le à Ouagadougou, Abdul Aziz Congo, demi-frère du roi traditionnel des Mossis, a été libéré après 37 jours de détention. Que sait-on des raisons de son arrestation ? Quels sont les liens entre la famille royale et le pouvoir en place ? Avec Frédéric Garat, journaliste au service Afrique de RFI.     Guerre Israël-Iran : que reste-t-il des infrastructures nucléaires iraniennes ?   Après sept jours de frappes israéliennes et la mort de scientifiques iraniens de haut niveau, quel est l'impact sur les infrastructures nucléaires et plus largement sur le programme nucléaire iranien ? Guerre Israël-Iran : vers un engagement des Etats-Unis ?   Donald Trump entretient le doute sur une intervention militaire des Etats-Unis dans le conflit : « Je vais peut-être le faire, peut-être pas », a-t-il déclaré devant la presse. Comment expliquer ces tergiversations ?  Une intervention militaire américaine est-elle envisageable ? Guerre Israël-Iran : Ali Khamenei met en garde Donald Trump   En réponse aux menaces de Donald Trump, l'ayatollah Ali Khamenei a menacé les États-Unis de « dommages irréparables » en cas d'intervention militaire dans le conflit. Que signifie cette déclaration ? l'Iran en a-t-il les moyens ? Avec Firouzeh Nahavandi, professeure émérite à l'université libre de Bruxelles, autrice de « Femmes iraniennes, évolution ou révolution, comment survivre sous un régime islamique » (éditions La Pensée et les Hommes).

Be sure to join us this Tuesday morning for an engaging and transformative session with Educator Kmt Schockley! Dr. Schockley will illuminate the pressing need for an African-centered perspective in light of the Trump administration's detrimental actions toward education. He will also share valuable insights into the significance of Juneteenth from this vital perspective. Before Dr. Schockley takes the mic, we’ll hear from former NY lawmaker Charles Barron, who will recount his experiences at a recent rally in Harlem advocating for Burkina Faso, as well as providing an analysis of Israel's actions regarding Iran. We are also excited to welcome WDC humanitarian and activist Sinclair Skinner, who will share the latest updates on his impactful "I Love Black People" campaign. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 109, the FTT crew takes a critical look at Burkina Faso's revolution amid claims that it isn't "real" by US military generals & Black 'radicals' alike. Did AFRICOM's General Langley accusations against Captain Ibrahim Traoré & Burkina Faso, and the Pan-African backlash that ensued, get him fired by President Trump? Why does the view of Black 'radical' FD Signifier align with General Langley & US imperialism? What is the relationship between AI & counterinsurgency within the context of Burkina Faso's revolution? Why do postmodernists claim the Sahel revolution "isn't real"?

In this episode of Hold Your Fire!, Richard is joined by Crisis Group's president, Comfort Ero, and Sahel director Jean-Hervé Jezequel. He first speaks with Comfort about her recent visit to Mali's capital, Bamako, and her reflections on the diverging political trajectories of Sahelian countries. Richard then turns to Jean-Hervé for a closer look at Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, which formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) after breaking away from the regional bloc ECOWAS last year. They examine the sovereignty narrative promoted by the military regimes and the risk of growing public frustration as economic and security conditions stagnate. They also talk about the jihadist coalition JNIM, which has stepped up attacks on towns and cities in the region. They explore the group's goals, leadership and the, for now, seemingly remote prospect of talks as military leaders prioritise military operations. Finally, they touch on how the AES countries' foreign relations may evolve amid shifting regional dynamics.For more, check out our EU Watchlist entry “Defining a New Approach to the Sahel's Military-led States” and our Sahel project page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Au Mali, le conseil des ministres a donc adopté un projet de loi qui accorde au chef de l'État un mandat de cinq ans, renouvelable. Une initiative qui coule de source, si l'on en croit Sahel Tribune, qui se fait l'écho d'un sondage effectué début janvier par une fondation allemande, la F.E.S., dont « il ressort que 7 Maliens sur 10 font confiance au président de la transition et que 9 Maliens sur 10 sont satisfaits ou plutôt satisfaits de la gestion de la transition, sauf dans le district de Bamako ». Sahel Tribune accorde par ailleurs un satisfecit sans réserve à la transition, estimant « qu'il est normal que les autorités réalisent les souhaits du peuple. D'ailleurs, elles l'ont toujours fait. » Moins enthousiaste, Maliweb fait aussi sa Une sur le maintien du général Assimi Goïta au pouvoir. Le site d'information rappelle l'émergence de l'Alliance des États du Sahel, « face à la menace terroriste » alors que « la fin de la transition semble "de plus en plus incertaine" » et que « des mécanismes sont mis en place pour dissoudre les partis politiques ». « Une décision pourtant contraire aux recommandations des Assises nationales qui avaient plutôt proposé une réduction du nombre de partis », remarque Maliweb qui rappelle aussi le principal argument du Conseil des ministres : « Notre pays, comme les autres de l'AES, est toujours confronté à la menace de déstabilisation internationale […], il est nécessaire de poursuivre la transition afin de parvenir à une pacification totale de nos États. » À lire aussiMali: le général Assimi Goïta bientôt président sans limite de temps Les élections se suivent et se ressemblent Au Burundi, où le CNDD-FDD, le parti au pouvoir, remporte les élections législatives. « Le CNDD-FDD rafle tout aux législatives », titre Iwacu, publication qui ambitionne de donner la parole « à toutes les voix du Burundi ». « À part trois députés issus de la communauté des Batwa cooptés, tous les autres sièges de l'Assemblée nationale seront occupés par le Parti de l'Aigle », explique ​​​​​​​Iwacu, « il s'agit de 108 sièges sur les 111 que comptera la nouvelle Assemblée nationale ». « En ordre dispersé », poursuit le journal, « l'opposition fulmine, parle d'irrégularités flagrantes et rejette ces résultats ». Des résultats provisoires qui ont été proclamés par la Céni, la Commission électorale indépendante, « lors d'une cérémonie à laquelle assistaient « quelques indépendants », ​​​​​​​qui sont repartis furieux, tête baissée », raconte Iwacu, « ils n'ont même pas attendu la fin de la prière pour accompagner et clôturer cette proclamation provisoire des résultats des législatives ». Vues du Burkina Faso, l'analyse est la même, mais les mots sont plus durs. Ainsi L'observateur Paalga, parle d'un « score soviétique », dans un Burundi où « les élections se suivent et se ressemblent ». « Le pays n'a donc de démocratique que le nom », poursuit le journal. « Pour tout dire, le général Évariste Ndayishimiye l'a transformé en un véritable camp militaire, où tout le monde est obligé de marcher au pas, au son du clairon, et gare à celui dont la tête dépasse d'un iota ».   À lire aussiLégislatives au Burundi: le parti au pouvoir rafle la totalité des sièges en jeu à l'Assemblée Caravane à l'arrêt Dans l'actualité africaine également, la progression de la caravane Soumoud, caravane de solidarité avec Gaza, partie lundi de Tunisie. Cette caravane est « bloquée à l'entrée de Syrte en Libye par les forces de l'est », annonce le journal ​​​​​​​La Presse en Tunisie, qui explique que « selon les responsables sécuritaires sur place, le convoi ne pourra poursuivre sa route sans instructions explicites de Benghazi ». « Face à cette situation », poursuit le journal, « le comité de coordination de la caravane Soumoud, a pris la décision de ne pas rebrousser chemin. Le convoi s'est rangé sur le bas-côté de la route, à quelques kilomètres de Syrte et était prêt à camper sur place pour la nuit, si nécessaire […], les organisateurs tiennent à rassurer les familles des participants : « Tous les membres du convoi sont en sécurité et réunis en un seul point. La coupure des réseaux téléphoniques, à l'endroit de leur arrêt, explique l'absence de nouvelles. »   À lire aussiÉgypte: Israël appelle les autorités du pays à bloquer une marche pro-palestinienne

durée : 00:06:07 - La Revue de presse internationale - par : Catherine Duthu - Dans le nord du Togo, la population est sous la pression djihadiste dans la région des Savanes : crise humanitaire, avec des incursions terroristes venues des pays voisins comme le Burkina Faso, et tensions entre populations Peules déplacées et des agriculteurs.

Today, Les, Matt, Jeffrey, and Joshua examine the growing instability in West Africa as jihadist group Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) expands its control across Burkina Faso and the Sahel. With the U.S. and France reducing their regional footprint, local governments are struggling to respond to the spread of terrorism, and Russia—through the Africa Corps—has stepped into the vacuum left behind.How are terrorist groups like JNIM funding their operations, and what role does illicit finance play in undermining global sanctions? Can the U.S. afford to keep pulling back, especially with key diplomatic and aid positions still unfilled? And with natural resources fueling violence and extremism, are we ignoring an urgent front in global security that could soon come knocking on our own door?Check out the answers to these questions and more in this episode of Fault Lines.Check out the sources that helped shape our Fellows' discussion: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/08/jnim-militants-west-africa-sahel-terrorism/ https://apnews.com/article/russia-africa-weaponry-ships-mali-ukraine-f3383b5bbc8120b445d3df9062bf7f14 Follow our experts on Twitter: @lestermunson @WMattHayden@joshuachuminskiLike what we're doing here? Be sure to rate, review, and subscribe. And don't forget to follow @faultlines_pod and @masonnatsec on Twitter!We are also on YouTube, and watch today's episode here: https://youtu.be/HPxgyL2v2aE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Keith Weinhold plays a “financial superhero”, defending investors against the "greedy landlord" myth. A Zillow survey reveals the secret sauce of rental success: budget, location, and bedroom count - with pets stealing the show as the ultimate tenant dealbreaker. He exposes the dollar's sneaky inflation plot, showing how savvy investors can turn borrowing into a wealth-building adventure. Imagine homes that cost half their gold price from 100 years ago - mind-blowing!  Real estate investing isn't just a strategy - it's an epic journey of wealth creation!  Resources: GREmarketplace.com/OklahomaCity GREmarketplace.com/Tulsa Show Notes: GetRichEducation.com/episode/557 For access to properties or free help with a GRE Investment Coach, start here: GREmarketplace.com GRE Free Investment Coaching: GREinvestmentcoach.com Get mortgage loans for investment property: RidgeLendingGroup.com or call 855-74-RIDGE  or e-mail: info@RidgeLendingGroup.com Invest with Freedom Family Investments.  You get paid first: Text FAMILY to 66866 Will you please leave a review for the show? I'd be grateful. Search “how to leave an Apple Podcasts review”  For advertising inquiries, visit: GetRichEducation.com/ad Best Financial Education: GetRichEducation.com Get our wealth-building newsletter free— text ‘GRE' to 66866 Our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/c/GetRichEducation Follow us on Instagram: @getricheducation Complete episode transcript:   Automatically Transcribed With Otter.ai    Keith Weinhold  0:01   Welcome to GRE I'm your host, Keith Weinhold. Are Real Estate Investors greedy by nature? Learn why? In a sense, today's homes are actually half price compared to 100 years ago. Then results from a huge tenant survey that reveals the amenities that you must give renters or else they will leave how media headlines can trick you and more today on get rich education.   Mid south home buyers, I mean, they're total pros, with over two decades as the nation's highest rated turnkey provider. Their empathetic property managers use your ROI as their North Star. 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Start yourself right now at mid southhomebuyers.com that's mid south homebuyers.com   Corey Coates  1:56   You're listening to the show that has created more financial freedom than nearly any show in the world. This is get rich education.   Keith Weinhold  2:12   Welcome to GRE from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and across 188 nations worldwide. I'm Keith Weinhold, and this is get rich education. 100 years ago, you could buy the average home with eight kilos of gold. Today, it only costs you four more on that later. But first, as a real estate investor, has a critic or a tenant ever insinuated some form of these two questions to you, either, is it ethical for you to own multiple homes, or even, are you greedy? Now, I doubt that you're going to be asked that question directly, but sometimes you can feel that that's the vibe that someone else is on. Well, there sure are greedy people in the world. You could be rich and greedy, or you could be poor and greedy. Even the definition of greed is an excessive and selfish desire for more wealth than one needs, often driven by a destructive motive. All right, that's the definition like you're willing to destroy other people in the pursuit of wealth that is rather different than acquiring wealth, which is usually done only when you first fulfill the needs of others. All right? Well, say that your critic makes $60,000 per year. Oh, well, then that means that they're in the top 1% of global income earners. I mean, sheesh, then they're like the Jeff Bezos of the developing world. So to help even things out, should your critic have to send half of their salary to Senegal or Mauritania or Burkina Faso if the critic's home has more than one bathroom in it, or they even own one car. Well, then they're fabulously wealthy by world standards. Then do they have to give it away to avoid being greedy? What if they ever worked overtime for extra money? Like is that evidence of certain greed? All that stuff is ridiculous, preposterous amounts don't create greed Spirit does. There is no implicit Machiavellian intent. If you have more wealth than average, where would you even draw the line? Like, once you hit seven rental properties? Oh, that's just fine, but eight of them is too many, or once you live in a home that costs 50% more than an area's median, then is that when it becomes greed? I mean, this doesn't make sense. Higher housing prices these past five years has to do with the lack of housing supply and with the. Abundance of dollar printing. It's those two things. The culprits aren't rental property owners. The culprits are burdensome development regulations and the Federal Reserve printing all the dollars, not your local landlord. Responsible landlords provide and maintain sound housing, and they do that for complete strangers, they're taking a lot of faith. Oh, so then could the tenant actually be the greedy one, if they both resent and expect that treatment from a stranger for free? I mean, real estate investors, hey, we take on risk, DEBT, TAXES, maintenance, insurance, market volatility, and we have the responsibility of building and maintaining a good credit score in most cases. I mean, you're the one that's truly invested in the property, not a tenant that can choose to move out in 30 or 60 days. Landlords are a bit like umpires. They're rarely appreciated, and they only get noticed when they do something wrong. I know I mentioned to you before that when I buy a property pretty soon, I casually mention to my tenant that, you know, each month, I just have to make them aware. Each month I make a big mortgage payment and I have to pay for property tax and insurance on this place. I mean, it's amazing to see how far that little mention goes with both timely rent collection and that they don't resent you as a landlord over time. See, tenants often don't know this because they've never owned property themselves, and actually, as you know, since I use property managers now, I don't make this mention to tenants anymore. See, to tenants often it can feel like they're just sort of renting air, and the rent payments they make to you are very visible to them. What's invisible to them are all of your expenses. You're the one as the investor that's contributing to communities. You are the good steward of a neighborhood's housing stock, and you provide homes for people who either can't or don't want to buy the myth of the evil landlord. It really just ignores realities. I mean, mom and pop investors own 72% of single family rental homes, and the typical landlord owns fewer than three units. Many don't have 401 Ks. I mean, rental properties are their retirement plan. So most landlords, real estate investors, they're not cigar chomping tycoons twirling mustaches atop piles of gold like Scrooge McDuck. They're regular people. So perspectives like this that can really help you ward off both critics and unaware tenants. And you know what odds are, if they had the opportunity, they would often do the same thing at a time when pensions are rare and inflation runs rampant. Who could blame anyone for seeking assets that grow in value and generate income. Here's what you need to know. Everyone plays the financial game in the context of their own economy. You Your critic and your tenant, your awareness and your mindset from listening to the show is merely more broad than others. If everyone understood that being wealthy is actually a choice like you do, we would all be better off. So the bottom line here is that real estate investors are not villains. They're just people trying to build a financial life raft in a financial ocean that is full of icebergs. Rich people aren't necessarily greedy, just like poor people aren't necessarily lazy. Greed exists in somebody's spirit, not in the amount of your net worth or whatever your income level is,.    All right., Well, heading into the summer here, there are more tenant moves than any other season. Rental demand has stayed fairly strong, not super strong, just fairly strong, with rents only up about 2% annually. When you amalgamate single family rentals and apartments, the share of rentals with a concession is dropping because the rental market is fairly strong, and when renters find a place, a lot of them are staying put, like it's the last lifeboat off the Titanic. Of course, these are all phenomena on a national level, and each local area is different. I mean that right, there is something that I could say on nearly every episode with low affordability, the home ownership rate is down and renter numbers are up. Now. I told you a while ago that it would go down that home ownership rate, and in the latest quarter ended, that home ownership rate has dropped from 65.7 down to 65.1 Percent. And that might not sound like much, but homeownership down six tenths of 1% in just a quarter. That means that there are at least about 500,000 new renters in America. More renters means more rental demand, more occupancy, and it's crucial for you to know what those renters want so that you can best serve them again. You're not greedy. You're trying to serve them as well as you can now, Zillow has an arm. It's called the Zillow group population science. It's something I hadn't even heard of until recently. What Zillow did with this group is they surveyed 36,000 US renters of both single family rentals and apartments to find out what trends are and what renters want. And I read their entire lengthy report. I think it was 40 pages, so that you don't have to and what I did is I pulled out the most salient pieces to help you attract and retain tenants, and the top three criteria that renters really consider essential when deciding whether or not to rent your property are the first thing, and 95% said this is that it's got To be within their budget, second, at 85% preferred location. Hmm, does that mean near tacos and coffee shops? And then the third most important thing renters consider essential at 84% is the preferred bedroom count. After that, the Floor Plan and the layout that fits their preferences was most important. After that, it's the preferred number of bathrooms. So note that the preferred number of bedrooms, then, is more important in making the rental decision than the preferred number of bathrooms, although they both matter. And then after that, in order of decreasing importance, is broadband internet, allowing pets and having common amenities like a gym, a business center, a rooftop and a lounge and those things, those common amenities, they were substantially more important for apartment renters than for single family home renters, as you would imagine. And here's key, a separate survey question was asked, What is the main reason that you passed on a particular property and decided not to rent it. Number one easily was that the property prohibited pets. The second biggest choice had to do with pets as well. It was that the property restricted the pet breed or size. The reasons that renters passed on a particular property are so centered around pets. What do pets rule this housing market? Now, that's kind of how it seems. Now, another thing that this survey revealed is like, gosh, it also seems like the age for doing almost anything in America is up. The median renter is age 42 did you have any idea there? 42 probably older than you thought. And the older people are, generally, the quieter they are, and the less they move. The most common application fee paid is $50 that's what the survey found. Hey, maybe that's one thing that hasn't been slapped with tariffs. It's an online world. The typical renter surveyed reported taking only one in person tour. Everything else is swiping, scrolling or going deep on Google Street View. Basically what tenants do is they check out everything online, and then once they've chosen the place that they want to rent, they often make that decision right there online, and then basically that one in person visit is just them showing up to confirm that there aren't any red flags at that place, that they mostly know that they won. And this is good for you if you're self managing and you're showing the places yourselves. I mean, there are just fewer tire kickers than there were back in the day. I mean, hey, talk to your parents. 25 years ago, rental ads were like four lines in a newspaper, no photos at all, so tenants then they had to show up in person to see what a rental place even looked like. Let's look at the percent of renter households in America by household income, less than $50,000 57% of renters were in that range, 50 to 100k 29% and 100k or more, 15% as far as how much security deposit you need to give, 75% of renters said their first month's rent was required to Secure the rental, and only 25% said that they also had to fork over last month's rent to secure it. In a really strong rental market, you can more often ask for that both first and last month's rent to get in. 40% reported getting their entire security deposit back at the end of the rental. Hmm, I guess the. Others pay for that mysterious carpet stain. Most pay additional fees on the rental, 58% and that's things like water, sewer, garbage, recycling or other utilities. And it even includes payment processing. There some landlords charge for that. And again, what I'm talking about here is single family rentals and apartments combined. All right, so more single family renters are going to pay for separate utilities on top of the rent. Of course, about half of American renters have renter's insurance. At 48% I suppose the others are living dangerously. A typical renter uses four websites or apps in their search and as I'm continuing on here with the results from this Zillow Rental survey of 36,000 renters, it also showed that the top three reasons that current renters say that they decide to stay long term are and this is big. I mean, this is about your retention rate. 72% stay long term because they say rental costs are a good deal, that's why they stay next most important is quiet neighbors. Yes, no drum kits or free range toddlers will help in apartments. One noisy neighbor can upset a lot of tenants, but a noisy neighbor that might not be a problem at all when people are dispersed in a single family rental and then the third most important thing in long term retention is 68% of renters stay in a unit because they can't afford to move elsewhere. Two thirds of tenants said their landlord or property manager notified them of a rent increase in the past two years, 37% of renters said they would be very or extremely likely to buy a home if mortgage rates fell. All right, that's about three in eight renters say that as far as the length of leases in America, 64% signed on for a one year lease, and 24% said their lease is longer than a year. So really, to summarize what you've learned here from that survey is that you need to know your audience, 42 year olds with pets and a strong preference for quiet neighbors. Keep your pricing competitive. Embrace tech. People want to apply and pay and do things online, and your tenants will stick around longer. You can either give a man a fish and feed him for a day, or teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime.    Here at GRE, we do both get riched occasion.com. Is where you learn through this very show and our videos over there, and our blog articles and more. The name gre marketplace.com is where you take action and see the markets and providers that make the best income properties nationwide. GRE marketplace is also where you get access to our totally free investment coaching strategy sessions with a real human being that has both an MBA and investing experience. And that's something we added three or four years ago that really helps you be profitable as an investor, get paid five ways so that you can have more income and wealth and perhaps even retire early. We help you find the right exact property addresses. That's what we help you do compared to 100 years ago, homes are half price today. This is fascinating. I'll get into that shortly. I'm Keith Weinhold. You're listening to get rich education.    The same place where I get my own mortgage loans is where you can get yours. Ridge lending group NMLS, 42056, they provided our listeners with more loans than anyone because they specialize in income properties. They help you build a long term plan for growing your real estate empire with leverage. Start your pre qual and even chat with President Caeli Ridge personally while it's on your mind, start at Ridge lendinggroup.com. That's Ridge lendinggroup.com. You know what's crazy?    Your bank is getting rich off of you. The average savings account pays less than 1% it's like laughable. Meanwhile, if your money isn't making at least 4% you're losing to inflation. That's why I started putting my own money into the FFI liquidity fund. It's super simple. 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Keith Weinhold, the headlines say homes are so expensive that you'd think millennials would be forced to live in IKEA showrooms. Now, a year or two ago, here on the show, I think I mentioned to you that at that time, it took eight kilos of gold to buy the average home, about 100 years ago, and at that time, only six. Well today, it took eight kilos of gold to buy an average home in 1920 but it's only four kilos now, in terms of gold, homes are half the price today, and I sent you that pretty shocking image showing this in our newsletter a month or two ago. So what in the monetary twilight zone has happened in the past 100 years? Well, a lot of things. The 1913 creation of the Federal Reserve inflated away your dollar's purchasing power over time. This was basically like giving your teen a credit card with no limit and hoping for the best, then removing the dollar's last link to gold redeemability in 1971 that freed the rains for unlimited dollar creation. And Robert Kiyosaki was here to discuss exactly that on the show with us on episode 358 go back and listen to episode 358 if you haven't heard it and you want to. Before long, dollars got so flimsy that dive bars started stapling them to the wall as decor, and it seems like the next stop for the dollar is kindling for your backyard fire pit. Now, there is, however, an affordability problem today that keeps renters staying as renters. But part of the calculus here is that homes only seem expensive because their values are usually compared to dollars. But that's faulty, because dollars are a moving measuring stick. This is like saying that an hour has 60 minutes in it this year and next year, it'll only have 55 minutes in it. That doesn't work. I mean, she should a few years, everyone would run a marathon in under an hour at that rate. Okay, so changing the measuring stick defeats the very purpose of a measuring stick. Here's what's even more amazing than that fact about the gold, despite that, homes only cost half as much today as they did in 1920 in terms of gold, you also get more home today. Today's homes have smaller lot sizes, smaller yards, but otherwise they have amenities that people couldn't have even dreamed of in 1920 I mean, this is really interesting. Let's compare a typical 1920 new home to a 2025 new home. We've gone from 1048 square feet up to 2411 so the size has more than doubled. Back then there was no Garage. Today you've got a heated garage. Back then you had one bathroom or even an outhouse in 1920 Oh, today you have two or three or even more indoor bathrooms in just the average new build home back in 1920 you had a wood burning stove that you had to keep loading, and you're like splitting and stacking firewood and storing that somewhere. Today, you have central heating. Just push a button. Back more than 100 years ago, you had no AC. Today, AC is completely standard. You had no insulation a lot of times in 1920 homes today you've got smart insulation. You used to have a very basic kitchen. Today you've got a center island and granite and quartz countertops. You had an ice box back in 1920 and a nice refrigerator or two. Today, back then, you had no dishwasher or garbage disposal. Today, you have both. Back in 1920 you had to use a washboard in a ringer to wash and dry your clothing. Can you imagine that today you have a washing machine? You had an outdoor clothesline back then today you have a dryer back in. 1920 you had these claw foot bathtubs, and often no shower. Today you have both bathtubs and showers, and several of them. Back then you had nothing where today you have a dedicated laundry room, and a lot of times a home office, and sometimes even a gym. I mean, so all those changes right there over the last 105 years. This really puts the exclamation point on the fact that homes are cheaper today. In terms of the value that you get, today's homes might be a third or a quarter of the price that they were a century ago. You can't point to mortgage rates either. They're still below their long run average of 7.7% per Freddie Mac the thing you've got to point to, the big problem here, the elephant in the room, is that salaries have not kept up with inflation, and that is the real crux of the problem in hurting homes affordability. Look, and this could be a real epiphany for you here that affordability fact is even more reason to move today's depreciating dollars into real assets and move that with emphasis and with urgency, dollar savers are just such massive losers. All right, so then, what is the opposite of saving dollars? Some people think it's spending dollars. No, the opposite of saving is not spending. It's borrowing dollars. That's how you go negative on that. The opposite of spending is not saving, it is borrowing. That is how you go negative and short the falling dollar. This really it's all just a fresh approach on what people need to consider doing. Borrow dollars, own income property, let tenants pay your debt, let inflation also shrink your debt like a cheap shirt that spends too much time in a clothing dryer, and just watch inflation pump up your asset price at the same time. Now you are just winning all over the place. You are racking up more wins than Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open. That's why I am resolute about saying what no one else out there says real estate done right is not an inflation hedge. A hedge is a defensive investing strategy where you break even. I mean, no one plays a game hoping for an outcome of a tie, spending money as an inflation hedge. That's why I refer to borrowing for income property as inflation profiting. That's the reason why. And see, other people's money pays down your debt, both the tenant and the inflation are whittling that away for you. Oh, and hey, for my fellow math weirdos, in 1920 a new home cost $6,300 and there are 35 ounces in a kilo of gold, and you can figure out the rest from there to see that homes cost half as much in gold. Now the bottom line here is that the real estate market is not broken. The dollar is and that dollar measuring stick is so miserably distorted and perverted that some people can't even see what's going on anymore. I've got another interesting way of helping you see this.    Let's look at something more recent than 1920 let's go back 30 years. Do you have any idea what the median us home price was then? Any guess 30 years ago, that's kind of charming. It was a modest $130,000 All right, with an 80% loan and zero principal pay down your mortgage balance would be a featherweight 104k today, that is a clear way of seeing how inflation debases your debt. And of course, the tenant would have paid it off for you by now as well. But I mean a loan balance of $104,000 without any principal pay down, sheesh, that's less than some people's American Express card limit. Really think about that by removing the principal pay down component, you can really see with transparency and lucidity the effect of inflation whittling down a loan balance to 104k and that is just 25% of today's median home price of $416,900 that is a stark example of inflation profiting, how your debt got relentlessly debased by the Fed. And of course, rental properties tend to be less expensive than this median number that I'm talking about. So the typical rental property is. In this scenario, you might just have a loan balance of 75k today, here, 30 years later, and the property would be worth, say, 300k inflation makes your loan balances feel like a featherweight over time. All right, now let's go somewhat further back in time again, 1950s Florida.    Last month, in our newsletter, I sent you those fascinating old newspaper clippings from a real estate sales ad from 1955 in the Miami area and a two bedroom, single family home, one bath, screened porch and a carport. Its price was $7,450 for the entire Miami area home. And the ad also showed that your monthly payment is $48 and then, okay, so that was a two bedroom, single family home this Miami area, three bed, one bath home with a screen porch, $7,900 so only an extra 450 bucks for an extra bedroom, that is the purchase price of the entire asset. And the monthly payments on this three bedroom are 50 bucks a month, a little more than the 48 bucks a month that it was for the two bedroom. And here's the thing, the monthly payment amount, as shown in this old newspaper advertisement, $48 and $50 that was principal, interest, taxes and insurance all together, a jaw dropping sub 8k for a Miami area home, not just Florida, but pricier Miami. I mean, can you imagine a Florida couple's home buying conversation in the mid 1950s there at Florida, honey, you're crazy if you think we're going to pay an extra $2 per month for a third bedroom. I mean, this is just astonishing. And yeah, my apologies for leaving you flabbergasted so many times in one episode. Gosh. Now to be sure, wages were lower back then, but back then, only one parent had to work. They still managed to buy homes, raise a family, and even pay for a milkman who actually delivered the milk. And now, you know, if we fast forward to the future, future generations, they're going to marvel at today's incredibly low median home price of 400 to 450k Yes, therefore you will be the one doing the flabbergasting, and you'll leave people From 2070 feeling abjectly flabbergasted when the median home price is $4 million then, I mean, it realistically could be, it could be more than that. It's the same way that today we're astonished at 1960s McDonald's menus where a burger was 15 cents. Yes, 15 cents is seriously how much McDonald's hamburger cost in the 60s. And of course, this is when restaurants also serve real meat and french fries cooked in tallow rather than seed oils, and shakes had real cream in them. That's all evidence of simultaneous skimpflation. But getting back to the monetary inflation, you know, as recently as 2011 we can even feel dazed and amazed about how the median home price, then was just $211,100 Yes, as recently as 2011 you're surely dazed and stupefied here, one thing I know, though, is that this did not leave you slack jawed, because Between you and I, we know there's only one slack job between us, and we know full well that that's not you. The bottom line, the bottom line here is that zooming out over time reveals a clear, uncomfortable truth. Savers get roasted, borrowers get rich. This is just a new way of looking at it.    And if you're a newer listener and you don't get our newsletter yet, it is free, full of value, and I write every word myself. There are more AI generated newsletters out there. That is not what this is. This is me to you, and to get the newsletter right now. Text. GRE to66866, 66866, we don't send you a bunch of texts that would be intrusive. It's an email newsletter. You can get it by texting GRE to 66866   Now, earlier this year, I talked with you about how home sales have crashed. When people read a media headline like that, home sales crash. You know, some people think that home prices are falling, but that's not. What that means is, you know, it means that the quantity of sales has fallen a lower transaction volume. With that in mind, to help you out in the future, when you're reading. For real estate and economic headlines, I jotted down a few fictitious headlines here, but yet they're the same type that you've seen before, and you'll see these again in the future, and they can be misleading. So let's straighten this out. Okay, here's the first fictitious yet realistic sounding headline, what people often think it means and what it really means. Developer uses tax loophole to deliver 200 unit apartment complex All right. Now, some people read that and they think that the developer is doing something nefarious or underhanded. No. Sometimes reporters use this word loopholes to describe legally created incentives to get much needed housing built. Reporters are often doing yeoman's work on behalf of NIMBYs. If this thing is producing more housing, then we need more loopholes, which are really incentives just like it. Here's another misleading headline. Now, almost all of the 50 states have a lower level of housing inventory than they did pre pandemic, but this headline says, Tennessee housing supply 4% more than pre pandemic levels. All right, some might see that headline and think, Oh, I guess that housing is a little oversupplied. Now, no, not necessarily, because most states had a scarce supply of inventory even before the pandemic hit back in 2020 the next headline is existing home sales fell off a cliff. All right, Did you note that this only includes existing homes, meaning resale homes, because, again, the headline is existing home sales fell off a cliff. So this doesn't include new builds. And there's nothing inherently falsified about some of these headlines. They just get misinterpreted. Softwood lumber prices hit all time record high. Okay, well, with persistent inflation, this might not be reason for alarm. Is it even an inflation adjusted high or not? Here's a headline, California leads the nation in out migration. All right, some people see this and assume that the California population is dropping. Well, maybe, maybe not. Again, the headline was, California leads the nation in out migration? Well, raw numbers aren't per capita. Cali is the largest state by population at almost 40 million. And also, if their in migration exceeds this out migration, well then they had positive net migration. And all of this doesn't even count births or deaths. You'd have to factor that in as well. The next headline is foreclosures Spike 50% year over year. Ooh, that sounds bad. And although this is a fake headline, just like the other ones that I'm telling you about, a phenomenon like this did recently occur, actually, but it's still at a really low level. It just rose from an extremely low level, two tenths of 1% up to three tenths of 1% that's a 50% gain. Here's a headline. You might see mortgage rates have dropped 2% this year. Maybe you'll see that in the future. Most people read something like this, and they assume that real estate values will resultantly soar. Well, maybe, maybe not. It sounds like homes are more affordable, and they would be, but the Fed might be cutting rates because the economy needs the help. It could mean we're in a recession. So if wages are down, even if mortgage rates are down, it might not actually be less affordable. The next fictitious headline is Philadelphia new build home prices surge 8% Oh, you're thinking that's got to be good, right? Well, I don't know what if new build Philly homes are constructed with 10% more square footage this year, but the price is only up 8% so they're actually selling at a lower cost per square foot. And this is also why existing home price change is more meaningful. The next fictitious headline is unemployment claims jump 30% in a week. All right? Well, this usually doesn't mean that there are mass layoffs and some economic Armageddon. If initial jobless claims rise from 200 up to 260k that's a 30% jump, but it's still low relative to recession levels, which are typically 400k plus and the last fictitious headline, Warren Buffett, b, u, F, F, E, T, invests $10 billion in apartment REITs. Oh, well, Buffett was spelled with only 1t Buffett should be spelled with a double T. Have you ever noticed that it is the most frequently misspelled name in financial media that's all for the headlines, so having the wherewithal about these sorts of things can help you better interpret what's happening in Real Estate's Future and the economy's future.    One of the most inexpensive national markets, I'll say, outside the Midwest, where you can own income property, where the numbers really make sense. An investor advantage place is in the state of Oklahoma. Some of these Oklahoma properties that we've begun dealing with here, they're pretty small. Like check out this single family rental I want to tell you about that's just 864 square feet. You know, more tenants desire this type of housing. Family sizes are smaller today, yet they want separation in the privacy of a single family home. And this one is brand new build, two beds, two baths, and the price is, get this $155,000 for new build. Yes, you heard that, right, and the projected rent is really strong. $1,250 I mean, this sort of cottage sized new build home is the type of product that can make the best rental, because if it were double the size, you might only get 50 or 60% more in rent. Now there's no garage on this new build 155k property, and you get all the finishes that you would expect from new construction. The second Oklahoma property to tell you about is this Tulsa duplex. This one really stands out. And Tulsa has over a million people in the metro. It was built just several months ago, $2,900 rent on a purchase price of about 360k and these ones, they've consistently appraised in the 375 to 380k range. So you could very well get some built in equity here with this duplex, where the numbers work pretty well as it is, each side of this new duplex has over 1300 square feet, three beds, two baths on each side, free management the first year, $3,000 cash to you post closing, all the nice finishes you'd expect with new build in this Tulsa duplex. So these two properties I've discussed here are really investor advantaged all new build. And that 155k single family rental was in Chickasaw, Oklahoma. And then the Tulsa duplex in the mid to high three hundreds. The next one is the last one. I'll mention. It's not as good of a deal, but it does look nicer because it's a brick faced new build single family rental for 320k in Lawton, Oklahoma. Lawton is more southwestern Oklahoma, with $2,400 rent, and it's 1800 square feet in this new build and just a little positive cash flow. The property tax rate is 1.1% property insurance is just 1250, a two car garage, all the types of finishes that you would expect with new build. So a property like this is if you're looking for a better quality tenant. Oklahoma City has had more happening than usual. You might have heard that the tallest building in the United States is planned to be built in Oklahoma City, yes, taller than anything in New York or Chicago. The Oklahoma City Thunder NBA team has been performing well. You know, those things are merely interesting and have almost nothing to do with the investor advantage. Rental properties, again, all three that I mentioned, there are new build. Not only are we in this persistent national housing shortage, but these entry level homes that make the best rentals, they're the ones that are in even shorter supply. That's a fact I probably don't mention to you often enough. The home ownership rate is down because of strained affordability, so you may very well have a long term tenant in these properties, and then you layer on the fact that they're new build, and it really looks promising for tenants wanting to stay for the long term. Check out the market and the provider. Learn more at either gre marketplace.com/oklahomcity or slash Tulsa. Yes, new build Oklahoma properties, if you're not sure about the exact address, that's going to provide you with the highest returns, our free investment coaching can help you with that as well borrow dollars with long term fixed interest rate debt that both tenants and inflation just relentlessly pay down for you while your expected price appreciation. Can leverage dollars at the same time. Start at gre marketplace.com/oklahoma, city or slash Tulsa until next week. I'm Keith Weinhold. Don't quit your Daydream.   Speaker 2  44:52   Nothing on this show should be considered specific personal or professional advice. 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Tune in here to this Monday's edition of the Brett Winterble Show! Brett kicks off the program by talking about public support for Republicans and Donald Trump, and the recent riots in Los Angeles. He criticizes local law enforcement for not requesting additional aid and mocks the symbolism of foreign flags like Mexico and Burkina Faso, suggesting protesters are disconnected from American identity. Brett argues that many immigrants fleeing socialism ironically support similar policies in the U.S., and decries illegal immigrants receiving Medicaid. Brett calls for Trump to deny California aid unless order is restored, even suggesting military intervention. He traces the history of deportation in the U.S., from the 18th century through Obama, and claims the left is losing relevance due to their handling of these issues. He concludes by asserting the situation exposes the left's failures and strengthens the right's position. Later, Brett turns his focus to the Los Angeles riots, playing a clip from Mayor Karen Bass blaming recent ICE raids for sparking unrest. He contrasts this with surging support for Donald Trump on immigration, citing polling data that shows Trump’s net approval on the issue has flipped from deeply negative during his first term to positive territory today. Listen here for all of this and more on The Brett Winterble Show! For more from Brett Winterble check out his YouTube channel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After working in South Asia and living in Nepal for 18 years, Matthew Hanson has taken on leadership of The Voice of the Martyrs international ministry efforts on a new region: West and Central Africa (WACA). Listen as he tells how the persecution of Christians looks different in Africa from South Asia. The church in Africa is large; attacks on Christians there often affect a larger scale. Radical Islamist groups are the main persecutors in his region, and Matthew will share how it's affecting believers in his region, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria and Togo. Just in the DRC, there are 100+ active rebel groups. Church attacks and the displacement of followers of Christ has become sadly common. How does The Voice of the Martyrs respond to the intense persecution Christians in his region are facing? Listen as Matthew explains how he and his team evaluate needs and work through partnerships and local believers to help meet those needs and encourage believers. Matthew will share about the ministry of presence and how it plays such a key part of helping with trauma recovery for persecuted Christians. As Islamist groups move into places like northern Togo, a new addition to VOM's Global Prayer Map, Matthew and his team are hearing new reports of persecution and needs that VOM can help to meet. “The church does an incredible job of serving one another,” Matthew says, “it's a community of believers coming together, and it's really exciting.” Hear stories from Matthew about a woman's joy when she received a Bible provided by VOM, the holy moment when eight new believers from Muslim backgrounds took the step of baptism, and the story of a kidnapped Christian miraculously saved from a jihadist group. Please pray for persecuted Christians in West and Central Africa. The VOM App for your smartphone or tablet will help you pray daily for persecuted Christians throughout the year, as well as providing free access to e-books, audiobooks, video content and feature films. Download the VOM App for your iOS or Android device today.

US President Donald Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping agreed to launch a new round of high-level trade talks, the European Central Bank cut interest rates by a quarter point and Europe is being flooded with steel diverted from the US because of high tariffs. Plus, the FT's Aanu Adeoye explains how a Russia-backed junta leader in Burkina Faso became an icon across Africa. Mentioned in this podcast:Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agree to launch new round of trade talksChristine Lagarde signals ECB rate-cutting ‘nearly concluded'‘The cult of Saint Traoré': how a Russia-backed junta leader became an iconEU hit by surge in steel imports as US tariffs divert shipmentsToday's FT News Briefing was produced by Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian, Henry Larson, Fiona Symon, and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Sam Giovinco, Michael Lello and David da Silva. Our intern is Michaela Seah. The show's theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.