Podcasts about Togo

Why I Have Chosen Jesus over My Father's Voodoo by Adolph Dagan https://www.amazon.com/Have-Chosen-Jesus-Fathers-Voodoo/dp/B0DSGPLZWP Adolphdagan.com Do you think your situation cannot change? Come closer to God; He is able to do something for you that you never imagined. Adolph Dagan was born in a little village called Daganhoé in Togo, West Africa, where his father was a voodoo priest. Almost every day he would go to the voodoo temple/shrine to worship, and Adolph was always with him. As the youngest boy, his father decided Adolph would replace him someday, but God had other plans. Instead, God brought Adolph to the United States, where he went through financial issues and sicknesses, but because of his unshakable belief in God and his faithfulness, God brought him through it all and gave him a powerful testimony.About the author Adolph A. Dagan was born in Daganhoé, Moyen-Mono Prefecture, in Togo, West Africa on July 20, 1974. He was raised in Daganhoé and went to elementary school in Ahassomé; middle school in Kpékpléme and Nyékonakpoè Atakpamé; and high school in Aplahoué in the Republic of Bénin, Atakpamé (LYATA), and Notsé (LYNO) in Togo. Adolph graduated with a bachelor's degree at American Military University (AMU) and a master's degree at Austin Peay State University (APSU) in the United States of America.

Chaque mois, le coach Didier Acouetey, président d'AfricSearch, conseille un jeune entrepreneur sur ses difficultés. En deuxième partie, débat avec des patrons de PME du continent. Cette semaine, comment se relancer après un échec ? Partie 1 : conseils à un jeune entrepreneur - Didier Acouetey, président du cabinet AfricSearch - Pierrick Mboukou, en cours de création d'Imm'online, une application mobile qui facilite la mise en relation entre les personnes proposant des biens immobiliers et celles en recherche, à Brazzaville, en République du Congo.   Partie 2 : Comment se relancer après un échec ? - Edem d'Almeida, entrepreneur, expert en économie sociale et circulaire, fondateur d'Africa Global Recycling et de l'ONG Moi Jeu Tri - Idrissa Diabira, ancien directeur général de l'Agence pour le développement et l'encadrement des PME (ADEPME) du Sénégal. Fondateur de SherpAfrica, cabinet de conseils - Didier Acouetey, président du cabinet AfricSearch.   Programmation musicale :  ► DKR – BOOBA ► GO – Theodora ft Luidji.

French-Togolese architect and co-founder of Studio Neida, Jeanne Autran-Edorh, talks about the future of design in Togo and how her work is making an impact internationally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Mellado leads Compassion International, a global, church-driven ministry serving children in poverty across 29 countries. Born in El Salvador (full name: Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado), he grew up across Latin America and Asia, ran decathlon at SMU, and later represented El Salvador in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. His life and leadership are anchored in faith, family, and a deep conviction that true impact starts with who we're becoming—then flows into what we do. In this episode, Brad sits down with Jimmy at Compassion's global ministry center in Colorado Springs for a candid conversation about identity, calling, technology, and the local church. Jimmy shares formative stories from his childhood and athletic journey, the moment he sensed a calling to serve the church after the Olympics, and the identity wake-up that led him to embrace his heritage.  He talks about following Wess Stafford as CEO, why Compassion is first a church-equipping child discipleship organization (sponsorship is the funding mechanism, not the identity), and how the ministry is modernizing—moving to the cloud, piloting secure, real-time communication, and using AI to protect children online. Along the way, Jimmy offers grounded wisdom on leadership burdens, character, and doing God's work without sacrificing God's work in you. “Let's not do God's work in ways that hurt His work in us.” – Jimmy Mellado “His yoke is easy and His burden is light—so if it's heavy, who made it heavy?” – Jimmy Mellado “Special gifts can take a leader places where the absence of character won't let them stay.” – Jimmy Mellado This Week on The Wow Factor: Jimmy's upbringing: born in El Salvador, moving 40+ times as his engineer father built infrastructure across the developing world Early faith formation: parents as his “first pastors,” family as his first church while on the move Track to the Olympics: SMU scholarship and competing for El Salvador at the 1988 Seoul Olympics A calling in Seoul: witnessing church revival in South Korea and returning with a mission to serve the church Identity moment: embracing “Santiago” and his Latino heritage after being told “you don't count”—and how God used it to realign his calling Friendship with Wess Stafford and the path to leading Compassion What Compassion is: a church-equipping, child-discipleship ministry (sponsorship fuels the work but doesn't define it) The need right now: millions registered, hundreds of thousands awaiting sponsors—why the gap matters at the child level Modernizing at scale: retiring custom code, moving to cloud platforms, and building for quality, security, and growth Pilots in Peru and Ghana: secure, real-time communication among sponsors, children, and local church leaders Safety by design: using AI to flag inappropriate content and grooming language to protect kids A pastor's six-hour drive in Togo to make the plea: “Let me thank our sponsors and tell the story of impact.” Leadership and soul care: trading anxiety for gratitude, resisting the urge to carry what only God can carry Being vs. doing: why who you're becoming is the most important contribution you'll ever make Jimmy Mellado's Word of Wisdom: Become first, then do. Stay rooted in Christ, invite trusted voices to speak truth, and steward your assignment without making it heavy. The most enduring impact isn't what you accomplish—it's the person you're becoming as you walk with God. Connect With Compassion Compassion's Website Compassion's YouTube Compassion's Facebook Compassion's Instagram Compassion's LinkedIn Jimmy's LinkedIn Connect with The Wow Factor:   WOW Factor Website   Brad Formsma on LinkedIn    Brad Formsma on Instagram    Brad Formsma on Facebook    X (formerly Twitter)   

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Selon l'OMS, plus de 720 000 personnes mettent fin à leurs jours, chaque année, au niveau mondial et 73% de ces suicides surviennent dans des pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire. Derrière chaque suicide, c'est une famille, un entourage endeuillé. Comment se remettre de cette tragédie ? Quelle prise en charge existe pour les proches en deuil ?   Alain Chardon, psychologue à l'association PHARE animant les groupes de parole des parents endeuillés Dr Sonia Kanekatoua, psychiatre au CHU Campus de Lomé au Togo et au CEPIAK, le Centre de Prise en charge intégrée des Addictions de Kodjoviakopé   Louis Fréchette, membre de l'association de prévention du suicide au Québec « Défi - On roule pour toi ». ►En fin d'émission, nous parlons de la précarité alimentaire dont souffrent les enfants haïtiens. L'ONG Solidarités International a installé des cantines scolaires dans six écoles de Port-au-Prince afin d'assurer aux enfants de la capitale un repas chaud tous les midis, cuisiné à partir de produits locaux, et ce, durant toute l'année scolaire. Interview de Guillaume Haegel, directeur pays de Solidarités International à Haïti. Programmation musicale :  ► Mika – Happy ending  ► Fatima Altieri – Toute sam vle.

Selon l'OMS, plus de 720 000 personnes mettent fin à leurs jours, chaque année, au niveau mondial et 73% de ces suicides surviennent dans des pays à revenu faible ou intermédiaire. Derrière chaque suicide, c'est une famille, un entourage endeuillé. Comment se remettre de cette tragédie ? Quelle prise en charge existe pour les proches en deuil ?   Alain Chardon, psychologue à l'association PHARE animant les groupes de parole des parents endeuillés Dr Sonia Kanekatoua, psychiatre au CHU Campus de Lomé au Togo et au CEPIAK, le Centre de Prise en charge intégrée des Addictions de Kodjoviakopé   Louis Fréchette, membre de l'association de prévention du suicide au Québec « Défi - On roule pour toi ». ►En fin d'émission, nous parlons de la précarité alimentaire dont souffrent les enfants haïtiens. L'ONG Solidarités International a installé des cantines scolaires dans six écoles de Port-au-Prince afin d'assurer aux enfants de la capitale un repas chaud tous les midis, cuisiné à partir de produits locaux, et ce, durant toute l'année scolaire. Interview de Guillaume Haegel, directeur pays de Solidarités International à Haïti. Programmation musicale :  ► Mika – Happy ending  ► Fatima Altieri – Toute sam vle.

C'est à la Une d'APAnews : « La deuxième réunion du Comité conjoint de suivi du traité de paix dans l'est de la RDC, signée le 27 juin dernier, s'est tenue mercredi à Washington ». Y participaient : la RDC, le Rwanda, les États-Unis, le Qatar, le Togo et l'Union africaine. Autant de participants qui ont reconnu « des lenteurs dans la mise en œuvre de certains volets de l'accord ». « Les discussions », poursuit l'Agence de Presse Africaine, « ont porté sur la violence récente dans l'est de la RDC et sur les mesures concrètes à prendre, pour assurer le respect des dispositions de l'accord ». Afrik.com, de son côté, cite le Département d'état américain, qui parle de « retards significatifs », alors que « des violences continuent d'ensanglanter l'est congolais, où les rebelles de l'AFC/M23 continuent de régner en maître dans les deux Kivu », précise le site d'information. « À ce stade », conclut Afrik.com, « l'Accord de Washington semble illustrer plus une dynamique diplomatique qu'une transformation concrète de la crise sécuritaire. Reste à savoir si la volonté politique des signataires pourra se traduire en actes tangibles dans les prochains mois, condition indispensable pour espérer une paix durable dans l'est congolais ». Matériel de fabrication russe Autre pays en proie à la violence : le Mali, où l'armée reçoit du nouveau matériel. « Le Mali se modernise » titre Bamada.net. « L'armée malienne reçoit du matériel militaire de pointe ». « Blindés, chars et camions ont été aperçus, provenant du port de Conakry. Ces matériels, de fabrication russe sont destinés à renforcer les capacités opérationnelles des FAMA (les forces armées maliennes) et à lutter efficacement contre toute menace pesant sur la paix et la stabilité du Mali », ajoute Bamada.net. Pas de chiffres sur ces livraisons d'armes, effectuées, précise l'Agence de Presse Africaine, « dans un contexte de multiplication des attaques jihadistes, notamment par engins explosifs improvisés, causant de lourdes pertes parmi les militaires et les civils ». Premier octobre Le Mali où, par ailleurs la rentrée scolaire se prépare. Rentrée fixée au premier octobre, « malgré les défis », remarque le Journal du Mali, qui s'inquiète : « Entre les pluies encore présentes, les milliers d'écoles fermées, et la suspension des subventions aux établissements catholiques, l'année scolaire s'annonce fragile ». D'autant que, rappelle le Journal du Mali, « la saison des pluies n'est pas encore terminée. Si les précipitations s'intensifient, la question d'un report (comme l'année dernière) pourrait à nouveau se poser, même si aucune décision officielle n'a encore été envisagée dans ce sens ». Pour le Journal du Mali, la situation de l'éducation reste préoccupante, « plus de 2 000 écoles sont fermées, fermetures liées à l'insécurité, aux catastrophes naturelles et aux faiblesses structurelles du système éducatif ». Gratitude Enfin, la tragédie du funiculaire de Lisbonne : un Marocain figure parmi les rescapés. Un Marocain qui a aidé une Française à s'extirper des débris du funiculaire, juste après la catastrophe. Afrik.com nous raconte la fin de la course folle du funiculaire, « la vitesse qui augmente, les freins qui ne répondent plus, le wagon qui sort de ses rails et fonce droit vers la façade d'un immeuble ». « Le Marocain », poursuit le site d'information, « légèrement blessé au bras a été projeté contre une barre métallique. Autour de lui, des corps, des sanglots, des appels à l'aide », et donc cette Française, « qui pendant quelques instants a perdu connaissance et qui est coincée sous un siège renversé, il va la dégager, aidé par un autre passager ». Le Marocain et la Française, précise Afrik.com, « ont accepté de témoigner anonymement dans un média local. Tous deux expriment une même gratitude : être en vie. »

C'est à la Une d'APAnews : « La deuxième réunion du Comité conjoint de suivi du traité de paix dans l'est de la RDC, signée le 27 juin dernier, s'est tenue mercredi à Washington ». Y participaient : la RDC, le Rwanda, les États-Unis, le Qatar, le Togo et l'Union africaine. Autant de participants qui ont reconnu « des lenteurs dans la mise en œuvre de certains volets de l'accord ». « Les discussions », poursuit l'Agence de Presse Africaine, « ont porté sur la violence récente dans l'est de la RDC et sur les mesures concrètes à prendre, pour assurer le respect des dispositions de l'accord ». Afrik.com, de son côté, cite le Département d'état américain, qui parle de « retards significatifs », alors que « des violences continuent d'ensanglanter l'est congolais, où les rebelles de l'AFC/M23 continuent de régner en maître dans les deux Kivu », précise le site d'information. « À ce stade », conclut Afrik.com, « l'Accord de Washington semble illustrer plus une dynamique diplomatique qu'une transformation concrète de la crise sécuritaire. Reste à savoir si la volonté politique des signataires pourra se traduire en actes tangibles dans les prochains mois, condition indispensable pour espérer une paix durable dans l'est congolais ». Matériel de fabrication russe Autre pays en proie à la violence : le Mali, où l'armée reçoit du nouveau matériel. « Le Mali se modernise » titre Bamada.net. « L'armée malienne reçoit du matériel militaire de pointe ». « Blindés, chars et camions ont été aperçus, provenant du port de Conakry. Ces matériels, de fabrication russe sont destinés à renforcer les capacités opérationnelles des FAMA (les forces armées maliennes) et à lutter efficacement contre toute menace pesant sur la paix et la stabilité du Mali », ajoute Bamada.net. Pas de chiffres sur ces livraisons d'armes, effectuées, précise l'Agence de Presse Africaine, « dans un contexte de multiplication des attaques jihadistes, notamment par engins explosifs improvisés, causant de lourdes pertes parmi les militaires et les civils ». Premier octobre Le Mali où, par ailleurs la rentrée scolaire se prépare. Rentrée fixée au premier octobre, « malgré les défis », remarque le Journal du Mali, qui s'inquiète : « Entre les pluies encore présentes, les milliers d'écoles fermées, et la suspension des subventions aux établissements catholiques, l'année scolaire s'annonce fragile ». D'autant que, rappelle le Journal du Mali, « la saison des pluies n'est pas encore terminée. Si les précipitations s'intensifient, la question d'un report (comme l'année dernière) pourrait à nouveau se poser, même si aucune décision officielle n'a encore été envisagée dans ce sens ». Pour le Journal du Mali, la situation de l'éducation reste préoccupante, « plus de 2 000 écoles sont fermées, fermetures liées à l'insécurité, aux catastrophes naturelles et aux faiblesses structurelles du système éducatif ». Gratitude Enfin, la tragédie du funiculaire de Lisbonne : un Marocain figure parmi les rescapés. Un Marocain qui a aidé une Française à s'extirper des débris du funiculaire, juste après la catastrophe. Afrik.com nous raconte la fin de la course folle du funiculaire, « la vitesse qui augmente, les freins qui ne répondent plus, le wagon qui sort de ses rails et fonce droit vers la façade d'un immeuble ». « Le Marocain », poursuit le site d'information, « légèrement blessé au bras a été projeté contre une barre métallique. Autour de lui, des corps, des sanglots, des appels à l'aide », et donc cette Française, « qui pendant quelques instants a perdu connaissance et qui est coincée sous un siège renversé, il va la dégager, aidé par un autre passager ». Le Marocain et la Française, précise Afrik.com, « ont accepté de témoigner anonymement dans un média local. Tous deux expriment une même gratitude : être en vie. »

Episode Description:  Max, Molly, and Rufus are pulled into one of Alaska's most legendary true stories: the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, Alaska. Teaming up with mushers like Wild Bill Shannon, Leonhard Seppala, and famous sled-dogs Togo and Balto, they brave blizzards, ice, and exhaustion to help deliver life-saving medicine. Along the way, they use Math, stamina, and teamwork with furry friends to help save a community. Math Concepts: Division and averages (150 ÷ 20 = 7.5 dogs per team) Distance, rate, and time calculations; Multiplication with decimals; Ratios and comparisons. History/Geography Concepts: History: The 1925 Serum Run to Nome (also called The Great Race of Mercy); Geography: Alaska, Nenana, Nome, Norton Sound, Arctic conditions; Biology: Dogs' olfactory system (300 million receptors vs. 6 million in humans)

Send us a textIn this moving episode of The Good Enough Mompreneur Podcast, I sit down with Claudine McDaniel, founder of Beyond Conquerors Ministry and creator of the Life Wow Program. Claudine shares her deeply personal journey—from growing up in a chaotic household in Togo, Africa, to facing betrayal in marriage, to immigrating to the United States and rediscovering her strength through faith and forgiveness.Claudine reveals how forgiveness became the key to her emotional freedom, and how she transformed her pain into a purpose-driven mission that now empowers other women to do the same.This episode is a reminder to mompreneurs that the path to healing can also lead to building something meaningful—something that serves others and honors your journey.

Il fait du rap pour exprimer sa pensée profonde et contre les maux qui rongent nos sociétés et non pour être une star. 2C0 chante aussi pour dénoncer l'injustice et le racisme que subissent les Noirs.

Au Sénégal, les autorités allègent les conditions d'indemnisation des victimes des troubles politiques de ces dernières années. Engagées depuis plusieurs mois, ces indemnisations concernent notamment les familles des personnes tuées lors de ces émeutes. Plusieurs d'entre elles n'ont toujours pas reçu d'assistance. Selon le gouvernement sénégalais, les familles de 74 personnes décédées lors des manifestations politiques entre 2021 et 2024 sont concernées par cette mesure.

Ce fut l'été de tous les records. Certains chercheurs en intelligence artificielle (IA) se sont vu proposer des contrats allant jusqu'à 300 millions de dollars sur quatre ans. Pourtant, derrière l'excitation, une inquiétude grandit. Sam Altman, le père de ChatGPT, l'admet lui-même : "Oui, nous sommes probablement dans une bulle." Et si, comme on l'a vu à la conférence Indaba, c'était l'occasion de mettre en avant ce qui est vraiment important (recherche médicale, énergie, agriculture...) ?

Send us a textWhen Taylor Barlow decided to take on a pro bono asylum case, he never imagined it would become the most emotionally significant work of his legal career. His client's story reads like a political thriller – a peaceful activist from Togo who organized an 800,000-person march against a dictatorial regime, only to face years of brutal retaliation including kidnappings, beatings, and torture.After military police broke into his home, beating him and his young son unconscious, this father of two made the heartbreaking choice to leave his family behind and flee for his life. What followed was a harrowing two-month journey through South and Central America, including the notoriously deadly Darién Gap jungle crossing, where "one in three migrants die." Twice kidnapped in Mexico before finally reaching the U.S. border, he was immediately detained and placed in removal proceedings.This episode takes listeners deep into the complex, often misunderstood asylum process. We witness Barlow's fight against nearly impossible odds – a 90-minute hearing (reduced from four hours) to present a decade of persecution, technical legal barriers because his client crossed without an appointment, and the gut-wrenching realization that even proving all elements of asylum might not be enough as "asylum is completely discretionary."The emotional climax comes when Barlow's rarely successful motion for reconsideration is granted, securing his client's freedom and future. Beyond the legal victory, we glimpse the profound human impact as this new asylee sends his attorney a poignant photo of himself standing beneath an American flag on July 4th – a man who nearly died for the freedom to protest now finding refuge in a nation founded on that very principle.What makes this story so compelling is how it puts a human face on asylum policy while showcasing the life-changing impact of pro bono legal work. As Barlow reflects, "This mattered to this guy and it mattered to his wife and to his little kids... I saw myself and I saw my kids in him and his kids."Have you ever wondered what rights we take for granted? Listen now and consider what price others pay for freedoms we exercise daily without a second thought.

In this first episode of our series, we sit down with Maine musher Jonathan Hayes to uncover the origins of his Centennial Seppala Expedition across Alaska. Jonathan shares how a fundraiser for a Togo monument during COVID grew into a once-in-a-lifetime journey retracing the 1925 serum run with his rare Seppala sled dogs. Join us as we explore the inspiration, preparation, and leadership lessons that shaped the beginning of this extraordinary adventure.The Mushing podcast is made possible by Mushing+ subscribers. Learn more about all the benefits of a subscription and subscribe now at mushing.com/mushingplus Our fans would love to learn more about you. Fill out our Musher Q & A hereDo you have a story idea, or pitch a podcast? Check it out hereTrail Bytes 2025Facebook | X | InstagramLove the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and shareSign up for our Newsletter HEREWe would love to hear your feedback about the show!You can contact us here: Podcast@mushing.com

Kantamanto est l'un des plus grands marchés de vêtements de seconde main du monde. En grande partie ravagé par un incendie en janvier, ce véritable poumon économique de la capitale du Ghana, Accra, a commencé à reprendre vie après une reconstruction express. Ce mardi 26 août, une cérémonie célèbre sa résurrection, mais les quelque 30 000 commerçants, eux, ont repris le travail il y a déjà plusieurs mois. Pour trouver la boutique de Bismarck Oppong, il faut déambuler quelques minutes dans la myriade d'allées que compte le marché de Kantamanto, réparties sur quatre hectares de marché de plein air à Accra, la capitale du Ghana. Voilà 14 ans que le commerçant s'est spécialisé dans la vente de jeans de seconde main. Une affaire littéralement partie en fumée il y a huit mois, lors de l'incendie de janvier 2025. « Quand le drame est survenu, nous n'avons rien pu faire. Mais après le désastre, on a pu rassembler quelques ressources, histoire de ne pas repartir de zéro. Maintenant, on espère juste pouvoir améliorer notre situation », se souvient Bismarck Oppong.  Plus de place mais moins de clients Plus de trois millions de dollars : c'est qu'a donné la fondation Or, une ONG qui travaille avec les commerçants de Kantamanto pour reconstruire le marché. Un travail titanesque réalisé en l'espace de deux à trois mois pour les échoppes. Les travaux sont toujours en cours pour l'électricité. De retour dans sa boutique, Bismarck Oppong est particulièrement satisfait du réaménagement des allées. « Je préfère largement l'agencement de ce marché comparé à l'ancien : les démarcations, par exemple. Avant, on n'avait pas beaucoup d'espace. Mais maintenant, on a beaucoup plus de place. Les tentures aussi, avant, elles étaient plus basses, mais on les a relevées », se réjouit-il. Un marché plus agréable et accessible mais qui attire cependant moins de clients. « Il y a moins de clients, parce qu'après qu'il a brûlé, ils ne savent pas que l'on a rouvert », constate Judith Djoka. Arrivée du Togo il y a sept ans pour travailler comme vendeuse de vestes et de vêtements professionnels, elle n'a jamais connu une affluence aussi faible. « C'est un peu compliqué, déplore-t-elle. On achète des produits, mais les clients n'achètent pas. On ne gagne pas comme avant. » La reconstruction en bois « n'est pas idéale » Pour la vendeuse, il faut impérativement faire de la publicité pour attirer, à nouveau, les clients à l'intérieur du marché – et ainsi pouvoir y écouler les 15 millions de vêtements d'occasion qui y arrivent chaque semaine. Une tâche qui incombe à la Kantamanto Obroniwawu Business Association (Koba), la nouvelle association des vendeurs de vêtements de seconde main de Kantamanto. Un autre enjeu demeure : celui de l'amélioration de la sécurité incendie. Si certains commerçants ont bel et bien reçu une formation ainsi que des extincteurs, les 5 000 boutiques du marché ont été reconstruites en bois. « C'est vrai que ce n'est pas l'idéal, reconnaît Manu Adutwum Atta, le secrétaire général de la Koba. C'est une mesure temporaire. Mais il s'agit du gagne-pain des gens ici. Si on avait attendu de construire des infrastructures permanentes, ils n'auraient pas pu survivre. Mais c'est quelque chose que nous avons en tête pour le futur. » L'association des commerçants se donne cinq ans pour réfléchir à une reconstruction du marché qui serait, elle, plus pérenne. À lire aussiLe Ghana devient le premier pays africain à garantir la traçabilité du bois exporté vers l'UE

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Albrecht, Lene www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Fazit

À l'approche de la COP30 au Brésil et alors que les conséquences du changement climatique sont chaque jour plus évidentes, Éco d'ici éco d'ailleurs propose une réflexion ouverte sur les paradoxes de l'économie mondiale, entre recherche de croissance et impératifs écologiques. Comment faire en sorte que l'économie se mette au service de la planète, et non l'inverse ? Notre première invitée : Fanny Henriet Directrice de recherche au CNRS, spécialiste de l'économie du changement climatique. Auteure de l'ouvrage L'économie peut-elle sauver le climat ? (Presses Universitaires de France). Thèmes abordés : Pourquoi l'économie de marché ne peut pas seule résoudre la crise climatique. Le dilemme de la transition énergétique : lenteur ou brutalité ? L'impact des prix du pétrole sur la transition. Le besoin d'une intervention publique : taxation, planification, incitations. Calculer le coût social d'une tonne de CO₂. Inégalités climatiques entre pays et classes sociales. La sobriété est-elle une solution ? Ou faut-il tout miser sur l'innovation ? Interventions sonores : Kaushik Burman (Directeur Général de Spiro, fabricant de motos électriques en Afrique). Donald Trump, climatoscepticisme et économie. Seconde partie : l'Afrique face au changement climatique Participants : Ileana Santos, consultante en stratégie, cofondatrice de Je m'engage pour l'Afrique. Edem d'Almeida, expert en économie sociale et circulaire, fondateur d'Africa Global Recycling basé à Lomé au Togo. Marine Lamoureux, journaliste à La Croix L'Hebdo, autrice du reportage Le climat, ma nounou et moi basé sur le témoignage de son ancienne nounou Germaine Tiem. Focus sur le Togo : Pays fortement vulnérable aux effets du dérèglement climatique. Difficultés d'accès aux financements climat. Témoignages de pêcheurs, cultivateurs de cacao, populations locales. Initiatives mentionnées : Recyclage et éducation environnementale (Africa Global Recycling). Agriculture durable et coopératives de cacao (Atsemawoe). Pause musicale : Von Na Agbedo de Dogo du Togo. Menteur ambulant, artiste togolais engagé pour la cause environnementale. Ressources complémentaires : Émission disponible en podcast sur RFI.fr Interview de Kaushik Burman à voir sur la chaîne YouTube de RFI Reportage Le climat, ma nounou et moi à lire sur le site de La Croix

À l'approche de la COP30 au Brésil et alors que les conséquences du changement climatique sont chaque jour plus évidentes, Éco d'ici éco d'ailleurs propose une réflexion ouverte sur les paradoxes de l'économie mondiale, entre recherche de croissance et impératifs écologiques. Comment faire en sorte que l'économie se mette au service de la planète, et non l'inverse ? Notre première invitée : Fanny Henriet Directrice de recherche au CNRS, spécialiste de l'économie du changement climatique. Auteure de l'ouvrage L'économie peut-elle sauver le climat ? (Presses Universitaires de France). Thèmes abordés : Pourquoi l'économie de marché ne peut pas seule résoudre la crise climatique. Le dilemme de la transition énergétique : lenteur ou brutalité ? L'impact des prix du pétrole sur la transition. Le besoin d'une intervention publique : taxation, planification, incitations. Calculer le coût social d'une tonne de CO₂. Inégalités climatiques entre pays et classes sociales. La sobriété est-elle une solution ? Ou faut-il tout miser sur l'innovation ? Interventions sonores : Kaushik Burman (Directeur Général de Spiro, fabricant de motos électriques en Afrique). Donald Trump, climatoscepticisme et économie. Seconde partie : l'Afrique face au changement climatique Participants : Ileana Santos, consultante en stratégie, cofondatrice de Je m'engage pour l'Afrique. Edem d'Almeida, expert en économie sociale et circulaire, fondateur d'Africa Global Recycling basé à Lomé au Togo. Marine Lamoureux, journaliste à La Croix L'Hebdo, autrice du reportage Le climat, ma nounou et moi basé sur le témoignage de son ancienne nounou Germaine Tiem. Focus sur le Togo : Pays fortement vulnérable aux effets du dérèglement climatique. Difficultés d'accès aux financements climat. Témoignages de pêcheurs, cultivateurs de cacao, populations locales. Initiatives mentionnées : Recyclage et éducation environnementale (Africa Global Recycling). Agriculture durable et coopératives de cacao (Atsemawoe). Pause musicale : Von Na Agbedo de Dogo du Togo. Menteur ambulant, artiste togolais engagé pour la cause environnementale. Ressources complémentaires : Émission disponible en podcast sur RFI.fr Interview de Kaushik Burman à voir sur la chaîne YouTube de RFI Reportage Le climat, ma nounou et moi à lire sur le site de La Croix

• Doku-Fiktion • Bevor die deutsche Kolonialmacht 1914 in Togo besiegt wird, zerstört sie ihre eigene Funkstation. Wohin heute mit den Ruinen? Mit den Dokumenten? Wer sendet, wer empfängt? Wer hält die Fäden der Geschichte in der Hand? Von Lene Albrecht www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de, Hörspiel

Entreprendre en Afrique quand on vit en Europe peut vite tourner au parcours d'obstacles. Pour éviter l'échec, de plus en plus de membres de la diaspora s'appuient sur des structures d'accompagnement comme des incubateurs. Un soutien devenu crucial. Zéphirin Jiogo a l'enthousiasme communicatif. « Voilà, j'ai 42 ans, je suis basé en région parisienne, employé dans une multinationale en charge de la transformation financière et investisseur à Douala et Yaoundé au Cameroun. » Il ne compte plus les allers-retours entre la France et son pays d'origine pour concrétiser ses ambitions entrepreneuriales. « C'est vraiment l'envie d'impacter. » C'est cette volonté qui l'a poussé à créer une application de mise en relation entre chauffeurs-livreurs et acteurs de l'e-commerce. Il va jusqu'à fournir des motos aux livreurs. Mais démarrer n'a pas été simple, comme il le raconte. « Beaucoup d'entrepreneurs vont vous parler de ressources, du manque de ressources. Moi, dans mon cas, je dirais, il y a d'abord un manque de cadre d'accompagnement. Il n'y a pas toujours les relais gouvernementaux qu'on va attendre. Il n'y a pas toujours la compétence. Aujourd'hui, c'est un pays qui est en train de se vider de ses talents qui vont au Canada, qui vont ailleurs. Moi, j'ai eu deux gérants très compétents qui ont dû quitter le pays du jour au lendemain pour des raisons personnelles. Ils sont là les premiers problèmes qu'on a avant le financement. Le financement reste un réel souci, mais avant ça, il y a d'autres problèmes qui sont encore plus importants. » L'accompagnement, levier de réussite Face à ces difficultés, il a décidé de se tourner vers un incubateur, une fois son projet mieux structuré. Une décision qui a tout changé, affirme-t-il. « Je vais être très clair, sans incubateur, tout ça aurait été impossible. On a pu lever des fonds assez conséquents qui nous permettent de financer l'activité et d'aller davantage plus loin. On a signé des partenariats stratégiques avec Spirou, qui est le géant indien de la moto électrique en Afrique. Le projet aujourd'hui a atteint un niveau de maturité qu'on n'aurait jamais atteint si on n'avait pas été accompagnés. » La diaspora africaine est aujourd'hui une cible de plus en plus stratégique pour les incubateurs et les bailleurs de fonds. Une évolution récente, selon Olivier Bossa, président du SIAD, une association de solidarité internationale qui accompagne les porteurs de projets via son incubateur Résonance Nord/Sud. « Je ne vais pas dire "maltraitée", mais elle était toujours considérée comme une statistique. Le plus souvent, on disait oui. L'envoi de la diaspora dépassait pratiquement l'aide au développement. Mais en fait, je pense que c'était une méconnaissance de cette cible. Et je pense que beaucoup d'États commencent par prendre conscience du potentiel de cette diaspora, qui n'est pas juste des investisseurs dans l'immobilier ou qui font juste des transferts d'argent, mais plutôt des entrepreneurs. Ce sont avant tout aussi des patriotes. Même s'ils ont vécu beaucoup plus de temps à l'extérieur, ils ont quand même envie de contribuer au développement de leur pays. Et c'est cette prise de conscience qu'il faut avoir pour mieux les accompagner. » Cette dynamique se reflète aussi dans les financements : la Banque africaine de développement consacre désormais 5 millions de dollars à un programme de soutien aux PME locales au Mali, au Togo et à Madagascar.  À lire aussiAu Mali, les entrepreneurs de la diaspora face à l'incertitude [3/5]

durée : 00:13:13 - La Question du jour - par : Julie Gacon - Depuis juin 2022, le Nord du Togo est placé en état d'urgence face à la multiplication des violences terroristes djihadistes. Si le gouvernement togolais reste discret pour ne pas affoler ses troupes sur place, les attaques auraient fait 62 morts, dont 54 civils, depuis le début de l'année. - réalisation : Sam Baquiast - invités : Alain Antil Directeur du centre Afrique subsaharienne à l'IFRI, enseignant à l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille et à Paris I Sorbonne

Douleurs abdominales vives et persistantes, fièvre... Ces symptômes assez vagues peuvent recouvrir une multitude de pathologies, parmi lesquelles la crise d'appendicite. La péritonite aiguë est une inflammation locale ou diffuse de la membrane péritonéale. L'appendicite aiguë et la péritonite sont deux urgences médicales qui requièrent une intervention chirurgicale. Souvent confondues, ces deux affections qui concernent l'abdomen sont bien différentes, quoiqu'elles puissent être liées. (Rediffusion) Quels sont les signes ? Concernant l'appendicite, de quel côté a-t-on mal au ventre ? Quels sont les traitements ? Doit-on systématiquement opérer ?  Pr Richard Douard, chirurgien viscéral à la Clinique Bizet, Paris Pr Boyodi Tchangai, chef du service de Chirurgie viscérale au CHU Sylvanus Olympio de Lomé au Togo.  ► En fin d'émission, nous parlerons de la prise en charge du pied bot en République du Congo et plus particulièrement du travail réalisé par l'association ADRBE (Association pour le Développement et la Réadaptation du Bien-Être) avec son responsable, Thomas Robert Mbemba, kinésithérapeute et coordinateur du Programme Pied Bot CONGO au sein de l'association.  Programmation musicale : ► Roseaux, Ghetto boy – My people ► Ÿuma – Elli fet.

Douleurs abdominales vives et persistantes, fièvre... Ces symptômes assez vagues peuvent recouvrir une multitude de pathologies, parmi lesquelles la crise d'appendicite. La péritonite aiguë est une inflammation locale ou diffuse de la membrane péritonéale. L'appendicite aiguë et la péritonite sont deux urgences médicales qui requièrent une intervention chirurgicale. Souvent confondues, ces deux affections qui concernent l'abdomen sont bien différentes, quoiqu'elles puissent être liées. (Rediffusion) Quels sont les signes ? Concernant l'appendicite, de quel côté a-t-on mal au ventre ? Quels sont les traitements ? Doit-on systématiquement opérer ?  Pr Richard Douard, chirurgien viscéral à la Clinique Bizet, Paris Pr Boyodi Tchangai, chef du service de Chirurgie viscérale au CHU Sylvanus Olympio de Lomé au Togo.  ► En fin d'émission, nous parlerons de la prise en charge du pied bot en République du Congo et plus particulièrement du travail réalisé par l'association ADRBE (Association pour le Développement et la Réadaptation du Bien-Être) avec son responsable, Thomas Robert Mbemba, kinésithérapeute et coordinateur du Programme Pied Bot CONGO au sein de l'association.  Programmation musicale : ► Roseaux, Ghetto boy – My people ► Ÿuma – Elli fet.

This interview was recorded for GOTO Unscripted.https://gotopia.techRead the full transcription of this interview hereDavid Edoh-Bedi - Developer Relations at StripeJames Beswick - Head of Developer Relations at StripeRESOURCESDavidhttps://x.com/edohbedi_dhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/edohbedihttps://edoh-bedi.comJameshttps://bsky.app/profile/jbesw.bsky.socialhttps://twitter.com/jbeswhttps://linkedin.com/in/jamesbeswickLinkshttps://stripe.devDESCRIPTIONJames Beswick (Head of Developer Relations at Stripe) talks with David Edoh-Bedi (Developer Advocate) about his professional journey from growing up in Togo to working at Microsoft and eventually Stripe.The conversation explores David's transition from software engineering to developer advocacy, highlighting the importance of empathy, communication skills, and technical knowledge in the role.They discuss the challenges of working with large legacy systems, the complexities of payment processing, and how the software development landscape has evolved from library-focused development to API-centric approaches.The interview provides valuable insights for developers considering a career path in developer relations and those integrating complex systems like payment processing into their applications.RECOMMENDED BOOKSSimon Brown • Software Architecture for Developers Vol. 2David Farley • Modern Software EngineeringKim, Humble, Debois, Willis & Forsgren • The DevOps HandbookSimon Wardley • Wardley MapsSimon Wardley • Wardley Mapping, The KnowledgeDavid Anderson, Marck McCann & Michael O'Reilly • The Value Flywheel EffectMike Amundsen • Restful Web API Patterns & Practices CookbookCHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUSJoin this channel to get early access to videos & other perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/joinLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.techSign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletterSUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1BlueskyTwitterInstagramLinkedInFacebookCHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUSJoin this channel to get early access to videos & other perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/joinLooking for a unique learning experience?Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket: gotopia.techSUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL - new videos posted daily!

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  2/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 1940 At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  1/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 1918 GERMANY IN UKRSINE At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  3/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 1942 UKRAINE At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  4/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 1941 KYIV At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  5/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  6/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  7/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

WAR ENDINGS NEITHER SWIFT NOR MERCIFUL:  8/8  Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II by  Evan Thomas  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Road-Surrender-Three-Countdown-World/dp/0399589252 2945 TOKYO At 9:20 a.m. on the morning of May 30, General Groves receives a message to report to the office of the secretary of war “at once.” Stimson is waiting for him. He wants to know: has Groves selected the targets yet? So begins this suspenseful, impeccably researched history that draws on new access to diaries to tell the story of three men who were intimately involved with America's decision to drop the atomic bomb—and Japan's decision to surrender. They are Henry Stimson, the American Secretary of War, who had overall responsibility for decisions about the atom bomb; Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, head of strategic bombing in the Pacific, who supervised the planes that dropped the bombs; and Japanese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, the only one in Emperor Hirohito's Supreme War Council who believed even before the bombs were dropped that Japan should surrender. Henry Stimson had served in the administrations of five presidents, but as the U.S. nuclear program progressed, he found himself tasked with the unimaginable decision of determining whether to deploy the bomb. The new president, Harry S. Truman, thus far a peripheral figure in the momentous decision, accepted Stimson's recommendation to drop the bomb. Army Air Force Commander Gen. Spaatz ordered the planes to take off. Like Stimson, Spaatz agonized over the command even as he recognized it would end the war. After the bombs were dropped, Foreign Minister Togo was finally able to convince the emperor to surrender. To bring these critical events to vivid life, bestselling author Evan Thomas draws on the diaries of Stimson, Togo and Spaatz, contemplating the immense weight of their historic decision. In Road to Surrender, an immersive, surprising, moving account, Thomas lays out the behind-the-scenes thoughts, feelings, motivations, and decision-making of three people who changed history.

Lorsque les gouverneurs allemands initient la construction du Palais de Lomé à partir de 1902, ils pensent à une architecture symbole du pouvoir colonial, une architecture dominante, imposante et visible depuis le large par les navires. Abandonné et livré à la forêt depuis les années 1990, l'ancien Palais est aujourd'hui restauré et rompt avec le passé. Ancien lieu d'exclusion, il ouvre ses portes aux visiteurs pour leur proposer un centre d'art et de culture où une nouvelle histoire se raconte, du point de vue togolais. (Rediffusion) Un nouvel épisode de La marche du monde signé Valérie Nivelon, Victor Uhl et Sophie Janin. À découvrir : Visitez le Palais de Lomé dirigé par Sonia Lawson, grâce à son site officiel Palais de Lomé est sur FB et insta Palais de Lomé (@palaisdelome) - Instagram. Tous nos remerciements aux participants : - les artistes Kugbe Koffi Apelete dit Kukoff, Akpaloo Abla Sika et Kodjovi Tessi. - le professeur d'histoire contemporaine Joseph Tsigbe. - les enfants de l'École Ndiaye Boubacar, leur instituteur Apéléte Kodjo Dagnissede et leur directeur Amah Amouzou - messieurs Akoli Hiheglo, chef de chantier et praticien en médecine traditionnelle, Eric Agbessy, docteur en Biologie et expert en Biodiverdité, Mike Hounsinou, représentant de l'African Bird Club (ABC). Spéciale dédicace à Sonia Lawson, directrice du palais de Lomé, à Joana Faye, chargée de la communication et à toutes les équipes du palais. Diaporama

Missionary Letter - ARM - Togo

L'entrée en vigueur de la plupart des nouveaux droits de douane imposés par les États-Unis à leurs partenaires commerciaux, c'est aujourd'hui, jeudi 7 août 2025. Quel est l'impact de ces surtaxes pour le continent africain ? Y a-t-il des pays qui risquent d'entrer en récession ? « Oui », répond l'économiste Lionel Zinsou, qui a été Premier ministre du Bénin. Aujourd'hui, avec le grand banquier rwandais Donald Kaberuka, Lionel Zinsou est le patron de « South Bridge », en français, « Le Pont du Sud », une société de conseil financier. Il livre son expertise au micro de Christophe Boisbouvier.     RFI : Est-ce que ces surtaxes américaines risquent de ralentir la croissance du continent africain ?   Lionel Zinsou : Très faiblement, en fait. En revanche, ça va impacter quelques pays et spectaculairement l'Afrique du Sud. Mais ça ne concerne pas tout le continent.   25 pays africains devraient être touchés par ces augmentations de taxes. Quelles sont à vos yeux les pays qui vont être le plus impactés ? L'Afrique du Sud d'abord, c'est ça ?   Oui, L'Afrique du Sud… Certains pays qui avaient vraiment orienté leur commerce extérieur avec une grande confiance vers les États-Unis, comme le petit Lesotho. Au fond, tous ceux qui sont un peu plus industrialisés que les autres et qui avaient à exporter des produits d'une grande valeur, par exemple les exportations automobiles de l'Afrique du Sud, ça, ce sont des exportations à très forte valeur ajoutée, et c'est ça qui va être le plus impacté. Plus vous êtes industrialisé, plus vous allez en souffrir.   On se souvient de la rencontre glaciale à la Maison Blanche entre Donald Trump et Cyril Ramaphosa. Est-ce que les mesures douanières contre l'Afrique du Sud n'ont pas un caractère politique ?   Si, certainement. Derrière la sanction de 30 % de droits de douane, alors que pour les autres pays, c'est ou 10% ou 15%, il y a eu une fixation politique à l'évidence sur l'Afrique du Sud, très probablement liée à des sujets non-africains. Par exemple, le fait que l'Afrique du Sud ait traîné Israël devant la Cour pénale internationale avec un assez grand succès diplomatique. C'est probablement une rétorsion, un petit peu dans la même logique que pour le Brésil. Mais en Afrique du Sud, cela va avoir un impact. C'est un des pays qui ont malheureusement une croissance faible. Donc, ça risque effectivement de les mettre en récession. Cela étant, il y a des remèdes quand même à cette situation, parce que vous avez sans doute vu la réaction de la Chine. La Chine, aujourd'hui, elle importe surtout de l'Afrique, non pas des biens à forte valeur ajoutée et manufacturés, mais vraiment des matières premières. Et les Chinois ont une opportunité de commencer à acquérir des produits à valeur ajoutée venant d'Afrique. L'autre remède, c'est la zone de libre-échange continentale. On est en train de négocier, de faire tomber toutes les barrières douanières à l'intérieur du continent. Et donc les Africains commerçant avec les Africains, ça, ça va être à la fois un facteur de croissance significative et un remplacement pour les pays les plus industrialisés. Donc l'Afrique du Sud, qui est déjà un grand fournisseur du reste de l'Afrique, va l'être encore un peu plus.   Parmi les pays les plus touchés par les mesures de Washington, il y a les producteurs d'acier et d'aluminium. Est-ce que l'Algérie et l'Égypte ne risquent pas d'être très impactées ?   Alors, comme vous l'avez souligné, c'est quand même essentiellement un mouvement politique et vous savez que l'Égypte est un peu exonérée. Donc, avec l'Égypte, pour des raisons géopolitiques, c'est probablement plus confortable qu'avec l'Algérie. Mais si vous prenez un pays comme le mien qui va être taxé à 10 %...  Le Bénin…  Oui. Sur le textile. Alors c'est important parce que, après tout ce qui est produit de matières premières brutes, le textile, en fait, c'est ce qui avait fait le plus de progrès dans les échanges entre l'Afrique et les États-Unis. À raison de l'Éthiopie, mais aussi aujourd'hui de pays comme le Togo, le Bénin, qui ont de plus en plus de valeur ajoutée sur le textile. Mais vous voyez, quand vous achetez un polo de luxe à 100 € ou 100 $, il est sorti d'usine et monté sur un bateau à Cotonou à 10 $. Quand on va mettre 10 %, ça veut dire que ça va augmenter d'un dollar sur votre facture à vous, client, de 100 $. Parce que, en réalité, une très grande partie de la valeur ajoutée est faite dans le pays d'accueil. Et donc c'est aux États-Unis, les frais de marketing, les taxes américaines. Il y a aussi tous les intermédiaires, les transports, etc. Donc, il faut faire un tout petit peu attention. Ça ne va pas complètement désorganiser les marchés. Mais si vous exportez une voiture haut de gamme, japonaise ou allemande, qui vient des usines d'Afrique du Sud, c'est une tout autre affaire. Parce que là, pour le coup, la valeur ajoutée, elle vient d'Afrique. Ce ne sont pas les intermédiaires qui en prennent la plus grande partie. Et là, vous allez avoir un arrêt de la production, du chômage, etc. Mais il y a bien pire, évidemment. Le fait que les Américains, qu'ils aient supprimé l'aide alimentaire et sanitaire, ça, c'est encore plus grave. Parce que la fermeture de l'aide publique de l'USAID, notamment humanitaire, là, il y a mort d'homme. Ce qui est un peu différent des droits de douane. Et donc, politiquement, on voit bien qu'il va y avoir un coût politique pour les États-Unis.  

Last time we spoke about the Siege of Japan. In the summer of 1945, Japan faced its most devastating siege. A pivotal component was the aerial mining campaign entitled "Starvation," masterminded by General Curtis LeMay. B-29 Superfortress bombers were deployed to lay mines in critical waterways, cutting off resources and crippling Japan's industrial capabilities. This silent assault inflicted chaos on Japan's shipping lanes, sinking over 670 vessels and significantly disrupting supply lines. Amid this turmoil, the Allies intensified their firebombing campaigns, targeting urban centers like Tokyo, Osaka, and Kobe, leading to extensive devastation and loss of life. By August, Japan's civilian and military morale crumbled under the weight of destruction. The climax of this siege came with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, which unleashed unparalleled destruction. As Japan's leadership struggled for options, the nation was effectively brought to its knees. The relentless siege had achieved its goal, Japan was irrevocably broken, marking a profound moment in history. This episode is the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.  Hello there, again like in the previous episode, this one is just going to state what happened, I am not going to delve into the why's just yet. I am currently writing an entire special episode on why exactly Japan surrendered, focused on the actions of Emperor Hirohito, who I will argue prolonged the 15 year war to protect the Kokutai. So a bit of a spoiler there I guess.  The worst has come to pass for the Japanese Empire. An atomic bomb has fallen, devastating an entire city. In a blinding flash, over 140,000 lives were lost or forever altered. But this was merely the beginning. The Americans were poised to unleash destruction from the skies, a scale of devastation never before witnessed on this planet. The choices were grim: surrender or complete annihilation.The Japanese faced not only this overwhelming threat but also another peril. The Soviet Union prepared to invade Manchuria and other crucial territories within its reach. As we last left off, the Americans had been conducting a prolonged and devastating air and naval siege of the Japanese Home Islands in preparation for the invasion of Kyushu. This campaign culminated in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, reducing the once-great city to ruins and leaving a staggering casualty toll that would forever haunt the Japanese people. Survivor accounts recount the haunting experience of wandering through the destruction, disoriented and unsure of where to go. They spoke of hearing the desperate cries of those trapped beneath crushed buildings or suffering from horrific burns. As small fires ignited by the blast began to spread, they coalesced into a firestorm that surged through the rubble, claiming the lives of many still trapped inside. Frightened residents jumped into the rivers of Hiroshima, only to drown in their desperate attempts to escape the flames. Over 90% of the doctors and 93% of the nurses in Hiroshima perished or were injured, and most hospitals were either destroyed or heavily damaged. By early afternoon, police and volunteers worked tirelessly to establish evacuation centers at hospitals, schools, and tram stations. Yet, tragically, many would die before receiving aid, leaving behind grim rings of corpses around these facilities. Some survivors who initially appeared unharmed would succumb within hours or days to what would later be identified as radiation sickness. Most members of General Hata's 2nd General Army headquarters were undergoing physical training on the grounds of Hiroshima Castle, barely 900 yards from the hypocenter. As a result, 3,243 troops lost their lives on the parade ground. Miraculously, Hata himself survived the explosion with only minor injuries, but many of his staff were not so fortunate, including Lieutenant-Colonel Yi U, a prince of the Korean imperial family, who was killed or fatally wounded. In total, the 2nd General Army, 59th Army, 5th Division, and other combat units in the city lost an estimated 20,000 troops. Survivors regrouped at the Ujina Air Base on the outskirts of Hiroshima, where they organized relief efforts and maintained public order once martial law was declared. With Mayor Awaya Senkichi killed at the mayoral residence, Hata assumed control of the city's administration and coordinated relief efforts. The initial reaction of the Japanese government to the devastation in Hiroshima was mixed. The Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy military leadership received only fragmentary reports about the tragedy, as communications with Hiroshima had been severed. Meanwhile, American and British radio broadcasts promptly informed ordinary Japanese civilians and their government about the atomic bomb attack on August 7. The following day, Tokyo issued a press release confirming the bombing of Hiroshima, but it notably did not state that the United States had dropped an atomic weapon. After technical teams visited the site of the bombing, they concluded that the enemy B-29s had indeed used a nuclear device. At this juncture, the diplomatic situation within Japan was chaotic. Many members of the Japanese cabinet believed that surrender was the only viable option, while others, particularly military figures like Hata, were determined to continue the fight. Looking back, between July 17 and August 2, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman convened in Potsdam to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. The Potsdam Conference is perhaps best known for President Truman's conversation with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin on July 24, during which Truman informed Stalin that the United States had successfully detonated the first atomic bomb on July 16. Prior to leaving for the conference, a top-level civilian Interim Committee, led by Secretary of War Henry Stimson, suggested that Truman inform Stalin about America's new nuclear capability. This was intended to prevent the Soviets from learning about the bomb through leaked information, and Truman agreed to share this news. Historians have often interpreted Truman's somewhat firm stance during negotiations as a reflection of the U.S. negotiating team's belief that their nuclear capability would enhance their bargaining power. However, Stalin was already well-informed about the American nuclear program, courtesy of the Soviet intelligence network. This understanding enabled him to hold firm in his positions, complicating the negotiations. In the end, the leaders of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, despite their differences, remained allied throughout the war. However, they would never meet again collectively to discuss cooperation in postwar reconstruction. One of the critical topics discussed was how to handle Japan. During the conference, Truman sought and received Stalin's final assurance of entering the war on August 9, in accordance with the agreements made among the Allies during the Yalta Conference in February 1945. On April 5, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov informed Tokyo of the Soviet Union's unilateral abrogation of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact. He assured Japan that the treaty would remain in effect until April 1946, even though the Soviets were already planning an offensive in the Far East. A Soviet invasion would prove beneficial for the Americans, as it could prevent the movement of hostile troops from Manchuria, Korea, and North China to the Home Islands of Japan before an invasion of Kyushu was launched. On July 26, the United States, Great Britain, and China released a declaration demanding Japan's immediate surrender. The declaration called for the dismemberment of Japan's remaining empire, the demobilization of all military forces, trials for war criminals, and the elimination of Japan's capacity for future belligerence. While the declaration did not alter the requirement for unconditional surrender, critically it left ambiguous how the Japanese people might shape their future government, as it did not specify a direct end to or continuation of the imperial dynasty. The crux of that matter was the preservation of the Kokutai. The Kokutai was the national essence of Japan. It was all aspects of Japanese polity, derived from history, tradition and customs all focused around the cult of the Emperor. The government run by politicians was secondary, at any given time the kokutai was the belief the Emperor could come in and directly rule. If you are confused, dont worry, I am too haha. Its confusing. The Meiji constitution was extremely ambiguous. It dictated a form of constitutional monarchy with the kokutai sovereign emperor and the “seitai” that being the actual government. Basically on paper the government runs things, but the feeling of the Japanese people was that the wishes of the emperor should be followed. Thus the kokutai was like an extra-judicial structure built into the constitution without real legal framework, its a nightmare I know. Let me make an example, most of you are American I imagine. Your congress and senate actually run the country, wink wink lets forget about lobbyists from raytheon. The president does not have executive powers to override any and all things, but what if all American voters simply felt he did. So the president goes above his jurisdiction, and the American people violently attack Congress and the Senate if they don't abide by the president's wishes. That's kind of how it works for a lack of better words. Again in the specials I will roll out soon, it will make more sense after I blabber about it in roughly 7000 words. Now, in response, Prime Minister Suzuki Kantaro expressed to the Japanese press on July 29 his belief that the Potsdam Declaration was nothing new and held no "significant value." This statement was interpreted by Truman and his administration as a rejection of the declaration. In reality, since the Yalta Conference, Japan had repeatedly approached the Soviet Union in an attempt to extend the Neutrality Pact and to enlist the Russians in negotiating peace with the Allies, offering attractive territorial concessions in return.  The Japanese, therefore, chose not to officially respond to the Potsdam Declaration as they awaited a reply from the Soviet Union. However, this response never materialized. The Soviet Union was preparing for an invasion of Manchuria, fully aware that Japan had become a weakened nation after suffering several defeats in the Pacific. In contrast, the once-inadequate Russian military had transformed into one of the strongest forces of the time. They had successfully absorbed powerful German offensives in 1941, 1942, and 1943, and rebounded with their own offensives in 1944 and 1945, ultimately crushing the military might of Nazi Germany. Motivated by Allied requests for support and the desire to solidify the Soviet Union's post-war position in the Far East, Soviet leaders began planning in March for a final campaign to reclaim Manchuria, northern Korea, southern Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands from Japan. However, most Soviet troops were stationed more than 10,000 kilometers away in Europe. As a result, forces and equipment designated for deployment to Manchuria had to be transported along a fragile and limited-capacity network over a five-month period from April to August. Initially, they stockpiled equipment in the Far East to re-equip units already present in that region. Then, a massive regrouping of forces to the east commenced in May, with units still arriving even as the campaign opened in August. This shift, involving nearly one million men, effectively doubled the strength of Soviet forces in the Far East from forty to more than eighty divisions. Opposing Valisevsky's Far East Command was General Yamada Otozo's Kwantung Army, along with its Manchukuoan and Inner Mongolian auxiliaries. Once the most prestigious and powerful unit of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Kwantung Army had significantly eroded in strength and quality over the past few years due to the diversion of its main assets to other theaters. Consequently, many experienced units were siphoned off and replaced by formations made up of draft levies, reservists, and smaller, cannibalized units. By August, the Kwantung Army consisted of General Kita Seiichi's 1st Area Army in eastern Manchuria, which included the 3rd and 5th Armies, alongside two divisions under direct area army control. General Ushiroku Jun commanded the 3rd Area Army in central and western Manchuria, encompassing the 30th and 44th Armies, plus two divisions, three independent mixed brigades, and one independent tank brigade under his direct command. In northern Manchuria, Lieutenant-General Uemura Mikio led the 4th Army, which was composed of three divisions and four independent mixed brigades. Additionally, the army of Manchukuo contributed eight infantry and seven cavalry divisions, along with fourteen brigades of infantry and cavalry. Mengjiang added six cavalry formations and other garrison forces from Inner Mongolia. Furthermore, Lieutenant-General Kozuki Yoshio's 17th Area Army was stationed in central and southern Korea, totaling seven divisions and three independent mixed brigades. In northern Korea, Lieutenant-General Kushibuchi Senichi's 34th Army consisted of two divisions and one independent mixed brigade. Recognizing that his forces lacked adequate training and equipment, Yamada's plans called for a delay at the borders, followed by a defense consisting of successive positions culminating in a final stand at a stronghold constructed in the Tunghua area. This strategy would see roughly one-third of the Japanese forces deployed in the border region, while the remaining two-thirds would be concentrated in operational depth to create a series of defensive lines. By July 25, Soviet force deployments to the Far East were virtually complete. The Soviets meticulously tailored all military units, from the front level down to army, corps, division, brigade, and battalion, to effectively achieve specific missions. This tailoring took into account not only the strength and dispositions of enemy forces but also the terrain where the unit would operate and the desired speed of the operation. Each unit was equipped with the necessary artillery, anti-tank, tank, air defense, and engineer support. For instance, the 1st Far Eastern Front received heavy artillery attachments to provide the firepower needed to breach heavily fortified Japanese positions. In contrast, the Transbaikal Front was given heavy vehicular and motorized rifle support, enabling it to conduct rapid, balanced combined arms operations across the broad expanses of western Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. Within each front, armies assigned to assault strong enemy fortified zones had significantly more artillery assets compared to those operating on open axes of advance. Units deployed in difficult terrain were afforded extensive engineer support to facilitate their operations. At the lowest tactical levels, specially tailored forward detachments from rifle divisions and tank and mechanized corps, alongside assault groups from rifle regiments and battalions, ensured the firepower and mobility necessary to execute high-speed operations. However, the final decision to attack would not be made until August 7, when Vasilevsky committed the Transbaikal and 1st Far Eastern Fronts to a simultaneous assault scheduled for August 9. It is believed that the detonation of the atomic bomb the previous day prompted this hasty decision, resulting in the short two-day period between the decision and the planned attack. Vasilevsky's strategy called for a double envelopment conducted by Soviet forces along three axes to secure Manchuria and destroy a significant portion of the Kwantung Army. The Transbaikal Front was tasked with attacking eastward into western Manchuria, while the 1st Far Eastern Front would move westward into eastern Manchuria. Both offensives were to converge in the Mukden, Changchun, Harbin, and Kirin areas of south-central Manchuria. Meanwhile, the 2nd Far Eastern Front would conduct a supporting attack into northern Manchuria, driving southward toward Harbin and Tsitsihar. Moreover, the timing of on-order operations against southern Sakhalin and the Kuriles would depend on the progress of these main attacks. For the western pincer, Malinovsky's plan involved the 17th and 39th Armies and the 6th Guards Tank Army, followed by the 53rd Army, launching the primary assault. Their objective was to bypass the Halung-Arshaan Fortified Region to the south and advance toward Changchun. The success of the Transbaikal Front operation hinged on speed, surprise, and the deployment of mobile forces across virtually every sector, aiming to preempt effective Japanese defenses. To achieve this swiftness and surprise, tank formations were positioned in the first echelon of units at all command levels. The operation required tank-heavy forward detachments at each command level, with the 6th Guards Tank Army designated to spearhead the front's efforts. A tank division would lead the advance of the 39th Army, supported by tank brigades assigned to the first-echelon corps and divisions. Planned rates of advance were ambitious: 23 kilometers per day for combined arms units and an impressive 70 kilometers for tank units. However, the operation involved significant risks. If Japanese units responded quickly to the Soviet attack, or if even nominal forces occupied strategic positions in the Grand Khingan mountain passes, the Soviet advance could be severely hampered. Additionally, the success of the operation relied heavily on logistical units' capability to supply these fast-moving formations deep into Manchuria. Despite these challenges, the Soviets confidently accepted the risks involved. Their mission was to crush the enemy in the border regions, cross the Grand Khingan Mountains, and occupy positions in the central Manchurian plain from Lupei to Solun by the tenth to fifteenth day of the operation.In support, the Soviet-Mongolian Cavalry-Mechanized Group was to attack across the Inner Mongolian desert and southern Grand Khingan Mountains toward Kalgan and Dolonnor. Simultaneously, the 36th Army was set to advance from Duroy and Staro-Tsurukaytuy across the Argun River to secure Hailar. In the next phase, for the second pincer, Meretskov's plan involved the 1st Red Banner Army, the 5th Army, and the 10th Mechanized Corps launching the main attack from the Grodekova area, located northwest of Vladivostok. Their objective was to advance toward Mutanchiang to exploit and secure the Kirin, Changchun, and Harbin regions, while coordinating with Soviet forces from the Transbaikal Front. Additionally, the 35th Army was tasked with attacking from the Lesozavodsk-Iman area, north of Lake Khanka, to capture Mishan, Linkou, and Poli. Meanwhile, the 25th Army would launch an offensive from northwest of Ussurysk to secure the Tungning, Wangching, and Yenchi areas. Once the 1st Far Eastern and Transbaikal Fronts converged in the Changchun area, they would advance together to eliminate the final Japanese resistance on the Liaotung Peninsula and secure the strategic naval base at Port Arthur. Furthermore, Purkayev's 2nd Far Eastern Front was to advance on a broad front across the Amur and Ussuri rivers, extending from Blagoveshchensk to south of Khabarovsk. This movement aimed to exert maximum pressure on Japanese forces in northern Manchuria. The 15th Army would spearhead the main attack across the Amur River in the Leninskoye area, advancing southward into the regions around the Sungari and Ruhe rivers. In support, the 2nd Red Banner Army was designated to attack across the Amur River from the Blagoveshchensk area to Sunwu and then advance southward to Tsitsihar. The 5th Rifle Corps would also be involved, attacking from Bikin to secure Paoching and Poli. This multifront operational plan aimed for the complete destruction of Kwantung Army units in Manchuria with maximum speed, effectively cutting off Japanese troops from reinforcements coming from northern China or Korea. These relentless mobile attacks, deployed across the broadest of fronts, were designed to prevent the Japanese from reallocating forces, leading to their ultimate collapse and piecemeal defeat. As planned, the Japanese were caught completely by surprise when they received the Soviet declaration of war just an hour before midnight on August 8. At the same time, they were facing a critical decision in response to the recent bombing of Hiroshima. After learning about the success of Colonel Tibbets' mission, President Truman released a pre-approved statement that detailed the atomic bomb's destructive capabilities and warned that if Japan did not accept the Potsdam Declaration, "they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." Although Truman had only the plutonium Fat Man device remaining for use, he had been informed that a third bomb might be ready sometime in August. Among American military leaders, including Admiral Nimitz and Generals Spaatz, LeMay, and Twining, there was a belief that this third nuclear weapon should be dropped on Tokyo if Japan did not surrender. Conversely, some Japanese senior officials, like Admiral Toyoda, speculated that even if the Allies had used an atomic bomb, they likely would not have many more at their disposal. They argued that the Japanese people should be prepared to defend their home islands to the death if favorable terms of surrender could not be secured. However, on August 8, Prime Minister Suzuki instructed Foreign Minister Togo Shigenori, who advocated for negotiating with the United States, to inform Emperor Hirohito about the devastation caused by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Hirohito responded by authorizing foreign minister Togo to notify the world on August 10th that Japan would accept the allied terms of surrender with one condition “that the said declaration does not comprise any demand which prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as a Sovereign Ruler.”  In the meantime, to increase pressure on the Japanese, Twinning launched additional conventional B-29 raids. A total of 412 B-29s targeted the Nakajima aircraft plant in Musashino during a daylight attack on August 8. However, the United States also needed to demonstrate to the Japanese government and people that Little Boy was not just an isolated experimental device. As a result, a decision was made to drop the Fat Man plutonium bomb on either the primary target of Kokura or the secondary target of Nagasaki, with this mission scheduled for August 9. For this operation, Tibbets selected Major Charles Sweeney to pilot the B-29 named Bockscar and deliver the device. The leading B-29 would decide the ultimate target based on weather reports from two reconnaissance B-29s, followed by two additional aircraft assigned to scientific and photographic missions. To prepare for takeoff, the bomb was armed by installing three plugs. At 03:49 on August 9, Sweeney departed from Tinian, heading toward Yakushima Island to rendezvous with his escorts. The mission began with complications that only escalated. A typhoon near Iwo Jima forced mission planners to relocate the planned rendezvous between Bockscar and her escorts to Yakushima, an island south of Kyushu. Sweeney took off at 03:49 on August 9 and headed north, but strong headwinds hindered her progress toward Yakushima. A further issue arose when a photographic specialist assigned to the support aircraft Full House was barred from flying due to forgetting his parachute. Consequently, Major Hopkins on Full House had to break radio silence to seek instructions on operating the camera. However, a more critical situation was uncovered when Commander Ashworth and his assistant discovered that an indicator was showing that Fat Man's electronic fusing circuits had closed, indicating that arming was complete. A faulty switch, with incorrectly installed wiring, posed the risk of a premature explosion. As the mission continued over Yakushima, Sweeney successfully met up with Captain Bock, piloting the scientific support B-29, but failed to rendezvous with Major Hopkins. This meant that Bockscar would only have The Great Artiste to accompany it for the final leg of its mission. According to Ashworth's log, they arrived at the rendezvous point at 09:00 and saw Bock at 09:20, while Full House waited south of the arranged position. Sweeney had initially agreed to circle Yakushima for only 15 minutes; however, he ended up waiting approximately 50 minutes for Hopkins to arrive, wasting precious fuel in the process. Due to the weather conditions, Hopkins had lost visual contact with the other B-29s and had to break radio silence again to locate Bockscar, but Sweeney did not respond. Despite reports indicating 30% cloud cover over Kokura, Sweeney chose to proceed there, believing the haze over the city would clear. Bockscar arrived at the initial start point for the bomb run over Kokura at 10:44, but unfortunately, heavy cloud cover had settled over the city, preventing a successful bomb delivery. After three unsuccessful bomb runs, which consumed an additional 45 minutes of fuel, a flight engineer discovered that a fuel pump had malfunctioned, trapping 600 gallons of fuel in the auxiliary bomb bay fuel tanks. Despite fuel concerns, Sweeney chose to proceed with the mission, heading south and then east toward Nagasaki, which he reached at 11:50. Unfortunately, the weather there was as poor as it had been at Kokura, prompting Sweeney to make the controversial decision to drop Fat Man using radar guidance. Due to the fuel shortage, he only conducted a single bomb run. Just before initiating the radar approach, a hole in the clouds opened, revealing the aim point: the Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works located on the Urakami River. Fat Man was dropped at 11:58 and detonated approximately 1,650 feet above the target after a 50-second descent. Initial reports indicated that the explosion occurred about 500 yards north of the Mitsubishi plant and roughly 0.8 miles south of another Mitsubishi facility. While Fat Man had a more powerful detonation, the damage and casualties were not as extensive as those caused by the lower-yield Little Boy. The topography of Nagasaki, surrounded by hills, confined the explosion to the bowl-shaped center of the city, in stark contrast to Hiroshima's relatively flat landscape. Of the 7,500 Japanese employees at the Mitsubishi plant, 6,200 were killed, with an additional 17,000 to 22,000 employees at other war plants and factories also perishing. Unlike Hiroshima, where the military death toll was high, only about 150 Japanese soldiers were killed instantly, alongside at least 8 prisoners of war. Overall, it is estimated that around 45,000 civilians lost their lives due to the explosion, with between 50,000 and 60,000 sustaining injuries. The radius of total destruction extended about one mile, with fires spreading across the northern portion of the city to two miles south of the impact point. Thankfully, no firestorm developed as it had in Hiroshima. Bomb damage to physical structures in Nagasaki was erratic. Some areas, such as the Nagasaki Arsenal and the Mitsubishi plant, experienced significant destruction, while nearby locations appeared almost untouched. Despite this, Sweeney's mission resulted in an estimated 68.3% loss of pre-existing industrial production, excluding the harbor facilities, without disrupting the critical north-south National Railway track. While Fat Man's debut was historic, its destructive capability was comparable to other B-29 incendiary night raids. After circling Fat Man's expanding mushroom cloud, Sweeney headed toward Okinawa at 12:05, with only 300 gallons of fuel remaining. Fortunately, Bockscar's crew managed to return to Yontan Field with just seven gallons of fuel left, successfully making their way back to Tinian later that same day.  Simultaneously, Vasilevsky's Far East Command began its offensive just ten minutes after midnight on August 9. Reconnaissance units, forward detachments, and advanced guard units of the Transbaikal Front crossed the border into Inner Mongolia and Manchuria. Initially, attacking units faced resistance primarily in the 36th Army zone, where their attack routes passed through fortified Japanese border installations. However, most assault units advanced with little opposition. By 04:30, main force units had begun to follow closely behind the assault troops. Colonel-General Issa Pliyev's Soviet-Mongolian Cavalry-Mechanized Group advanced in two march columns, 200 kilometers apart. By nightfall, they had penetrated 55 miles into the arid expanses of Inner Mongolia, moving southward toward Dolonnor and Kalgan while sweeping aside small detachments of Inner Mongolian cavalry. Meanwhile, Lieutenant-General Aleksei Danilov's 17th Army entered Inner Mongolia virtually unopposed in two columns, advancing approximately 70 kilometers by nightfall. To the left, Colonel-General Andrey Kravchenko's 6th Guards Tank Army led the main attack into Inner Mongolia in two columns, encountering limited opposition and rapidly advancing about 150 kilometers until reaching the foothills of the Grand Khingan Mountains, west and north of Khorokhon Pass, by nightfall. Simultaneously, Colonel-General Ivan Lyudnikov's 39th Army advanced along two divergent axes. The 5th Guards and 113th Rifle Corps gained 60 kilometers as they bypassed the Halung-Arshaan and Wuchakou Fortified Regions to the south. Meanwhile, the 94th Rifle Corps struck northeast towards the rear of the Hailar Fortified Region, swiftly overcoming light resistance. The 124th Rifle Division was also deployed between both axes to probe toward the Halung-Arshaan Fortified Region. Lieutenant-General Alexander Luchinsky's 36th Army advanced on two fronts, with the 2nd and 86th Rifle Corps successfully crossing the rain-swollen Argun River between Staro-Tsurukhaytuy and Duroy and securing key bridges north of Hailar. Additionally, an operational group of two rifle divisions attacked across the border, establishing a foothold in the small fortified post at Manchouli. During the night, Luchinsky sent the 205th Tank Brigade to assault Hailar from the northeast, while the 152nd Rifle Regiment maneuvered to attack from the southeast. This offensive succeeded only in capturing the railroad station in the northern part of Hailar, as the southern and eastern sections of the city fell the following day. However, the 80th Independent Mixed Brigade continued to delay the Soviet advance, while the 119th Division moved eastward to fortify positions in the Grand Khingan Mountains, stretching from Yakoshih to Pokotu. Despite these setbacks, the 36th Army had advanced 60 kilometers into Manchuria and had partially secured Hailar. Meanwhile, to the east, drenched by inundating thunderstorms, the 1st Far Eastern Front advanced under the worst weather conditions during the dark of night. This totally surprised the Japanese defenders and led to the rapid reduction of many unsuspecting border posts. Colonel-General Nikolay Krylov's 5th Army spearheaded the main attack, with the 17th, 65th, and 72nd Rifle Corps quickly breaking through the Volynsk center of resistance. They achieved a penetration of 16 to 22 kilometers toward Laotsaiying and Machiacho. Meanwhile, the 105th Fortified Region and assault engineer units attacked the Suifenho center of resistance, successfully seizing critical railroad tunnels on the main rail line into Manchuria. In support, Colonel-General Afanasy Beloborodov's 1st Red Banner Army to the north launched an assault with the 26th and 59th Rifle Corps over a 16-kilometer sector through heavily wooded, wet terrain. As they advanced, they constructed roads through the forest. By nightfall, forward divisional elements had advanced five to six kilometers deep into Manchuria, crossing the Shitouho River and half of the forested region. At the same time, the 6th Field Fortified Region and the 112th Fortified Region stormed several Japanese border positions and slowly advanced north towards Mishan. This assault supported Lieutenant-General Nikanor Zakhvatayev's 35th Army, which deployed the 66th and 363rd Rifle Divisions to cross the Sungacha River and attack towards Mishan. The 264th Rifle Division and the 109th Fortified Region assaulted across the Ussuri River against Hutou. After securing a crossing over the Sungacha, the 66th Division penetrated deep into the swamps, managing to advance 12 kilometers into Tachiao. Meanwhile, the 363rd Division successfully broke through an enemy strongpoint at Maly Huankang, ultimately reaching the southwest edge of Tachiao. In turn, the 264th Division crossed the Ussuri River and outflanked Hutou to the south, capturing the railroad depot and cutting the highway to Hulin. Lastly, Colonel-General Ivan Chistyakov's 25th Army launched an attack along two principal axes. The 39th Rifle Corps and the 259th Tank Brigade targeted Tungning, while border guard units, along with the 108th and 113th Fortified Regions, crossed the Hunchun and Tumen rivers to engage Japanese defenses in Korea and at Hunchun. Shielded by rain, the Russians swiftly captured or subdued the Japanese forward defenses along the front. By nightfall, the 39th Rifle Corps had advanced ten to twelve kilometers into the Japanese rear along the Pad Sennaya River. Lead elements, reinforced by the 72nd Tank Brigade, began their assault on the town of Tungning and the vital railroad line to Tumen. To the north, the 2nd Far Eastern Front deployed its forces across three separate sectors. Lieutenant-General Stepan Mamonov's 15th Army was tasked with the main attack across the Amur River in the center of the front sector. Lieutenant-General Makar Teryokhin's 2nd Red Banner Army was assigned to conduct a supporting attack against the Aihun and Sunwu Fortified Regions, while Major-General Ivan Pashkov's 5th Rifle Corps aimed to seize the fortified region at Jaoho. Supported by the Amur Naval Flotilla, reconnaissance and advanced detachments of the 15th Army launched assaults without artillery preparation and rapidly secured major islands in the Amur River. Mamonov's rifle divisions then sent reconnaissance units across to the south bank of the river, which was likewise secured against light opposition. Throughout the remainder of the day, reconnaissance units and advanced battalions of the 15th Army consolidated their positions on the islands and the south bank, while main forces concentrated on conducting a challenging river crossing, hampered by heavy rains, high water, and mud. At the same time, assault units and reconnaissance detachments of the 5th Rifle Corps crossed the Ussuri River, successfully securing a beachhead north of Jaoho while the remainder of the corps was transported across the river. From August 9 to 11, the forces of the 2nd Red Banner Army limited their activities to reconnaissance, focusing on seizing islands in the Amur River and harassing Japanese installations. This operation occurred at a critical moment for the Japanese, who were still reeling from the impacts of two atomic bombings. The Soviet Union had successfully initiated its invasion of Manchuria, setting the stage for a campaign that, although brief, was just beginning. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Two atomic bombs have been dropped and the Soviet Union has invaded Manchuria. For months the Japanese had been working tirelessly to obtain better peace terms through the Soviets, hoping above all else to preserve the Kokutai. It was all for nothing. The Americans offered terms, leaving the Kokutai ambiguous. What would Japan, or better said, the Emperor do?

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Une phobie est la peur anormale d'un objet ou d'une situation. Parmi ces phobies, il y a celles dont on parle volontiers et celles, plus nombreuses en général, que l'on garde secrètes. Claustrophobie, agoraphobie, arachnophobie… Si certaines sont assez connues du grand public, d'autres le sont moins. Ainsi, la nomophobie est la crainte de perdre son téléphone portable, les ergophobes ont la peur, voire la haine, du travail. Comment expliquer nos phobies ? Comment apprendre à les gérer ? Les parents transmettent-ils leurs phobies à leurs enfants ?  Dr Margaux Dutemple, médecin psychiatre en cabinet et également au Centre Médico-Psychologique Eugène Million, à Paris 15è.   Pr Damèga Wenkourama, médecin psychiatre addictologue et chef de service de Psychiatrie du CHU de Kara. Maître de conférence agrégé de Psychiatrie d'Adultes à la Faculté des Sciences de la Santé de l'Université de Kara, au Togo.  ► En fin d'émission, nous parlons de l'Association Banlieues Santé, qui pallie les inégalités d'accès aux soins dans les quartiers périphériques. Interview d'Abdelali El Badaoui, infirmier de formation, président-fondateur de l'association « Banlieues Santé » et membre du Comité scientifique et stratégique de MedInTechs.   Programmation musicale : ► Dinaa – Angoisse ► Joyce Babatunde – Bikom.     (Rediffusion)  

Une phobie est la peur anormale d'un objet ou d'une situation. Parmi ces phobies, il y a celles dont on parle volontiers et celles, plus nombreuses en général, que l'on garde secrètes. Claustrophobie, agoraphobie, arachnophobie… Si certaines sont assez connues du grand public, d'autres le sont moins. Ainsi, la nomophobie est la crainte de perdre son téléphone portable, les ergophobes ont la peur, voire la haine, du travail. Comment expliquer nos phobies ? Comment apprendre à les gérer ? Les parents transmettent-ils leurs phobies à leurs enfants ?  Dr Margaux Dutemple, médecin psychiatre en cabinet et également au Centre Médico-Psychologique Eugène Million, à Paris 15è.   Pr Damèga Wenkourama, médecin psychiatre addictologue et chef de service de Psychiatrie du CHU de Kara. Maître de conférence agrégé de Psychiatrie d'Adultes à la Faculté des Sciences de la Santé de l'Université de Kara, au Togo.  ► En fin d'émission, nous parlons de l'Association Banlieues Santé, qui pallie les inégalités d'accès aux soins dans les quartiers périphériques. Interview d'Abdelali El Badaoui, infirmier de formation, président-fondateur de l'association « Banlieues Santé » et membre du Comité scientifique et stratégique de MedInTechs.   Programmation musicale : ► Dinaa – Angoisse ► Joyce Babatunde – Bikom.     (Rediffusion)  

What does it really take to build a life of impact when you start with nothing? This episode, I'm joined by Claudine McDaniel—someone who proves resilience is more than a catchphrase. It's a way of life. Born in Togo, Claudine came to the U.S. with $13 and nothing guaranteed. She learned the language, earned her degree, built her career, and then turned her pain into purpose—founding Beyond Conquerors Ministry to help women reclaim their lives. Claudine talks about the real work of overcoming adversity, why forgiveness is the game-changer, and how to turn setbacks into a calling. You'll hear: How faith and stubborn determination fueled her journey What it takes to keep serving others week after week, no matter what How she equips women to find their gifts and take control of their future What it looks like to move past limits and make a global impact If you're looking for a story that will make you question what's really possible for your life, don't miss this conversation.   Beyond Conquerors Ministry : https://beyondconquerors.org/

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Ahoua Don Mello, un des vice-présidents du PPA-CI (le parti de Laurent Gbagbo), se lance dans la course à la présidentielle ivoirienne. "Une candidature de précaution", a t-il expliqué, puisque son président demeure inéligible. Mais en indépendant, puisque son parti ne le soutient pas.

Ukraine and Russia exchanged drone strikes yesterday after peace talks failed in Turkey. Drones have taken on a pivotal role in that war, and are also reshaping modern warfare around the globe. Also, Turkish firms are on track to sell more than $8 billion dollars in military hardware this year, a new record for the country. And, young people in Togo are protesting against a recent government move to consolidate power for the country's leader. Plus, South African musician Bakithi Kumalo, who is known for his bass playing, is all over Paul Simon's seminal album “Graceland.”Listen to today's Music Heard on Air. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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This week we talk about the PKK, Turkey, and the DEM Party.We also discuss terrorism, discrimination, and stateless nations.Recommended Book: A Century of Tomorrows by Glenn AdamsonTranscriptKurdistan is a cultural region, not a country, but part of multiple countries, in the Middle East, spanning roughly the southeastern portion of Turkey, northern Iraq, the northwestern portion of Iran, and northern Syrian. Some definitions also include part of the Southern Caucasus mountains, which contains chunks of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.So this is a sprawling region that straddles multiple nations, and it's defined by the presence of the Kurdish people, the Kurds, who live all over the world, but whose culture is concentrated in this area, where it originally developed, and where, over the generations, there have periodically been very short-lived Kurdish nations of various shapes, sizes, and compositions.The original dynasties from which the Kurds claim their origin were Egyptian, and they governed parts of northeastern African and what is today Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. That was back in the 8th to 12th century, during which Saladin, who was the sultan of both Egypt and Syria, played a major historical role leading Muslim military forces against the Christian Crusader states during the Third Crusade, and leading those forces to victory in 1187, which resulted in Muslim ownership of the Levant, even though the Crusaders continued to technically hold the Kingdom of Jerusalem for another hundred years or so, until 1291.Saladin was Kurdish and kicked off a sultanate that lasted until the mid-13th century, when a diverse group of former slave-soldiers called the mamluks overthrew Saladin's family's Ayyubid sultanate and replaced it with their own.So Kurdish is a language spoken in that Kurdistan region, and the Kurds are considered to be an Iranian ethnic group, because Kurdish is part of a larger collection of languages and ethnicities, though many Kurds consider themselves to be members of a stateless nation, similar in some ways to pre-Israel Jewish people, Tibetan people under China's rule, or the Yoruba people, who primarily live in Nigeria, Benin, and Togo, but who were previously oriented around a powerful city-state in that region, which served as the central loci of the Ife Empire, before the Europeans showed up and decided to forcibly move people around and draw new borders across the African continent.The Kurds are likewise often politically and culturally powerful, and that's led to a lot of pushback from leaders in the nations where they live and at times operate as cultural blocs, and it's led to some very short-lived Kurdish nations these people have managed to establish in the 20th century, including the Kingdom of Kurdistan from 1921-1924, the Republic of Ararat from 1927-1930, and the Republic of Mahabad, which was formed as a puppet state of the Soviet Union in 1946 in northwestern Iran, following a Soviet push for Kurdish nationalism in the region, which was meant to prevent the Allies from controlling the region following WWII, but which then dissolved just a few months after its official formation due to waning support from the Kurdish tribes that initially helped make it a reality.What I'd like to talk about today is the Kurdistan Worker's Party, and why their recently declared ceasefire with Turkey is being seen as a pretty big deal.—The Kurdistan Worker's Party, depending on who you ask, is a political organization or a terrorist organization. It was formed in Turkey in late-1978, and its original, founding goal was to create an independent Kurdish state, a modern Kurdistan, in what is today a small part of Turkey, but in the 1990s it shifted its stated goals to instead just get more rights for Kurds living in Turkey, including more autonomy but also just equal rights, as Kurdish people in many nations, including Turkey, have a long history of being discriminated against, in part because of their cultural distinctiveness, including their language, manner of dress, and cultural practices, and in part because, like many tight-knit ethnic groups, they often operate as a bloc, which in the age of democracy also means they often vote as a bloc, which can feel like a threat to other folks in areas with large Kurdish populations.When I say Kurdish people in Turkey have long been discriminated against, that includes things like telling them they can no longer speak Kurdish and denying that their ethnic group exists, but it also includes massacres conducted by the government against Kurdish people; at times tens of thousands of Kurds were slaughtered by the Turkish army. There was also an official ban on the words Kurds, Kurdistan, and Kurdish by the Turkish government in the 1980s, and Kurdish villages were destroyed, food headed to these villages was embargoed, and there was a long-time ban on the use of the Kurdish language in public life, and people who used it were arrested.As is often the case in such circumstances, folks who support the Kurdish Worker's Party, which is often shorthanded as the PKK, will tell you this group just pushes back against an oppressive regime, and they do what they have to to force the government to backtrack on their anti-Kurdish laws and abuses, which have been pretty widespread and violent.The PKK, in turn, has been criticized for, well, doing terrorist stuff, including using child soldiers, conducting suicide bombings, massacring groups of civilians, engaging in drug trafficking to fund their cause, and executing people on camera as a means of sowing terror.Pretty horrible stuff on both sides, if you look at this objectively, then, and both sides have historically justified their actions by pointing at the horrible things the other side has done to them and theirs.And that's the context for a recent announcement by the leader of the PKK, that the group would be disarming—and very literally so, including a symbolic burning of their weapons in a city in northern Iraq, which was shared online—and they would be shifting their efforts from that of violent militarism and revolution to that of political dialogue and attempting to change the Turkish government from the inside.Turkish President Erdogan, for his part, has seemed happy to oblige these efforts and gestures, fulfilling his role by receiving delegates from the Turkish, pro-Kurd party, the DEM Party, and smilingly shaking that delegate's hand on camera, basically showing the world, and those who have played some kind of role in the militant effort against the Turkish government, that this is the way of things now, we're not fighting physically anymore, we're moving on to wearing suits and pushing for Kurdish rights within the existing governmental structures.The founder of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan, got in on the action, as well, releasing a seven-minute video from prison, which was then broadcast by the PKK's official media distribution outlet, saying that the fighting is over. This was his first appearance on camera in 26 years, and he used it to say their effort paid off, the Kurds now have an officially recognized identity, and it's time to leverage that identity politically to move things in the right direction.Erdogan's other messages on the matter, to the Kurdish people, but also those who have long lived in fear of the PKK's mass-violence, have reinforced that sentiment, saying that the Kurds are officially recognized as a political entity, and that's how things would play out from this point forward—and this will be good for everyone. And both sides are saying that, over and over, because, well, child soldiers and suicide bombings and massacres conducted by both sides are really, really not good for anyone.By all indications, this has been a very carefully orchestrated dance by those on both sides of the conflict, which again, has been ongoing since 1978, and really picked up the pace and became continuous and ultra-violent, in the 1980s.There was an attempted peace process back in the 20-teens, but the effort, which included a temporary truce between 2013 and 2015, failed, following the murder of two Turkish police officers, the PKK initially claiming responsibility, but later denying they had any involvement. That led to an uptick in military actions by both groups against the other, and the truce collapsed.This new peace process began in 2024 and really took off in late-February of 2025, when that aforementioned message was broadcast by the PKK's leader from prison after lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish DEM Party worked to connect him and the Turkish government, and eventually helped negotiate the resulting mid-May of 2025 disarmament.Turkey's military leaders have said they will continue to launch strikes against PKK-affiliated groups that continue to operate in the region, and the PKK's disarmament announcement has been embraced by some such groups, while others, like the Syrian Democratic Forces, which is tied to the PKK, but not directly affiliated with them, have said this truce doesn't apply to them.Most governments, globally, have heralded this disarmament as a major victory for the world and Turkey in particular, though the response within Turkey, and in Kurdish areas in particular, has apparently been mixed, with some people assuming the Turkish government will backtrack and keep the DEM Party from accomplishing much of anything, and worrying about behind-the-scenes deals, including a reported agreement between Erdogan's government and the DEM Party to support Erdogan's desire to transform the Turkish government into a presidential system, which would grant him more direct control and power, while others are seemingly just happy to hear that the violence and fear might end.Also notable here is that a lot of Turkey's foreign policy has revolved around hobbling and hurting the PKK for decades, including Turkey's initial hindering of Sweden's accession to NATO, which was partly a means of getting other nations to give the Turkish government stuff they wanted, like upgraded military equipment, but was also a push against the Swedish government's seeming protection of people associated with the PKK, since Sweden's constitution allows people to hold all sorts of beliefs.Some analysts have speculated that this could change the geopolitics of the Middle East fundamentally, as Turkey has long been a regional power, but has been partly hobbled by its conflict with the PKK, and the easing or removal of that conflict could free them up to become more dominant, especially since Israel's recent clobbering of Iran seems to have dulled the Iranian government's shine as the de facto leader of many Muslim groups and governments in the area.It's an opportune time for Erdogan to grab more clout and influence, in other words, and that might have been part of the motivation to go along with the PKK's shift to politics: it frees him and his military up to engage in some adventurism and/or posturing further afield, which could then set Turkey up as the new center of Muslim influence, contra-the Saudis' more globalized version of the concept, militarily and economically. Turkey could become a huge center of geopolitical gravity in this part of the world, in other words, and that seems even more likely now that this disarmament has happened.It's still early days in this new seeming state of affairs, though, and there's a chance that the Turkish government's continued strikes on operating PKK affiliated groups could sever these new ties, but those involved seem to be cleaving to at least some optimism, even as many locals continue hold their breath and hope against hope that this time is different than previous attempts at peace.Show Noteshttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/heres-what-to-know-about-turkeys-decision-to-move-forward-with-swedens-bid-to-join-natohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_PKK%E2%80%93Turkey_peace_processhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013%E2%80%932015_PKK%E2%80%93Turkey_peace_processhttps://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/05/turkey-pkk-disarm-disband-impacts?lang=enhttps://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pkk-claims-deadly-suicide-bombing-turkish-police-stationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20161016064155/https://hrwf.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Child-soldiers-in-ISIS-PKK-Boko-Haram%E2%80%A6.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers%27_Partyhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/jul/11/kurdistan-workers-party-pkk-burn-weapons-in-disarming-ceremony-videohttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/18/turkiye-pkk-analysis-recalibrates-politicshttps://time.com/7303236/erdogan-war-peace-kurds/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/19/unidentified-drone-kills-pkk-member-injures-another-in-iraqhttps://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/unidentified-drone-kills-pkk-member-injures-another-near-iraqs-sulaymaniyah-2025-07-19/https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2025/7/11/why-has-the-pkk-ended-its-armed-strugglehttps://archive.is/20250718061819/https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-07-17/ty-article-opinion/.premium/how-the-possible-end-to-turkeys-kurdish-problem-could-become-israels-turkey-problem/00000198-1794-dd64-abb9-bfb5dbf30000https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kurdish_dynasties_and_countrieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Kurdish_nationalism This is a public episode. 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