Daniela Gabor and Ndongo Samba Sylla, in article published by the Groupe d'études géopolitiques take close look at how "paradoxically, the Macron Doctrine - built on a critique of financialisation and privatisation of public goods – co-exists with the French push for the Wall Street Consensus, which promotes a partnership with global investors to financialise development and privatise public goods, particularly in Africa."

Amid fear and anger, pandemic-skeptics are accusing doctors of lying about the virus.

A report from U.N. special rapporteur Léo Heller was at the center of a behind-the-scenes clash between pro- and anti-private sector advocates.