Author of the books “ Mayotte. Colony Department » published by La Fabrique (October 2024) and « The Sahelian mirage. France at war in Africa. Serval, Barkhane and after ? » published by La Découverte (January 2023) it enlightens us on military-police actions that are deadly, spectacular and presented as essential.
Media and Antifascism from Friday December 13, 2024 on Radio Libertaire with Rémi Carayol (Mayotte and Sahel)
This month we are talking about the media coverage of Operation Wuambushu in Mayotte launched in April 2023 by Gérald Darmanin. This ongoing sequence allows local elected officials to make inflammatory statements and very repressive positions.
The deputy U.D.I. Estelle Youssouffa, for example, proposes a law aimed at abolishing land rights on the archipelago. Former Les Républicains MP Mansour Kamardine speaks bluntly of “ big replacement » et « d’invasion barbare » to describe Comorian immigration.
We also discuss the attempted propagandistic use of Radio France Internationale (R.F.I.) and France 24 during the military operation in Mali called Serval then Barkhane. With journalist Rémi Carayol, we analyze the vagueness maintained on this subject by the army, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Assembly and especially the National Defense and Armed Forces Commission.
Its president indeed speaks of a “ information warfare » which would be carried out against France by its “ opponents “. According to Emmanuel Macron, this is the 1is September 2022 from Russia, China and Turkey.
The bombing of Bounti on January 3, 2021, which according to the United Nations killed 22 people, including 19 civilians, clearly shows the price of this “ bataille » carried out in the Sahel since 2013 in Mali and 1986 in Chad.
The former Les Républicains deputy Mansour Kamardine, for example, justifies Wuambushu during his mandate by denouncing the “ big replacement » et « the barbarian invasion » Comorian (You Tube channel of the magazine Front Populaire, April 20, 2021). Estelle Youssouffa MP LIOT of the first constituency of Mayotte thinks that the abolition of land law is there “ vitale » (You Tube channel of Figaro, February 13, 2024) and proposed a law to this effect to the National Assembly on September 27.
In the Sahel Emmanuel Macron indicates the 1is September 2022 his wish to “ better use the France Médias Monde network» namely Radio France Internationale (RFI) and France 24 in order to undermine “the Russian, Chinese or Turkish narrative“. The withholding of information organized by the army, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Defense and Armed Forces Commission on the bombing of Bounti on January 3, 2021 shows the government's desire to sabotage journalistic work in times of war .
