History and society Investigations and reports
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2025
International relations analysed using geography maps, which are vital to understanding the world in which we live and the challenges it presents.
History and society | Investigations and reports
Episode 28
12 min
Biodiversity: SOS animals
This drama is unfolding silently before our eyes: countless animal species are becoming extinct. Whole swathes of wildlife are disappearing at an unprecedented rate on every continent. What does the world map of threatened species reveal? And what can we still save?
Episode 27
11 min
The Gulf of Guinea: strategic crossroads under threat
A maritime area rich in natural resources, the Gulf of Guinea stretches over 2 million square kilometres from Liberia to Angola. A nerve centre for the gas and oil trade in Africa, the region is marked by deep economic and demographic disparities. The bordering countries are trying to remedy this situation through regional cooperation.
Episode 26
12 min
Russian economy: resilient or declining?
Russia has been at war since its invasion of Ukraine. Military strategy, geopolitical influence, information battle: Vladimir Putin uses all means to achieve his ends. How does its economy react to international sanctions and the constraints of war?
Episode 25
11 min
Poland: new European leader?
Strategic geographical position, impressive economic growth, key role in the defense of the continent against Russia, voluntarism of Prime Minister Donald Tusk: Poland becomes a key player in the European Union. But with declining demographics and internal political tensions, challenges remain.
Episode 24
11 min
Allemagne : changement d'époque
International relations analysed using geography maps, which are vital to understanding the world in which we live and the challenges it presents.
History and society Investigations and reports
With nearly 5,000 kilometres of coastline, Madagascar is the fifth largest island in the world; protecting its marine resources is a major mission. Women join in the fight. At the crossroads of the Mozambique and Indian Ocean canals, meet with the new guardians of the ocean.
History and society Investigations and reports
Climate change is threatening the Pacific Islands: by the end of the century, some atolls may disappear. The inhabitants of Uvea and Vanuatu are trying to resist by launching a race against time. Scientists, guides, fisherman, lawyers, activists, elected representatives... We meet the guardians of a paradise not yet lost.
History and society Investigations and reports
When we meet Bijoux in Yaoundé, she has just survived another lynching. Just like Shakiro, LGBTQIA+ activist. This is the story of two people who feel like "women in a man's body" and who highlight their humanity to us at a time when homophobic and transphobic violence continues on every continent.
History and society Investigations and reports
Surrounded by experts, scientists, explorers, or simple fishermen, the astrophysicist and ecologist Hubert Reeves, who passed away in 2023, proposes to identify what threatens the ocean today and exposes the latest discoveries on the intelligence of animals and ocean ecosystems.
History and society Investigations and reports
Local communities are engaged in conflicts that receive very little media coverage around Kisangani, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In this remote province of Tshopo, the lack of a state, security and consideration for human beings has enabled a simple land dispute to degenerate into a mass massacre.
History and society Investigations and reports
When you're a French-speaker in Canada today, can you still identify with being French-Canadian? Comedian and broadcaster Pascal Justin Boyer, a Quebecker by birth and Franco-Ontarian by adoption, asks himself this question and travels across the country to meet people who can shed light on it.
History and society Investigations and reports
They were intended to mark the success of a transition process driven by international community engagement. This was not the case. This article highlights the limits of interventionist policies and a country's ability to reinvent its own democratic system.
