2002 - today: independent researcher, specialising in the Horn of Africa. In Ethiopia, research focused on the relations between farming communities and local authorities. Author of the chapter on economics in Understanding Contemporary Ethiopia, Hurst, 2015. Main publications in African Affairs (2013), Journal of Modern African Studies (2007, 2007, 2012), Politique Africaine (2016), etc. Articles in Le Monde, Le Monde Diplomatique, Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Point, Jeune Afrique, etc. Online articles on Open Democracy. Consultant for MONUC (2005), USAID (2010), the European Union (2010) and various private firms.

1982 – 2002: various positions in the Office of Public Information, UNESCO. Senior management of the staff unit for the collection and distribution of information on UNESCO’s work at a global level. Creation and launch of the magazine UNESCO Sources, published in six languages to present UNESCO’s work in all its member states. Senior management of UNESCO Courier and UNESCO Sources. For UNESCO Courier, creation and launch of a new way to respond to major contemporary issues related to UNESCO’s areas of expertise with the help of experts and journalists from all over the world.

1968 – 1981: freelance journalist for the press, TV documentaries and films, book author. Reports and analysis primarily for Le Monde, Le Monde Diplomatique, Libération, Le Nouvel Observateur, Jeune Afrique, etc. on radical armed movements in sub-Saharan Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, what was Rhodesia, South Africa, Eritrea, etc.). Director of two films: No Pincha (the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence) and Les Prisons Aussi (in collaboration with the Prison Information Group and Michel Foucault) Author of two books: Afrique du Sud. Histoire d’une crise (1977) and Ethiopie : la révolution hérétique (1981), both published by Maspero.
 

Researcher - specialist of the Horn of Africa
Participation in the sessions of the Forum