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[00:00:00] by Louis Dupont, to be seen on France
[00:00:01] 24.
[00:00:08] Welcome everyone, this is Paris direct continuing on France
[00:00:12] 24, here are the headlines for this Friday's news:
[00:00:15] fatal shooting in Thailand, an armed teenager
[00:00:18] with a pistol killed his two grandparents before going to
[00:00:22] his high school, where he killed six more people, about fifteen people
[00:00:26] were injured, the Prime Minister deplores a terrible
[00:00:30] incident, it's the beginning of a new era that starts
[00:00:33] today in Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella will
[00:00:37] be officially invested as the President of the
[00:00:41] Colombian Republic. Symbolically, the ceremony will take place in Cali,
[00:00:45] a stronghold of drug traffickers to whom the new head of state has declared
[00:00:48] war. And then France 24 on the ground and a report
[00:00:52] in occupied West Bank. Our
[00:00:55] correspondent experienced the daily life of an ambulance driver who has to juggle
[00:00:58] with Israeli checkpoints to take
[00:01:01] pregnant women to the hospital,
[00:01:09] violently repressed by law
[00:01:16] how to explain this murderous attack in Thailand, why did a
[00:01:20] teenager armed with a pistol kill 8 people in
[00:01:23] total, his own grandparents first, then
[00:01:26] six people from his high school near Bangkok, 15 people.
[00:01:31] were also injured in what the Thai Prime Minister described as a
[00:01:34] terrible fire, the shooter himself
[00:01:37] died. Details with Axel
[00:01:40] Simon.
[00:01:42] Outside the school, crying teachers embraced, the
[00:01:46] staff and students of this school in the Bangkok suburb experienced a
[00:01:50] nightmare in the middle of a school day. A 14-year-old teenager opened
[00:01:54] fire, killing several and injuring about fifteen before committing
[00:01:57] suicide. Some students and teachers managed to
[00:02:01] lock themselves in classrooms, others tried to hide or
[00:02:04] flee,
[00:02:07] found refuge in the toilets, we thought it was over,
[00:02:11] then a teacher shouted run fast, the shooter went to another
[00:02:14] building and ran
[00:02:16] here.
[00:02:19] when I arrived there, it was total chaos, the students we
[00:02:22] took care of outside were injured in the back, chest and
[00:02:27] by the ruling party during the arm, we gave them first aid, the perpetrator of the shooting...
[00:02:30] is still on the loose at that
[00:02:32] This law on the inviolability of moment. According to the police, the shooter is one
[00:02:35] of the college students, he fired more than twenty bullets with a pistol
[00:02:38] belonging to his grandfather and was found in possession of about
[00:02:41] thirty additional ammunition. The police
[00:02:44] specified that the shooter had killed his
[00:02:48] October 2007, the "Arche de Zoé" grandparents at their home before going to his college and opening fire. I
[00:02:52] am deeply saddened, not only for the victims, but also to
[00:02:56] territory, equivalent to the surface of see that such an incident can happen in our country. This is the
[00:03:00] reason why the government has not authorized the extension of the right to bear
[00:03:03] firearms, it is exactly for this
[00:03:06] reason.
[00:03:09] Political commitments in recent years to tighten gun control legislation have not
[00:03:13] prevented the proliferation of shootings.
[00:03:17] It is estimated that there are more than 10 million firearms in circulation in
[00:03:20] Thailand, or one per seven inhabitants. This is the
[00:03:25] And that's the end of this news, thank you for second deadly school shooting in Thailand this year.
[00:03:28] In 2022, a former police officer had also killed 36 people in a
[00:03:31] daycare center in the north of the country, the majority of whom were
[00:03:34] children.
[00:03:37] The news also includes this new chapter in Colombia, today
[00:03:41] Cabellardo de la Espriella will
[00:03:43] officially take on the role of head of state, elected last
[00:03:47] June 21, the ultra-right millionaire lawyer will be
[00:03:51] invested, so for once the ceremony will take
[00:03:54] place not in Bogotá, the capital, but in Cali, the country's
[00:03:57] third largest city and a stronghold of drug trafficking, to which the
[00:04:01] new president has already declared war with the support of
[00:04:04] Washington.
[00:04:08] Patrols everywhere in Cali, Colombia's third
[00:04:11] largest city. It is here under high security that the
[00:04:15] inauguration of the new far-right president, Abelardo de
[00:04:18] la Espriya, is taking place. More than 1,100 men and women have been
[00:04:22] deployed here with drones, anti-drone
[00:04:24] systems, armored vehicles and everything
[00:04:28] necessary for this
[00:04:31] officially. to the presidency of practical event to take place calmly.
[00:04:33] Ordinarily, this inauguration of the Colombian president takes place in the
[00:04:36] capital, Bogotá, but not with Abelardo de la
[00:04:41] the ceremony will appease the members of Espriella. The millionaire lawyer, a political novice, chose Cali where attacks
[00:04:45] claimed by guerrillas recently took place, a symbol, because the
[00:04:49] new president promises a strong hand to fight these armed groups
[00:04:52] and drug trafficking, bombings against the camps of these
[00:04:56] organizations or even the creation of mega-prisons like in
[00:04:59] El Salvador. A program hammered since his election last
[00:05:03] June and contrary to his
[00:05:05] the ambulance's power left-wing predecessor Gustavo Petro who had tried to negotiate the
[00:05:08] disarmament of these armed groups. There will be no
[00:05:11] false process of... the only peace possible is that imposed by arms,
[00:05:15] any bandit who does not submit will be eliminated, I warned
[00:05:18] you. For this, Colombia can count on the support of the
[00:05:22] United States and Israel, whose representatives will be present at the
[00:05:26] inauguration ceremony, but these very forceful statements also
[00:05:30] worry part of the population.
[00:05:34] According to his announcements, we can clearly see that he will be a rather
[00:05:37] authoritarian leader.
[00:05:40] I just hope there won't be any new violence among the
[00:05:43] population. A challenge, because according to the
[00:05:47] Idea for Peace Foundation, in 2025, Colombia had
[00:05:51] nearly 25,000 armed people within illegal
[00:05:54] organizations.
[00:05:58] This is the text that ignited passions in Argentina, we are
[00:06:01] talking about a bill initiated by Javier Miley, it provides
[00:06:05] in particular for the facilitation of land expulsions, and it
[00:06:09] is part of the ultraliberal logic driven by the head of state. The
[00:06:12] text is currently being examined by the Senate and as you can see, it is at the heart
[00:06:16] of an anger that has been expressed in the streets, demonstrations
[00:06:21] enforcement, explanation Romain
[00:06:23] Michelot:
[00:06:31] tear gas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, police
[00:06:34] disperse thousands of protesters gathered this Thursday as
[00:06:38] the Senate continued to examine a bill aimed at simplifying
[00:06:42] and... extending access to private property, despite the withdrawal
[00:06:46] of certain unpopular measures, anger is still
[00:06:48] there. We are here because the
[00:06:52] government and the sellouts who accompany it want to sell our
[00:06:56] country. What they want with this law is for
[00:06:59] Argentina to stop belonging to
[00:07:02] Argentinians.
[00:07:05] This bill, called "inviolability of private
[00:07:08] property", aims to facilitate evictions in case of non-payment. And to
[00:07:12] make the expropriation of property by the state more complicated, it
[00:07:16] also planned to increase from 15 to 25% the share of strategic
[00:07:20] land that can belong to foreigners, but this measure was
[00:07:23] withdrawn due to lack of political support in parliament. Behind the idea of
[00:07:27] this government project, Miley wanted to attract new foreign
[00:07:30] investors to capitalize on these lands rich in lithium, in
[00:07:34] copper for example, an ultraliberal logic defended
[00:07:39] examination of the text.
[00:07:44] private property indeed aims to guarantee that private
[00:07:48] property, enshrined in this constitution, is not
[00:07:51] violated, and that the state understands that its purpose is to
[00:07:54] protect and defend and not to intervene and
[00:07:58] control.
[00:08:00] This project must still be examined by the Chamber of Deputies before being
[00:08:03] adopted. In Argentina, in 2025, almost 5% of the
[00:08:09] England, already belonged to foreigners according to a report by...
[00:08:12] the Land Observatory, this share would even exceed 15
[00:08:15] % in certain resource-rich
[00:08:17] regions.
[00:08:21] Also in the news, these images from Khirbet Altoba,
[00:08:24] it's a small village in the West Bank, Hebrew
[00:08:27] graffiti, burned houses, smoke-blackened walls,
[00:08:31] charred furniture, Israeli settlers stormed
[00:08:35] this isolated hamlet, they injured residents, destroyed homes,
[00:08:38] they also destroyed the only source of electricity,
[00:08:42] solar panels that were broken, the Israeli army which
[00:08:45] has occupied the West Bank since 1967 has
[00:08:48] confirmed several injured and houses burned in an attack by
[00:08:52] Israeli civilians, it says it strongly condemns
[00:08:55] these acts of violence, roads blocked, checkpoints closed.
[00:08:59] After each episode of violence, Israel locks down the
[00:09:02] West Bank like a plaster after the death of two Israeli settlers and
[00:09:05] four Palestinians on July 24th. For ambulances,
[00:09:09] it's a daily headache, our correspondent
[00:09:43] the soldiers are in this watchtower up
[00:09:45] there,
[00:09:49] of course, the army only came down from the tower after a long time, then when we entered
[00:09:52] here, they held us for half an hour, we entered here, this barrier was
[00:09:56] closed, they left us for half an hour stuck between these two barriers,
[00:10:00] the fetus was dead, it came out in the amniotic sac, the woman also
[00:10:03] had a hemorrhage and she lost consciousness, very quickly, we started
[00:10:07] taking care of her, but the army forced us to turn off the ambulance engine,
[00:10:11] stopped the ambulance. All the devices stopped, he has
[00:10:14] equipment here that works thanks to
[00:10:17] supply, the medical devices stopped, no more
[00:10:21] monitor, no more oxygen, nothing.
[00:10:25] This is where the woman who lost her baby lives and who wishes to remain
[00:10:29] anonymous. 5 days after her miscarriage, she is still recovering
[00:10:32] with difficulty. Sabrine is the midwife who delivered
[00:10:35] her at home, and it was she who then saved her life in
[00:10:39] the ambulance. She recounts her interaction with a soldier at the
[00:10:43] checkpoint.
[00:10:47] I told the soldier that we had to help the mother so that she would not die. He didn't listen to me, he
[00:10:51] raised his weapon at me, told me to go back to the ambulance. So I was scared.
[00:11:25] patients from accessing hospitals, and this also affects
[00:11:28] the arrival of medical teams, all of which obviously has negative consequences on
[00:11:32] the functioning of the hospital, both from a medical and a nursing
[00:11:35] point of view. We contacted the Israeli army, which
[00:11:39] states that the ambulance staff had not carried out the required
[00:11:43] prior coordination before arriving at the checkpoint.
[00:11:46] The army says it has no intention of delaying medical care and
[00:11:50] medical
[00:11:50] evacuations.
[00:11:55] Something else now, is Gianni Infantino on a hot
[00:11:58] seat? Not a day goes by without pressure mounting on the
[00:12:02] head of FIFA, despite the apologies of part of the management of the body that
[00:12:06] governs world football, UEFA maintains its
[00:12:09] World Cup boycott, for its part, Comnebol,
[00:12:13] which governs South American football, distances
[00:12:15] itself from the methods of the president of the federation, Nicolas
[00:12:19] Chamontin.
[00:12:21] The FIFA management's apologies are useless, UEFA
[00:12:25] assures that the World Cup boycott is still in effect. The
[00:12:29] UEFA member federations have been very clear about the conditions related to
[00:12:32] their non-participation in FIFA competitions. These conditions have not been
[00:12:36] met. In addition to the abandonment of FIFA's commercial
[00:12:40] company project decided Friday. The European football body
[00:12:43] demands assurances that such an idea will never see the
[00:12:47] light of day again. UEFA reaffirms having lost confidence
[00:12:50] in Gianni Infantino. Wednesday evening, the head of world
[00:12:54] football received full support from his management gathered in Morocco for
[00:12:57] a crisis meeting, in a statement, FIFA
[00:13:01] apologized after the controversy over opening up to
[00:13:04] private investors, a project that leaked to the press without
[00:13:08] the football stakeholders being informed. This Thursday, the
[00:13:12] South American Confederation Conmebol, although reputed to be close
[00:13:15] to Infantino, in turn denounced the president's
[00:13:18] methods. The Conmebol council unanimously
[00:13:21] expresses its concern over unilateral actions.
[00:13:25] Repeatedly adopted without resorting to dialogue or the institutional
[00:13:28] mechanisms provided for dealing with this type of
[00:13:30] situation. Seemingly unmovable a few
[00:13:34] weeks ago, Gianni Infantino seems more weakened than
[00:13:37] ever, the one who has led FIFA for a decade, still
[00:13:41] hopes to be re-elected next March thanks to the support of
[00:13:44] numerous federations in Africa and the
[00:13:46] Middle East.
[00:13:50] watching, stay with us, the news continues on France
[00:13:53] 24.
[00:14:00] So today in the depths of 91, it's the first digger
[00:14:03] stroke, so the idea is to put, let's say, 5
[00:14:07] or 6. We don't agree with Adriana, we think it won't
[00:14:10] hold.
[00:14:15] They have given themselves a mission: to build emergency housing for victims
[00:14:19] of domestic violence. I will meet Homar and Mounir. In 6
[00:14:23] months, these two residents of Grigny managed to mobilize senators,
[00:14:26] businesses and funders for their Phoenix project. There
[00:14:30] was a time when we would have come to you, Mr. Lawedge, you have the senatorial
[00:14:33] envelope, a little funding would not be refused, I
[00:14:37] wanted to understand the trigger for this urgency and especially how far they
[00:14:40] want to take their project? Follow me, you're in the hood, hi
[00:14:44] Omar, I'm reaching out to you, yes please, please, well
[00:14:47] welcome to where it all began, when we
[00:14:50] had our first requests from women in
[00:14:53] difficulty we... tried calling town halls,
[00:14:57] friends who worked for social landlords and so on, and saw that it was
[00:15:01] extremely difficult to find them immediate housing,
[00:15:05] so in fact we had about
[00:15:09] ten apartments available, we were able to house women victims of violence
[00:15:12] for periods ranging from a few days to 3 months,
[00:15:16] we are now at nearly
[00:15:29] available for victims of domestic violence in France, despite this, every
[00:15:33] day one in two victims remains without a solution, hello
[00:15:37] madam. like Leila, housed by an Omar contact for a few
[00:15:40] months and whose body bears multiple scars. How did
[00:15:44] you get here? I lived with my ex
[00:15:47] partner, I was a victim of physical and
[00:15:51] psychological violence with my children so I no longer wanted
[00:15:54] to continue living like that. Several times, I left, I
[00:15:58] came back, I left, so he always managed to convince me to
[00:16:01] go back, it was always the same, I felt imprisoned, no
[00:16:05] solution at all, and so I... started looking, I
[00:16:08] contacted the friend who told me about the association, they
[00:16:12] told me they could even come pick me up, then the
[00:16:16] police intervened and all that, he was
[00:16:19] incarcerated there, do you feel safe here? I feel very
[00:16:22] safe and I am well settled with my
[00:16:25] children, I passed my driving test not long ago because without a
[00:16:29] car here we are really isolated, Omar, I spoke
[00:16:32] with Leila, what went through your mind for you to say from Grigny,
[00:16:36] let's embark on this adventure? In fact, what motivated us was
[00:16:39] failure in reality, we were once asked through a
[00:16:43] friend who for his sister had difficulties
[00:16:47] finding solutions, we tried, unfortunately we
[00:16:50] didn't find any, we said to ourselves, but what could we do
[00:16:54] to not just put this on the shoulders of a landlord and the
[00:16:58] generosity of people because it's not sustainable in the long term in reality, we need to find an economic model and
[00:17:02] so on, if we Grigny, the association of the poorest city in
[00:17:05] France, if not, no one else has excuses not to do it in reality.
[00:17:09] Since 2003, the popular education structure Greenywood
[00:17:12] has been addressing the youth of Greene. With Phoenix, its founders are starting
[00:17:16] from scratch to help a new audience. Let's go for the visit.
[00:17:20] And Omar is improvising as an investor in Tiny House
[00:17:23] for the cause. It's a house that is 26 square meters, it has a
[00:17:27] floor. And and how long does it take to build it? If it's a unique
[00:17:30] house, it takes 3 to 4 weeks. This is
[00:17:34] the bathroom. That's right with a beautiful high ceiling. Well,
[00:17:37] we can change the type of stairs and the type of configuration,
[00:17:41] if you have good insurance, I think we can make a good deal there,
[00:17:45] it has a nice view anyway, this is the luxury version, maybe not where you're going to invest,
[00:17:49] no why not, it's not because women are in a
[00:17:52] difficult situation that we shouldn't
[00:17:56] give them a pleasant home in fact,
[00:17:59] you imagined that when creating these buildings that it could precisely serve these
[00:18:02] publics entirely, before creating my little green house I was
[00:18:06] also committed to the fight against domestic violence, I had
[00:18:10] developed a mobile application to support these
[00:18:13] people and concretely for housing, well it's still housing so it means we
[00:18:16] can configure it according to the need, what's your plan there when you see
[00:18:20] that? well you go to amazon, we see yes
[00:18:24] houses at 10,500 euros. I don't know what I'm going to
[00:18:27] receive and what's good is that it was something concrete and palpable and
[00:18:31] the price range then the small ones will vary between 40 and 50,000
[00:18:34] euros and the larger ones are around 100 to 12,000 euros. Regarding the price of
[00:18:38] materials, if we manage to get certain partnerships with
[00:18:42] large groups on a gratuitous basis for example, would that allow us to adjust
[00:18:45] the bill? Yes, that would be even ideal since it's a social project, it
[00:18:49] will make you good contacts, good contacts entirely, we will see them
[00:18:53] all,
[00:18:53] that's it.
[00:18:57] We have an appointment at the Senate in Paris, the Phoenix team will meet Senator
[00:19:01] de Saint-Sonny, what they want is to create momentum throughout France and for that
[00:19:05] they need some advice. We
[00:19:08] want to play as a team, we really have to, I
[00:19:11] would say, shake things up and ask each city
[00:19:14] to have a dedicated number of apartments for women, you know, a bit like it's done for
[00:19:18] travelers, should there be a bill, should senators or
[00:19:21] deputies be involved first, but I will
[00:19:25] be there to support you, know that, associations in this
[00:19:29] country have always been mistreated even though they do excellent work, they are there to
[00:19:32] find solutions that public authorities do not, you know, when I write
[00:19:36] for example to the prefect. or to the minister as a senator, he replies to
[00:19:39] me, but the average person who writes to him, he doesn't reply to
[00:19:43] him, so that's also where the mechanism, the mechanism, so
[00:19:46] here is the configuration of the room,
[00:19:50] the strategy we used is a real political strategy called
[00:19:54] table diplomacy, one of the best tables in Paris is the
[00:19:58] Senate restaurant, meaning that in my opinion they will be a little more attentive than if we
[00:20:01] were in the back of a room in 91 in Grigny,
[00:20:05] is it a bit like the fake it till you make it logic, yes
[00:20:08] but I would say fake it in half-measures because in fact we are
[00:20:11] there and in reality you have quite a few people in fact who want
[00:20:14] to get involved and who are also looking to give meaning and we
[00:20:18] end up every time doing greenwoodian
[00:20:21] lobbying, it's true, business manager in a large bank, Mounir
[00:20:25] Nordine has solicited his address book tonight their strength is the networking
[00:20:29] notably with local actors like Zara
[00:20:32] Aksus has really all social
[00:20:36] categories.
[00:20:44] must leave, it's not up to the victim to leave, so as not to arouse the
[00:20:48] aggressor's suspicions, I organize myself,
[00:20:52] so it can be an offer, but there must be a
[00:20:55] real policy for taking care of women
[00:20:59] victims of violence, alright, I'm going to shock you,
[00:21:02] I want the same budget as
[00:21:04] the army,
[00:21:07] and while waiting for the army's budget, in a few months the team has already raised
[00:21:11] half a million euros, so now we are
[00:21:14] back in Estagne on the land Omar has recovered to install his tiny
[00:21:17] houses and what you see behind me are the first ones. digger strokes
[00:21:21] today on the side of national one
[00:21:23] a celebrity good trip came to give unexpected
[00:21:27] support Adriana Karembeu model and television host so
[00:21:51] motivated to come here and support Omar? I am a
[00:21:54] woman and I am a mother, I have been an ambassador for the
[00:21:58] Red Cross for 27 years, and I know that
[00:22:01] being in a difficult situation,
[00:22:04] feeling unheard, isolated, can turn into a
[00:22:07] nightmare. In 2023, there were 244,000 women who were
[00:22:11] registered for domestic violence, it also
[00:22:14] speaks to me, these are women who have no possibility of immediate exit.
[00:22:18] possibilité de sortie immédiat.
[00:22:30] At the base, and the Phoenix project, what makes you want to boost this association? I
[00:22:34] act on the communication plan, that's
[00:22:38] it, that's it, that's my role, I attract
[00:22:41] attention, you're here, yes you would be here anyway, but we are delighted to see
[00:22:45] you, that's it, I shed light on perhaps a
[00:22:48] solution to a problem, confidence obviously, in the first
[00:22:52] half of 2026, 49 women died from blows
[00:22:56] from their partners in France, at Phoenix and we
[00:23:16] notes that rarely resonated within these walls.
[00:23:20] For oneself, the Congolese anthem resonates in tribute to the seven
[00:23:24] men who died more than a century ago after being
[00:23:26] exhibited at the Universal Exhibition of
[00:23:29] 1894 organized in the Flemish city.
[00:23:33] 144 Congolese from the Congo Free State were exposed
[00:23:36] to the public. They had to show their daily lives
[00:23:40] and their traditions and customs to visitors in what is today
[00:23:43] recognized as an inhumane practice called
[00:23:47] Zoohuman.
[00:23:49] At that time, we didn't talk about human
[00:23:53] zoos, but about African villages, a term that masks
[00:23:57] Congolese brought by force to Belgium, exposed to the gaze of the
[00:24:00] public in precarious conditions, among them,
[00:24:03] dozens would end up contracting diseases, seven
[00:24:07] would not
[00:24:08] survive,
[00:24:12] victims finally recognized by this ceremony demanded by the
[00:24:16] Congolese community, but which the city of Antwerp took a long time to...
[00:24:20] accept, ladies and
[00:24:23] gentlemen, Unfortunately, the way
[00:24:26] they were treated and suffered was not unique
[00:24:29] to Europe. Elsewhere, at world
[00:24:33] exhibitions, these villages were used for colonial
[00:24:37] propaganda, dehumanizing and
[00:24:39] racist.
[00:24:44] There is no other description for it.
[00:24:48] The Congo pavilion at the exhibition.
[00:25:02] This recognition was welcomed by the Congolese side. From now on, a monument will remind visitors of the dramatic episode. It's
[00:25:06] something we must remember, and especially for the history that
[00:25:10] binds us, that is, the DRC and Belgium. Today,
[00:25:13] the relationship is excellent. It's time to mend our
[00:25:17] wounds and together go
[00:25:20] even further. An official speech that resonates with the young
[00:25:24] generation, like this influencer, who is very popular on
[00:25:27] social media. She hopes that
[00:25:31] the Congolese community in
[00:25:32] Belgium. How will this ceremony
[00:25:36] continue to
[00:25:40] guide us, in fact, in the questions that
[00:25:44] we have every day as children of the
[00:25:46] diaspora, questions about our dual identity.
[00:25:50] The question about these wounds that must
[00:25:54] transform into strength and open doors for other
[00:25:58] opportunities. An important step for the
[00:26:01] Congolese community. Even if many would have preferred the monument
[00:26:05] to be in the heart of the city and not in a remote
[00:26:08] cemetery. Colonial history researcher Georgindy
[00:26:12] Bua is one of those who advocate for a plaque to be placed here
[00:26:15] in front of this museum, at the very spot where the human
[00:26:19] zoo took place 132 years ago.
[00:26:22] Exhibiting people like in a human zoo, this must
[00:26:26] be part of what
[00:26:29] people who come here need to know. See the
[00:26:33] cemetery, anyway, people don't necessarily go to the
[00:26:36] cemetery to know what happened, but here we are
[00:26:40] still in the center of Antwerp, especially since the port city still
[00:26:44] bears the scars of its heavy colonial history. At
[00:26:47] the time, Antwerp grew rich quickly. The city
[00:26:50] housed the offices of large rubber companies.
[00:26:53] Antwerp was the gateway for all
[00:26:57] colonial products, both rubber and
[00:27:01] ivory, cocoa,
[00:27:04] coffee, tobacco initially, and later
[00:27:07] with with
[00:27:10] mineral products, there's
[00:27:14] diamond, copper,
[00:27:16] essentially.
[00:27:19] A meticulously documented commercial past
[00:27:22] in the city's archives, oilseed
[00:27:25] products, we can see at the end a
[00:27:28] kind of list of textiles and
[00:27:32] other products, for example.
[00:27:36] We can already see
[00:27:39] in 1894 a wide range of
[00:27:43] products, right, which are already
[00:27:46] made available to the
[00:27:50] Antwerp population and which
[00:27:52] give them ideas of what they can exploit, since that was the goal
[00:27:56] of the exhibition. Also, very precise
[00:27:59] details that contrast with the lack of information.
[00:28:10] Who are they, where exactly do they come from, since Congo is
[00:28:14] large? When we know that Bangalas were exhibited, we know that
[00:28:18] people from Kassai were exhibited, but
[00:28:21] we know that, it's recorded, but what are these
[00:28:25] people called? We see faces, but these are faceless faces. Belgian
[00:28:28] colonial history is a history of nameless people.
[00:28:33] A question that goes far beyond the sole case of Antwerp: how many
[00:28:37] other European human zoos are still waiting to give
[00:28:40] a name to a large part of their
[00:28:42] victims?
[00:28:50] scandal breaks out: "The people who entrusted you with the children, did they know they were going to France, yes or
[00:28:53] no?" A
[00:28:57] humanitarian couple claimed to offer a second chance to orphans from
[00:29:01] Darfur. Children who for the most part resided in
[00:29:04] Chad with their families. They say, "You sold your children," but
[00:29:08] who sells their child? It's because an education was promised that we
[00:29:12] accepted. It
[00:29:16] was child abduction, a real
[00:29:18] kidnapping. We heard many stories.
[00:29:22] We were told we would be taken advantage of. Perhaps
[00:29:26] made to work in a factory. We were young, we understood
[00:29:29] nothing. 18 years later. with these
[00:29:33] fake orphans, they told us that each child would receive
[00:29:36] 6,000 euros in damages and interest, but for now, they have received
[00:29:40] nothing.
[00:29:43] If the person acknowledges their mistakes and asks
[00:29:46] for forgiveness, then you know they have
[00:29:48] grown. But if that same person refuses
[00:29:52] to admit their wrongs, then you
[00:29:54] cannot forgive. Back to the "Arche de Zoé" scandal
[00:29:58] to see on France24.
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