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Colette Braeckman is a
Colette Braeckman is a Belgian
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journalist, born in Ixelles on April 20, 1946. She is a member of the editorial board of the Belgian French-language newspaper ''Le Soir
''Le Soir'' (, "The Evening") is a French-language Belgian daily newspaper. Founded in 1887 by Emile Rossel, it was intended as a politically independent source of news. It is one of the most popular Francophone newspapers in Belgium, competing ...
'', where she directs news coverage of Africa, particularly Central Africa
Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, E ...
. She has also been published in reviews and magazines, notably ''Le Monde diplomatique
''Le Monde diplomatique'' (meaning "The Diplomatic World" in French) is a French monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs.
The publication is owned by Le Monde diplomatique SA, a subsidiary com ...
'' in both its French and English editions.
Colette Braeckman's articles on the Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...
were critical towards the French government. For their part, there have been critics of Braeckman's work, particularly public personalities within France who defend other arguments more favourable to the French government, but which have nonetheless been challenged; Canadian essayist Robin Philpot Robin Philpot (born 1948) is a Quebec journalist and 2007 electoral candidate for the Parti Québécois.
Background
Originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, where his father Roderick Philpot was an alderman of the city of Fort William, Philpot is ...
, journalists Pierre Péan
Pierre Péan (5 March 1938 – 25 July 2019) was a French investigative journalist and author of many books concerned with political scandals.
Books, investigations and controversies
In 1983 Pierre Péan was the first to break the story of the Gr ...
and Charles Onana, by historian Bernard Lugan
Bernard Lugan (born 10 May 1946) is a French historian who specialises in African history. He is a professor at the Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN) and the editor of the journal ''L'Afrique réelle'' ("Real Africa"). Lug ...
, by French Colonel Jacques Hogard
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over ...
and by Joseph Ngarambe, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...
, an expert consultant for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR; french: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; rw, Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga Rwashyiriweho u Rwanda) was an international court established in November 1994 by the United Natio ...
, in an interview given to M. Péan and reported in his book.Chapitre 19, « J'ai fait de la propagande pour le FPR »
Many of Braeckman's works have been reprinted by the organization Survie, which disseminates information about conflict in the former colonies of France in Africa.
Bibliography
Colette Braeckman has authored several books on Central Africa, which are available in French at this time: * Through Éditions Fayard : ** ''Le dinosaure, le Zaïre deMobutu
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic ...
'',
** '' Rwanda, histoire d'un génocide'', 1994
** ''Congo'',
** '' Rwanda-Burundi
Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...
: les racines de la violence'', 1996
** ''Terreur africaine'', 1999
** ''Les Nouveaux Prédateurs'', 2003
* Through Ä–ditions Aden :
** ''Lumumba, un crime d'État''
* Through Éditions Complexe (as contributor) :
** ''Kabila prend le pouvoir, Les prémices d'une chute – La campagne victorieuse de l'AFDL – Le Congo aujourd'hui''
** ''La Guerre, enfants admis, 300.000 enfants-soldats dans le monde : comment combattre ce fléau ?''
* Through André Versaille
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:
*''Congo 1960: Échec d'une décolonisation'' by Colette Braeckman, Jules Gérard-Libois
Jules Gérard-Libois (Ougrée (Seraing), 3 December 1923—Ixelles (Brussels), 26 December 2005) was a Belgian historian and writer. He notably founded and presided over the Centre for Socio-Political Research and Information (''Centre de recherch ...
, Jean Kestergat
Jean-Marie Thierry Alphonse Ghislain van der Dussen de Kestergat (8 April 1922 27 July 1992), better known under his pen name Jean Kestergat or JK was a Belgian journalist.
Early life
Jean Kestergat was the son of Marcel van der Dussen de ...
, Jacques Vanderlinden, Benoît Verhaegen
Benoît Verhaegen (1929–2009) was a Belgian academic and Africanist who specialised in the political sociology and post-colonial history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Verhaegen fought in the Korean War and arrived in the Belgian Congo ...
, Jean-Claude Willame
Jean-Claude Willame (born 28 March 1938) is a Belgian professor emeritus specialised in the political history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He obtained his PhD in political science at the University of California, Berkeley in 1971. He ...
, 2010,
See also
*Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...
*French colonial empire
The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "First French Colonial Empire", that exis ...
*Central Africa
Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, E ...
*Decolonisation
Decolonization or decolonisation is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas. Some scholars of decolonization focus especially on independence m ...
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