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Immigration in the world

Graeme Villeret March 5, 2019 border conflict, borders, conflicts, demography, déplacements de populations, economy, évolution de la population, geopolitics, globalization, human rights, immigration, migrations, migrations internationales, migratory flow, population, population humaine, population mondiale, poverty, refugee, UN, war

International migration is a major component of the history of humanity. Since the dawn of time, humans migrate, move, evolve on the planet in freedom. Finally, until the strange concept of borders emerges. At first, there were more natural boundaries between territories, like mountains, rivers. Then came the effective control, mainly military, of a given…

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The world is greening since 2000

Graeme Villeret February 19, 2019 Australia, Brazil, China, climate, climate change, climatology, environment, forest, greening, India, vegetation, World

NASA has published a map showing that since 2000, the world has generally been greening. With astonishing as it may seem, China and India are the main vectors of this greening. When we think that it is precisely those who pollute the most, and have been doing so for decades – a movement that is…

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82 million people in Turkey

Graeme Villeret February 4, 2019 Ankara, demography, Istanbul, population, Turkey

Turkey has just exceeded 82 million inhabitants. Its population continues to grow strongly, with even an acceleration in 2018 (+ 1.47%) compared to the previous year (+1.25% in 2017). Major cities are the most dynamic, the most important of which is Istanbul, which exceeds 15 million inhabitants. The capital, Ankara, is also growing, to more…

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Venezuela: Juan Guaido proclaims himself president of the country

Graeme Villeret January 23, 2019 Americas, Brazil, Canada, Caracas, Colombia, economy, embargo, European Union, Juan Guaido, Lima Group, Mexico, Nicolas Maduro, OAS, Organization of American States, South America, Trump, United States, Venezuela

In Venezuela, the president of the parliament Juan Guaidó proclaimed himself president of the country acting while taking an oath today 23 January, anniversary of the fall of the last dictatorship and proclamation of democracy in 1958. A gesture immediately recognized by US President Trump, followed by Canada and the Organization of American States (OAS).…

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67 million inhabitants in France in 2019

Graeme Villeret January 22, 2019 big cities, demography, France, population, urban areas, urbanization

As of January 1, 2019, France had almost 67 million inhabitants, precisely 66 992 699 according to the latest count of the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). A slight downward statistical adjustment compared to 1 January 2018 was made by the Institute, which then had a population of around 67.2 million.…

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Difficult alternation of power

Graeme Villeret January 18, 2019 democracy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, droits humains, elections, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, Félix Tshisekedi, geopolitics, human rights, Joseph Kabila, Kabila, Martin Fayulu, presidential elections

After two years of waiting, the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have finally been able to vote to elect a new president. The elections of 30 December 2018, which concerned the presidential, legislative and provincial at the same time, were held in relative calm and were hailed by the international community and…

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China’s population continues to rise

Graeme Villeret January 7, 2019 China, demography, economy, évolution de la population, population, social, society

China‘s population continues to increase. Slowly, more and more slowly, but it increases again. In a few years, it will begin a decline, but it will not be before ten years, according to the authorities. The peak of population should indeed be reached in 2029, with 1.44 billion inhabitants, against a little less than 1.4…

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81 journalists killed worldwide in 2018

Graeme Villeret December 21, 2018 Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, conflicts, Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen, Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme, freedom of expression, freedom of press, human rights, India, journalists, Mexico, monde, press, Reporters sans frontières, Slovakia, Syria, United States, USA, war, World, Yemen

Reporters Without Borders has just published its annual report on the state of violations of press freedom worldwide. The number of journalists, citizen journalists and collaborators killed in 2018 in the exercise of their profession reached the figure of 81. In 2017, they had been 74, as in 2016. The most affected countries are logically…

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70 years of human rights

Graeme Villeret December 10, 2018 António Guterres, Assemblée générale des Nations Unies, children's rights, Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme, France, history, human rights, Michelle Bachelet, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, UN, United Nations, womens rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 is celebrating its 70th birthday today. On December 10, 1948, the 58 Member States that then constituted the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France. 159 years after the first Declaration of the Rights of…

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5 million people in Somaliland

Graeme Villeret November 22, 2018 Africa, demography, East Africa, Horn of Africa, population, population data, Somalia, Somaliland

Somaliland is an ancien part of Somalia, a country located in the Horn of Africa. Its population is very poor and the State of Somaliland is not recognized by the international community. However, the new country succeeded to build a stable environment for the development of its population, despite the lack of aid from UN…

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