APRIL 2023 | NO 2304

ASIA/MIDDLE EAST

EUROPE

EUROPE

AFRICA

China, peacemaker to the Middle East? Migration: Poland’s double standards Atlantropa – one man’s mad scheme Forced evictions anger the Maasai Beijing has brokered a deal between arch-rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia | A BELKAÏD & M BULARD ▶ p6

Ukrainians get protected status; those from other countries do not | TRISTAN COLOMA ▶ p10

A German architect’s dream 100 years ago was to drain the Mediterranean. But why? | PIERRE RIMBERT ▶ p14

Tanzania favours tourism over their ancient rights to ancestral lands | CÉDRIC GOUVERNEUR ▶ p8

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France in turmoil

By forcing through his massively unpopular pension plan Emmanuel Macron is feeding resentment and weakening people’s faith in democracy | Benoît BRÉVILLE ▶ p2

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