UNCOVERED: Pap ndiaye - Caught on Camera

New Sunday paper launches in France amid spotlight on media ownership

La Tribune Dimanche goes on sale in landscape of declining print sales, culture wars and scrutiny of billionaire proprietors

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2023

Black activist Angela Davis struck off name of French school for views on 'systemic racism'

Authorities in the French capital region struck the name of US rights activist Angela Davis from a high school in the Paris suburbs on Wednesday, judging her views on race relations to be too radical.

France 24 · Jul 5, 2023

France announces measures to tackle bullying in wake of teenage suicides

France's Minister for Education has ordered all middle schools to hold an hour-long session on the scourge of bullying on social media, after two teenage victims took their own lives. The government has said the fight against bullying will be an "absolute priority" for the start of the 2023 academic…

Radio France Internationale · Jun 12, 2023

'Growing number' of French schoolgirls flouting secularism rules

The Ministry of Education has recorded 313 violations of France's rules on secularism – which includes a ban on the wearing of ostentatious religious insignia in schools.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 15, 2022

Appointment of Pap Ndiaye as education minister highlights ‘woke’ debate in France

After French president Emmanual Macron won reelection on 24 April, one of his surprise appointments to the new government was historian Pap Ndiaye as minister of education. The choice of a relative newcomer to politics, who presents himself as both a “symbol of diversity” and “a pure product of republican meritocracy,”…

The Conversation · Jun 23, 2022

France's Macron defends choice of Black minister amid 'woke' debate

French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday defended his choice of education minister, a Black academic whose appointment has triggered debate over "wokeism" and racism in France.

Reuters · Jun 2, 2022

Right-wing outcry as historian Pap Ndiaye heads up French education ministry

The nomination of Pap Ndiaye, a historian and expert on US minority rights, was the biggest surprise in France's new government line-up. Even before he gets down to business, the left-leaning academic has been slammed by the political right for his "woke" positions on race and police violence.

Radio France Internationale · May 24, 2022

France: Black historian Pap Ndiaye appointed as education minister

Expert on colonialism and history of race relations faces persistent social inequalities in the school system

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022

France’s Macron Appoints New Government for 2nd Term

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new-look Cabinet on Friday, with a new foreign minister part of the reshuffled line-up behind France’s first female prime minister in 30 years. Three senior ministers - Gérald Darmanin at the interior ministry, Bruno Le Maire for economics and Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti -…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 20, 2022

France's Macron appoints new government for 2nd term

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a new Cabinet

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022