Fanny Pigeaud

Journaliste, auteure de Au Cameroun de Paul Biya (Karthala, 2011), Mahaleo, 40 ans d’histoire(s) de Madagascar (Laterit, 2011), France-Côte d’Ivoire, une histoire tronquée (Vents d’ailleurs, 2015), A Decade of Cameroon : Politics, Economy and Society 2008-2017 (Brill, 2019) et coauteure de L’arme invisible de la Françafrique. Une histoire du franc CFA et De la démocratie en Françafrique. Une histoire de l’impérialisme électoral (La Découverte, 2018 et 2024).

Senegal’s Hidden Debt and the IMF’s Blind Spots Fanny Pigeaud · 27 March Since the revelation in February 2025 of a significantly underestimated public debt, Senegal has been plunged into a major economic crisis. With the actual debt-to-GDP ratio now exceeding 100%, questions are being raised about the role of the International Monetary Fund: did it ignore the (…)
analysis Paris’s Ideal Ally Fanny Pigeaud · November 2025 On the 25^th of October, the Ivorian president presented himself to voters for the fourth time. Since he came to power thanks to France, in 2011, the head of State opened the doors of Côte d’Ivoire wide to the former colonizing country’s companies and political networks.
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Investigation How Ouattara patiently built his network in Paris Fanny Pigeaud · October 2025 On the 25^th of October, the Ivorian president presented himself to voters for the fourth time. Would his rise to power and longevity have been possible without France’s support? From his early days in international financial institutions to his contested election in 2010, the Ivorian president (…)
Interview In Madagascar, “farmers have always seen the state as an oppressive system” Fanny Pigeaud · November 2024 For her new documentary film, Sitabaomba, chez les zébus francophones, currently showing in cinemas in France, Nantenaina Lova set up her camera in a village near Antananarivo, where a drama is playing out that is both highly topical in Madagascar and universal : land grabbing in the name of (…)