All about BHL
1986
1985 to 1989
Voyage to Ethiopia where the Négus Rouge, Mengistu, is organizing gigantic and deadly forced migrations of the population. Based on this trip, and on travels to the warring provinces of Eritrea and Tigris, he writes an extensive article entitled “Les camions venus d’Europe arrivent en Illubabor bourrés de bétail humain” [The trucks sent from Europe arrive in Illubabor full of human livestock] (L’Evénement, Thursday, September 25, 1986). Here, he calls into question the perverse effects of humanitarian aid which, when given blindly and regardless of political considerations, has unforeseen consequences and fuels violence. The publication of his report sparks a heated debate within the humanitarian organization Action Internationale contre la Faim. Marginalized, he leaves the organization he founded, along with Gilles Hertzog and a few other members.
His Questions de Principe Deux [Questions of Principle, II] is published, bringing together articles and essays that previously ran in the French and international press.

(Français) Le 20 avril 1981...
(Français) BHL invité au Petit Journal de Noël, de Yann Barthès, Canal +
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