At the beginning of this year, 2024, we wish for peace to return to all countries of the world, whether in Ukraine, Gaza, Africa, and that people, especially leaders, may be able to engage in dialogue. Wars often stem from unresolved injustices, the will for power of some, and also from aspirations for freedom.

In this sometimes difficult context, the modest role of AWB is to help train responsible men and women so that their countries can develop harmoniously with a focus on peace and well-being for their populations.

Let us recall that since 2009, with over 10,000 correspondents worldwide, AWB can assist you in establishing new student programs, improving your relationships with your country’s socio-economic sectors, enhancing student employability, defining research directions, training researchers, exploring innovative teaching methods, and more. Simply contact us, and a project manager will promptly become your point of contact and will seek out the competent colleague(s) for your project. Contact us.

In France, a recently passed law called “Asylum and Migration” is highly controversial as it includes provisions detrimental to foreign students. Like many academics and institutions, AWB is closely monitoring the fate of this law, as it is to be validated or invalidated by the Constitutional Council at the end of January 2024.

In this issue, we will present the report of the visit by the AWB president, Emeritus Professor Jean Ruffier, to Côte d’Ivoire and its outcomes. We will then reprint the text by our colleague Bernard Landais on the brilliant success of CAMES, which is a sign of hope for Africa’s future. Finally, we will relay the announcement from a university in Guinea seeking its future rector, as well as the search for an expert in innovation in agriculture and agri-food.

Wishing you an excellent year 2024.

Prof. Robert Laurini, Editor-in-Chief.