Burkina-Press-Review
Military cooperation and vandalism on the front page of Burkinabe newspapers
Ouagadougou, August 25, 2022 (AIB) – This Thursday’s publications return to the vandalism followed by the burning of the vehicle of the activist, Serge Bayala, without forgetting the military cooperation between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
“Burkina-Mali-Niger: A new dynamic of military cooperation in sight”, headlines the state daily Sidwaya.
The public newspaper reports that the Minister’s Council yesterday Wednesday in Ouagadougou, specified that the new strategy of fight against terrorism will make it possible to collaborate with the neighboring countries, namely Mali, Niger and Benin having common challenges. .
In the same vein, the private daily, L’Express du Faso, published in Bobo-Dioulasso maintains that the G5 Sahel is suffering, because the solidarity which constitutes a central element of cooperation is experiencing difficulties between certain countries.
The Bobolais newspaper adds that the most problematic area of the terrorist threat remains the area of the three borders (Mali-Niger-Benin).
By the way, the private daily Le Pays notes that the new dynamic of cooperation between Burkina and Niger is on the right track.
Under another heading, the dean of the private dailies of Burkina, L’Observateur Paalga comments on the remarks of the spokesman of the government, Lionel Bilgo on the fire of the vehicle of the activist Serge Bayala.
According to Mr. Bilgo, “Burkina Faso is sufficiently concerned about a serious enough security issue that we must not surf on emotions or play on the intelligence of the populations”.
The private newspaper Le Pays, for its part, points out that the fire in Serge Bayala’s vehicle continues to create controversy within national opinion.
According to the colleague, the Burkinabè Movement for Human and Peoples’ Rights (MBDHP), through a declaration, denounces a macabre plan of intimidation.
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