Tension in Senegal, where supporters of Ousmane Sonko were scandalized yesterday Thursday by the fate of their leader. After appearing in court, the main opponent of President Macky Sall was forcibly removed from his car and driven home in an armored police van. As a result of these legal proceedings once morest him, Ousmane Sonko is threatened with ineligibility in the next presidential election, set for February 25, 2024. Electric atmosphere, yesterday morning, in court, where the mayor of Zinguinchor appeared, the dressed bodies having launched tear gas grenades on his sympathizers, who came in large numbers.
In Dakar, the capital, the daily 24 hoursin One wonders if this “ obstruction of freedom of movement” of Ousmane Sonko does not constitute “a repressive turn? ». « We must rise above and deal with issues with a sense of state, this daily enjoins. This is unfortunately not the slope followed by the regime in power. By refusing any surface of contact between Ousmane Sonko and the populations, it is the door open to a large-scale conflict », warns 24 hours.
In Burkina Faso, the daily When Sera wonders if Ousmane Sonko is a “ whipping boy ” or one “ outstanding troublemaker “, if he is “ the Turkish head of power in Senegal or a first-class agitator “. What is certain, in any case, is that Ousmane Sonko is ” a real itchy hair for Macky Sall whose chair he covets “, estimated When Serabefore recalling that “ the constitution does not allow a third term, automatically eliminating Macky Sall from the race for his own succession ».
The Guinean street is booming
Tension also in Guinea, where scuffles broke out yesterday in several neighborhoods of Conakry between demonstrators and police. The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution had called for demonstrations to demand the release of its leaders, the transparent management of the transition or a return to constitutional order. Barricades were erected, gunshots were heard.
In Conakry, the site of the newspaper Le Djély saw the roadway “ cut off ” in places, the “ makeshift dams “, THE ” tires on fire », shops and stores in « drawn curtains “. And the face-to-face tense “between law enforcement and young people” determined to invade the public highway ” and that ” do not intend to be confined ».
The Israeli pharmacy once morest the Red Cross
In Burkina Faso, an Israeli company, in 2020, was behind a campaign once morest the International Committee of the Red Cross. According to the newspaper The world and the consortium of investigative journalists Forbidden Stories, the Israeli company Percepto has designed a “ manipulation operation “in order to discredit, via fake Facebook, Twitter or even WhatsApp accounts, the international NGO ICRC, which is nothing less than the International Committee of the Red Cross, ” one of the most respected organizations in the world “, underline The world, but an organization perceived as a little too critical in Ouagadougou, passing it off as an accomplice of terrorist groups, this operation having been requested by the power of the former Burkinabè president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
Elective democracy to the sound of cannon
Launch, in the DRC, of enrollment operations in Goma, capital of North Kivu, “ where some territories are under occupation by M23 rebels, supported by Rwanda “, underlines in One The new observer. Nevertheless, the provincial authority assures that it has taken all the measures so that this enrollment operation takes place normally. ” Aware of this situation, the Government of the Republic and the CENI spare no effort so that everyone, including the displaced, can enjoy their most legitimate civic right. “, said the military governor of North Kivu, reports this Congolese daily.
Globalized Ivorian borders
In Côte d’Ivoire, finally, the reopening of land borders announced by the public authorities is fueling the debate. The PPA-CI, the party of Laurent Gbagbo, ” hold the government accountable “. This is what, with a title, indicates Evening Info. Reporting the content of the thirteenth forum of the spokesperson for the African Peoples’ Party-Côte d’Ivoire, presented as usual by President Gbagbo’s former budget minister, Justin Koné Katinan, this independent daily stresses ” l’impact » economic and social of the closure of the land borders of Côte d’Ivoire during the coronavirus pandemic. This newspaper points out that a few weeks ago, the Ivorian government ” announced the massive arrival of Burkinabè refugees (in Côte d’Ivoire)… How to make such an announcement when the borders (were) declared closed “, said the executive vice-president of the PPA-CI, reports Evening Info ? From then on, all that remained was to reopen them. But their closure was only decided “ by imitation of what was done elsewhere “, lumbered Justin Koné Katinan, points once more Evening Info.
