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The Senegalese press returned in its issue of Monday July 4, to the lifting of economic and financial sanctions by ECOWAS once morest Mali. “Relief on the Dakar-Bamako axis”, says the national daily Le Soleil, which underlines a note already “very salty” for Senegalese economic operators. Accra summit of July 3, “ECOWAS lifts sanctions once morest Mali”, headlines L’AS. The newspaper speaks of “phew of relief” for the Malian people. + Embargo once morest Mali +, “ECOWAS raises its elbow on the Malian file”, indicates Walf Quotidien. The newspaper added that “Mali is regaining some of its lungs that it had lost since January 9 following the ECOWAS sanctions”. “When tabaski accelerates the opening of borders”, headlines La Tribune. The newspaper explains that this decision by the regional organization comes following the adoption of a timetable which sets a 24-month transition for the military in power Mali. Bes Bi, “The Day” remains measured and evokes a “provisional freedom” for Mali with a partial lifting of sanctions. The publication maintains that the financial sanctions which targeted certain Malian leaders are still maintained. Mali also remains suspended from ECOWAS bodies. At the national level, EnQuête devotes a file on the “specter of floods” this year with “excess to normal rainfall”, announced by the national weather forecast. The newspaper points out that in Keur Massar, a locality located in the Dakar suburbs and very affected by the floods of last year, the work is 85% complete. L’Observateur, for its part, evokes the return of the phenomenon of clandestine emigration. The newspaper indicates that despite the resumption of makeshift boats to Spain, the latest figures from the interministerial committee for the fight once morest illegal emigration (Cilec), however, note a considerable drop in the phenomenon. In sport, many newspapers have returned to the postponement of the Can which was to be held in June 2023 in Côte d’Ivoire. Stades explains this major meeting of African football, was postponed by six months by the Confederation of African Football (Caf). It will now be held in January-February 2024, because of the rainy season in June, in the land of the Ébrié lagoon.

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