Headlines: IBK straight in his boots

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The Malian president emerged from his silence yesterday to speak to the nation, ten days after the great demonstration of the opposition bringing together political parties, religious organizations and associations from civil society. A movement which has further expanded since and which has been dubbed M5-RFP.

"  The disappointment was great ," says L'Indépendant in Bamako. It was expected that President IBK, who had wallowed in a thick silence since the gigantic rally on June 5, would finally pronounce on the requirement of his 'resignation' as well as that of his regime (…). Or that failing that, he makes strong announcements to ease the tension and relaunch the dialogue. In particular the dissolution of the National Assembly and the Constitutional Court. Nothing has happened, says L'Indépendant. He simply reiterated his availability for dialogue once again . "

And the Malian daily newspaper to raise the tone: "  IBK, obviously, did not learn the lesson, just as it does not seem to worry about the agitations of more than two million of its compatriots, last June 5, and the acts groups of 'salafists, haters and embitterers' as his thuriferous seem to present. IBK remains in the sights of M5-RFP and the question remains, wonders L'Indépendant: will it be successful and under what conditions? "

For its part, the M5-MFP calls for a new big demonstration next Friday, Place de l'Independance in Bamako, still to demand the resignation of IBK.

Coalition for the Sahel: umpteenth structure and umpteenth meeting

Also on the front page, yesterday's meeting of the Coalition for the Sahel ... "  Initiative of the French government, chaired by Jean-Yves Le Drian, this first ministerial meeting of the Coalition for the Sahel, really did not take any decisions major, cutting edge Today in Burkina Faso. It was a question of making an inventory of stages of the 4 'pillars' of international initiatives, namely the fight against terrorism, the strengthening of national armies, support for the deployment of the State and development aid. Objective: to make the G5 Sahel more efficient, more impactful, a posture that will not be too much with the operationalization of the Task Force Takuba which has entered into action.  "

Yet another meeting!, Annoys Le Pays , still in Ouaga. “  The meetings devoted to the issue of security and development in the Sahel are starting to tire and exasperate the populations, as they are so numerous and ineffective. To this must be added the plethora of structures in charge of working to resolve the problem . "

And “  the beneficial effects of all these structures are still pending, sighs Le Pays again. And it is not the poor peasant from Barsalogho in Burkina who fled his home and his field to find himself in a camp for internally displaced people where he lives in precarious or even humiliating conditions, who will say the opposite. Examples of this kind abound in almost all the countries of the G5 Sahel, so much so that one can ask the question of what is the use of this diarrhea of ​​meetings (…). Another thing we can be sure of, concludes the Burkinabe daily, is that these meetings with the shovel in no way disturb the sleep of the terrorists.  "

Abidjan: what water!

A real flood fell on Abidjan this weekend ... There was a death in Abobo-Belleville and several wounded, in particular in Yopougon, during the collapse of a house. But for Fraternité Matin , we avoided the worst, thanks to the sanitation works carried out by the government. The government that "  won the battle of the great flood zones  ", headlines the newspaper. Morning fraternity which congratulates the one we nicknamed "  Bulldozer Mum  ", Anne Ouloto, the Minister of Sanitation and Sanitation. “  At the same time, a few years ago , recalls the newspaper, there were many dead and displaced. (…) But Anne Ouloto went there, with her infrastructure works for collecting rainwater, preventing floods and eliminating wastewater.  "

The Covid-19 continues its murderous journey ...

Finally, “  Senegal crosses the bar of 5,000 positive cases for coronavirus.  »Front page information from the 24 Hours daily newspaper . The number of people having been infected by the virus since its appearance in the country, on March 2, now stands at 5,090.

Le Monde Afrique reminded us a few days ago: “  Even if Africa only records 3% of coronavirus cases, the pandemic is accelerating there.  »With a doubling of cases in less than 20 days.

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