Headlines: France and Mali at odds over dialogue with jihadists
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Jean-Yves Le Drian during his stay in Bamako where he visited for the first time since the coup d'état of August 18.
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By: Johanne Burgell
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Visiting Mali, the head of French diplomacy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, closed the door to a possible dialogue with armed groups,
explains
Le Point Afrique
.
“
The least we can say is that the Minister of Foreign Affairs left no room for doubt about the French position vis-à-vis jihadist groups.
"
Le Point Afrique
quotes the words of Jean-Yves Le Drian, responding to the press on Monday:"
Let us say things very clearly: there are the peace agreements
[...]
and then there are the terrorist groups which have not signed the peace agreements
[…].
Things are simple.
"
A point of divergence with Bamako underlined by Maliweb
The news site explains: “
Malian Transitional Prime Minister Moctar Ouane said he was open to discussions with Islamist rebels whose insurgency has made large areas of the country ungovernable.
".
Maliweb
continues: “
Some supporters of the negotiations have said they could include greater recognition of Islam in public life.
"
The daily newspaper
Today
, in Burkina, looks back in particular on the Algiers agreements of 2015. “
The FAMA alternate berezina with a few victories gathered here and there.
But alas, the Algiers Accords are struggling to be fully operationalized.
"What pushes
Today
to conclude:"
We then understand the scathing response tinged with a touch of annoyance from Jean-Yves Le Drian
.
Félicien Kabuga transferred to The Hague
He is suspected of being one of the main financiers of the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda.
“
Less than a month after the rejection of his cassation appeal in France, the former businessman Félicien Kabuga was handed over yesterday to the UN Mechanism on Rwanda, in The Hague, before a possible transfer to Arusha
»,
Said
Jeune Afrique
.
Félicien Kabuga is targeted by seven charges, including those of "
genocide
" and "
crimes against humanity
".
But the main unknown to this day remains his state of health.
Aged 84, 87 according to him, and imprisoned since May in the prison of Health, he is, according to his defense, the subject of regular medical monitoring.
“
Félicien Kabuga suffers from diabetes and hypertension in particular.
His lawyers felt that his condition made his transfer to Arusha impossible.
"
Post-election violence in Guinea
: the authorities provide a new assessment
This violence has allegedly claimed 21 victims since last Monday, the day after the presidential election.
But this figure still differs from what the opposition says, which speaks of at least 27 killed.
Enough to make
the Observer Paalga
react
in Burkina Faso.
"
The compilation of the results finished, now it's the deaths that we compile.
Deaths whose blood spilled further separates the designated winner of the presidential election, Alpha Condé, from his opponents, foremost among whom is Cellou Dalein Diallo.
"
Guinea, where ECOWAS, the African Union and the UN have dispatched a mission
The mission met on Monday with officials from the Election Commission, the government and the diplomatic corps.
Cellou Dalein Diallo, the candidate of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea, surrounded by his close collaborators and the joint mission tried to defuse the post-electoral crisis.
The meeting took place at his home, still blocked by the police.
According to Guinéelive
:
“
For the occasion, the leader of the UFDG first exposed the many frauds orchestrated by the Alpha Condé regime with Soviet scores awarded to the RPG candidate.
"Another problem put forward by Cellou Dalein Diallo and told by Guinéelive:"
It is the calculation made by the Céni which grants votes to the candidates more than the number of voters.
Results manufactured according to him by the administration.
"
The reaction of Cameroonian President Paul Biya after the Kumba school massacre
Saturday morning, seven students were killed, a dozen others injured.
Two hours after the massacre, the Head of State wrote to the governor of the South-West region,
tells
Le Journal du Cameroun
, which site Paul Biya's comments on social networks: “
I learned with great sadness the horrible murder of several students, which took place in the town of Kumba.
I condemn with the greatest firmness this barbaric and cowardly crime against the innocent,
”writes the Cameroonian president.
Paul Biya offered his condolences to the families and the teaching staff, and asked that the perpetrators of this act respond to justice.
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