In the spotlight: Mali, between legal proceedings and tributes to Soumaïla Cissé
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Former Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé during a march in September 2018 in Bamako.
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By: Aurélien Devernoix
9 min
Publicity
"
Ras Bath and his co-accused placed under arrest warrant
",
soberly headlines the newspaper of Mali
, relaying the press release of the public prosecutor and recalling that the arrests of the radio columnist and four other suspects accused of "
attempt to destabilize the State
”were made under“
troubled circumstances
”.
Maliweb
for its part gives the floor to the lawyers of the accused for whom these indictments are "
nothing other than a cabal
", denouncing the "
kidnapping and sequestration
" of their clients and reserving "
the right to seize the courts. national and international
”.
But on the side of the judicial authorities, one evokes, always in Maliweb, "
of the contacts and suspicious movements and actions of sabotage
".
Jeune Afrique
recalls
that Sékou Traoré is not concerned by this imprisonment because of his status as secretary general of the presidency which gives him the rank of minister.
Mali's last tribute to Soumaïla Cissé
"
The president that Mali will never have
", headlines
The Conversation
.
This is an analysis by researcher Lamine Savane, taken up by several publications.
The article returns at length
to Soumaïla Cissé's
political and professional career
and wonders if “
his sudden disappearance reshuffles the cards on the political spectrum?
"
Yes according to Lamine Savane, first of all because he appeared to be "
the favorite of the next post-transition electoral rounds
", but also because his death "
raises another crucial point, that of the survival or not of his party, the URD
”.
However, according to the researcher who relies on an American study, the death of a leader of a political party often signals the end of it.
Maliweb for its part publishes
a tribute paid by the former Guinean Prime Minister Kabiné Komara.
The latter remembers one of his last conversations with Soumaïla Cissé during which the Malian politician told him that he was "
convinced that time would give him the opportunity to officiate in the destinies of his battered Mali
".
But Kabiné Komara laments, “
this destiny, the contours of which were already beginning to be drawn, has taken the form of a testament which should enlighten the entire political family of Mali.
"
He fulfilled his destiny, being elected president during his first attempt in 2012, Macky Sall set his goals for 2021. The Senegalese president promises "
a visible and legible change
",
headlines DakarActu
, in particular on the side of road and rail infrastructure, ports and airports.
"
I will continue to dialogue to bring together all our strengths and our intelligence
", also announced the Head of State and this sentence,
the Sun makes its title
.
But the challenges are numerous, notes
Sud Quotidien
, and in particular the organization of local elections, postponed three times in 2020. “
An emergency
” according to the daily, just like the president's ability to generate “
citizen involvement in the fight” against the pandemic.
"
But
Sud Quotidien
also believes that Macky Sall “
should not avoid the big question related to the third term that is troubling citizens.
"Hope disappointed since on this subject"
Macky Sall stands on his position
",
Seneweb title
.
No question for him to speak on the subject and, specifies the Head of State, "
I will not accept that a member of my party or my coalition speaks about it.
"
Nor for that matter the journalists,
squeaks SeneNews
which notes that the chief information officer of
RFM
who asked the president the question last year was not invited this year to the traditional end-of-year press conference. .
An end of the year 2020 more or less worthily celebrated in Guinea
Two fairly antagonistic reports
in Djely
, on the one hand "
the gloomy atmosphere"
in Kankan where usually, explains the newspaper, "the
end of year festivities are grandiose
".
But customers are scarce in the city's markets.
A clothing saleswoman explains that she saw only one person in her shop and she "
turned back and said that the price was exorbitant
".
A resident analyzes the situation: "
people are poor and the Covid-19 has shrunk economies, we will get used to it, hoping that 2021 will be better
".
It is not the great form therefore on the side of the Kankanese, but in Coyah on the outskirts of Conakry, customers jostled on the market KM36
noted the Djely
, causing "
a monster traffic jam
" and allowing "
some traders to raise the prices. price.
"
Because everyone wants to wear their best clothes
" for the end of the year, while the bosses of the maquis, cabarets and nightclubs, for their part, stood by in front of the drink depots.
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