In the spotlight: the diary sow riddle
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Photo of Diary Sow taken in Dakar on August 7, 2020 and obtained by AFP from the Senegalese presidency.
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By: Norbert Navarro
8 min
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We still have no news of the Senegalese student Diary Sow, missing since January 4 in Paris.
"
Diary, the mystery,
" launches
EnQuête
en Une.
As this Dakar daily underlines,
"the Senegalese are asking more and more questions about the real reasons for this mysterious disappearance
".
Because
EnQuête
has a
sort of
doubt.
“
Everything suggests that the diplomatic representation (Senegalese based in Paris) is hiding the truth from the people
, said this newspaper.
Why ?
Mystery and rubber ball
”.
Because
as assured by the Senegalese consulate in Paris,
"the police confirmed that the life (of Diary Sow) was not in danger
".
For its part, the daily
Rewmi
also
puts it into
perspective by publishing the figures for disappearances in France, where “
between 40,000 and 50,000 people disappear each year, a constant figure.
A quarter of these cases are considered "worrying" and are the subject of investigations, the missing being, most of the time, found
", underlines
Rewmi
.
Conversely, the family of Diary Sow, deeply worried, excludes the thesis of voluntary disappearance.
This was observed on the spot by the French daily
Liberation
, in the district of Malicounda, not far from Mbour, in Senegal.
Since January 4,
“Little Sister
”, as the Senegalese colleagues baptized Diary Sow, has not given any sign of life or attended classes at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, in Paris, where she studies science in preparatory class. .
In Malicounda, her paternal aunt told this daily her affection for Diary, "
where she is, she only aspires to one thing: to return home, to find her brothers and her mother
", wants to believe Safietou Sow (it is is the name of said tantie).
Who says that Diary's mother "
has not eaten a single spoonful of rice since the announcement of his disappearance, not a single one (...) He's a tortoise
," she said, before telling
Libé
that the missing woman "
would never have run away."
And even if she had had a lover, why jeopardize her studies, the fight of her life?
We don't believe it for a second,
”Aunt Safi told
Liberation
.
Sevo forever
in Uganda?
In Uganda, it's time for the count after yesterday's presidential and legislative elections.
For the presidential election, this ballot actually boiled down to a duel between outgoing president Yoweri Museveni and the opponent Bobi Wine.
It was
"the match within the match,
" said the Burkinabè daily
Wakat Sera
.
Bobi Wine, “
the singer, actor, businessman and deputy, was still in the cradle (…) when his opponent took power in 1986, following the overthrow (a year earlier) of President Milton Oboté.
A 38-year age gap (only) spicing up this election which takes on the colors of a generational struggle
, ”underlines
Wakat Sera
.
But in terms of struggle, this daily Ouagadougou has no illusions.
“In French,“ Wine ”, meaning“ wine ”, it is certain that over time, like sweet nectar, the“ president of the ghetto ”will improve.
But for now (…) the Ugandan ballot boxes could speak well, once again, for Yoweri Museveni,
”predicts
Wakat Sera
.
The elections yesterday in Uganda?
Just an
electoral
“jamboree
”, formulates
L'Observateur Paalga
.
Because "
one thing is certain: except for an earthquake, Museveni will win this presidential election
", in turn augurs this other Ouagalan daily.
United, the Ivorian opposition wants a postponement of the legislative elections
Other elections, but to come these, the legislative ones in Ivory Coast.
And this disagreement about the date of the poll.
Even if, as the
government daily
Fraternité Matin
proclaims "
in the headlines
"
, "
the complete chronogram (is) known
", the opposition is "
not in agreement with the CEI on the calendar
", retorts that of the newspaper
Le Nouveau Réveil
, close to the PDCI of President Henri Konan Bédié.
Being reminded that the said Electoral Commission has retained March 6, as the date of the legislative elections, in front page, the daily newspaper
Today
, close to the former President of the Republic Laurent Gbagbo specifies that
"the opposition requests the postponement of the election to March 30
”.
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