When's the end of the manhunt?"

Same forms of repression

same live ammunition on the population, same arrests.

This Saturday morning, the marchers gathered in the vast space

where the protest march was to begin against the military junta and against France's involvement in the transition process.

There was live ammunition, therefore

and at close range, according to participants.

The marchers were dispersed very quickly in several districts.

We recorded a partial assessment of ten wounded and several arrests.

Despite the disappearance of Idriss Déby Itno, the MPS dictatorship continues in new forms: his son has taken his place to pursue the same policy, relying in particular on the same army. , which kept the country under its rule for thirty years.

The repression which fell on demonstrators very recently gives a hideous and revolting illustration of this.

collective response of workers and all the oppressed, the only way to roll back the dictatorship and chart the path towards a better future.

Obviously, we will have to come to terms with it.

Those who hoped that Idriss Déby's disappearance would result in a democratic puff, will have to be disillusioned.

For the country is not taking the path.

On the contrary, the scenario which emerges resembles in many respects what one knew in Gabon, after the death of Omar Bongo, in Togo after that of Gnassingbé Eyadema as well as in the DRC, after the death of Laurent Désiré. Kabila.

The political opposition and civil society are trying and will continue to try to resist.

This is to their credit.

But they will be no match,

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Opposite, protected by an army too jealous of the leading roles it has always played and the privileges it has continued to grant itself since independence and carried at arm's length by the international community, the young general Mahamat Idriss Deby left to succeed his father.

In this, the signals are more than obvious.

In the streets of Bamako, there is talk of

and some already imagine that these newborns will bear the first names of all the members of the transitional government. It must be said that beyond Mali, points to the Pan-African site, the exceptional story of Halima Cissé, this 25-year-old young Malian who gave birth to five girls and four boys on May 4, in Casablanca, Morocco. , has aroused the interest of the whole world.

In total, says Jeune Afrique, the delivery lasted thirty minutes, and the extraction

of the nine babies took place in precisely 2 minutes and 20 seconds, a record time.

Nine healthy babies, all weighing between 500 grams and one kilogram.

Placed in incubators, they will have to stay in the clinic for another two and a half months to reach the end of their development, before flying to Mali.

on the Malian side, where this story has triggered a great outpouring of solidarity, the State has opened a bank account for Halima Cissé, where various donations and public aid will be placed.

The nine babies will undoubtedly benefit from special support for many years to come.