In the headlines: the French army killed the leader of AQIM responsible for the assassination of G. Dupont and C. Verlon
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Claude Verlon and Ghislaine Dupont, RFI special envoys in Mali, were kidnapped and murdered in Kidal on Saturday, November 2, 2013. RFI
By: Norbert Navarro
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A week ago, in northern Mali, the French army eliminated Baye ag Bakabo, the jihadist leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
This man was "
responsible for the kidnapping
" in November 2013 of our colleagues Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon, "
murdered after being taken hostage,
" recalls the
Parisian
site
.
Noting in an old article in
Jeune Afrique
that, since 2010, Baye ag Bakabo was known to the intelligence services, both as "
a bandit, a trafficker and a jihadist
",
Le Parisien
underlines that his responsibility in the kidnapping of our two comrades "
had been established by the use of his personal vehicle and by telephone calls made to AQIM officials
".
Announcing the news of his death, the Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly recalled that France remained "
committed against international terrorism, alongside Sahelian countries, and for the security of Europe and the French
", reports
Le Parisien
in line.
Read also: Assassination of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon: the commando leader killed by the French army
In Mali, the composition of the new government was unveiled on Friday.
A cabinet dominated by the military.
Twenty eight ministers and, indeed, soldiers in key positions, such as Security and National Reconciliation, but also and above all Defense, again entrusted to Colonel Sadio Camara, him whose ousting from the government at the end of May, by the former president of the transition, Bah Ndaw, was considered as the triggering event of Colonel Assimi Goïta's second coup in nine months.
Conversely, Colonel Modibo Koné, one of the main figures of the former CNSP, "is
leaving Security and Civil Protection
", underlines
Jeune Afrique
.
Note also the appointment of Ibrahima Ikassa Maïga, to the Ministry of State Refoundation.
Like the Prime Minister, he comes from the M5 movement, while being a member of the party of the late former opponent Soumaïla Cissé.
Early legislative elections today in Algeria
Some 24 million voters are called to elect the 407 deputies of the National People's Congress, for a five-year term.
A poll that will obviously take place without enthusiasm.
"
Legislative in renewed indifference
", collects, in a formula,
Le Figaro
, to describe this election, the first since the birth of Hirak in February 2019. Because several parties "
and the population
" shun this vote. Especially since the power has just arrested opponents. Among those arrested in Algiers was the independent journalist Khaled Drareni, released overnight. Arrests made, in any case, in application of a presidential ordinance modifying the penal code and broadening the legal definition of terrorism.
Lack of enthusiasm for this election?
"
For lack of polls, it is impossible to consider the participation rate
", admits
Le Figaro
, but "
some media (it) promise" historically low "taking as proof the few people in the meetings
", even if this daily notes that the election campaign "
generates a lot of interest online
".
As for the Islamist parties, they are "
at the gates of power
" in Algeria, further points out
Le Figaro
.
Also on the front page, the G7 is mobilizing to distribute vaccines to developing countries
A billion doses of anti-coronavirus vaccines for countries that lack it, this is the promise of the seven great gathered for three days in Carbis Bay, in Cornwall. An announcement "
received in a mixed manner by many actors involved in vaccination
", notes
Le Figaro
.
It must be said that "
Africa lacks doses
", underlines this newspaper, and "
the latest data indicate vaccination rates between 1% and 2% on the continent, far from the 10% set as a target for the month of September.
".
"
At this rate, only seven of the fifty-four countries in Africa will be able to reach this threshold,
" warned the director of WHO Africa, who did not hide her concern about an increase in cases, constant since. three weeks, and which, according to her, suggests that a "
third wave
" is looming in Africa.
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