In the spotlight: legal victory for Simone Gbagbo
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Simone Gbagbo, during an opposition rally in Abidjan, September 14, 2019 © AFP - Sia Kambou
By: Norbert Navarro
13 mins
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The ICC lifts its international arrest warrant
against the former First Lady of Côte d'Ivoire.
"
The former first lady
" of Côte d'Ivoire is "
now free of any movement,
" underlines the
Koaci.com
site from the
outset.
As this online newspaper reminds us, six years ago, “
an arrest warrant from the Cpi was issued against Simone Gbagbo
”. However, Koaci adds, "
the Ivorian authorities refused to hand over the ex-first lady
" to the International Criminal Court.
It was at the request of the “
new prosecutor of the jurisdiction, Karim AA Khan
” that the international arrest warrant against Simone Gbagbo was lifted, underlines the independent daily
Soir Info
. This newspaper reports that the ICC also orders the notification of this decision "
to all the States which have been seized of the issuance of this arrest warrant
".
"
It is clearly a great relief
" for Simone Gbagbo, states for its part the daily
Inter
. This newspaper notes that the prosecution justified its request to quash the proceedings against Simone Gbagbo by the fact that there was "
no reasonable chance
" that the said accusation "
could provide the necessary evidence for the holding of a trial.
".
"
The ICC overwhelmed by Simone
", rejoices the daily
Today
, it is a "
judicial rouste inflicted on Fatou Bensouda
", logger this daily (and we will specify here that the word "rouste" means "beating") . Today salutes an “
important victory in a personal capacity but also for the law (…) For Simone, so believer, it is God who has just shown his work (and) his truncated image of woman of blood conveyed in the Western media over an avalanche of remote-controlled articles will now take the time to recover
”. In this diary, Maître Rodrigue Dadjé, lawyer for Simone Gbagbo, said he felt "
a feeling of justice
", while speaking of "
great relief for the former First Lady
”.
In Mali, General Diawara indicted in the Birama Touré affair
The former director of security during the presidency of Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta has been imprisoned.
This senior Malian officer was arrested yesterday and placed under lockdown in Bamako after having been accused in particular of complicity in kidnapping, kidnapping, acts of torture and criminal association, as part of the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Birama Touré… who has not given any sign of life for five years.
Information treated soberly by
Malijet
.
“
Wait and see !!!
», Is limited to state this newspaper online.
According to
Malikilé
, the general "
is currently being held in the premises of the École de la Gendarmerie
" in Bamako. In any case, the dean of the examining magistrates of Commune IV of Bamako has once again “
struck a big blow
”, appreciates this Bamako colleague.
In Burkina Faso, the daily
Le Pays
is delighted that “
the lines are starting to move
” in this affair. However, regrets this Ouagalan newspaper, “for
lack of thrushes, we eat blackbirds. Failing to get hold of this big fish which is taking it easy in Côte d'Ivoire and over which suspicion of the disappearance of the intrepid investigative journalist weighs in, we must be content with the catch of this fry which, at in many ways, is still a big catch,
”states
Le Pays
.
“
Better late than never,”
bid his local colleague
L'Observateur Paalga
, “and we keep our fingers crossed that the legal trap tightens in its mesh, not only the fry but also the big fish, mean by that all those who, near or far, are involved in the disappearance and perhaps the death of Birama Touré
”, wants to believe this Ouagalais newspaper.
In Senegal, the coronavirus is rapidly gaining ground
And health professionals are calling for help.
This is what the newspaper
La Croix
reports
.
With the appearance of the Delta variant, Senegal is faced with a spread of the virus that the French Catholic daily qualifies as "massive", the country having known since the beginning of July an "outbreak" of cases.
“
The situation is unbearable,
”
a Dakar general practitioner
told
La Croix
.
"
I must refuse hospitalizations so as not to endanger patients already admitted,
" laments another Senegalese practitioner working on the Petite Côte, south of Dakar, reports the French Catholic daily.
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