On the front page: "Barkhane" beheads the Katiba du Gourma
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Captain Pierre and his men from logistics subgroup n ° 2 (SGL 2) of the Logistics Desert Tactical Group (GTD LOG).
They led refueling operations for the benefit of the Barkhane Force from the military base of Gao to that of Timbuktu.
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By: Norbert Navarro
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In Mali, the leader of the jihadist group GSIM in Gourma, Nasser al-Tergui, was neutralized by the French military force "Barkhane".
"
It is a new blow that the French army deals with the jihadist groups,
underlines, in Burkina Faso, the daily newspaper
Le Pays
, the death of Nasser al-Tergui sounds like
" a warning for his mentor, the head even of ( Support group for Islam and Muslims), Iyad Ag Ghali
”.
However, warns this Ouagalan newspaper, this “
neutralization
” (as the soldiers say) risks “
adding fuel
to the fire in the already very tense relations between France and Mali
”.
Cacophonie in Bamako
This “Barkhane” operation comes amid the cacophony in Bamako, where the Malian junta denies the opening of a dialogue with the jihadists, yet admitted at the beginning of the week by the Malian Ministry of Religious Affairs. Opening or not of a dialogue that
Le Figaro
explains by the Afghan example. As this French daily emphasizes, Afghanistan "
has shown that dialogue is possible but that, too late, it could lead to the defeat and the brutal withdrawal of Western forces
".
To which can be added the facts: that the jihadist leaders, who for a long time were largely foreigners, Algerians in particular, "
are today mostly local
", first of all;
that the security situation deteriorated, then.
Thus, "at the
end of September, a jihadist attack killed five gendarmes on the road between Bamako and Kayes, in the west, very far from the northern bases of the Islamists
", notes
Le Figaro
.
Journal in which an expert stresses that this road
"
is fundamental for the economy because it links Mali to the port of Dakar through which 60% of the country's trade passes".
A source assures
Le Figaro
that this risk "
pushed the junta to act
".
Choguel Maïga, the target of Figaro
Le Figaro
also publishes a long portrait of Prime Minister Choguel Maïga.
A vitriolic portrait.
This newspaper is indeed attacking Choguel Maïga who does not have, according to this daily, "
necessarily the future in front of him
".
The junta seems to have limited confidence in him, remembering that he recently denounced "
a military government"
, and assured that
"the M5 would not be complicit in the installation of a military regime".
“Choguel is not one of the real decision-makers who are all soldiers of the junta.
He is kept away, ”
says a good source in
Le Figaro
.
When Bendjo breaks through under Bédié
In Côte d'Ivoire, President Bédié is completing his plan to revitalize the PDCI, the former single party, which he leads.
He has just made a promotion that will not go unnoticed, that of Noël Akossy Bendjo.
As the daily
Le Nouveau Réveil
proclaims, Noël Akossy Bendjo, vice-president of the PDCI and former mayor of the commune of Plateau in Abidjan, has been appointed special adviser in charge of reconciliation and social cohesion to the PDCI president. GDR Henri Konan Bédié.
Then ?
So
Le Nouveau Réveil
, this morning, is full of praise for Noël Akossy Bendjo, whom this newspaper close to the PDCI presents as “
open, accessible, courageous, the verb frank and courteous (…) with (in particular) both feet in the Atchan tradition
”.
This "
influential member of the Executive Secretariat
" of the party appears under the pen of the
Nouveau Réveil
as "
the knot that links the old generation and the new generation
" with a view to an "
inclusive national reconciliation desired since July 11, 2021, during the visit. from President Laurent Gbagbo to Daoukro, to President Henri Konan Bédié ”.
Finally, it should be noted that the appointment of Bendjo is also on the front page of these other dailies close to the PDCI which are
Last Hour,
Le Bélier and L'Héritage
.
As we can see, it seems that things are moving at the head of the party created by "the Father of the Ivorian nation, Félix Houphouët-Boigny ...
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