Headline: ECOWAS retreat from Faso
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Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba on Burkinabè national television, January 27, 2022. © RTB via AP
By: Norbert Navarro
4 mins
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Burkina Faso escapes new ECOWAS sanctions.
Gathered face-to-face in Ghana, in Accra, the capital to essentially discuss the coup d'etat in Faso, the heads of the Economic Community of West African States decided not to decide anything new in fact to sanctions against the Ouagalais authorities.
And the Burkinabè press breathes.
ECOWAS has "
listened to the voice of the people of Burkina Faso, but also that of all these politicians who are experts in turning jackets around and who suddenly changed sides, now discovering that the people were suffering while they were filling their pockets
", applauds
Wakat .
will be
. In so doing, "
could she act otherwise, she who seeks to restore lost credibility in her policy of ostriching over the negligence of certain Heads of State of the member countries who, in addition to subjecting the their peoples, opens a royal avenue towards the presidency for life, by the third mandates?
», notes this Ouagalais daily, also wondering whether or not this sub-regional organization is becoming «
the ECOWAS of the peoples
”.
From Ouagadougou, too, L'Observateur Paalga certainly breathes a “
sigh of relief
”.
But “
for how long?
he asks himself.
Because in Faso too, ECOWAS is asking to "
define a reasonable timetable for ending the crisis and returning to a normal constitutional order through elections".
So ?
So “Will Damiba cross the Rubicon with a Malian elastic transition or will he play hide and seek with ECOWAS?
asks L'Observateur Paalga.
Precisely, adds
Le Pays
,
this indulgence of ECOWAS vis-à-vis the country of honest men "
should not be taken as a blank check
".
Conversely, completes this Ouagalais daily, “
ECOWAS, insofar as it does not want to alienate the support of the peoples of its member countries, must work to restore its image, and that as soon as possible.
This consists for her, in addition to the principle which wants her to condemn military coups, to be intractable also vis-à-vis constitutional coups
”, whips
Le Pays.
The spring of the West African peoples
Also in Niger, the latest of the ECOWAS summits is fueling comments from the local press.
Witness
Mourya The Voice of Niger
.
“
In truth,
believes this Nigerien daily,
more than these examinations of putschs on a case-by-case basis, coups d'etat which could well multiply, more than this sprinkling of ECOWAS, it is also perhaps the very texts of the organization that will have to be reviewed bottom to bottom.
Instead of condemning coups d'etat without remission, an ineffective solution, it will be necessary to introduce the limitation of presidential terms to 2 or 3, to prohibit constitutional tampering by satraps.
And finally integrate the Copernican change that has taken place in recent years, namely the majority youth of the ECOWAS space who dream of something other than these small-time policies, and who are ready for anything if their needs are not taken into account.
Thus the ECOWAS of the peoples called for with all their wishes if not their anger by these modern Jean-Valjeans, will be a reality.
“, warns in a willingly flowery style, Mourya La Voix du Niger.
The Tamed Lions
Cameroon is eliminated from its CAN!
After a grueling penalty shootout, the "Indomitable Lions" were tamed by the Egyptian Pharaohs in the semi-finals of the African Cup of Nations.
Captain of the Cameroonian eleven, Vincent Aboubakar spoke of an “
individual flaw
” among the “Lions”, with players who wanted to “
shine alone, without thinking of the collective
”, reports the
Camfoot
site .
"
Apocalyptic
", that this penalty shootout at the end of which the "Pharaohs" won "
the scalp of the host country
", points, in France, the newspaper
L'Équipe
.
And the field "
in poor condition
" does not explain everything, underlines the French sports daily, because the Egyptians gave "
a lesson in realism
", and Cameroon "
did not deserve better, given the mediocrity of its performance
", believes colleague Hervé Penot, the “Lions” having “
in fact, played thirty minutes
(…)
before dying out
”.
It is a "
resounding failure for Cameroon
", lumberjack
L'Équipe.
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