Africa press review
In the spotlight: the ECOWAS summit on Mali
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ECOWAS Heads of State are meeting this Friday, March 25 in Accra, Ghana (photo illustration).
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By: Norbert Navarro
3 mins
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With, perhaps, a beginning of relaxation in perspective
There is like "
a thaw in the air
", reports
Maliweb
, there could be "an understanding" between the different parties during the meeting between heads of state of the Economic Community of African States. West today in Accra.
This is what suggests "
the benevolence
" with which the ECOWAS commission sent the invitation to the President of the Transition to participate in the meeting, points out this Malian site.
Optimism shared in neighboring Niger by the
Mourya newspaper, La Voix du Niger
.
Which predicts that this meeting could well prove to be "
the beginning of the end of the showdown between their country and the sub-regional organization
", because the thaw can be perceived by this decision taken the day before this news consultation of the Mali patient by the Court of Justice of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, which is requesting a stay of execution, “
or in easy French, the suspension of economic sanctions against Bamako
”!
So, what transition in Mali?
For
Mourya, La Voix du Niger
, "
it is therefore important that between one more year suggested by ECOWAS and the two years that the Malian authorities should propose, according to the backstage before the summit, a modus vivendi be found in Accra, to get out of this crisis which continues and does not help anyone
".
Finally in Burkina Faso, the daily newspaper
Le Pays
in turn wonders if “
white smoke
” will come out of Accra.
According to this Ouagadougou newspaper, "
it is time to put an end to the arm wrestling and Accra could be a turning point to settle this dispute which really does not help any party: neither Bamako which is bent under the weight of isolation sanctions, nor the ECOWAS, which has lost a lot of esteem among the populations, because of these sanctions widely considered as disproportionate as they are inappropriate
, ”said
Le Pays
.
In Burkina Faso, Gilbert Diendéré's lawyers at the trial of the presumed assassins of President Thomas Sankara demanded the acquittal of the former head of the Presidential Security Regiment.
This general is accused of attacking state security, complicity in assassination, concealment of a corpse and subornation of a witness.
Main defendant present at the Ouagadougou military court, Gilbert Dienderé is tried in the absence of ex-president Blaise Compaoré, suspected of being the sponsor of the assassination of Thomas Sankara, as well as that of Hyacinthe Kafando, suspected of leading the assassination squad.
At the beginning of February, the military prosecutor's office had demanded twenty years in prison against Gilbert Diendéré.
In Ouagadougou, the newspaper
WakatSera
points out that "
the lawyers of Lieutenant Gilbert Diendéré at the time of the facts, ask that the court not judge according to the opinion which has already condemned
" their client.
Football, finally, with the first leg of the play-offs for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The most anticipated is the one that will oppose, today, in Cairo, the two finalists of the last CAN, Egypt and Senegal.
In the Senegalese press this morning, the fever is rising.
It will be the revenge of the CAN, or the duel between two Liverpool stars, the Senegalese Sadio Mané and the Egyptian Mohamed Salah.
According to the Senegalese daily
EnQuête
, "
the band of Sadio Mané is ready to challenge the Pharaohs
".
According to this Dakar newspaper, the Teranga Lions "
will not be out of place
", those who walked on the lawn of the Cairo stadium where they lost the CAN 2019 final...
In any case, according to the coach of the Senegalese team, the Lions are "
still hungry
", reports the newspaper
24 Hours
.
“
We face Egypt for two complicated matches,” said Aliou Cissé.
Senegal is there to continue to progress and write its history
”.
With such an appetite, will the lions make the pharaohs their next meal?
That is the question…
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