Africa press review
In the spotlight: Paris again and again in the sights of Bamako
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Colonel Assimi Goïta, president of the Malian transition.
Here, during his investiture ceremony in Bamako, June 7, 2021. © AFP/Annie Risemberg
By: Frédéric Couteau Follow
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The announcement was made last night on the 8 p.m. news on national television by the government spokesperson,
reports
Maliweb
:
a small group of soldiers attempted a coup against the transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goita.
It was on the night of May 11 to 12, with the "
unhealthy intention of breaking the dynamics of the Refoundation of Mali
".
The alleged perpetrators of the putsch attempt were supported, according to the government spokesman, by a “
Western state
”.
"
No country is mentioned, but all eyes are likely to turn to France in the coming hours
," notes
Jeune Afrique
.
Yesterday still partner of Mali of IBK, Paris became the sworn enemy of the mode of Assimi Goïta
, notes the Pan-African site.
Last Friday, a demonstration calling for the end of
"the French military presence" - scheduled for in a few months -
was still organized in the Malian capital.
»
The day before yesterday, Mali also announced that it was leaving the G5-Sahel.
Here again, France is targeted.
France is accused of interference through this organization.
This is what this column published by
Maliweb points to
: the G5-Sahel, “
it is the false beard of neocolonial France in Africa.
The G5 Sahel, as a stillborn organizational absurdity, had already died a beautiful death.
The legal fraud at the base of its assembly makes it a ghostly organization in the sense of a puppet articulated from the Elysée Palace which submits it to all the neocolonial contortions.
»
A counterproductive strategic dynamic...
So why this outbreak of anti-French hives in Mali and even beyond?
The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), publishes a report this Tuesday, May 17 on this subject.
Elie Tenenbaum, director of the Center for Security Studies at IFRI explains in
Le Point Afrique
: “
we have a strategic dynamic that produces the opposite of what it was supposed to produce,
he says.
She sought to make partnership, she produced friction, in particular with Mali.
She tried to stem the deterioration in security, but she did not succeed.
She sought to preserve the interests of France and there is an exacerbated anti-French feeling.
We focused mainly on the fight against terrorism,
explains Élie Tenenbaum,
who has taken a decisive, almost blinding place.
There is a divergence of strategic priorities with local actors who can be very opportunistic: a local agreement with the jihadists can sometimes be less worrying for them than a reform of the electoral or constitutional system. Moreover, democratic conditionality puts us at odds with regimes which are in complete retreat on this point and which do not hesitate to assert competition with competitors who do not condition their support on any criteria. interior. This is the Russian offer and there are others not far away, such as those from China or Turkey.
»
Perkoa miners: a miracle?
Also on the front page, no doubt soon the epilogue in the drama of the Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso.
It has been a month since 8 miners have been stuck at the bottom of this mine, more than 500 m deep, following a flood.
Were they able to take refuge in one of the rooms of refuge?
Are they still alive?
Yesterday, reports the information site
WakatSéra
, the rescuers arrived at this famous room of refuge.
“
They couldn't see inside through the glass because of the mud.
But it turns out that it is intact, that it has not been washed away.
»
However, other media announce that there should be little hope.
According to the
Le Faso.net
site , the refuge chamber would in fact be flooded and it would no longer be connected to the ventilation system.
So, “
will the miracle of Perkoa take place?
asks
L'Observateur Paalga
.
We will probably know in the hours to come.
“
At this crucial moment, both long-awaited and feared, of the rescue operation, the whole Nation is holding its breath
.
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