Africa press review

In the spotlight: terrible massacre in central Mali

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A Malian army convoy (illustrative image).

AP - Jerome Delay

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The statement issued by the Malian authorities is widely taken up this morning by the country's media, in particular by

Maliweb

 : "

 the peaceful citizens of the villages of Dialassagou, Dianweli and Dessagou and surroundings, in the circle of Bankass, have been the subject of cowardly and barbaric terrorist attacks in the night from Saturday to Sunday last.

 »

The latest report shows 132 civilians coldly killed

The press release announces that several perpetrators of " 

these despicable crimes 

" have been formally identified.

Namely: “

 Amadou Kouffa's Katiba Macina fighters.

 »

Maliweb

which specifies that “

 the images widely shared on social networks show shops, houses, two-wheeled vehicles and completely charred vehicles.

The government dispatched yesterday Monday several ministers to the scene of the attacks to show the solidarity of the Nation to the victims. 

»

Sub-regional dynamics?

 Terrorism in Bankass: the horror!

 », launches for its part the Malian online newspaper

Malikilé.

Malikilé

who clears the Malian army... " 

The undeniable rise in power of our armed forces could not, at this stage, prevent the commission of such crimes,

affirms

Malikilé, which, moreover, attest to the weakness of the terrorists who can neither confront the defense and security forces nor occupy any camp or village.

Their only remaining means of destruction are cowardly attacks on peaceful civilians or the planting of improvised explosive devices.

Should we in such a context consider the slightest negotiation with individuals capable of such horrors?

Characters without faith or law?

Without ruling out this hypothesis, replies Malikilé, it would above all be necessary to continue to weaken them in each of the countries where these armed terrorist groups operate and this, in a sub-regional dynamic.

Is this dynamic possible with the ECOWAS sanctions against countries like Mali and Burkina Faso?

It is up to our Heads of State to think about it.

 »

No more excuses...

In the press of the sub-region, there is consternation: "

 after Seytenga in Burkina, Mali hit hard 

", headlines the daily

Today

 in Ouagadougou.

Here are again Burkina Faso and Mali in mourning

," sighs the newspaper.

These two countries, led by men in fatigues, are bound by the obligation of results in the fight against terrorism.

After highlighting the inability of the "previous powers" to deal with the terrorist threat, the military in power no longer have any excuses,

estimates

Today.

More than ever, they have their backs to the wall and must go to the coal to restore tranquility to the populations who demand nothing else

.

»

And Wagner?

 Who to save Mali?

 “Launches

Le Pays

, still in Burkina Faso.

“ 

Because this carnage is proof that the rise of the FAMa and their Russian allies is more like a com operation.

In any case, it is a real snub that is thus done to them through this butchery.

One has the impression that the terrorists are in a logic of occupying as quickly as possible the vacuum left by the French force Barkhane.

(…) Suffice to say that the Malian army must make it a point of honor to secure the north and center of the country.

 »

WakatSéra

 raises his voice again: “ 

Where were Wagner's Russians?

(…) Thus, mass killings are still going on in Mali, despite the presence of elements of the Russian private security company who are extolled by the military junta in power in Mali, after their divorce from the French forces Barkhane and European Takuba, which they were doomed to shame, and declared non grata on the banks of the Djoliba. 

»

Belgium's apologies to the DRC

Also on the front page, Belgium's apologies to the DRC...

On the occasion of the delivery of Lumumba's tooth to the DRC yesterday, notes the

Afrikarabia

website , "

The Belgian Prime Minister presented an "apology" to the Congolese people, a word that King Philippe had not uttered during his recent visit to Kinshasa, preferring the term "regrets".

In this sense, the restitution ceremony in Brussels will finally have allowed the Congolese to hear this word that they would have liked so much to see pronounced by King Philippe

, points

out Afrikarabia.

A word probably too difficult to say by the King of the Belgians on Congolese soil.

»

Between satisfaction, excuses and emotion

 ", notes for its part the Congolese site

Cas-Info

.

Lumumba's tooth, which was placed in a coffin, will leave Belgian soil tonight for the DRC capital, Kinshasa.

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