Rumors have been swirling for weeks, from Abidjan to Ouagadougou,

What if, eight years after being ousted from power by his compatriots, Blaise Compaoré was soon back home, in Burkina Faso?

This scenario, which was still unlikely a few months ago, must materialize in the hours to come.

'The principle of a return is acquired.

It now remains to refine the last modalities

 the government of Burkina Faso confirmed yesterday that former President Blaise Compaoré was expected in Ouagadougou tomorrow Friday for a meeting of former heads of state to 'accelerate reconciliation' .

But,

Le Monde Afrique, will he really be able to set foot on Burkinabe soil as a free man?

On April 6, Blaise Compaoré was sentenced in absentia in Burkina Faso to life imprisonment for his role in the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, during the coup that brought him to power in 1987

what about his legal file, when we know that he is under a life sentence by military justice?

Are we moving towards a grace?

How will this be received by national opinion?

(…) What form will this return to the fold take when we know that Burkinabè are still divided on the subject?

Will it be a return with a bang or will we want it as sober as possible, just to spare certain susceptibilities?

Still, the question of Justice remains eminently important in this matter, if we do not want to create a dangerous precedent.

This is why the authorities of the transition would benefit from acting with tact,

The Country, so that this return to the fold of Blaise Compaoré, which can easily be placed within the framework of national reconciliation, contributes more to bringing together the Burkinabè than to dividing them. 

Certainly (the head of the junta, Colonel) Sandaogo Damiba has made commitments so that Blaise can come back and leave without being worried, and he will give himself the means to do so.

But we must fear that the conclave of Kosyam, supposed to contribute to national reconciliation, will on the contrary come to take us away from it a little

What many people also fear in these reunions are these little tricks between exes.

A political inter-self that will have no real impact on social cohesion and the living together that we so badly need right now. 

the question: “reconciliation, yes, but where to start?

where to go ?

Do we have to step over justice to reconcile? 

 Towards a ceasefire agreement

Le Nouvel Observateur

 Even if observers do not note great progress

it should be noted that this summit in Luanda ended yesterday with an important announcement

The Congolese and Rwandan presidents have agreed to create an ad hoc mechanism to observe the cessation of hostilities between the two countries, which will be headed by a general of the Angolan armed forces. 

big blur 

 A ceasefire, a roadmap, declarations of good intentions… but no details were given on the modalities of the de-escalation recorded by Presidents Tshisekedi and Kagame.

No final communiqué was published, and the only virtue of this meeting seems to have been to bring the Congolese and Rwandan presidents back to the table while the M23 rebellion and the Congolese army continue to clash in North Kivu. . 

Afrikarabia

the end of May, the Congolese president had qualified the M23 as a + terrorist group +, thus hoping to move the international community, and particularly the United States.

Nobody moved, and in case of opening of new round of negotiations with the M23, it will now be necessary to explain to the Congolese public opinion why we agree to negotiate with + terrorists +.

A difficult change of foot that will have to be justified.