Africa press review
In the spotlight: the legislative elections in Senegal
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Election staff count ballots at the end of voting day for the legislative elections, July 31, 2022 in Dakar.
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By: Fanny Bleichner
4 mins
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The ballot was held on July 31.
No official global results for the moment, but first trends.
And already the government is claiming "
an unquestionable victory
" in 30 out of 46 departments, while the two main opposition blocs Yewwi Askan wi and Wallu Senegal seem to be gaining ground.
"
Beno claims victory, Yewwi shouts robbery
".
"
It smells scorched
", headlines
Walf daily
which predicts a little further: "
it smells of cohabitation
".
Seneweb
does not hesitate to speak of a “
bérézina
” of a “
stinging
(…)
debacle
” for the ruling coalition.
Specifying, "
if in Dakar, Touba, Ziguinchor the victory of the opposition was heard, great was the surprise to see the inter-coalition Yewwi-Wallu literally reverse the trend in departments like Louga with scores without appeal
".
"
At the end, the power loses a good part of its electoral granary
", concludes the article.
The Burkinabè daily
Today in Faso
goes even further.
He evokes an "
electoral spanking
" of Yewwi-Walu administered to Benno Bokk Yakaar.
An analysis that could still be denied in the hours to come, we are still awaiting the final results.
"
In reality, if the election is legislative, the issue was national since it is held less than two years from the next presidential election and it is an opportunity for all political parties to gauge their forces at some 19 month of the due date
," recalls
L'Observateur
.
But the stakes, even in the shorter term, are high around the hemicycle for
WakatSera
who recalls in his editorial: "
It's not a secret, the government intends to put all its forces into the electoral battle to keep the hand on this institution, the nerve center, if any, of democracy.
»
“
We hope that Macky Sall, even if he avoids an explosive cohabitation at the end of this legislative election, will not try to ride the same horse as his two southern neighbors, Alassane Ouattara and Alpha Condé, and whom he knows very well. good and repeats at will the apocryphal quote according to which “
those who can make you believe in absurdities, can make you commit enormities”
”,
can we read in this other article of
the Country
.
Violence in Guinea
The Burkinabè newspaper
WakatSéra
accurately compares the situations in the area, “
if the legislative elections of all dangers took place without major incident, according to the president of the Autonomous National Electoral Commission, in neighboring Guinea, nothing is going well.
[...]
The military junta in power in Guinea engages in a proper muzzling of the people
.
[...]
Senegal and Guinea, two neighbours, two such opposite trajectories!
And it is West Africa that laughs and cries at the same time!
»
On July 28 and 29, violent protests in Conakry left at least five people dead, according to organizers.
Only one according to the authorities and three according to the OGDH.
The various coalitions speak of repression.
The Country
sees in Colonel Mamady Doumbouya,
“
an outstanding tyrant, to the point that he does not hesitate to bloodily suppress peaceful street demonstrations.
Initially presented as a liberator, not to say a savior, Doumbouya turned out to be worse than Alpha Condé, whom he overthrew in September 2021, and whom he never ceases to condemn.
[...]
Colonel Doumbouya would benefit from changing his tune, by initiating a constructive, fruitful and inclusive dialogue with the living forces in order to discuss the issues that concern Guinea
, ”
he recommends.
"
It's up to him to keep reason, so as not to destroy the last hopes placed in his power, to get Guinea out of the rut
," advises
Guinea News
in its editorial.
Protests in eastern DRC
“
The demonstrations against Monusco degenerated last week.
»
7 of 7 CDs
resumes a statement from Monusco which returns to the very last clashes, on July 31 "
soldiers of the Intervention Brigade of the Monusco force returning from leave, opened fire at the border post for unexplained reasons and forced the passage .
It was in Kasindi.
Three people died.
In a press release made public and sent to
POLITICO.CD
on the evening of July 31, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo condemns this violence and assures that "
required measures are in progress to ensure the material and judicial support following this tragedy
.
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