Africa press review
In the spotlight: the absolute majority "ric-rac" in Senegal
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Senegalese deputy Pape Diop (here in 2007) joined the presidential coalition Benno Bokk Yaakar, after the legislative elections of August 2022. © AFP/Seyllou Diallo
By: Norbert Navarro
3 mins
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The Benno Bokk Yaakar presidential coalition finally achieved an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
One voice away!
That of deputy Pape Diop, former mayor of Dakar, who leads the Bokk Gis Gis coalition, and who, unsurprisingly, joins President Macky Sall.
The camp in power now has 83 seats out of 165. Most uncomfortable majority, because the opposition alliance has, remember, 80 seats.
Pape Diop "
renews Macky Sall's life insurance ", launches the front page of the
24 Hours
newspaper .
However, “
the turn is not
(…)
definitively played for Macky Sall
”, wants to believe this Dakar daily.
Which anticipates “
the probable defection of the deputies of the BBY
”.
The daily
EnQuête
does not write anything else.
“
Is Pape Diop saving the
“Macky”
?
», Questions this other Senegalese newspaper on the front page.
And then, question: how did Pape Diop join Macky Sall?
Not through the Caliph General of the Mourides, in any case, assures the
Seneweb
site .
And this “
even if the leader of the party Bokk Gis Gis was received, the day before yesterday, in Diourbel by Serigne Mountakha Mbacké
”.
Kenya below the volcano
Three days after the vote, Kenyans are still eagerly awaiting the name of the winner of the presidential election.
Raila Odinga and William Ruto are neck and neck.
This is what, in France, the newspaper
Le Monde Afrique
points out .
“
The other two candidates in the running should not get more than a few percent.
If neither of the two favorites wins more than 50% of the vote, Kenya will experience a second round of the presidential election for the first time
,” said this French daily.
Raila Odinga and William Ruto both assured during the campaign that they would recognize the results of the presidential election.
But Kenya "
fears being once again caught up in a post-election saga with which it is familiar, all the polls having been disputed since 2002 in this country considered as a democratic anchor point in East Africa
", warns
Le Monde Africa
The BCEAO affair, an Ivorian controversy
In Côte d'Ivoire, the RHDP of Alassane Ouattara responded on August 11 to the recent positions of the PPA-CI, the party of former President Laurent Gbagbo, following the presidential pardon granted to him during the 62nd anniversary of the independence of Côte d'Ivoire, referring in particular to the so-called affair of the "
robbery
" of the BCEAO during the post-electoral crisis of 2010-2011.
And this Friday morning, the Ivorian press echoes it.
Thus, the newspaper
Le Matin
reports that "
the RHDP dismantles the untruths of the PPA-CI
".
On its front page, this daily close to the government highlights the statement yesterday by Minister of State Adjoumani Kobénan, spokesperson for the RHDP, who said that "
the Bank's complaint
(was)
not necessary to prosecute Gbagbo
" .
, in that case.
Exactly.
For the newspaper
Le Temps,
close to Laurent Gbagbo, this statement contradicts the Ivorian president.
"
After 12 years, the RHDP contradicts Ouattara
" by acknowledging, through the voice of its spokesperson, that "
the BCEAO has not lodged a complaint...
" against President Gbagbo.
Vibe.
Ivorian soldiers arrested in Mali: the message of young people
Youth organizations mobilized on August 11 in Port-Bouet, near Abidjan, in favor of the release of the 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali.
Young pro-RHDP members gathered to send a message to the Malian transitional authorities, while the detention of these members of the Ivorian special forces has now been prolonged for a good month.
Activists from the National Coalition for the Surge, the Action 2020 and Force 2015 movements and the Coalition of Movements for Peace, Youth Employment and Development were represented.
All call for the release of the 49 Ivorian soldiers still detained in Mali.
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