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In the headlines: The probable death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

" An international sanitation operation, " headlines The Observer Paalga . " We will not shed a tear on the remains of this serial killer, " continues the daily Burkinabe.

" Five years after his appeal to Muslims around the world " to join the caliphate he wanted to create straddling Iraq and Syria, " there remains only chaos and questions about the ins and outs of this disastrous staging. which will have cost the Iraqi and Syrian people incommensurable losses ", judge on his side Expression in Algeria .

" A sinister epic stopped by the Americans, " adds Malijet , for whom the disappearance is " a great victory of the free world that wants respect for all religions, freedoms and human rights ."

But Donald Trump's speech announcing the death of the leader of the Islamic State group has not been to everyone's taste: in Senegal, Senego denounces " the cynical joy of Trump ".

The Premium Times in Nigeria also notes that the US president " has multiplied humiliating remarks " against Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, describing him as " sick and vicious ".

Observer Paalga also considers that " it would be wrong to be as euphoric as the occupant of the Oval Office, " because the experience of fighting against this sprawling octopus shows that his multiple arms should remain intact if not with virulence their ability to harm "".

And newspapers are also asking questions

Just like today in Faso who is wondering what will be the " impact [of this disappearance] on the katibas [of the group] in the Sahel "?

For the Burkinabe daily, it " will slow down some initiatives, but if the IS was beheaded, the Sahel is not out of the hostel, " because local leaders have a strong influence.

" If only commando actions such as this one could occasionally be carried out in the Sahelistan to get rid of Iyad Ag Ghali, Abdelmalek Droudkel and other Mokhtar Belmokhtar who sow death and desolation for almost 10 years, " exclaims Observer Paalga . " But do not rely too much on the man who tweets faster than his shadow, " tempers the newspaper, " he who is already resisting support consistent G5 ". In short, concludes Today in Burkina Faso , " Europe and America breathe, Africa a little too, but not too much ".

As for L'Expression, it raises another question: how Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was not spotted before: " In this region of Idlib where are positioned Syrian, Russian, Turkish, rebel groups close to Ankara and Hayat terrorists Tahrir el Cham, no one apparently knew he was sailing around, "the Algerian newspaper quipped.

In Algeria, the last candidates for the presidential election

" 22 postulants " El Moudjahid title after this final day, including Ali Benflis, who had already appeared in 2004 and 2014, but also the former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune.

Twenty-two candidatures therefore that raise " many questions ", according to Tout sur l'Algerie . The online news site wonders how some candidates have managed to gather the necessary sponsorships. " Prowess difficult to explain " for some of these postulants " without party or troops " but who are still " came loaded arms " since at least 50,000 signatures were required. Le Soir d'Algerie, however, recalls that some putative candidates having made an appointment " did not finally appear ".

" Another wait begins, " says the Oran Daily , the first of the verdict of the Elections Authority and " no doubt that the applicants will not all be retained, " says the Expression .

" But exaggerations, false promises, superfluous declarations sprinkled with grandiloquent figures will be avoided by [validated] candidates ," warns El Moudjahid , for whom " the newcomers will have to present themselves as candidates for the break " to convince an electorate " Whose political sense has been strengthened by the yardstick of Hirak ". " Candidates facing a tense context ," adds Le Soir of Algeria , recalling " the dozens of protesters and political actors still in prison and the spaces of expression more and more reduced ".

If the December 12 presidential election " should trigger change, " says Le Quotidien d'Oran , " the campaign could be launched in a climate ".