Seven suspects were arrested on Tuesday in the case of the sacking of the newspaper Les Echos in Senegal. The premises of this daily were vandalized by supporters of a religious leader who was also a leader of a political party. Their motivation? The editorial staff had claimed that the religious had tested positive for the coronavirus. Emotions run high in the Senegalese press, which welcomes this but calls for sanctions. The details of our correspondent in Dakar in this newspaper.

Finally, we go back in time at the end of this edition. Because it was 60 years ago, on August 5, 1960, Burkina Faso gained its independence. Using archives, our journalists tell you how the State of Burkina Faso was born.

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