Daily newspapers continue to comment on the arrests following the clashes on Thursday March 16 between law enforcement and opposition activists. Opponent Cheikh Oumar Diagne, rapper Abdou Karim Guèye, alias Karim Xrum Xakh, and the mayor of Keur Massar Sud have all been “imprisoned”. The national secretary for communication of Pastef (opposition), El Hadj Malick Ndiaye, has been facing investigators since Wednesday. The same newspaper advises opposition candidates for the 2024 presidential election to take the example of Macky Sall. Breaking street furniture and material goods will not invalidate it, he writes, regarding the candidacy of the incumbent president. Babacar Niang’s police custody has been extended concerning the arrest of this doctor. Mr. Niang is the subject of an investigation for presumed acts of non-assistance to anyone in danger and manslaughter. Doctors’ organizations are raising their voices to demand his release. Former minister Ndioro Ndiaye, architect Pierre Goudiaby, and human rights activist Alioune Tine are part of a group of personalities who have begun mediation between Ousmane Sonko and Mame Mbaye Niang. The goal is to stop the trial which plunged Senegal into a bloody political crisis. The dailies also comment on the football match to be played at 7:00 p.m. by Senegal, against Mozambique, for the qualifiers for the next African Cup of Nations (CAN). Senegal is back on the hunt and will try to maintain its invincibility. Winning to get closer to Côte d’Ivoire! is the instruction given to the Lions of Senegal.
Dakar, March 24 (APS) – Daily newspapers continue to comment on the arrests following the clashes on Thursday March 16 between law enforcement and opposition activists.
Opponent Cheikh Oumar Diagne, rapper Abdou Karim Guèye, alias Karim Xrum Xakh, and the mayor of Keur Massar Sud have all been “imprisoned”, announces Le Quotidien, adding that the national secretary for communication of Pastef (opposition ), El Hadj Malick Ndiaye, has been facing investigators since Wednesday.
The same newspaper advises opposition candidates for the 2024 presidential election to ”take the example of Macky Sall”, who declares that he is legally able to apply.
”Breaking street furniture and material goods will not invalidate it”, he writes, regarding the candidacy of the incumbent president, adding that ”opponents should emulate the candidate Macky Sall of 2011 and already prepare for the election”, which ”would save the country a lot of problems and calm people’s minds”.
”Babacar Niang’s police custody extended”, title Liberation, concerning the arrest of this doctor, who, according to the same newspaper, is the subject of an investigation for presumed acts of non-assistance to anyone in danger and manslaughter.
Mr. Niang was also interviewed on the circumstances of Ousmane Sonko’s hospitalization in the clinic he runs, says L’Observateur.
He adds that ”doctors’ organizations are raising their voices” to demand his release.
”Who to readjust this drunk boat?”
“Security or plan to restrict freedoms?” wonders Tribune following the reaction of the President of the Republic, Macky Sall, to the violence that occurred on the sidelines of the defamation trial between the opponent Ousmane Sonko and the Minister of Tourism , Mame Mbaye Niang.
If the Head of State speaks of an “absolute security of people and property” following the numerous arrests, Tribune affirms that it is simply a question of “muzzling the protesters”.
”The government is stepping up the hunt for discordant voices, launched against activists and militants from Pastef”, notes Sud Quotidien.
Periods of “political unrest” are times of “feast” for thugs, the term designating, according to InQuest, “anyone who engages in activities related to the security of persons or property, without holding a professional card.
”This period of political unrest is blessed bread for these criminals without faith or law”, adds the same newspaper, which devotes a file to the phenomenon of thugs.
Former minister Ndioro Ndiaye, architect Pierre Goudiaby and human rights activist Alioune Tine are part of a group of personalities who have begun mediation between Ousmane Sonko and Mame Mbaye Niang, who accuses the opponent of defamation , announces Kritik ‘quoting the press group Jeune Afrique. The goal is to stop ”the trial which plunged Senegal into a bloody political crisis”.
”Who to readjust this drunken boat?” wonders L’info, according to which ”the ship Senegal pitches on all sides”.
WalfQuotidien deciphers the “communication offensive” of Macky Sall, who, according to the newspaper, granted two interviews to foreign media in a few days. “The more the pressure from the Senegalese intensifies, the more the regime will seek to justify itself internationally,” a political analyst told WalfQuotidien.
”Winning to get closer to Côte d’Ivoire!”
Bés Bi Le Jour spoke with Abou Abel Thiam, a close friend of the President of the Republic, who is of the opinion that ”Macky Sall is poorly surrounded and does not have the government he needs”.
”The people’s anger is born of the acts of the judiciary”, notes Le Moniteur Quotidien, quoting the writer Boubacar Boris Diop.
L’As evokes a ”shortage” of sugar, of which ”an organized mafia” would be at the origin.
”For almost a month, the Senegalese no longer see granulated sugar on the market”, reads the newspaper.
The dailies also comment on the football match to be played at 7:00 p.m. by Senegal, against Mozambique, for the qualifiers for the next African Cup of Nations (CAN).
This is an opportunity for Le Soleil to evoke “the glowing record” of the national coach of Senegal in the CAN qualifiers, since 2015. “Seventeen wins, three draws, 39 goals scored and five conceded ”, lists Le Soleil, adding that Senegal ”is back on the hunt and will try to maintain its invincibility”.
”Mozambique are a tough team to manoeuvre,” Record quoted Cisse as saying.
”Winning to get closer to Côte d’Ivoire!” – the host country of the next CAN – is the instruction given to the Lions of Senegal, according to Stades. The match will be played at the Abdoulaye-Wade stadium in Diamniadio, about thirty kilometers from Dakar.
Overall, the daily newspapers provide a comprehensive update on Senegal’s current political and social landscape. From the ongoing arrests following the clashes on March 16 to the government’s security measures and the country’s shortage of sugar, each publication offers a unique perspective on the various issues facing the nation. As Senegal’s football team prepares for the next African Cup of Nations, the local press also turns to sports, highlighting the accomplishments of the national coach and the team’s aspirations to get closer to Côte d’Ivoire. With a range of opinions and viewpoints presented, readers are left with a well-rounded understanding of Senegal’s current affairs via the insightful reporting of these newspapers.