Published on : 23/09/2022 – 11:53
A summit of the West African Organization in the Big Apple is not trivial. In Burkina Faso, The Paalga Observer even wrote ” except for error or omission, from memory of a journalist, it is a first for ECOWAS to hold a summit of heads of state, in New York “. A summit, held this Thursday, September 22, on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly, and it was therefore ” extraordinary on two counts “, valued The Observer, « by the circumstances of time and by those of place “. And by the agenda which focused on the political situation in Guinea and Mali. Indeed, we still read: ECOWAS makes it a point of honor to convince the transitional powers to get out of it quickly by following a well-set 24-month schedule. However, it must take into account the particular agenda of the new masters in Bamako and Conakry. ».
Gradual sanctions decided against Conakry
And ECOWAS is not standing idly by. In Burkina Faso, still a country itself engaged in transition, When Sera takes stock of this highly anticipated diplomatic meeting. “Gradual sanctions against the junta of Colonel Mamadi”. And “To resolve the case of the 46 Ivorian soldiers still detained in the jails of Colonel Assimi Goïta, the Togolese presidents Faure Gnassingbé, the Ghanaian Nana Afufo-Addo, and the Senegalese Macky Sall should go this Tuesday to Bamako ». Voilà « the main decisions of the extraordinary meeting of ECOWAS », note When Sera for who ” the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States no longer count the difficult days and sleepless nights spent at the bedside of the Malian and Guinean transitions “. To the extent that The Paalga Observer, him, bluntly describes Assimi Goïta and Mamadi Dombouya as ” the itching hairs of the regional organization », « scratching hairs of a regional solidarity almost 50 years old “. The Burkinabè media almost sees “ two accomplices “, since Mamadi Doumbouya has also chosen to visit his Malian counterpart on the eve of this ECOWAS summit, notes The Observer.
A visit to which the Guinean media rightly return
Arriving on Wednesday, on the eve of the Cédéo summit in New York, Colonel Doumbouya left Bamako yesterday. with a saber and the title of Grand Cross “, reports the site Guinea News. Indeed, Malian President Assimi Goïta elevated his Guinean counterpart to the dignity of Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali on a foreign basis “. Decoration given during a solemn ceremony, after the military parade held on the occasion of the Malian national holiday. ” A saber was therefore also given to President Doumbouya “. The sword, analysis Guinea News« symbol of uprightness in the tradition of officers. These gestures testify to the strengthening of relations between the two countries “, can we read. Quite a symbol. Far beyond the symbol this time but still in Guinea, The Djely relays for its part the response of Prime Minister Bernard Gomou to the remarks of Oumaro Sissoko Embalo on the Guinean transition… Remarks deemed derogatory, and the words here are very harsh. The Bissau-Guinean president, also current president of ECOWAS is presented as “ the public entertainer of Bissau, a puppet in the mantle of a statesman “. The person concerned will probably appreciate it.