Published on : 04/05/2022 – 11:50
On the initiative of the Malian junta which made the announcement Monday evening, reaction yesterday from Paris: France ” considers this decision unjustified and formally contests any violation of the bilateral legal framework that would be attributable to the Barkhane force ».
Burkinabè daily life Dropped Talk about “ inexorable deterioration of relations between the two countries in conflict » and tries to analyze this last decision of Bamako : « There is no longer the shadow of a doubt that to pitch Wagner’s tent, Colonel Assimi Goïta and his flock are ready for anything. However, their new hosts, whom they have long dressed in the jackets of Russian army instructors, wherever they have taken their bump, have been accused of the worst violence against the civilian population, which, moreover, seems to constitute their trademark. Is it therefore so that these crimes (…) take place behind closed doors, without the slightest outside witness, that the authorities of the Malian transition are engaged in a systematic cleaning up for the benefit of Wagner? ? »
Guinea News also wonders about the practical implications » of this new rupture, in particular because of the links of Bamako with Moscow. For the Guinean site, “ Mali is losing a strong ally in the fight against terrorism, an ally who in 2013 saved it from a partition of its territory. (…) As far as France is concerned, it loses through its break with the junta to the benefit of a rival power, Russia, a country, Mali, which was until then in its own backyard, its area of geopolitical influence in French-speaking Africa. France is also losing the collaboration of an important country in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel. »
This decision by Bamako “would facilitate the offensive of jihadist groups”
That’s what advances Mondafrique in his investigation in the circle of Niono, in the heart of the region of Ségou. ” For a year, we have been in a situation of total war between dozos and jihadists, which sometimes results in real pitched battles (…) In this very tense context, the State seems powerless. is explained in the article.
But for Maliweb, « the security of the country advances “, it’s rather ” the component of political and institutional reforms that is on the spot”. Because if Paris has complicated relations with the Malian junta, things could improve with a return of power to civilians. Gold “the authorities of the Malian transition have, until today, categorically refused that their priority be concentrated on the preparation and organization of free and transparent elections to complete this transitional period. They have to the city and the world guaranteed to have to “refound the State” or at least lay the foundations for this refoundation before organizing the elections to put an end to this transition. “Today this restructuring is not possible because ” the state coffers are red”.
The question of relations between Paris and Bamako was raised yesterday before the UN Security Council, at the request of Russia.
Also on the front page, the high cost of living
And its consequences in this period of end of Ramadan celebrated by Muslims in several countries. Moroccan digital media The 360 is interested in the situation in Guinea. In the suburbs of Conakry, traders are worried: “ People want to buy but they don’t have the money. They come here to haggle for a long time, but in the end, they can’t take anything. “Because this year the end of Ramadan is done” on the bottom of the galley for households sums up the site without mincing words.
Illustration also in South Africa with a report in Cape Town to read on the site IOL . We follow the distribution of meals by volunteers, because Eid is a time when generosity must be expressed; it is also “ a tradition that took root in South Africa nearly 40 years ago, at the height of apartheid, by offering a plate of food to less fortunate families to celebrate the end of the month of fasting “. And the situation is more and more complicated because, as it is recalled, ” the cost of the average household food basket increased by 8.2% ” in one year. Consequence: less varied meals, “ which impacts household health and retards child development »