2023-05-10 08:43:19
« Ousmane Sonko ignores his six-month suspended sentence by the Dakar Court of Appeal », titre Press Afrik. If he does not appeal, the leader of the Pastef party risks being ineligible for five years. Ousmane Sonko spoke yesterday, but “ he doesn’t want to talk about eligibility writes the news site. The case continues to make the front page of all the Senegalese press.
With this question : without certainty about its presidential candidate, will the opposition coalition manage to remain united ? « Yewwi Askan Wi resserre les rangs “, headlines the newspaper The Daily, after a press conference by the coalition to which Ousmane Sonko’s party belongs. A new call to demonstrate was launched for Friday by the platform of the living forces F24, against a possible third mandate of the head of state, Macky Sall. And “ Yewwi Askan We will never pass on the brink of implosion “, assured Khalifa Sall yesterday Tuesday, after the controversial exit of another major figure in the coalition, Barthélémy Dias, reports Dakar Morning on its website.
While the coalition is divided in the face of the call for dialogue launched by the president, Barthélémy Dias [le maire de Dakar, NDLR] assured Monday, May 8 that he had met the Head of State Macky Sall and placed “ Yewwi Askan Wi in the storm “, still believes newspaper The Daily.
« Sudanese negotiations struggling »
« As the war continues in Sudan, negotiations stall in Saudi Arabia », headlines the Algerian newspaper El Watan. Representatives of the army (on one side) and paramilitary rapid support forces (on the other) have been in Jeddah since May 6, for talks being held under the aegis of Saudi Arabia and the UNITED STATES. The conflict between General al-Burhan’s army and General Hemedti’s paramilitaries has claimed at least 750 lives since April 15 and continues to cause concern on the continent.
« The meeting in Jeddah, it is hoped, will be able to constitute a first step towards the return of peace in a country which, after nearly 30 years of dictatorship […], today suffers the martyrdom because of the oversized egos, of the two generals who dispute the power », écrit The country, from Burkina Faso. “ Unfortunately, a stalemate in the conflict is to be feared, […] But we must all the same salute the role played by the American-Saudi coalition in the face of the drama unfolding in Sudan.says the newspaper. Because the international community is struggling so far to act in organized ranks so that we can clearly see major differences emerging. […] Even within the Arab League, not everyone speaks the same language », tackle Le Paysfor whom it is necessary avoid at all costs a libysation of the Sudanese conflict “, failing which this “ blaze […] could affect all neighboring countries which are already feeling the repercussions with the massive influx of refugees.
« Global repercussions »
The dispute “ will have repercussions in this unstable region and [même] in the whole world “, insists on his side The Africa Journalwho cites, pell-mell, the possible consequences of the war on the supply of neighboring countries with basic products (which arrive in particular via Sudan), the possible repercussions on commercial traffic in the Suez Canal, or even the risk of a ripple effect of violence in South Sudan or Chad.
What’s happening in Sudan should matter to all of us “, also claims the Egyptian media Arham Online, which looks at how Western media reported on this war. The newspaper regrets that very few reporters have been on the ground in Sudan, which has become dangerously inaccessible for journalists. But he also severely points the finger at the coverage of the war by certain major American and British newspapers, too focused in his eyes on the evacuation of expatriates from their respective countries at the start of the war.
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