Burkina: Security, agriculture and politics, on the cover of daily newspapers | BIA

2023-07-06 11:43:17

Burkina-Press-Review

Burkina: Security, agriculture and politics, on the cover of daily newspapers

Ouagadougou, July 6, 2023 (AIB) – The Burkinabè newspapers reaching the AIB this Thursday, comment on subjects related to the agricultural campaign, politics as well as defense and security, with the visit of a exhibition, the day before in Ouagadougou, by the Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

The national daily Sidwaya, like other daily newspapers, reproduces the press release of the Direction of Communication of the Presidency of Faso relating to the visit of President Ibrahim Traoré to the International Synergie Safety, Security and Defense Fair (SYSDEF).

The newspaper bearing: “Safety, security and defense synergy fair: The Head of State encourages the organizers”, presents, in the headline, the image of the President of the Transition, Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, in visiting the SYSDEF stands.

L’Observateur Paalga, the dean of the Burkinabè private dailies, Today in Faso and Le Pays present the same front page.

The newspapers inform that for the commissioner of SYSDEF, Hyacinthe Zouré, the visit of the Head of State shows that he is close to his people.

They specify that placed on the theme: “What contributions of the private sector in securing States? », this first edition brings together all the military and paramilitary bodies as well as private sector players who offer security and defense tools and services.

L’Express du Faso, a private daily published in Bobo-Dioulasso, devotes its column ”Might as well say it…” to the closure of schools because of terrorism, noting that “the situation is really worrying”.

The same newspaper which quotes the words of a farmer, displays: “Cotton campaign 2023-2024: We will maximize the yield to face the price of fertilizers”.

According to L’Express du Faso, the 2023-2024 cotton campaign has taken hold since the beginning of June.

“The prices of fertilizers and the purchase of seed cotton are also known”, indicates the newspaper, before adding that “despite the high cost of fertilizers, cotton farmers remain resilient and are in the oven and in the mill to maximize yields” .

For his part, Sidwaya, through the article entitled: “Agricultural campaign 2023-2024: Minister Ismaël Sombié listening to producers in the East”, highlights the visit to the Eastern region , of the new Minister in charge of Agriculture.

In another chapter, the private newspaper Le Quotidien looks back on the 5th edition of the National Meeting of the Consultation and Orientation Framework for State/Private Sector Dialogue (CODESP), held in Bobo-Dioulasso on July 4 and 5.

In this regard, it features: “State/Private Sector meeting: + Young traders do not have the opportunity to speak and present their concerns +”, taking up the words of Salif Konseiga, a young entrepreneur.

In politics, Burkinabè newspapers devoted their comments or editorials mainly to the situation in Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa and Senegal.

Thus, Le Pays in its ”Internal Dialogue” addresses the political future of Ivorian personalities, considering that “Soro (Guillaume, former PM, Editor’s note) is diving, Gbagbo (Laurent, former president) remains hopeful”.

As for Today in Faso, it focuses its ”Radioscopie” on the Party of African Peoples-Côte d’Ivoire (PPA-CI) of former President Laurent Gbagbo who will be absent from the local elections on September 2 because that “having had until July 1, 2023 to appeal as a last resort in order to reinstate Gbagbo’s electoral list, the PPA-CI did not comply”.

For the editorialist of the newspaper, it is a “Bad pickaxe for Laurent Gbagbo” because, he argues, “for these local September 2 draw or redraw the electoral map of Côte d’Ivoire”.

For his part, Sidwaya directs his ”The other look” on South Africa, wondering if “the African National Congress (ANC), the all-powerful ruling party in South Africa, will towards its decline? “.

Indeed, comments the newspaper, “it is the conviction of a coalition of seven opposition political parties, including the main rival of the ANC, the Democratic Alliance (AD). This group, which will soon be formalized, announced on Monday, July 3, its firm desire to steal the spotlight from the ANC at the polls during the general elections (national and provincial) of April 2024”.

Meanwhile, L’Observateur Paalga returns to the news in Senegal marked by the renunciation of President Macky Sall not to run for a third presidential term.

Commenting on the reaction of the President of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faky Mahamat who congratulated Macky Sall for the decision, L’Observateur Paalga wonders about what “what would the AU have done if he (Macky Sall) represented himself?”.

In the opinion of the newspaper, we should not wait for the coups d’etat to intervene after the disputed third mandates to condemn them and force the soldiers to return quickly to the barracks.

“You have to be proactive and anticipate any crises that might arise by playing watchdogs for democracy,” concludes L’Observateur.

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