Quoted by Agence France Presse, a source close to the Burkinabè government confirms information released yesterday by the Burkina Faso Information Agency, stating that the Burkinabè government requested this week the departure of French troops from its soil in a period of one month.
No official confirmation, for now. No further reaction from the French authorities. But being reminded that 400 French Special Forces soldiers are stationed on the territory of Burkina Faso, The Sunday Journalreferring to state television, ” last night ” in Ouagadougou, assures that the government of Burkina Faso ” demands the departure of the French troops deployed on its soil within a month “. The JDD also remarks that “ the move comes as anti-French and pro-Russian sentiment has grown in recent months in the country “.
Macky Sall and the Navy Damage
In Africa, again, Marine Le Pen was received this week, in Dakar, by the Senegalese President. Audience granted by Macky Sall to the leader of the French far-right, and which was revealed, the day before yesterday, by the site of the weekly Point. To this magazine, Marine Le Pen says of the Senegalese president that it is ” a charming man “. This hearing was under discussion for several years, and in preparation for several months », signals Point.
In Dakar, the newspaper 24 hours estimated ” irrefutable that for African public opinion and many Senegalese, Marine Le Pen’s visit to the country of Teranga is ” an insult to intelligence “.
Polling retirement for Macron
Pensions, in France, and the semblance of openness conceded by the government towards opponents of the reform.
“ We are not doomed to arm wrestling “, declares, in an interview with the Parisian Sunday, the Minister of Public Accounts. Gabriel Attal assures us that the executive is ready “ to enrich the pension reform with the contribution of all “.
sign of opening? As an element of context, to point out the feathers left in public opinion by the President of the Republic, after the success of the inter-union mobilization against the pension reform. The president’s popularity rating is taking a hit. According to an Ifop poll for The Journal of Dimanche, 65% of French people, at the end of January, say they are dissatisfied with the action of the Head of State, i.e. 3 points more than in December, against 34% who say they are satisfied, i.e. 2 points less than last month. It is “ the lowest level of popularity (of the president) since February 2020, i.e. just before the first confinement “, point The JDD.
In detail, Emmanuel Macron “ is now in the minority in all categories, without exception “. And the president drop by 10 points among 25-34 year olds “. As this weekly points out, if the question of purchasing power still worries the French, it is the pension reform that dominates their comments “.
Ali Khamenei, the Almighty
French hostages in Iran… Threats against the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo… The pressure is mounting between Paris and Tehran. At the head of the Iranian regime, the inflexible Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Portrait of One of this ” messenger of god on earth » brushed by Point. ” As supreme guide of the Islamic Revolution, this cleric recognizable by his black turban as a descendant of the Prophet (…) is none other than the representative of the twelfth “hidden” Shiite imam on earth, in other words the messenger of God here below. . As such, the rahbar (guide) reports to no one and never grants any interview, emphasizes this weekly. Iran’s head of state for life, the man Western intelligence has repeatedly said is dying survived prostate cancer diagnosed in 2014. At 84, the Middle East’s oldest leader seems invincible. Whether in the face of bombs – he survived an attack which cost him his right arm – or the countless crises that the Islamic Republic has gone through, where he has reigned with an iron fist for thirty-four years “.
This longevity in power of Ayatollah Khamenei is explained by the considerable powers he holds, underlines Point. “ Commander-in-chief of the armies, he is at the head of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, and of its bassidji militiamen. He has the upper hand over the intelligence services and appoints the head of the judiciary as well as the director of state television », notes again Point.
Nevertheless, ” Since September 16 and the tragic death of Mahsa Amini for a poorly worn veil, a taboo has fallen in Iran: the name of Khamenei is shouted down by thousands of demonstrators across the country. His portrait is burned in the middle of the street. Even inside the classrooms, exposed schoolgirls no longer hesitate to address their middle fingers to him as a sign of defiance », wants to believe Point.