He had come to power almost in spite of himself, at the age of 37, after the death of the first president of independent Angola, Agostinho Neto “, States Young Africa. “ As secretive as he is a clever politician, José Eduardo dos Santos had many lives : warlord, party leader, fine diplomat, authoritarian president at the head of an oil jewel, patriarch feared, adored then abandoned. An outstanding figure in the modern history of Angola, if only for his longevity in power (thirty-eight years), he is also the man who put an end to the civil war in 2002 – “the architect peace”, according to the rhetoric of the MPLA – and the one who made possible rebuilding the country in the 2000s sums up this pan-African newspaper.
Young Africa also recalls that President dos Santos will have been “ almighty for so long “, and that he lived “ an end to power without violence or trouble but full of bitterness “.
The street of death for Shinzo Abe
This is ” a challenge to democracy “, launches in One Le Figaro. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe succumbed to the bullets of a former Japanese soldier, sniper in the navy, who fired on him during a street election meeting. And Japan is “in shock”, underlines this newspaper.
In fact, point out again Le Figaro,« Shinzo Abe certainly had many enemies. He sometimes aroused in his street meetings a militant hostility rare in Japan. But the lack of avowed political motives of the killer seems to classify this tragedy among the gratuitous crimes, the fact of a “lonely man” as there are many in Japan. “, conjectures this daily.
Shinzo Abe? He was an “invasive political animal”, Liberation formula. Because his regular speeches lately about Russia, the risk in Taiwan, the armament of Japan, the debate on nuclear deterrence, ” even annoyed the current Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, a little, because Abe continued to act behind the scenes to influence the head of government by the tape “, highlighted Freed.
Ukraine, year zero
In Russia, to galvanize his people, President Vladimir Putin has been publicly appearing over and over again in recent weeks. A sign that the war in Ukraine promises to last. ” The Russian president, more and more publicly visible in recent weeks, seems to have chosen verbal escalation and the consolidation of his support against the Western bloc, with an ever more significant rhetoric of “us against them”. “, highlighted Le Figaro.
Objective ? ” The remobilization of minds on the need for this “special operation” (which is, in fact, the war in Ukraine). In other words: he harangues the troops, in particular the political and economic elites “, explains again Le Figaro.
So yes, sigh The Parisian“ the war promises to be long… This newspaper, on the front page of which Vladimir Putin promises a “ total war to take Donbass “, predicts that in fact, the war ” will not stop at Donbass “, but that Putin” will then seek to push its advantage on the land strip linking Crimea to Transnistria, taking in the process the strategic and symbolic port of Odessa “. This daily stresses in passing that Europeans, ” who, unlike the Americans, do not have their own energy resources, have still not found the miracle response to their dependence on Russian hydrocarbons “.
However, it will take stand up to russia », enjoins The ParisianAnd this ” no matter what. Beyond Ukraine, respect for the principles of sovereignty and the right of peoples to decide their destiny is at this price “, professes this newspaper.
Overtime victory for Platini
It is done. Michel Platini, who was waiting for Swiss justice to decide his fate in a resounding case of alleged fraud, was acquitted. And it’s a “great victory” for the former captain of the Blues, rejoices Le Figaro. ” Forty years later the legendary defeat in the semi-finals of the 1982 World Cup against Germany during a night in Seville which still makes the most nostalgic cry, the former number 10 of the Blues obtained (yesterday) a resounding victory on another playing field. The one less sexy but just as important courts “, congratulates himself Le Figarounder a photo of Michel Platini, all smiles.