She is on the line. The departure of the French military force from Mali could be announced within the week. The end of “Barkhane”? It is ” a matter of days “, spear The Sunday JournalFrance and its partners involved in the Sahel seem to be converging on the same decision: “ leave Mali “. At the Élysée, we explain to the JDD than ” It’s actually more a matter of days than weeks. “. And this weekly thinks that Emmanuel Macron could make the announcement in the wake of a meeting of European and African leaders ” Wednesday evening on the eve of the EU-Africa summit.
Mali, the farewell of the French army
This retreat from Mali is this week on the front page of The Obs. ” France in the Malian trap “, launches this weekly, the file is “ explosive for Emmanuel Macron “. According to The Obs“ all the ingredients are in fact there to make 2022 the year of all dangers in (the) Sahel “.
Presenting as a act of war » the jihadist attack of January 22 against the French military base in Gao, which cost the life of Brigadier Alexandre Martin, 24, 53and French soldier, since 2013, to have fallen on the Sahelian field of honor, The Obs asks himself ” until when ? France will continue the fight against terrorism in the region.
” I announced it was a quagmire as far back as 2013 : I was fired for that, a former diplomat told this magazine. We made exactly the same mistakes as in Afghanistan. The outcome will be the same. We are going to leave, yes, but with the tail between our legs, and without having settled anything “, he adds, while another former diplomat explains Emmanuel Macron’s decisions concerning Mali by the will ” to reduce political exposure and media background noise, not to be bothered about this subject during the presidential campaign “. Corn the silence of the French president about Mali ” getting harder and harder to hold »highlighted The Obs.
To this magazine, Oumou Sangaré says to herself “ very » worried about his country. Referring to the sanctions imposed on Mali by the Community of West African States, the Malian singer also declares that ” ECOWAS must review its decision “.
Vincent Bolloré, the true-false farewell
As he prepares to celebrate the bicentenary of his group next Thursday, Vincent Bolloré is on the front page of Challenges and of The Express. On the first, it is ” the worried man » ; on the second, it’s rather ” the Bolloré estate which is topical. And for good reason, since this February 17, in principle, Vincent Bolloré – soon to be 70 years old – is also retiring. In principle…
Will leave? Won’t leave? At the time of the bicentenary, The Expressfile “of A” in support, salute in any case this “French success” that is the Bolloré group and recalls that in Brittany (western tip of France), the Bolloré family developed their business with the motto: ” kneel before God, stand before men “.
Will leave? Will not leave Africa? Although Bolloré has announced the sale of part of its activities on the African continent, Challenges considers this to be ” true-false farewell to Africa “. According to this magazine, the african adventure of Bolloré is not not finished “, because with Vivendi, the bicentenary group intends to bet on activities such as those turned…” towards the youth !
“ Bring me the head of Samuel Paty »
New in the investigation into the assassination of Samuel Paty, this teacher beheaded on October 16, 2020 near his college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, not far from Paris. The charges against one of the defendants in this traumatic case have been increased.
According to The Parisian Sunday, on December 29, Priscilla M., a radicalized 33-year-old mother, up to now indicted for “terrorist association”, was this time for “complicity in terrorist assassination”. Investigators now believe that the one who called himself ” sweet scar “on a social network, would have in particular” reinforced the determination (of the killer of Samuel Paty) to commit the criminal act ” and ” facilitated the location of the victim », signals The Parisian Sunday. Which newspaper points out that this aggravation of the incrimination weighing on Priscilla M., alias ” sweet scar »now makes him incur life imprisonment.