“The long-awaited ministerial organization has therefore taken place,” he exclaims Paalga Observer. As we suspected for some time, Defense Minister Chérif Sy and his security colleague Ousséni Compaoré were fired and replaced by the head of state himself and who until then were the delegate for African integration and Burkinabè abroad, Maxime Koné. By dismissing them, the tenant in Kosyam thus meets some of the demands of the opposition and the general public, Ouagalan estimates daily.[…] Whether the two recently emptied are primarily responsible for the inertia in security that we flutter or just simple scapegoats, the head of state had no choice but to blow up these fuses to protect the entire mechanics government. ”
But L’Observateur Paalga states, “it would be wrong to think that these meetings alone will be enough to get us out of the woods. It is indeed the entire defense and security system that deserves to be examined and corrected in depth. From this point of view, it may be the first decisions in a series of actions that will affect the various links in the security device, starting with the command. ”
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Towards a synergy of actions?
Actually increasing The country“We must not kidnap ourselves, the simple degumming of the holders of defense and security could not in itself put an end, like a wave of a wand, to the tragic events that are multiplying at a hectic pace in our country … To overcome the phenomenon, terrorists must be hunted down, networks destroyed and borders closely monitored, but the entire military only fights the symptoms of the problem, not the problem itself, so it becomes necessary to rely more on a synergy of actions, says Le Pays, and President Kaboré must prove that he is really at the helm by putting an end to all forms of injustice and by getting rid of this eccentric elite made up of inveterate prevaricators and caught up in scandals that have been regularly condemned by the press and state control structures. concludes Le Pays, we have a long way to go, and that is what the political opposition and some civil society organizations have understood by maintaining laid out their demonstrations scheduled for July 3 and 4. […]. “
The war!
Anyway, “the hour is serious, exclaims the daily Today, Burkina is at war and we hope we do not waste time on administrative bureaucracy, unnecessary readjustments and Byzantine fighting! Times are running out and the exceptional nature of the attacks that civilians and defense and security forces are victims of requires a firm political response, which can only be military: the war on terror! ”
Covid-19: tourism in Africa still affected this year
Also on the front page, African tourism is still half mast this year due to the pandemic.
“The time has not yet come for the recovery of tourism in Africa,” he said Young Africabased on the results of a report released yesterday by UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. According to this report, “this decline in international tourism revenues by 2021 will cause a continent deficit estimated at between $ 170 billion and $ 253 billion, depending on the scenarios. It is not surprising that the region most affected will be North Africa with a 78% reduction in visitor spending, synonymous with a reduction in gross domestic product between 5 and 7.5%. Returning to the normal 2023, formulate three pieces of advice to state leaders to initiate the recovery, points out Jeune Afrique. First, they emphasize the need to speed up vaccination in order to overcome the fear of contamination of foreign visitors. They then ask for as much support as possible for employees in the sector, including the development of training. Finally, they call for strategic reflection and emphasize that African tourism will not emerge unscathed from the pandemic. ”
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