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SENEGAL: Army reports taking over four rebel bases in Casamance
The bombings have been intense in recent days on the southern part of Senegal. The Senegalese army has been conducting an offensive against the rebel forces of Casamance since 25 January. Cornered and about to be dismantled, the rebels of Diakagny, through a statement by their leader, Fatouma Coly, had called for a ceasefire on Sunday and invited the State to negotiations.
The Senegalese army announced on Tuesday that the last four historical bases of the rebels of the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC), located on the “southern front”, on the border with Guinea-Bissau, were fully resumed after more than ten days of intervention. “The first historical bases of the MFDC were neutralized and taken over by the army,” said Colonel Souleymane Kandé, commander of Military Zone 5, in front of the press on Tuesday, 9 February.
These are the bases of Bamoune-Bilass, Boussoloum, Badiong and Sikoune. A statement made on the sidelines of a visit to the places where the operations took place, accompanied by journalists to make them see firsthand this important victory in the peace-building process in Casamance. On January 25, the command of Military Zone 5 launched a major operation to dislodge armed gangs from the areas they occupy. Through these military operations, the aim is to create conditions conducive to the return of displaced populations to their villages, which have been abandoned for some thirty years.
A large detachment of the army consisting of the third battalion of the Thiès commandos (west), the third infantry battalion of Kaolack (center), a detachment of the military engineer of Bargny (west), the fifth infantry battalion of Ziguinchor (south) and a battalion of paratroopers has been operating in the area for more than ten days.
Colonel Kandé assured that the area is now secure and invited the people who fled the area to return to their homeland. “The process is irreversible. The State will soon proceed with the establishment of basic socio-economic structures such as schools, health posts, drilling. Development NGOs and public projects such as PUMA, PUDC and others will also intervene quickly,” he added.
Since 25 January 2021, Military Zone 5 has conducted several kinetic actions to neutralize the armed gangs that had been in these blaze and Bissine forests for a very long time. This operation is indeed motivated, according to Colonel Kandé, by the fact that during the last three months, the armed gangs have carried out several abuses on the populations.
“The most significant event was the killing of Niadiou with the two missing youths in November, whose remains were found two months later. There is also the exaction on the populations that used to frequent the forest of Toubacouta. These two major events were enough to trigger this operation,” he explained.
According to him, there were three objectives.First, to create the security conditions for the return of populations. “The second objective is to re-establish ourselves on the border with the creation of military posts on the border with the Republic of Guinea Bissau and to control all crossing points through which all illicit trafficking and fraudulent goods pass.The third objective is to destroy all the industrial Indian hemp farms that fed the criminal economy of the armed gangs. Today all these goals are being met,” he said.
Not only that, military posts will soon be erected along the border line with Guinea-Bissau thanks to the recent updating of military agreements between the two countries. He also praised the “grand concours” of the Bissau-Guinean army in recent operations to secure the area. He confirmed the rebels’ suspicions that Bissau had been threatened with retaliation for opening a window to the Senegalese army.
Yamoussoukro, December 26, 2023- After an impregnation visit of the Charles Konan-Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of Sport and Living Environment, Robert Beugré Mambé, said reassured. The stadium, he said, is ready to host Group C matches from Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and The Gambia.
‘What we have seen is reassuring. Technically, from the equipment point of view, we are ready at the Yamoussoukro stadium. But we will remain vigilant until the end,” said Robert Beugré Mambé.
The Prime Minister called for on-call teams to be set up in all sectors. We will have specialists permanently because Côte d’Ivoire wants to be up to date, in all circumstances, with the expected benefits of this great country. We have given indications that vigilance is needed,’ insisted the Head of Government.
For this visit, which is part of the visits of infrastructure related to the CAN 2023, the Vice-President of the Republic, Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, accompanied by the Prime Minister and other members of the government, visited the host infrastructure, in particular the President’s Hotel where official delegations will stay.
CAN 2023 is scheduled from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire with 24 teams.
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The Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM), received the Innovative Deal of the Year Award from the AFIS AWARDS 2023, in conjunction with the SGI EDC Investment Corporation. It was on the occasion of the African Financial Industry Summit (AFIS), held in Lomé (Togo), on November 15 and 16, 2023.
A statement from the Brvm informs that this prize is awarded relative to the success of the introduction to the BRVM of Orange Côte d’Ivoire, on December 30, 2022, with a record capitalization at the introduction of 1538.19 billion Cfa francs.
The document reports that the distinction made to the BRVM through the «Innovative Deal of the Year» Award reflects the recognition of the African financial industry to a rare transaction in recent times on the markets (partial privatization by IPO) which raised the WAEMU stock market to fifth place on African stock exchanges in terms of capitalisation in September 2023.
Dr Edoh Kossi AMENOUNVE expressed the gratitude of the BRVM, its Board of Directors, its General Management and all its staff who are honoured to receive this distinction. It is the culmination of the efforts undertaken over several years in terms of promoting the regional financial market and innovation.
Dr AMENOUNVE took the opportunity to express his deep gratitude to the Ivorian Government and its Privatization Committee whose vision and leadership he praised. He thanked them for their ongoing concern for the BRVM. The public offer to sell the shares of Orange Côte d’Ivoire was arranged and conducted by SGI EDC Investment Corporation (Ecobank Group) co-winner of the prize.
Initiated by Jeune Afrique Media Groupe (JAMG) in partnership with Mazars, the AFIS Awards annually reward five categories of companies and individuals who have contributed significantly to the growth of the African financial sector.
Burkina Faso is not “enemy” of the “French people”, said Captain Ibrahim Traoré, transitional president, following a coup d’état, in an interview broadcast Wednesday, September 06, 2023 by Radio television of Burkina (RTB, public.
“We are not enemies with the French people, it is the policy of those who lead France that poses a problem in Africa, so as long as a state is not in an imperialist spirit (…) there is no problem,” he said in the interview recorded on 31 August.
Burkina has been looking for new cooperation ever since. We have new partners who support us in terms of equipment and so on,’ he added, without naming them.
Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister, Olivia Rouamba, on Monday expressed her country’s desire to “strengthen bilateral cooperation” with Iran, during a meeting in Tehran with President Ebrahim Raïssi.
A Russian delegation exchanged with Mr. Traoré last week in Ouagadougou, on issues of development and military cooperation and Captain Traoré went to Saint Petersburg in July for the Russia-Africa summit.
He reaffirmed his country’s support for Niger, the scene of a coup d’état on 26 July, with which Burkina shares the so-called “three-border” zone between Mali, Niger and Burkina, considered a hideout of jihadist groups.
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