This Thursday's Burkinabè dailies deal with the end of the mission of European Union diplomat Wolfram Vetter in Burkina Faso and the Games of La Francophonie, without forgetting to comment on the death, the day before yesterday , of the former Ivorian president, Henri Konan Bedié.
The private daily Today in Faso returns to the death of Henri Konan Bédié, better known by the initiators of his name ''HKB'', displaying: "Disappearance of HKB in Côte d'Ivoire: Absence of dolphins and ruthless war of succession to the PDCI".
In its editorial, the newspaper states that it will have been noted, "if no one has been designated by the famous strongman of Daoukro, there is a batch of putative or real dolphins, and the list goes on. lie down, because if Bédié could speak, without anyone replying, this is no longer the case".
And the editorialist of the newspaper concludes that "the PDCI-RDA arena (Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire-African Democratic Rally, Editor's note) is open, place for gladiators".
For its part, L'Observateur Paalga, the dean of Burkina's private dailies, mentions that with the death of Henri Konan Bédié, it is "the end of the Ivorian +triopoly+ politics", before reporting "the farewell of his compatriots of Burkina".
For its part, the private newspaper Le Pays wonders: "What future for the PDCI-RDA?", where Sidwaya, the national daily, through its "L'Autre regard", wonders if it is about the “decline of the PDCI-RDA? ".
As for L'Express du Faso, a private daily published in Bobo-Dioulasso, it recognizes that “Côte d'Ivoire is losing a political monument”.
The same Bobol newspaper displays: "Games of La Francophonie 2023: Gold for Marthe Koala".
On this subject, the dean of the private dailies The Paalga observer reports that the Burkinabè athlete Marthe Koala made a leap of 6.94m in the long jump on Wednesday August 2, 2023 during the Francophonie games.
According to the newspaper, this performance earned him the gold medal as well as the record of the games and that of Burkina.
The Observer Paalga adds that from the first try, she beat the competition with a jump of 6m 94.
She beat the game record which was 6.69m and that of Burkina which was 6.62m.
Sidwaya considers that "Marthe Koala takes revenge with gold and breaks two records", while L'Observateur Paalga exults: "9th Francophonie Games: Gold and the record for Mathe Koala".
From another angle, the public daily Sidwaya mentions on its front page: “Burkina Faso-European Union cooperation: Wolfram Vetter went to say goodbye to the Head of State”.
The public daily informs that the President of the Transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré granted on Wednesday August 2, 2023, in Ouagadougou, an audience with the head of the delegation of the European Union (EU) in Burkina Faso, Wolfram Vetter, at the end of mission.
According to Sidwaya, the head of the EU delegation in Burkina Faso, who considers "Burkina Faso to be a strategic country in the Sahel", reaffirmed the readiness of the European Union to work on strengthening "cooperation, especially on the security and defense component” with Burkina Faso.
According to the daily Sidwaya always, the head of the EU delegation, Wolfram Vetter said that the past 4 years have been marked by the humanitarian and security challenges facing Burkina Faso.
Source: Burkina Information Agency