Le chef de l’Etat est arrivé ce mercredi au pavillon d’honneur de l’aéroport international de Erevan à 18h locale (GMT+4), a annoncé la présidence de la République dans un communiqué reçu à l’APS.
Macky Sall a été accueilli par le ministre Arménien des affaires étrangères.
Le chef de l’Etat participe au sommet de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) dans la capitale arménienne.
Le sommet sera marqué par l’élection d’un nouveau secrétaire général.
Le 17ème sommet de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) s’ouvre jeudi à Erevan, la capitale arménienne, sur fond d’incertitude quant à la reconduction de la Canadienne Michâelle Jean, candidate pour un second mandat à la tête de l’instance francophone.
La rencontre de deux jours devrait de toutes les manières consacrer l’élection d’une nouvelle secrétaire générale à la tête de l’OIF, seules deux candidatures féminines ayant été enregistrées, dont celle de la SG sortante.
Michâelle Jean, qui postule à un nouveau mandat, pourrait voir ses plans contrariés par la ministre des Affaires étrangères du Rwanda, Louise Mushikiwabo.
La nouvelle élue conduira la destinée de l’OIF pour 4 ans, sachant que Mme Jean, élue par la Conférence des chefs d’Etat en 2014 lors du Sommet de Dakar, est éligible à un autre mandat.
Mais la reconduction de la SG sortante de l’OIF "reste presque impossible puisque le gouvernement canadien a fait part de son intention de soutenir le candidat +consensuel+ de l’Afrique", apprend-on de journalistes présents aux assises de l’UPF et accrédités également pour le Sommet.
L’essentiel des discussions tenues en marge des travaux des assises tournent autour du choix du gouvernement de "lâcher Michäelle Jean au profit de la Rwandaise", suivant des informations de journaux canadiens consultés sur place.
Il y a aussi que Louise Mushikiwabo avait été désignée comme candidate de l’Union africaine lors du dernier sommet des chefs d’Etat de juillet dernier à Nouakchott, en Mauritanie.
Or, le secrétaire général de l’OIF est en général élu par la Conférence des chefs d’Etat de l’OIF "de manière consensuelle", renseigne le journaliste Abdoulaye Thiam, président de la section sénégalaise de l’Union de la Presse francophone (UPF), qui a couvert près d’une dizaine de sommets de l’OIF.
Sans compter qu’il y a quelques semaines, le président français Emmanuel Macron avait également fait part de sa décision de soutenir la candidature de la Rwandaise. Autant de facteurs qui ne favorisent pas une éventuelle reconduction de l’ancienne gouverneure générale de Québec à la tête de l’organisation francophone.
Dans la capitale arménienne qui a fait peau neuve pour l’occasion, les drapeaux des pays membres comme des pays observateurs flottent à travers les principales artères, à côté du drapeau arménien.
Plusieurs chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement, dont le président Macky Sall, sont attendus dans ce pays du Caucase du Sud situé entre l’Europe et l’Asie, à une altitude moyenne de 1800 m au-dessus de la mer.
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Anonyme
En Octobre, 2018 (22:43 PM)Anonyme
En Octobre, 2018 (23:48 PM)L arabe de même;on apprend le coran mais très peu de sénégalais la comprenne.
Nous sommes très en retard à cause de cette francophonie qui nous retarde.
L exemple du Rwanda est la ,nos dirigeants depuis les indépendances n ont pas réglé ce problème qui fait que l’intégration africaine en souffre
Anonyme
En Octobre, 2018 (23:48 PM)L arabe de même;on apprend le coran mais très peu de sénégalais la comprenne.
Nous sommes très en retard à cause de cette francophonie qui nous retarde.
L exemple du Rwanda est la ,nos dirigeants depuis les indépendances n ont pas réglé ce problème qui fait que l’intégration africaine en souffre
Anonyme
En Octobre, 2018 (23:48 PM)L arabe de même;on apprend le coran mais très peu de sénégalais la comprenne.
Nous sommes très en retard à cause de cette francophonie qui nous retarde.
L exemple du Rwanda est la ,nos dirigeants depuis les indépendances n ont pas réglé ce problème qui fait que l’intégration africaine en souffre
Anonyme
En Octobre, 2018 (03:10 AM)Anonyme
En Octobre, 2018 (03:10 AM)Anonyme
En Octobre, 2018 (09:10 AM)Kkk
En Octobre, 2018 (10:12 AM)Anonyme
En Octobre, 2018 (10:23 AM)Baakhoul Andoul Aakgnoubaakh M
En Octobre, 2018 (12:49 PM)The Khashoqqi incident has shown the true face of the Saudi Crown Prince, who was even until last week depicted by many Western countries as a savior who would reform the region
Although Saudi Arabia denied the allegations, many believe that the kingdom held Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri captive last November. After he was summoned to Riyadh, he was effectively kidnapped by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MBS) and forced to resign in a televised announcement. He had to sign over assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
He was another country's prime minister but he was not the only public figure forced to do such a thing. The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh was commandeered to be a prison for hundreds of Saudi royals and businessmen last year. It was first said that the Saudi authorities had uncovered corruption of over $100 billion. Then a crackdown began last November which targeted 11 princes. Among them was Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, whose $10 billion net worth makes him the 10th richest man on the planet; construction tycoon Bakr Bin Laden, billionaire Saleh Kamal and Waleed al-Ibrahim as well as 38 government officials, military officers and business leaders.
An estimated 1,700 individual bank accounts had been frozen. Then it was reported that this elite group was subjected to interrogations, torture and beatings carried out by "Blackwater mercenaries" brought in to work for the crown prince. Some were released after reportedly paying billions to get out of detention.
And yet, there has been a race in the Western world to declare the crown prince as the reforming and modernizing leader of Saudi Arabia. He has toured Western capitals, dined with European leaders. Glossy magazines put him on the headlines as the face of the "New Kingdom." His pictures were on billboards, buses and taxis in Western capitals like London and Washington as if he was bringing promising changes to Saudi Arabia.
Top Washington think tanks and influential journalists were invited to visit Saudi Arabia. From David Ignatius to Thomas L. Friedman, they all said that they couldn't believe their eyes, but yes, the modernization message of the crown prince was real: The new Saudi Arabia was open for business, investment and Western engagement.
He actually lifted a long-standing driving ban on women, marking steps toward so-called modernization, namely its "Vision 2030" project. However, the kingdom did not stop arresting many women's rights activists, who had persistently called for the right to drive, but stressed that this was only the first step toward full rights. They also called for an end to discrimination, such as lifting guardianship laws that make male relatives the decision maker on whether a woman can marry, have a passport or travel abroad. The arrested activists were portrayed as traitors by the Saudi media.
On a related issue, Saudi Arabia had a war of words with Canada on Twitter this summer, which quickly turned into a full-on diplomatic crisis. Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland's tweet about human rights activist Samar Badawi, Raif Badawi's sister, who has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, angered Riyadh.
Raif Badawi's wife and his three children have been living in Quebec since they fled to escape further persecution in Saudi Arabia, and they recently became Canadian citizens.
As Freeland gave support to Raif Badawi's family and called for the immediate release of Samar Badawi, Riyadh declared the Canadian ambassador "persona non grata" and gave him 24 hours to leave the country. They also called their ambassador back from Canada, suspended "all new business transactions and investments linked with Canada" and canceled the Saudi flag carrier's direct flights to Toronto.
At first glance, it looked like a fight over the recent arrests of human rights activists in Saudi Arabia, including some with ties to Canada, but in fact, the crown prince was losing his temper. He has been spending millions of dollars for his image to be portrayed as the new revolutionary leader of the Middle East but Canada was trying to block his agenda. All the Westerners were supposed to ignore the country's horrific human rights records and help him shine his "liberal savior" image but some were dragging their feet.
The truth behind the crown prince's huge PR campaign is that the recent human rights violations in Saudi Arabia have been worse than at any time in history. Not only human rights activists or the opposition for the Saud dynasty, but even people who had good relations with the kingdom in the past but criticized them over the crown prince's policies do not feel safe in their homeland. Today many are seeking asylum in Western countries. It's not only about social oppression, discrimination or freedom of expression anymore; it is about them and their families' safety. As a matter of fact, some who managed to flee Saudi Arabia say that they are still not safe as there is no place in the world that is beyond Riyadh's reach. The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul shows that their fears are not to be ignored.
Khashoggi, one of the most prominent Saudi journalists, was once close to the inner circles of the Saudi royal family. Following the rapid rise of the crown prince, Khashoggi criticized his internal policies, especially the discrepancies between promises of reform and the huge waves of arrests and detentions.
Khashoggi tried to continue to write and call for freedom of speech in his country, but at some point, he had to make a choice: Either he was going to shut up or he would go. His vanishing in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and the horrific claims over this incident show that the so-called moderate and modernizing leader of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, cannot even tolerate a moderate criticism. If the reports are true and if this is what they do to moderate critics, then the Westerners who lined up to butter up to the crown prince should apologize for their misleading approval and support. That is the least they can do.
Baakhoul Andoul Aakgnoubaakh M
En Octobre, 2018 (12:49 PM)The Khashoqqi incident has shown the true face of the Saudi Crown Prince, who was even until last week depicted by many Western countries as a savior who would reform the region
Although Saudi Arabia denied the allegations, many believe that the kingdom held Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri captive last November. After he was summoned to Riyadh, he was effectively kidnapped by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MBS) and forced to resign in a televised announcement. He had to sign over assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
He was another country's prime minister but he was not the only public figure forced to do such a thing. The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh was commandeered to be a prison for hundreds of Saudi royals and businessmen last year. It was first said that the Saudi authorities had uncovered corruption of over $100 billion. Then a crackdown began last November which targeted 11 princes. Among them was Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, whose $10 billion net worth makes him the 10th richest man on the planet; construction tycoon Bakr Bin Laden, billionaire Saleh Kamal and Waleed al-Ibrahim as well as 38 government officials, military officers and business leaders.
An estimated 1,700 individual bank accounts had been frozen. Then it was reported that this elite group was subjected to interrogations, torture and beatings carried out by "Blackwater mercenaries" brought in to work for the crown prince. Some were released after reportedly paying billions to get out of detention.
And yet, there has been a race in the Western world to declare the crown prince as the reforming and modernizing leader of Saudi Arabia. He has toured Western capitals, dined with European leaders. Glossy magazines put him on the headlines as the face of the "New Kingdom." His pictures were on billboards, buses and taxis in Western capitals like London and Washington as if he was bringing promising changes to Saudi Arabia.
Top Washington think tanks and influential journalists were invited to visit Saudi Arabia. From David Ignatius to Thomas L. Friedman, they all said that they couldn't believe their eyes, but yes, the modernization message of the crown prince was real: The new Saudi Arabia was open for business, investment and Western engagement.
He actually lifted a long-standing driving ban on women, marking steps toward so-called modernization, namely its "Vision 2030" project. However, the kingdom did not stop arresting many women's rights activists, who had persistently called for the right to drive, but stressed that this was only the first step toward full rights. They also called for an end to discrimination, such as lifting guardianship laws that make male relatives the decision maker on whether a woman can marry, have a passport or travel abroad. The arrested activists were portrayed as traitors by the Saudi media.
On a related issue, Saudi Arabia had a war of words with Canada on Twitter this summer, which quickly turned into a full-on diplomatic crisis. Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland's tweet about human rights activist Samar Badawi, Raif Badawi's sister, who has been imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, angered Riyadh.
Raif Badawi's wife and his three children have been living in Quebec since they fled to escape further persecution in Saudi Arabia, and they recently became Canadian citizens.
As Freeland gave support to Raif Badawi's family and called for the immediate release of Samar Badawi, Riyadh declared the Canadian ambassador "persona non grata" and gave him 24 hours to leave the country. They also called their ambassador back from Canada, suspended "all new business transactions and investments linked with Canada" and canceled the Saudi flag carrier's direct flights to Toronto.
At first glance, it looked like a fight over the recent arrests of human rights activists in Saudi Arabia, including some with ties to Canada, but in fact, the crown prince was losing his temper. He has been spending millions of dollars for his image to be portrayed as the new revolutionary leader of the Middle East but Canada was trying to block his agenda. All the Westerners were supposed to ignore the country's horrific human rights records and help him shine his "liberal savior" image but some were dragging their feet.
The truth behind the crown prince's huge PR campaign is that the recent human rights violations in Saudi Arabia have been worse than at any time in history. Not only human rights activists or the opposition for the Saud dynasty, but even people who had good relations with the kingdom in the past but criticized them over the crown prince's policies do not feel safe in their homeland. Today many are seeking asylum in Western countries. It's not only about social oppression, discrimination or freedom of expression anymore; it is about them and their families' safety. As a matter of fact, some who managed to flee Saudi Arabia say that they are still not safe as there is no place in the world that is beyond Riyadh's reach. The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul shows that their fears are not to be ignored.
Khashoggi, one of the most prominent Saudi journalists, was once close to the inner circles of the Saudi royal family. Following the rapid rise of the crown prince, Khashoggi criticized his internal policies, especially the discrepancies between promises of reform and the huge waves of arrests and detentions.
Khashoggi tried to continue to write and call for freedom of speech in his country, but at some point, he had to make a choice: Either he was going to shut up or he would go. His vanishing in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and the horrific claims over this incident show that the so-called moderate and modernizing leader of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, cannot even tolerate a moderate criticism. If the reports are true and if this is what they do to moderate critics, then the Westerners who lined up to butter up to the crown prince should apologize for their misleading approval and support. That is the least they can do.
Macky Al Saoud
En Octobre, 2018 (13:10 PM)Ce MAcky sall le fait Au nom des senegalais succombant au chéquier de la diplomatie Saoudienne
Mais Ce qui fait la puissance contient aussi les germes de la chutte. La corruption utilisée pour gagner en puissance fini par déclencher la chutte. Et toujours.
De tout temps ceux qui corrompent pour la puissance finissent par s'effondrer - Détestes à cause de la corruption qui fini par sentir mauvais dans les consciences
For more than one week, the House of Saud has been under fire for its ties to the United States and its crackdown on dissidents. First, U.S. President Donald Trump shared details of his most recent conversation with Saudi Arabia's King Salman to a group of his supporters in Mississippi, where Trump told him that he could not survive for more than two weeks without Washington's support. The U.S. president's remarks were crude enough to hurt the Saudi monarch's pride. At the same time, the situation was grave enough to take stock of U.S.-Saudi relations, which had been steadily improving since World War II. Again, Trump's statement was remarkable enough that Riyadh had to think long and hard about its joint plans with the Trump administration in the Middle East.
It would seem that the Saudis won't just spend money to pay for forming alliances with the U.S. next to the infamous orb in Riyadh and trying to form an anti-Iran bloc in the region. The decision by regional powers to have an asymmetrical relationship with the United States often results in fragility and a violation of their national interests. The security services that countries with no autonomy purchase with cash tends to be a nuisance and, if necessary, a threat against their employer.
Trump's crude words must not be viewed independently of his address to the United Nations, where he warned the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members not to raise oil prices. After all, Saudi Arabia remains one of the world's largest oil producers. In other words, the Trump administration doesn't want the Saudis to raise oil prices in order to pay the United States.
In response to Trump's statement, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave an interview to Bloomberg, where he attempted to defend his country's pride. The crown prince told reporters that Riyadh had already paid for the weapons that it purchased from the United States. He added that Saudi Arabia had been around since 1744 – three decades earlier than the United States. To be clear, those words weren't intended as a criticism of Donald Trump. Riyadh works very hard to irreversibly align its policies with Washington's priorities. For this purpose, the Saudis have ended up adopting the Israeli position on Palestine and Jerusalem. Having taken huge risks to make concessions that amounted to a break with traditional Saudi foreign policy, the House of Saud appears to think that it has no choice but to embrace Trump. Hence the crown prince's efforts to downplay the U.S. president's remarks: A friend, he argues, can say good or bad things.
Another incident that captured the world's attention was the disappearance of Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Last week, he entered the Saudi Consulate to obtain official papers necessary to get married in Turkey, and never came back. Turkish police are concerned that Khashoggi was murdered, dismembered and carried out of the Saudi mission in multiple bags.
Riyadh has a long history of abductions and enforced disappearances when it comes to dissidents. The 1979 disappearance of Nassir al-Sa'id in Beirut, the 2003 abduction of Prince Sultan bin Turki in Geneva immediately come to mind. So does the suspicious disappearance of Saud bin Saif al Nasr. Again, the detention and forced resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri wasn't too long ago.
The Khashoggi scandal could deal a serious blow to Turkey-Saudi relations. If the authorities are right about what happened, it will be difficult for Riyadh to explain why it decided to kill a dissident at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. At this point, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said that he is "very sorry" and pledged to "closely monitor" the investigation. Going forward, Turkish and Saudi officials need to work together to shed light on this incident.
Moreover, we must point out that this affair amounts to a scandal with serious international repercussions for the Saudis. Having spent millions of dollars over several weeks to portray himself as a "reformist" in Washington, the Saudi crown prince now faces fierce criticism there. There is talk about the U.S. Congress moving to "punish" Saudi Arabia – which could derail ongoing efforts to create the Middle East Strategic Alliance that is intended to bring together Egypt, Jordan and the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Riyadh must understand the limits and dangers of collaborating with Donald Trump. It has no choice but to engage Turkey on the basis of cooperation.
Greed must be brought under control. Covert operations only serve to ruin friendships.
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En Octobre, 2018 (13:20 PM)Votez contre le népotisme
Votez contre le clientélisme
Votez contre la dictature
Votez contre les abus de pouvoir
Votez contre l'enrichissement illicite ( 8 milliards en privilèges de renumeration du fonctionnaire Macky )
Votez contre le clanisme ( benno Tass yakaar )
Votez contre le blanchiment d'argent ( building administratif avec la mafia Italienne )
Votez Votez votez. Votez. Contre contre contre contre. Votez contre MAcky Sall
Votez pour SONKO SONKO. SONKO. Pour Sauver le Sénégal
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