Dakar, May 8 (APS) – The daily newspapers received Wednesday at the Senegalese Press Agency are mainly interested in the working visit made Tuesday by the President of the Republic of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, to Ivory Coast where he agreed with his Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Dramane Ouattara, to strengthen bilateral relations between the two States and to the solutions recommended by the Mediator of the Republic, Demba Kandji, for better land management in Senegal.
”Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Alassane Ouattara strengthen the Dakar-Abidjan axis”, Yoor-Yoor headlines.
The newspaper underlines that ”at the invitation of Alassane Ouattara, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye made an official visit to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on May 7”.
”He was accompanied by a strong delegation made up of members of the Government and senior Senegalese personalities. The Head of State’s stay is part of strengthening the ties of friendship, fraternity and cooperation existing between the two countries,” reports the publication.
On several subjects relating to bilateral cooperation, democracy, ECOWAS or even UEMOA ”BDF in phase with Ouattara”, notes L’Info.
”The Dakar-Abidjan axis is doing well! This is the conclusion that can be drawn from the declarations of Presidents Alassane Dramane Ouattara and Bassirou Diomaye Faye following their interview, on the occasion of the working visit carried out yesterday, in Côte d’Ivoire, by the new Senegalese president. ‘, mentions the newspaper.
The publication notes that ”Dean Ouattara and the young BDF displayed + a total convergence of points of view + on issues related to multifaceted cooperation between the two countries, but also partnership within sub-regional organizations’.
”On a friendly visit yesterday to Abidjan, the Head of State, Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his counterpart Alassane Dramane Ouattara revisited the areas of cooperation to be consolidated between the two countries”, reports Le Soleil, stressing that ‘ ‘the Senegalese head of state welcomed the dynamism of bilateral relations between Senegal and Ivory Coast”.
”He however informed his counterpart Alassane Dramane Ouattara that the two countries can still do better within the framework of this cooperation,” writes the publication.
”Senegal and Ivory Coast in UEMOA and ECOWAS, a solid duo that wants to weigh more”, headlines the national daily.
”Bassirou Diomaye Faye presents to Ouattara his vision”, of ECOWAS, of bilateral cooperation between Senegal and Ivory Coast, notes L’As.
The newspaper specifies that during this working visit between Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Alassane Dramane Ouattara ”the functioning of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and bilateral cooperation between the two countries were at the forefront. discussion menu”.
WalfQuotidien is interested in the good neighborly diplomacy developed by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye since his official installation on April 2, 2024.
”He thus breaks with his predecessors. Driven by a sovereignist spirit, he seems to favor good neighborly diplomacy between Senegal and its neighbors in the sub-region,” notes the newspaper.
”Unlike these predecessors who were more linked to foreign powers in terms of cooperation, President Faye favors good neighborly diplomacy. Since taking office, his international visits have been made to the countries of the sub-region with a first visit to Mauritania, followed by the Gambia, before flying to Guinea Bissau,” mentions Walf.
In terms of bilateral cooperation, sub-regional integration ”BDF and ADO are looking in the same direction”, indicates Le Quotidien.
The same newspaper in its today’s publication addresses land management with the release of the Mediator of the Republic Démba Kandji, during a workshop on land organized by the Mediator of the Republic in collaboration with the Association of Former Governors , civil society movements and other actors.
Land management ”Demba Kandji clears up the problem”, headlines the newspaper which underlines that ”the Mediator of the Republic, has initiated reflections on land management in the country while it has been shaken for several days by the succession of revelations on the supposed allocation of land to certain personalities.
”Beyond urban centers, Demba Kandji insisted on the need to protect rural land,” adds the publication.
Vox Populi is also interested in the alert from Demba Kandji, the mediator of the Republic, on the land problem.
”What happens in the rural world in 10 years, 15 years is going to be worse than the cornice. We need to think about rural land… Going towards the interior of the country, you will realize the decomposition, the social configuration of housing, it’s worrying,” reports the newspaper, quoting Demba Kandji .
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