RN Anchya Bamana defends foreign footballers, untraceable figures and a care center for turtles

This Wednesday morning, it’s the same question as yesterday: will the Black Devils play the eighth round of the French Football Cup this evening in Corsica?

The match was finally postponed last night following an appeal against their medical certificates. It was a long day for the Mahorais players, who waited until the last minute for the announcement of this postponement.

It was officially confirmed by letter from the federation just two hours before kick-off. When in doubt, the Mahorais had already moved to the stadium. A commission is expected to deliver its verdict today after their previous opponent appealed. The US Crépy accuses them of having used fraudulent medical certificates. The Black Devils refute these accusations, they also question the fact that the Oise club had access to the license files of its players.

Two options now: either the match against USC Corté is played this evening at 10 p.m., Mayotte time, or Combani is eliminated and the adventure ends there. The players were already supposed to return to Mayotte today to resume the regional 1 championship while waiting for the 32nd finals if they qualify. The federation covers their transport and accommodation, but not necessarily the purchase of winter clothing. On their Facebook page, the Black Devils launched a call for donations to enable its young people to meet their needs. Minors who had to replace the seven holders at short notice, prohibited from traveling because they were in an irregular situation.

Information can be found on our website, while the national press sees this adventure in two ways.

On the one hand, newspapers like L’Equipe welcome this bittersweet human adventure. Returning to the scenes of jubilation after their victory in the seventh round, on the t-shirts worn before the match with the names of the missing players written on the back.

On the other hand, The Chained Duck and Libération focus on the reaction of Anchya Bamana. After this victory on Saturday, the MP contacted the prefect to ask him to grant administrative passes for players in an irregular situation. “ A helping hand from the National Assembly when you’re illegal, that’s the magic of football », quips the Duck.

The story does not end there, Libération interviewed Anchya Bamana. She swears that she did not know that the players were in an irregular situation, she says she transmitted the request for a pass.in good faith“, and that she finally approves the prefect’s response. “A first division reversal?” asks the newspaper, which also delivers François-Xavier Bieuville’s response. According to the prefect, four of them submitted regularization request files “as a sick foreigner”but the files were closed. Two other requests were made urgently and are described as “very incomplete”. “I note that two of these seven players are unfavorably known to the police and gendarmerie services” adds François-Xavier Bieuville. Information to also be found this morning in the Journal de Mayotte.

Said Omar Oili wants to know the number of residence permits issued in Mayotte…

According to the senator, this data should help him work on public policies to combat illegal immigration. Over the past year, he has made this request four times to the prefecture, without succeeding in obtaining these figures, as recounted in the Journal de Mayotte. In detail, we know that 20,000 residence permits were issued last year for 56,000 applications, but three quarters of these permits concern renewals. For the senator : « it’s a flow, other renewals will fall in 2024 or 2025. The figure that I can’t get is the stock of residence permits. I have the impression that there is an obstruction on the data. »

The senator also wants to know the number of children out of school in Mayotte.

« We are the forgotten ones of the Republic», Judge Said Omar Oili. In January, he asked the rectorate for the number of children out of school. Difficult to say, replied the rectorate, between 6,000 and 10,000 children according to the minister responsible for academic success. The Mayotte parents’ federation rather cites 20,000 children out of school. To know the exact figure, Unicef ​​is calling for the creation of a national observatory of non-school attendance. Added to this is the case of rotations in Mahorese schools due to lack of classes. A complete file on schooling in Overseas Territories can be found on our website on the occasion of International Children’s Rights Day today.

Thani Mohamed Soilihi returns home

The town halls of Mamoudzou and Sada are already calling on the population for a popular welcome this Saturday for the official visit of the Secretary of State for Francophonie and International Cooperation, the first Mahorais member of the government. However, his cabinet has not yet announced this trip or its program.

Mahorais mayors warn about water and insecurity

Two themes discussed yesterday and the day before yesterday at the congress of mayors in France. According to Flash Info, the mayor of Pamandzi, for example, told his counterparts about the series of crises that have crossed our island in recent years: medical desertion, daily insecurity, illegal immigration, and even the lack of water.

A round table was dedicated to this theme. The director of the water union justified these difficulties by the importance of demographic growth. The crises of 2023 and 2017 are quite simply a drought combined with a “ general situation of insufficient infrastructure relating to production, storage and distribution », According to Ibrahim Aboubacar. The solution is the projects within two years of three canals, drilling, a new hill reservoir and seawater desalination plant. Some solutions are dependent on rainfall, which remains a risk. To definitively get out of this mess, according to the director of LEMA, it would be necessary to secure a production capacity 20% higher than demand. For the moment, it is rather the opposite, data to be found in Flash Info, but also in the Journal de Mayotte.

Two men tried yesterday for their role in the resurgence of violence between young people in Combani and Miréréni.

It was just a year ago. The young people arrested suggested that adults from their village helped them by “ preparing food after the fight ». « It feels like an Asterix album », notes the president of the court in Flash Info. The two defendants are two well-known residents of Miréréni: one is the manager of the village football club, he sometimes makes volleys with young people to whom he is close due to his associative functions. The other works in construction, he is the son of a village shopkeeper. He is accused of using an alarm when the COmbani bands crossed the bridge between the two villages. He recognizes it, it serves to warn of an attack. “ I’m not going to pay young people to attack Combani, my children are there “, he says. Accusations, but few factual elements according to the newspaper. The prosecution requested sentences of four months suspended prison sentence for one and two months suspended prison sentence for the other. Their lawyer pleaded for acquittal, the deliberations will be delivered on November 26.

Another hearing in Flash Info, that of a smuggler sentenced to eight years in prison. He is accused of bringing in irregular migrants and contraband goods between 2015 and 2021.

A call for donations for a turtle care center

Kaz’a Nyamba, a care center for turtles in distress in Mayotte, is the project of the Oulanga na Nyamba association which fights for their preservation. This center will be located on Boulevard des Crabes in Petite-Terre. A specially designed space is planned with six pools connected to a pumping station, a laboratory dedicated to care and a 50 m2 space open to the public.

For keepers, it is a place of refuge for turtles and sharing with the general public. If the funding was acquired early, the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine happened there. The process was delayed and funders became discouraged. The association is seeking an additional 400,000 euros for a total budget of three million euros. The center should be opened at the end of 2025, information can be found in the Journal de Mayotte.