MEDI1TV Afrique : MEDI1 MORNING - 04/12/2024
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00:00Hello everyone, I'm glad to see you again for a new edition of the Grand Journal Mediamonde, and here are the headlines.
00:24In Syria, the rebels at the gates of the key city of Hama, the 4th city of the country, where fights opposed them yesterday to the Syrian army, according to the OSDH, the fights on board Hama have caused a major wave of displacement.
00:38In South Korea, President Yoon Soo-kyeol was put back on the wall this Wednesday by the opposition, as by his own party, after attempting yesterday to impose martial law, a measure that he was forced to abrogate under pressure.
00:56And France is preparing today for the fall of its government, a gesture unprecedented since 1962, which would plunge the country into great political and budget uncertainty.
01:11The rebels, who are leading an offensive in the north of Syria, arrived on Tuesday at the gates of Hama, the 4th city of the country, according to the OSDH, where fights opposed them to the Syrian army, supported by Russian aviation and significant reinforcements.
01:31The army has been fighting fiercely, particularly in the north of Hama province, while significant reinforcements have arrived in the city, according to a military source cited by the Syrian official agency.
01:42On its side, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the rebels had arrived at the gates of Hama, a strategic city in the center of the country, located between Aleppo and the capital Damascus, and had bombed certain neighborhoods, according to the OSDH.
01:57Fights on the outskirts of Hama have caused a significant wave of displacements, 600 of which have been killed in a week, of which 104 civilians, according to the OSDH, have been the first of this magnitude since 2020 in this country, murdered by civil war.
02:15South Korean President Yun Sook-yeol was beaten to the wall on Wednesday by the opposition, as well as by his own party, after attempting on Tuesday to impose martial law, a measure that he was forced to abrogate under pressure.
02:34Yun Sook-yeol, in the popularity quota, was already extremely weak, had announced the imposition of martial law during a surprise speech yesterday, accusing the opposition of being hostile forces in a state of disagreement on the budget for the imposition of martial law.
02:56Troops were deployed and helicopters of the army landed on the roof of the parliament, but the deputies were able to meet in a catastrophe to adopt a resolution demanding the abrogation of the measure, which the South Korean president ended up resolving after several hours.
03:14Hundreds of demonstrators had gathered in front of the parliament to demand the withdrawal of the text and the resignation of President Yun Sook-yeol, the head of the cabinet of the president and important advisers, whose resignation was presented en masse this morning, according to the National Agency.
03:32Less than six months after the coup of Massoud, the French National Assembly is preparing to censor this Wednesday the government of Michel Barnier, Justin Ledy of the country 1962, which would plunge the country into a great political and budgetary uncertainty.
04:00Suspense seems limited on the paper and the censorship of the government of Barnier is already demanded by a large majority of deputies from the left and the far right, even before the debate scheduled to start at 3 p.m. this Wednesday.
04:18The vote is expected at 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. GMT time. The two motions of censorship submitted by the opposition of the left and the far right are supported by 325 deputies, far more than the 288 necessary to bring down the government, which has not occurred in France since 1962.
04:38A reflex of responsibility of the deputies is however possible to avoid censorship of the executive in the superior interest of the country, hoped for last night, Michel Barnier, interviewed on two television channels. I propose to listen to him.
04:53I confirm to you that I stay to listen, frankly, I stay to listen. And if I have to stay here as Prime Minister, not for myself, but to continue to serve, I tell you again that my door will be open, that I am ready to work with all political groups to improve, because this budget is not perfect, there are still possible discussions on the project of finance law.
05:11And then there are plenty of topics, there are plenty of topics for after, for the next 6 months. We do not know what can happen, but I think there is a lot of tension in our country and we must be careful. A lot of tension, a lot of feeling of injustice, a lot of anger.
05:26I try to look at what is happening in the agricultural sectors that I know quite well and that I like a lot. The situation is very difficult on a social, economic, budgetary, financial level. Very difficult, I know it from the beginning. I try to create progress and to train all those who trust me and the citizens towards progress.
05:41What I am sure of, Mrs. Lapixé, listen to me well, is that if the abolition of censorship passes, everything will be more difficult and everything will be more serious.
05:49The head of the government, Aziz Ahnouch, accompanied by the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, represents His Majesty King Mohammed VI at the One Water Summit.
06:00The works were opened on Tuesday in Riyadh in order to discuss the scarcity of water resources on a global scale and the challenging challenges.
06:09The One Water Summit, which is held on the eve of the 16th session of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Convention on the fight against desertification,
06:18is an initiative led by Saudi Arabia in partnership with France, Kazakhstan and the World Bank to discuss the scarcity of water in the world.
06:31Representatives from various countries, including Morocco, international organizations and actors of civil society, are meeting today in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
06:44Three major objectives are to improve global water governance, stimulate international partnerships and accelerate action on Water Day No. 6 on clean water and sanitation.
06:57This summit was jointly launched by the Kingdom, which welcomes the 16th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on the fight against desertification, which aims to reduce the degradation of land and drought.
07:10The world today is facing growing challenges in the water sector, including high rates of drought, which lead to multiple crises represented by the shortage of drinking water and the exacerbation of desertification problems
07:24and the threat to human life and society.
07:31Participants identified five major challenges to address at this summit.
07:36Access to drinking water and sanitation for all, sustainable water management as a common good, improving the multilateral framework for water,
07:44financing water and sanitation projects, and finally, the link between water, humanitarian crisis and peace in the world.
07:53We have put in place a national plan to reduce our consumption by 10% by 2030, which is based on science, climate models to anticipate all scenarios, including the most degraded,
08:05and to mobilize all levers, sobriety, innovation, technology, at the service of all sectors.
08:12And we are pursuing this action at the international level through the French Development Agency, which has already committed more than $10 billion in the water sector,
08:20of which nearly $2 billion only in 2023.
08:27Water management is crucial in the face of the growing climate crisis, with a water demand expected to increase by 50% by 2030.
08:35Currently, about 2 billion people do not have access to drinking water, according to the latest data from the UN.
08:41This summit is an incubator of solutions for these challenges, thus preparing the ground for the next United Nations Water Conference, scheduled for 2026.
08:51Namibia has elected its first female president, Netombo Ndetwa, 72 years old, from the ruling party, with 57.31% of the votes.
09:08This is what the Electoral Commission announced last night.
09:12The Swapo, a party of the current vice-president, nicknamed NNN, leads the vast country, rich in miners,
09:22which has only 3 million inhabitants in two-thirds, in less than 30 years, since its independence in 1990.
09:33Ms Ndetwa holds conservative positions, in particular as a partisan of a strict legislation on abortion, her first opponent.
09:53The candidate of the Independent Patriot Party for change comes far behind, with only 25.50% of the votes in this election, which had a strong participation.
10:15The Swapo also won the legislative elections, which were held by obtaining 51 seats against 20 for the IPC.
10:31This is the end of this edition, in a few moments an exclusive interview with Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Council of Water.
10:57The interview was made at the Middays International Forum.