MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 22/12/2024
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00:00Hello and welcome to this newscast, here are the headlines.
00:21Participants of the second national regionalisation assembly
00:25have called for an acceleration of the implementation of the Charter of Administrative Deconcentrations.
00:35On Sunday, the Civil Defense announced the death of 28 people in several strikes by the Israeli army.
00:45U.S. President Joe Biden promulgated the Finance Act, preventing a federal state paralysis until mid-March.
00:55And before developing these headlines, know that Spain highly appreciates the efforts of His Majesty King Mohammed VI
01:02in favor of the progress of Morocco and regional stability.
01:06These are the words of the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez.
01:09The Spanish Prime Minister is in Morocco to participate in the Congress of the International Socialist.
01:15And in a statement to the press, Pedro Sanchez congratulated himself on the excellence of relations
01:20by uniting Morocco and Spain, two brotherly and neighbouring countries,
01:23who share similar projects and visions on the issues and challenges that the world and our societies face.
01:29These bonds of cooperation, fraternity and friendship are vital to allow the two societies to achieve their aspirations in an efficient and equitable way.
01:38End of quote.
01:40In front of the Security Council of the United Nations, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken put forward
01:54the launch by Morocco and the United States of the UN Group of Friends on Artificial Intelligence
02:00to promote and coordinate efforts in the field of digital cooperation, especially in the field of artificial intelligence.
02:07This summer, the United States and Morocco created a group in the United States open to all Member States
02:13where experts from all regions share the best practices for the adoption of artificial intelligence, said Antony Blinken.
02:20And in July, as a reminder, the permanent representative of Morocco to the UN, Ambassador Omar Hillel,
02:26proceeded with his American counterpart Linda Thomas-Greenfield
02:30at the launch of the Group of Friends on Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development,
02:35which currently brings together more than 60 Member States.
02:43The second sessions of the advanced regionalization were completed yesterday in Tangier.
02:48Participants called for the acceleration of the implementation of the Administrative Deconcentration Charter
02:54in order to strengthen integrated territorial governance.
02:57They pleaded for the completion of the application of the Roadmap Related to the Orientation Framework
03:02for the operationalization of the exercise by the regions of their skills,
03:07notably those related to transport, investment and water,
03:11while developing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for the efficiency and performance of territorial actors.
03:20Participants also stressed the need to activate the exercise of regional attributions
03:27to improve its territorial attractiveness by adopting a more flexible and interactive approach
03:32in order to achieve sustainable and integrated development.
03:41The national sessions, always participants,
03:44an atelier organized as part of these second sessions of the advanced regionalization,
03:49called Saturday in Tangier for the federation of efforts of the regions
03:53in order to address the challenges related to hydric stress in Morocco.
03:57The participants highlighted the various projects carried out by the regions
04:01and the ministerial departments concerned,
04:03with the aim of mobilizing the necessary water resources
04:07and facing the challenges related to the evaporation of dam waters
04:11and the protection against the dangers of flooding,
04:14on the imperative to address the issue of hydric stress in the different regions of the Kingdom
04:18as a structural phenomenon.
04:20I propose to listen to the statement of Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water.
04:26Today, what is clear is that, as you know,
04:29the royal letter was edifying in this sense
04:33since it emphasized the role of the regions in the fight against hydric stress.
04:41And in this context, we have a roadmap that has been stopped
04:45with, on the one hand, I would say, regional plans
04:50which concern the integrated management of water,
04:53with, on the other hand, means of financing that have been mobilized by the regions.
04:57We signed it yesterday, confirming the royal guidelines,
05:01where there is an intervention of the regions in the field of the mobilization of conventional water
05:06but also non-conventional through the drainage of water
05:09but also the reuse of used water,
05:11also through the construction of small dams
05:15to be able to protect against floods
05:18and also ensure the necessary hydric means,
05:21especially for farming and also for rural populations.
05:25Thirdly, there is an essential role in the water economy
05:29and, as you know today, the agricultural policy must be reviewed
05:34by integrating the problem of hydric stress
05:39and also, I would say, a real work to be done
05:42in the field of improving the yields of sewage
05:45where we have huge losses ranging from 30% to 50%.
05:49And finally, everything related to the preservation of groundwater
05:54to be able to stop this overexploitation of these groundwater
05:59and also ensure the re-feeding of groundwater
06:02through, I would say, the establishment of small dams
06:06that will be used for the artificial feeding of groundwater.
06:10In international news,
06:12the civil defense of Reza announced Sunday the death of 28 people
06:17in several Israeli army strikes during the night,
06:20including four children in a school sheltering the displaced.
06:23The civil defense also reported four deaths
06:26after a civilian car was targeted by an Israeli drone
06:30Sunday morning in the city of Reza
06:32and three unidentified deaths in an Israeli aerial strike
06:36east of the city of Rafah in the south of the territory.
06:39The war in Reza was triggered by the unprecedented attack
06:42of Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2023
06:45and which resulted in the death of 1,208 people on the Israeli side.
06:49More than 45,000 Palestinians were killed
06:52in the Israeli military campaign of Represay
06:55in the Palestinian territory, most of whom are civilians.
07:00In the United States,
07:02American President Joe Biden
07:04promulgated the Finance Law on Saturday,
07:06avoiding a paralysis of the federal state until mid-March.
07:10Joe Biden's signature came after the Senate adopted the in extremis text
07:16early on Saturday following a bipartisan vote in the House.
07:20This agreement represents a compromise,
07:22which means that neither party has obtained
07:25everything they wanted to declare Joe Biden
07:27in a statement published by the White House.
07:30And according to observers,
07:32the support for the Finance Law project
07:34reflects the desire of Republican and Democrat parties
07:37to avoid the shutdown,
07:38which would have put thousands of civil servants
07:40on technical unemployment and paralyzed several federal agencies.
07:47In France, the composition of the Beirut government
07:50is moving forward.
07:51Named on December 13,
07:53at the end of a day in the Cambodia,
07:55the Modem boss continues this weekend
07:58to refine his team that he wants to tighten
08:01and as open as possible.
08:03According to Marc Fesneau,
08:05President of the Modem deputies,
08:07this is moving forward.
08:08The structure of the ministerial big poles is fixed
08:11and the complete list of the government
08:13should be presented in one go.
08:15And before Christmas,
08:17according to French media,
08:18there is little chance that a government
08:20will be announced on Monday
08:22because of the national mourning day
08:24decreed by the head of state for the Maoris
08:26whose island was devastated by the Shido cyclone.
08:34And in Mozambique,
08:35the passage of the Shido cyclone
08:37caused at least 94 deaths,
08:40according to a new report,
08:41an increase of 18 deaths,
08:43broadcast on Sunday by the Institute for Risk Management
08:46and Astra from this country of South Africa.
08:48The inventory of the damage of the cyclone,
08:50which also devastated the small French archipelago of Mayotte,
08:53also flew away,
08:54with more than 110,000 homes destroyed in Mozambique,
08:57where the depression hit the continent last week.
09:00The total count of nearly 670 injuries
09:03has not changed since the day before
09:05in this country,
09:06among the poorest on the planet,
09:08having gone through the worst drought
09:10in South Africa for a century,
09:12according to the food program
09:14World Food Program.
09:20And this is the end of this newscast.
09:22The return of the information in a few moments.