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00:00Welcome to a new edition of the Média Mornay, here are the headlines.
00:24In the last 6 days, hundreds of Palestinians left Jenin on the 4th day of a military operation of the Israeli army that killed at least 12 people.
00:37The Secretary General of the United Nations, alarmed by the resumption of fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, condemned this Thursday the extension of the offensive of the rebels of the M23, which increases the risk of a regional war.
00:54Rabah and Nouakchott sign a memorandum of understanding on the sectors of electricity and renewable energies.
01:01The agreement includes a clause relating to the interconnection project between Morocco and Britain.
01:07This Thursday, hundreds of Palestinians left Jenin on the 4th day of a military operation of the Israeli army that killed at least 12 people.
01:24Supported by bulldozers, planes and armored military vehicles, the soldiers launched this operation on Tuesday, called Iron Wall, two days after the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas.
01:38Hundreds of residents of the camp began to leave after the Israeli army, via fixed loudspeakers, ordered them to evacuate.
01:46Yesterday, the governor of Jenin, Selim El Saadi, a member of the committee of management of the camp, confirmed this order.
01:53They asked the residents of the camp to leave before 5 p.m. local time, 3 p.m. GMT.
01:58There are dozens of people who have begun to leave.
02:01On Wednesday, residents had begun to flee the region of Jenin on foot.
02:08The UN Secretary-General, alarmed by the resumption of fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, condemned yesterday the extension of the offensive of the M23 rebels, which increases the risk of a regional war.
02:22This is what his spokesman said, evoking the presence of the Rwandan forces.
02:27Antonio Guterres condemns with the greatest firmness the new offensive launched by the M23 movement since the beginning of the year and its extension to the north and south of Kivu, including the recent seizure of Saqqa, which aggravates the threats on the city of Goma,
02:46as stated in a statement by Stéphane Dujarric.
02:48The Secretary-General calls on the M23 to immediately cease its offensive, to withdraw from all the occupied areas and to respect the agreement to cease fire on July 31, 2024.
02:59On the other hand, he is deeply disturbed by the conclusions of UN experts charged by the Security Council to monitor the sanctions against the RDC regarding the presence of Rwandan troops on Congolese soil.
03:13The support continues at the M23.
03:18In Niger, the Minister of National Defense expressed himself on Tuesday evening on the security situation of the country during an interview on national television.
03:29General Salifou Modi has in particular come back on the progress made since the accession to the power of the military authorities, a new defense strategy,
03:39taking into account local resources but also new allies. Our correspondent Jean-Gibril William told us more.
03:48On the security level, for those who know each other, it was practically a security charlatanism.
03:57The words are of General Salifou Modi, Minister of Nigerian Defense, who spoke Tuesday evening on national television.
04:05The former head of state has in particular come back on the security situation of Niger before the accession to the power of the CNSP in favor of a military coup.
04:14And at the time of the assessment, 18 months later, the situation will have changed.
04:182024 is the year of taking into account our national defense and our security.
04:30We fully assume the security and defense of our country.
04:39A new national defense strategy that would have allowed the recruitment and training of more than 18,000 people in various fields,
04:46but also the acquisition of military equipment with new partners such as Russia, Iran or China.
04:53A 2024 that remains marked by a security orientation now linked to that of Mali and Burkina Faso,
05:01with which Niger now shares the alliance of the states of the Sahel.
05:05In this common space, our forces can now intervene together.
05:14Or a force can appeal to another that has more strategic means to defend.
05:22It's new, it's original and it's safe for our space and for our populations.
05:30Populations whose Nigerian capital seemed to be largely reassured this Wednesday by this public security assessment,
05:38even if for some the changes were already visible.
05:43I am happy that the minister has addressed the population because this allows us to know what is really going on in the field.
05:50We have always had confidence in our army to protect us and we will support it whatever happens.
05:57It has been several months since we have seen soldiers everywhere in the city.
06:00Some are stationed in various places, while others stop and search for suspicious vehicles.
06:06Their mere presence is already very reassuring.
06:10Local authorities have also announced the deployment of a group of 5,000 men
06:14grouping soldiers from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.
06:18A common force that should allow the alliance of the states of the Sahel
06:22to intensify its struggles against terrorist armed groups.
06:27A memorandum of understanding on the sectors of electricity and renewable energies has been signed.
06:33This Thursday, the Minister of Energy Transition, Leila Ben Ali, and her Mauritanian counterpart, Mohamed Ould Khaled,
06:39have given Rabat a major step in consolidating bilateral ties.
06:46More details in this story by Leila Ben Ali.
06:51Morocco and Mauritania signed this Thursday in Rabat a protocol of agreement
06:54aimed at strengthening the partnership in the sectors of electricity and renewable energies between the two countries.
07:00The agreement envisages the implementation of projects intended to electrify rural areas,
07:04to promote initiatives in favor of clean energies,
07:08as well as to harmonize the electric standards between the two countries.
07:14This partnership consolidates fraternal ties and exemplary cooperation between the two countries.
07:20The objective is to strengthen our bilateral relations with broader perspectives
07:25and, as our two heads of state would like, His Majesty King Mohammed VI and His Excellency President Mohamed Ould El Ghouani.
07:34As you know, Mauritania and Morocco have great potential in terms of renewable energies and electricity,
07:41placing them among the best countries in these areas.
07:47The agreement protocol also includes the exchange of expertise and technology in the management of networks and energy security,
07:54while strengthening human skills through joint training programs.
08:04The two countries have a wealth of assets and potential,
08:07which can promote the development of many projects,
08:10but also to promote sustainable economic and social development.
08:14The objective is also to consolidate regional integration between the European and African continents,
08:19with all that comes in terms of strengthening Africa's position in the global economy.
08:29This cooperation will also strengthen the energy security of the two countries,
08:33allow diversification of supply sources,
08:36and study the implementation of an electric interconnection project,
08:39enabling to stabilize networks and improve electricity supply.
08:44Discussions between the two ministers also focused on major strategic projects,
08:49such as the gas pipeline linking Morocco to Nigeria,
08:52as well as initiatives in new energies, including green hydrogen.
08:58This energy agreement will concretize regional integration between Morocco and Mauritania,
09:03as the energy expert Amine Benona explains.
09:08We're going to go a little further.
09:10For now, the first phase is to connect with Mauritania.
09:16But in a second phase, we'll see that Mauritania will connect with Senegal,
09:22and that shouldn't be long,
09:24because now, in terms of cooperation,
09:26Mauritania and Senegal are already sharing a natural gas pipeline.
09:31So once we're used to sharing good things, we'll continue.
09:37And not to mention that there will be,
09:40there is something, well, maybe I'm moving forward a little bit,
09:44but in not very long, there will be a road
09:47that will go from Smara to another,
09:51to another border post with Mauritania,
09:56but this time it will be much further north, much further north from Mauritania.
10:01And it's not impossible to consider an interconnection
10:05that will go from Smara to this border post,
10:09this future border post,
10:11and we'll have two interconnections.
10:14But I'm dreaming a little bit here.
10:16But in terms of regional balance,
10:19it's very important because
10:23when we have good relations with our neighbours,
10:27well, we exchange, we exchange electricity,
10:32we exchange goods,
10:34electricity is a commodity like any other,
10:36which is exchanged across borders,
10:38but there is a need for technical support
10:42that we call interconnections, that's it.
10:45In Morocco, the spread of measles
10:48worries health authorities.
10:51Since last September, 25,000 cases have been recorded
10:55and 120 child deaths have been reported.
10:58Measles has become an epidemic,
11:01according to the Ministry of Health.
11:04This epidemic of measles is due, in particular,
11:07to the decrease in the vaccination rate,
11:10especially during the post-COVID years.
11:13I suggest you listen to Mustafa Beytas,
11:16spokesman for the government.
11:18What did the government do to deal with this disease?
11:22What did the government do to deal with measles?
11:26The government has put in place a series of emergency measures.
11:29A surveillance system has been set up
11:32through the National Centre for Public Health Emergency Operations
11:36as well as 12 regional centres.
11:39A national vaccination campaign has also been launched,
11:43targeting particularly unvaccinated or insufficiently vaccinated children
11:48since October 28, 2024.
11:51This campaign has also been extended.
11:54Another communication campaign has been launched
11:57targeting people concerned with vaccination,
12:00namely parents and their children,
12:03women and men in the teaching staff,
12:06health professionals and public authorities.
12:09In parallel, coordination efforts have been deployed
12:12with the education, sport and interior sectors
12:15to check the vaccine status of children under 12.
12:18Authorities are also ensuring medical monitoring of the reported cases,
12:22particularly among close contacts of the affected people.
12:26In this regard, the government has urged the parents
12:30and the various actors of civil society
12:33to be actively involved in the ongoing efforts to vaccinate against measles
12:37that are spreading in our country,
12:40emphasizing the importance of combating misinformation
12:43around this issue.
12:46Donald Trump has also invited partners
12:49to the World Economic Forum in Davos
12:52to come and produce in America
12:55or else he would risk paying customs duties
12:58to sell their products in the United States.
13:01Donald Trump has called for a drop in oil prices
13:04and interest rates.
13:07He has also mentioned the wars in Gaza and Ukraine,
13:10the question of immigration and the increase in defense spending.
13:14More details with Alaa Ben Ali.
13:17It is an economic threat in good shape
13:20bragged by the American president.
13:23During a videoconference on Thursday,
13:26Donald Trump called again the world's business leaders
13:29to create factories and to produce in the United States
13:32under the pretext of seeing their exports to America
13:35burdened by important customs rights.
13:38My message to every business in the world is very simple.
13:42Come and make your products in America
13:45and you will benefit from the lowest taxes in the world.
13:48But if you do not produce them in the United States,
13:51which is your right,
13:54then very simply you will have to pay customs rights
13:57that could weigh hundreds of billions of dollars,
14:00or even more.
14:03And this money will be used to finance the debt of the United States,
14:06the best place to build factories and do business.
14:10Under the Trump administration...
14:25He called me and meet with President Putin soon
14:28to put an end to this war.
14:31And it's not from the point of view of the economy
14:34or anything else.
14:37It's from the point of view of the millions of lives that are wasted.
14:40It's a carnage.
14:43We really have to put an end to this war.
14:46In another record, Donald Trump urged NATO members
14:49to massively increase their military spending.
14:52NATO member countries should increase their defense spending
14:55by 5% of GDP,
14:58and that's what was supposed to be applied many years ago.
15:01In his speech to world leaders,
15:04Donald Trump also attributed to his administration
15:07the merit of having managed to reach a ceasefire in Gaza.
15:10The American president also confirmed
15:13that he would fight against illegal immigration in his country
15:16and also intend to freeze the foreign aid provided by Washington
15:19to several countries.
15:22Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso
15:25put their common passport in circulation
15:28next week,
15:31and the three countries will be released from the CEDEAO.
15:34More details with Mohamed Danyoko.
15:37For Dauda Bakary Kone,
15:40this decision to give up her passport is not a surprise.
15:43As long as the three countries that make up the alliance
15:46have decided to leave the CEDEAO,
15:49it was normal to have a uniform document.
15:52I think it's a healthy decision
15:55in relation to everything we heard
15:58because the three governments
16:01have already given the opportunity
16:04to change their passports
16:07in the course of validation
16:10or maybe they can even use the same passports
16:13in the course of validation until their expiration date.
16:16So I think it's a decision that is still healthy
16:19and that is very responsible in relation to their speech.
16:22If the old passports, marked with the CEDEAO logo,
16:25can be used until their expiration,
16:28according to the communiqué,
16:31for the Malians, this decision was expected
16:34for the renewal of their passports.
16:37The countries have decided to consummate the divorce.
16:40We will have to work after our independence.
16:43I think it's a good thing.
16:46I am one of those who think that this document should be put online
16:49because even my passport is expired
16:52and I was waiting for them to decide something
16:55before I renewed my passport.
16:58Mali, which must leave the CEDEAO from January 29,
17:01needed this document to facilitate the circulation
17:04of people and their belongings,
17:07says Adhiera Tuwatara.
17:10It's a healthy initiative
17:13by the president of the IAS
17:16for the circulation
17:19of the passport of the IAS
17:22and the population of the IAS
17:25would be independent in terms of documents.
17:28Already, during the meeting of the IAS experts
17:31held a week ago in Bamako,
17:34this question had been addressed
17:37and this passport should be called e-passport,
17:40said the Minister of Finance of Mali.
17:43The Gabonese will be called to the polls
17:46on April 12 to elect their president.
17:49The date of the presidential scrutiny
17:52has been announced by the government spokesman
17:55as a decisive step towards the return
17:58to a civil regime promised by the authorities
18:01of transition and development
18:04with Kevin Oswald Dukaga from Libreville.
18:07In less than three months,
18:10precisely on April 12,
18:13the next president of the Republic will be elected,
18:16a news that comes after the adoption
18:19by the Parliament of the new electoral code,
18:22two key steps towards the return
18:25to a constitutional regime promised
18:28by the Committee of the Transition.
18:31The project of decree bringing the election
18:34of the President of the Republic
18:37for the year 2025.
18:40The scrutiny will take place
18:43from 7 am to 6 pm.
18:46The 168 deputies and senators
18:49approved in extraordinary session
18:52the text of 383 articles,
18:55a new electoral code,
18:58which aims to promote the deputies of the transition.
19:01It is now possible that after each
19:04proclamation of the results in the polling stations,
19:07the deputies are stuck in front
19:10of each polling station,
19:13that the candidates are represented
19:16in the polling station,
19:19that each candidate has access
19:22to a copy of the deputies,
19:25that national and even international observers
19:28can now assist
19:31in the electoral process
19:34on all steps.
19:37The country is slowly moving towards a return
19:40to the constitutional order.
19:43Last November, a referendum was held
19:46on the new constitution adopted by the OUI.
19:49So now in Abidjan,
19:52a forum on the markets of West African carbon
19:55is being held.
19:58An opportunity for key players to revisit
20:01the role of West African countries
20:04in this dynamic
20:07and the opportunities offered by these markets.
20:10Stéphane Soumaoro and Ferdinand Kouakou
20:13followed the work of this forum.
20:16The Forum on the Carbon Markets in West Africa,
20:19which is held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast,
20:22offers a strategic platform for thinking,
20:25exchanging and, above all, acting effectively
20:29for the carbon market in the sub-region.
20:32The country has committed to reducing
20:35its greenhouse gas emissions
20:38by 30.41% by 2030
20:41compared to the current status quo
20:44or 98.95% with international support.
20:47We are determined
20:50to make our country a model
20:53in terms of sustainability,
20:56economic development
20:59and the preservation of the planet.
21:02The Ivory Coast has just set up
21:05a National Carbon Markets Bureau.
21:08The country, in the image of the sub-region,
21:11has immense potential.
21:14The potential in terms of the Ivory Coast
21:17carbon market is immense.
21:20We did a pilot project last year
21:23and we have already mobilized 30 million dollars.
21:26While the United States of America
21:29has just announced its withdrawal
21:32from the Paris Agreement,
21:35this forum is placed under the sign
21:38of cooperation, innovation and concerted action
21:41to address the challenges of climate change.
21:44Last week, we signed with the Ivorian government
21:47a loan of 150 million euros,
21:51and we also have a lot of programs
21:54in renewable energy.
21:57We remain absolutely committed to the Paris Agreement.
22:00Through this sharing of experience and expertise
22:03and especially the highlighting of new investment opportunities
22:06in sustainable projects and the attraction
22:09of new international and private funding,
22:12this forum has met its expectations.
22:15That's all for now.
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