MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 14/03/2025
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00:00It's time for the news in Africa.
00:12Let's start in Ivory Coast, the European Union has announced an investment of 7 million
00:18euros to support transparent and peaceful elections in Ivory Coast in the approach
00:24of the 2025 presidential election.
00:27This is what Africa Radio reports.
00:29This program, entitled All Engaged, Elections are Bang Bang, aims to promote civil education
00:37and democratic participation, particularly targeting youth.
00:43700 civil society observers will be deployed to monitor the scrutiny of October 25, 2025
00:50and the legislative elections of 2026.
00:53Notes from the online newspaper.
00:56Bahma Danet informs us that at least 528 Mali migrants have been repressed by Mauritania
01:03towards the locality of Gogi, at the border between the two countries since March 2, 2025.
01:10Dr. Boulaye Keïta, Technical Advisor to the Ministry of the Mali, established abroad,
01:16said that these expulsions concern foreigners in an irregular situation and are part of
01:22a wider campaign of migratory management, although Mauritania has been criticized for
01:28its operations and justifies its actions by security concerns related to irregular immigration
01:35and creates the source of information.
01:37In Ethiopia, the interim government of the Tigray asked for the help of the federal government
01:45Ethiopian after factions of the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Tigray took control
01:51of Adigrat and Adigudem, arousing fears of a return to civil war.
01:57The information is to be read on Africa News.
02:00These events occur in a context of internal tension within the TPLF, exacerbated by the
02:07shipment of high-ranking military personnel by the interim administration.
02:12France advised its expatriates to leave the region, warning of increased risks of confrontation.
02:20An interim government statement expressed the need for assistance, without specifying
02:26its nature, while federal authorities have not yet reacted officially.
02:32Burkina Faso has recently strengthened its anti-tobacco legislation by adopting a decree
02:39aimed at improving the conditioning and liquidation of tobacco products.
02:45Apanews, which provides information, reports that this new text imposes a neutral packaging
02:51prohibiting logos and shades to reduce the attraction of cigarettes, especially for young people.
02:57According to the Minister of Health, Dr. Lucien Carbougou, this initiative meets the directives
03:03of the Framework Convention for the Anti-Tobacco Struggle and aims to protect public health,
03:09while tobacco is responsible for more than 4,800 deaths per year in the country.
03:15The decree aims to reduce tobacco consumption and to reduce the effects of passive tobacco
03:22that also affects many non-smokers, according to the African Press Agency.
03:28Let's finish with Tanzania, which officially declared the end of its Marburg virus epidemic
03:35after 42 days without new cases.
03:37This marks a significant victory in the fight against this deadly disease,
03:43indicates Africom in its columns.
03:45Although the final report was of 10 victims, of which 2 confirmed cases,
03:50health authorities remain vigilant in the face of the persistent threat represented by the virus.
03:56With a mortality rate of up to 428%, more than 1,000 health workers have been mobilized
04:05and trained to reinforce the response to the virus supported by the World Health Organization,
04:11which has provided essential medical equipment, notes Africom.
04:17That's all for today's African News. Thank you for watching.