MEDI1TV Afrique : Revue de presse - 22/03/2025
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00:00Hello everyone, and welcome to Media1 to take a look at this week's highlights.
00:17Let's start with Morocco, which has named its own, Morocco in Africa, as a fish in water.
00:23The article explains that Morocco's ties with African countries
00:26go beyond the simple framework of economic relations to encompass structural dimensions.
00:31Relations between the Kingdom and Africa have seen a sustainable development,
00:35notably through the strengthening of the competitive capacities of the Moroccan export offer,
00:40the pursuit of international diversification of Moroccan groups in Africa,
00:45the choice of appropriate insertion modes in the African economy,
00:48and the creation of joint ventures with foreign firms.
00:52Several experts recognize that Morocco occupies a singular position in Africa.
00:57For many international investors, in particular European,
01:01the geographical situation of the Kingdom and its level of development
01:04make it a point of entry on the African continent.
01:07On the other hand, Morocco has a solid industrial and service base,
01:11to the point that Moroccan companies are now turning abroad,
01:15in particular to Africa, to develop.
01:18This is how Morocco's position has been consolidated as a regional hub
01:22in the fields of finance, transport and university and professional training.
01:27At the beginning of the week, Burkina Faso and Niger, allies of Bamako
01:31within the Alliance of States of Sahel,
01:33announced the withdrawal of the International Organization of Francophonie.
01:37These three countries, led by military regimes,
01:40turned away from the former French ally in the name of sovereignism.
01:44This is what the South-West website said.
01:46The Malian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declared
01:49in a letter addressed to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
01:52that Mali cannot remain a member of an organization
01:55that is incompatible with the constitutional principles
01:58based on the sovereignty of the state.
02:00As a reminder, Mali was suspended from the OIF in August 2020
02:04after a military coup that overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta,
02:09at the head, since 2013, of this country,
02:12in a security, political and economic crisis.
02:16Staying in the Black Continent,
02:18Restitution Afrique, a collective of 11 West African NGOs,
02:22filed a complaint against the Bolloré group.
02:25They claim the restitution of funds from illicit activities
02:28committed in their country and denounce the conditions
02:31in which the group obtained port concessions.
02:35The action is exceptional in several respects.
02:37This is what the international courier reported,
02:40citing the Belgian daily Le Soir.
02:42The collective therefore filed a complaint
02:44against the group of billionaire Vincent Bolloré
02:46and his son Cyril Bolloré
02:48with the National Financial Park in Paris.
02:51They suspect the group of Russell Industries,
02:54but especially of laundering in its port activities
02:57in several countries,
02:58namely Togo, Guinea, Ghana, Cameroon and the Ivory Coast.
03:02The collective demands the restitution of €5.7 billion
03:06from the sale of Bolloré Africa Logistics,
03:09which managed the main port concessions
03:11of the five West African states,
03:13to the Swiss armorer Italo MSC in 2022.
03:17The group has negotiated an agreement
03:19by which it has acquitted itself of a €12 million fine
03:22against the abundance of lawsuits.
03:24On the other hand, the National Financial Park
03:26requested a trial in 2024
03:28for corruption and complicity of abuse of trust
03:30against Vincent Bolloré.
03:32Velvitchia mirabilis,
03:34this plant as strange as extraordinary,
03:36grows in the heart of the arid deserts of South Africa.
03:39This unique species,
03:40whose genus is found exclusively in Namibia and Angola,
03:44explains the site Science Post.
03:46Its exceptional longevity,
03:48which can exceed 1,000 years,
03:49and its out-of-the-ordinary appearance,
03:51have earned it a unique reputation among botanists.
03:55Despite the extreme conditions of its habitat,
03:57this plant moves through time
03:59thanks to remarkable adaptations
04:01that allow it to capture water
04:02and resist high temperatures.
04:04Unlike most plants,
04:06Velvitchia mirabilis only develops two leaves
04:08throughout its life.
04:10They continue to grow indefinitely,
04:12reaching several meters in length
04:14and are constantly swept away
04:16by the wind and sand of the desert.
04:18Some specimens have leaves
04:20measuring more than 10 meters in circumference,
04:22a record for a plant living in an arid environment.
04:25Thanks to this unique feature,
04:27it captures the humidity of the air,
04:29a precious resource in an environment
04:31where rainfall is almost non-existent.
04:33In addition to its long leaves,
04:35this plant has deep roots
04:37that are able to draw water
04:39in depth.
04:41These double strategies allow it to survive
04:43in conditions where few other plant species
04:45could thrive.
04:47Scientists have long wondered
04:49about the extraordinary resistance
04:51of this plant.
04:53A recent study has revealed
04:55that its genome was depleted
04:57about 86 million years ago,
04:59giving it out-of-the-ordinary adaptation capabilities.
05:01This phenomenon has enabled it
05:03to develop protection mechanisms
05:05against heat, water stress
05:07and extreme desert conditions.
05:09The FUTURA website
05:11looks at the case of the Australian peasant
05:13who survived more than 100 days
05:15with an artificial heart.
05:17With 23 million people
05:19who suffer from heart failure every year
05:21and less than 6,000 of them
05:23who will benefit from a stroke,
05:25this Australian technological prowess
05:27could revolutionize the lives of heart patients.
05:29With severe heart failure,
05:31an Australian in his forties
05:33has challenged the odds
05:35by leaving the hospital
05:37with a titanium artificial heart.
05:39The man lived more than 100 days
05:41with the implant before receiving a stroke.
05:43This first world opens new perspectives
05:45for patients waiting for a donor
05:47designed in Australia.
05:49The total heart implant BIVACOR
05:51uses a rotating blood pump
05:53and magnetic levitation
05:55to reproduce the most natural blood flow
05:57It allows terminal heart failure
05:59patients to survive
06:01while waiting for a stroke.
06:03The heart implant used on this Australian patient
06:05is part of a large-scale medical program
06:07called Artificial Heart Frontiers
06:09led by the University of Monash.
06:11This program aims to develop
06:13three major devices
06:15to treat the most common forms
06:17of heart failure.
06:19This intervention is the first
06:21in a series planned in Australia,
06:23thus marking a notable advance
06:25in the field of artificial heart.
06:27Let's head to China
06:29for a new scientific discovery.
06:31Metallic sheets of extreme finesse
06:33were designed by a team of Chinese researchers.
06:35The Geo website highlighted
06:37these two-dimensional metals
06:39which display unique electronic properties
06:41and could revolutionize
06:43the design of electronic devices.
06:45Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Physical Sciences
06:47have developed an unprecedented technique
06:49to make metal sheets
06:51of extreme finesse
06:53reduced to only a few atoms of thickness.
06:55By exploiting an innovative method,
06:57they have managed to produce
06:59ultra-thin sheets
07:01composed of five metals
07:03known for their conductive properties
07:05and their low fusion point.
07:07The result is hundreds of thousands
07:09of times thinner than a human hair,
07:11which ranks it among the most microscopic
07:13structures ever made.
07:15When a metal is reduced
07:17to such a scale,
07:19its physical and chemical properties
07:21are affected by the so-called
07:23quantum confinement phenomenon.
07:25According to the 27 authors of this discovery,
07:27the process can be applied to any metal
07:29with a low fusion point,
07:31thus opening new perspectives
07:33for research on ultra-thin materials.
07:35Although other teams have already
07:37managed to manufacture
07:39atomic-thick metals,
07:41this new method is distinguished
07:43by the size and stability
07:45of the samples obtained.
07:47We come to the end of this press review.
07:49Thank you for your attention.