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00:00We are still together on Mediantv, thank you for remaining faithful to us, here are the
00:20titles of your newspaper.
00:22Five years in prison, pronounced against the Franco-Algerian writer Boalem Sansal.
00:27The Algerian court has given its judgment this morning, Paris asks for its release,
00:33we will talk about it in a moment.
00:36Called the Coalition of Volunteers by the French president, the summit of thirty
00:43allied countries of Ukraine closed this morning in Paris with the aim of finalizing guarantees
00:49of security for Kiev, we will talk about it in a moment.
00:55In South Sudan, President Salva Kiir's forces arrested his rival yesterday, the first
01:01vice-president Arik Machar, the UN is alarmed at the risk of seeing the country fall into
01:06a general conflict.
01:11But before developing these titles, know that His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Amir al-Muminine,
01:17will preside tonight, a religious vigil in commemoration of the Night of Destiny, the
01:23Royal Palace of Rabat, and given certain constraints due to the operation he had
01:30undergone at the level of the left shoulder, the sovereign will perform the prayer of Alisha
01:36and the tarawih in a seated position.
01:39The religious vigil will be broadcast live on the radio and television at the time of
01:44the call to the prayer of Alisha.
01:47In Côte d'Ivoire, it was yesterday that the Night of Destiny was celebrated.
01:53Between the cursed room of the Holy Qur'an and the religious cosierie, Melissa Conné
01:57and Ange-Louise Friedmannia dive into the heart of this night of prayer, of grace, of
02:02blessing, to which several faithful attended the Mosque of Mohammed VI of Abidjan.
02:07The Night of Destiny, or Laylatul Qadr in Arabic, is a special night of the month of
02:15Ramadan.
02:16Its high value for Muslims is inscribed in the Qur'an.
02:21Here, at the Mosque of Mohammed VI of Abidjan, in favor of the most sacred night of the
02:27year, the message of the Caliph Mustafa Sunta is carried on the exaltation of the faithful
02:33Muslims to continue the acts of charity and remain in prayer.
02:38The star of the present day, under this highly spiritual darkness, invites the faithful
02:43Muslims to dive into Laylatul Qadr, one of the solemn moments of consecration to the
02:49Lord for the entire Muslim community.
02:52Today, when we pray, we are forgiven.
02:56When we make a large prayer, it is accepted and it extinguishes the anger of God.
03:02And when we make invocations, God listens to us and He accepts us.
03:07So this night is a great night, a special night, a night that has no equivalent.
03:14So when God values a night, we Muslims must be grateful to God.
03:21The Night of Destiny, one of the last ten nights of Ramadan, is the occasion for the
03:26faithful Muslims gathered in this evening of testimony, greatness, love and recognition
03:31to Allah.
03:32We came to the Night of Destiny to be able to enjoy the merits of this night, which
03:38is worth 83 years of worship, 4 months.
03:42And we still had to come to be among the eyes of God.
03:46The Night of Destiny is a wonderful night that God has given to all Muslims around the
03:52world, to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
03:55And we thank Allah for this grace that He has given us.
03:58And through this night, God forgives our sins and really grants us, as I said, His grace.
04:04The night of exorcism, where sins are forgiven, night of grace and blessing,
04:09Laylatul Qadr corresponds to founding events,
04:13including the revelation of the Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad by the Archangel Gabriel,
04:18which is finally a special status for Islam.
04:23The verdict was dropped this morning.
04:25Five years in prison, pronounced against Walam Sansal.
04:28Judgment today by the Darel Beida Court near Algiers.
04:33Five years, that is, half of the sentence required by the court.
04:36The Algerian French writer was arrested last November and was accused of waiting
04:42for Algerian territorial integrity.
04:45His arrest has since accentuated the crisis between France and Algeria.
04:50Paris demands his release.
04:52The French lawyer for Walam Sansal calls for humanity.
04:55For François Zimré, justice has failed.
04:59Today, the age and state of health of his client make every day of incarceration more inhuman.
05:05A condemnation that shocks the literary world today.
05:10Jean-Claude Lunsar, a passionate Senegalese journalist,
05:12will be with us at the end of the day to come back.
05:18We continue this edition with this text introduced to the American Congress
05:22in tribute to historical friendship and strategic partnerships
05:26linking Morocco and the United States.
05:28This future resolution is dedicated to bipartisan engagement in Washington
05:33in favor of strengthening the historical and strategic alliance between the two countries,
05:38as well as recognizing the role of Morocco under the leadership of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI.
05:43It was introduced at the approach of the anniversary of the commemoration
05:47of the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship
05:51by which Morocco was the first country in the world to recognize the United States of America.
06:00The strikes targeting the leaders of the movement will not break our will.
06:06The Hamas movement, whose spokesman was killed by an Israeli strike,
06:10the day before, Israel threatened to take over new sectors of the Gaza Strip
06:16if the Palestinian movement did not release the last hostages held in the Palestinian enclave,
06:24where the army resumed its offensive on March 18,
06:28a resumption that has so far cost the lives of more than 850 Gazans.
06:36In this context, in Israel, anti-government demonstrations continue,
06:40there is also a movement of humor in Gaza,
06:43where people gathered in Gazaville to call on Hamas to put an end to the war
06:50and to leave the Palestinian enclave.
06:55Hamas outside, its slogans against the Palestinian movement,
06:59were chanted this Wednesday at a gathering of hundreds of people in Gazaville.
07:04This one took place the day after a similar demonstration in Beit Lahya.
07:08This city in northern Gaza was therefore the theater of the largest anti-Hamas rally
07:14since the beginning of the Israeli massacre.
07:19The message we want to convey is first of all to the Israeli occupation to stop the war,
07:23to stop the bloodshed that is taking place.
07:26We cannot tolerate more.
07:28The second message is addressed to Hamas.
07:30We have had enough.
07:32There is no house to live in, no food, no salary,
07:34no member of my family is alive.
07:36I have become disabled.
07:38After this rally, calls to protest of unknown origin
07:42in nine parts of the Gaza Strip had circulated on Telegram.
07:45In addition to being motivated by these anti-Hamas demonstrations,
07:48the Palestinian territory is also a victim of the threats of the Israeli Prime Minister.
07:53Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he would seize Gaza if Hamas did not release the hostages.
08:00He also explained that more and more Gazans understand
08:03that Hamas brings them destruction and ruin.
08:05This proves that his policy works,
08:07since Israel regularly calls on the inhabitants of Gaza
08:10to mobilize against the Palestinian movement.
08:14In recent days, we have witnessed another change.
08:17We have seen something that we had never seen before.
08:20We have seen large open demonstrations in the Gaza Strip against the Hamas government.
08:24We have already seen many pro-Hamas demonstrations
08:27in European capitals, in campuses, in the United States.
08:30But demonstrations like this one in Gaza against Hamas
08:33is something we have never seen before.
08:36But Netanyahu is experiencing the same fate.
08:38Since last week, thousands of Israelis have participated in anti-government demonstrations.
08:44The accuser of calling himself a democracy
08:46and having resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip after two months of strife,
08:49without worrying about the fate of the hostages.
08:52The French President has called for a coalition of volunteers.
08:59The summit of about thirty allied countries in Ukraine
09:02was closed this morning in Paris
09:05with the aim of finalizing security guarantees for Kiev,
09:08including a possible European military deployment
09:11as part of a future peace agreement with Russia,
09:14which is still very hypothetical.
09:16Among the leaders of the countries of the European Union and NATO
09:21were the Italian Giorgia Meloni,
09:24the German Olaf Scholz,
09:26the Polish Donald Tusk,
09:28and the Turkish Vice-President, Sefdet Yilmaz.
09:36The Sudanese capital, Khartoum, has been liberated.
09:39Yesterday, the chief of the army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan,
09:44whose men took over Khartoum airport
09:47from the paramilitary forces of the Rapid Support Forces,
09:50has also encircled the strategic zone of Jabil-e-Oliya,
09:53the last major bastion of the FSR in the region.
10:01In Niger, the authorities have started the implementation
10:04of the resolutions of the national assemblies held last February.
10:08Yesterday, General Abdelhamid Chani was appointed
10:12President of the Republic for a five-year transition mandate,
10:16a period of governance that required the promulgation
10:19of the so-called refoundation charter.
10:25This is a new chapter for Niger
10:28and for its head of state, the now General of the Army,
10:30Abdelhamid Chani,
10:32who was sworn in on March 26 as President of the Republic.
10:36Twenty months after his accession to power
10:38in favor of a military coup d'état,
10:40it is in the presence of civil, religious and military authorities,
10:43but also of diplomatic representation,
10:47that the new President of Niger
10:49was given the Grand Collier,
10:51symbol of the Supreme Magistrate.
10:54Now, the Grand Collier of the President of the Republic.
11:06Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic,
11:11we recognize you as Grand Master
11:14of the National Orders of Niger.
11:18The ceremony, held this Wednesday,
11:20thus marks the entry into force of the resolutions
11:22issued by the national assemblies held a few weeks ago.
11:26A rise in rank from Brigadier General
11:28to General of the Army for the new President of the Republic,
11:31and a period of transition fixed at a 60-month modulable.
11:35Immediately, it seems that these new attributes,
11:37the head of state also intended to sign a series of decrees
11:40implementing certain popular demands.
11:44An ordinance relating to political parties.
11:47At the end of this ordinance,
11:49political parties are dissolved.
11:54General of the Army, Abderrahman Tchani,
11:57orders the implementation of the recommendation here
12:00of the national assemblies for the refoundation
12:03relating to the release of certain people
12:06who have come or been condemned, civil and military.
12:10Measures included in the charter
12:12of the refoundation promulgated on March 26,
12:14and which should govern the main lines
12:16of the country's governance during the next five years.
12:19The charter we adopt today
12:21is based on the structuring
12:24of the classical approach
12:27of constitutional texts.
12:30It organizes public authorities
12:33and imposes the principles and values
12:36of the refoundation of our Republic.
12:40Based on patriotism, social cohesion and civility,
12:43the new charter of the refoundation
12:46envisages, among other things,
12:48the holding of a popular referendum
12:50preferable to any installation
12:52of foreign military bases in Niger,
12:54as well as several measures
12:56aimed at protecting the country's natural resources.
12:59In Côte d'Ivoire, the approach of the publication
13:02of the definitive electoral list.
13:04The Ivorians closely follow the management
13:06of the electoral content.
13:08What are the key players waiting for,
13:10notably the Independent Electoral Commission,
13:12political leaders and civil society?
13:15Mel Berchel and Ferdinand Kouakou
13:17answer in this report.
13:20Côte d'Ivoire is an electoral tournament.
13:23A few days before the publication
13:25of the definitive electoral list,
13:27the wait is palpable.
13:29For voters, this step is crucial,
13:31synonymous with the confirmation
13:33or exclusion of electoral registers.
13:35It is an ideal moment
13:37for everyone to decide.
13:39I encourage the whole population.
13:41If you are a true Ivorian,
13:43it is time to show your argument,
13:45it is time to vote.
13:47This is no longer a question
13:49of political party,
13:51but it is a question of your country.
13:57An expectation that accompanies
13:59a requirement, that of a transparent
14:01and inclusive process.
14:04For Berchel and Kouakou,
14:06the responsibility of the political class
14:08is committed.
14:10They have to sit down
14:12and try to see in the same direction.
14:14They have to compromise
14:16so that everything goes well.
14:18They have to raise awareness
14:20among the militants
14:22and the other citizens
14:24to go and vote calmly
14:26and not to create
14:28a mess of the election.
14:30But beyond voters and political parties,
14:32there is a role of vigilance
14:34and mediation to guarantee
14:36a balanced outcome.
14:38There are people who died
14:40on the list.
14:42This is not normal.
14:44There are people who were
14:46outside, as we say,
14:48in active life,
14:50today imprisoned.
14:52These people,
14:54they always have their name
14:56on the list.
14:58How is this done?
15:00It must continue.
15:02If it is slowed down,
15:04it is not a good thing.
15:08Because today,
15:10without hiding it,
15:12the only person who can help us
15:14to go to this peace
15:16is President
15:18Alassane Ouattara.
15:20While the country is preparing
15:22to go through a decisive stage,
15:24all eyes are turned to the
15:26Independent Electoral Commission.
15:28We must ensure that this list
15:30faithfully reflects the will
15:32of all the voters enrolled.
15:34To commemorate March 26,
15:36the date of the advent
15:38of democracy in Mali,
15:40the President of the Transition,
15:42General Darmeh Assimi Goita,
15:44proceeded to the depot
15:46of a flower garden at the foot
15:48of the Monument of Martyrs,
15:50a way for him and the authorities
15:52to recognize and salute the sacrifice
15:54of those who gave their lives for Mali.
15:57First of all,
15:59in this celebration of March 26,
16:01the members of the Amicale des Anciens Militants
16:03et Sympathisants de l'Union Nationale
16:05des Élèves et Étudiants du Mali
16:07Amsunem, make the launch
16:09of the revolution of March 91.
16:11Effigies of their leader
16:13at the time,
16:15Abdul Karim Kamara di Cabral Arboré,
16:17they do not want to forget
16:19the sacrifice made.
16:21The Malian nation must pay tribute
16:23to its worthy sons
16:25who lost their lives.
16:27We are here
16:29to tell them that
16:31we are always with them,
16:33they did not die for free,
16:35they died to save the country.
16:37Sober and solemn ceremony
16:39held in the presence of ministers,
16:41ambassadors and young pioneers,
16:43the absence of the political class
16:45is a bitter observation for some.
16:47It must unite the Malians
16:49and unite us
16:51so that we have a pure thought
16:53for those who lost their lives
16:55for this democracy.
16:57And we talk about democracy,
16:59not in our mouths,
17:01but in our hearts,
17:03it is not manifested.
17:05The proof is here today,
17:07the activists of March 26,
17:09where are they?
17:11The political parties,
17:13more than 400 political parties,
17:15where are they?
17:17It is not an accusation,
17:19it is an observation.
17:21After more than three decades,
17:23our country has faced
17:25political and institutional turbulence.
17:27A number of questions
17:29deserve to be asked.
17:31What did not work?
17:33And what model of governance
17:35should we adopt
17:37to guarantee security,
17:39peace and development
17:41for our country?
17:43March 26 is also an opportunity
17:45for many countries to show
17:47their support and support
17:49to the Malians.
17:51Now it's time
17:53for the guest of the Grand Journal
17:55of the day,
17:57and we continue to talk
17:59about the conviction
18:01today by the Algerian justice
18:03to five years in prison
18:05of the French-Algerian writer
18:07Walem Sansal.
18:09A sentence that shocks
18:11the literary world today.
18:13With us to talk about it,
18:15Papa Aloun Sarr,
18:17Papa Aloun, hello
18:19and thank you for accepting our invitation.
18:23Thank you very much
18:25for this invitation.
18:27Papa Aloun, last December
18:29you described as a barbarian
18:31the arrest of
18:33Walem Sansal,
18:35today sentenced in Algeria
18:37to five years in prison.
18:39Does this qualification still seem
18:41enough to describe
18:43this wait for freedom of expression?
18:47Yes, exactly.
18:49It's a barbaric decision
18:51because the announcement was made this morning
18:53as we understood.
18:55I am not surprised by this judicial decision
18:57because the judicial scene
18:59was already written.
19:01Walem Sansal was already
19:03sentenced. It was just a question
19:05of the judicial scene
19:07between the court that had held
19:09ten years, then
19:11the five-year prison,
19:13we divided it by two, a decision that
19:15I say, I repeat and I insist
19:17it is an illegal decision,
19:19illegitimate
19:21and unfair.
19:23What do we reproach Walem Sansal
19:25simply for saying
19:27his ideas today?
19:29It is an announcement that falls, but it is not surprising
19:31because of
19:33the arrest of Walem Sansal,
19:35of his incarceration
19:37but also the conditions
19:39of his detention.
19:41Today he did not have an advisor.
19:43His advisor, Zimri, was prevented
19:45because of a visa and today it is a decision
19:47that is illegal, illegitimate
19:49and I think that it is
19:51unpopular on the part of the Algerian authorities.
19:53And still
19:55last December on Mediun,
19:57to the question of whether you still believe
19:59in the release of
20:01Walem Sansal, without hesitation you
20:03answered me, no.
20:05Why didn't you believe it?
20:09Because
20:11how can you be
20:13judged without a lawyer?
20:15How can you be judged without
20:17being heard? How can you be judged
20:19simply because you are a writer?
20:21What is reproached
20:23to Walem Sansal is simply
20:25his freedom of expression.
20:27Today everyone knew, or many observers
20:29knew that his release
20:31was a utopia. I said that
20:33it would be illegal, that's what we heard.
20:35But today when we see
20:37the judicial decision on the part of the
20:39Algerian authorities, I am not surprised.
20:41I said that I was pessimistic
20:43and this pessimism is maintained
20:45and I said it earlier, by the
20:47conditions of his arrest in November,
20:49by the conditions of his
20:51incarceration, but by
20:53the conditions of his judgment.
20:55Today it is Walem Sansal
20:57who defended himself, he was
20:59his own lawyer and
21:01what else
21:03than a judicial scene
21:05that has already been written by the Algerian
21:07authorities. But today I think
21:09that five years is too much
21:11for a writer, too much for a thinker
21:13and it is a black flag
21:15that is planted in the artistic
21:17milieu, not even African,
21:19but global.
21:21Today, how do
21:23the writers of our continent
21:25react to the condemnation
21:27of Walem Sansal?
21:31It is a general
21:33condemnation.
21:35I think the opinion is general.
21:37I think the
21:39criticisms are general.
21:41Whether it is in the African continent
21:43or elsewhere, the specialists
21:45of the pen,
21:47the engineers of
21:49imagination, the observers
21:51and literary critics today,
21:53I think there is a cry of the heart and
21:55especially a cry of distress. We are in the
21:5728th century, but why
21:59would a writer simply be
22:01incarcerated, judged
22:03legally in relation to
22:05the freedom of his style, the freedom
22:07of his ideas? But as we say
22:09generally, like presidents,
22:11intellectuals or
22:13great writers, their case is
22:15imprisonment, it is unfair. But today,
22:17what to say? Simply denounce
22:19and think that the Algerian authorities
22:21will come back to reason. And the reason
22:23would simply be to free
22:25the writer
22:27because he is unfairly
22:29arrested, he has been
22:31unfairly judged today.
22:33I think my voice is
22:35addressed to writers, especially
22:37literary enthusiasts. We must free
22:39Walem Sansal.
22:41Papa Lune, today, beyond
22:43public statements and denunciations,
22:45what concrete form of
22:47solidarity could African
22:49writers consider
22:51to put in place
22:53to support Walem Sansal?
22:55Our weapon, yes,
22:57our weapon is the pen.
22:59Our weapon is
23:01writing, writing
23:03tribunes, writing
23:05communiqués, maintaining
23:07what is called the written
23:09pressure, the literary pressure.
23:11Beyond the diplomatic pressure that
23:13the countries will undertake in the literary
23:15environment, it is the pressure of the pen.
23:17The pen is a weapon. Today, I think
23:19that the act of denunciation is
23:21to take your pen and put
23:23the pen in this wound, this wound
23:25that is bleeding, that opens
23:27a wound, which constitutes
23:29quite simply
23:31a lifebuoy for
23:33Walem Sansal. Today, I think
23:35that the thousands of writers, and inevitably
23:37there will be a shielding of
23:39writers, whether in the panels,
23:41whether in the tribunes
23:43that they will write, whether
23:45in the broadcasts, whether in the editions,
23:47but I think that there will be
23:49a silence, and the silence
23:51had already been broken, but there will be
23:53a very heavy blow
23:55for the Algerian authorities
23:57to let them know that this decision
23:59is quite simply unpopular.
24:01And the power
24:03of the pen, the weapon of the
24:05pen, is that it hurts more than
24:07these judicial decisions that
24:09I considered barbaric, because
24:11quite simply, it is a judicial comedy that
24:13has already been written by the Algerian authorities.
24:17As a journalist
24:19passionate about letters, how
24:21do you perceive the relative silence
24:23of certain institutions or
24:25African organizations of human rights
24:27in the face of this matter,
24:29and what pressure could be exerted
24:31to incite them to take
24:33a firmer position?
24:37It is the world that is like that,
24:39it is the world that is a little weird.
24:41We live in a world where
24:43there is the banalization of evil,
24:45and this banalization of evil
24:47is observed through silence,
24:49a deafening silence. I think
24:51that today, international organizations,
24:53whether African or Western,
24:55must stand up to condemn
24:57this illegitimate, illegal
24:59and unfair decision at the meeting
25:01of Walim Sansal. But today,
25:03what to do in the face of this silence?
25:05Denounce it?
25:07What to do in relation to this silence?
25:09Condemn it? What to do in relation to this silence?
25:11Try to simply say it.
25:13But how? Through these
25:15stands that you have
25:17offered me, through the
25:19stands that writers can make,
25:21even through demonstrations,
25:23peaceful demonstrations,
25:25we had some writers who stood up
25:27after their arrest to decry,
25:29condemn the arrest of
25:31the Algerian writer.
25:33What else to do?
25:35Push international organizations
25:37to abdicate this silence,
25:39this silence that is deafening.
25:41And if we consider
25:43Walim Sansal as an
25:45intellectual who used his pen
25:47to express a vision of the world,
25:49this five-year sentence
25:51does not reveal
25:53a profound intolerance
25:55towards critical thinking?
25:59In fact, nothing new
26:01in this world. Remember that
26:03Pierre Socrates was condemned
26:05for corruption of youth because he was
26:07simply a philosopher. There are so many
26:09writers who were imprisoned because of their
26:11pens. And the most
26:13edifying example,
26:15in 1857, with Gustave Flaubert.
26:17Gustave Flaubert, when he published
26:19his book,
26:21Madame Bovary was
26:23condemned. And what is interesting
26:25in this judgment at the Paris
26:27Correctional Court in January 1857,
26:29is that when
26:31Flaubert was condemned,
26:33was imprisoned
26:35because of this book,
26:37Madame Bovary,
26:39his lawyer, Maître Senard,
26:41made an excellent plea,
26:43but so dense
26:45and profound, to understand
26:47why Flaubert was released.
26:49Not only because he
26:51had erred, but because
26:53the judge simply said
26:55that he was a writer.
26:57It was his mission as a writer
26:59that saved him.
27:01And it was this trial that made
27:03Flaubert famous, and especially
27:05his mythical book,
27:07which we always talk about,
27:09a masterpiece, in this case
27:11Madame Bovary. As I said earlier,
27:13the case of the great writers
27:15is the prison, unfortunately,
27:17but you can't imprison a mind.
27:19You can make a constraint by body,
27:21but you can't imprison a mind.
27:23The worst prison
27:25is the one where you can't see
27:27the bars. It's not me who said
27:29it, it's Jean Corsac in Les Mouches.
27:31Can we prevent
27:33the mind, the idea of
27:35Wallem Sansal, to cross the bars?
27:37No, I don't think so,
27:39because the sentence is
27:41global, it's not just
27:43African, and I don't think
27:45we will forbid Wallem Sansal
27:47to read or write.
27:49What is an intellectual?
27:51A simple definition is someone
27:53who is gifted with a mind.
27:55Can we prevent a mind? No.
27:57I think that today, Wallem Sansal is free
27:59because he expressed his ideas,
28:01his minds.
28:03The Algerian authorities think
28:05of condemning him by putting him
28:07in jail, but today he is
28:09under the fire of action.
28:11He is on stage
28:13because Wallem Sansal
28:15would be a prisoner
28:17if he had given
28:19his ideas today.
28:21He expressed them.
28:23We all think that Wallem Sansal
28:25will arrive.
28:27Thank you for all these details.
28:29Thank you for answering our questions.
28:31I thank you.
28:33Thank you very much.
28:35This concludes this edition.
28:37Thank you for following it.
28:39See you in a few minutes for a new Q&A.