MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 03/04/2025
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00:00Let's start in the Republic of Guinea, where General Mamadi Doumbouya officiated by decree
00:21the holding of the constitutional referendum on September 21, 2025.
00:26This is what was announced on national television by General Amara Kamara.
00:31According to Guinea 360, which gives the information,
00:34this consultation, presented as a key step for the return to the constitutional order,
00:40intervenes after more than three years of post-pudge transition.
00:44The transition government, which had promised elections before the end of 2024,
00:50now aims to transfer power to civilians in 2025.
00:56In Niger, the Nigerian transition government released about fifty personalities,
01:03including former ministers of the overthrown regime in July 2023,
01:08in accordance with the recommendations of the national assemblies in February.
01:12That is to say, on E360 Africa, among the released figures are
01:17Mahamane Sani Isofo, former Minister of Oil and Son of former President Mahamadou Isofo,
01:24Kala Motari, Minister of Defense,
01:27Ahmed Djidoute, Minister of Finance,
01:29and Ibrahim Yacoubou, Minister of Energy,
01:33as well as military men convicted of attempts at previous pudges.
01:38President-elect Mohamed Bazoum remains, however, detained,
01:42despite this measure presented as a gesture of reconciliation,
01:46noted in his columns on E360 Africa.
01:50In the Democratic Republic of Congo,
01:52President Félix Tshisekedi recently made the decision to grant a grace measure
01:59to three American refugees sentenced to death last May
02:03for attempts at coups d'état in Kinshasa.
02:05According to this decision,
02:09the death penalty initially pronounced by the military high court
02:13has been commuted to a penalty of life imprisonment,
02:18that is, a life sentence in prison.
02:21The ordinance specifies that this measure was taken
02:24following a request presented by the military party.
02:28Marcel Molenga-Malou, Taylor Christa Thompson and Zalman Polon Benjamin
02:34also escape execution.
02:36Their lawyer Eric Mungu-Ivois,
02:39a first step towards a possible complete liberation,
02:42writes to our Africom colleagues.
02:46Let's go to Uganda.
02:48The country has recently signed a partnership agreement
02:51with the United Arab Emirates
02:53to build a refinery of 60,000 barrels per day in Oima.
02:58The goal is to locally transform raw oil
03:01and strengthen energy autonomy,
03:04informs All Africa in its columns.
03:06President Yoweri Moseveni saluted a strategic turnaround
03:11allowing countries to export refined products rather than raw.
03:15The funding rests at 60% on the Emirati partnership
03:19Alpha MBM Investment,
03:22the Ugandan state holding 40% via its national company UNOC.
03:28The start of the work is scheduled for four years,
03:31notes the online newspaper.
03:35Let's finish with this information from Cameroon.
03:38The Bank of States of Central Africa, BEAC,
03:41has announced the circulation of its new 2024 range of coins
03:47according to an official statement.
03:49This range includes 9 denominations,
03:531 to 500 francs CFA,
03:55including a novelty, the 200 francs CFA coin,
03:59to facilitate daily transactions.
04:01Made with resistant and environmentally friendly metals,
04:05it integrates engravings symbolizing regional integration
04:09and themes such as education or modern agriculture,
04:12the information site specifies.
04:14This range of coins is already in circulation since April 2nd.
04:19That's all for this African Press Review.
04:22Thank you for following it.