MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 15/05/2024
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00:05 Welcome to this news in Africa.
00:09 Let's start with Apani Youzeki, who informs that the lawyers of the victims of the events of September 28, 2009 in Guinea
00:17 have asked that the accusations be re-qualified as crimes against humanity
00:23 during the inaugural plea of the historical trial of the former president of the transition Moussa Tadiz Kamara and 10 other of his co-accused.
00:32 Our colleagues should remind you that last March, the prosecutor had also pleaded for this re-qualification.
00:37 The events of September 28, 2009 saw security forces violently repress a rally of the opposition,
00:45 killing at least 105 and hundreds of injured.
00:49 The court has exhorted the lawyers to ensure that the accused know their fate before the judicial hearing in August concludes the African press agency.
00:59 In Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu ordered all state agencies to buy only natural gas-powered vehicles.
01:10 These decisions aim to promote the use of cleaner energy and to reduce high fuel costs.
01:18 According to Actu Cameroun, this directive is part of the country's efforts to effectively exploit its gas potential
01:27 and to reduce the burden of transport costs for the population.
01:30 Tinubu wishes that all diesel vehicles are gradually replaced by vehicles using compressed natural gas, solar energy or electric sources.
01:42 The government also plans to develop more than 2,000 buses and tricycles operating on gas before May 29.
01:51 In Senegal, President Bassirou Dioumafeu, for his part, decided to cancel a decree by his predecessor, Maki Sall,
02:00 which granted salaries ranging from 1,500,000 francs CFA to 2,800,000 francs to former ministers.
02:09 This is what we can read on Le Quotidien et Seine.
02:13 This action is part of a series of revocations of the former president's decree by the current president,
02:19 including judicial nominations made at the end of his term.
02:24 Bassirou Dioumafeu quickly abrogated his decrees from the beginning of his term,
02:29 sparking discussions about the procedure to follow for such a revocation, notes the newspaper.
02:37 Let's finish this press release in Central Africa.
02:40 FAPA Info tells us that at least 10 people, including this woman,
02:45 were killed in a recent armed attack against a mining site near Bangui.
02:53 Several other people were injured in this attack, attributed to 3R rebels.
02:59 According to local sources, the assailants withdrew after their attacks, allowing a return to calm in the area.
03:08 Central African authorities have not yet commented on this incident,
03:11 which is added to the long list of violence perpetrated by armed groups in the country,
03:16 adds our FAPA colleagues.
03:20 That's it for the main news of Africa today.
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