MEDI1TV Afrique : Midi infos - 11/07/2024
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, Midi-Info continues on Mediantv, right away the titles
00:19of this edition.
00:20In Morocco, the evolution of the file of the students of the faculties of medicine and
00:28pharmacy was at the heart of a joint meeting between the commission of the social sectors
00:32and that of education, culture and communication.
00:35The Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, called Wednesday since Washington, the Westerners
00:45not to apply a two-step measure about the war in Gaza.
00:50Finally, in Mali, resumption of activities of political parties and associations in political
00:57affairs, suspended on April 10, the details in this edition.
01:01In Morocco, the evolution of the file of the students of the faculties of medicine and
01:11pharmacy was at the heart of a joint meeting between the commission of the social sectors
01:16and that of education, culture and communication.
01:19The opportunity for the Minister of Health, Social Protection and the Minister of Higher
01:25Education and Scientific Research to highlight the efforts of the government in the treatment
01:31of this file to ensure the closure of the academic year in the best conditions.
01:36For their part, the trade unions promise more intense actions in the coming weeks.
01:42Morocco is elected head of the General Secretariat of the Association of African Procureurs during
01:51the General Assembly of this African body, held on Wednesday in Marrakech, on the eve
01:56of the work of the 17th Congress of the APA.
02:00The Executive Committee of the Association also approved the implementation of the permanent
02:05seat of the APA in Morocco.
02:07The 17th Congress of the Association of African Procureurs constitutes a new start in cooperation
02:15between the African public ministries.
02:18This is what the Attorney General of the King after the Court of Cassation, President of
02:24the Public Ministry, said on Wednesday in Marrakech, President of the Public Ministry, Hassan Deki.
02:30I propose you to listen to him.
02:34We discussed a group of points.
02:37Among them, first of all, we examined several points, including on the action of the public
02:46ministry and on the achievements made by the APA during this mandate.
02:50We also mentioned the choice of Morocco to house the permanent seat of the association.
02:56The presidency of the APA was entrusted to Kenya, with Morocco at the head of the General
03:02Secretariat.
03:03As for the Treasury, it returned to Zambia.
03:07With the help of TEC, the promotion of sustainable development, including transport, Morocco
03:14and the African Development Bank signed this Wednesday four agreements for the financing
03:21of an envelope of more than 6 billion dirhams.
03:24Details with Soheil Jalil on this subject.
03:27Digital University, Competitiveness, Forest Valuation, ABAD, 604 million euros in Morocco.
03:37These agreements focus on the financing of the support program for the transformation
03:42of a Moroccan digital, entrepreneurial and inclusive university.
03:46The program focuses on the results for the improvement of territorial competitiveness
03:50in Morocco, the support program for the inclusive and sustainable development of forest areas
03:56and the Gersif-Nador highway project.
04:06I would like to highlight the importance of these financing agreements, which follow
04:10a participatory and integrated approach, encompassing the training, financing of industrial-scale
04:15projects and promising employment prospects, infrastructure and reinforcement, as well
04:21as projects related to forest areas and the exploitation of these capacities to preserve
04:25environmental balance.
04:35These structural and complementary projects reflect the excellent relationship between
04:39ABAD and its first partner in Africa, Morocco.
04:42The projects aim to improve higher education, territorial competitiveness, development
04:48of forest areas and transportation infrastructures.
04:53The projects we have signed today are complementary projects, a project related to the transformation
04:58of the Moroccan university so that it can be more entrepreneurial, more digital and
05:02more inclusive, a project related to strengthening the competitiveness of the Moroccan territories
05:08to attract more investors and create new economic opportunities, a third project
05:15which completes this offer in terms of skills, this offer in terms of incentive policies
05:20with better connectivity to link the new Nador Westmed port to the Moroccan highway network
05:27so that investors who settle can benefit from this complementary offer and increase
05:33their competitiveness.
05:36This agreement concerns the inclusive and sustainable development of forest areas in
05:42Morocco and this agreement is part of the implementation of the Moroccan Forest Strategy
05:47launched by His Majesty the King, may God bless him.
05:51This is a program that will concern a concrete investment program on the ground.
05:58It will be of interest to four regions of the Kingdom, it will be of interest to four
06:03flood basins, given the problem of water and the priority that must be given to it.
06:09There will also be the development of four national parks and this is part of the vision
06:15of the strategy.
06:17And then there are programs that will concern the valuation of the branches in the forestry
06:23sector, so four branches that will be concerned.
06:28The projects aim to strengthen university entrepreneurship, improve territorial competitiveness,
06:34connect the Nador Westmed port to the highway network and develop forestry branches
06:38while promoting entrepreneurship and ecological tourism.
06:42As a reminder, the African Development Bank has been involved in Morocco for more than
06:4650 years.
06:47It is involved in the key sectors of health, human development, water, agriculture, energy,
06:52transport and finance.
06:54The tourist sector is doing well.
06:587.4 million is the number of people who visited Morocco in the first half of the year.
07:04A figure of 14% higher than last year.
07:09And know that in June, there were a record 1.5 million tourists.
07:17The summer season is therefore very promising.
07:24Still in the sector, after a flight of nearly 1 hour and 50 minutes, a RAM plane landed
07:31today on the tarmac of the Hassan I airport in Laayoune, with 96 passengers on board,
07:38symbolizing the resumption by the Royal Air Morocco of its direct aerial landing between
07:44Rabat and Laayoune.
07:46Two flights per week are planned on Wednesdays and Fridays.
07:51And know that the number of passengers who passed through Laayoune airport during the
07:56first five months of the year recorded an increase of 23% compared to the same period
08:03a year earlier.
08:08And we immediately take the direction of Washington, where the summit of NATO continues.
08:21The countries of NATO are worried about the help brought by China to Russia in its war
08:26against Ukraine.
08:28The leaders of the 32 countries will discuss with their partners in Pacific Asia this Thursday
08:33before a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
08:38The latter will find the leaders of NATO on the verge of a summit also marked by the
08:44climate of political uncertainty reigning in the United States.
08:49NATO accuses China of supplying military and civilian equipment to Russia.
08:55China, on its part, denounces a NATO statement borrowed from a cold war-worthy mentality
09:02and belligerent rhetoric, according to a statement from the spokesman of the Chinese mission
09:08to the European Union.
09:10This summit of NATO should be concluded tonight on a press conference given by President
09:18Joe Biden of the United States.
09:23Spain has imposed itself in recent months as one of the most critical voices within
09:28the European Union with regard to Benjamin Netanyahu's government.
09:32Spain, which calls on the West not to apply a two-fold measure on the war in Gaza.
09:39If we tell our peoples that we support Ukraine because we defend international
09:46security, we must do the same about Gaza, said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
09:53On the verge of the summit of NATO, during which the leaders of the alliance announced
09:58new aid to Kiev, the Spanish Prime Minister called on to create conditions for an immediate
10:04and urgent ceasefire, while warning of the risk of escalation at the border with Lebanon.
10:12And this summit of NATO, we are going to talk about it in more detail with Mr. Driss Leaissaoui,
10:18who is our political analyst, live with us from Rabat.
10:22Hello.
10:23Hello Madam.
10:24So today is the closing day of the summit of NATO.
10:28What are the conclusions that must be drawn from this summit?
10:34It is a very important event.
10:36In fact, it is the 75th anniversary of NATO, which is celebrated by heads of state and
10:43by Americans.
10:44But what is extraordinary to note is that the conclusions of this summit have shaken
10:50a certain number of established orders, a certain number of certainties, a certain
10:58number of certainties, whether for China or for other countries.
11:02The first conclusions adopted by the summit of NATO are conclusions that a certain number
11:08of countries consider to be a bit hasty and that in the end we cannot consider that what
11:14is taken as a conclusion is not a conclusion.
11:18Why?
11:20Because they are incriminating China, incriminating Russia, as if these countries could not even
11:28speak for themselves.
11:30While the Chinese have reacted a lot.
11:34And you said it.
11:36The Chinese have reacted a lot.
11:38And you said it.
11:41The Spanish Prime Minister took his pilgrim stick and expressed what many countries and
11:45many activists consider to be a fundamental choice.
11:47As we said in this newspaper, the Spanish Prime Minister took his pilgrim's stick and said what many countries and activists consider to be a fundamental choice.
12:07What can we say about Pedro Sánchez's statement, which calls for avoiding this two-fold war in Gaza, when we compare it to the war in Ukraine?
12:23The war in Ukraine is supported by the whole of the international community, the United States, France, Europe, etc.
12:33But as far as Gaza is concerned, we have the impression that nothing is happening.
12:39In the end, the Spanish Prime Minister said, if you use the two-fold policy, it is impossible, we cannot intervene in this policy.
12:51Why? Because we are countries that respect each other, and we also respect all nations.
13:00And if we consider that the war against Gaza is legitimate, is the war against Ukraine legitimate?
13:10In the end, he tells them to return to better feelings, and the Chinese have also taken it very badly, because they have been accused.
13:20The reaction of the Chinese officials is very important. They say that you are falsely accusing us, and you have no reason to do so.
13:34And the Russians have also reacted to the conclusions of NATO, to the 75th anniversary of NATO, which will pose a serious problem for the international community.
13:48What is the conclusion of this summit?
13:52You know how we were waiting for this summit. As you said earlier, a press conference will be held by Biden himself, with all the problems he has.
14:06He will remind the definitive position of NATO and all Western countries regarding Ukraine, which is a fundamental and definitive support for Ukraine.
14:22But there is China, there are the BRICS, there are others who are preparing what could be called a new international economic and political order outside the institutions created at the level of the United States,
14:38that is, through the institutions of Bretton Woods and others, with American money and American policy.
14:48Thank you, Mr. Driss. I remind you that you are a political analyst. It was a pleasure to have you with us.
15:02Russia claimed on Thursday the takeover of a new village in eastern Ukraine, pursuing its push in the Ukrainian defensive lines, without making major breakthroughs at this stage.
15:22Troops have improved their tactical position and liberated the village of Voskhod in the Donetsk region, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense in its daily report.
15:38Shujaiya is in ruins. The Israeli army has just completed its military offensive in this Gaza district, leaving behind disoriented Palestinians who wander in a lunar landscape of dust and rubble.
15:56The rare buildings still standing are gutted and without facades. Residents who have come to see the damage are taking to the streets in a lazy march, carrying their meager belongings on their arms.
16:16In Mali, the government announced this Wednesday that it would again authorize the activities of political parties and political associations suspended on April 10.
16:26Colonel Hashimi Goita had suspended the parties by accusing them of sterile and subversive discussions. He had invoked the danger that the parties' activities were putting on a national dialogue on the political future of Mali.
16:44The parties protested at that time against the maintenance of the colonels at the head of the country after the March 2024 session, to which they had committed to giving way to civilians after the elections.
16:59The Council of Ministers assures that by suspending the activities of the parties, the government was able to contain all the threats of disorder to the public order that floated on the dialogue.
17:15In France, the legislative page is now turned. When will a prime minister be nominated? This is the question that arises today. For the French president, it will be when the political forces have built compromises with serenity and respect for each other.
17:33Emmanuel Macron addressed the French in a letter on Wednesday, where he asked the Republican forces to build a solid majority at the National Assembly.
17:49Why is President Macron still taking time to nominate someone in Massignon? Let's listen to the analysis of Denis Jambard, French journalist and essayist.
18:04First of all, it must be noted that he took 72 hours to react to the results of the election. In fact, he wanted to let things settle, and he resumed the initiative because he noticed that the party that came to power, the new Popular Front, had not yet proposed a prime minister,
18:22while he claimed that this new Popular Front, the National Front, as we now say, claims the position of head of government. But they made no proposal because it is a coalition that was very quickly set up for the legislative elections,
18:40and that there are several parties inside, and a lot of tension, especially created by the presence of France Insoumise and Mr Mélenchon, who claims this position for himself, and this claim is not shared by all.
18:55And so, in the absence of an offensive proposal, the head of state would have had to speak out on a no that would have been advanced. Well, he decided to take the lead by choosing a line of policy that consists of both recording the failure of the National Assembly,
19:17which remains, despite everything, we must still remember, the first party in voice and in number of deputies, with 143 deputies in the National Assembly now, and also rejecting any collaboration or any presence in the solution he proposes of France Insoumise.
19:36He is trying to get between the extremes, which was his initial project when he dissolved the National Assembly, but he was taken by surprise by the left-wing alliance, which means that his project did not succeed.
19:50But today, noting that there is no absolute majority and that the majorities are very relative, certainly the new Popular Front has a little more than 170 deputies, but it is 100 deputies less to have the absolute majority.
20:08So the head of state got involved in this space to try to propose a coalition of people who would go above the parties in a certain way, and by giving them a few days to get together, to discuss, to organize.
20:28The Senegalese government recently announced a drop in the prices of first-need products. An observation was made in some markets in the Senegalese capital with merchants and consumers. This is a report by Genèse Moukaha and Cheikh Ndao.
20:49After the drop in the prices of first-need goods in Senegal, reactions are not slow in the country's markets. For merchants, the measure impacts their profits on certain products.
20:59It's a bit difficult. It's complicated. Even for the state, it's complicated. Because you know, in Senegal, most of what we consume comes from abroad. So it's complicated. We can reduce what we have here, but what comes from abroad, how can we reduce it? That's the problem.
21:17Or maybe the state has a complementary tax. It's their policy. It's up to them to see how they're going to do it.
21:26Other merchants, for their part, say they are pleased with this government measure. It also allows them to recreate a harmonious climate with the clientele.
21:38We reduced bread, sugar and rice. The kilogram of sugar, which cost 700 francs CFA, is now sold for 600 francs CFA. It's really a good thing.
21:48The state should do more than that. Life is hard and we have our families to feed. Food should be much more accessible.
22:11For consumers, some say they don't feel the effects of this measure.
22:17Personally, I don't see it as a price reduction. Because 50-50, it doesn't really affect the price reduction. And even now, we still don't see 50-50 on the market. And the prices remain the same. So there's really no change in price.
22:38This decision by the Senegalese authorities to reduce the cost of some first-need food has the aim of mitigating household expenses. It now remains for merchants to ensure the application of new prices.
22:51A word on sport. England has now beaten the Netherlands 2-1 in the extra time of a close semi-final on Wednesday to compete in the Euro 2024 final against Spain.
23:03The English have won this battle of every moment with their heart and their talent. The credit also goes to the selector Gareth Soudgat. Bold in his changes during the match, despite the heavy pressure on his shoulders.
23:19These players will face Spain on Sunday in Berlin in the first final played by England out of these lands.
23:27This is the end of the news. Thank you for watching. Stay with us. We'll see you later for a new edition.