MEDI1TV Afrique : Revue de presse - 16/10/2024
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00:00Hello everyone, welcome to Mediain TV for your daily press release, your daily meeting.
00:15On the occasion of the International Women's Day, the 15th edition of the El Moutmir Open Innovation Lab platform
00:22took place in Marrakech yesterday, honoring rural women in Africa.
00:27Today, Morocco is coming back to the highlights of this meeting,
00:30focusing on the following theme,
00:32strengthening resilience in rural communities and African women, real actors of change.
00:37The support of rural women is an integral part of the actions led by the initiative
00:42launched in 2018 and supported by the OCP group,
00:45which has been supported for two years by the Université Mohamed VI Polytechnique.
00:49So, what are its objectives?
00:51The sustainable strengthening of women's resilience in rural environments
00:54and women's knowledge as an effective contributor to food security.
00:59Today, Morocco says that this program is part of the dynamic of exchanges
01:03with the various actors involved in the development of agricultural sectors.
01:08About ten days after the presidential elections,
01:11completed in the first round with the victory of President Sortang Kayseride,
01:15the United Nations called on Tunisia to respect the rule of law.
01:19In its statement, published since Geneva and taken up by Capitalist,
01:22the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk,
01:25called on Tunisian authorities to protect the democratic processes of the country
01:29and to defend fundamental freedoms after a presidential campaign
01:33marked by the repression of the opposition of independent activists and journalists.
01:38The information portal recalls that more than a hundred potential candidates,
01:42members of their campaigns and other public figures,
01:45were arrested for various reasons a few weeks before the scrutiny.
01:49The rejection of a legally binding decision of justice
01:52is in contradiction with the fundamental respect of the rule of law,
01:55said Volker Türk, before calling for the release of all people
01:59arbitrarily detained. End of quote.
02:03In Niger, the military agent has renamed several avenues, boulevards,
02:07ruches and places of Niamé, which until then had names dating back to the French colonial era,
02:12reports the Dutch Vale.
02:13In charge, on the basis of military music,
02:15several agents searched the arteries of the capital yesterday
02:18to name several historical sites referring to the former colonial power
02:22to which the regime turned its back.
02:24The avenue Charles de Gaulle is now called Avenue Djibo Bakary,
02:28in tribute to the supporters of independence obtained in 1960.
02:31In the capital, opinions diverged yesterday
02:34as to the opportunity and importance of this decision,
02:37says the German daily.
02:39Since we are in a new Niger,
02:41I think this will give another country a new face,
02:44another Ivoire, on the contrary of pure folklore and populism.
02:51What is the purpose of the names of the avenues,
02:53with the growing suffering and insecurity of the Nigerian people?
02:57End of quote.
03:01While Israeli bombings continue in Lebanon,
03:03hundreds of thousands of children have had to flee their homes
03:06and have no access to education.
03:08The International Courier indicates that more than 400,000 children
03:11have been moved to Lebanon in the last three weeks,
03:13taking up the alert of a senior UNICEF official,
03:16the UN Children's Fund,
03:18putting on guard against a lost generation in this small country
03:21in the midst of multiple crises and now in the middle of war.
03:24The public school system has been severely affected by the war,
03:27while it welcomes hundreds of thousands of children,
03:29of which Palestinian and Syrian refugees,
03:31according to Ashraf al-Awsat,
03:33while since 2019 Lebanon has been in the throes of an unprecedented financial and economic crisis
03:38with the poverty rate at nearly 80% of the population.
03:42More than 2,300 people have been killed in Israeli strikes
03:46on Lebanese authorities.
03:48Among them, more than 100 children have perished
03:50and more than 800 have been injured,
03:52according to the same UNICEF official.
03:56Let's go to Brazil to close this press conference,
03:59since Lula wants to address the penalties for crimes against the environment,
04:02informs us La Folia de Sao Paulo.
04:04The Brazilian president has submitted to Parliament a bill
04:07aimed at reinforcing these sanctions,
04:09bringing everyday life to Oliverde.
04:11The initiative intervenes when the country is faced
04:14with a wave of forest fires,
04:16most of which are intentional.
04:18From now on, we will no longer play with crimes against the environment.
04:22People will have to be severely punished,
04:24said the Brazilian leader,
04:26by signing the bill.
04:28According to the new text,
04:30the fact of starting a fire will be subject to 3 to 6 years in prison,
04:33which is twice as much as currently.
04:35Crimes such as wildlife trafficking,
04:37contamination of natural resources
04:39or damage to the aquatic fauna, among others,
04:41will also be severely punished,
04:43says Le Quotidien Brésil.
04:45Thank you all for following us.
04:47This is the end of this press conference.
04:49Enjoy the rest of the program.