MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 12/11/2024
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00:00Welcome to the news in Africa, let's start with the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda who have decided to collaborate to fight against cross-border criminality that prevails along their shared borders.
00:25It is to be read on Actu Cameroon, during a two-day meeting, political leaders and the security of the two countries have agreed to strengthen their cooperation to improve security.
00:37They stressed that insecurity hinders business and contributes to a drop in economic revenue.
00:44This initiative aims to establish sustainable solutions to the intensification of criminal activities in the region, notes the online newspaper.
00:53Direction Madagascar, President Malgache Andri Rajulina announced measures to fight against electricity outages affecting the country, notably the capital in Tanarivour, reports Africom.
01:07During a television broadcast, he highlighted the increase in energy demand, the insufficiency of aging infrastructure.
01:16To remedy this, he plans to import new facilities, including modern electrogen groups and thermal power plants.
01:24Andri Rajulina is committed to reducing electricity cuts and improving water supply in the most affected areas.
01:32In Ivory Coast, 360Africa tells us that a tragic collision between two minibuses cost the lives of 20 people in the village of Aizabré.
01:43The accident occurred on the Gagnoa-Soubré axis, also causing 11 injuries according to the Civil Protection Service.
01:51The provisional report states 31 victims in total, information confirmed by a local nurse.
01:58Road accidents are frequent in Ivory Coast, often due to bad road conditions and irresponsible drivers.
02:07On average, between 1,000 and 1,500 people lose their lives each year on the country's roads, notes the online newspaper.
02:15A note of culture, African cultural figures, including Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka,
02:21have pleaded for innovative approaches in the redefinition of museums, moving away from Western models.
02:29It was during a symposium organized on the eve of the 15th edition of the Biennale de Dakar.
02:35The colloquium organized by the Virtual University of Ahmedoukane and the Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi
02:43highlighted the need for a policy of restitution and repair.
02:49Wole Soyinka emphasized the importance of a museum centered on African history and culture,
02:54capable of enlivening beauty and solidarity, our FEPA Info colleagues indicate.
03:00Nearly 400,000 visitors are expected until December 7, with Morocco and the United States as guest countries for this 15th edition,
03:10under the theme of The Wake.
03:15To finish, Africa has recently recorded 2,532 new cases of monkey variole,
03:21mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi, with a total of more than 50,000 cases since the beginning of the year.
03:29This is what APA News tells us.
03:32During a press conference, Jean Caccia, director-general of the CDC Africa,
03:38warned that the region is still in the acute phase of the epidemic, with an increase of 545% of confirmed cases compared to the previous year.
03:49The RDC and Burundi represent only 86.7% of the new cases reported recently.
03:5614 African countries continue to do so in the face of an active transmission of the virus, concludes the African Press Agency.
04:03And that's all for this review of the news at AFRICAN, thank you for following it.