MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 14/11/2024
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00:00Let's start in Madagascar, the country was chosen to host the Youth Connect Africa Summit in 2025, a major event for young African leaders and create All Africa in its columns.
00:24The Minister of Youth and Sports, Marson Mustafa Abdullah, expressed his pride in this announcement, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and innovation.
00:35This summit, initiated by the Rwandan President Paul Kagame, will bring together young people from 37 countries to build the future of Africa.
00:43Madagascar thus becomes the first French-speaking country to organize this prestigious event, reinforcing its commitment to the youth and the 2063 Agenda of the African Union.
00:55The Ivory Coast has decided to increase the tax on tobacco from 49% to 70% in the 2025 Finance Act.
01:04Information relayed by Ivorian Connexion, this measure raises concerns among sector players who fear a shutdown of the industry and the loss of thousands of jobs.
01:15Experts also warn that this increase could intensify the smuggling of tobacco in the country, notes the online newspaper.
01:22In addition, the WHO reveals that about 15.2% of smokers in the Ivory Coast are young people aged 13 to 15, thus emphasizing the urgency of an effective public health policy.
01:35Direction Mozambique.
01:37FAPA Info returns on the massive demonstrations that shook the country following the contested election on October 9, when the party was in power.
01:46The Frelimo was accused of fraud.
01:49Protests demanding electoral justice and respect for human rights have killed at least 30 and injured hundreds since their inception.
01:58Faced with growing violence, the Minister of Defense threatened to deploy the army to restore order.
02:04Public services are paralyzed with restrictions on internet access and general strikes.
02:10The situation has aroused regional concerns, inciting the Australian Development Community to convene an extraordinary summit to address this crisis.
02:23Nigeria is committed to reducing its gas emissions by capturing up to 250 million cubic feet of gas per day, according to Benga Komolafe, director-general of the Nigerian Petroleum Regulatory Commission.
02:38According to APANI, the director-general of the said commission stressed at a conference in Lagos that the country had burned about 80 billion cubic meters of gas between 2012 and 2022,
02:50which represents a loss of 9 billion naira.
02:54Komolafe called for a collective approach to address the energy challenges of Nigeria, including security, accessibility and durability.
03:04And to finish, the Mpox epidemic is experiencing a sharp rise among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi,
03:12with an increase of more than 130% of cases in the RDC since the state of emergency.
03:18This new, particularly aggressive strain disproportionately affects children, thus increasing the health risks associated with malnutrition and care insufficiency.
03:30On November 3, Burundi recorded an increase of cases from 89 to about 1,100.
03:38Children are nearly four times more likely to die from this strain than adults, according to the WHO and Save the Children.
03:47C'est la fin de cette revue de l'actualité africaine. Merci de votre fidélité.