MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 27/11/2024
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00:00Let's start with Interpol, which announced the arrest of 1,006 suspects in Africa.
00:19It was during a vast operation against cybercriminality entitled Operation Serengeti, which lasted two months.
00:27This initiative, led in collaboration with AFRIPOL, targeted criminal activities such as ransomwares and online robberies,
00:38affecting 35,000 victims and generating financial losses of nearly $193 million.
00:45Among the notable arrests, we find suspects linked to a fraud by credit card in Kenya and a Ponzi scheme in Senegal.
00:55Interpol emphasizes the growing importance of international cooperation to combat these sophisticated cyber-threats, concludes the online newspaper.
01:05The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have taken an important step in the peace process,
01:11by approving a key document for the continuation of negotiations, according to Angolan diplomacy.
01:17It is written on E360 Africa.
01:20This development comes after a fragile ceasefire was signed in August when the region is faced with the resurgence of 1.23,
01:28a rebellion supported by Kigali, notes the newspaper.
01:31On Monday, the foreign affairs ministers of the two countries examined the concept of operation,
01:36which could facilitate the withdrawal of Rwandan troops from the RDC,
01:40according to the Angolan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to E360 Africa.
01:48In Benin, the country has launched a campaign of activism against gender-based violence.
01:54The campaign began on November 25 in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
02:02Information given by Bénéweb TV, placed under the theme Reposter et se reconstruire après les violences.
02:08This initiative aims to promote women's rights and to raise awareness of protection mechanisms.
02:14According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, 63% of Beninese women aged 15 to 49 suffered a form of violence during their lives.
02:23The campaign will continue until December 10, Human Rights Day.
02:28In Africa, we are told that in Ghana, more than 500 Afro-descendants obtained Ghanaian nationality
02:35during a ceremony held by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
02:39This process, initiated in 2019, facilitated the return of the descendants of slaves deported 400 years ago
02:46since the efforts of Capcoast and Elimina.
02:49New citizens, many of whom have never lived in Ghana, express their joy by calling this event a return home.
02:56Some of them describe this moment as magical and the culmination of a long desire to find their roots,
03:03that is to say, on African soil.
03:06Let's finish with Sierra Leone, which recently inaugurated its first iron bar production plant.
03:12This event marks a significant advance in the country's industrial development, according to the New Info Tribune.
03:18This initiative, led by ODAV Multi Industry, aims to reduce imports and save up to 300 million dollars per year.
03:27With an annual production capacity of 120,000 tons,
03:31the plant will also diversify production by producing nails and metal lathes.
03:37This project is part of a broader strategy to enhance the country's natural resources on its territory,
03:45adds the source of information.
03:47This is the end of this African Press Review. Thank you for following it.