MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 06/12/2024
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00:00Let's go back to the news in Africa.
00:12Starting in Togo, the senatorial elections will take place on February 2, 2025.
00:18In the country, it marks a key step in the implementation of the new constitution, according to the VEA Africa.
00:25This controversial text, which replaces the president's election by a parliamentary system,
00:30is criticized by the opposition and civil society, which sees it as a maneuver of President Forniacibe to extend his power.
00:38Two-thirds of senators will be elected by regional and municipal councils,
00:44while a third will be appointed by the president.
00:48This change is in a context where Forniacibe has been leading the country since 2005,
00:53succeeding his father, that is, on VEA Africa.
00:58The peace talks in South Sudan were resumed this week in Nairobi after four months of interruption,
01:05an African news cry in its columns.
01:08These negotiations aim to integrate the concerns of the non-signatory opposition groups of the 2018 peace agreement,
01:15which ended a deadly civil war.
01:19President Salva Kiir expressed his commitment to speed up the process,
01:25while emphasizing that these discussions will not replace the existing agreement, reports the newspaper online.
01:32Despite the advances, tensions persist, notably in the withdrawal of the main opponent, Riek Macha,
01:40an initiative called Tumeini, which represents a new hope for peace in the region.
01:46In Ethiopia, about 800 rebels of the Oromo Liberation Army went to the regional government of Oromia,
01:54following a peace agreement signed on December 3 with a dissident faction.
01:58The information is given by Rappel News.
02:01The Oromia communication office confirmed that these fighters,
02:05far from the central command, began to enter the camps designated for their demobilization.
02:13However, notes the source, the Oromo Liberation Army rejected this agreement,
02:18calling it a political maneuver aimed at weakening their organization.
02:23It states that the signatories of the agreement have no role within the army
02:29and criticize promises of power as illusions.
02:32The details of this agreement remain unknown, adds the African press agency.
02:37Cyberattacks are a growing threat to digital security in Cameroon and Africa,
02:44with serious consequences on key sectors such as manufacturing.
02:49According to a positive technology agency,
02:5510% of successful attacks target this disturbing sector.
03:00Operations are compromising sensitive data.
03:03Experts emphasize the importance of improving cybersecurity infrastructures
03:07to counter these increasingly sophisticated threats, notes Actu Cameroon.
03:13Let's end this press conference with this alert from the World Food Programme
03:16on the food situation in Africa, which is deteriorating at high speed.
03:22Malnutrition is advancing, notably in South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo,
03:27it is written on Africom.
03:28Millions of people, in particular in Angola, Malawi and Mozambique,
03:32are facing serious food insecurity due to prolonged droughts.
03:37In RDC, a quarter of the population suffers from malnutrition exacerbated by the armed coup d'état
03:43and natural disasters.
03:45The PAM calls for urgent international solidarity to face this unprecedented food crisis
03:52and strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations.
03:56That's all for this African news report, thank you for following it.