MEDI1TV Afrique : Revue de presse - 26/12/2024
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00:00– Hello everyone, welcome to Mediain TV for your daily newsreel.
00:14At the end of a 37-hour marathon trial,
00:17the first instance court of Tangier has given its verdict
00:20in the case of the Al-Khaid group, report number 360.
00:24In the audience room, the tired faces of the families present
00:27tell, to themselves, the extent of the drama.
00:30A colossal swindle that would have made hundreds of victims
00:33pay off nearly 720 million dirhams.
00:36These authors, at the head of a network of thieves,
00:38would have exploited the credibility of a thousand people
00:42by making them look for juicy investments in record time.
00:46Considered as the brains of the operation,
00:49they are named Yousra and Karima
00:51and each received a five-year prison sentence,
00:54just like Yousra's husband,
00:55Yousra, judged as a direct accomplice in the management of fraudulent finances.
00:59The fine then falls on the other members of the network.
01:02In total, these are cumulative sentences of 77 years and 9 months in prison
01:07that have been pronounced against the accused,
01:09but the satisfaction of the victims remains teeming with concern.
01:12I quote,
01:13these people will be punished and go to prison,
01:15but who will give us our money?
01:17asks a woman, a victim of the network,
01:19whose savings have been swallowed up
01:21in what she believed to be a particularly profitable reason for bribery.
01:27In this period, the end of the year,
01:29Marrakech is revealing its glowing dress
01:31to seduce visitors from all over the world,
01:33says Challenge.
01:34Nearly four years ago, in the city of Ocre,
01:36tourist operators in cascades put the keys under the door.
01:40Covid forces.
01:41This episode of health crisis, with its lot of externality,
01:44had shaken the entire tourist sector.
01:46Today, reality is quite different.
01:48Marrakech, seen as a symbol of national tourism
01:51and even international, has regained its momentum of growth.
01:54The specialized magazine underlines that the city of Ocre has recorded
01:58an impressive 71% increase in arrivals,
02:02supported by a strong resumption of international flights
02:04and major cultural events.
02:06An increase that confirms the growing tourist attraction of the kingdom.
02:11It should be noted, however, that Marrakech is not only
02:14a privileged destination during the holidays.
02:17It remains an emblematic destination throughout the year,
02:20as does the precise challenge in its lines.
02:23Morocco is accelerating the modernization of its airport infrastructure
02:27in order to respond to the growth of air traffic.
02:30This is evidenced by the project around the airport.
02:33Mohamed 5 indicates Finance News.
02:35Reduction of the time required for passengers to leave the airport
02:38after landing.
02:39A national welcome capacity of 80 million passengers.
02:42These are the objectives of the Ministry of Transport and Logistics
02:46to prepare to welcome world-class events,
02:49such as the Football World Cup 2030.
02:52The most ambitious project remains the Mohamed 5 airport in Casablanca.
02:57With 25 billion dirhams of investment,
03:00this infrastructure will see its capacity multiplied by three,
03:03from 15 to 45 million passengers by 2029.
03:07This development aims to position the airport
03:10among the most performing in the world,
03:12capable of competing with the largest international hubs,
03:16explains the information portal.
03:18Nearly 37 billion dirhams will be invested in the next few years
03:23to allow the kingdom to take on the considerable influx
03:26expected for the World Cup 2030
03:28and respond to international standards.
03:33An airplane from Azerbaijan Airlines crashed in Kazakhstan
03:36near the city of Aktau,
03:37killing at least 38 people,
03:39reports Le Monde.
03:40To follow this press release,
03:41the flight linked Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan,
03:44and Grozny, the capital of the Russian Caucasian Republic of Chechnya,
03:48before crashing near the city of Aktau,
03:50to the west of Kazakhstan.
03:51The situation is not good.
03:53The crash killed 38 people out of 67 on board.
03:56This is what Deputy Prime Minister Kanat Buzombayev said
04:00at a meeting cited by the Russian agency Interfax.
04:03The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan,
04:05the country of the Caucasus from which the aircraft took off,
04:07had stated that more than 32 people had survived,
04:10without giving a death report,
04:12according to Le Quotidien.
04:13The origin of the crash was not immediately known.
04:16Azerbaijan Airlines first stated
04:19that the plane had hit a bird's nest
04:21before withdrawing this information.
04:23For its part,
04:24the regional department of the Kazakh Ministry of Health
04:27stated in a statement
04:29an explosion of a balloon on board the aircraft,
04:32without further details.
04:36At the end of 2024,
04:37Mark Zuckerberg and his company Meta
04:39won their duel against the Congress,
04:41which wants to adopt a law
04:43to protect online children.
04:45Politico informs us,
04:46the Congress left Washington
04:48without adopting the law on online children's safety,
04:51after being closer than ever
04:53to imposing rules on social media
04:56and to prevent the harmful effects
04:58on the health and mental health
05:00that the sites are widely considered as causing.
05:03Mark Zuckerberg can thank
05:05the President of the House of Representatives,
05:07Mike Johnson,
05:08for closing the door to this Congress,
05:10once decried by the Republicans
05:12for excluding Donald Trump from Facebook.
05:14The result shows how Zuckerberg and Meta
05:17have restored their relationship.
05:19The specialized information portal
05:21explains that Mark Zuckerberg and his company
05:23relied on an external pressure group,
05:26including Meta and its members, NetChoice,
05:28to convince Republicans
05:29that the bill would threaten freedom of expression
05:32by allowing Washington regulators
05:35to mute conservative and religious voices.
05:40This is the end of this press release.
05:42Thank you all for following it.
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