MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 08/01/2025
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00:00Thank you for following us on Media, the African press magazine is now.
00:13Starting in Sudan, according to the African News, 25 million Sudanese are starving,
00:19requiring humanitarian aid of nearly 5 billion dollars.
00:24The United Nations underlines the urgency of an international mobilization
00:28to respond to this critical situation.
00:31In this context, the Sudanese authorities call for increased support from the international community,
00:36in particular the United States, to alleviate suffering and revive the national economy.
00:42This is what the website concludes.
00:44The Gabonese Parliament intends to meet in extraordinary session from January 10 to 20, 2025
00:51to examine and adopt the project of organic law on the electoral code of the Gabonese Republic.
00:58According to Info241, this initiative aims to reform the country's electoral system
01:05by introducing measures such as the moralization of political life,
01:10the establishment of a platform for campaign spending and the reinforcement of sanctions against electoral infractions.
01:18The new electoral code will include 383 articles divided into 4 books, 18 titles and 58 chapters.
01:28After its adoption for Parliament, the text will be submitted to the Constitutional Court
01:34to verify its conformity with the Constitution.
01:38The Ugandan Electoral Commission, for its part, has begun revising electoral lists
01:44in view of the general elections scheduled for 2026.
01:47According to the APA News website, this operation aims to update the electoral record
01:54by adding new registrants and removing dead or uneligible people.
02:00Citizens are encouraged to check their electoral status and report any anomalies if they are found in the online newspaper.
02:09This initiative is crucial to ensure the transparency and credibility of the electoral process to come.
02:16Let's now go to Thiad and Senegal.
02:19These two countries denounced the words of French President Emmanuel Macron.
02:24In his speech, the latter regretted the lack of thanks for the French military intervention in the Sahel.
02:30According to 360Afrique, Thiad described its statements as contemptuous,
02:35while Senegal contested erroneous statements about the withdrawal of French troops, according to 360Afrique.
02:43According to Les Confrères, these reactions mark a new stage in the redefinition of relations between Paris and its former colonies.
02:51Let's finish with Niamey, which hosts an international seminar on neocolonialism until January 10, 2025,
02:59organized by the World Trade Federation.
03:03This seminar brought together African activists to reflect on solutions aimed at guaranteeing a sovereign and economically independent Africa, according to Malijet.
03:15At the opening ceremony, the governor stressed the importance of a responsible African dynamic,
03:21carried out by trade unions and civil society, and called for effective governance to counter the impacts of neocolonialism.
03:29The participants, united by a common vision, plead for an Africa capable of defining its own future without foreign interference.
03:38It is on this element that we close this review of African news. Thank you for following it.