MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 05/02/2025
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00:00It's time for your news in Africa.
00:11To begin with, Kenya has announced an extraordinary summit bringing together Presidents Kombole,
00:17Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan Paul Kagame, scheduled for February 8 in Dar es Salaam,
00:23Tanzania.
00:24According to Africa Radio, this meeting aims to discuss the ongoing conflict in the east
00:30of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a conflict accentuated by the takeover of Goma by the
00:36M23 group, supported by Rwanda, in order to confirm that it is a crucial meeting for
00:43regional stability in the face of tensions between Kinshasa and Kigali, which are high.
00:50APPEN NEWS tells us that the United States has suspended several development aid programs
00:56in Africa, causing various reactions on the continent.
01:00In Senegal, Prime Minister Ousmane Sanko announced that $500 million for the Senegal Power Compact
01:08project is now frozen, underlining the need to reduce dependence on foreign aid.
01:15In South Africa, Donald Trump's decision intervenes in a context of tension around
01:20a border reform, with President Cyril Ramaphosa defending the legitimacy of this law in the
01:26face of American criticism.
01:28And then in Botswana, the suspension of the PEPFAR program, President's Emergency Plan
01:34for AIDS Relief, aroused fears in the health sector.
01:39Since 2003, the country has received more than $1 billion, about 700 million euros,
01:44to fight AIDS, notes the African Press Agency.
01:49Directions le Mali, where 490 weapons and 1,915 ammunition were seized in 2024 by the
01:58Malian security forces.
02:00It is in the context of their efforts to fight against the proliferation of light weapons
02:04in African form.
02:06Despite these seizures, which also include 78 weapons voluntarily submitted, the situation
02:12remains worrying, because these figures are derisory in the face of the extent of the
02:16phenomenon.
02:17Between 2015 and 2022, Mali recorded 2,224 armed attacks, fueled by an influx of weapons
02:25from military detentions and cross-border traffic, the newspaper recalls.
02:31Malian authorities are intensifying their initiatives, but without increased regional
02:36cooperation, the circulation of weapons continues to feed insecurity and terrorism.
02:42In Chad, ex-employees of French bases in Social Uncertainty,
02:49notes the French military presence in Chad, which has been in place since 1960,
02:57has ended the closure of military bases, leaving hundreds of former unemployed employees.
03:03The Chadian government has demanded the departure of French troops, leading to massive
03:10without support for concerned workers.
03:13On February 3, 402 ex-employees held a press conference to denounce their precariousness
03:20and ask for the support of the authorities, and demand compensation and programs of
03:25professional reintegration in the face of the absence of stable resources.
03:29Since their dismissal, the New Info Turbine reports.
03:33Finishing in Uganda, the country launched a vaccine trial against the Sudanese strain
03:39of the Ebola virus, less than a week after the declaration of an epidemic that caused
03:45the death of a nurse.
03:46According to African News, this project, supported by the World Health Organization,
03:53aims to vaccinate around 2,000 people, mainly contacts of identified patients,
03:58of which 234 are already under surveillance.
04:03The WHO praised the speed of this initiative and promised its support to control the spread
04:09of the virus.
04:10The situation remains worrying because no vaccine or treatment approved against this
04:16strain currently exists.
04:18And that's all for this African Press Review.
04:21Thank you for following it.