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00:20Here are the headlines of your daily.
00:23Artificial intelligence at the service of peace, security and development in Africa.
00:28At the heart this Thursday of a meeting of the Council of Peace and Security of the African Union,
00:33chaired by Morocco. We talk about it in a moment.
00:38The Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation blows its tenth candle.
00:43Ten years of confirmed effectiveness to secure Morocco.
00:47An efficiency recognized worldwide. We talk about it in this edition.
00:53Israel intensifies its strikes on Gaza.
00:57Just this morning, they cost the lives of at least ten people after a series of operations
01:03that the Israeli War Cabinet presents as a last warning to the inhabitants of Gaza
01:09if Hamas does not release the hostages.
01:14Morocco multiplies initiatives as part of its presidency
01:19of the Council of Peace and Security of the African Union,
01:22with this meeting devoted to artificial intelligence and its impact on peace, security and governance in Africa.
01:31First of its kind at the ministerial level.
01:34It will be chaired remotely by the head of Moroccan diplomacy, the Serbo-Etat.
01:39Its counterparts from the member countries of the CPS also take part in a meeting
01:45of the African Union, which intervenes in the extension of efforts deployed by the kingdom
01:50at the international level in favor of the rational and responsible use of artificial intelligence
01:56in the service of peace, security and development.
02:03In Morocco, a year ago, day by day, the government launched the reconstruction program of Al-Hawz
02:10after the earthquake that shook the region in September 2023.
02:14And since then, where are the works?
02:16To answer this question, at a meeting held yesterday by the head of the government,
02:21several figures have been advanced.
02:24To date, more than 33,600 affected families have completed their reconstruction,
02:29more than 52,000 homes are in construction.
02:32However, the government calls for accelerating efforts,
02:35in order to support the still struggling families
02:38and guarantee an economic recovery in the affected regions.
02:45From Interpol to the FBI, through security agencies in Europe and Africa,
02:50recognition is unanimous.
02:53The Central Office for Judicial Investigation has become, over the years,
02:57an essential entity in the fight against terrorism.
03:02If I blow my 10th candle, 10 years of confirmed effectiveness,
03:0610 years in the service of security in Morocco,
03:08but not only, what makes it strong?
03:10The answer is in this story of Shema Fekri.
03:15Since its creation a decade ago,
03:17the Central Office for Judicial Investigation has played a major role
03:21in the dismantling of terrorist cells
03:23and the neutralization of many criminal conspiracies,
03:26threatening the stability of the kingdom.
03:28The office adopts a global and multidimensional security approach,
03:32focused on proactive action.
03:34It operates systematically in coordination with the central services
03:38of the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance.
03:41Thanks to this strategy and this coordination,
03:44during the first eight years of its existence,
03:4790 terrorist cells have been dismantled,
03:50of which 84 affiliated to Daesh
03:52and more than 1,500 people have been arrested.
03:55In close collaboration with the DGST,
03:57the office has strengthened Morocco's security
04:00and helped to address regional security challenges,
04:03notably those related to extremist groups.
04:05It has also asserted its role in the fight against organized crime,
04:09including drug trafficking, money laundering and cybercrime.
04:13International cooperation is an essential pillar of PSIGE's actions
04:18to combat terrorism and organized crime.
04:21The kingdom has strengthened its partnerships with other countries
04:24as well as with international security organizations
04:27to provide an effective response to trans-border terrorist threats.
04:31The office collaborates closely with Interpol, Europol
04:35as well as security agencies in Europe, America and Africa
04:39to share information on terrorist networks.
04:42Thanks to this cooperation,
04:44Morocco has been able to provide information
04:46that has allowed terrorist attacks in several countries to be displayed.
04:50In the rest of the news,
04:52Israel continues to activate its guerrilla machine.
04:55ISIL continues its strikes on Gaza.
04:57This morning again, the Palestinian enclave
04:59was the target of bombing,
05:01killing at least 10 people in Khan Younes.
05:04Israel announces an intensification of its military operations on the spot,
05:08operations that the Israeli War Cabinet presents
05:11as a last warning to the inhabitants of Gaza
05:15if Hamas does not release the hostages
05:17since the resumption of the Israeli strikes.
05:19Nearly 500 people have been killed.
05:25In Senegal, in the face of cattle theft,
05:27the National Breeders' Federation
05:29has proposed to the authorities
05:31the systematic identification of the shepherd
05:34with, in particular, electronic chips to geolocate them.
05:38Does this solution bring unanimity among breeders?
05:41It responds with our correspondents in Dakar,
05:44El Chata Diakite and Moussa Ndia.
05:47Senegalese breeders have been confronted for a few years
05:50with a decline in the sense of cattle theft,
05:53thefts that seem very expensive.
05:58For example, as a breeder,
06:00I spend a lot to maintain and take care of my cattle.
06:03It is therefore very difficult to be a victim of animal theft.
06:09I had to herd one or two sheep, or several.
06:13I managed to find them, but it is never easy.
06:16I strongly hope that the solutions will be found
06:19for the theft of cattle.
06:22To face these phenomena,
06:24the Senegalese president calls for measures
06:26that can reduce the theft of cattle,
06:29which the breeders were waiting for with impatience.
06:35Putting chips on the cattle to be able to trace them,
06:38the idea is not bad,
06:40but it seems to me quite complicated
06:42for the breeders we are.
06:46To fight more effectively against this flow,
06:49some breeders do not hesitate to make proposals.
06:54When a thief takes your cattle,
06:56farmers, like breeders,
06:58must be able to help you find it.
07:01For example, if a person passes in front of them
07:03with an important herd,
07:05it would be good to question him
07:07to make sure that this cattle belongs to him
07:09and that it is not a stolen cattle.
07:11So if there are doubts,
07:13the police or the nearest police
07:15could be alerted.
07:19I rather recommend
07:21weighting prison sentences
07:23up to 10 years of incarceration.
07:25Although the theft of cattle is criminalized,
07:27it is not enough disruptive.
07:29It would then require heavier sentences.
07:33In 2021,
07:35the National Association for the Fight
07:37against Cattle Theft
07:39recorded 9,514 heads of stolen cattle.
07:42The Senegalese authorities
07:44hope that GPS devices
07:46can help cattle breeders
07:48and resellers
07:50to do their activities
07:52in an adequate environment
07:54for the good of the breeding sector,
07:56which contributes greatly
07:58to the Senegalese economy.
08:01We have hand-held smartphones
08:03that decide in our record time
08:05whether to water these crops
08:07or adjust the temperature of these grasses.
08:09This is not science fiction,
08:11it is a reality.
08:13In Nigeria,
08:15more precisely in the Diop region,
08:17a wave of technological innovation
08:19redefines agriculture,
08:21offering a glimmer of hope
08:23in the face of climate change.
08:25Ile Emberada plunges us into the era
08:27of agri-tech,
08:29where tradition and modernity
08:31meet to feed a country in full mutation.
08:34Ambient temperature,
08:36soil pH, soil irrigation.
08:38In Dame d'Angore,
08:40an agricultural operator
08:42no longer needs to go
08:44into his pepper fields
08:46to check his data.
08:48A simple look at his screen
08:50is necessary to act.
08:52All he needs to do
08:54is take out his phone
08:56to determine when to water,
08:58apply fertilizers,
09:00cool or heat the air.
09:03Even when I'm away,
09:05I check the soil humidity
09:07and this gives me an indication
09:09of how and when to water or not.
09:11So I can work from a distance,
09:13call my staff
09:15and tell them whether to water or not.
09:17This has really helped me.
09:19It is a world in the middle of a revolution.
09:21Everything is changing.
09:23In the next ten years,
09:25some tools will become
09:27more and more expensive.
09:29In the next ten years,
09:31some tools will become obsolete.
09:33And I tell you,
09:35because everything, technology,
09:37facilitates everything.
09:39Why Africa has always been known
09:41to be in the limelight?
09:43We don't want this story
09:45to continue with us.
09:47We are trying to fill the gap.
09:49Since this operator
09:51uses this technology,
09:53his production has increased
09:55by 400 kilos
09:57This operator has launched
09:59a system for poultry farming.
10:01These sensors measure humidity,
10:03air quality and temperature
10:05in poultry,
10:07transmitting the data
10:09to an application.
10:11Thanks to this $150 system,
10:13affordable for many,
10:15poultry mortality has fallen.
10:19In a day,
10:21we could record up to 10 dead chickens.
10:23And since we deployed
10:25this technology in our farm,
10:27I can sleep and receive
10:29notifications about
10:31the state of health.
10:33And we must also say
10:35that the mortality rate
10:37has also fallen
10:39by 0.2%.
10:43Nigeria is at a turning point.
10:45In Africa's demographic,
10:47with more than 200 million inhabitants,
10:49the country relies heavily
10:51on its agriculture,
10:53a generation of innovators
10:55is pushing back
10:57traditional agriculture
10:59against a hostile climate.
11:01They prove that technology
11:03can also be a valuable ally.
11:09We are on March 20th,
11:11World Dental Health Day.
11:13On this occasion,
11:15the International Dental Federation
11:17launches a new campaign
11:19with the slogan
11:21La bouche heureuse est encore heureux.
11:23And yes, good dental hygiene
11:25is an integral part
11:27of global health.
11:29From our birth
11:31to an advanced age,
11:33one does not go without the other.
11:35They are inseparable,
11:37including for our emotional,
11:39social and mental well-being.
11:43The mouth is therefore the main
11:45gateway to all diseases
11:47and its hygiene is essential
11:49to a good quality of life.
11:51What are today the most common
11:53dental health problems in Morocco?
11:55We asked Dr. Badi Redouane,
11:57Secretary General of the
11:59National Council of Dental
12:01Doctors in Morocco.
12:05For the most common dental
12:07diseases in Morocco,
12:09we can easily say
12:11tooth decay and
12:13dental paralysis.
12:15For tooth decay,
12:17it is among the most common
12:19chronic diseases in Morocco.
12:21And if we want to talk numbers,
12:23according to the statistics
12:25of the Ministry of Health
12:27and Social Protection,
12:2981% of children
12:31under 12 years old
12:33suffer from tooth decay,
12:37as well as 91%
12:39of adults between
12:41the ages of 35 and 44.
12:43There are also
12:45dental paralysis,
12:47gingivitis, dental paralysis
12:49which are also very, very
12:51common in Morocco, unfortunately.
12:55In Morocco, beaches are
12:57very crowded during
12:59the Ramadan meal.
13:01Several families prefer to break
13:03their fast by the sea.
13:05However, some leave food
13:07residue, which pollutes the beaches,
13:09a situation denounced by
13:11the Environmental Protection
13:13Department.
13:17During the month of Ramadan,
13:19lifting tables on Moroccan beaches
13:21become an annual tradition.
13:23But this is also accompanied
13:25by an irresponsible
13:27environmental behavior.
13:29The state of the beaches
13:31the next day is deplorable.
13:33Waste litters the sand,
13:35causing considerable environmental
13:37damage.
13:39Many people have a tendency
13:41to dissociate themselves
13:43from the environment
13:45in which they live.
13:47If we pollute the air,
13:49we will breathe it.
13:51This is also the case
13:53for water.
13:55This is why we must
13:57preserve our environment.
13:59We came to take our boat
14:01on the seaside to get
14:03away from the stress
14:05and pollution of the city.
14:07We want to live in peace.
14:09We want to walk in peace.
14:11We want to live in peace.
14:13We want to live in peace.
14:15We hope that families
14:17will keep their beaches clean
14:19after enjoying a friendly moment.
14:21Despite repeated calls
14:23from environmental protection
14:25associations to raise awareness
14:27about the importance of maintaining
14:29clean beaches, these irresponsible
14:31behaviors continue to repeat
14:33each year and destroy the marine ecosystem.
14:35This is a breathable beach
14:37that does not have
14:39a lot of waste.
14:41We want to live in peace.
14:43We want to live in peace.
14:45The beach is an unparalleled
14:47haven of peace.
14:49This is why citizens must
14:51preserve the cleanliness of the beaches
14:53after having enjoyed a relaxing
14:55moment on the beach.
14:57Unfortunately, we see that the remains
14:59of food left by some families
15:01pollute the sand and water.
15:03The beach is a collective responsibility.
15:05In this sense, environmental activists
15:07regularly organize awareness campaigns
15:09and propose placing trash cans
15:11nearby to facilitate the operation
15:13of collecting waste.
15:15There is a lot of sport in this newspaper
15:17with the Moroccan team
15:19which continues its preparation
15:21at the complex Mohamed 6
15:23which is located
15:25in the center of the city.
15:27This is the first time
15:29that the Moroccan team
15:31is participating at the Mohamed 6
15:33football complex.
15:35It is the 5th and 6th day
15:37of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
15:39This is a new open session
15:41led by the national team
15:43coach Walid Regreggi
15:45to refine the last aspects
15:47of the team before
15:49moving to Oujda.
15:51The Lions of Atlas will face
15:53Niger on the 21st at the
15:55Oujda stadium.
15:57Four days later, they will
15:59play in Tanzania at the same stadium.
16:01The national team has called
16:0326 players
16:05for these two games
16:07with the kick-off at
16:099.30 p.m.
16:11Morocco takes the first place
16:13with 9 points
16:15after
16:17Thalby and Nadir.
16:19It is the turn of two other
16:21internationals to speak
16:23at the federation's microphone.
16:25I let you listen
16:27to the first reactions
16:29of Hamza Gaban
16:31and Omar El Hilali.
16:33How was the training?
16:35God bless you.
16:37I just finished training.
16:39I then took my phone
16:41and I found a lot of calls
16:43from my friends,
16:45from my family,
16:47sending me all their congratulations.
16:49It is an inexpressible joy.
16:51It is a childhood dream coming true.
16:53Every Moroccan wishes
16:55to wear the national team jersey.
16:57It was a great joy for me,
16:59really.
17:01My teammates are good guys.
17:03They are nice and
17:05welcomed me very well in the group.
17:07As they say,
17:09I am like at home here.
17:11Everyone
17:13considers me
17:15like his little brother.
17:17There is no difference between us.
17:19My feeling is that of every Moroccan
17:21who appreciates selection.
17:23We have players who evolve
17:25at the highest level
17:27and who honour Morocco
17:29at the international level.
17:35I was at training
17:37when I learned about my selection.
17:39We had just finished the training
17:41the day before facing Mallorca
17:43against Espanyol.
17:45I was tired
17:47and the team's community manager
17:49showed me my phone call.
17:51I then called my parents
17:53to tell them the news.
17:55They cried.
17:57Thank God, it is a dream come true
17:59and my time has come.
18:01Defending the colours of Morocco
18:03is not given to anyone.
18:05Those who come here must be happy
18:07and must work to bring
18:09the selection as high as possible.
18:13Now it is time
18:15for the guest of the big news of my day.
18:17We are with
18:19Mursine Lardissi,
18:21a university professor
18:23and artificial intelligence consultant.
18:25We are talking about the ministerial meeting
18:27under the Moroccan presidency
18:29of the CPSUAS
18:31on artificial intelligence
18:33and its impact
18:35on peace, security
18:37and governance in Africa.
18:39Mursine Lardissi, you are live
18:41from Casablanca. Hello and thank you
18:43for accepting our invitation.
18:45Thank you for the invitation.
18:47It is a pleasure to be with you.
18:49Morocco is multiplying
18:51initiatives
18:53as part of its presidency
18:55of the CPSUAS.
18:57This meeting is being
18:59witnessed by
19:01the head of Moroccan diplomacy
19:03at the heart of the discussions
19:05on artificial intelligence
19:07and its impact on peace,
19:09security and governance in Africa.
19:11It is the first of its kind at the ministerial level.
19:13Today, why was it
19:15so important
19:17for the kingdom to put AI
19:19at the heart of its agenda
19:21at the head of the CPSUAS?
19:25The subject of artificial intelligence
19:27today has exceeded
19:29the scope of technology and technology.
19:31It is an economic subject
19:33because today it has an enormous
19:35economic impact. We saw
19:37at the exit of Dipsic
19:39the reaction of the stock exchanges,
19:41notably of Nasdaq, with
19:43technology, but it is also a geopolitical subject.
19:45We saw it with the different countries
19:47that today are in
19:49great competition
19:51to acquire the tools
19:53of artificial intelligence.
19:55In Africa, I believe that we must have
19:57the necessary means and the necessary tools
19:59to have a certain digital sovereignty
20:01and a sovereignty on the
20:03artificial intelligence, especially since
20:05it is a subject that can be used
20:07for good as well as for evil.
20:09This means that there are subjects
20:11with wars,
20:13with the achievements of
20:15sovereignty, manipulation,
20:17which can actually use
20:19AI to be able to
20:21serve designs that can be
20:23negative for African nations.
20:25Hence the importance of addressing this subject.
20:27It is a subject that is highly diplomatic
20:29and it allows to position
20:31Africa on the world stage.
20:33I believe that Morocco, in relation to this,
20:35given what it has already started on the subject,
20:37and given the different achievements
20:39and today it is positioned
20:41on the subject on an African scale,
20:43it has a role as a leader to be able
20:45to build an Africa that is augmented
20:47by artificial intelligence and that
20:49correctly responds to risks
20:51and to the elements of ethics
20:53and governance for a responsible IA.
20:55We will have the opportunity
20:57to come back to these
20:59questions, but before that,
21:01we have seen it, Morocco wants today
21:03an artificial intelligence
21:05in the service of peace,
21:07security, governance,
21:09but also development
21:11in Africa. How do the leaders
21:13of our continent have to
21:15welcome this mobilization
21:17of the kingdom in favor of
21:19an AI allied to the challenges
21:21that Africa must face?
21:25Indeed, there is a real mobilization
21:27around the subject, because more and more
21:29it will be a subject that is omnipresent
21:31on the scale of
21:33political and economic agendas.
21:35We simply have to mobilize
21:37first to have an IA
21:39that is consistent
21:41with the contextual elements,
21:43the cultural elements, the linguistic elements
21:45that are specific to Africa.
21:47It is very important today that the IA
21:49can speak the different languages,
21:51the local languages, the dialects,
21:53so that it can be used as an inclusion tool.
21:55But it is also important to use
21:57the IA as a tool for better
21:59governance, because today
22:01artificial intelligence allows
22:03certain good governance practices
22:05through better accessibility
22:07of information, better
22:09information processing. Of course,
22:11we must make sure that the IA
22:13does not bring bias or
22:15hallucinations, because there are risks
22:17associated with the use of the IA.
22:19And of course, the importance of all this
22:21at the level of peace in the region.
22:23It is very important today to see how the IA
22:25can be manipulated to spread
22:27false information, to make fake news,
22:29to build a negative
22:31public image.
22:33And so it is very important to appropriate the tool
22:35to make a positive use of it.
22:37The mobilization of African leaders and the
22:39mobilization of the entire African community
22:41is important in this sense, as I said,
22:43to be able to not only
22:45suffer the
22:47harm of the IA, but above all to
22:49also ensure that we can
22:51make it a lever
22:53of African development and ensure
22:55that it is an IA that is consistent
22:57with our context and that is responsible
22:59for our ethical development.
23:01An IA adapted to African realities,
23:03Morsine Lardissi, who says
23:05artificial intelligence, necessarily thinks
23:07of dedicated infrastructures.
23:09On the continent, are the means
23:11and conditions united
23:13to fully benefit
23:15from these technologies
23:17and even to facilitate our daily lives?
23:21So, on the infrastructure side,
23:23it must be said that we still have
23:25a delay, more or less,
23:27at this level.
23:29So, of course, we must not rejoice,
23:31we must try to catch up with the delay.
23:33Infrastructures today cost
23:35billions. We recently saw
23:37President Trump, just after his investment,
23:39after two days of his investment,
23:41launch the Stargate project,
23:43which is actually a project
23:45with more than 500 billion
23:47dollars.
23:49500 billion dollars is three times the GDP
23:51of a country like Morocco,
23:53to actually install and build
23:55datacenters
23:57for the treatment of IA.
23:59So today, we are far from it.
24:01So maybe there are countries, it is a little different
24:03compared to, for example, countries like South Africa,
24:05Egypt or Morocco.
24:07Today, there are certainly some infrastructures,
24:09but it is important to
24:11play the collaboration
24:13and regional cooperation to be able
24:15to build infrastructures that are dedicated
24:17to several countries. Because these are investments
24:19that are heavy, important. These are investments
24:21that also have an energy impact
24:23and an environmental impact,
24:25since the datacenters that use IA
24:27and that allow to run IA,
24:29they consume a lot of energy
24:31and a lot of water, hence the importance
24:33of having something on the basis
24:35of a regional investment. I believe
24:37that institutions that are associated with the African Union
24:39and institutions like the
24:41African Development Bank can mobilize
24:43precisely to have
24:45infrastructures that
24:47are oriented towards African countries
24:49and that allow to have a certain sovereignty
24:51at the scale of Africa on the subject
24:53of IA and its infrastructures.
24:55Indeed, there is the subject of infrastructure
24:57and next to that, there is the subject of data,
24:59and there again, we need to develop
25:01our sovereign capacity at this level
25:03by following the regulations.
25:05Today, there are regulations that are differentiated
25:07at the level of African countries,
25:09but I think it is important to have a block
25:11to be able to even negotiate
25:13with the giants of the Internet
25:15and the giants of IA.
25:17Today, it is very difficult for countries
25:19with 20 or 30 million inhabitants
25:21to go and negotiate
25:23with giants
25:25to have
25:27an installation of an infrastructure
25:29and other local centers.
25:31I believe that it is the regional cooperation
25:33and having a block
25:35of negotiations that will allow to do that.
25:37Precisely speaking
25:39of regional cooperation,
25:41Morocco, in any case,
25:43does not only want to be on board
25:45the train of artificial intelligence.
25:47With its data centers,
25:49it wants to be the locomotive.
25:51Today, in terms of
25:53South-South cooperation,
25:55how does the Kingdom bring its stone
25:57to the building in the field of technology?
26:01Indeed,
26:03I believe that it is very important
26:05to have champions
26:07at the level of Africa.
26:09Not only on the infrastructure part,
26:11today, Morocco can be better
26:13equipped than other countries.
26:15Other countries also have
26:17quite interesting investments.
26:19In any case, there are infrastructures
26:21by telecom operators.
26:23There is also Atlas Cloud Services
26:25that has been set up
26:27by OCP at the level of IM6P
26:29which also targets Africa.
26:31I believe that it is very important
26:33to be able to pilot
26:35this subject today
26:37in a frontal way.
26:39You have to be a volunteer
26:41in relation to this subject,
26:43but also on other topics,
26:45on data and on other subjects.
26:47There is a big subject, in my opinion,
26:49which is important and on which
26:51I believe that cooperation can develop.
26:53It is to be able to define
26:55ethical charts, but also to be able
26:57to train
26:59different people,
27:01citizens,
27:03but also collaborators at the level
27:05of public administrations,
27:07private employees, and so on.
27:09These are all things that can be done
27:11at the regional level.
27:13I have had the opportunity
27:15and the chance to train
27:17at the level of several African countries.
27:19There are a lot of investments
27:21in relation to this subject,
27:23and I believe that we need
27:25leaders and champions
27:27at the level of Africa on subjects
27:29such as training,
27:31infrastructure,
27:33implementation of use cases,
27:35research and development.
27:37It is very important to associate
27:39economic inclusion issues,
27:41rural development issues,
27:43issues related to different
27:45sectors in Africa.
27:47Nourseline Lardissi,
27:49thank you for all these details.
27:51Thank you for answering our questions.
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