Presse Afrique - 23/06/2023
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00:05 It's time for the African news on Média.
00:10 Let's start in Senegal, opponents could regain their eligibility.
00:15 African news, a Senegalese commission proposed to modify the electoral law to allow two personalities of the opposition, Karim Ouad and Khalifa Sall, to run for the presidential election of February 2024.
00:31 The two men had already been disqualified for corruption allegations, but were then pardoned by President Macky Sall.
00:40 According to the newspaper, the opposition parties accused the government of using the judicial system to target potential opponents and open the way to a possible third presidential mandate.
00:54 The government denied the accusation and President Sall did not confirm or deny it.
01:00 He will present himself for a third mandate, the information site specifies.
01:08 In Burkina Faso, a combat drone belonging to the Burkinabe Air Force crashed due to a technical failure when it returned to base after an offensive reconnaissance mission on June 21, 2023.
01:24 According to Pan News, the incident occurred near Tengkourdougou, located 184 km southwest of Ouagadougou, and did not cause any casualties.
01:37 The army mobilized technical teams and ground units to recover the remains of the plane and opened an internal investigation for the purpose of returning experience.
01:50 And then, Mali Tribune tells us that in Mali, the participation rate in the constitutional referendum of June 18 is 38%, according to the National Commission for the Centralization of Results.
02:04 Master Mustafa Sissi, President of the Independent Authority for the Management of Elections, said that this rate could probably evolve with the results of the security and defense forces.
02:17 The President of the Management Board of Elections also stressed that each vote counts and that the results refer to the votes expressed, writes Mali Tribune.
02:32 In Ethiopia, the country is preparing to launch the fourth phase of filling the reservoir of its large dam of the Ethiopian Renaissance on the Blue Nile, reassured Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen.
02:47 The information is given by Africa Radio. Egypt and Sudan have repeatedly asked Ethiopia to stop filling the reservoir of the GERD until a tripartite agreement on the operation of the dam is concluded.
03:02 The first three fillings of the reservoir did not harm the country downstream, according to the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister.
03:13 Mauritania. To finish, the authorities have proceeded to cut off mobile internet for a few hours to fight against cheating during the Baccalaureate exams that took place from June 19 to 22, 2023.
03:28 In other words, on PressAfrique, the Ministry of Education, the Interior and the Digital asked for the suspension of mobile connection throughout the country during the 8 to 12 and 15 to 17 local hours exams to prevent students from being tempted to cheat.
03:47 This alternative is very effective in the short term, according to a professor and supervisor in an exam center in the south of the capital, PressAfrique reports.
03:58 This is the end of this round of African news. Thank you for following it.
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