MEDI1TV Afrique : Matin infos - 01/03/2024
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00:11 It's time for the news. Thank you for joining us on Mediantv for this edition.
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00:19 International condemnations are multiplying after the death of more than 110 Palestinians in Gaza
00:25 when Israeli soldiers opened fire during a aid distribution that turned to chaos.
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00:34 In Morocco, the digital platform Amsakan launched on 2 January to record a total of 51,900 requests for aid to housing,
00:42 a statement made by the government spokesman, Mustafa Maitas.
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00:50 And then in Dakhla, the works of the first political conference of the Coalition for Autonomy in the Sahara
00:58 were opened this Thursday, at the heart of the discussions on the geopolitical horizon of the Sahara-Morocco issue.
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01:09 International condemnations and calls for ceasefire are multiplying after the death of more than 110 Palestinians in Gaza
01:18 when Israeli soldiers opened fire during an aid distribution that turned to chaos.
01:24 The Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, said he was shocked by these events,
01:29 that he condemned them. The Security Council met urgently and on Thursday night in Washington,
01:35 the spokesman for the State Department, Matthew Miller, said that his country, a faithful ally of Israel,
01:41 is demanding answers after this tragedy. The White House also said that President Joe Biden
01:47 had spoken on the phone with the Qatari and Egyptian president. This tragic and alarming incident.
01:53 In Paris, President Emmanuel Macron expressed his strongest condemnation and asked for truth, justice and respect for international law.
02:06 Several Arab countries have also condemned the Israeli army's shots.
02:13 Let's listen to the details of our correspondent, Al-Quds Valérie Ferrand,
02:22 who is back on these events from yesterday and on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
02:29 First of all, let's note that the Israeli army admitted to firing and then giving several explanations,
02:40 some of which were surprising, including that it aimed at some individuals who were approaching a tank
02:47 and putting their soldiers in danger. We know that Palestinian hospitals have received dozens of bodies of people killed
02:55 and hundreds of injured. The doctors on site, as well as the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Ashraf El-Khoudra,
03:05 all spoke of shooting and aimed at places of the body that could be deadly at any time.
03:12 This proves that the Israeli occupier opened fire on crowds of men, women and children waiting for a humanitarian convoy.
03:21 One of the few, it should be noted, to access this region, the center of the Gaza Strip, where the city of Gaza is located,
03:29 where, as in the northern region, Israel has blocked almost all flow of food, medicine and fuel for five months.
03:36 In fact, opening fire on hundreds of families waiting for food, queuing in front of bakeries or walking on so-called "secured" roads
03:47 is a regular practice that we have seen by the Israeli army against the Palestinian civilian population.
03:55 If this attack is particularly denounced, it is because of the context on the ground,
04:02 since it occurs at a time when Israel has already put almost all the major hospitals of the Gaza Strip out of service,
04:11 which makes it impossible to treat the injured. The procession of humanitarian aid and medicine has always been done in droves for five months,
04:20 but the number of trucks that enter has dropped again in recent weeks.
04:26 The Palestinian authorities therefore believe that this is a way to sow terror in these regions and to starve the populations,
04:35 which proves that Israel is pursuing its plans to expel Palestinians from these northern and central areas to the border with Egypt.
04:45 On the diplomatic level, we also see that this attack leads to a wave of international condemnation,
04:51 which could have consequences on the negotiations underway on a ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners,
04:58 the threatening Hamas suspending them.
05:03 We continue this news with the statement of the government spokesman, Mustafa Britas,
05:09 who said that the digital platform "Damasakan" launched on January 2,
05:14 recorded a total of 51,900 requests for housing. I suggest you listen to it.
05:21 A total of 51,900 requests for housing were recorded until February 27 on the Damasakan platform.
05:34 75% of the requests are for housing of a value lower than 300,000 dirhams
05:42 and 25% of the housing is for the middle class between 300,000 dirhams and 70,000 dirhams.
05:49 In addition, 81% of the requests are for Moroccans living in the kingdom and 19% for immigrants.
05:59 As for the average age of the applicants, it is 41 years, 63% of whom are men and 37% women.
06:07 The largest number of applicants is located in Fes, Mknes, Tangier, Marrakech, Barchid, Sghirat, Qnetra, Saleh and so on.
06:18 The free trade agreement for access to Moroccan agricultural products to the European Union is global and not selective.
06:27 A statement was made on Thursday in Rabat by the Minister in charge of relations with the Parliament.
06:33 Mustafa Britas indicated that during the discussion of this agreement,
06:37 all the details related to exports had been negotiated, including the products and quantities exported.
06:42 He also stated that the government was activating diplomatic channels to protect access to Moroccan agricultural products to the European Union.
06:50 The Moroccan Confederation of Agriculture and Rural Development has decided to file a complaint with the Spanish courts
07:03 against the attacks on the traffic of Moroccan trucks transporting agricultural products, fruit and vegetable producers
07:13 in the face of disruptions in the transit of goods on certain road axes between Morocco and the European Union.
07:21 These incidents are linked to unregulated actions by individuals from various cooperative associations and agricultural unions.
07:33 The Moroccan Presidency of the Council of Human Rights places human rights at the centre of its priorities.
07:43 A statement was made on Monday in Geneva by the President of the Council, Mars Nébel.
07:48 He stressed that human rights are a very important issue for countries in the South,
07:55 such as food security, health and the environment, as a billion people suffer from malnutrition.
08:02 He insisted on the need to establish principles that guarantee the population fundamental rights until April 5.
08:11 The Council, which currently has 47 member countries, will examine several relations related to climate change
08:18 and the situation of human rights defenders.
08:22 On this 55th Ordinary Session of the Council of Human Rights, I invite you to listen to Elhabib Belkouch,
08:33 President of the Human Rights and Democracy Study Centre, about the action of the Council of Human Rights.
08:40 I believe that Morocco has brought an addition by not only proposing the theme as Mr. Osnibar has done,
08:49 which is of great importance, the issue of development rights,
08:53 which is currently being debated for the elaboration of an international convention on development rights,
09:02 because it did not exist, there was just a declaration.
09:05 But on the other hand, there are other proposals made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
09:12 in particular calling for a retreat to review the system a little bit, for more efficiency,
09:20 because it is a system that is a little bit blocked by the policy of certain members that bring important financial support.
09:31 So it blocks the work of the Council bodies.
09:36 So from there, the importance of revisiting this experience a little bit after its 18 years of existence.
09:44 So the proposals of Morocco have been raised in this direction,
09:50 among which a retreat of the Council itself in Morocco to reflect on the perspective of reform of the system of the United Nations on human rights.
10:00 And back to Morocco, where the first political conference of the Coalition for Autonomy in the Sahara continues.
10:08 The geopolitical horizon of the question of the Moroccan Sahara is the theme of this conference,
10:13 the objective being to engage a new reflection on this different regional,
10:17 to find out a little bit about the Coalition for Autonomy in the Sahara, listening to its coordinator, Latif Haidara.
10:24 The OSACO is the Coalition for Autonomy in the Sahara.
10:28 It is made up of more than 3,000 intellectuals, eminent professors, lawyers, ambassadors, university professors,
10:37 researchers who have given themselves the mission to support the plan of autonomy proposed by His Majesty
10:51 as the only solution to the regulation of the Sahara issue.
10:56 During this event, we will address several questions related to the geopolitics of the question,
11:02 which are addressed by actors first.
11:05 What are the actors that are involved in this problem?
11:11 Starting with Morocco, the Polisario, but Algeria is also a fundamental actor,
11:18 although it does not want to appear in the background, but everyone knows that it is one of the actors
11:27 who pull the strings of this problem.
11:31 We will also reflect on the motivations.
11:36 What is the motivation of each actor?
11:39 Each actor has his own intentions, his own motivations, his own interests.
11:44 What are the alliances?
11:48 The alliances that each actor has drawn up to support each other and achieve their objectives.
11:54 And finally, we will also insist on the plan of autonomy proposed by the Moroccan government
12:03 as the only solution to the regulation of the Sahara issue.
12:09 Direction at the moment in Nairobi for the 6th United Nations Environment Assembly,
12:15 an assembly chaired by Morocco during which the Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition
12:21 and Sustainable Development, Leila Mlali, has reminded the importance of the roles of science,
12:26 technology and companies to define new ways of advocating and engaging on environmental issues.
12:34 I suggest you listen to the analysis of Abdelrahman Rahim Gseri,
12:39 President of the Association of Teachers of Science of Life and Earth.
12:44 Morocco, which presides over this UN assembly, has already questioned the country's development model
12:52 and is trying to join a new development model.
12:56 The whole world and the global development model must completely change if we want to reach the OECD.
13:03 First, we must absolutely no longer separate social issues from ecological issues,
13:10 economic and financial issues.
13:12 This separation has cost us too much because the finances have escaped
13:17 and a minority of the population of countries, but also of companies,
13:24 have really concentrated a lot of financial resources, but most have remained on the margins.
13:31 Moreover, the OECD insists on having a balance,
13:35 on having a regulated system that allows no one to be left on the margins.
13:39 And so, the 17 objectives are made to have a universal minimum for each citizen,
13:46 for each country.
13:47 It is absolutely necessary that it be within the framework of collaboration,
13:50 solidarity, inclusion and equity.
13:53 And that is why a development model must be reviewed.
13:58 And the initiative that the Minister has mentioned, Mrs. Ben Ali,
14:03 is especially for the MISEN initiative, which was developed by eminent researchers in Islamic education.
14:13 And they have allowed a certain number of recommendations
14:17 that indicate the need to return to values of living in common.
14:23 The interconnection project of the Sbouf and Bourguelage ponds
14:28 has allowed the transfer of 186 million cubic meters of water to the dam.
14:32 This project has guaranteed the provision of drinking water from the coastal area of Rabat-Casablanca
14:39 and has prevented a water cut in this area since December 18.
14:44 Nizar Baraka spoke at the opening of the work of the Board of Directors
14:48 on the hydrological basin of the Bourguelage and the Chahouya.
14:53 "Les Dames et Mes Neufs" does not cry.
14:59 The feature film directed by Faysal Boulifa has been in theaters since February 28.
15:04 This film is the rekindling story of Fatemeh Zeray and her son Selim,
15:09 who flee the shadows of their troubled past to seek refuge in Tangier.
15:14 Aichat Bar won the first prize for female interpretation
15:18 at the last national festival of Tangier film.
15:21 Mediantv was at the premiere of the film in the presence of director Faysal Boulifa,
15:27 which I suggest you listen to.
15:30 The casting process for my films is very slow, it's a little expensive,
15:34 it's a little worrying because we're never sure if we're really going to find these people.
15:41 But once we found Aichat and Adela, who play the two main characters in the film,
15:48 honestly, it was like... there's something very beautiful when you work with people
15:56 who haven't necessarily had a lot of luck in life or a lot of opportunities in life,
16:02 but there they have an opportunity to show their talent, to really shine,
16:08 and we see, as we go along, during the shooting,
16:12 that people become the real actors, the great actors, I would say.
16:18 I find their work in the film really strong.
16:22 This concludes this edition.
16:26 Thank you for watching and staying with us on Mediantv.
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