Midi infos - 20/03/2024
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00:12 Mediathévé, thank you for staying loyal to us. Here are the headlines of your newspaper.
00:17 2024 could in turn display record temperatures,
00:22 while the past year is considered the hottest in the history of our planet.
00:26 This is what the World Meteorological Organization is telling us in its latest report.
00:31 We will talk about it in a moment.
00:33 New tour of Antony Blinken in the Middle East.
00:37 The head of American diplomacy is expected in Saudi Arabia and then in Egypt today and tomorrow
00:42 to try to pull a wedge of several weeks in the combats in Gaza.
00:47 And then we now know the visual identity of the World 2030.
00:53 It was unveiled yesterday in Lisbon with the slogan "Yalla, Vamos 2030".
00:59 It informs us of the determination of Morocco, Spain and Portugal
01:03 to make this global event the best in the history of football.
01:07 2023 is considered the hottest year in the history of our planet.
01:17 But beware, there is a high probability that the year ahead, that is 2024,
01:23 will display unequal temperatures.
01:27 This is what the World Meteorological Organization is telling us in its latest report
01:32 by UNESCO.
01:34 At the end of the summer in Australia, Brazil was hit by extreme weather.
01:42 Last weekend in Rio de Janeiro, the thermometer indicated 42 degrees Celsius,
01:48 but the temperature felt to climb to 62.3 degrees Celsius, the highest ever recorded.
01:55 Although unprecedented, this situation could become more and more recurrent in the years to come,
02:01 warns the UN.
02:07 Scientific data on climate change have been around for more than five decades.
02:12 Yet we have missed several opportunities.
02:16 Today, more than ever, it is imperative that our actions are based on the well-being of future generations,
02:25 rather than on short-term economic interests.
02:28 The World Meteorological Organization is now raising the red alert on the state of the climate.
02:36 In a complete assessment, judged particularly out of the ordinary,
02:41 the World Meteorological Organization confirms that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded.
02:48 A situation due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere
02:54 and the arrival of the Nino phenomenon,
02:56 in addition to this, the retreat of glaciers and the loss of sea ice in Antarctica.
03:03 The Earth is issuing a distress call.
03:06 The latest climate report indicates that the planet is on the brink of a gulf.
03:11 The pollution from fossil fuels is causing the climate chaos off the beaten path.
03:17 The main indicators are in red.
03:20 The temperature on the surface of the oceans has broken records last year,
03:24 and the glaciers have lost large quantities of their volume.
03:29 The UN estimates that 2024 could be the hottest year in history.
03:34 Several Mediterranean countries, including Morocco, have recently experienced an unprecedented wave of heat,
03:39 with temperatures exceeding ten degrees Celsius in the normal season,
03:43 a heat that, according to scientists, would have been almost impossible without climate change.
03:49 We continue this edition with the new tour of Anthony Blinken in the Middle East.
03:57 The head of US diplomacy is expected in Saudi Arabia and then in Egypt today and tomorrow.
04:02 The goal is to try to pull off a few-week truce.
04:06 In the combats in Gaza, Hamas accuses Israel of sabotaging its negotiations
04:11 by intensifying its strikes on the Palestinian enclave.
04:15 The days follow and resemble Gaza, where the Israeli army continues its offensive,
04:24 with the Al-Shifa hospital in its sights.
04:27 In a context where the humanitarian situation is catastrophic,
04:31 the UN and UN agencies continue to raise the alarm bell
04:36 about the imminent risk of famine in the Palestinian territory,
04:39 particularly in the north, which is difficult to access and where more than 300,000 people currently live.
04:50 Faced with the pressure of the street and the tens of thousands of Gaza deaths,
04:56 Canada has decided to stop supplying weapons to Israel.
05:01 This decision was made after a vote by the members of the Canadian Parliament,
05:05 which also calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.
05:10 As I said in the titles, we now know the visual identity of the 2030 World Cup.
05:19 It was unveiled yesterday in Lisbon, with the slogan "Yalla, vamos 2030".
05:24 It highlights the determination of Morocco, Spain and Portugal
05:29 to make this global event the best in football history.
05:34 In the logo, we find the sun, the sea, the wind, the number 30 and a football.
05:41 During this ceremony, ambassadors of the Morocco-Spain-Portugal trio were presented.
05:48 We find Andres Iniesta, Nourden Naibit and Cristiano Ronaldo.
05:53 Let's listen to the presidents of the football federations of these three countries.
05:58 The objective of the three countries is the same.
06:05 Organize the best FIFA and football World Cup in history.
06:14 Our ambition is to create an exceptional event that connects sport with culture.
06:23 Today we are moving hand in hand with two neighboring countries,
06:32 with whom we want to organize a World Cup that will transcend generations.
06:37 Our goal is to shape this future by creating a unique event,
06:41 a competition with modern and emblematic stadiums to be distributed in the three countries.
06:46 We have a common ambition, to organize an unforgettable World Cup.
06:54 A competition whose history will not only retain its unequaled excellence,
06:59 but also its pioneering role in establishing new standards for the future of this prestigious tournament.
07:09 In Tunisia, several refugees and asylum seekers have been living in difficult conditions for months.
07:15 So, on the spot, civil society organizations are organizing to help them.
07:20 The situation of refugees and asylum seekers originating in most of sub-Saharan Africa
07:27 continues to deteriorate in Tunisia, with life conditions and a regime of hygiene that are very difficult to bear.
07:35 The refugees have been camping here in front of the United Nations Office for Migration in the Tunisian capital for months.
07:42 Most of them were without a passport or a passport.
07:46 These refugees have been stuck.
07:49 They have been protesting for months to demand their evacuation to their homes or to European countries.
07:57 Our situation is really difficult.
07:59 We sleep in the cold, without blankets or clothes. It's really difficult.
08:06 Some of our causes are already penalizing us.
08:12 For those who have nothing to see, it's penalizing us.
08:16 We are begging the Tunisian people to help us.
08:19 We came to find a solution to get in.
08:22 Some of them don't have a passport or an identity card.
08:26 The embassy demands that.
08:29 So it's difficult for us to have a passport to get in.
08:32 Faced with the silence of international organizations and their inability to provide radical solutions,
08:39 civil society is mobilizing to help thousands of people,
08:43 most of them originating in sub-Saharan Africa, especially during the holy month.
08:49 We organized a group of people to help the Africans who are stuck in Tunisia.
08:56 Their situation is really catastrophic.
08:59 We wanted to help them at the beginning of this holy month.
09:02 There are many Syrians and Leoneans in what we saw.
09:05 Many Cameroonians, Guineans, Beninois.
09:08 There are some Eritreans, Somalis, from the south of Darfur, from Darfur, from Sudan.
09:14 There are all nationalities, but some are more represented than others.
09:19 Some arrived 3 or 4 days ago, some have been here for 6 or 7 months, maybe more.
09:24 Sometimes they tried to do the Harka, they were caught by the coast guards.
09:29 Some are pregnant women, we counted 5.
09:35 There are very young children who were born 10 days ago.
09:41 According to the ACR, the total number of asylum seekers and refugees
09:46 by the end of 2023 reached 14,700.
09:49 Between 9,000 asylum seekers and refugees were registered in 2022,
09:54 an increase of more than 63% in one year.
09:59 Will the US military deployed in Niger go home?
10:04 In any case, the agreement that frames their presence in the country
10:08 is denounced and classified as illegal by NAMI.
10:11 How to explain this Nigerian position?
10:14 I ask you to listen to political analyst, Ayn Zosy.
10:17 We still have to go back a little bit to the strongest of the crisis,
10:21 when France, in particular, tried to put pressure on Niger to release President Basu.
10:28 We saw the United States have a position a little less, I would say, let's say, hard
10:35 than France, leaving Paris isolated from the rest of the international community.
10:41 You know the rest, France had to fold its backpacks,
10:44 which did not necessarily please the Americans who tried to seize this opportunity to reposition.
10:53 You know, the Americans have an Agadez drone base,
10:58 which is the second largest American base in Africa,
11:03 whose African device is the base of Djibouti.
11:06 It just so happens that despite the rapprochement operated by the United States
11:11 to try to fill the void left by Paris,
11:14 the Americans were very quickly caught up in a form of reality.
11:18 Since it was, on the one hand, to reconcile two points of view, I would say, antagonistic.
11:22 The first consisting of, let's say, giving the benefit of the doubt to the agenda,
11:27 trying to understand its motivations.
11:29 But the other being to maintain a form, I would say, of conditionality
11:34 in the most effective way to pursue this cooperation with the Nigerian agenda,
11:40 namely guarantees in terms of democracy, in terms of good governance.
11:46 If you add to that the fact that the Americans do not see with a very good eye
11:51 the increasingly important presence of Russia in the sub-region,
11:56 and also the multiple repeated calls for the cessation of any military cooperation
12:01 of the Nigerians with both Russia and Iran,
12:05 you have a cocktail that leads to this fairly unprecedented decision-making,
12:11 since we can indeed question the motivations of the agenda.
12:16 But what is even more surprising is the tone that has been used.
12:21 I recall that a few days ago, an American delegation to these days
12:24 was long in Yemen, it was not even received.
12:29 We can see very well here that we are in the most classic case of the "watered-down" waterer.
12:35 Now, our special file on the presidential election in Senegal.
12:40 On March 24, the Senegalese will slide their ballot in the ballot box
12:53 to elect their new president.
12:55 19 candidates are in the race for the scrutin.
12:58 The campaign is late, but it has passed at a higher speed.
13:03 The candidate for power, former Prime Minister Abou Doba,
13:07 will face his main challenger, Basirou Djamalfaoui,
13:11 named candidate of the largest coalition in the country,
13:14 in replacement of his mentor, Ousmane Soko,
13:17 removed from the presidential race for judicial reasons.
13:20 And in Dakar, the time is at the mobilization.
13:25 Citizens want to take up the challenge of a massive participation in this presidential election.
13:31 Let's meet right now in the Senegalese capital,
13:34 in correspondence with Yami Boukaka and Sheikh Ndaho.
13:37 At the heart of the presidential election, welcome to this special issue.
13:45 Delighted to meet you on the Pan-African media.
13:50 When we talk about elections, we talk about votes.
13:52 And the voter is the masterpiece of an election.
13:55 It is in this context that we went to the meeting of the Senegalese
13:59 who are preparing to elect their candidate.
14:01 At the same time, some structures are mobilizing to inform citizens
14:06 about the electoral process 2024.
14:09 I propose to follow this focus.
14:12 March 24, 2024, a decisive day for the Senegalese.
14:17 They are preparing a few days from the election to elect their fifth president.
14:22 In total, 19 candidates are in the race for the seat of President of the Republic of Senegal.
14:27 In Dakar, citizens are waiting for their occupations,
14:30 while remaining optimistic about the victory of their candidate.
14:34 I am healthy, my candidate is also healthy.
14:38 We are trained to fight in the campaign, to discuss with people,
14:42 to go home and discuss with young people.
14:45 To face the reality of our country.
14:49 We are brave because every night we go to our campaign.
14:57 At night we also walk and do our campaign.
15:00 We talk to everyone.
15:01 I wish that on the 24th my candidate wins.
15:04 I am in a calm state of mind.
15:06 As usual, there were demonstrations.
15:10 But as soon as the candidates are held, it is stable.
15:14 When you are a candidate, it is politics.
15:18 Initially planned for February 25, 2024, before being reported,
15:22 the presidential election will finally take place on Sunday.
15:25 It will be the 12th since the country's independence in 1960.
15:29 About 7.3 million voters are registered among the 18 million inhabitants.
15:35 But for Cherif, nothing is certain yet.
15:38 This student has returned from France for a year.
15:41 He does not really plan to go to the polls.
15:43 I don't know how to vote for now.
15:46 Because I have the impression that, I don't know,
15:51 for me politicians are all a bit the same.
15:54 It's a bit like someone who comes to give solutions to previous problems
15:59 and who brings new problems.
16:01 So I'm not sure that voting for someone will change anything.
16:05 The electoral process also interests some organizations, like Senegal Vote.
16:10 It is a group of young people who have set up this platform for more than four years.
16:15 Senegal Vote is a program for citizen mobilization
16:18 for massive participation and quality in the electoral process.
16:21 It is a program that aims to provide electoral information,
16:26 to place voters at the center of all the concerns
16:31 that revolve around the electoral process.
16:34 Because the voter is the masterpiece of an election.
16:37 He must be able to have all the information about the electoral process.
16:41 He must be able to understand the issues of voting in an election.
16:45 He must be able to know how to vote.
16:48 So our platform tries to answer all these questions.
16:51 A few minutes later, Jalé explains to us in an office
16:55 the importance of their mobile application, which is an innovation.
16:59 The committee will be able to share the election results
17:03 for transparency on the evening of the ballot.
17:06 Senegal Vote uses digital as a communication channel for elections.
17:11 We use all the potential of digital.
17:14 Digital has something wonderful.
17:17 It allows people to have instant information.
17:22 And above all, it allows online mobilization.
17:25 Another thing, through digital, we can directly contact our leaders
17:30 and candidates who are now very present on social networks.
17:34 It should be recognized that in recent years,
17:36 they have invested a lot in social networks.
17:38 As long as we do not compile the results,
17:40 we are allowed to share the results of the elections in a parcel way.
17:44 And we have chosen to share the results by department.
17:48 What is forbidden is the compilation of the results to give a trend.
17:53 So everything we do is in line with the electoral law
17:59 and the electoral code that governs how an election is organized,
18:04 how the process is organized.
18:07 This election aroused a lot of enthusiasm in Senegal with 19 candidates.
18:11 Indeed, this is the first time that such a number has been registered.
18:15 There were 5 during the last presidential election in 2019,
18:19 14 in 2012, 15 in 2007 and 8 during the first alternation in 2000 and 1993.
18:27 This election revealed a new character,
18:30 because for the first time in the political history of Senegal,
18:33 the head of state will not be a candidate.
18:36 That's all for today, the media team from Dakar
18:40 will meet you another day for another subject on the Pan-African.
18:45 In the rest of the news, there is the Moody's financial notation agency
18:57 which has raised the credit rating of the Ivory Coast,
19:00 the Ivory Coast which is positioned as the second best sub-salaried credit in Africa,
19:04 behind Botswana and next to South Africa.
19:07 Max Oubi and Herman Degot.
19:10 The Ivory Coast is gradually coming out of the speculative grade
19:14 to that of lower average quality,
19:16 with this new note which also reinforces the quality of the signature
19:21 of the first power in West African Africa.
19:23 Several factors have contributed to the founding of the Moody's decision,
19:27 including the resilience of the economy and the strong prospects of growth.
19:31 Nearly 7% by 2026 is marked by a growing diversification,
19:36 especially in the agri-food and oil sectors.
19:39 For international partners, for development partners,
19:44 it is good to be sure that the risk level of a state,
19:49 before making loans, is relatively reduced.
19:53 This notation shows once again that we have the ability to respect our commitments.
19:58 But this notation also confirms that the Ivory Coast is indeed
20:03 the first economic power in the sub-region.
20:06 This is because President Alassane Ouattara has a very, very high capacity
20:11 for anticipating the advancement of the global economy.
20:14 The analysts at Moody's also note the progress made in terms of budget consolidation
20:21 and the credibility of the measures planned in view of the attempt to reduce
20:25 the fiscal deficit of 3% of the GDP by 2026.
20:29 According to Moody's, the Ivory Coast has also reached this level
20:32 thanks to an improvement in governance and strengthening of the institutional framework
20:36 reflected by the improvement of the main international indicators,
20:40 such as the World Bank.
20:42 A good level of reduction of poverty,
20:45 through the implementation of the PND,
20:50 has led to a reduction in the poverty rate of the Ivorian population.
21:00 All this constitutes strong actions that make the Ivory Coast a strong economy.
21:07 It is still an inflation that has been sustained at 4.4%,
21:11 but also a budget deficit that was reduced to practically 5.2% in 2023.
21:20 It should be noted that the Ivory Coast reopened the mandatory markets
21:23 for the countries of the South African Republic at the beginning of the year,
21:26 after a two-year absence.
21:28 A word of culture in this newspaper with the city of Tangier,
21:32 which will host this year the festivities of the International Day of Jazz.
21:37 It was designated a high city by UNESCO to host the World Concert
21:42 organized on this occasion on April 30.
21:45 By this designation, Tangier becomes the very first African city
21:49 to host the largest and most prestigious world jazz festival.
21:55 Let's talk culture again, this time with the festival of Nawa and Music of the World,
22:04 a Marocan success story.
22:07 The 25th edition of this inevitable meeting of the cultural agenda
22:12 will take place from June 27 to June 29.
22:16 The organizers held a press conference yesterday in Casablanca
22:19 to present the main lines of this anniversary edition,
22:23 which will mark the beginning of a new chapter,
22:26 determined to turn to the future and a project that is structuring and sustainable.
22:31 Neelatazi is the producer of this festival. Let's listen to her.
22:35 25 years is a quarter of a century,
22:38 a very special edition that we wanted to mark with two major projects
22:42 that will be important turning points for this project,
22:46 which is really a structural project on a cultural level.
22:50 We have a training program with the Berklee College of Music in Boston,
22:55 which is probably one of the largest music schools in the world,
22:58 with 5,000 students on its campus.
23:01 Berklee professors will come to provide training during the festival,
23:05 the five days that precede.
23:07 We will also have the creation of a university chair within the UMCSP in Ben-Ghirir,
23:13 at the African Studies Center, led by Ali Ben-Makhlouf,
23:16 because this culture deserves and requires that we go much further in research.
23:21 It interests many researchers around the world and students as well.
23:25 And of course, we have an appointment for the 11th edition of the Human Rights Forum,
23:29 with the theme this year "Morocco, Spain, Portugal, a story that has a future".
23:34 We have a big appointment in 2030 with the World,
23:37 and therefore a great shared history and a great shared ambition.
23:41 It is really interesting for us to open the debate on this issue
23:45 on top of this big appointment.
23:47 And of course, as every year,
23:49 great concerts with internationally renowned artists,
23:53 such as the Palestinian Saint-Levant, the singer of flamenco Buika,
23:58 who will be accompanied by a great flamenco dancer named Nino de Reyes,
24:03 and 35 alumni, 400 artists, 53 concerts.
24:08 I can't name them all, but I can assure you that,
24:10 as every year for the past 25 years,
24:12 we have great musical moments,
24:14 and the audience will be really delighted by the programming we offer.
24:20 This concludes this edition.
24:22 Thank you for watching.
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24:26 Translation by Daniel D'Angelo
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