Midi infos - 15/04/2024
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00:00Welcome back to Midi-Info, let's take a look at the headlines of your edition.
00:18Israel and Iran are accused of being the main threat to peace in the Middle East.
00:24The conflict broke out yesterday during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which calls for restraint.
00:34An international conference on Sudan opens this Monday in Paris, a year after the start of the war,
00:40with the hope of arousing mobilization on this war with catastrophic humanitarian consequences.
00:48This is one of the government's key measures.
00:52In Senegal, following the Prime Minister's invitation, government members were invited to resign from their elective positions,
01:01with the aim of avoiding the accumulation of administrative functions.
01:06Israel and Iran are accused of being the main threat to peace in the Middle East.
01:12Tensions continue to rise between Israel and Iran after the attack by Tehran on Israel.
01:19The conflict broke out yesterday during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
01:24The two countries are accused of being the main threat to peace in the Middle East.
01:30The Israeli ambassador to the UN called for the reimposition of international sanctions against Tehran.
01:37So, in exchange for Iranian commitment not to carry out nuclear activities for military purposes,
01:44Iran justified its attack in response to the Israeli strike on April 1 against its consulate in Damascus.
01:52The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran carried out...
01:57Neither the region nor the world can allow more war to be declared in this context.
02:04The UN Secretary General, in a last and final call,
02:08António Guterres asked for maximum restraint during an emergency Security Council meeting.
02:15After the attack of Tehran against Israel, the Middle East is on the brink of a precipice.
02:20The populations of the region are facing a real danger of widespread, devastating conflict.
02:27Did he declare that it is the time for de-escalation and de-escalation?
02:32António Guterres insisted.
02:3999% of missiles launched by Iran were intercepted by the Israeli army.
02:46The attack on the Israeli consulate in Damascus caused many reactions,
02:53including that of the G7 meeting on Sunday,
02:56which unanimously condemned the Iranian attack and called all parties to restraint.
03:03The G7, I remind you, gave its full support to Israel.
03:09After the attack of Iran against Israel, with hundreds of drones and missiles,
03:15several world leaders called for de-escalation in the region.
03:19Egypt warned of a risk of regional expansion of the conflict.
03:23Saudi Arabia called for maximum restraint.
03:26And Iraq, not to extend the conflict.
03:29Qatar, engaged for weeks in talks between Israel and Hamas,
03:33urges the international community to take urgent measures to de-escalate the tension.
03:38Its Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its deep concern.
03:42Syria, for its part, estimated Sunday that Iran had exercised its right to self-defense.
03:47An array was posted on its consulate in Damascus,
03:50and brought the appropriate response to Israel, which did not respect international conventions.
03:55Out of the Arab world, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called for calm in order to de-escalate the situation.
04:02Russia, in turn, called for restraint.
04:05NATO, meanwhile, condemns the escalation of Iran and calls for restraint.
04:09Let us add in a statement that it is essential that the conflict in the Middle East does not become uncontrollable.
04:15Also condemning the attack, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
04:20urged all parties to show the greatest restraint
04:23in order to avoid any action that could lead to major military confrontations on several fronts in the Middle East.
04:30Gathered by videoconference on Sunday,
04:33the leaders of the G7 unanimously condemn the Iranian attack on Israel and call on the parties to restraint.
04:39This virtual summit brought together the leaders of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom,
04:44France, Germany, Italy and Japan,
04:47as well as the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,
04:51and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
04:54At this summit, the leaders of the G7 countries assured Israel of their full support.
04:59After the attack on Iran, they said they were ready to take measures against Tehran
05:03in response to new initiatives of destabilization.
05:06The United States, meanwhile, does not want an escalation or an extended war with Iran.
05:11A spokesman for the White House insisted on Sunday.
05:14Faced with Western condemnation, Iran called on the ambassadors of the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
05:22The Iranian strikes against Israel are a major turning point in the region, according to experts.
05:30This is also the opinion of Mohamed Baddine al-Yetioui, he is a professor of international relations.
05:35I suggest you listen to him, he was the guest of the morning.
05:38We saw that the Iranians, especially the head of the Army Staff,
05:42Mr. Hossein Bakeri, said that a new doctrine was going to be put in place from now on by Iran.
05:48This is the doctrine of the new equation.
05:50With each Israeli strike against Iranian interests in Iran or outside Iran,
05:55there would be a response from the Mullahs' regime.
05:58On the other hand, we see that the Israelis, especially Benjamin Netanyahu,
06:02would like a quick response, despite the fact that Joe Biden and the American administration
06:07want to stay there to avoid burning the region.
06:11So we are facing an interesting equation, with the Iranians who came out of the shadow war
06:16using their proxy, the Yemenis and the Hezbollah in Lebanon.
06:19This does not mean that they will not do it anymore, they will continue to do it,
06:22but at the same time, they now want to respond blow for blow to the Israeli attacks.
06:27And that really changes the situation in the whole region.
06:31If Iran attacks Israel, it will attack Iran.
06:34This principle remains valid, the Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs warned
06:39following the 300 drones fired by Iran during this weekend.
06:43Will Israel respond to this attack despite the call for the withdrawal of its allies,
06:49Washington and London?
06:51I propose to listen again to the analysis of Mohamed Benin, the Yeti, yes.
06:56The most likely scenario, if we rely on what Benjamin Netanyahu has wanted to do for years,
07:00would be to attack Iranian territory.
07:03But attacking Iranian territory would generate much more significant repercussions
07:07than what we saw this weekend.
07:09So the question will be whether we attack Iranian interests in Syria or Lebanon,
07:15or elsewhere, in Iraq for example, or whether we attack the territory directly.
07:19I think that Benjamin Netanyahu will be tempted to attack Iranian territory,
07:22but he will need American support.
07:24And Joe Biden, like Antony Blinken, does not want to hear about it for the moment
07:27because it would risk very strongly damaging the whole region.
07:31And we see that, for example, a country like Jordan,
07:34which is at the longest border with Israel, 300 km,
07:38is very, very afraid of what is happening for its national security.
07:41So the will of the Americans, like the will of several Arab countries in the region,
07:45will be to try to calm things down, to mitigate things.
07:48The problem is that the Iranian territory,
07:50if it were to be targeted by the Israeli army, would be affected,
07:53because the Iranians also have significant anti-aircraft capabilities.
07:57But if that were the case, we could take a new step,
08:01since the Iranians, on their side, have not used all their missiles,
08:05and all their most important and most powerful missiles in terms of range.
08:10Washington and other international capitals do nothing about it.
08:15The Israeli army continues its operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday,
08:19while the international community fears an additional bloodbath.
08:24Among the Palestinians displaced, the spokesman for the Israeli army
08:28announced the dispatch of two additional reserve brigades
08:31to fight in the Palestinian territory.
08:34According to the army, the hostages removed by Hamas are held in Rafah,
08:38in the extreme south of the Gaza Strip.
08:42The Israeli Prime Minister has said he is determined to launch
08:45a ground offensive against this city,
08:47which he presents as the last great bastion of Hamas.
09:02The French press
09:08The latest on the Sudanese case,
09:11with more than 840 million euros in aid to Sudan.
09:15Announced at the opening of the international humanitarian conference
09:20which will be held in Paris,
09:22this conference opens a year after the beginning of the war,
09:26co-chaired by France, Germany and the European Union.
09:29The objective is to coordinate mediation initiatives
09:32to put an end to the war that has ravaged the country for more than a year now.
09:36The meeting is associated with both a political and ministerial aspect,
09:40to try to find ways out of the conflict,
09:43but also a humanitarian aspect, to mobilize donations.
09:46Not to forget a meeting of about 40 members of the Sudanese civil society.
09:51It must also highlight this forgotten crisis.
09:57We have already declared the leaders of French and German diplomacy,
10:01as well as the high representative of the EU for foreign affairs,
10:04Josep Borrell.
10:07The war in Sudan continues to rage,
10:10so after a year of violence,
10:12it is the humanitarian organizations
10:14who first draw up a human assessment of the war.
10:21A year, day by day, the war broke out in Sudan.
10:24A war that opposed the army to the paramilitaries.
10:27In 2021, the two generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Daglou
10:32had advanced together,
10:34the civilians with whom they shared power,
10:37since the fall in 2019 of Omar al-Bashir.
10:40However, they split up later
10:42on the issue of the integration of the paramilitaries in the army.
10:45Shortly after, a new report of the signing of an agreement
10:48supposed to launch a democratic transition,
10:50shots and explosions resounded in Khartoum.
10:53The calendar shows April 15, 2023,
10:56when the war broke out in the country.
10:58The paramilitary forces claimed the seizure of several key infrastructures,
11:02while the army carried out air strikes
11:04against paramilitary bases.
11:06After the death of several humanitarians
11:08in fighting in Darfur,
11:10the UN Food Programme decided to suspend its aid.
11:14At the end of April, the UN reported
11:16that weapons were distributed to civilians in Darfur,
11:19already a theater of atrocities in the 2000s.
11:22The rapid support forces and the army
11:24mutually accused each other of violating ceasefire.
11:27What puts an end to the truce ended on April 25,
11:29under the yoke of the United States and Saudi Arabia.
11:32The tension rose sharply in the country in June.
11:35On July 14, the International Criminal Court
11:37opened an investigation on possible war crimes
11:40in Darfur in mid-August.
11:42The war won two new major cities,
11:44while the fighting intensified in Khartoum.
11:47On the 25th of the same month,
11:49the UN estimates that the war is over.
11:51It threatens to take over the whole of Sudan,
11:53where hundreds of thousands of malnourished children
11:55are at risk of dying.
11:57The peace negotiations sponsored by the United States
11:59and Saudi Arabia resume on October 26 in Jatah,
12:02with the participation of the East African organization IGAD.
12:06But in vain.
12:07At the end of March, Washington hoped
12:09for a possible resumption of discussions,
12:11on April 18 or around.
12:13This war has caused thousands of deaths
12:15and caused the displacement of more than 8.5 million people,
12:19according to the UN.
12:21It has also largely destroyed
12:23the already precarious infrastructure of the country.
12:26The UN warned on Friday
12:28that the risks of famine are real in Sudan.
12:30The UN organization fears that the humanitarian crisis
12:33will spread to neighboring countries
12:35if the fighting continues.
12:42Since April 15,
12:44since the beginning of the war,
12:46the army led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
12:49and the quick support forces
12:51of General Mohamed Hamdan Daglou,
12:53Sudan has plunged into chaos.
12:56And after the humanitarian crisis,
12:58it is the economy that has been devastated.
13:00Details in this story by Alaa bin Lani.
13:05In addition to thousands of deaths
13:07and millions of displaced people,
13:09the entire Sudanese economic system
13:11is pulverized by the conflict.
13:13In a country where inflation was already
13:15close to 127% today,
13:17after Zimbabwe and Venezuela.
13:19The conflict, of course,
13:21razed everything.
13:23As a result of a fertile agricultural land,
13:25Sudan has become a sterile desert.
13:28Especially since the authorities
13:30have lost control of the mega agricultural project
13:32of the Gezira,
13:34in favor of paramilitaries.
13:36A very remunerative region,
13:38rich in cotton and cereals,
13:40but farmers can no longer cultivate or harvest.
13:42As a result,
13:44according to a recent FAO report,
13:46the last cereal harvest
13:48was less than 40%
13:50at the national average.
13:52A drop in production
13:54which has been compensated
13:56by an intense increase in imports
13:58and therefore in prices.
14:00Food production has been devastated
14:02so that the supply of essential products
14:04such as sorrel and millet
14:06has fallen by up to 50%
14:08compared to the previous year.
14:10And in the markets,
14:12for example,
14:14the price of wheat has increased by 118%.
14:16People simply
14:18no longer have the means to eat.
14:20In short, Sudan now
14:22depends bitterly on imports.
14:24To all these misfortunes,
14:26finally, the collapse of the banking system is added.
14:28It's been almost a year since wages
14:30have not been paid.
14:32The course of the currency has plunged.
14:34Since the beginning of the war,
14:36the book has lost more than 50% of its value.
14:38Ahmed Yacoub,
14:40expert in managing conflicts,
14:42president of the Center for Development
14:44and Prevention of Extremism
14:46in N'Djamena,
14:48is with us to talk about the situation in Sudan
14:50but also on this international conference
14:52which opened in Paris.
14:54Hello, Professor, and welcome.
14:56Hello, Nadia.
14:58Anand, day by day,
15:00after the beginning of the war,
15:02what is the situation on the ground in Sudan?
15:06On the ground, as you said,
15:08the war started a year ago.
15:10Tomorrow, the 16th,
15:12Sudan enters its second year of conflict,
15:14fratricidal and murderous.
15:18It must be said
15:20that the army,
15:22which was partially defeated
15:24at the beginning
15:26of the clashes,
15:28in April 2015,
15:30for up to 10 months,
15:32the army began to regain
15:34initiative
15:36within the framework
15:38of defense
15:40and prepare
15:42offensive actions
15:44on the ground.
15:46We saw that the army managed
15:48to take the radio
15:50of a large part of Omdurman
15:52and before it was camped
15:54in the capital.
15:56Today,
15:58it is getting closer
16:00to Al-Jazeera
16:02and especially to the city of the capital
16:04which is 11 km
16:06from the city of
16:08Wat Madani.
16:10Since yesterday,
16:12clashes have been taking place
16:14at the border of Libya
16:16in a city called
16:18Milit, the last city
16:20towards Libya,
16:22and also in Al-Fashir.
16:24Yesterday, there were clashes.
16:28It is true that the army
16:30is starting to take up ground,
16:32but I don't believe
16:34that one of the parties
16:36can win this war.
16:38We need a negotiated solution
16:40because the disarmament
16:42has almost
16:441.5 million soldiers
16:46and it is difficult
16:48for one or the other
16:50to win the war
16:52on the military ground,
16:54but we need to make sure
16:56that the two parties
16:58can discuss, negotiate
17:00a specific solution.
17:02Concerning the conference
17:04or the international humanitarian summit
17:06in Paris...
17:08We are going to talk about it,
17:10but if you allow me,
17:12we are going to ask you
17:14what are the reasons
17:16for this incitement
17:18of the conflict
17:20which causes a worldwide
17:22humanitarian disaster
17:24and also displaced people
17:26and the Chad
17:28What are the reasons
17:30for this incitement
17:32before exploring
17:34the negotiation paths
17:36to see
17:38positive perspectives
17:40on this conflict?
17:42You know,
17:44the main cause
17:46of the incitement
17:48is the struggle for power.
17:50There was an attempt
17:52of coup d'état
17:54and the two parties
17:56started shooting.
17:58The two parties
18:00accused each other.
18:02But why did we get there?
18:04Because the humanitarian actions
18:06did not manage
18:08to go on the ground.
18:10The two parties prevented
18:12the humanitarian actions
18:14to work and above all
18:16there were actions,
18:18atrocities against the civilian population
18:20who largely took refuge
18:22either in internal movements
18:24or in neighboring countries.
18:26I was last year
18:28at the Chad Sudanese border
18:30and I know what I am talking about.
18:32The situation of the refugees
18:34is catastrophic
18:36and all the humanitarian
18:38organizations
18:40are unable to go
18:42to the Chad Sudanese border
18:44to fly
18:46to the rescue of these poor refugees.
18:48There is an education problem,
18:50an economic problem,
18:52and these people
18:54really need
18:56an intervention
18:58from the international community
19:00which has remained silent
19:02and has not been able
19:04to provide a solution.
19:06We have seen a dozen mediation
19:08in Kenya, Ethiopia,
19:10South Sudan,
19:12Chad,
19:14and even the Turkish president
19:16and Israel made a proposal
19:18but there is nothing
19:20and there is also no agenda
19:22as long as there is no intervention
19:24or interposition.
19:26It is not a military intervention
19:28but an interposition.
19:30So, Professor,
19:32you are talking about intervention.
19:34There is an announcement
19:36that has already been made in Paris
19:38during the opening of this international conference
19:40on Sudan.
19:42840 million euros have already been announced
19:44during this international
19:46humanitarian conference in Paris.
19:48What is the impact
19:50of this conference
19:52on the evolution
19:54of this devastating war
19:56knowing that the belligerents
19:58in the conflict
20:00are absent?
20:02Can we negotiate
20:04with the absents?
20:06You know, all the initiatives
20:08leading to peace in Sudan
20:10must be welcomed.
20:12Unfortunately,
20:14this initiative called
20:16the humanitarian conference in Paris
20:18is missing the two belligerents.
20:20To make peace,
20:22there must be two.
20:24If one is missing, it is serious
20:26and if two are missing, it is worse.
20:28So, we cannot make peace
20:30without involving the two belligerents
20:32who are totally absent
20:34and who are not involved.
20:36It is true that there is a quarantine
20:38of civil society organizations
20:40but this cannot bring
20:42a solution to this conflict
20:44in a year.
20:46Thank you very much
20:48Professor Ahmed Yacoub Dabio
20:50for being with us.
20:52I remind you that you are an expert
20:54in conflict management,
20:56president of the Center for Development
20:58and Prevention of Extremism.
21:00Thank you.
21:02Thank you.
21:04Thank you.
21:06Thank you.
21:08Thank you.
21:10Thank you.
21:12We stay on the continent
21:14with Senegal
21:16which is approaching the end
21:18of the cumulative administrative functions.
21:20Following the invitation
21:22of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko,
21:24the members of the government
21:26have been invited to resign
21:28from their elective positions.
21:30Look, this is a report
21:32by Mamadou Efdiara and Sano Sissane.
21:34In Senegal,
21:36the new authorities
21:38at the head of the country
21:40have been asked to resign
21:42from their elective positions
21:44in order to better dedicate
21:46themselves to their new charge,
21:48a measure that has been
21:50unanimously saluted by the population.
21:52We have always said
21:54that Ousmane Sonko
21:56and his supporters
21:58denounce these functions
22:00and say,
22:02without any pretext,
22:04that this cumulative function
22:06does not really arrange
22:08because a minister cannot be focused
22:10on his work at the level of services
22:12and also want to occupy
22:14a position at the level of his mother
22:16or be a deputy.
22:18This makes the work a bit cumbersome
22:20and even delays the efficiency of the work.
22:22I think that this meeting,
22:24this systemic rupture
22:26announced by President Bassilou Gemay Faye,
22:28he and his team
22:30are really on this path.
22:32We cannot catch two birds with one stone.
22:34Everyone knows that.
22:36There are people who do not have a job
22:38at the moment.
22:40Cumulative functions in a poor country
22:42where people are looking for a job
22:44is also something that does not seem
22:46normal to me.
22:48Among other improvements announced,
22:50the digitization of administrative services,
22:52a measure that seems to be
22:54unanimous in the country.
22:56With the digitization announced
22:58by the President of the Republic,
23:00I think that the administration
23:02will be more and more efficient,
23:04because even at the level of the mayors
23:06or in the administrative sectors
23:08that are close to you,
23:10you will see a certain slowness
23:12at the level of the files
23:14because there is no digitization.
23:16And if the state accepts
23:18this digitization,
23:20it will allow Senegalese taxpayers
23:22to have very fast access
23:24to administrative services.
23:26This is reassuring for me.
23:28This accumulation of ministries
23:30by transforming them into large ministries
23:32only reinforces
23:34the will of Senegalese people
23:36to have faster and more responsive managers.
23:38It should be noted
23:40that the social project proposed
23:42by the new Senegalese authorities
23:44has aroused a ray of hope in the country.
23:46Senegalese people must therefore
23:48show patience and unite
23:50around a new governmental framework
23:52for a rapid achievement
23:54of the set objectives.
23:56In the news,
23:58the arrival of the Belgian Prime Minister
24:00for a work visit
24:02in the Kingdom.
24:04A visit during which
24:06he will co-preside
24:08with the head of the Moroccan government
24:10the works of the meeting
24:12of the High Mixed Commission
24:14Morocco-Belgium.
24:16During this trip,
24:18Alexander De Croo will also have
24:20interviews with Aziz Harnouch.
24:22The ministers accompanying De Croo
24:24will hold work sessions
24:26with their Moroccan counterparts
24:28mainly on common interests
24:30but also on ways to strengthen
24:32cooperation.
24:34Bilateral, this visit will be crowned
24:36by the signing of several conventions
24:38and agreements of cooperation
24:40between the two countries in various areas.
24:44Let's finish with a word of sport
24:46and the prestigious
24:48Master of Golf in Augusta
24:50in the United States.
24:52Great favorite Scottie Scheffler
24:54won the 88th edition
24:56of the Masters Tournament
24:58first major meeting of the golf season.
25:00It is the second victory
25:02of the American number one
25:04after the one won in 2022.
25:06He now faces the Swedish Ludvig Haberg
25:08relegated to four shots behind.
25:10Scheffler is now 27 years old
25:12the fourth youngest
25:14golfer in the world
25:16to win two major tournaments
25:18after Seve Balsteros,
25:20Jack Nicklaus and the record man
25:22Tiger Woods.
25:24Scheffler has achieved the worst
25:26score of his career in this Masters
25:28scoring 82,
25:3010 shots over par.
25:32I missed a lot of shots.
25:34The legend of golf
25:36Tiger Woods
25:38who reappeared on the circuit
25:40in February
25:42after an operation
25:44to his ankle.
25:46This is the end of the news.
25:48Thank you for watching.
25:50Stay tuned for more news
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25:54on Mediathèque Afrique.