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00:16 "Cooperation between Morocco and the Gambia is exemplary, constant and in full expansion"
00:21 statement from the head of the Gambian diplomacy.
00:24 An opinion shared during the send-off of the annual Moroccan-Diplomatic Forum of the Sahara this Friday in Rabat.
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00:34 In Chad, General Mahamat Idris Deby Itno was declared the winner of the presidential election
00:39 three years after taking power at the head of a military junta.
00:43 But his Prime Minister, Succe Masra Batu, contests this victory.
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00:51 Military operations against Hamas have already pushed 110,000 people to flee the city of Rafah.
00:57 The Palestinian movement claims that Israel's rejection of the last Trev proposal brought negotiations to a standstill.
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01:09 The work of the third edition of the annual Moroccan-Diplomatic Forum of the Sahara
01:14 opened this Friday in Rabat in the presence of personalities from various Moroccan and foreign backgrounds.
01:21 Organized by the Moroccan-Diplomatic Media Group, this two-day forum evokes the Atlantic front on the horizon of 2030.
01:29 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the International Cooperation and the Gambians abroad, Mamadou Tangara,
01:36 indicated that the cooperation between Morocco and the Gambia is exemplary, constant and in full expansion.
01:42 I suggest you listen to his speech on Median TV
01:46 on the subject of the Royal Initiative on the Accession of the Sahel Countries to the Atlantic.
01:51 First of all, I would like to congratulate the organizers of this forum
01:57 and to salute the initiative of His Majesty King Mohammed VI for a Atlantic front made of prosperity and stability.
02:09 It is a great initiative that aims to ensure that development is visible in this area.
02:18 This initiative, based on the assisting solidarity of Morocco,
02:25 is going in the right direction, as outlined by His Majesty since the return of Morocco to the great African family.
02:34 Morocco has always been generous in its sharing of its know-how in the formation of young African cadres.
02:44 I myself am speaking to you about a laureate of the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation of the time,
02:52 who has now become an AMSI, who participates in creating this nursery of young African cadres.
02:59 So today, Mr. Minister, what does this Africa-Atlantic initiative represent, especially for the Gambia?
03:06 This initiative for the Gambia can only be beneficial.
03:14 You know that the Gambia is not a country that is enclaved, we have a port,
03:18 but I think the more we have the possibilities, the more we will work in the sense of making the services better.
03:26 So, all our people want is to have better services so that they can prosper.
03:34 And in this sense, I think that with Morocco's expertise in this area,
03:41 I am sure that it can only be beneficial for us, but in a context where our countries are in stability and peace.
03:50 Because peace and stability are the conditions, it is not a man to know prosperity.
03:57 The Gambia hosted last weekend the Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
04:04 It was an opportunity to present the royal vision on Africa-Atlantic for Mamadou Tangara.
04:11 This project is also a gauge of stability and peace in the region.
04:15 It is the place to celebrate Morocco's participation in the 15th Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in the Gambia.
04:31 And also to salute the President of the Gambian people, His Majesty, for the support that Morocco has brought to the success of this Summit.
04:42 It is also the place to salute the support brought by our brotherly countries, such as Mauritania and Senegal.
04:50 But it is true that it was a moment when the representative of His Majesty shared this beautiful initiative with the members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
05:04 I think the forum was well chosen to promote this partnership that can only be beneficial for our countries.
05:13 Morocco has always played a very important role in South-South cooperation.
05:19 I often say that I only know Morocco because I do not know other colleagues who have the portfolio of African cooperation.
05:27 This shows Morocco's anchoring in Africa since Morocco's return to the great African family.
05:34 Now I propose to return to the opening of this annual forum, Morocco Diplomatic Sahara,
05:40 in this report by Maryam Khamlichi and Kamal Rounaim, commented by Souhail Jalil.
05:45 The Royal Atlantic vision at the heart of the third edition of the annual forum, Morocco Diplomatic Sahara.
05:54 The opportunity to discuss the opportunities offered by this initiative.
05:59 An initiative that translates the particular affection that His Majesty the King Mohammed VI has for the African continent and especially for the Sahel.
06:07 It gives the opportunity to return to a topic, a hot topic of news, which is the Atlantic front.
06:19 Which is the great project of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, may God assist him.
06:25 Which of course is part of a new dimension, unprecedented, of what we can call the national, continental, or even international strategy of the Kingdom of Morocco.
06:42 In the perspective of integrating a little bit the world's march, which is changing.
06:50 The Royal vision of the Atlantic front is a Sahel enclaved but promising, with a great potential for growth.
06:59 An initiative that allows to free the great commercial potential of the region.
07:05 His Majesty Mohammed VI is perfectly right, because once again his leadership demonstrates the capacity of His Majesty, may God assist him,
07:17 to give an opportunity beyond Morocco, but it is Africa in reality as a whole.
07:22 After the great project that will transport gas from Nigeria to Morocco, today there is a new vision as well, which is complementary.
07:36 Which is to open through Morocco and this Atlantic front to America.
07:43 I would like to highly and sincerely salute this new Royal initiative for the Atlantic,
07:52 because His Majesty has had to take many initiatives in the past, and I am sure he will take others as well,
07:58 given the geopolitical and geostrategic challenges that the continent faces.
08:05 An extremely important initiative that will allow the access of the Sahel countries to the Atlantic,
08:17 which is a major challenge for these countries and will give them a great opportunity to open up to other countries.
08:28 An initiative that will strengthen the economic and security relations between Morocco and the Sahel countries.
08:36 The Atlantic front is the engine of a holistic development and a sustainable growth for the continent.
08:42 It is based on a voluntary regional cooperation with a peaceful and solidary approach to address the challenges of the region.
08:50 A crushing majority of the UN General Assembly has judged this Friday that the Palestinians deserve to be a full member of the organization,
09:01 granting them a few additional rights, without a real adhesion blocked by the United States.
09:08 The resolution presented by the United Arab Emirates, adopted by 143 votes for, 9 against and 25 abstentions,
09:16 found that the State of Palestine meets the conditions required to become a member of the UN and should be admitted to the organization.
09:26 Some 30,000 people flee the city of Rafah every day, threatened by a large-scale assault by the Israeli army.
09:37 And there are already more than 110,000 who have sought refuge elsewhere on the narrow Palestinian territory.
09:44 According to the UN, most of these people have already had to move five or six times since the beginning of the war.
09:51 The Israeli army launched a limited ground operation in the city, closing the passage between Rafah and Egypt,
09:58 one of the crucial points of humanitarian aid.
10:02 An Israeli ground offensive on Rafah would lead to a colossal humanitarian disaster,
10:11 warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres,
10:14 when military operations against Hamas in this city paralyzed the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip.
10:21 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured that Israel would fight alone,
10:26 after the threat launched for the first time by US President Joe Biden
10:31 to cease certain arms deliveries to his ally in the event of an offensive on the city.
10:36 The spokesman for the army assured that it had enough weapons to accomplish its mission in Rafah.
10:43 The Hamas Palestinian Movement claims that the rejection by Israel of the last Trev proposal brought negotiations to a standstill.
10:56 Hamas specifies that it has given its green light to a Trev proposal,
11:00 including an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as an exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners,
11:07 in order to cease the permanent fire.
11:09 Negotiations ended Thursday without agreement.
11:14 Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is investing on Tuesday for a fifth term,
11:24 maintains at the head of his government Mikhail Mishustin, after weeks of intense speculation about a possible resumption in Moscow.
11:32 Mikhail Mishustin, former Director of the Federal Tax Service, was appointed Prime Minister in 2020.
11:40 The names of the other ministers should be announced in the coming weeks.
11:46 [Vladimir Putin, former Director of the Federal Tax Service]
11:50 In Chad, General Mahmoud Idris Debitnaou was declared the winner of the presidential election
12:04 three years after taking power at the head of a military junta.
12:09 But his Prime Minister, Sukse Masra, defeated him and contested this victory.
12:14 Mahmoud Idris Debitnaou has won 61% of the votes, according to the official results,
12:19 against 18% for Sukse Masra.
12:23 The participation rate has risen to 76%.
12:27 These discounts must still be validated by the Constitutional Council.
12:33 [The people demand the release of the President of the Republic]
12:37 To go further on this subject, we are live from Bonn with Eric Topona,
12:49 journalist at Deutsche Welle, specialised in political and geopolitical issues in Africa and around the world.
12:56 Eric Topona, good evening.
12:58 According to the first results, Mahmoud Idris Debitnaou was elected President with more than 61% of the votes.
13:06 Can we say that the games are over?
13:09 I think this victory was more visible because the President of the transition, Mahmoud Idris Debitnaou,
13:16 was accompanied by at least 230 political parties,
13:23 which still count in the national political chess.
13:27 There were also more than 1,000 civil society associations.
13:31 The campaign went very well.
13:35 Mahmoud Idris Debitnaou's victory is being supported by the Coalition for a United Chat
13:43 to elect his candidate from the first round.
13:46 And of course, Sukse Masra, the Prime Minister, contested his provisional results.
13:51 But I would like to remind you that Sukse Masra himself, in a recent past,
13:57 announced publicly that the National Organization in charge of organizing these elections was credible.
14:04 And Sukse Masra himself, as Prime Minister, co-validated all the texts that frame the organization of these elections,
14:13 including the electoral code.
14:15 So for the analysts that we are, we find his reaction somewhat surprising,
14:20 since he validated all the steps that guided the organization of this presidential scrutiny.
14:28 So the National Agency for the Management of Elections had until May 21 to compile the ballot papers,
14:34 and no one expected such a quick announcement.
14:37 A complex situation for Prime Minister Sukse Masra, you said, who claimed the victory.
14:44 Is it a new face-to-face that is drawn between the two men?
14:48 I think that the National Agency for the Management of Elections had until May 21 to proclaim the results.
14:56 They could have done it before, but they had until May 21.
14:59 So for the time being, it's not a problem.
15:02 These are provisional results that will be validated by the Constitutional Council.
15:07 Sukse Masra, just like the other candidates, the 10 candidates who were in competition,
15:12 signed a good conduct code shortly before the election campaign opened to accept the verdict of the ballot papers.
15:21 For the time being, Sukse Masra does not accept it. He claims victory.
15:25 He called his supporters to demonstrate this morning, a demonstration that could not have taken place.
15:31 So I think that the balance of power is such that Sukse Masra will be content to protest via speeches or posts on social networks.
15:41 But it is difficult to predict other demonstrations,
15:45 because these are the types of demonstrations that led in October 2022 to what is called the Black Thursday in Chad,
15:52 with hundreds of Chadians, including the supporters of Sukse Masra, who found death.
15:58 And so the Kinshasa agreement that was signed in October of last year,
16:03 which allowed the return to the country of Sukse Masra,
16:06 will ensure that this party, the Transformers party, can exercise its obligations legally, peacefully, as a political party.
16:18 So I do not expect violent demonstrations to demand or contest the provisional results of this presidential election.
16:27 Eric Topona, how does the opposition react to these results?
16:32 I think the positions are diverse. There are some candidates who called the president of the transition,
16:39 Mahmoud Idris Deby-Hetnaud, to congratulate him,
16:42 including former Prime Minister Albert Paemi Padaké, and other candidates.
16:50 For some members of the national political life who did not believe in this process,
16:55 the dice had been rolled in advance and the victory of Mahmoud Idris Deby-Hetnaud confirmed their apprehension.
17:01 Opinions are shared. Those who support Sukse Masra are disappointed.
17:06 They believe their champion won this presidential election.
17:09 On the other hand, the camp of Mahmoud Idris Deby-Hetnaud believes that this victory is deserved
17:16 in the eyes of the electoral campaign that has been carried out over the last three weeks.
17:21 So the positions of the parties are divergent.
17:27 But for now, calm reigns. And we are waiting for the Constitutional Council to speak
17:33 on these provisional results published yesterday by the National Election Management Agency.
17:41 Thank you, Eric Topona, for answering the questions of Mediantv.
17:45 You are a journalist at Deutsche Welle.
17:49 Thank you.
17:51 It is defined as one of the most important projects of the new model of development of the southern provinces.
17:58 The Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the IOUN aims to double the medical density of the Kingdom.
18:06 Details in this report by Nama Mahalanin and Naufal Majdoubi. The story is from Al-Abnani.
18:12 Considered as one of the most important projects of the new model of development of the southern provinces,
18:18 the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the IOUN is the largest in the Kingdom.
18:22 It extends over an area of 10 hectares, of which 24,000 square meters are covered.
18:27 This ambitious project aims to increase the training offer in the region
18:32 for a budget envelope of 270 million dirhams.
18:37 There is also a continuous training center.
18:41 There are also four offices for studies, 30 ITP and ITD rooms.
18:47 We also have a simulation center.
18:51 We have 16 laboratories for students and a research block for scientific research.
19:01 We also have a teacher's block and a cultural sports block for students.
19:07 In addition to the individual classrooms, the Faculty has an amphitheater of 400 seats,
19:13 a medical school of 4 amphitheaters of 300 seats, as well as a green space.
19:17 The Faculty of Medicine at the IOUN has enabled the inclusion of students in medicine
19:23 from the southern provinces of the Kingdom and also from sub-Saharan African countries,
19:30 who want to pursue medical studies here at the IOUN.
19:34 In the past, they had to go to other cities to pursue their studies.
19:41 This is part of the preparation of the project of the University Hospitality Center of the Faculty
19:48 and of the City of the IOUN.
19:50 With the aim of doubling the medical density of the Kingdom,
19:54 the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of the IOUN has a capacity to accommodate 2,000 students.
20:00 It also aims to improve the academic and pedagogical offer of the southern regions of the Kingdom.
20:07 This is all for today.
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