MEDI1TV Afrique : Matin infos - 23/06/2024
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00:00Thank you for joining us for this round of news, here are the headlines.
00:19The launch of the group of friends on artificial intelligence for sustainable development.
00:24Omar Hilal and his American counterpart, Linda Thomas-Greenfield,
00:28proceeded to set up in New York. Details in this newspaper.
00:36The place condemns the shooting that damaged the CICR office in Gaza
00:41and made dozens of victims.
00:43José Borrell asked for an investigation to be carried out.
00:46And here we go for a new edition of the Mazin festival.
00:52For a week, the cities of Rabat and Salé will vibrate with the rhythm of music
00:58from the four corners of the globe.
01:00See you right away for the development.
01:08Welcome ladies and gentlemen.
01:09Morocco and the United States launch the group of friends
01:12on artificial intelligence for sustainable development.
01:15Omar Hilal and his American counterpart, Linda Thomas-Greenfield,
01:19proceeded to set up in New York.
01:22The launch of this initiative is followed by the adoption by the UN General Assembly
01:28of the first Holland resolution on artificial intelligence,
01:31initially sponsored by Morocco and the United States,
01:34as well as by 123 member states, until the day of its adoption.
01:39On this topic, let's listen to Amal El-Falar Segrouchny.
01:43She is the Executive President of AI Movement.
01:49Artificial intelligence has been identified as a real lever
01:54to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals
01:59that were defined in 2015 on the horizon of 2030.
02:03I could cite an article published in Nature,
02:06a very prestigious journal,
02:11published in 2020,
02:14which explains how artificial intelligence
02:17can achieve 79% of the Sustainable Development Goals
02:22on the horizon of 2030.
02:24So the question we can ask ourselves is
02:27how this AI will help achieve these Sustainable Development Goals.
02:33Very quickly, when we talk about Sustainable Development,
02:37we refer to the definition of this terminology
02:42to say that today we want solutions
02:46that allow us to solve the problems of the present
02:49without compromising future generations.
02:52For example, we will not waste the resources of the planet
02:56to solve our energy or heating problems
03:01if our children and grandchildren may lack it
03:04because we will have consumed everything.
03:06This is just an example.
03:08So AI will allow us to improve the school
03:11thanks to the improvement of learning.
03:14Today we see a lot of solutions
03:19to education and learning using artificial intelligence.
03:23In the field of health, AI has already proven itself
03:27on everything that is prediction,
03:29everything that is recognition,
03:31everything that is identification of certain pathologies, etc.
03:35On the other hand, AI can help
03:38in what is called precision agriculture,
03:41that is to say how to help farmers
03:44to have better agriculture
03:47thanks to the technologies of artificial intelligence.
03:50AI can also help to design housing and sustainable transport.
03:55In the Gaza Strip,
03:57the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross
04:00was hit by an Israeli attack.
04:02More than 20 people were killed in this attack.
04:05Manal Abel-Boudinar tells us more.
04:10In the Gaza Strip, violence intensifies and the drama intensifies.
04:14For the population of this region,
04:16peace and calm are just a vast memory.
04:19Today, their daily life is punctuated by the sound of bombings
04:22with ruins and rubble on the horizon.
04:25Faced with new shots,
04:27this time right next to the Red Cross,
04:29some Palestinians no longer have any refuge.
04:34Last night, there were several shots.
04:36We were saved.
04:37This afternoon, they bombed near the Red Cross,
04:40while we were sitting right next to it.
04:42Several people were picked up there.
04:44I tried to call my husband, but he didn't answer.
04:46People started running, and someone took us in his car.
04:50Despite the gravity of the humanitarian situation in Gaza,
04:53the Israeli army continues its military offensive.
04:56Last Wednesday, the United Nations raised serious concerns
05:00about Israel's respect for the right to war.
05:03However, it seems determined to continue its armed struggle.
05:07The brigade is now fighting in the center of the Gaza Strip
05:11with all possible means.
05:13The tension is very high.
05:15Our fighters are eliminating the enemy,
05:18wherever they are,
05:19and they are also destroying their weapons,
05:21their buildings and their infrastructure.
05:24During the last 48 hours,
05:26at least 120 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip.
05:29As for the total number of deaths since the beginning of the war,
05:32it has risen to more than 37,000,
05:34according to the Ministry of Health of the government of the region.
05:38Let's stay in Gaza,
05:39where Josep Borrell asked yesterday
05:41for an investigation to be carried out on the murderous shots
05:44that damaged an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
05:48The IEU condemns the shooting
05:50that damaged the office of the CICR in Gaza
05:53and killed dozens of victims.
05:55An independent and necessary investigation
05:57and those responsible will be held accountable,
05:59wrote the head of European diplomacy on X.
06:06Dozens of Israeli miners
06:08protest against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
06:12Protesters demand an early election
06:15and the return of the hostages detained in Gaza.
06:18Many demonstrators raised signs
06:21that read
06:23« Minister of Crime » and « Stop the war ».
06:26Organisers estimated
06:28more than 150,000 people
06:30the number of demonstrators on Saturday,
06:32qualifying it as the most important gathering
06:35since the beginning of the war in Gaza.
06:42A total of 9.1 million voters
06:44registered for the presidential election in Rwanda
06:46for the first time
06:48coupled with the legislative elections.
06:51President Paul Kagame
06:53wants to be re-elected
06:55for a fifth term
06:57in July.
06:59He will be opposed
07:01to the same opponent
07:03as in 2017,
07:05Franck Abineza,
07:07head of the Green Democratic Party
07:09and former journalist
07:11Philippe Payet-Limana.
07:17Still in Rwanda,
07:19electoral campaigns
07:21for this double presidential
07:23and legislative scrutiny
07:25began yesterday.
07:27The vote will take place on July 14
07:29for Rwandans living abroad
07:31and on July 15
07:33for citizens living in Rwanda.
07:35What is the outlook
07:37of these electoral campaigns?
07:40We will remind you
07:42that this is Paul Kagame's
07:44fourth term in office.
07:46We know that in 2015,
07:48in favor of a constitutional revision,
07:50the closure of the two consecutive
07:52limited terms
07:54was bypassed.
07:56This year,
07:58it will be a scrutiny
08:00without suspense
08:02if we take into account
08:04the results of the last elections
08:06in 2017,
08:08Paul Kagame obtained
08:1098.79%
08:12of the votes.
08:14He was already
08:16opposed to his two main
08:18opponents who
08:20simply shared 1.21%
08:22of the votes.
08:24It is an election without suspense,
08:26I have just mentioned it,
08:28and this is due to several elements.
08:30Paul Kagame has always
08:32privileged the unity of his country
08:34by passing
08:36individual freedoms,
08:38and thanks in particular
08:40to a Rwandan diaspora
08:42that practices self-censorship,
08:44he will have a boulevard
08:46for this fourth election
08:48that is already promised to him.
08:50In Nigeria,
08:52inflation has reached
08:54an unprecedented rate.
08:56In Africa's most populated country,
08:58food prices have increased
09:00by 40.66%
09:02compared to 2023.
09:04The subject is signed Gilbert Tamba.
09:08The high prices of food
09:10and the weakness of Naira
09:12are the main drivers
09:14of inflation in Nigeria,
09:16according to analysts.
09:18In these markets in Garki,
09:20in the city center of Abuja,
09:22sellers and customers
09:24complain about the gravity
09:26of the current situation.
09:28The prices are too high.
09:30The pepper I bought
09:32today was 200,000 Naira
09:34before. The onions that
09:36costed 500 Naira before
09:38cost 2,000 Naira today
09:40and the prices are too high.
09:52We are currently trying to do our best.
09:54The situation is unbearable.
09:56Our trade is very fragilized
09:58and we can no longer get
10:00benefits from our products.
10:02Often we can't get our money back
10:04because prices have exploded.
10:10The annual inflation in Nigeria
10:12has reached a new peak
10:14of 33.95%
10:16according to official data
10:18of the National Bureau of Statistics,
10:20aggravating the difficulties
10:22that have fueled the anger of the public
10:24against the economic reforms
10:26of President Bola Tinobu.
10:28It has been two consecutive months
10:30since inflation rose
10:32to 33.69% a month earlier.
10:34These sellers explain
10:36the reasons for the increase
10:38in food inflation in Nigeria.
10:40The major problem is that
10:42the farmers are complaining.
10:44The major problem is that
10:46the farmers are complaining
10:48that they no longer have access
10:50to their land to do their work
10:52because some men come
10:54with animals like beef
10:56and when they complain,
10:58these people attack them.
11:00This is why they are afraid
11:02and so the production is very low.
11:04The farmers are no longer producing.
11:06The farmers are no longer producing.
11:08The pressure on prices
11:10has been stimulated by the reforms
11:12of the current government
11:14that have mainly reduced
11:16gas and electricity subsidies
11:18and devalued the Naira currency
11:20twice in a year.
11:22The unions that have suspended
11:24and demanded a new minimum wage
11:26have claimed that the reforms
11:28are harming the poor
11:30and have left millions of people
11:32in trouble with the worst crisis
11:34in the history of life for decades.
11:36If the President had taken into account
11:38the impact of the suppression
11:40of gas subsidies
11:42and how to put things in place
11:44so that by suppressing
11:46the impact would not be felt
11:48by the masses who voted for him,
11:50things would have been better.
11:52This is the third time this year
11:54that we have seen an increase
11:56in interest rates
11:58in response to the continuous
12:00rise in inflation.
12:02The banking institution has indicated
12:04that interest rates will remain
12:06high as long as necessary
12:08to lower inflation.
12:10Since July 1,
12:12Senegal will apply a tax
12:14on the added value
12:16generated by digital activities.
12:18The measure also applies
12:20to the decision of Marie Badioupe
12:22and Moussa Dier.
12:24The State of Senegal will now
12:26take economic action
12:28related to the digital transformation
12:30of our society.
12:32Digital services,
12:34including the supply of goods
12:36and immaterial services
12:38via computer and electronic networks,
12:40will be suspended
12:42from July 1.
12:44It is perfectly normal
12:46that Senegal,
12:48as I said earlier,
12:50will be able to
12:52capture the economy
12:54that will inevitably
12:56return to the State of Senegal.
12:58In this new text,
13:00which will come into force
13:02in July 2024,
13:04there are certain advantages.
13:06Foreign suppliers
13:08are also expected to collect
13:10and transfer the VAT
13:12applicable to their online sales
13:14operations carried out
13:16by Senegalese suppliers.
13:18Intermediaries such as digital platforms
13:20receiving commissions
13:22on these transactions
13:24are also subject
13:26to this tax obligation.
13:28These are foreigners,
13:30suppliers who are established
13:32outside the territory of Senegal
13:34and who, through digital virtues,
13:36are what we call today
13:38smart contracts.
13:40We no longer need to be in B2B
13:42to do business,
13:44but it is possible today
13:46to do business.
13:48What is the taxable base?
13:50It is the performance.
13:52What is the taxable base?
13:54It is the number of global business,
13:56the global economy.
13:58This brings Senegalese
14:00who have relations
14:02with foreigners
14:04to conform.