MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 25/09/2024
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00:00It's time for the African news, starting in Mali, where the president of the transition,
00:14Colonel Asimi Goïta, convened this week a strategic meeting to re-evaluate the fight
00:21against terrorism after the attacks of September 17, i.e. on Alouirdah Info, this meeting
00:28allowed to examine the security situation and to define new orientations to strengthen
00:34the operational devices.
00:36The Minister of Defense, Colonel Sadio Camara, expressed his satisfaction with the commitment
00:44of the authorities to this persistent threat.
00:48He also called on the population to support the army in this war of usury against terrorism,
00:54concludes his colleague.
00:56In Burkina Faso, the transition government has announced that it has undertaken an attempt to destabilize the military and terrorist groups.
01:07According to the Minister of Security, Mahamadou Sana, the plan aimed at attacks against the presidential palace in Ouagadougou and other strategic targets.
01:17This operation would have involved a group of 150 terrorists with links to controversial political figures, including former President Paul-Henri Sandaogo of AMIBA.
01:29The minister also mentioned the possible involvement of foreign intelligence services in this plot, according to the online newspaper.
01:37And then in Tchad, the Russian embassy opened an investigation following the arrest of two Russian citizens, Maxim Shongale and his mother Suefa, at the N'Djamena airport on September 19.
01:50Lulia Nesdilova, spokeswoman for the Russian embassy in Tchad, said that no official information had been received.
01:58Two men linked to the Wagner group were held without explanation. The Russian authorities are collaborating with their Tchad counterpart to clarify the situation, added the newspaper.
02:07Kenya, for its part, has launched a vigorous campaign abroad to obtain support from African countries.
02:14Former Prime Minister Reyla Odenga, a candidate for the presidency of the African Union Commission.
02:20According to APA News, President William Bruton met his Senegalese counterpart, Bassirou Djomayfei, at the Summit of the Future in New York, to obtain his support.
02:31Currently, Moussa Fakim Ahmad, outgoing president, will leave his post in February 2025, opening the way to a new leadership.
02:39Reyla Odenga, 79, is facing three other candidates and seeks to expand his support beyond East Africa, said the African Press Agency.
02:48Ending in South Africa, late snow storms caused the death of at least two people, including a 39-year-old woman.
02:56They died of hypothermia on the N3 highway, blocked by heavy snowfalls.
03:04The provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Free State were the most affected, causing the closure of several main roads.
03:12There were also flood alerts when the snow melted.
03:16Emergency services had to intervene to evacuate vehicles and provide assistance to the trapped motorists.
03:23Schools in the KwaZulu-Natal region were also closed due to extreme weather conditions.
03:29That's it for the most recent African news. Thank you for following it.