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00:20Thank you for joining us for a new edition of the news.
00:23Here are the headlines.
00:26The House of Representatives and the High Council of the Taliban
00:29agreed on Wednesday in Bosnia-Herzegovina
00:31an agreement on the preliminary phase of the electoral process.
00:34The objective is to organize elections in conformity with the electoral laws.
00:41The Israeli army announced this Thursday morning
00:43that it had hit ports and the energy infrastructure of the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
00:47Several civilians were killed or injured.
00:51The French government declared this Wednesday
00:54the state of exceptional natural calamity in Mayotte.
00:57The small archipelago is devastated by the Shido cyclone
01:00where the rescues continue to flow
01:02and where the French president arrived this morning.
01:07Following the mediation of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI,
01:10the President of the Republic of Burkina Faso responded favorably
01:13to his request for the release of four French refugees
01:16held in Ouagadougou since December 2023.
01:19An announcement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
01:22African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad,
01:25this humanitarian act was made possible
01:28thanks to the excellence of the relations
01:30that His Majesty the King Mohammed VI has with President Traoré
01:33and the good relations that have long united the Kingdom of Morocco
01:36and the Republic of Burkina Faso.
01:41The House of Representatives and the High Council of the Taliban
01:44agreed on Wednesday in Bosnia-Herzegovina
01:46an agreement on the preliminary phase of the electoral process.
01:48At the end of this day of consultative meetings
01:51between the members of the two institutions,
01:53the agreement provides for the restructuring of executive power
01:56in accordance with Article 4 of the Inter-Libyan Political Agreement
02:00objective to organize elections in conformity with electoral laws.
02:04The two parties also agreed on the establishment
02:07of a joint working committee
02:09in charge of appointing a new executive power
02:11whose attributions include communication with the UN.
02:19The Israeli army announced this Thursday morning
02:21that it had hit ports and the energy infrastructure
02:23of the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
02:25Several civilians were killed or injured.
02:27For its part, the Al-Masira media reported
02:29that Israeli army fighters
02:31hit military targets belonging to the Houthi regime
02:36on the west coast and in the back country of Yemen.
02:39The Israeli army indicated in a statement
02:41that these strikes aimed at ports
02:43as well as the energy infrastructure of the capital Sana'a
02:46that the Houthis use to support their military operations.
02:53The international organization Human Rights Watch
02:55estimates in a report published today
02:57that Israel commits acts of genocide
02:59by restricting access to water for Palestinians.
03:02Israeli authorities deliberately created living conditions
03:05that caused the destruction of a part of the Gaza population
03:09by intentionally depriving Palestinian civilians
03:12of the enclave of adequate access to water
03:15which probably caused thousands of deaths
03:18announced Human Rights Watch in a statement.
03:20And since the beginning of the war in 2023
03:22Israel has been accused several times
03:24of committing a genocide in Gaza by various origins
03:27or even in front of international justice.
03:34In this context of interrupted war
03:36there are no more words to describe the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
03:39I propose to listen to Valérie Ferron, our correspondent in Al-Quds.
03:43First of all, these are not accusations.
03:45We are very far from that.
03:47What I mean by that is that the UN should only confirm
03:51what has been said for more than a year
03:53and it is true that it becomes almost shocking
03:57to have taken so much time
03:59for everyone to finally begin to pronounce the word genocide.
04:04The word genocide in the Gaza strip
04:06was pronounced by hundreds and hundreds of experts
04:11as a crime against humanity
04:13at the end of October 2023.
04:15In January 2024
04:17the International Court of Justice
04:19seized by South Africa
04:21stated that there was a risk of genocide.
04:25It had at the time and several times in the following months
04:29demanded of Israel to stop all measures
04:33that lead to a genocide
04:35including the refusal to allow humanitarian aid
04:39the destruction of hospitals and many others.
04:42The UN rapporteur
04:45for the occupied Palestinian Territory
04:47Francesca Albanese
04:49in March
04:51had estimated in a report
04:53that the threshold of the risk of genocide had been reached
04:56and that the Gaza strip was well in a situation of genocide.
05:01So the current situation
05:03a year after the Israeli measures
05:05that have been taken
05:07that lead to a genocide
05:09according to the criteria of the convention on this subject
05:13they are all together
05:15we currently have 2 million children and adults
05:18who are in danger of death
05:20both by the bombings
05:22by the destruction of hospitals
05:24the deprivation of food, water
05:26of drugs of course
05:28and the total destruction
05:30including the houses that make you have more and more families
05:34who do not have where to live
05:36even when they are under the tents
05:38they can be bombed at any moment.
05:41The French government
05:43declared this Wednesday
05:45the state of exceptional natural calamity in Mayotte
05:47the archipelago of the Indian Ocean
05:49has been devastated by the Chido cyclone
05:51on site the rescue continues to flow
05:53and the French president arrived this morning
05:55to see the extent of the disaster
05:58this is the first time that a new device has been activated
06:01specially designed for the overseas territories
06:04according to the Ministry of the Overseas
06:06it will ensure a faster and more effective management of the crisis
06:09and facilitate the implementation of emergency measures
06:12according to a provisional assessment of the Ministry of the Interior
06:14the Chido cyclone killed 31 people
06:16and more than 1,300 injured
06:18even if the authorities anticipate a much larger number of victims
06:25and for the first time Morocco welcomes simultaneously
06:28three key meetings of the international political organization
06:31the African Committee, the Socialist International
06:34and the women and the Council of the Socialist International
06:37important personalities have met in Rabat
06:40to discuss, exchange and imagine a better future
06:43the explanations with Alaa Benani
06:49the USFP headquarters in Rabat
06:51welcomed on Tuesday the first meeting of the African Committee
06:54of the Socialist International
06:56a meeting that marked the start of the work
06:59of the three key events of the Socialist International
07:02among the important themes discussed
07:05the issue of climate change and its effects on the situation of women
07:09there is what is called resilience
07:12and adaptation
07:14resilience when a situation like this happens
07:18you have to do everything to continue to live as before
07:24and it is the women who propose solutions
07:28in the fight against floods
07:36but also to find what is often needed
07:40so that the children, so that the family can live
07:43because it is necessary to live, apparently everything has been destroyed
07:46and there are no more houses
07:48this meeting also focuses on what governments must do
07:51in order to protect women from the effects of climate change
07:54and this by integrating, for example, the gender perspective
07:57in climate policies
07:59the strengthening of women's economic autonomy
08:02the improvement of access to essential services
08:05and the promotion of inclusive governance
08:08women on the left in the world are very worried
08:11about the natural impacts
08:13women socialists around the world are worried
08:16about the effects of climate change
08:18every time there is a natural disaster
08:21women are the first victims
08:23and this is because of their financial instability
08:26their professional instability
08:28and their family instability
08:30and therefore governments must adopt policies
08:32that take into account these climate changes
08:35while ensuring a dignified and safe life for these women
08:39and ensure women's rights
08:42to live in stable areas
08:46by 2050, projections indicate
08:49that up to 236 million women and girls
08:52could be affected by food insecurity
08:55due to the effects of climate change
08:57in a pessimistic climate scenario
09:00it is estimated that 158 million women and girls
09:03could fall into poverty
09:05due to the effects of climate change
09:07exacerbating the risk of food insecurity
09:12In Tunisia, civil society is mobilizing
09:15to denounce the criminalization of solidarity with migrants
09:18the participants in this mobilization
09:20demand the release of all detainees
09:23prosecuted for their humanitarian commitments
09:25details with Nejoa Becha
09:29How to continue to live after losing your children
09:32this is the painful question
09:34to which Hasne Chtoui is trying to answer
09:36through her participation
09:38in this demonstration
09:40in the heart of the Tunisian capital
09:42on the occasion of the International Migrant Day
09:45in front of the municipal theater
09:47the woman shouted in a hoarse voice
09:49trying to combine her words
09:51to address a message to the Tunisian president
09:56Mr. President, I ask you for nothing
09:58neither food nor housing
10:00I only ask you to give me my sons
10:03Adam and Mahmoud
10:05I want to know the fate of my children
10:07who are above all young Tunisians
10:11This day was also an opportunity
10:13to demand the release of the militant detainees
10:15from civil society
10:17The spokesperson of the Economic and Social Forum
10:20indicated that civil society organizations
10:23are subjected to continuous criminalization campaigns
10:27and that solidarity with the sub-Saharan migrants
10:30has become a conspiracy
10:32against the security of the state in Tunisia
10:36The criminalization of civil militantism
10:39to which we have been subjected since May 2024
10:42now makes dozens of militants suffer
10:45who are now rotting in Tunisian prisons
10:49In a statement, the association said
10:51it accuses Tunisian authorities
10:53of obstructing the process
10:55of registering asylum applications
10:57and of implicitly withdrawing
10:59from the Geneva Convention
11:01Civil society activists confirmed
11:03that the original migrants
11:05of the Tunisian sub-Saharan countries
11:07live in tragic, oppressive and vulnerable conditions
11:14We have become the best border guards for the Italians
11:17Tunisia is certainly not responsible
11:20for the fate of the sub-Saharan migrants
11:22but it must treat them with humanity
11:24We demand the cancellation of agreements
11:26with the European Union
11:28because they are illegal
11:30while immigration remains a right for all
11:34In this regard, the official spokesman
11:36of the National Guard
11:38confirmed that Tunisia was not
11:40a guardian of the borders of Italy
11:42but that it was only trying
11:44to protect its borders
11:46revealing on our part
11:48the decrease in the number of Tunisian immigrants
11:50on the European borders
11:52from 19,000 to 95,000 last year
11:59In the first 8 months of this year
12:01the number of arrivals in Italy
12:03since the Mediterranean Sea
12:05decreased by 63%
12:07compared to the same period in 2023
12:09a success behind which
12:11a migratory policy
12:13against humanity would be hidden
12:15This is what activists
12:17of the civil society
12:19of Tunisia and Tunisia
12:21say
12:23It's time for the guest of the big news
12:25We are talking today
12:27about the role of mediation
12:29of Morocco on the African continent
12:31Yesterday in Bosnia
12:33the House of Representatives
12:35and the High Council of the Talibans
12:37agreed on the preliminary phase
12:39of the electoral campaigns
12:41This is an important step
12:43on the preliminary phase of these campaigns
12:45during this first day of consultation
12:47Editorialist and journalist
12:49Mustafa Tosa, hello
12:51Hello
12:53Morocco has a role
12:55of mediator in the inter-Libyan dialogue
12:57for several years
12:59The Bosnia-Herzegovina agreement yesterday
13:01envisages the restructuring of executive power
13:03in accordance with the inter-Libyan agreement
13:05signed in 2015
13:07by the UN Security Council
13:09What is your analysis of the role
13:11of Morocco's mediation in this Libyan case?
13:13What needs to be said
13:15is that for a number of years
13:17many countries
13:19have tried to revive
13:21the dialogue between Libyans
13:23whether at the level of the United Nations
13:25or at the level of the region
13:27but this has not seen any development
13:29or major progress
13:31and it was necessary for Morocco to intervene
13:33to bring together the partners
13:35of this crisis
13:37so that a hope is born
13:39of Bosnia
13:41one, to agree on the way
13:43to organize their elections
13:45two, above all to agree
13:47on their ability to create
13:49a central power in Libya
13:51and to bring the two Libyans together
13:53and this hope came
13:55after Morocco's intervention
13:57Morocco has had a long history
13:59with the Libyan crisis
14:01since the process of Sherat
14:03and since this process
14:05nothing has been done
14:07interesting or reliable
14:09and we realize
14:11that the Libyans, the Libyan partners
14:13that they are different in their options
14:15in their way of seeing things
14:17when they are in Morocco
14:19they listen to Moroccan mediation
14:21and they listen to Moroccan advice
14:23hence the impression we have today
14:25that Morocco has succeeded
14:27in a beautiful diplomatic initiative
14:29at the level of mediation between
14:31war partners in Libya
14:33Yesterday, the head of Moroccan diplomacy
14:35highlighted the importance
14:37of reconnecting with the spirit of Sherat
14:39as you just mentioned
14:41to overcome the Libyan crisis
14:43as a reminder, the agreement of Sherat
14:45was signed in December 2015
14:47and became a reference
14:49as you just said
14:51why and how has Morocco
14:53become the best country
14:55to support the Libyans
14:57for the simple reason
14:59that they speak to the Libyans
15:01with the same language
15:03with the same distance
15:05they don't have preferences
15:07they don't choose
15:09the people of the European Parliament
15:11at the expense
15:13of the High Council of State
15:15they don't choose Tripoli
15:17at the expense of Benghazi
15:19Moroccan diplomacy has always said
15:21that the solution must be found
15:23between the Libyans
15:25and that the solution must be 100% Libyan
15:27hence this distance that was marked
15:29by Morocco
15:31and this credibility gained by Morocco
15:33because when we intervene
15:35this is by experience
15:37when foreign countries
15:39intervene in the Libyan crisis
15:41it is to open
15:43a certain agenda
15:45whether local or regional
15:47for Morocco, it has shown
15:49since the process of Sherat
15:51that the only interest
15:53that guides it is that Libya
15:55is stable, reunified
15:57and that it finds peace and prosperity
15:59and this, the Libyans
16:01the multiple Libyan partners
16:03whether political, military
16:05or even Libyan tribes
16:07they understood this message
16:09and they took this hand
16:11by the Moroccans
16:13the proof is that when they are invited
16:15to come to Morocco
16:17everyone comes with the best intentions
16:19to create the new Libya
16:21that everyone dreams of right now
16:23The role of Morocco's mediation
16:25in Africa has also been illustrated
16:27in Burkina Faso recently
16:29the Moroccans have been freed
16:31thanks to Moroccan mediation
16:33several French media are talking about it
16:35the four exiles have been held
16:37since 2023
16:39and again Morocco has been able to find
16:41a solution to this conflict
16:43between Burkina Faso and France
16:45according to you, what are the means
16:47used by Moroccan diplomacy
16:49to achieve these results?
16:51First of all, we have to say
16:53that the release of these four
16:55French officials
16:57of the French DGSE
16:59held by the new team
17:01at the Burkina Faso government
17:03this release is one of the most beautiful
17:05gifts that His Majesty the King
17:07gave to France
17:09and Emmanuel Macron at the end of the year
17:11because these four officials
17:13of the DGSE
17:15were arrested on December 1, 2023
17:17there were many attempts
17:19to release them
17:21but all failed
17:23Morocco had to intervene
17:25to succeed in this mediation
17:27and guarantee the release
17:29so why? For the simple reason that Morocco
17:31maintains excellent relations
17:33with these countries of the Sahel
17:35with Burkina Faso and with all these countries
17:37because it has managed
17:39and accompanied
17:41the political and strategic changes
17:43in this region
17:45and Morocco, in the person of His Majesty the King
17:47has a great credibility
17:49and a very good reputation
17:51in this region
17:53and when Morocco intervened
17:55once the Moroccan mediation was in place
17:57it gave its results
17:59the release of these four French officials
18:01after almost a year
18:03in prison in Burkina
18:05and that shows how
18:07the Moroccan word is credible
18:09the Moroccan approach
18:11is appreciated by these countries
18:13and it also augurs
18:15a political dynamic of Morocco
18:17towards this region of the Sahel
18:19it is not by chance that His Majesty the King
18:21has put on the table
18:23the regional geostrategy
18:25the possibility
18:27of opening
18:29a maritime route
18:31from these countries of the Sahel towards the Atlantic
18:33this is within the framework
18:35of a will to want to help
18:37absolutely these countries to get out
18:39of the enclosure and to invest
18:41in their economies and to help them
18:43to benefit from their wealth
18:45and to guarantee political stability
18:47all these elements, Morocco
18:49gathers them in terms of diplomatic influence
18:51and once His Majesty the King
18:53entered this mediation
18:55the result was the release of these hostages
18:57So precisely the mediation
18:59of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI
19:01in person that allowed to release
19:03the four French in Burkina Faso
19:05it is therefore first
19:07the personal commitment of the sovereign
19:09that brought its fruits and President Macron
19:11also thanked His Majesty the King Mohammed VI
19:13by phone. So what is your view
19:15on this strengthening
19:17relations at the highest level
19:19of the Moroccan and French executive?
19:21Yes, it is true that since
19:23the famous turn of July
19:25and after there was the visit
19:27of Emmanuel Macron in Morocco
19:29and after the installation of this
19:31alliance, this strategic partnership
19:33advanced, we knew
19:35we expected that
19:37Moroccans and French
19:39were going to put their hands in their hands
19:41to go, in quotation marks
19:43to the conquest and
19:45stabilization of these countries of Sahel
19:47and West Africa.
19:49France had some difficulties
19:51with the regime changes in this region
19:53had some difficulties to maintain
19:55its influence and its military presence
19:57and everyone had
19:59as an idea that this
20:01Franco-Moroccan alliance could
20:03create new political
20:05and strategic equations and there we see it
20:07through this Moroccan mediation
20:09which illustrates how
20:11the two countries are close, the two countries
20:13walk hand in hand and the two countries
20:15have established a strategic alliance
20:17and it was illustrated
20:19by the phone call
20:21between His Majesty the King Mohammed VI
20:23and French President Emmanuel Macron
20:25in which the French President
20:27warmly thanked
20:29His Majesty the King for this intervention
20:31and that there were happy
20:33endings, namely the
20:35release of these
20:37French prisoners in Burkina.
20:39So it gives us, it informs us
20:41about the current strategic
20:43intimacy between France and Morocco
20:45and also about the
20:47possible common objectives
20:49whether economic, strategic
20:51and political of the two
20:53Moroccan and French powers
20:55in this region of Sahel and West Africa.
20:57So in addition
20:59to Libya or Burkina Faso
21:01what are the main
21:03conflicts or crises where Morocco
21:05has played a role as a mediator or
21:07is currently playing a role as a mediator?
21:09So Morocco is
21:11waiting for two recent crises
21:13and moreover
21:15we feel it, we foresee it
21:17first the crisis between Israel and Gaza
21:19Morocco has an essential role
21:21to play in the stabilization
21:23once
21:25the ceasefire
21:27is stopped, once
21:29the war is stopped, Morocco is
21:31waiting to play a role
21:33as a mediator, as a stabilizer
21:35of this crisis or this war.
21:37The crisis between Israel and Gaza
21:39but also Morocco is waiting to play
21:41an important role
21:43in the Syrian crisis.
21:45There has been a change of regime recently
21:47and Morocco has been
21:49perceived as a country
21:51that has always been
21:53on the side of the Syrian people
21:55that helped them, we remember
21:57extremely important images
21:59of His Majesty the King visiting
22:01a camp of Syrian refugees, we also remember
22:03the way in which
22:05all these Syrian refugees
22:07were received in Morocco
22:09and this
22:11sum of positive behavior
22:13of Morocco qualifies
22:15it openly
22:17in a concrete way
22:19that it can also play a role
22:21in the Syrian crisis. So there are
22:23these two crises in which
22:25we are waiting for the mediation,
22:27the involvement and the role
22:29of Morocco to be even stronger
22:31than it has been in the past.
22:33And to finish, in your opinion,
22:35can we go back to an example
22:37of a specific mechanism used
22:39by Morocco to lead
22:41mediation?
22:43In fact, Morocco
22:45plays on its reputation,
22:47its credibility, its network of
22:49international relations. His Majesty
22:51the King has all these
22:53elements at the international level and when
22:55Morocco, because it has
22:57all its assets,
22:59intervenes in a conflict, intervenes
23:01in a crisis, it manages
23:03to get results.
23:05Moreover, Morocco also has a quality,
23:07Moroccan diplomacy,
23:09royal diplomacy has a quality,
23:11it is of great discretion and
23:13great efficiency. We don't talk much
23:15in the media, we don't communicate
23:17much, but we are in the efficiency
23:19on
23:21mediation and
23:23on contacts and
23:25on the influence on crises. So all
23:27these elements make that once Morocco
23:29intervenes in a crisis, it manages to
23:31get results in all discretion
23:33and in all silence until
23:35results are announced, whether
23:37on Libya or on the liberation of
23:39French hostages or tomorrow on
23:41Gaza or on the crisis in Damascus.
23:43Well, thank you very much
23:45Mustafa Tosa for all these answers. I remind you
23:47that you are an editorialist and journalist
23:49and that you have been with us since Paris.
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