MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 23/12/2024
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00:00The news is as follows on Mediain TV Africa.
00:19Thank you for finding us for this round of news.
00:22Here are the headlines.
00:23In Syria, two weeks after taking power, the new leader of the country, Ahmad al-Shari,
00:28announced that all the arms of the country would pass under the control of the state.
00:34He spoke after his interviews in Damascus.
00:37Details in a few moments.
00:41In the Middle East conflict, Benjamin Netanyahu threatened the tools to act with strength
00:48and determination the day after a strike by the rebels of Yemen, which injured 16 people
00:54in Tel Aviv, in the center of Israel.
00:55The countries of the Middle East rejected yesterday the six-month delay granted by
01:04the CEDEAO.
01:05Before their final withdrawal, the College of Heads of State of the Confederation of
01:10States of Israel denounces maneuvers of destabilization by a handful of heads of state under French
01:16influence.
01:17We meet again right away for the development.
01:22Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, the great Mufti of Al-Hodz and Palestine, Imam of the Mosque
01:29Al-Aqsa, dear Muhammad Hussein, greeted yesterday in Ramallah the support brought to the Palestinian
01:36people by Morocco under the leadership of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, President
01:43of the Committee of Al-Hodz, dear Muhammad Hussein, who was received by the ambassador
01:48of Morocco in Palestine, Abdel Rahim Mezian, wanted to pay tribute to the efforts of the
01:54sovereign, government and people in support of the inalienable and illegitimate rights
01:59of the Palestinian people, while congratulating the solid relations that unite the Palestinian
02:06and Moroccan peoples.
02:08On his side, the ambassador of Morocco in Palestine assured that the kingdom, under
02:13the leadership of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI, President of the Committee of Al-Hodz,
02:18will spare no effort in supporting the Palestinian people.
02:26This time in Syria, two weeks after their takeover of power, the new leader of the
02:32country, Ahmad al-Shari, who spoke in Damascus alongside the head of Turkish diplomacy,
02:38Khan Fidan, announced on Sunday that all the arms of the country would be under the control
02:45of the state.
02:46Ahmad al-Shari has previously received a Lebanese delegation, with at his head the
02:52chief Drouze Walid Djoumblat, for a first meeting with a leader of his neighboring country
03:00and with whom he has committed to end the negative Syrian influence in his neighbor.
03:11Ahmad al-Shari, a new strong man of Syria, promised the end of the negative Syrian influence
03:17in his Lebanese neighbor, a decision announced during his meetings with the head of Turkish
03:24diplomacy, Khan Fidan, and also a delegation from Beirut.
03:34The new leader of Syria, Ahmad al-Shari, announced on Sunday that all the arms of
03:38the country will be under the control of the state, including those held by the forces
03:43led by the Kurds, and this on the occasion of the visit to Damascus of the head of Turkish
03:48diplomacy, Khan Fidan.
03:51In the days to come, the Ministry of Defense will be announced and a high-level military
03:57committee will be formed to design a new structure for the new Syrian army.
04:02Then the factions will begin to announce their dissolution and their progressive integration.
04:09For his part, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has affirmed the unity of Syria and
04:15the integrity of its territory.
04:18There is no doubt about the territorial integrity and unity of Syria, and there will never be.
04:25During our interviews this Sunday, we confirmed our mutual will on this issue.
04:30I want to emphasize once again that the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the People's Protection
04:36Units do not have their place in Syria.
04:38These organizations occupy the lands of the Syrian people and steal their natural resources.
04:43The new strongman of Syria also received on Sunday in Damascus the Lebanese Druze chief
04:49Walid Joumblat for a first meeting with a leader of this neighboring country.
04:53A Syrian high diplomat told him that the Saudi government had also established a direct
04:59contact with the new Syrian authorities and was going to send a delegation to Damascus.
05:06At the same time, Ayman Safadi, head of Jordanian diplomacy, is expected today in Damascus
05:14to meet the new leader of the neighboring Syria, Armand Al-Shareh, to announce his ministry.
05:21Jordan welcomes some 680,000 Syrian refugees who are registered with the UN High Commissioner
05:28for Refugees.
05:30But Amman claims to have received about 1.3 million displaced since the start of the war
05:36in Syria in 2011.
05:38Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad on December 8, more than 7,000 Syrians have returned home
05:44from the Jordanian borders, the Jordanian Ministry of the Interior had announced on Thursday.
05:50And then let's go to Gaza, where on the rare 34 trucks transporting the living allowed
05:59to return to the north of Gaza during the last two and a half months.
06:05Deliberate delays and systematic obstructions by the Israeli army have meant that only 12
06:11have managed to distribute help to the hungry Palestinian civilians, said the ONG Oxfam
06:17in a statement.
06:19The accounts include deliveries until last Saturday since the start of the war.
06:26As of October 7, 2023, Israel strictly controls the arrival of essential international aid
06:32for the 2.4 million people in Gaza.
06:38According to the UN, the conditions of difficult life continue to endanger the lives of children
06:44in Gaza.
06:46The majority of the two million Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombings that have
06:52lasted for 14 months have had a hard time protecting themselves from the difficult weather conditions
06:58developed with Hisham Afiqri.
07:04Lack of blankets and warm clothes, little wood for the fires, so many ravaged cows.
07:10Palestinian families suffer from the cold.
07:12With night temperatures that can drop to 4 degrees Celsius, parents fear that their
07:18children will fall ill without warm clothes.
07:22We lived safely and warmly in our houses, but today we live in tents exposed to the
07:27cold and rain.
07:28There is no blanket to protect us, we have nothing over our heads and even the tents
07:32are torn.
07:37We don't have enough clothes, all I have are summer clothes, like the ones I'm wearing
07:41now.
07:42According to the UN, nearly a million Gazahis need clothing for the winter.
07:48They also fear that infectious diseases, which increased last winter, will multiply
07:53again in a context of growing malnutrition.
07:58It freezes and it rains.
08:00Look at my child, he is completely soaked.
08:02Rainwater infiltrates everywhere in the tent.
08:04I placed this tin box here to collect the water.
08:07This night, above all, it was very cold.
08:09I woke up, I found my child growling.
08:13Negotiators say that Israel and Hamas are approaching an agreement to cease fire, including
08:19an increase in LED in the territory.
08:22For the moment, winter clothes for sale on the Gaza Strip are too expensive.
08:27For most people, the inhabitants and humanitarian workers have said so.
08:33Meanwhile, Benyamin Netanyahu threatened on Sunday the tools to act with strength and
08:40determination, the day after a strike by the rebels of Yemen, which injured 16 people
08:45in Tel Aviv, in the center of Israel.
08:47A few hours later, the US Army, affiliated, rather allied, with Israel, announced that
08:52it had hit military facilities, tools, in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.
08:57The rebels, who control large parts of Yemen, regularly take up ships linked, according
09:04to them, to Israel, the United States or the United Kingdom, in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
09:14In the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the Kremlin claimed the seizure of a new village in the
09:19east of Ukraine, near the borders of the regions of Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk.
09:28The Russian Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that its forces had liberated
09:35the village of Storozheve in the eastern region of Donetsk.
09:40For its part, Ukraine also suspects Russia of preparing an offensive in the southern
09:47region of Zaporizhia, where the troops of Moscow already occupy part of it.
09:52The policy that also leads us in France, after a weekend of intense negotiations
09:59and exchanges between Prime Minister François Bayrou and President Emmanuel Macron.
10:05The composition of the new government will not be known today before July 17,
10:10because of the day of national mourning for Mayotte.
10:15The two heads of the executive talked on the phone several times on Sunday,
10:21before finally meeting in the evening in the Elysee for an interview
10:26to indicate the entourage of President Macron.
10:33Back in the continent with the countries of the AIS that rejected yesterday the delay
10:38of retraction of six months granted by the CDAO before the final withdrawal.
10:43According to the College of Heads of State and Confederation of States of the Sahel,
10:49this decision is only a tenth attempt that would allow the French agent
10:54and his henchmen to pursue the planning and the conduct of actions
11:00of destabilization against the AIS.
11:02The communiqué signed by the head of the Malian state, General Assimi Goïta,
11:06also denounces maneuvers of destabilization initiated by a handful of heads of state
11:12that impose their desideratas and foreign agendas within the CDAO.
11:23On this day of all the dangers in Mozambique, the Constitutional Council
11:28must announce this Monday the results of the presidential and legislative elections
11:33in this country of Australia, where the main opponent, Venancio Mondlane,
11:39will be knocked out if the victory of the party in the power of Daniel Chapeau
11:42was confirmed by at least two post-electoral crises without precedent
11:47and protests in the street have cost the lives of at least 130 people,
11:52for most of the demonstrators killed with real bullets, according to the local NGO Plataforma Decide.
11:59It is at the foot of the flame monument of peace that the 9th edition of the festival
12:06VIVRE ENSEMBLE de Tombouctou has been launched in the presence of several authorities
12:12and communities of the region.
12:14A 9th edition that places the youth at the heart of this VIVRE ENSEMBLE.
12:19Our correspondent Mohamed Agnoko will tell us about it.
12:22In the process of organizing the festival,
12:26in the process of returning peace to Mali,
12:29culture is one of the most important foundations.
12:32This includes the initiators of the festival VIVRE ENSEMBLE,
12:36who through this initiative contribute to the authorities
12:40to re-sew the social fabric that had been strongly started.
12:45What is happening in Tombouctou is magnificent.
12:48Tombouctou was known in 2012 for having suffered the worst atrocities,
12:54everyone has given their hand so that we can forget a little,
12:59and today the result is there,
13:02because despite the atrocities of Tombouctou,
13:05the populations and communities are together.
13:08In 9 years of existence, in addition to having contributed to re-sewing the social fabric,
13:13to close the bonds of fraternity and to consolidate friendships,
13:17this festival has many federative projects.
13:22Initiatives such as the RESILIENCE project,
13:25CULTURE and VIVRE ENSEMBLE,
13:28the celebration of the International Days of VIVRE ENSEMBLE,
13:31the accompaniment of local cultural artisans and many others.
13:35These achievements bear witness to our commitment to building a better future,
13:40where each individual can flourish,
13:43where each culture can shine,
13:46and where peace is no longer a dream but a tangible reality.
13:52The people of the region are in tune with the theme
13:55of youth and civic engagement at the heart of reconciliation and VIVRE ENSEMBLE.
14:00If we meet here in Tombouctou,
14:03more precisely at the level of the flame of peace,
14:06we will get to know each other, we will cause,
14:09I think it will bring peace.
14:12I really liked this initiative, I really liked this festival,
14:16and I hope it won't be the last time,
14:19and I hope our children will have this opportunity.
14:22Concerts, trade fairs and other activities
14:25to promote VIVRE ENSEMBLE in the region
14:28are planned until December 20.
14:31Another sport in this news with the Private League,
14:34Mohamed Salah on fire.
14:37Liverpool's Reds clearly imposed themselves
14:40against Tottenham on the score of 6-8-3
14:43for the 17th day.
14:47The pharaoh of Egypt is illustrated with a double,
14:50the author of a beautiful series of 9 wins and 3 losses.
14:53The defenders of Arleslot are solid leaders
14:56of the league with 4 points ahead
14:59on the 2nd Chelsea and 6 on Arsenal.
15:02Third, the coach of the Reds,
15:05who I suggest you listen to.
15:11Of course it means something
15:15because you always prefer to be where we are at the moment
15:18rather than being in another place in the league.
15:21But you know as well as I do,
15:24because I won the league once with Feyenoord.
15:27How hard is it to win it?
15:30You have to continue, continue every three days
15:33to be at the top of your game every minute of the match.
15:36That's why it's so hard to win
15:39because it's not always easy to stand out every three or four days.
15:42At the moment you can receive a red card
15:45which has aroused a debate, not from me but from other people.
15:48These are things that can happen during a season
15:51and in Newcastle at 3-2 we expect to win
15:54and we have misjudged a situation and we have lost two points.
15:57It's the Premier League.
16:00I didn't expect Chelsea to lose points today either
16:03so it can happen in every game
16:06and that's what makes this championship so special
16:10And now it's time for the guest of the big news.
16:13Today we welcome Rachid Benhaïf,
16:16President of the Comandère,
16:19the Moroccan Confederation of Agriculture and Rural Development
16:22to talk about the 2024 agricultural campaign
16:25in the face of the water shortage.
16:28Hello and thank you for answering our invitation.
16:31Hello and thank you for your invitation.
16:34So after a promising start
16:37to the agricultural year 2024-2025
16:40in the face of climate change
16:43and the lack of rainfall,
16:46some crops are strongly affected by drought.
16:49What are the crops affected
16:52and also affected by the delay in rain
16:55and today in relation to this campaign?
16:58Indeed, we started
17:01on good grounds
17:05at the end of October
17:08we had rains
17:11that encouraged the farmers
17:14to start sowing and washing their land
17:17the start was good
17:20and it was just a little rain
17:23and then there was nothing.
17:26It's been dry since then.
17:29So all the crops are suffering
17:33whether it's cereals,
17:36forage or vegetables
17:39in winter.
17:42So they are suffering for now.
17:45There is no rain
17:48and at the same time there is a problem of fatigue.
17:51There is no grass
17:54and the farming will also suffer.
17:57More than that,
18:00it's all the crops.
18:03As you know, a plant is a living being
18:06and it needs water
18:09to feed itself
18:12and to start.
18:15Unfortunately, we are in a phase
18:18where there is not much.
18:21After a year-long harvest that revived
18:24can we say that the horizon is darker today?
18:28It's true that it's dark
18:31because we arrive after 6 years of drought.
18:34It's already very bad.
18:37The farmer is already in a very bad psychological
18:40and financial situation.
18:43So there is already that
18:46and now we are starting.
18:49He does not see the end of the tunnel.
18:52He starts on a very difficult year.
18:55Now there is nothing lost.
18:58It's just a start.
19:01There are a few places where it's already too late.
19:04But the other 90%
19:07there is always a potential.
19:10We hope to have water.
19:13We can't say that we are pessimistic
19:16but when we see the weather
19:19on the next 10 days
19:23it starts to worry us.
19:26And what are the measures planned
19:29by the Executive to save the agricultural year
19:32and the drought if it persists
19:35as forecast?
19:38For now, there is nothing to do.
19:41We are waiting to see.
19:44There is something to do.
19:47It's to pray.
19:51We can't say anything now
19:54but we really can't do anything.
19:57We are waiting to see the next few days.
20:00If it's really a year as catastrophic
20:03as the previous years
20:06we will do the same.
20:09And above all, it is to help the farmer
20:12to get through these very difficult times.
20:15There is the farmer that we have always helped
20:18because there is the farmer on one side
20:21but there are also farmers that only do agriculture
20:24and not farming.
20:27And we have to find a way to help them
20:30because if they already have
20:33and we go to the 7th year, it's really very difficult.
20:36Now there is a good point that must not be forgotten
20:39that there were areas where it was much more at the end of summer
20:42and there I see a little bit of Eastern Morocco
20:46a little bit of the South-East of the country
20:49those regions where it rained a lot
20:52those are the years that start well
20:55and the dams are full
20:58and these regions are important
21:01Morocco is big
21:04and there are regions that are doing quite well
21:07and the crops have started well in these regions too.
21:10You immediately talked about these farmers
21:13and also about these producers
21:16what are the needs of these producers
21:19in terms of water stress and drought
21:22but also the current unfavorable climatic conditions?
21:25We have nothing to do
21:28unfortunately we are waiting
21:31we are waiting for the future
21:34we are waiting to have areas irrigated by desalination
21:37we are waiting to see
21:41the water transfers that continue
21:44everything that has been done in the last two years
21:47we are waiting to see them recede
21:50for example there is the transfer of the region of Seychelles
21:53which must be operated in the coming weeks
21:56and the other transfers that must be operated
21:59and there I think we have nothing to do
22:02except to wait and see what will happen
22:05but frankly it's very difficult, we can't do anything
22:09and here we are in a bad situation
22:12there is no water
22:15whether it is at the level of dams, rivers, even in the rain
22:18there is no rain
22:21especially the plants, there is a lack of water
22:24and it becomes a critical problem
22:27and it becomes really permanent
22:30it's been seven years now
22:33that's what really scares us for the future
22:36Mr. Benally, what would be the impact on food prices?
22:39It depends on what we mean
22:42if the cereals
22:45are fixed by the government
22:48there are subsidies
22:51so we still have to call for subsidies
22:54not for the farmer
22:57but for the compensation box
23:00even if we import wheat
23:04we are obliged to import
23:07so the price will not move
23:10even if we have a problem at the sugar level
23:13there is the compensation box that plays its role
23:16now what we hope to have is at least rain for the marketing
23:19for the moment there is no problem
23:22the marketing is doing well
23:25there is no risk
23:28at least the three basic products
23:31tomatoes, potatoes, onions
23:34there is no problem
23:37we can say that it continues very well
23:40there is no problem on that side
23:43there will be a problem of farming
23:46we will continue to have high prices
23:49on meat
23:52unfortunately we thought
23:55with the import that we operated for a while
23:59that we would have better days
24:02unfortunately this period is lasting
24:05and we don't see the end of the tunnel
24:08so we will still have these prices
24:11of meat that will remain high for a while
24:14we don't know when
24:17but if it continues like this
24:20there will still be these high prices
24:23on meat
24:27there are still products
24:30for the consumer
24:33there is no problem
24:36and regarding this 2024-2025 campaign
24:39are there financial or technical support
24:42offered to farmers to cope with losses?
24:45for the moment
24:48technical support is in permanence
24:51we have structures
24:54for many years
24:57so it depends
25:00if we need technical support
25:03it depends on the campaign
25:06if it will be a bad campaign
25:09or a good campaign
25:12but for the moment
25:15there is no financial support
25:18because so far there has been no problem
25:22there is no support
25:25but for the moment it is stable
25:28the problem that will arise
25:31is the financial situation of the farmer
25:34the first year
25:37the second year
25:40he borrowed money from the school
25:43or other means
25:46that he could spend
25:49he started to sell his sheep tail
25:52to meet his daily needs
25:55and now what is he going to do?
25:58the sheep tail is gone
26:01he can't get the credits
26:04so what is he going to do?
26:07the agricultural sector
26:10everything that is cereal, legumes
26:13and even irrigation
26:17the problem is what is going to happen
26:20for the farmer
26:23there is going to be a serious problem
26:26we have to help him
26:29you mentioned the medium-term solutions
26:32for the 2024-2025 campaign
26:35but also in the face of this hydric threat
26:38what are the long-term solutions
26:41to mitigate the effects of the sheep tail?
26:45the speech of his majesty
26:48was clear
26:51I think agriculture needs water
26:54we really need to mobilize
26:57a good part of the water
27:00for agriculture
27:03it is not unnecessary
27:06it is an obligation
27:09we have to have potable water
27:12we have 3500 km of coastline
27:15we have a perimeter
27:18of land that is very good
27:21for the coast
27:24and try to preserve the water
27:27inside the country for agriculture
27:30that is the goal
27:33yes, but try to leave
27:36everything that is on the coast
27:40that needs to be fed
27:43it is the only way
27:46we can't do anything else
27:49because it is a long-term problem
27:52we are in the wrong place
27:55for a long time
27:58I remind you that we were with
28:01Mr. Rachid Benali
28:04thank you
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