MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 31/12/2024
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00:00Hello everyone, I am delighted to see you for this new information meeting on Mediain TV.
00:22The retirement regime reform developed by the Harnoche government is finally ready.
00:29The Executive announces a first presentation of the major lines of this reform in January.
00:36It is now possible to report to the authorities illegal content on the Internet.
00:45The General Directorate of National Security has recently launched a new platform, Iblar, the details in this newspaper.
00:54And then at the International, the Houthis continue their shooting at Israel.
00:59The Israeli army intercepted yesterday a missile fired from Yemen before it entered its territory.
01:05The retirement regime reform developed by the current government is finally ready.
01:16The Executive announces a first presentation of the major lines of this reform in January.
01:21A statement yesterday from the Minister of Economy and Finance at the House of Representatives.
01:26It was during a session of oral questions in Parliament.
01:30Najaf Zahra Alawi said that this reform is based on the principles in the framework of social dialogue.
01:37It is planned to create two polls, a public poll and a private poll,
01:42defining the mechanisms of transition to this new system,
01:46the preservation of rights and rights, as well as the improvement of governance.
01:52These are the objectives.
01:53The Minister of Finance reiterated the commitment of the Executive to deal with this issue.
01:58He described it as difficult in collaboration with all parties concerned.
02:10It snows in some mountainous regions of Morocco.
02:14This is the case of the regions of Middelt, Ifran, Bnimlal, Hazelal, Houthi, Figig or Wazezat,
02:21where the minimum temperatures have reached minus 5 degrees.
02:26In a warning bulletin of the level of orange vigilance,
02:29the General Directorate of Meteorology reported snowfalls at altitudes exceeding 1,800 metres.
02:36Snowfalls have reached 30 centimetres at Hazelal, Tinriel, Houthi and Wazezat.
02:46Despite the recent rainfall, the water situation in Morocco is still worrying.
02:53The reservoirs of the dams have fallen by half after seven consecutive years of drought.
02:59They went from nearly 9 billion cubic metres in 2018 to 4.4 billion this year,
03:05a situation that raises concern about the availability of water resources in Morocco.
03:12Explanations with Dina Mellini.
03:16In Morocco, water stress continues to prevail as one of the biggest challenges
03:21after seven years of severe drought.
03:23To date, the year 2024 has shown no signs of recovery
03:28from the pressures caused by climate change.
03:31This raises concern about the availability of water resources.
03:36They went from 10.8 billion cubic metres in 2018 to 3.37 billion cubic metres in 2024,
03:45after being reduced to 2 billion cubic metres in 2022.
03:49The reservoirs of the dams follow the same trajectory.
03:53They fell by half, from 8.9 billion cubic metres in 2018 to only 4.4 billion cubic metres in 2024.
04:02The absence of significant rainfall at the end of the year
04:06raises concerns about the agricultural season.
04:10The low rainfall recorded in recent months
04:12suggests uncertain prospects for cereal production.
04:17It is capable of reaching 2.5 million hectares of autumnal crops,
04:23even in favourable conditions.
04:25The Ministry of Health and Welfare wants to be reassuring
04:28and declares that despite the decrease in the reservoirs of the dams,
04:31the needs for drinking water have been sufficiently satisfied,
04:35thanks in particular to the use of desalination.
04:38Morocco expects precipitation in the coming days,
04:41likely to mitigate this crisis.
04:43On the other hand, the prolonged absence of rain
04:46could reduce the current water availability to 300 cubic metres per inhabitant,
04:51an alarming threshold that shows the gravity of the current situation.
04:57We stay in the kingdom.
04:59There will be no increase in the price of gas candy in January.
05:03This is the statement of the president of the professional association
05:06of liquid gas wholesalers.
05:10He reacted to the persistent rumours.
05:12Mohamed Benjeloun said in a statement to our Moroccan colleagues
05:17that the price of 12 kg of butane gas candy will remain unchanged in January.
05:23The professional says, however, that an increase could occur in April 2025.
05:29As a reminder, the progressive liberalisation of the sector
05:33began with an increase of 10 dirhams in 2024,
05:36which will be followed by similar increases planned for 2025 and 2026.
05:41Increases that should generate more than 1 billion dirhams
05:45of annual savings for the state.
05:47The state currently allocates around 15 billion dirhams per year
05:51in support of the price of butane gas through the compensation fund.
06:01It is now possible to report to the authorities
06:04illegal content on the Internet.
06:07The General Directorate of National Security
06:09has recently launched a new platform called IBLAR,
06:13a service that is part of a global approach
06:16that aims to strengthen the feeling of public security
06:19and to promote a proactive interaction
06:22between the security institution and society.
06:25More details in this report by Saloua El Khellioui
06:28with the story of Dina Merini.
06:31With the proliferation of social networks,
06:34digital harassment is becoming a widespread phenomenon
06:37that affects a large number of Internet users.
06:40In this sense, the General Directorate of National Security
06:43has recently launched a new online platform called IBLAR.
06:47The objective is to allow Internet users
06:50of social networks to quickly and safely report
06:53any content that is considered violent or criminal.
06:57This platform is accessible from any device
07:00connected to the Internet,
07:02whether it is a computer or a mobile device.
07:07This platform is available 24 hours a day
07:10and in four languages, Arabic, French, Spanish and English.
07:13Everyone has the opportunity to report any suspicious content
07:17via the website dedicated to iblar.com,
07:20whether one is a victim or a witness to violence on the Internet.
07:24The competent authorities will then carry out
07:27in-depth investigations and judicial actions
07:30if necessary, under the supervision of the competent parties.
07:34All reports will be taken seriously
07:37to guarantee an adequate response to each situation.
07:41IBLAR contributes to the dissemination of the culture of awareness
07:45of the dangers of digital violence
07:48by organizing awareness campaigns
07:51and providing psychological support to victims.
07:56As representatives of civil society,
07:59our role is to inform people about the existence of this platform
08:02and encourage them to report any digital abuse safely.
08:06Denouncing sexual cyberbullying
08:09limits its spread.
08:12However, keeping silent and avoiding reporting
08:15illegal content on the Internet
08:18is a danger to the lives of Internet users.
08:21IBLAR is a significant step forward
08:24in the fight against cybercrime in Morocco
08:27to preserve a safe and secure Internet environment.
08:30Morocco ranks 48th in the world's cybercrime ranking
08:34and ranks 7th in the African countries
08:37most affected by this phenomenon.
08:41In international news,
08:44the Israeli army claims to have intercepted yesterday
08:47a missile fired from Yemen,
08:50in its territory where sirens are heard.
08:53The Houthi rebels recently launched several attacks on Israel.
08:56Earlier on Thursday, Israel, on its part,
08:59launched several attacks on Yemen,
09:02notably at Sana'a International Airport,
09:05claiming to have targeted Houthi military infrastructure.
09:08Since the start of the war in Gaza,
09:11Houthis have launched numerous attacks on Israel,
09:14claiming to be acting in solidarity with the Palestinians.
09:21In Palestine, Israel is still intensively bombing
09:24the Gaza Strip,
09:27ravaged by 15 months of war.
09:30The health system in the north of the Palestinian enclave
09:33is completely destroyed.
09:36The Red Cross International Committee has announced
09:39that the WHO, on its part, is asking Israel
09:42to release the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital,
09:45Dr. Hossam Abou Safia,
09:48who was captured after an Israeli raid this weekend.
09:51Raja Engu reports.
09:54Kamal Adwan Hospital is now empty and out of service.
09:57Repeated bombings inside and around hospitals
10:00have destroyed the health system in the Gaza Strip.
10:03Israel launched a major raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital
10:06on Friday and Saturday.
10:09The medical staff and patients were forced to take refuge
10:12at the Indonesian hospital in the south of the enclave.
10:15Kamal Adwan Hospital was attacked.
10:18People were transferred to the Indonesian hospital,
10:21but it is a non-functional hospital.
10:24Continuous fighting everywhere around us.
10:27People here have no food, no water, no sanitation, nothing.
10:30There are still people in Jabalia, in the north.
10:33We must be able to join them.
10:36The World Health Organization
10:39asked Israel on Monday to release
10:42the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital,
10:45arrested after the vast raid on the establishment.
10:48The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Dr. Osman Abu Safia,
10:51accused of being a Hamas militant,
10:54will be transferred to Israel for further investigation.
10:57In Gaza, the medical staff is still active
11:00and some patients, refugees at the Indonesian hospital,
11:03fear that another raid will take place on the hospital in southern Gaza.
11:06We have listened to the patients here evacuated from the hospital to another
11:09who told us how serious it was,
11:12how difficult it was for them to leave Kamal Adwan Hospital
11:15to go to the Indonesian hospital,
11:18and they fear that this will happen again in Gaza City or to the south.
11:21We must rehabilitate hospitals and support the health system.
11:24Kamal Adwan Hospital previously benefited
11:27from the material support of the Red Cross.
11:30It was the last large hospital still operational
11:33in the north of the Palestinian territory,
11:36devastated by more than a year of war.
11:39Still in international news,
11:42the president of South Korea is being prosecuted.
11:45This morning, a tribunal issued an arrest warrant
11:48against Yoon Seok-yool to force him to appear
11:51in front of the investigators who want to question him.
11:54This is the first time in the history of South Korea
11:57that a president is exercised and targeted by an arrest warrant
12:00suspended from his functions.
12:03He is still in office, waiting for the Constitutional Court
12:06to pronounce its decision adopted on December 14
12:09by the National Assembly.
12:12As a reminder, Yoon seized power on December 3
12:15by proclaiming martial law by surprise
12:18and sending the army to the parliament
12:21to mutilate him before taking a step back
12:24the next day under the pressure of deputies
12:27and thousands of demonstrators in the streets.
12:31In Ethiopia, more than 70 people died in the south
12:34after the fall of a vehicle in a river
12:37in the region of Sidama,
12:40located 300 km from the capital Addis Ababa.
12:43A vehicle, probably overloaded,
12:46according to local authorities,
12:49caused a horrible accident
12:52on 76 passengers,
12:5571 injured,
12:59according to a first report
13:02established by the regional authorities.
13:05Road accidents are frequent in Ethiopia
13:08where the roads are often poorly maintained.
13:16We celebrate this week the end of the year holidays
13:19and in Senegal, boutiques and beauty salons
13:22are competing for strategies to seduce their customers
13:25in this peak period.
13:28The goal is to increase their turnover
13:31by attracting as many customers as possible
13:34for the New Year holidays.
13:37This is a report by Aichata Diakte and Cheikh Hindaou.
13:40A few hours before the end of the year,
13:43the H&M market in the Senegalese capital
13:46is in full swing.
13:49In some boutiques, digital screens
13:52attract customers.
14:07To be beautiful,
14:10these women are ready for anything.
14:13In this boutique, they have the choice
14:16between aesthetic or natural wigs,
14:19ranging from 3 to 400 euros.
14:22Welcome also plays an important role
14:25to convince its customers.
14:28The welcome here is really captivating.
14:31I came here for the first time,
14:34but it is thanks to the welcome that I came back 20 times.
14:37I came to get my wig customized
14:40and even tomorrow to be all beautiful with them.
14:432024 was a year marked by many challenges,
14:47It was complicated,
14:50but it went well.
14:53A lot of people came,
14:56and less people came.
14:59To keep up with trends and boost sales,
15:02make-up and wig boutiques
15:05are active on social media.
15:08And now,
15:11our guest of the day.
15:14Tourist cities in Morocco are in full swing.
15:17This is the case of Marrakech and Agadir in particular.
15:20In the city of Okhre,
15:23the rate of occupancy could even drop by 100%
15:26according to professionals,
15:29who congratulate themselves on a year that breaks all records.
15:32And to talk about it, we have the pleasure
15:35to have with us live from Rabat,
15:38Saïd Taheri, a tourism expert.
15:41Thank you for the invitation.
15:44The end of the year 2024
15:47is already promising.
15:50Professionals are optimistic.
15:53Can we talk about an exceptional influence
15:56in different tourist destinations?
15:59Saïd Taheri, in this period?
16:02It is not only promising,
16:05it is a happy year.
16:08In 2024, at least in the first 11 months,
16:11and the month of December,
16:14it is also extraordinary.
16:17In Marrakech, for example,
16:20there are more than 660 flights.
16:33It's just extraordinary.
16:36It is a very good year.
16:39It is a year that we have lived well
16:42after difficult years.
16:45In 2022, remember,
16:48for a good part of the year,
16:51our borders were closed
16:54and we came out of an unprecedented crisis
16:57that the sector has experienced.
17:00But there was a background work,
17:03to work on the air,
17:06to make a targeted promotion,
17:09to take our boat from the pilgrim
17:12and go see our partners
17:15in the different capital cities
17:18for our country.
17:21We managed to convince our partners
17:24that Morocco is a good tourist destination.
17:27It is the first African destination
17:30in several African countries
17:33whose development of this destination
17:36was just extraordinary.
17:39There was also a sound work
17:42on digital promotion,
17:45on promotion schedules,
17:48on investment,
17:51the value of cultural assets,
17:54tourist assets,
17:57different destinations other than Marrakech.
18:00Marrakech is the flagship destination,
18:03but there is also Agadir, Fes
18:06and other destinations that have succeeded
18:09in developing the number of arrivals,
18:12the number of nights.
18:15We are therefore happy people in 2024.
18:18I propose to come back later
18:21point by point on the reasons
18:24of tourism.
18:27You also mentioned the cities of Marrakech
18:30and Agadir, but it seems that all destinations
18:33are experiencing an uproar at the end of the year.
18:36Do you confirm this?
18:39Yes, indeed.
18:42Marrakech is the flagship destination,
18:45but other destinations are also benefiting
18:48from this enthusiasm for the Moroccan destination.
18:51I remind you that we have
18:54at the level of the roadmap of Moroccan tourism
18:57we had planned 17.5 million
19:00tourists by 2026.
19:03These objectives could be achieved by 2024
19:06which is an exceptional performance.
19:09Beyond that,
19:12this work continues.
19:15There are also important events
19:18that Morocco will know in 2025
19:21and in the years to come.
19:24Today, Morocco positions itself
19:27as a flagship destination of the Mediterranean basin.
19:30There are more than 90 million tourists
19:33from the Mediterranean basin
19:36who would like to come to Morocco.
19:39Today,
19:42there may be work to be done
19:45on the modernization of infrastructures
19:48including airports
19:51to allow us to face
19:54this exceptional enthusiasm
19:57of our destination.
20:00Morocco is a destination that pleases.
20:03Morocco is a destination that is desired
20:06by our main customers.
20:09There is also work to be done on other markets,
20:12such as the Chinese market.
20:15I congratulate myself on the opening of lines
20:18between Casablanca and Beijing, for example,
20:21between Casablanca and Rio de Janeiro.
20:24There is also...
20:27You know that India is the country
20:30with the largest number of billionaires in the world
20:33and there is no direct flight.
20:36There is work to be done at this level.
20:39Morocco also responds to a need
20:42that has arisen among customers
20:45to be able to make packages
20:48of 3 days in Europe and 2 days in Morocco.
20:51We are able to meet such packages.
20:54Morocco also responds
20:57to the main trends
21:00of the global tourism market,
21:03notably sustainable tourism,
21:06which responds to ecological constraints
21:09but also to the technological transformation
21:12that the world is going through.
21:15We have arrived, thanks to the great work
21:18of the Moroccan National Tourism Office,
21:21to set up a beautiful digital marketing strategy
21:24for our destination,
21:27which allowed us to achieve the results
21:30that we see today and that we hope
21:33to achieve in 2025 and beyond.
21:36You mentioned a number,
21:39the goal of reaching 17.5 million tourists
21:42by 2026.
21:45You said that we could reach this number
21:48from this year.
21:51Can you give us an overview
21:54of the main figures this year in Morocco?
21:57We are at the end of November
22:00at a little less than 17 million tourists,
22:0316.9 million tourists.
22:06We will be, God willing,
22:09after 120 billion dirhams
22:12of tourist receipts,
22:15we are also at the end of November
22:18at 27.8 million tourists
22:21overnight in the classified establishments,
22:24to which other establishments are added
22:27that are not counted today.
22:30It is a growth of 2 to 2 figures.
22:33We are at more than 20% increase
22:36over the year.
22:39In December,
22:42we estimate to be
22:45around 30% increase.
22:48These are figures that are just extraordinary
22:51and a magnificent performance
22:54which is due,
22:57essentially,
23:00it is not the price of chance,
23:03it is a fundamental work of professionals
23:06but also of the authorities
23:09and the Moroccan National Tourism Office
23:12and the airport office
23:15which today begins to work again
23:18on the reception at the airport.
23:21It is a very good thing.
23:24All indicators are green
23:27at the end of 2024.
23:30That said, with all the events
23:33that you mentioned earlier
23:36and that arrive in Morocco,
23:39the question of transport is also being asked today.
23:42Local transport, in particular,
23:45the question of the hotel industry
23:48may also need a push
23:51to be highlighted.
23:54To finish, could we address
23:57what needs to be done today
24:00to further improve the sector?
24:03We have shown that in the tourism sector
24:06we are not professionals of subsidies
24:09but that we needed support
24:12and public support
24:15to be able to continue and offer
24:18a product that is just excellent.
24:21Today, this is the case.
24:24This was the case in 2022
24:27thanks to the efforts of more than 2 billion dirhams
24:30that were put in place.
24:33But today there are also other means
24:36and other programs that are put in place
24:39by the Ministry of Tourism
24:42for investment in hotels
24:45but also in tourism animation.
24:48When you come to Morocco,
24:51it's not just to stay in hotels.
24:54We also need animation, we need to offer circuits,
24:57we need to offer activities for families
25:00because Morocco is a family destination
25:03so we need this type of investment.
25:06This support is important.
25:09We also need to strengthen
25:12the capacity of our airports
25:15to accommodate as many tourists as expected.
25:18You know, when you suddenly receive
25:21a few tens of millions of tourists
25:24you will need the necessary infrastructure
25:27to be able to allow them
25:30to say it was a very good experience
25:33and to come back to our destination.
25:37This is the work that needs to be continued.
25:40I congratulate myself on the statements
25:43of the head of the government
25:46regarding the budget allocated
25:49to the modernization of our airport park.
25:52It's a very good thing.
25:55I also congratulate myself on the means put in place.
25:58I will quote Cap Hospitality,
26:01I will quote a certain Groussiaha
26:05who have put in place
26:08to accompany professionals
26:11to offer an excellent and beautiful
26:14life experience to the client.
26:17It's important.
26:20It's important to allow us to offer
26:23and share with tourists
26:26who come from all over the world
26:29multicultural, multicultural
26:32culinary traditions
26:35and all its advantages and all its tourist benefits
26:38of our country, which is just a great country.
26:41Saïd Taheri, to conclude,
26:44I take up your first sentence.
26:47It's a happy year for the tourism sector
26:50in Morocco.
26:53I remind you that you are an expert in tourism.
26:56Thank you for answering our questions today.
27:04We come to the end of this edition.
27:07Thank you for following the information.
27:10We continue on Médiennes TV.