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00:00Hello and welcome to Mediantv, thank you for joining us for the main news, here are the headlines of this newspaper.
00:25We are officially in 2025, the world celebrated yesterday the passage to the new year, we will take a little tour of the capitals of the world in a moment.
00:37After 13 years of waiting, Romania and Bulgaria are officially members in full of the free movement space Schengen, developments to follow in this newspaper.
00:46The Senegalese and Ivorian presidents announce the end of all military presence of foreign countries in Senegal and it is from 2025, statements made during pronounced speeches on the occasion of the new year.
01:01On the occasion of the advent of the new year 2025, His Majesty the King Mohammed addressed cards of wishes to heads of state and governments of brotherly and friendly countries.
01:14His Majesty the King received cards and messages of congratulations from the leaders of these countries as well as high international personalities presenting to the sovereigns their wishes of health, happiness and wishing more progress and prosperity to the Moroccan people.
01:32From Sydney to Rio, passing through Damascus or Paris, the world celebrated the new year while midnight rang in Brazil, hundreds of thousands of people screamed with joy on the beach of Copacabana under a mega firework.
01:44In New York, tens of thousands of feta massed on the emblematic Times Square and then in Paris, more than a million people gathered on the avenue of the Champs-Élysées, forbidden to vehicles.
01:55Finally, Sydney, on one of the most comfortable time zones on the planet, where more than a million spectators gathered in the self-proclaimed capital city of the new year.
02:082024 has been a difficult year for the world, it has been marked by wars and natural disasters and for 2025, humanity has only one wish, peace and stability.
02:18Back on the highlights of this year with Raja Ngo.
02:26The Australians are the first to celebrate the New Year 2025.
02:30In Sydney, on one of the most eastern time zones on the planet, more than a million spectators gathered in the self-proclaimed capital city of the new year.
02:40Nine tons of fireworks lit up the sky above the impenetrable Opera and the Harbour Bridge.
02:48But in the Gaza Strip, there are no fireworks.
02:51Civilians say they are exhausted by the war between Israel and the Hamas Palestinian Islamist movement triggered by the attack of October 7, 2023.
03:00On the spot, the humanitarian crisis has worsened.
03:03After an Israeli raid on the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, the medical staff administers care to patients in damaged tents.
03:11The patients are exhausted, there is a shortage of clothes and adequate shelter.
03:19They arrive in a hospital that should be a safety and treatment shelter.
03:24But they find more humility affecting their bodies and their clothes.
03:27It is difficult for them to move inside.
03:29It was difficult for them and for us.
03:34Still in the Middle East, in Syria this time, the new year brings hope and anticipation.
03:39After the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad by rebels on December 8,
03:44Syria is experiencing a historic moment with the end of more than 50 years of rule of the al-Assad family.
03:52Free Syria is very beautiful.
03:54Syria is so beautiful when it is happy and green.
03:57The color green will be the color of 2025.
03:59I hope that next year will be strong and free in Syria.
04:04At the end of a year marked by confrontations between the Israeli army and the Hezbollah militias in southern Lebanon,
04:11the civilian populations hope for this new year, the return to peace and stability.
04:19The year 2024 has been very difficult for us due to our conditions in Lebanon and with the war that took place.
04:25We hope that 2025 will be much better than the past years because we are exhausted.
04:31It is time for us to live in calm, peace and love.
04:34This is how Lebanon should be.
04:42In eastern Europe, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is on its way to its third anniversary.
04:48In difficulty in the east, Kiev will have to compose with Donald Trump,
04:51whose election has raised doubts about the future of American aid.
04:55But far from the wars, the world has also suffered huge losses.
04:58The year 2024 was certainly the hottest ever recorded,
05:02with natural disasters aggravated by global warming.
05:05In 2025, countries must put the world on a safer path by drastically reducing emissions
05:12and by supporting the transition to a renewable future.
05:18And still in the context of the New Year celebrations,
05:21the police prefectures of the different regions of Morocco have adopted a specific security device
05:26in order to avoid any overflow.
05:28A precautionary measure was therefore taken to deal with any risk of public disorder,
05:33especially in large cities such as Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier or Marrakech.
05:41It is now possible to report to the Moroccan authorities illegal content on the Internet.
05:46The General Directorate of National Security has recently launched a new platform,
05:50called IBLAR, with its lightings, with Selwal Khalioui, in this story by Dina Mreni.
05:56With the proliferation of social networks,
05:58digital harassment becomes a widespread phenomenon that affects a large number of Internet users.
06:03In this sense, the General Directorate of National Security has recently launched a new online platform,
06:09called IBLAR.
06:11The goal is to allow Internet users to report quickly and safely
06:17any content that is considered violent or criminal.
06:22This platform is accessible from any device connected to the Internet,
06:26whether it is a computer or a mobile device.
06:31This platform is available 24 hours a day and in four languages,
06:35Arabic, French, Spanish and English.
06:38Everyone has the opportunity to report any suspicious content via the website dedicated to iblar.com,
06:44whether one is a victim or a witness to online violence.
06:49The competent authorities will then carry out in-depth investigations
06:53and judicial actions if necessary, under the supervision of competent authorities.
06:58All reports will be treated seriously to ensure an adequate response to each situation.
07:05On the one hand, civil society contributes to the dissemination of the culture of awareness
07:10and awareness of the dangers of digital violence by organizing awareness campaigns
07:15and by providing psychological support to victims.
07:21As representatives of civil society, our role is to inform people about the existence of this platform
07:26and to encourage them to report any digital abuse safely.
07:30Denouncing a cyber sexual harassment allows to limit its spread.
07:36On the other hand, keeping silent and avoiding reporting illegal content on the Internet
07:41constitutes a danger to the lives of Internet users.
07:45Iblar represents a significant step forward in the fight against cybercrime in Morocco
07:50in order to preserve a safe and secure Internet environment.
07:53Note that Morocco ranks 48th in the world ranking of cybercrime
07:59and ranks 7th among the most affected African countries by this phenomenon.
08:05Fifteen Palestinians killed during the night in an Israeli strike
08:08aimed at a house in Jabalia in the north.
08:10While the world celebrates the New Year, we welcome 2025
08:14and with the first Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip in Jabalia,
08:18the spokesman of the Palestinian authorities, Mahmoud Bassel,
08:21made a statement in a recent report of 15 deaths and more than 20 injured people.
08:27It should also be noted that more than 45,500 Palestinians have been killed
08:31in Israeli bombings since October 7, 2023.
08:39Concerning this war between Hamas and Israel,
08:42can the year 2025 open up perspectives of peace?
08:45We listen to the answer of Zakaria Bouda,
08:47professor of international relations at the University of Mohamed V.
08:53Yesterday, when in Sudan there was an artistic effect
08:57to celebrate the passage to 2025,
08:59the commentator of a channel spoke ironically,
09:03but also realistically,
09:05saying that when we launch the artistic effect to celebrate the passage to 2025,
09:09alas, elsewhere, in Gaza in particular,
09:11children and people suffer from cold in particular.
09:15What can we say about these images,
09:18unfortunately contrasted and paradoxical too,
09:22that Gaza is murdered, it is completely destroyed,
09:26but at the level of the short-term, medium-term horizons,
09:32there are perspectives of the conclusion of a truce,
09:35although sometimes it is not respected,
09:38especially on the Israeli side,
09:40of the treaties or the negotiations,
09:42to not go, I would say,
09:44it is better than the negotiations that are carried out today
09:47thanks also to the mediation of Qatar, Egypt,
09:50but also the United States,
09:52to at least foresee the possibilities of an armistice
09:56that would subsequently allow to get out of this work of stranglehold.
09:59We listened to the intervention of Mr. Guterres,
10:02UN Secretary-General,
10:04on the occasion precisely of the New Year 2025,
10:07speaking of an untenable situation.
10:09For example, hospitals can no longer provide services,
10:12donations, etc.
10:13But what can we say?
10:14Probably, and this is a pre-measured wish,
10:18that for Donald Trump,
10:19the four-year mandate would perhaps be marked
10:22by an operative action
10:24that would lead to the stabilization of the hospital.
10:28The Israeli offensive must stop.
10:31Obviously, we are not only talking about Gaza,
10:33we are talking about Syria,
10:35we are talking about Lebanon,
10:36we are talking about Iran,
10:37which is increasingly dismantled
10:39from the point of view of its croissant sheikh,
10:41which it has mounted since 1979.
10:44And so, globally, once again,
10:46this is an example.
10:47It is an example.
10:48In reality, Mrs. Sanna,
10:49who is not here today,
10:50he is very old,
10:51so it is a kind of permanence, unfortunately,
10:54but it is also necessary that the international community
10:57assumes its responsibilities in relation to this.
11:02After 13 years of waiting,
11:03Romania and Bulgaria are officially members
11:06in full of the Schengen Free Transit Area.
11:09The two countries received in mid-December
11:11the approval of their European partners
11:13to benefit from the same privileges at the border post.
11:16It is the greatest success of 2024
11:18to salute in these vows the Romanian prime minister
11:20and the end of a long wait
11:22for the two former communist countries.
11:25This plebiscite was made possible
11:27by the lifting of the veto of Austria.
11:33Kiev and Moscow confirm
11:35the end of the transit of Russian gas
11:37to Europe via Ukraine.
11:39The contract that binds the two countries
11:40would have reached its expiration date.
11:42We have stopped the transit of Russian gas.
11:44It is a historical event.
11:45Russia loses its markets.
11:47It will suffer financial losses.
11:49The Ukrainian energy minister,
11:51German Galushtenko, congratulated himself
11:53on Hungary in recent weeks.
11:54And Slovakia complained
11:56to see the tap cut on December 31
11:58without having a real alternative.
12:00With the end of the transit via Ukraine,
12:02Europe will no longer be supplied
12:04with Russian gas than by the Turkish gas pipeline.
12:08The French military base in Abidjan
12:13will be retreated to the Ivory Coast in January.
12:17President Hassan Ouattara
12:19announced in a New Year's message
12:21that, like Dakar,
12:23the head of the Ivorian state
12:25emphasized that this withdrawal
12:27will be done in a concerted and organized fashion.
12:29The 43rd Infantry Battalion
12:31of the Abidjan Navy
12:33stationed in Port Boué
12:35will be retreated to the Ivory Coast
12:37as soon as January.
12:39I invite you to listen to the Ivorian President.
12:43My dear compatriots,
12:45dear brothers, dear sisters.
12:47We can be proud of our army,
12:51whose modernization
12:53is now effective.
12:55It is in this context
12:57that we have decided
12:59to withdraw the French forces
13:01in the Ivory Coast
13:03in a concerted and organized fashion.
13:05The 43rd Infantry Battalion
13:07of the Abidjan Navy
13:09stationed in Port Boué
13:11will be retreated
13:13to the Ivory Coast
13:15as soon as January 2025.
13:25In a speech on the occasion of the New Year,
13:27Ambassador Diomaïfa
13:29announced the end
13:31of any foreign military presence
13:33in Senegal.
13:35On November 28, he announced
13:37that France would have to close
13:39its military bases in Senegal.
13:41The President of Senegal
13:43thus fixed for the first time
13:45a date for the departure
13:47of foreign military bases.
13:49Ambassador Diomaïfa
13:51took office in April
13:53after being elected
13:55on the promise of the end
13:57of dependence on foreigners.
13:59Here is an excerpt
14:01of the speech of the President of Senegal.
14:31Abidjan military forces.
14:33And to analyze these two decisions,
14:35we will analyze
14:37these two decisions with
14:39dear Sadiboun Diaye,
14:41a specialist in political science,
14:43who has been with us since Dakar.
14:45Hello.
14:47Hello.
14:49Senegal has just
14:51ended all foreign military
14:53forces in the country.
14:55What are, in your opinion,
14:57the countries concerned by this decision?
14:59Well, first of all,
15:01as you said, Senegal has just
15:03adopted the withdrawal of French military bases.
15:05The President,
15:07His Excellency Ambassador Diomaïfa,
15:09made this statement yesterday.
15:11This shows you that Senegal
15:13is in a new logic, a new military doctrine
15:15that is being implemented.
15:17Because, as you know, a country
15:19that wants to take its sovereignty and independence
15:21vis-à-vis certain aspects
15:23that really govern a country
15:25must have sovereignty
15:27and a military doctrine
15:29that allows it to guarantee
15:31security to citizens, but also
15:33to all its partners,
15:35whether they are international partners
15:37or other partners.
15:39So Senegal is in this logic.
15:41This withdrawal will concern countries
15:43like Cote d'Ivoire as well, as you saw.
15:45The President, in Ouattara,
15:47talked about the modernization of the Ivorian army.
15:49The Ivorian army has reached a milestone.
15:51This has allowed the Ivorian army
15:53to really create an experience
15:55vis-à-vis its cooperation
15:57with France and other countries.
15:59This shows you that African countries
16:01are changing paradigms.
16:03This change of paradigm
16:05is taking place in various areas,
16:07whether it is economic cooperation
16:09or military cooperation.
16:11Senegal has really acted
16:13on this withdrawal.
16:15A withdrawal that was well calculated
16:17by Senegalese authorities.
16:19A withdrawal that involved
16:21internal consultations with Senegalese authorities,
16:23but also with Senegalese army officers
16:25who have helped the President
16:27to really comfort himself
16:29in this decision.
16:31The Senegalese President
16:33declared on November 28
16:35that the presence
16:37of French military bases
16:39on the territory was incompatible
16:41with national sovereignty.
16:43How do you explain this observation
16:45made by the head of state?
16:47Indeed, as I said earlier,
16:49you know, Senegal is a country
16:51that is changing paradigms.
16:53There is a new wave
16:55that is there.
16:57It is a new generation
16:59that has taken over the reins of this country.
17:01I am referring to the President of the Republic,
17:03His Excellency Mr. Ousmane Soubko,
17:05and Prime Minister Ousmane Soubko.
17:07So Senegal also went through
17:09crisis situations between 2021
17:11and the presidential elections
17:13that were practically reported,
17:15but finally the people said no
17:17and the elections were held.
17:19These new leaders
17:21took over the sovereignty
17:23vis-à-vis the Senegalese people
17:25and the Senegalese people gave them
17:27this majority that allowed them
17:29to be able to change
17:31certain things and to be able
17:33to move certain things.
17:35Because on the military level,
17:37Senegal does not exclude cooperating
17:39with other countries in the world.
17:41The President of the Republic himself
17:43has declared that Senegal will
17:45expand its diversification
17:47so I think that this new
17:49generation is in this logic.
17:51So there is a paradigm shift
17:53that is taking place in the relations
17:55between France and Senegal.
17:57Because you have seen President Diouma Eiffel
17:59in all his declarations, he speaks
18:01of androgynous change and androgynous cooperation.
18:03When I speak of androgynous cooperation,
18:05I want to speak of sub-regional cooperation
18:07with neighboring countries first,
18:09countries like Mauritania, Mali, Guinea
18:11and other neighboring countries,
18:13other African countries.
18:15I speak of androgynous cooperation
18:17vis-à-vis its relations with foreign countries.
18:19So Senegal needs to be able to have
18:21a strong army, an army that can
18:23guarantee its security first of all
18:25and does not exclude at the same time
18:27linking relations with the American army,
18:29the French army, the Moroccan army
18:31or other countries.
18:33This is what Senegal has traditionally
18:35been doing for a few years.
18:37Now, currently, Senegal has reached
18:39a level of maturity on the military level
18:41because Senegal, as you know,
18:43has a lot of theaters of operations.
18:45I want to speak of the Suez Canal
18:47during the crisis in Egypt
18:49in the 1950s
18:51but also in other theaters of operations
18:53at the African level, in Congo,
18:55in Mali and in other areas.
18:57So to tell you that Senegal currently
18:59has reached a cap on the military level,
19:01what it has earned is to be able to
19:03put in place its own military doctrine.
19:05Now this will allow the President
19:07of the Republic to really
19:09comfort himself in his decisions,
19:11to ask our allies who are present
19:13on the Senegalese soil to thank them
19:15first of all, but also to tell them
19:17that they can leave the Senegalese territory,
19:19that Senegal has reached its capacity
19:21to be able to guarantee freely
19:23and independently and sovereignly
19:25its security.
19:27In parallel, the President of Senegal
19:29has instructed the Minister
19:31of the Armed Forces
19:33to propose a new doctrine of cooperation
19:35in terms of defense and security.
19:37Do you have an idea of this new
19:39doctrine of Senegalese military cooperation?
19:43Well, as I said earlier,
19:45this new doctrine of Senegalese military cooperation,
19:47as I said,
19:49the countries are sovereign, the countries are independent
19:51to define their cooperation,
19:53whether it is economic or military.
19:55Because today's Africa has changed.
19:57Today's Africa is not the African one.
19:59Today's democratic regimes
20:01are really seeing the light of day
20:03in Africa. Senegal
20:05is one of those exemplary countries on the African continent
20:07in terms of presidential elections
20:09but also in terms of
20:11internal democracy.
20:13So what the Senegalese authorities
20:15have learned is that
20:17there is currently a new Don
20:19who is present,
20:21and we have to work with the Senegalese
20:23armed forces to be able
20:25to put in place a new doctrine
20:27of military cooperation.
20:29Because each country must be able to have
20:31a doctrine of military cooperation
20:33that is independent,
20:35which will also
20:37allow Senegal
20:39to achieve its objectives
20:41on a military level.
20:43Because Senegal, as I have always said,
20:45is a country that does not exclude
20:47cooperating with Western countries
20:49but also African countries
20:51that will help and support it,
20:53but also that will allow it to focus
20:55on the formation of men, of troops.
20:57As you know, Senegal sends
20:59soldiers everywhere,
21:01in Africa, in Morocco, if I can take as an example,
21:03in France, in Saint-Cyr,
21:05and in other countries to train,
21:07but also Senegal welcomes
21:09foreigners in military training.
21:11So currently, the Senegalese army
21:13is redefining itself
21:15and is repositioning itself in Africa
21:17because there is a new geopolitical Don
21:19that is striking
21:21West Africa many times.
21:23I want to talk about the crises that are unfolding in the Sahel.
21:25So it is normal that Senegal can take the lead
21:27and firmly defend
21:29its sovereignty on the military level.
21:31It is logical that the President of Africa
21:33talked about cooperation,
21:35new doctrines,
21:37exchanges between Senegal and its partners,
21:39while also asking these partners
21:41to allow Senegal
21:43to choose its partners.
21:45Senegal also defines its military doctrine,
21:47which will allow the country
21:49to truly guarantee its security,
21:51but also to engage
21:53African states in these kinds of logics
21:55that will allow
21:57African countries to have
21:59economic and military sovereignty.
22:01So when a country defends
22:03economic sovereignty,
22:05it must be accompanied by military sovereignty,
22:07because it is this military sovereignty
22:09that really guarantees the security of our states.
22:11So, we will go
22:13to the Ivory Coast,
22:15where the French military base
22:17in Abidjan will be retreated in January,
22:19in accordance with the policy of re-deployment
22:21of the French military system in Africa.
22:23How will this re-deployment be operated?
22:25Well,
22:27as the President said,
22:29His Excellency Mr. Alassane Dramandotara,
22:31the Ivory Coast has reached
22:33a level of modernization
22:35of its army,
22:37the Ivory Coast has reached
22:39a cap in this level of modernization.
22:41So, at a given moment,
22:43the Ivorian authorities have judged it necessary
22:45to continue a military cooperation
22:47with countries like France,
22:49but also the Ivorian authorities
22:51have judged it necessary
22:53to really ask France
22:55to re-deploy this base
22:57in favor of the Ivory Coast.
22:59This base will take the name
23:01of the first general of the Ivory Coast.
23:03This shows that there is a change
23:05that is taking place on the African continent
23:07on the part of these leaders.
23:09These leaders have understood
23:11that currently Africa must turn
23:13the page of this
23:15France-Africa that has always gangrened
23:17our relations and adopted a sovereign page.
23:19This will allow our states
23:21to better prepare their security.
23:23It is in this logic that President Watakame
23:25speaks of a level of modernization
23:27reached by the Ivory Coast.
23:29The Ivory Coast, as you know,
23:31is a large state in East Africa.
23:33The Ivory Coast has had to
23:35go through crisis situations,
23:37but despite this, we have seen the Ivorian people
23:39standing up with their leaders
23:41to really create a democracy,
23:43but also a fruitful partnership
23:45with their allies,
23:47such as France, the United States,
23:49Russia and other countries.
23:51This shows that there is a new logic
23:53that is really taking its course
23:55all over the African countries,
23:57whether in Senegal,
23:59the Ivory Coast or other countries.
24:03Several countries have announced
24:05the withdrawal
24:07of French military bases
24:09or generally
24:11a French presence on their soil,
24:13namely Chad, Mali,
24:15Burkina Faso and Niger.
24:17Can we conclude that this is
24:19the progressive end of the presence
24:21of French military forces in Africa?
24:23Yes.
24:25It is a progressive end
24:27of the military presence in Africa,
24:29but it is also the end
24:31of the African France,
24:33because the current
24:35French president, Emmanuel Macron,
24:37even spoke of a change
24:39in French policy on the African continent
24:41in relation to its military presence,
24:43because France was excluded from Mali,
24:45it was also excluded
24:47from Burkina Faso and Niger.
24:49This shows that there is
24:51a feeling from the Africans,
24:53it is not an anti-French feeling,
24:55but rather
24:57when a country is present
24:59on your soil,
25:01from colonization to independence,
25:03for the sake of African mortals,
25:05it looks more like an occupation.
25:07Now these African countries
25:09want to take responsibility
25:11and engage in internal androgenic
25:13operations that will allow them
25:15to defend their security.
25:17This is what was even announced
25:19by the birth of the AES,
25:21the Alliance des Jeux d'Israël,
25:23which under the military plan
25:25has put forward a truly exemplary
25:27model of cooperation.
25:29This is also the case of the CDAO
25:31with the force in attendance.
25:33So to tell you that there is
25:35a paradigm shift that is operating
25:37not only in the world,
25:39but also in Africa.
25:41We will see that African countries
25:43have grown up, this paternalism must
25:45disappear in favor of win-win
25:47cooperation between states.
25:49Because today's Africa is not
25:51yesterday's Africa.
25:53Africa is really developing.
25:55In a few years' time,
25:57Africa will have more than 2 billion inhabitants.
25:59So it is important that Africans
26:01can take responsibility for their future
26:03both economically and militarily.
26:05Because it is this military plan
26:07that will ensure security
26:09for African countries.
26:11You have seen in Israel.
26:13What can we say?
26:15There are problems in Israel,
26:17but countries like Mali and Burkina
26:19manage to defend themselves
26:21only against terrorist groups
26:23that really own weapons
26:25that come from nowhere.
26:27These weapons are circulating.
26:29It is during the destabilization
26:31of Libya that these terrorist groups
26:33were able to benefit from these weapons.
26:35So to say that there is a logic,
26:37France must understand
26:39that it is necessary to set up
26:41military cooperation
26:43that will really be beneficial
26:45for African countries,
26:47but no longer impose them
26:49a model that must be set up
26:51in our states or in Israel
26:53to guarantee security.
26:55Because imposing these models
26:57comes back to dictate to our heads of state
26:59what to do in their country,
27:01while we have a knowledge
27:03of the terrain, contrary to them,
27:05of nowhere, if I may put it this way.
27:07You describe a little
27:09why African countries are
27:11in a new logic,
27:13in a logic of diversification
27:15of their military partnerships.
27:17This is the case of Mali,
27:19this is the case of Senegal,
27:21which really operates with countries
27:23like South Korea,
27:25like Russia, like France,
27:27like the United States,
27:29there are other countries.
27:31So it is this logic that is taking
27:33place today.
27:35I would even like to make a point
27:37about General Lecointre's speech
27:39a few months ago,
27:41who spoke to us about coming back
27:43practically colonized to Africa.
27:45These are the kinds of paternalistic
27:47speeches that Africans refuse today.
27:49France must understand that
27:51there is a change,
27:53it is not an anti-French feeling,
27:55but it is a change of paradigm.
27:57Africans have understood that
27:59a new tone is taking place,
28:01Thank you very much,
28:03Sadipu, for all these answers.
28:05I remind you that you are a specialist
28:07in political science.
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