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00:00Welcome to this new edition, here are the headlines.
00:20The Republic of Ghana has decided to suspend its diplomatic relations with the Pseudo-Ras
00:26on the day of the inauguration of President John Dramani-Mahama.
00:34Palestine celebrates the role of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI
00:38in supporting the resilience of the Palestinian people
00:42and the protection of the sacred places of Islam.
00:49And in Ivory Coast, a 17-hour surgical operation
00:53has separated two Siamese sisters.
01:02And as I told you, the Republic of Ghana has decided to suspend
01:07its diplomatic relations with the Pseudo-Ras.
01:10This decision was communicated in an official document
01:15of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of the Republic of Ghana.
01:20The document was addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
01:24of African Cooperation and Moroccan Residents Abroad of the Kingdom of Morocco.
01:31In the official document, the Republic of Ghana expressed its support
01:37for the efforts of Bonnefoy deployed by the Kingdom of Morocco
01:41in order to achieve a solution accepted by all parties.
01:46It should be remembered that the Republic of Ghana
01:49had recognized the Pseudo-Ras in 1979
01:52and thanks to the impulse given to the question of the Moroccan Sahara
01:55by His Majesty the King Mohammed VI,
01:5746 countries, including 13 Africans,
02:00have broken or suspended their relations with the Pseudo-Ras since 2000.
02:04I will continue next.
02:06There is still a lot of work to be done in Ghana
02:17as President John Dramani-Mahama's inauguration takes place today
02:22after an exemplary democratic alternation.
02:27John Dramani-Mahama is about to regain the presidential chair
02:31he had left in 2016 in a tense regional context.
02:35His inauguration crystallizes the hopes of a new diplomatic dynamic
02:40in West Africa.
02:48And in Palestine, dear Mohamed Moustapha Nejm,
02:51Palestinian Minister of Waqf and Religious Affairs,
02:54saluted in Ramallah the role of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI,
02:59President of the Al-Quds Committee,
03:01in support of the resilience of the Palestinian people
03:06and the protection of sacred places of Islam,
03:10including the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
03:12These statements took place during a meeting
03:15with Abdrahim Mzian, ambassador of Morocco to Palestine.
03:19This interview was an opportunity to examine
03:22the means to strengthen religious cooperation
03:25between the two countries,
03:26to address the various issues of common interest
03:29and to implement the memorandum of cooperation
03:32signed between the two parties.
03:37And in Morocco, all the provincial services
03:41competent have been mobilized
03:43to restore traffic in the roadways,
03:46momentarily disturbed by the snowfalls
03:49that occurred on Sunday night in the province of Ifrane.
03:53These disruptions of traffic
03:55on the strategic roadways of the province
03:57have been recorded,
03:59especially at the level of National Road No. 13,
04:02linking Hazro, Temhdet and Aït Oufla.
04:05The snowfall operations have allowed
04:08to open the road between Hazro and Temhdet,
04:10while the efforts continue between Temhdet and Aït Oufla.
04:19Since Sunday, the center and east of the United States
04:22are swept away by a big winter storm.
04:25Five people have lost their lives
04:27and millions of inhabitants are affected.
04:30More details in this story by Raja Hengu.
04:34In Washington, a white snowstorm covers the streets
04:37and up to 30 centimeters of snow
04:39are expected in the American capital.
04:41Weather services have warned
04:43that any movement can be dangerous
04:46on snowy and icy roads.
04:48Most roads in Louisville are now on a snow route.
05:04The roads back into a better shape.
05:18With about 300,000 power outages,
05:20the storm, which is moving throughout the country,
05:23has also led to school closures and road accidents.
05:26Blocked by the snow layers,
05:28the inhabitants manage as best they can.
05:36It couldn't be worse.
05:38First you have to break the layer,
05:40otherwise you lose your time.
05:42I removed some layers yesterday
05:44and I should still be working tomorrow.
05:49According to the country's weather services,
05:51thunderstorms accompanied by hail
05:53and potential tornadoes
05:55could hit the states of the Southeast.
05:57These powerful winds
05:59could cause material damage
06:01and prolonged power outages.
06:03In the center and east of the country,
06:05temperatures should drop
06:07to minus 18 degrees Celsius.
06:09Scientists say
06:11that extreme weather phenomena
06:13are becoming more frequent
06:15and more and more serious
06:17due to global warming.
06:20In Syria, international flights
06:22resumed on Tuesday
06:24at Damascus International Airport
06:26for the first time since the fall
06:28of Bashar al-Assad on December 8.
06:30A first aircraft of the
06:32National Syrian Airlines
06:34took off for Sharjah,
06:36in the United Arab Emirates.
06:38It is the first international commercial flight
06:40to take off from the airport in almost a month.
06:42A Qatar Airways flight
06:44is expected on Tuesday in Damascus.
06:46The company announced the resumption
06:48of its flights to the Syrian capital
06:50after almost 13 years of interruption.
06:52The airport had resumed
06:54welcoming aircraft
06:56charged with humanitarian aid
06:58in December.
07:00And precisely, we go to the United States
07:02since Washington announced
07:04a temporary easing
07:06of sanctions against Syria
07:08to prevent
07:10the supply of essential services
07:12to the population.
07:14This easing of sanctions
07:16is planned for six months
07:18during which the
07:20US government will continue
07:22to monitor the evolution
07:24of the situation on the ground.
07:26The Treasury Department
07:28specifies that its initiative
07:30does not in any way
07:32freeze the assets of people
07:34or targeted entities,
07:36including al-Assad, the Syrian government,
07:38the Syrian Central Bank
07:40or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham,
07:42who are in power in Damascus.
07:48And in China, a powerful earthquake
07:50occurred on Tuesday in the Himalayan region
07:52of Tibet in southwest China
07:54that killed at least 95 people
07:56and caused the collapse
07:58of many buildings,
08:00an earthquake felt
08:02even in neighboring Nepal.
08:04The earthquake of a magnitude
08:06of nearly 7 struck
08:08the canton of Dingri,
08:10which is in Nepal.
08:12According to the Chinese National Agency
08:14in charge of earthquakes,
08:16the American Institute of Geological Studies
08:18reported a magnitude of 7.1.
08:20The Himalayas is on the line
08:22of fracture between the Indian
08:24and Eurasian tectonic plates
08:26and is experiencing regular seismic activity.
08:32And today, January 7,
08:34France commemorates the
08:36murderous terrorist attack
08:38carried out 10 years ago
08:40against the satirical hebdomadero Charlie Hebdo.
08:42The attack of the Kouachi brothers
08:44had killed 12 people,
08:46including 8 members of the satirical newspaper.
08:48The January 7 attack had provoked
08:50a worldwide emotion and gave birth
08:52to a slogan of support that remained famous
08:54I am Charlie.
08:56In January 2015, demonstrations had gathered
08:58nearly 4 million people
09:00throughout France, with many
09:02heads of state and government
09:04in the Parisian procession.
09:06This Tuesday will be, as every year,
09:08marked by sobriety,
09:10according to the wishes of the families
09:12indicated by the Paris City Hall.
09:16And we have just learned
09:18the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen.
09:20Of course, we will come back
09:22to this information throughout
09:24our next editions.
09:26And the Chad who deplored on Monday
09:28the despicable attitude
09:30of French President Emmanuel Macron,
09:32who estimated that African leaders
09:34had forgotten to say
09:36thank you to France
09:38in the fight against terrorism
09:40in the Sahel.
09:42Words also condemned
09:44by Senegal, the Senegalese Prime Minister
09:46Ousmane Sanko,
09:48as for him, contested on Monday
09:50that the withdrawal of French soldiers
09:52from his country would have led
09:54to negotiations between Paris and Dakar.
09:56And it is inscribed in false
09:58with virulence against the words
10:00of President Emmanuel Macron
10:02about French military engagement
10:04in Africa.
10:08Staying in Africa,
10:10since Namibia is the first step
10:12of an African tour of Wang Yi,
10:14Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
10:16He also praised
10:18the old friendship between
10:20Africa and his country,
10:22which he called the most reliable
10:24partner on the continent.
10:26China traditionally dedicates
10:28its first diplomatic visit
10:30to Wang Yi.
10:32He should also go to Congo
10:34before visiting Chad and Nigeria
10:36this week.
10:38Beijing is the first commercial partner
10:40of the African continent,
10:42with nearly $168 billion
10:44in bilateral exchanges
10:46in the first half of 2024.
10:48The Asian giant sent hundreds of thousands
10:50of workers and engineers to Africa
10:52and gained privileged access
10:54to its vast natural resources
10:56such as copper, gold or lithium.
11:00And in Mali and more precisely
11:02at the International Conference Center
11:04of Bamako, where the
11:06Malian Imams trained
11:08at the Institute Mohamed VI of Rabat
11:10received their diplomas from the Prime Minister
11:12and other sponsors.
11:14More details in this report
11:16from our correspondent in Bamako,
11:18Mohamed Danyoukou.
11:20They are among the 100 Imams
11:22who are part of the first wave to be trained
11:24at the Institute Mohamed VI of Rabat
11:26on an Islam of dialogue
11:28and tolerance.
11:30They are now enlightened to fight
11:32effectively against violent extremism.
11:46This training is the result
11:48of the agreement signed in 2022
11:50between the two countries in order to strengthen
11:52the capacity of Malian Imams
11:54to promote a moderate Islam
11:57This ceremony reflects
11:59the secular ties
12:01that fortunately exist
12:03between the Kingdom of Morocco
12:05and the Republic of Mali.
12:10We can say that this training
12:12for the benefit
12:14of Malian Imams
12:18is a sign of solidarity
12:20that His Majesty the King Mohamed VI,
12:22may God assist him,
12:24to the right of the Malian people.
12:28After two years of training,
12:30the Malian Imams have distinguished themselves
12:32by taking the first place
12:34at the national and global level,
12:36a reason for satisfaction for the authorities.
12:38We appreciate
12:40all the assistance
12:42and solidarity of Morocco
12:44at the place of our country.
12:46This experience calls for more
12:48because the efforts of King Mohamed VI,
12:50Commander of the Croyons
12:52are supported by concrete actions.
12:54We fully support
12:56this dynamic
12:58and this partnership
13:00shows our common vision
13:02to strengthen the universal values
13:04of peaceful coexistence, dialogue
13:06and mutual respect.
13:08Good relations between Mali and Morocco
13:10have materialized
13:12by the signing of a new agreement
13:14of training of 300 Imams.
13:18And we stay on the continent
13:20of Ivory Coast,
13:22two Siamese sisters,
13:24born together by the womb
13:26and who shared several organs,
13:28were successfully separated
13:30at the Benjerville Maternal Hospital
13:32after a complex surgical intervention.
13:34Maxou Bi and Ferdinand Kouakou
13:36tell us more.
13:38Tied by the womb
13:40at their birth,
13:42the Siamese Marie-Dominique and Crace Dominique
13:44had to undergo a surgical intervention
13:46before being separated
13:48here at the Benjerville Maternal Hospital.
13:50The operation,
13:52piloted by an international team
13:54of Franco-Swiss and Ivorian doctors,
13:56lasted 17 hours.
13:58There is a principle that must be respected
14:00to be able to separate Siamese
14:02because not all are separable.
14:04There must be vital organs
14:06for each,
14:08for example a heart for each
14:10and the organs in common must be divisible.
14:12So these girls
14:14met the criteria.
14:16To operate this kind of patient
14:18you need at least 7 surgeons.
14:20So the team was completed
14:22with the local skills,
14:24the pediatric surgeons of the Maternal Hospital
14:26who completed the team
14:28and the anesthesiologists.
14:30There were 3 of the Maternal Hospital
14:32and the resuscitators.
14:34There were 2.
14:36Every year we see new performances
14:38in this hospital
14:40and what has just been done today
14:42shows that health is progressing in Ivory Coast.
14:44In a few hours,
14:46Maruise and Charlotte,
14:48the parents of the Siamese separated,
14:50went from a state of absolute anxiety
14:52to extreme joy.
14:54When they told me there was a problem,
14:56they didn't specify because
14:58I didn't believe it at all.
15:00When I saw them I said,
15:02Lord, you sent me
15:04but I entrust them to you
15:06because it is you who creates man.
15:08You create man in your image
15:10with faith and prayer.
15:12I thank God.
15:14Marie-Dominique and Grâce-Dominique
15:16now have a chance
15:18to lead a normal life
15:20and benefit from the support of the First Lady,
15:22Dominique Ouattara,
15:24who came to visit those who,
15:26by chance, became her daughters.
15:28Sometimes, you know,
15:30when we have a problem with a Siamese child,
15:32they can be rejected.
15:34Today, of course, this is not the case.
15:36They are normal children
15:38who will live their whole lives normally.
15:40Bravo to our doctors.
15:42The separation of the twins
15:44is a historical fact for the Ivory Coast
15:46but above all,
15:48it is certainly the most beautiful story
15:50for this family.
15:52And a word of sport now.
15:54Ignoring the threats
15:56offered by the police,
15:58the 16th edition of the Eco Race Africa
16:00continues without schedule.
16:02Arriving on Saturday afternoon in Dakhla,
16:04the competitors of the Eco Race Africa
16:06that connects Monaco to Dakar
16:08marked a break
16:10in the South Moroccan pearl
16:12during the weekend
16:14and resumed their race
16:16to Mauritania on Monday.
16:18Organized under the patronage of His Majesty
16:20King Mohamed VI,
16:22in partnership with
16:24the Moroccan Sahara Association,
16:26this sporting event
16:28continues until 12 January.
16:30More than 500 participants
16:32originating from 27 countries
16:34take part in the categories
16:36of motor, quad, truck
16:38and all-terrain utility vehicles.
16:40At a distance of about 6,000 km,
16:42the competitors cross the deserts
16:44of Morocco and Mauritania
16:46during 15 days of competition
16:48before reaching Dakar
16:50and more precisely Lake Rose
16:52where the competitions
16:54of the last stage will take place.
16:56And it's time for the guest
16:58of 13h15 and we join
17:00right away in Casablanca
17:02Hassan Alaoui, he is the director
17:04and co-founder of Morocco
17:06Diplomatique. Hassan Alaoui,
17:08hello and thank you very much
17:10for accepting our invitation.
17:12Thank you very much Madam,
17:14I am pleased to see you
17:16and to be with you.
17:18Thank you very much
17:20Mr. Alaoui,
17:22I am pleased to see you
17:24and to be with you.
17:26Thank you very much, we too.
17:28So we are going to talk about
17:30this recognition,
17:32this declaration of Ghana
17:34since by putting an end
17:36to all the relationship
17:38with the pseudo race,
17:40Ghana becomes the 46th
17:42country and the 13th
17:44in the African continent
17:46to withdraw its recognition
17:48of this phantom entity,
17:50a decision that marks
17:52the beginning of Moroccan
17:54diplomacy, which will strengthen
17:56its position, its influence
17:58in Africa. First of all,
18:00before developing,
18:02what is your reading
18:04of this decision and your reaction
18:06to this new statement
18:08from Ghana?
18:10Well, listen,
18:12more than an event,
18:14I was going to say
18:16it's a heavy weight
18:18that is coming,
18:20I mean, on the scene
18:22and on this file.
18:24Because let's not forget that Ghana
18:26is one of the very first,
18:28perhaps the first African country
18:30to proclaim
18:32its independence in the 1950s,
18:34followed by
18:36other independences
18:38a few months, I would say,
18:40after Morocco.
18:42And of course, the relationship
18:44between the two countries,
18:46Morocco and Ghana,
18:48thanks in particular, of course,
18:50to the co-founder
18:52of the OUA with Nekroma,
18:54President Kawane Nekroma.
18:56And so,
18:58I mean, this heavy weight
19:00that is coming today,
19:02which officially recognizes
19:04the Moroccanity of the Sahara,
19:06this is only a normal return,
19:08I mean, of things.
19:10And of course,
19:12it is a very significant event
19:14compared to Morocco.
19:16Ghana today
19:18is repositioning itself,
19:20after, of course,
19:22almost 40 years, if you will,
19:24of recognition of the pseudo-Raste.
19:26Because the Raste,
19:28at the time when Morocco and Ghana
19:30constituted the foundations
19:32of Africa, Casablanca
19:34and Addis Ababa,
19:36the Polisario did not exist.
19:38And even less, allow me,
19:40Algeria, which was born, if you will,
19:42on the international political scene
19:44as in 1962.
19:46So today,
19:48it is a return to the norm,
19:50and I congratulate myself.
19:52And of course, this will bring
19:54a renewal to the privileged relationship
19:56that existed between
19:58the two countries almost
20:00more than 60 years ago.
20:02And of course, there is the area
20:04of economic and commercial cooperation
20:06which will be
20:08reinforced between the two countries
20:10and which will give a little bit
20:12of a measure, if you will,
20:14of a certain conception of Africa.
20:16African Africa, wise Africa,
20:18complementary Africa,
20:20Africa of cooperation,
20:22of diplomacy, wise and sweet,
20:24respectful of values,
20:26of norms and all that.
20:28And so, for me, it's not just
20:30a simple recognition,
20:32it's an event, I was going to say,
20:34heavy in meaning, and that's why
20:36I am delighted.
20:38So, precisely, Ghana has also
20:40communicated this decision
20:42to the African Union
20:44as well as to the United Nations.
20:46In your opinion,
20:48how long will the presence of this
20:50ghost state still be tolerated
20:52within the
20:54African Union?
20:56Well, you know that
20:58there are already, and you said it,
21:00there are still
21:0246 countries that
21:04withdraw their recognition,
21:06and 13, among them,
21:08African countries,
21:10and Ghana today is very significant
21:12because it is still, I repeat,
21:14the heavy weight, if you will,
21:16of a certain Africa, Anglo-Saxon
21:18Africa of the time,
21:20the Africa of the great wise men,
21:22of the founders of the
21:24Organization of the African Unity,
21:26which became the African Union.
21:28And so, the withdrawal
21:30of the RASD, if you will,
21:32the pseudo-RASD that was created,
21:34was created only in 1973
21:36by, I emphasize,
21:38the Algerian services
21:40and the Franco-Saxon
21:42services of the time,
21:44simply to prevent the
21:46encroachment by Morocco of these
21:48Sahara provinces. Today
21:50the line is drawn, that is to say,
21:52it is a pot of grief,
21:54as we said, that this RASD
21:56which is losing
21:58time after time all
22:00the official or
22:02official recognitions, and which
22:04is a little bit in front of
22:06the precipice, if you will,
22:08of a total withdrawal by
22:10a certain
22:12next summit of the African Union.
22:14And so here we are
22:16in front of a fact that is irreversible,
22:18that is to say, in fact,
22:20the legitimacy of Morocco,
22:22the international law
22:24of Morocco is gaining
22:26the path of
22:28other international legitimacy,
22:30which is that of recognition
22:32by the African continent
22:34and by the United Nations, certainly,
22:36if you will, of the absurdity
22:38which has consecrated
22:40a little bit this phantom entity,
22:42as you say, as a pseudo-state
22:44and which is nothing but a
22:46mercenary,
22:48because we all know that
22:50the people who make up the Polisario
22:52are for the most part,
22:54if not all, Moroccans
22:56who left, who did their studies in Rabat
22:58and who simply
23:00condemned the disorder for years,
23:02who have obviously been captured
23:04or then corrupted
23:06by the power of Boumediene
23:08and today, of course, by
23:10Théboune who relaunches the war
23:12because we have to talk about it.
23:14Théboune is relaunching
23:16a kind of new war against Morocco
23:18while we thought things were
23:20settled under Bouteflika
23:22and his predecessors.
23:24Today there is an open war
23:26and therefore Morocco,
23:28thanks to the diplomacy, thanks to the clairvoyance
23:30of His Majesty the King Mohamed VI,
23:32thanks also to the relevant action
23:34and continued, I will say,
23:36on this case,
23:38we will be able to dismantle
23:40this myth
23:42called the Rast, which has
23:44no reason to exist, which is simply
23:46a kind of
23:48fanfare
23:50on the way, if you will,
23:52of the historical and legal legitimacy
23:54of Morocco.
23:56His Majesty the King,
23:58director and co-founder of Diplomatic Morocco,
24:00the timing of this statement
24:02is particularly significant
24:04because we know that today
24:06it coincides with the announcement
24:08of President
24:10Djamdramani Mahama
24:12who wishes
24:14that this day crystallizes
24:16the hopes of a new
24:18diplomatic dynamic in West Africa.
24:20What is your reading of this
24:22coincidence with this
24:24resurgence in Ghana?
24:26The arrival of
24:28John Mahama is an event
24:30in itself, but it is also
24:32a continental and international event
24:34because here is a rise
24:36after years of
24:38dictatorship, if you will,
24:40and disorder
24:42in Ghana.
24:44Here is a president who arrives
24:46who is legitimate, which we recognized,
24:48the international community recognizes
24:50more and more
24:52and the important role
24:54that is to say
24:56a liberal Ghana,
24:58a Ghana that goes in the direction
25:00of the progress of Africa and
25:02African peoples, which
25:04also manifests, if you will,
25:06its will to continue
25:08strengthening privileged relations
25:10with Morocco, and Morocco
25:12obviously is present in Ghana,
25:14if only because there is
25:16an economic presence
25:18on all levels, commercial,
25:20exchanges,
25:22an understanding of the main issues
25:24that affect Africa, and of course
25:26it is the isolation
25:28of the enemies of
25:30this agreement, which are Algeria,
25:32the Polisario, South Africa
25:34and some African countries that are still
25:36at the stage, if you will,
25:38of reflection to turn
25:40things around a little
25:42to the advantage of our diplomacy,
25:44of which it is obviously necessary to emphasize
25:46the relevance,
25:48the continuity,
25:50the true solidarity
25:52and I mean
25:54progressive dimension.
25:56So Mr. Hassel,
25:58maybe one last question and very briefly,
26:00thanks precisely to the impulse
26:02given to the question of the Moroccan Sahara
26:04by His Majesty King
26:06Mohamed VI, so
26:08today we have, as I said,
26:10Ghana is the 46th
26:12country and the 13th on the
26:14African continent. How
26:16is this decision going to
26:18strengthen regional economic integration
26:20and in particular with a project like
26:22the Atlantic African Gazoduc?
26:24Well,
26:26these are projects
26:28that are opposed, of course, these are
26:30projects that are
26:34opposed to the
26:36destabilization policy to which
26:38the Algerian government
26:40in the region, you look a little bit
26:42what is happening in the Sahel, you also look
26:44at the consequences and therefore
26:46the increasingly large
26:48and manifest
26:50isolation of the
26:52Algerian government on the African scene.
26:54You look a little bit
26:56that it is the traditional
26:58economic scheme
27:00of His Majesty the King
27:02that favors economic cooperation
27:04and large projects and large projects,
27:06including the Gazoduc,
27:08including the Atlantic
27:10very, very soon, which are
27:12completed by a policy
27:14of wisdom and
27:16of course by a policy
27:18visionary, by
27:20simply, pardon me the expression,
27:22the will to go
27:24beyond political
27:26contingencies
27:28and scams
27:30to which, of course,
27:32Algeria and its
27:34rejecting, as I would say, the police
27:36and therefore all this shows us
27:38that in fact the royal vision of
27:40His Majesty Mohammed VI is the
27:42only relevant one, of course,
27:44which is imposing itself
27:46and which gives a little bit
27:48the measure of today's reality,
27:50that is, in a world
27:52which is going through
27:54significant crises
27:56and which obviously wants to build
27:58the scheme.
28:00Azala, I'm really sorry
28:02to interrupt you because we are overflowing.
28:04Thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
28:06I remind you that you are the director
28:08and co-founder of Morocco Diplomatique.
28:10Thank you again for all
28:12these clarifications. Thank you very much.
28:14Thank you, Madam,
28:16and thank you very much. Have a good day and have a good year.
28:18Thank you to you too.
28:20And this is the end of this newspaper.
28:22The return of the information in a few moments.
28:38Thank you very much.