MEDI1TV Afrique : MEDI1 MORNING - 16/01/2025
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00:00Welcome to a new edition of Média Morning. Here are the headlines.
00:23Israel and Hamas have accepted this Wednesday an agreement to cease fire in Gaza and the release of hostages after 15 months of a war that has caused tens of thousands of deaths around the world, according to the main international reactions in this newspaper.
00:38And in the Gaza Strip, civil defense announced last night the death of 20 people in Israeli strikes, which came after the announcement of a strike in force on Sunday between Hamas and Israel.
00:54In a dark goodbye speech, Joe Biden was worried yesterday to see America fall into the hands of an oligarchy aimed at his nickname Donald Trump and the multi-billionaires of the tech now stored behind him.
01:12Israel and Hamas have accepted this Wednesday an agreement to cease fire in Gaza and the release of hostages after 15 months of a war that has caused tens of thousands of deaths around the world, according to the main international reactions in this newspaper.
01:32And in the Gaza Strip, civil defense announced yesterday that Israel and Hamas have accepted this Wednesday an agreement to cease fire in Gaza and the release of hostages after 15 months of a war that has caused tens of thousands of deaths around the world, according to the main international reactions in this newspaper.
01:52The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the first crucial step of the Gaza Strip agreement, which must imperatively allow the lifting of humanitarian aid obstacles in the Palestinian territory.
02:04For its part, the Palestinian movement, Hamas, has declared that the ceasefire agreement in Gaza was the result of the tenacity of the Palestinian people and the valiant resistance of the Hamas movement.
02:17This agreement brings hope to an entire region where people have endured immense suffering for far too long, said President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission on social media.
02:31And in the Gaza Strip, civil defense announced last night the death of 20 people, including Israeli strikes.
02:40After the announcement of a strike that was to take place on Sunday between Hamas and Israel, 18 people were killed in three distinct strikes.
02:50In Gaza, Mahmoud Bassel, spokesman in charge of emergency operations, said that two other people were killed in an air raid on Haneun, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
03:04Through the Gaza Strip, thousands of Palestinians are rejoicing at the announcement of a strike, an agreement concluded after more than 15 months of war.
03:20Hamas and Israel finally accept the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
03:30Qatar, the main mediating country with the United States and Egypt, had reassured that negotiations were in the final stages.
03:38The Israeli government confirmed on Tuesday that it was in favor of this agreement.
03:44Israel seeks to release 33 hostages out of the 251 captured during the first phase.
03:52The release of the last hostages will be made during negotiations for the second phase.
03:58There is a real will from us to reach an agreement.
04:03The first step will be implemented for 42 days.
04:06During these 42 days, we will start negotiating for the beginning of the second phase, which will of course be more complicated.
04:12I hope that we will reach this agreement.
04:18In exchange for the 33 hostages, Israel will have to release a thousand Palestinians.
04:24The hostages will be released in groups, starting with children and women.
04:30This imminent ceasefire agreement gives hope to the Palestinians who have suffered for more than two years
04:36the multiple murderous strikes on the Gaza Strip.
04:40We pack our things and prepare to go home, whether they are still standing or have become rubble.
04:47The most important thing for us is to see the stability restored in the cities that we had to leave.
04:55We are prudently optimistic and we pray to Allah that we can return home safely,
05:01even if that means going back to a tent.
05:07If the agreement is concluded, more than a million Palestinians will be able to return home.
05:13US Secretary of State Antony Blinken proposed on Tuesday
05:18to send an international security force to Gaza and to place the territory under the responsibility of the UN.
05:26He estimated that the Palestinian Authority should in the future regain control of Gaza.
05:37In a dark farewell speech, Joe Biden was worried on Wednesday
05:41to see America fall into the hands of an oligarchy,
05:44aiming, without naming them, Donald Trump and the multi-billionaires of the tech industry,
05:48now hidden behind him.
05:50I want to warn the country against certain things that worry me greatly,
05:56said the 82-year-old democrat five days before giving power to his greatest rival, the elected president.
06:04This is a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of very few,
06:08ultra-rich people and dangerous consequences.
06:12If their power is left without limits, he said, an oligarchy is taking shape in America
06:17and it is threatening our democracy as a whole, our rights and fundamental freedoms.
06:22Joe Biden continued in an allusion evident to Donald Trump, a billionaire,
06:26as well as to the very rich boss of the tech industry, to the first rank of which is Elon Musk.
06:31The concentration of wealth and power is reaching in the sense of unity and common good,
06:36said the 46th president of the United States.
06:39Powerful forces are also alarmed,
06:42who would like to eliminate the measures we have taken to face the climate crisis.
06:50In Morocco, the National Union Coordination of the Health Sector
06:54organized a national strike yesterday.
06:56This mobilization aims to protest against the disrespect
07:00by the government of the commitments signed with the trade unions.
07:04Other demonstrations are organized by trade unions.
07:07This is a report by Youb Draza.
07:13Tensions are rising in the health sector.
07:15The management of this essential job is being challenged by a group of doctors and workers
07:20affiliated with a coalition made up of several trade unions.
07:24In this sense, the National Union Coordination of the Health Sector
07:28launched a national strike on Wednesday.
07:32The management of the health sector is late.
07:35This is why we went out to express our anger
07:38about the attitude of the Ministry of Health.
07:41We are not asking for anything new.
07:44We just want the agreement to be applied.
07:51The Ministry of Health takes a lot of time to decide
07:54to implement the agreement we have signed with the government.
07:59We will not stop holding meetings until the agreement is implemented.
08:09The Coordination of the Health Sector condemned the government
08:12and said it was willing to overturn the table
08:15in order to assert its claims.
08:17In a statement, the Coordination of the Health Sector said
08:20it had given enough time to the new Minister of Health
08:23to take into account the social issues raised by his predecessor.
08:27The Coordination of the Health Sector also deplored the freezing of discussions
08:31and the attempts to revise the July agreement.
08:37It is unacceptable that after a long period of activism
08:40and the signing of the agreement on July 23,
08:42that is, six months later,
08:44no point of the agreement has yet come into force.
08:47It is inconceivable that the sector's workers pay the price of the delay in the reform.
08:54It was necessary to give priority to this issue of the health sector,
08:58whether in terms of its management or the claims of its workers.
09:03Unfortunately, there is a delay that we have a hard time admitting.
09:10The health sector workers denounce the lack of consultation
09:13on sensitive issues such as working hours,
09:16guards, internal mobility and remuneration.
09:19Other health unions have also announced strikes
09:22on the 21st and 22nd of January, the 28th, 29th and 30th of January
09:26and finally from the 3rd to the 9th of February 2025.
09:31The Director of Human Resources at the Ministry of Health, Adesnebar,
09:35has stated that the agreement signed between the unions and the government
09:38is still up-to-date and other meetings are underway
09:42to refine its implementation.
09:44I invite you to listen to Adesnebar.
09:47I would like to clarify several important points.
09:50The first is that the Minister of Health, Mr. Tsehraoui,
09:53has stated that the agreement is still up-to-date.
09:56The second point is that in the 2025 Finance Law,
09:59if we look, for example, at work accidents,
10:02we will see that 500 dirhams of remuneration is provided
10:05for each nurse and health technician
10:08and 200 dirhams is provided for the administrative categories of health.
10:13But these remunerations will only come into force in July 2025.
10:17This is what has been agreed on in the agreement.
10:20There are other important points in the agreement
10:23that will all be taken into consideration, of course,
10:26and refined little by little.
10:28Also know that two meetings have been held recently,
10:31one with the Minister and the second with the unions
10:34signatories of the agreement.
10:36We must not forget either that the relative law
10:39in the field of health already offers several benefits
10:42for professionals in the sector
10:45and other laws will follow to reform the management
10:48of human resources in the sector
10:51and show, of course, the good faith of this system reform
10:54in its entirety.
11:02The risks related to armed conflicts, economic tensions
11:05and humanitarian emergencies are at the forefront of concerns.
11:08According to a report from the World Economic Forum
11:11published on Wednesday, a few days before its annual meeting
11:14in Davos, the details with Sohail Jalil.
11:22The risk of war worries the world of affairs.
11:25Geopolitical tensions, disinformation and climate risk
11:28are the main threats to the world economy
11:31in the short and medium term.
11:34This is what emerges from the report of the World Economic Forum
11:37published on Wednesday.
11:40The risk of armed conflict is at the forefront of the dangers for 2025
11:43when it was only 5th in 2024.
11:50We are witnessing an evolution in the geography of economic
11:53and commercial relations.
11:56We are also observing different changes in supply chains.
11:59We are still witnessing a different deployment of economic tools.
12:02In short, the world economy is experiencing
12:05a very significant change.
12:11Disinformation and growing polarization in our societies
12:14are among the concerns on a 2-year horizon.
12:17Nearly a quarter of respondents to the survey conducted
12:20by the World Economic Forum, with 11,000 business leaders
12:23from 121 countries, rated this risk as the first danger
12:26on a 2-year horizon when it was only 5th in 2024.
12:36We will welcome the Palestinian Prime Minister,
12:39Dr. Mohamed Mostafa, as well as the Israeli President,
12:42Israel Herzog.
12:45You know, this organization has long been committed
12:48to offering a platform for dialogue.
12:51In this very complex time between Israelis and Palestinians,
12:54this is highly commendable.
12:57We still hope that this conflict will be resolved
13:00via a peaceful way.
13:03These extreme risks are also widely cited by respondents
13:06as the second immediate risk, and even the first
13:09on a 10-year horizon when historical fires
13:12devastate a part of Los Angeles due to aggravated
13:15climate change.
13:18As in 2024, disinformation is also one of the major risks
13:21cited by participants.
13:24At 4th place, immediate risks and concerns
13:27on a 2-year horizon.
13:30The second world destination behind France,
13:33Spain, welcomed 94 million tourists
13:36in 2024.
13:39A performance that pleases the government
13:42but angers the populations of the most popular
13:45tourist cities.
13:48Nearly 94 million international visitors
13:51and 126 billion recipes.
13:54Spain broke all records in 2024.
13:58The Spanish Minister of Tourism, Jordi Herre,
14:01congratulates himself on this performance
14:04of the Spanish tourist sector.
14:07The country continues to break records
14:10in terms of the number of tourists
14:13and confirms its role in this very competitive sector.
14:16We welcomed about 94 million international visitors
14:19in 2024,
14:2210% more than the 85 million received in 2020.
14:26This record is good news
14:29for the Spanish economy
14:32which should record a growth of 3.1%
14:35in 2024, according to the Spanish Bank.
14:38But it arouses strong criticism
14:41within the population.
14:44Demonstrations against over-tourism
14:47have multiplied in recent months
14:50in the destinations taken as destinations
14:53such as Barcelona or Malaga.
14:56To be honest,
14:59we thought about buying a property here
15:02but you know, it seems now
15:05that the Spaniards no longer want us.
15:08I know there have been many demonstrations
15:11in Malaga concerning tourists.
15:14Faced with this push of anger,
15:17several regions and municipalities
15:20have announced measures in recent months.
15:23The City of Barcelona, for example,
15:26has promised not to renew
15:29some 10,000 tourist apartments
15:32which will expire in November 2028.
15:35The head of the government has announced
15:38that he wants to increase the tax on holiday rentals
15:41which will be imposed as commercial activities.
15:44Pedro Sanchez has also decided
15:47to increase the tax to 100%
15:50on the purchase of real estate
15:53by non-residents and non-expatriates
15:56of the European Union.
15:59In Morocco, there is a cold weather
16:02with temperatures ranging from minus 8 degrees
16:05to minus 9 degrees.
16:08Until Friday, snowfalls are expected
16:11at altitudes exceeding 1,400 meters.
16:15The provinces of Boulmane-sur-Oise,
16:18Blimelal, Gnifral, Chichagua-Tinghir,
16:21Ouarzazate, Middles and Zeroutense
16:24are also concerned.
16:29Authorities are mobilized in the mountainous areas
16:32to provide the necessary help
16:35and protect citizens from the consequences
16:38of the winter cold.
16:41Here are the details with Maha Jamal
16:44and Youssef Ouhammou.
16:47With temperatures reaching record levels
16:50below zero, the inhabitants of the mountainous regions
16:53are the most exposed and the children
16:56and elderly are the most vulnerable.
16:59To face this wave of cold,
17:02the province of Gnefra has set up a vigilance committee
17:05to protect all vital sectors of the region.
17:08Every day, all the necessary precautions
17:11and measures are taken to heat the classrooms
17:14which house more than 80 students.
17:22Our establishment has started a proactive operation
17:25to test the well-functioning central boiler
17:28so as not to have bad surprises.
17:31We have also bought enough butane gas
17:34to be very well equipped against the cold
17:37here at the school.
17:43In the icy corners of the mountains of the Middle Atlas,
17:46families collect a lot of wood to warm up
17:49and stock it with winter food supplies.
17:52The National Agency for Water and Forestry
17:55is also mobilized to find alternatives
17:58to the population in order to arm themselves
18:01against the cold.
18:07Among the proactive measures that we have started,
18:10there is the organization of the sale of forest plots
18:13to allow the sale of enough wood in the markets.
18:16We are also selling economic wood ovens
18:19in order to rationalize the use of wood.
18:27In the province of Gnefra,
18:30no less than 49 villages distributed over several municipalities
18:33are affected by this wave of cold.
18:36The National Agency for Water and Forestry
18:39mobilizes day and night enough human and logistical resources
18:42to effectively cover these areas
18:45and unblock inaccessible roads.
18:48Finally, more than 600 tons of heating wood
18:51will be distributed to families in need.
18:54Direction Dakar, in the district of Soumbédione
18:57where traditional craftsmanship embodies a living heritage
19:00passed down from generation to generation.
19:03Craftsmanship shapes not only objects
19:06but also destinies, as you will discover
19:09in this report by our correspondent in Dakar,
19:12Jeunesse Mouka Echerndaou.
19:15Craftsmanship in Senegal is much more than an economic activity.
19:18This cultural know-how is a heritage
19:21passed down from generation to generation.
19:24In Dakar, the district of Soumbédione embodies this heritage
19:27where craftsmanship remains a pillar of Senegalese culture and identity.
19:30You know, here, the youth are brought up on their own.
19:33So, for example, the boy here is my son.
19:36He's not all the sons.
19:39There are others who went to school,
19:42who are currently at school, doing something else.
19:45Those who can't persevere in their studies
19:48join their father, as I do myself.
19:51So I have a son who is here, who is learning with me.
19:54So I'm very proud of him
19:57because he likes what he's doing.
20:00That's what I did to be here
20:03and to live with my family.
20:06Among them, there are these sons of artisans
20:09who choose to perpetuate the family tradition.
20:12This is the case of a young man who,
20:15after leaving the school bench,
20:18discovered a real passion for sculpture.
20:21I left school not long ago,
20:24and I'm going to help him.
20:27One day, I want to be like an artisan, like him.
20:30Because I love the art.
20:33That's why, like one day, when he's not here,
20:36I'm going to help him, like him.
20:39For these sculptors, craftsmanship is much more than a job.
20:42It's an opportunity to make their own way,
20:45a way to face the challenges of life.
20:48For example, these children, how do they get to the centre?
20:51Through a friend who is in the neighbourhood.
20:54And there are other children who often,
20:57some children who already come to the centre.
21:00So as they are there, they learn,
21:03and they earn little money.
21:06That motivates them to stay.
21:09So they stay, they become sculptors,
21:12without realizing how they ended up here.
21:15So there are a lot of children who ended up like that.
21:18Artisans are not limited to shaping objects.
21:21Here, they also shape destinies,
21:24transforming heritages into opportunities
21:27and vocations into the future.
21:30This concludes this edition.
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