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00:20the headlines of your newspaper.
00:22For the governor of Jenin, hundreds of people have left today the refugee camp of this
00:28occupied Jordanian area on orders from the Israeli army, which is demanding and pursuing
00:34its murderous operation on the spot.
00:36It is a decisive step towards the return to a civil regime.
00:42The Gabonese will be called to the Jordan on April 12 to elect their president, announced
00:48yesterday by the government spokesman.
00:51In the United States, a violent fire near Los Angeles, a fire that spreads to large
00:58speeds, causing thousands of evacuation orders in an area already ravaged by devastating
01:04fires.
01:05Despite calls for Israeli restraint, assured of the unwavering support of the new head
01:14of American diplomacy, continues to be deaf and pursues its military operation in occupied
01:21Jordan, especially in Jenin.
01:23The governor of this city says that hundreds of people have left today the refugee camp
01:29of this area on orders from the Israeli army, which demands and says not to be informed
01:35while pursuing its murderous operation.
01:39Tzhal indicates having killed yesterday two Palestinian fighters near Jenin, which brings
01:45to 12 the number of people killed since the beginning of this operation.
01:50And I told you, if Israel acts in this way, it is because Washington is on its side.
01:58The proof, the new head of American diplomacy has promised this country unwavering support.
02:04Marco Rubio met yesterday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
02:09To the latter, he made known that maintaining the unwavering support of the United States
02:16to his country was an absolute priority for President Donald Trump.
02:25His speech is very much awaited in front of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
02:31It will last 45 minutes.
02:33Donald Trump, by videoconference, will address this afternoon two major international bosses
02:39present in Davos.
02:40Bosses who await with some concern the statements of the new tenant of the White House,
02:47which threatens its major trade partners with increases in customs tariffs and increased unprotectedness.
02:58Over the last five months, Morocco has experienced an explosion of cases of measles
03:03in children under 5 years old, but also in adults over 37 years old.
03:09So, in the kingdom, the time is more than ever to mobilize with the launch of a vaccination campaign
03:15which continues in all regions.
03:19The vaccination campaign against measles continues in the health centers of the kingdom.
03:24Here, at the health center of the city of Buzneka, dozens of families accompanied by their children
03:29arrive to receive doses of vaccines to avoid being victims of this virus, which can be deadly in some cases.
03:40Like all the cities of the kingdom, the city of Buzneka has started its vaccination campaign against measles
03:46launched by the Ministry of Health.
03:48This disease was very rare in Morocco, where the number of cases did not exceed 3 per year.
03:54But this is no longer the case now, because citizens no longer give enough importance to vaccination.
04:03There are parents who came with their children who are less than 2 years old.
04:07Others are over 6 years old. All have benefited from this vaccination campaign.
04:11The most important thing is that people are aware of the severity of this disease.
04:17Between September 2024 and January 2025, Morocco recorded some 25,000 cases and 116 deaths
04:24because of this viral infection.
04:26Measles is one of the most contagious diseases because its virus can survive up to 2 hours in the air.
04:32A single person infected can infect up to 10 people among unvaccinated contacts.
04:41We came to vaccinate our children against measles, which is contagious, especially among children,
04:47and which can be very, very dangerous.
04:56It is true that I was a little late to take my daughter to the doctor and get vaccinated.
04:59So I took advantage of this campaign to vaccinate my child,
05:02just two years before she contracted this disease that is spreading.
05:09The Ministry of Health plans to organize a vaccination campaign for unvaccinated children.
05:15In addition, the health authorities also plan to activate the National Center for Emergency Operations in Public Health
05:23and to organize a national campaign to ensure that all students under the age of 18 have been properly vaccinated.
05:32On the other side of the Mediterranean, we are in Madrid, where the 45th edition of the International Tourism Fair is held.
05:38Morocco is well represented there.
05:40Its pavilion has also welcomed the visit of King Philip VI of Spain and Queen Letizia,
05:46accompanied by eminent personalities who have discovered the splendor of this space,
05:52which is home to more than 700 square meters.
05:55It is designed with care to celebrate the authenticity and singularity of the kingdom.
06:00The Morocco International Tourism Fair presents all the tourism opportunities
06:06that the kingdom offers to the exceptional tourism of a developing country.
06:16I will announce it to you in the titles.
06:18The Gabonese will be called to the polls on April 12 to elect their president.
06:23The date of the scrutiny was announced yesterday by the government spokesman,
06:27a decisive step towards the return to the civil regime promised by the Transition Authority to the Rajah Ingo power.
06:36The countdown is launched in Gabon.
06:39In less than three months, the Gabonese will go to the polls to elect their new president.
06:45The announcement was made in the Council of Ministers.
06:48The presidential election is therefore scheduled for April 12.
06:52An electoral meeting that raises as much hope as questions.
06:57In particular, on the possible candidacy of General Olinguengema, the current president of the Transition,
07:04committed to organizing free, transparent and credible elections after two years of transition.
07:11So far, the calendar of the transition has been rigorously followed, even anticipated.
07:17Last Monday, a new electoral code was adopted,
07:21allowing the military to present themselves to the elections under conditions.
07:26To frame this electoral process, the Transition Government has put in place a reinforced institutional system.
07:34It is the authority to control elections and the referendum.
07:38This independent body has the mission of supervising the preparation and management of the scrutinizes
07:44in order to guarantee the strict respect of the electoral code.
07:48Technical preparations are also underway, with a revision of the electoral lists until January 31.
07:55Beyond its electoral dimension, the April 12 scrutinizes represent an important moment for the Gabonese democracy.
08:03Its success will condition not only the restoration of the constitutional order,
08:08but also the restoration of the confidence of citizens towards their institutions.
08:16Another country led by the military.
08:18We are in Niger, where the Minister of Defense spoke yesterday about the security situation of the country.
08:25General Salifou Moudi came back on the progress made since the accession to the power of the military.
08:33It is practically a security charlatanism.
08:37The words are from General Salifou Moudi, Minister of Defense of Niger,
08:42who spoke on Tuesday night on national television.
08:45The former Chief of Staff came back on the security situation of Niger,
08:50before the accession to the power of the CNSP in favor of a military coup.
08:54And at the time of the assessment, 18 months later, the situation will have changed.
08:582024 is the year of taking into account our national defense and our security.
09:09We fully assume the security and defense of our country.
09:19A new national defense strategy that would allow the recruitment and training of more than 18,000 people in various fields,
09:26but also the acquisition of military equipment with new partners such as Russia, Iran or China.
09:33A 2024 that remains marked by a security orientation now linked to that of Mali and Burkina Faso,
09:41with which Niger now shares the alliance of the states of the Sahel.
09:45In this common space, our forces can now intervene together.
09:54Or a force can appeal to another that has more strategic means for defense.
10:03It's new, it's original and it's safe for our space and for our populations.
10:11Populations whose Nigerian capital seemed to be largely reassured this Wednesday by this public security assessment,
10:19even if for some the changes were already visible.
10:22I am happy that the minister has addressed the population because this allows us to know what is really going on on the ground.
10:30We have always had confidence in our army to protect us and we will support it whatever happens.
10:35It's been several months since we've seen soldiers everywhere in the city.
10:40Some are stationed in various places while others stop and search for suspicious vehicles and their mere presence is already very reassuring.
10:49Local authorities have also announced the deployment of a group of 5,000 men
10:54grouping soldiers from Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso.
10:58A common force that should allow the alliance of the states of the Sahel to intensify its fight against terrorist armed groups.
11:05In the United States, evacuation orders are not always respected.
11:10So the authorities implore the inhabitants to learn from the recent murderous fires.
11:15While a new fire broke out in the north of Los Angeles,
11:19it is spreading at high speed in a region already overwhelmed by devastating fires.
11:27It is a new forest fire that is breaking out in Los Angeles.
11:31This is the Hugue fire.
11:33In just a few hours, the flames have ravaged more than 3,800 hectares of forest in the vicinity of Lake Castaic.
11:41The fire is triggered by hot and dry Santa Ana winds
11:46that continue to blow over the region, pushing a large cloud of smoke over the fire.
11:54Our hopes tonight are that we can put an end to this fire.
11:59However, we are facing strong winds as well as a thick fuel bed.
12:05Let's hope the humidity will increase.
12:10Evacuation orders have been issued with the intention of more than 31,000 people
12:15living in the area around the lake north of Los Angeles.
12:19Near the lake, four present, housing about 4,700 people, are threatened by the fire.
12:26One of them has been evacuated and its 500 detainees have been transferred to another penitentiary.
12:37One of the areas that initially was an evacuation warning was evacuated.
12:42One of the facilities of the prison was evacuated.
12:45We have moved these detainees to a more suitable prison for the situation.
12:51They must be reinforced in the evening.
12:54Weather services have issued a strong wind alert until Friday morning.
12:59It has not rained in southern California for eight months.
13:03Dried vegetation has turned the region into a powder keg despite the winter.
13:08More than 4,600 firefighters are engaged on site,
13:12assisted by planes and helicopters,
13:15releasing water and waste products into the area.
13:23The CAF promises an exceptional atmosphere.
13:26The draw for the final phase of the CAN Morocco 2025 will be held next Monday
13:31at the National Theater Mohamed V in Rabat for the African Football Confederation.
13:36This ceremony constitutes a real starting point, symbolic of the competition.
13:41This draw will see the 24 qualified teams be divided into six groups.
13:46This event will bring together emblematic figures of African football,
13:50representatives of federations, international media and sports legends.
14:01And right away, the guest of the big news of the day.
14:05Morocco and Mauritania are about to sign an electric interconnection agreement.
14:13This memorandum of understanding focuses on the sectors of electricity
14:18and the integration of renewable energies,
14:21according to the declarations of the Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development at the beginning of the week.
14:28To talk about this with us, live from Marrakech, Amine Benouna, energy expert.
14:33Amine Benouna, hello and thank you for accepting our invitation.
14:39Hello and thank you for the invitation.
14:41So, first of all, what is the objective of an electric interconnection between two countries,
14:47here in this case Morocco and Mauritania?
14:51So, in all the countries of the world, there are centres,
14:59which are called centres of despotism,
15:02whose role is to meet the demand for electricity by various societies.
15:12So, it happens that, of course, we need energy,
15:19but on the contrary, it happens that we have too much.
15:25So, a country is something constraining, geographically,
15:32but it is also something constraining in terms of population,
15:40only because we do not have the possibility, I would say,
15:44to take energy elsewhere or to give it elsewhere.
15:48And so far, Morocco has been, until 2021,
15:52interconnected with Algeria and Spain.
15:56The interconnection with Algeria was stopped in November 2021.
16:00And we have an electric line,
16:03which is a very high voltage line,
16:06which goes all the way to Dakhla,
16:08which will be extended to Gergaret soon.
16:11And from Gergaret to Nouadhibou, there is only one step.
16:15And then we will be interconnected with our Mauritanian friends
16:21and our respective electric companies will be able to exchange electricity.
16:28And when there is an excess on one side, it will be supplied to the other.
16:31And vice versa, when there is a deficit somewhere,
16:35it will be supplied to the neighbor.
16:37That's how it works within the European Union.
16:40Everyone is doing very well,
16:42and there is no reason for us not to benefit from it as well,
16:46especially since the relations are always fixed.
16:57Relations tend to stabilize.
17:00You know, when you exchange water, electricity,
17:04when you exchange a lot of things,
17:07you know, politics tends to think twice
17:11before making, I would say,
17:15slightly uncontrolled reactions.
17:19Morocco has already had other interconnections.
17:23You mentioned Algeria.
17:25There is also Spain.
17:27Concerning Algeria, it is no longer functional.
17:31What assessment can be made of these different interconnections?
17:38The assessment is perfect.
17:42With Spain, in particular,
17:44because with Spain, the exchange is commercial.
17:46With Algeria, we had an exchange of assistance,
17:49that is, only in the event of a hard blow, etc.
17:52Whereas with Spain, it is commercial.
17:57That is, our managers at the dispatching center
18:01can decide that there are resources that are interesting
18:06at a given moment in Spain in terms of cost,
18:10and not market certain Moroccan resources
18:16and privilege those that are imported.
18:21And so, I don't know yet what the content of this convention is,
18:27but I do hope that it will be a commercial convention
18:30and not an assistance convention,
18:32because it will allow everyone to benefit,
18:37to benefit first of all from being assisted when necessary,
18:40but also to be able to choose,
18:43simply choose by simple choice,
18:45motivated by purely economic reasons.
18:49Amine Benouna, why are these electrical interconnections
18:54important for regional integration,
18:57especially in terms of energy?
19:01Ah yes, we will go a little further.
19:04For the moment, I would say the first phase
19:07is to connect with Mauritania,
19:10but in a second time,
19:12we will see that Mauritania will connect with Senegal,
19:16and that should not be long,
19:18since now, in terms of cooperation,
19:20Mauritania and Senegal are already sharing a natural gas well,
19:25so once we are used to sharing good things,
19:28we continue, we continue.
19:31And not to mention that there will be,
19:34there is something, well,
19:36maybe I'm moving forward a little bit,
19:38but in not very long,
19:40there is a road that will start from Smara
19:43to another border post with Mauritania,
19:51but this time it will be much further north,
19:53much further north of Mauritania,
19:55and it is not impossible that we consider
19:58an interconnection that starts from Smara
20:01to this border post,
20:03this future border post,
20:05and we would thus have two interconnections.
20:08But there, I may be dreaming a little bit.
20:10But in terms of regional balance,
20:14it is very important,
20:16because when we have good relations with neighbors,
20:21well, we exchange,
20:24we exchange electricity,
20:26we exchange goods,
20:27electricity is a commodity like any other
20:29that is exchanged across borders,
20:32but there is a need for technical support
20:36that we call interconnections, that's it.
20:39So here, energy is, let's say,
20:42will allow, in particular, to strengthen
20:45the links between the different countries,
20:47isn't it?
20:49Exactly.
20:50Absolutely.
20:51Absolutely.
20:52With, well,
20:53I find that with our Algerian friends,
20:55the reasons, I mean,
20:58to blame us were stronger
21:00than to keep the business going.
21:05But, well,
21:06a priori,
21:07precisely,
21:08this kind of exchange, in general,
21:10is, by nature,
21:11to stabilize neighborhood relations.
21:14That's for sure.
21:15It's been seen all over the world,
21:17in Latin America,
21:19in Southeast Asia,
21:22it's been seen,
21:24well, it's been seen, of course,
21:26in Europe,
21:27because there are even countries there,
21:29in Europe,
21:30there are countries that have,
21:32well,
21:33France has five or six interconnections
21:35with its neighbors,
21:36with Belgium,
21:37with Spain,
21:38with Switzerland,
21:40with Italy,
21:42so there is,
21:43with Germany, sorry,
21:45so there is no reason,
21:47there is no reason that it is not natural
21:49to stabilize political relations.
21:53So, Amine Benouna,
21:54today, where is Morocco?
21:56In particular, in terms of energy independence.
22:03Ah,
22:04so, it turns out that in 2024,
22:06it seems that we have some good news
22:08that should come soon.
22:10I'm a little ahead of the official data.
22:14So,
22:15the first very good news,
22:18which is very, very recent,
22:20is that for the first time since,
22:22oh la la,
22:23since two and a half years,
22:25we have an interconnection balance
22:27with Spain,
22:28which is positive,
22:29that is to say that we have provided them,
22:31or it is almost zero,
22:33that is to say that there is,
22:35we practically didn't need Spain
22:37in December,
22:38we provided them with a little electricity,
22:40we provided it,
22:41and the balance is,
22:42so to speak,
22:43zero,
22:44the ground.
22:45So, that's a good sign,
22:46that means that,
22:47that means that we have been able
22:50to meet the local demand
22:53with local production.
22:55So, that's the first good news.
22:57Well,
22:58it's not spring yet,
22:59but I'm only talking about December,
23:01we'll see what the next few months will be like.
23:03So,
23:04the second good news
23:05is that the energy,
23:07the share of renewable energies
23:09in the Moroccan electric mix
23:11has made a substantial jump.
23:13Well,
23:14for the moment,
23:15I'm not sure,
23:16but we will probably reach
23:18between 24 and 25 percent
23:20of renewable electricity
23:22in the electric mix.
23:24It doesn't seem like a lot,
23:27but it's very important
23:29because you know that
23:31every percent gained
23:33on electric independence,
23:35that is to say,
23:36local electricity production,
23:38is about half
23:40of the country's energy independence
23:42that is gained,
23:43that is to say that
23:44if we gain three points
23:46on electric independence,
23:48we will gain about one and a half points
23:50on energy independence.
23:52And that is to say,
23:53it's as much currency to save
23:55and that's it.
23:59And it's as much local added value
24:02that is generated on site
24:04and so on.
24:05It's all a benefit.
24:07So now 2024 ends much better
24:09than 2023
24:11and also, of course,
24:12than 2022.
24:13And in addition,
24:14there is a little good news
24:16that accompanies this story
24:18of improvement
24:22of renewable production
24:24in the country.
24:25It is that the intensity,
24:27what is called the intensity
24:28of greenhouse gas emissions,
24:30Moroccan electricity,
24:32should drop by about 10 percent
24:34in 2024 compared to 2023.
24:37That is to say that
24:38the electricity produced in Morocco
24:40will have been,
24:41during the year 2024,
24:4310 percent cleaner.
24:45And all this was done
24:47thanks to the fact
24:48that we have reduced a little
24:50the production of electricity
24:53based on fossil fuels,
24:55in particular coal and oil.
24:58And what are the challenges
25:00to be met today?
25:04The challenges to be met
25:05are always the same.
25:08Move forward, move forward,
25:11slowly but surely, as they say,
25:13because we can't go fast.
25:15The checkbooks are not
25:18sufficiently stocked in this country.
25:20We are forced to work
25:21with private public partners,
25:24to create an environment
25:25favorable to investment
25:27and to ensure that investment
25:29in the field of energy is done.
25:32That being said,
25:33Morocco has now proven
25:34that it had a certain appeal.
25:37Things are accelerating,
25:39but they are also accelerating
25:42at a reasonable speed
25:43and, for the moment,
25:44still controllable.
25:46Faced with the annual increase
25:48in electricity demand,
25:51what is the balance
25:53between supply and demand?
25:57Listen, the balance
25:59between supply and demand
26:00is almost perfectly ensured
26:03by local net production.
26:05Because, anyway,
26:08in Morocco, 80 percent
26:10of electricity production
26:12is private.
26:1478, I think.
26:16And about 20 percent is public.
26:19And it is this public
26:20that allows to adjust,
26:22I would say,
26:27to produce,
26:29to launch power plants
26:30when there is a need for demand,
26:34or, on the contrary,
26:35to stop these power plants
26:36and this National Electricity Office,
26:39which does this kind of thing.
26:43And we also have
26:48this blessing,
26:49which is interproduction,
26:50since, as I said to begin with,
26:53our dispatching center
26:54does not only have the possibility
26:56to increase supply production,
27:00but also to make calls
27:05to demand electricity.
27:08Obviously, there are some problems
27:10in connection with Amine Benouna.
27:12In any case, we thank you
27:14for answering our questions.
27:17Thank you for all these details.
27:24This is the end of this newscast.
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