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00:00In Moroccan news, we start a high-level discussion on the subject of financing permanent housing in the Kingdom of Morocco.
00:31In Lebanon, another Israeli strike on a site in the south after two days of the extension of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah.
00:41The alliance of the countries of the Mali coast, Burkina Faso and Niger officially withdrew from the economic group of Western African countries.
00:49We start with the Moroccan issue, where today in the capital, Rabat, a high-level discussion was held on the subject of financing permanent housing.
01:04The discussion is attended by a large number of officials, interested bodies, experts and professionals.
01:09They are looking for several issues related to diversity and diversity policy.
01:14They also discuss the issues related to providing housing and strengthening the civil service in various areas of the Kingdom.
01:22After this conference, I would like to talk to you about housing in Morocco.
01:29We presented the financing for housing in Morocco and the efforts undertaken under the leadership of His Majesty the King.
01:36In terms of direct support, which is a big leap.
01:40More than 36,000 citizens can get housing.
01:45This direct support allows citizens to choose where they want to live.
01:49We talked about housing in Ijak.
01:53How can we develop this sector?
01:56It is not necessary to buy a house.
01:59It is possible to rent a house.
02:02After a while, it is possible to buy a house.
02:05There is no need to move between cities.
02:08It is not necessary to stay in a city where there is housing.
02:11It is not necessary to move from city to city.
02:13It is possible to buy a house.
02:16It is possible to buy a house.
02:19It is possible to buy a house.
02:24In a connected context, the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development confirmed
02:30that the number of citizens who want to benefit from the housing support program
02:35exceeded 114,365 people in 2024.
02:41This indicates that the number of beneficiaries of the program exceeded 63,000 people.
02:55To discuss this topic, we have Mr. Radwan Zahro from the White House.
02:59He is a professor of social economics at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Social Sciences
03:04at the University of Anshouq in the White House.
03:06Welcome, Mr. Radwan.
03:09Hello, thank you for the invitation.
03:12Mr. Radwan, a new number of beneficiaries of the housing support program
03:17exceeded 114,000 people in 2024.
03:22Does this number fall within the specific goals of the program?
03:27Do you expect it to be a better year in 2025?
03:32Yes, indeed.
03:34I believe that this number exceeded the expectations
03:38that were expected during the launch of this large social program.
03:46Of course, this goes back to several reasons.
03:51First, this program came with a new approach.
03:57It also carries new goals.
03:59New beneficiaries and new and simplified conditions
04:06are enough for a Moroccan living inside or outside
04:12to not have housing in Morocco
04:17and not to have benefited from any special housing support in the past.
04:25So, I expect that these new and simplified conditions
04:31led to a large number of beneficiaries,
04:35114,000 applicants and 36,000 beneficiaries.
04:43We should not forget that this is a direct social assistance
04:48unlike what happened in the past
04:52in the framework of the National Social Housing Program in 2010-2020
05:00or even the other national program of cities without walls.
05:05There were a lot of agreements between the state and the beneficiaries.
05:11Most of the time, there were conflicts and disagreements.
05:16Today, this is a direct and important assistance.
05:21We should not forget that the value has doubled.
05:25It is 70,000 to 100,000, depending on the value of housing.
05:30Is it less than 300,000 dirhams?
05:33Is it between 300,000 and 700,000 dirhams?
05:37Beneficiaries have also been expanded.
05:41It is not only about the lower class, but also the middle class.
05:50Mr. Radwan, how can the program contribute to the limit of housing crisis in Morocco
05:58and also solve the problems of urban and residential inequality
06:03between the parties and the regions in the Kingdom?
06:06First of all, this program has come to expand the circle of choice in front of the beneficiaries.
06:16The beneficiary can choose the party that he wants,
06:20of course, according to the price and the quality of the property.
06:24This is an opportunity that has been given to the beneficiary or the applicant
06:28to support the choice of housing where it exists.
06:31This also contributes to the limit of the marginalization that was happening.
06:39We must emphasize here that 70% of the beneficiaries
06:45were in only three regions of the Kingdom.
06:53This means that the applicants are limited in the most poor areas,
07:04in certain regions and places,
07:07like Quito, for example, far from all integration with the rest of the social classes.
07:15Also, I believe that this program will reduce the pattern in housing
07:26and the inequality in housing.
07:29In the past, we used to see similar buildings,
07:34so that we know that this is an economic housing.
07:37Today, the applicant must choose where he wants,
07:47and then the circle of beneficiaries expands.
07:50There was no agreement between the state and the residents,
07:55and these agreements were often far from transparency
08:03and there were no opportunities for negotiations,
08:07especially when it comes to small and medium-sized negotiations.
08:12Today, I believe that with this possibility of choice,
08:15with this help that is given to the beneficiary through the applicant,
08:21this gives him a greater opportunity to choose according to his desire,
08:27according to the price, according to the quality.
08:30Mr. Adwan, each program has challenges.
08:34What are the main challenges that the government faces in implementing this program,
08:38and what are its limits and expansions?
08:42First of all, the funding of this program,
08:48because this program is part of a general context,
08:51a context that focuses on the social state in our country.
08:56And there must be a guarantee of sustainable funding,
09:03as well as other programs,
09:07such as social support, compulsory health insurance,
09:13pension insurance, and also the compensation for the loss of employment.
09:20So, guaranteeing sustainability and guaranteeing funding is also important.
09:27Then, the good management and the success of the management,
09:31and also the immediate response to the demands of the applicants
09:39in obtaining housing in all transparency,
09:43and in all parts of the Kingdom.
09:47Since we are talking about sustainable housing,
09:54we must emphasize on a very important point,
09:58which is the quality of it.
10:02The role of housing is to be sustainable,
10:06with international standards,
10:10similar to earthquakes and all disasters.
10:14And we do not doubt that the world is looking forward
10:19to seeing a positive impact on climate change.
10:23Then, there must be greater options for real estate developers,
10:28and they specify, although it is true that there is support from the state,
10:34but real estate developers must not include this support
10:38in the final sum, the final value, and the final cost of housing.
10:43Then, of course, the banking sector must also be integrated more,
10:51and it does not require greater guarantees,
10:55and it is also less beneficial,
10:59so that all investors in this large social program,
11:04which of course came with instructions from His Majesty,
11:07must be included, so that this process succeeds.
11:12This is in the interest of the national economy,
11:15and also in the interest of society,
11:18because we must not forget that it has a great impact on the real estate sector,
11:23because the supply will also increase due to the high demand,
11:27on the industrial sector, especially building materials,
11:31iron, cement, and others,
11:33which are directly or indirectly related to the sector,
11:38such as snow, racing, and others,
11:42and I think that it is true that the support is directed to a specific sector,
11:48but it also has a positive impact on the national economy,
11:53and on society, as well as job opportunities,
11:57because when the construction sector is not finished,
12:00it contributes about 5% of the national income,
12:04so it is not as if other sectors will be included,
12:08directly or indirectly.
12:12Yes, a series of benefits for everyone.
12:15Mr. Radwan Zahra, Professor of Social Economics at the Faculty of Law,
12:19Economics, and Social Sciences at the University of Ain al-Shouq in Dar Al-Bayda.
12:23Thank you very much.
12:25Welcome.
12:26Another Moroccan issue.
12:28Interior Minister Abdel Wafi Al-Iftit has agreed to work
12:31to find common solutions in the near future to the taxis crisis
12:35and the transportation of applications,
12:37considering that it is not possible to ignore the recent existence,
12:40or to be satisfied only with the traditional models
12:43to manage taxis through the tax havens system.
12:46Al-Iftit revealed during the Q&A session in the second parliamentary room yesterday
12:50that the Ministry of the Interior is currently carrying out the necessary studies,
12:53and it is clear that there will soon be solutions for smart transportation applications
12:58that will allow citizens to benefit from the services of transportation in cities.
13:03The Minister of the Interior said,
13:05following the independent team of consultants,
13:08that they have reached a point where they can think about the issue
13:12and move forward with it.
13:14In the same context,
13:16the level of small and large taxis
13:18is known to be a major social problem and others worry about it,
13:23and these proposed problems
13:25undermine the common thinking and finding common solutions,
13:29especially with the development of smart modes.
13:33In the Middle East,
13:35the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced the injury of 24 people
13:38due to two Israeli raids targeting the Nabataean region in southern Lebanon
13:43two days after the extension of the ceasefire agreement,
13:45which ended a destructive war between Hezbollah and Israel.
13:50Umayma Asbila reports on this incident.
13:58The Israeli raids on the ceasefire agreement are ongoing,
14:02despite the extension of the agreement between Hezbollah and Israel
14:06until February 18.
14:09These raids come in conjunction with Israel's refusal
14:12to complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon
14:16and in conjunction with the return of displaced people to their villages
14:19in the southern border area.
14:22During the 60-day period stipulated in the agreement,
14:26Israel violated the terms of the ceasefire
14:29by daily raids,
14:32exceeding 1,100 raids according to observers,
14:35which prompted the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
14:38to submit several complaints to the United Nations on this matter,
14:42which included raids, shelling, and land occupations.
14:48The head of the Lebanese Government for Labor, Najib Miqati,
14:53said that in order to extend the term of the agreement,
14:56we must face international pressure to stop Israeli attacks
15:00and guarantee the complete withdrawal from the occupied territories.
15:04The Israeli raids continue,
15:07whether through the re-closure of some of the countries' entrances
15:09or through continuous bombing operations.
15:12The Israeli forces are still concentrated in 12 southern Lebanese towns
15:18and prevent the population from entering them
15:21amid the Lebanese army's spread in the villages and border towns
15:26which the Israeli forces have closed with dirt or metal barricades.
15:32The United Nations Human Rights Office
15:34said it was concerned about the consequences of the killings and injuries
15:38of dozens of Lebanese during their attempts to return to the south of the country.
15:43It considered the use of deadly force against the returning civilians
15:47to their homes a violation of international law.
15:53In another issue, the Human Rights Office pointed out
15:57that more than 376,000 Palestinians
16:01returned to the north of the Gaza Strip between 2 a.m. and 3 p.m.
16:06The office said that half of the refugees were men,
16:10while a quarter of them were women and the last quarter were children.
16:13It pointed out that a number of activities, including several organizations,
16:18have reached a critical point in different parts of the Strip.
16:25The new Syrian administration announced
16:27that it has sought transitional justice
16:30with the first Russian delegation to visit Damascus
16:33since the overthrow of the former president Bashar al-Assad in December.
16:37The visit comes in light of Moscow's efforts
16:40to preserve its two main military bases in Syria.
16:43The Russian President Vladimir Putin denied
16:46that Moscow had suffered a strategic defeat in the Middle East
16:49after the overthrow of Al-Assad.
16:52He said in a statement issued by the Syrian administration
16:54to the Russian delegation that the restoration of relations
16:58must deal with past mistakes, respect the will of the Syrian people
17:02and serve their interests.
17:06The Syrian Civil Defense officers found the remains
17:10of 26 burnt victims of Bashar al-Assad's regime
17:14in two separate cellars in one of the outskirts of Damascus.
17:18This discovery is added to an increasing list of mass graves
17:21that have been discovered since the fall of Al-Assad's regime in December.
17:25The remains, which are believed to belong to men, women and children,
17:29have been found to have been the cause of burns and fires.
17:33The White Crescent organization has stated
17:36that more than 780 bodies have been discovered
17:39since November 28.
17:42The Coalition of Coastal Countries,
17:45which includes Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger,
17:48officially announced the withdrawal
17:51from the Economic Group of Western African Countries, ECWAS,
17:55which includes 15 members from Western African countries.
17:59In the joint statement issued by the three countries,
18:03the withdrawal comes as a result of the collapse of the ECWAS,
18:07which is one of the most important economies in the world.
18:11The withdrawal is a sign of the organization's submission
18:14to the influence of some foreign powers
18:17that are working against the goals of the group and its principles.
18:21The relationship between the Coalition of Coastal Countries
18:24and the ECWAS organization returns to tension
18:27after the difficulties faced by the relations of these countries
18:30with the organization with a series of military changes
18:33known by these countries in recent years.
18:36The Moroccan delegation has released a new report
18:38to the Special Energy Agency
18:41on the emergence of Morocco among the top ten countries in Africa
18:45as one of the most important renewable energy projects.
18:48According to the source, experts expect that
18:51the capacity of renewable energy in Africa will exceed
18:54320 gigawatts by 2030,
18:58to include its use in the most important vital areas,
19:01such as the agriculture sector.
19:04Details are available in the reports of Ayub Darraza and Youssef Oham.
19:07It is a promising path for Morocco
19:10as one of the leading African countries in the field of renewable energy,
19:14thanks to the opportunities it has,
19:17which has made it an important place
19:20among the top ten African countries among the most important renewable energy projects.
19:23This field has important investments in Morocco,
19:26including the most important sectors,
19:29including the agriculture sector,
19:32thanks to the huge opportunities it provides to farmers.
19:34We use about 4,000 bottles a day.
19:37Today we can water the fields,
19:40and all the water is stored on the water bed.
19:43It is a great facility for people who work in solar energy
19:46and make it easier for the farmers.
19:49We can't water the fields now,
19:52because of the drought,
19:55but we have a good source of energy.
19:58Experts in the field put Morocco in the forefront
20:01of the countries that aim to become
20:04the world's largest solar power station.
20:07This station can provide clean electricity
20:10for 1,300,000 households,
20:13which is enough to remove more than 800,000 tons
20:16of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
20:19Experts say it is a huge opportunity
20:22that Morocco is betting on
20:25to promote the use of natural resources
20:28in the agricultural sector
20:31in order to reduce the cost of water extraction.
20:34The goal of this station
20:37is to promote the use of energy,
20:40so that we can preserve energy storage
20:43and use natural solar energy,
20:46which provides us with a number of
20:49very important results,
20:52especially the reduction
20:55in the cost of production
20:58of sources of energy.
21:01This station always witnesses
21:04farmers from the western region
21:07who come to this station
21:10to learn about the modern methods
21:13used to transport and store energy
21:16in the fields of sources of energy.
21:19Thanks to the huge buildings
21:22Morocco is expected to increase
21:25the share of renewable energy sources
21:28to more than 50% of its total energy,
21:31with a plan to increase this percentage
21:34to 30%.
21:37This way, Morocco will be stable
21:40and will become a holder
21:43of renewable energy technologies
21:46thanks to its huge potential
21:49that attracts global investors
21:52and contributes to sustainable development.
21:55The prices of cotton have seen
21:58the highest consumption
22:01by Moroccans in recent weeks.
22:04The price of cotton
22:07is between one dirham
22:10and six dirhams.
22:13Here, in the cotton market
22:16and the grains market
22:19in the White House,
22:22professionals say that
22:25the reasons for this rise
22:28are directly related to drought
22:31and import costs.
22:34We hope that God will help us
22:37to overcome this problem.
22:40We know that the market
22:43is very bad
22:46and it is very difficult
22:49to sell cotton.
22:52I hope that God will help us
22:55to be able to sell cotton.
22:58We hope that God will help us
23:01to be able to sell cotton.
23:04The cotton that comes from Egypt
23:07is about 20% or 25%
23:10and the cotton that comes from India
23:13is a little more expensive.
23:16We are a farmland
23:19and everything that is available
23:22is cotton.
23:25There are 17 factories
23:28in 27 countries
23:31and 25 in Egypt.
23:34The price of cotton is
23:37about 120 dirhams
23:40and the price of wheat
23:43is about 110 dirhams.
23:46The increase in prices
23:49compared to last year,
23:52especially the prices of lentils,
23:55beans, and rice,
23:58is the biggest consumption
24:01that has led to a decrease.
24:04We came here to see the cotton
24:07and we found that the price
24:10of cotton has decreased
24:13compared to last year
24:16and the price of lentils
24:19and beans has increased.
24:22The climate conditions
24:25that Morocco knows
24:28and that have affected
24:31the production of cotton
24:34are very bad
24:37and the price of cotton
24:40will increase
24:43in the coming days.