MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 31/01/2025
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00:00The formation continues on Mediain TV Africa, thank you for joining us for this round of
00:21news.
00:22The cell of the three brothers had not only harmful ambitions but also
00:29direct links with the leaders of terrorist organizations operating in the Sahel region.
00:34This is what the director of the central office of judicial investigation, Aboub Cheikh
00:39Khaoui, said, who was facing the press of details in a few moments.
00:45In Niamé, a national conference was held on the fight against the financing of terrorism.
00:51His two-day work will be an opportunity to strengthen cooperation against terrorism in the Sahel.
00:58Haute Couture is honored in Marrakech, the Yves Saint Laurent museum invites the Yves Saint
01:06Laurent exhibition, the Deramish Bowls Collection, an opportunity to unveil a new dimension
01:12of the work of the master couturier.
01:14We meet again right now for the unveiling.
01:19Welcome ladies and gentlemen, we open this newspaper by terrorism.
01:23The director of the central office of judicial investigation, Habib Cheikh Khaoui, spoke
01:33and exposed yesterday the ramifications of the terrorist cell of the three brothers,
01:38also Had Soalem, in front of the press, dear Khaoui, Aboub, made it known that the cell
01:43of the three brothers had not only harmful ambitions but also direct links with
01:48the leaders of terrorist organizations operating in the Sahel region.
01:53Investigations have also revealed that the brothers also had plans in preparation for
01:59attacks against security infrastructures and public places such as markets.
02:05According to the security officer, they had established the approximate maps of the itineraries
02:10to facilitate their escape after the execution of their act.
02:14The director of the ICIJ office that I propose to listen to you.
02:25Our interventions have led to the arrest of four extremist individuals, including three
02:32brothers aged 26, 30, 31 and 35 years old from disadvantaged backgrounds.
02:39The members of this cell have a low level of instruction.
02:43Only one member of this cell has a baccalaureate level.
02:47In terms of professional activity, one of them worked as a walking merchant, another
02:53occupied a seasonal job, while a third was unemployed.
02:57Only one member had a permanent job as an employee.
03:01All are single, except for the cell leader who was married and had children.
03:08Raboub Charkaoui also presented the prototype of the members of this cell.
03:18All had a very low level of instruction, but also carried out precarious jobs.
03:24We listen to him.
03:28In Niamé, an international conference was held on the fight against the financing of
03:33terrorism, an initiative of the military cell against terrorism in partnership with the
03:40Nigerian government.
03:41These two-day works will be an opportunity to strengthen cooperation against terrorism
03:48in the Sahel, according to this report from our correspondent Jean-Yves Rilliam.
03:53They are ambassadors within the police and gendarmerie army, or researchers and
03:58experts from about thirty countries, members of the Islamic Military Coalition Against
04:03Terrorism.
04:04The conference, which opened in Niamé on Thursday, aims at a synergy of actions to fight
04:09more effectively against the plague that affects the Sahel region in particular.
04:13These terrorist groups are at the origin of many human acts, of material destruction
04:21and several actions of sabotage, thus serving the interests of their only commodity, which
04:29finances them at the cost of billions of francs CFA.
04:34In this regard, it is necessary to further strengthen all the synergies of struggle to
04:42tariff the sources of this financing of terrorism at the regional and international level.
04:47A common franc is a fight that is no longer limited to weapons alone.
04:52For the coalition, gathered in Niamé, the objective is clear, to detect, prevent and
04:56fight terrorism financing more effectively, a challenge that nevertheless passes through
05:01a commitment in conformity with the actors and agencies concerned.
05:04It will be necessary to improve the mechanisms of national coordination and inter-agency
05:11cooperation in the fight against terrorism financing.
05:16Strengthen national policies to fight terrorism financing in accordance with international standards.
05:25This conference is also part of the second stage of the Sahel states program launched
05:30this Wednesday in Niamé.
05:31It includes no less than 239 training and awareness activities for military and civilian
05:37leaders in Mauritania, Niger, Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso.
05:43This time in the Middle East, the Israeli army announced today, having hit several
05:50targets at night from the moment of Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon.
05:55It should be noted that this despite a ceasefire in force since the end of November.
05:58In a message on social networks, Israel claims to remain engaged in the ceasefire between
06:04Israel and the Lebanese movement.
06:06According to the army, one of the targeted sites contains an underground infrastructure
06:10used for the development and manufacture of weapons, which is said to have also hit
06:15Lebanese syro-border facilities used by Hezbollah for arms trafficking to Lebanon.
06:40The army has also claimed that it intends to impose 25% customs rights on Canadian and
06:46Mexican products from Saturday.
06:49The idea is that the members of the BRICS are also trying to distance themselves from
06:55the dollar while we remain at arm's length and simply finish.
07:00This has been published in a message on its social network platform.
07:04As a reminder, the BRICS group includes 10 countries, including Brazil, Russia, India,
07:09China and South Africa.
07:39In Tunisia, NGOs, human rights and parliamentarians denounce the violation of freedoms in the
07:51country under decree 54.
07:53These militants call for the release of political detainees, including those whose health is
08:00deteriorated.
08:01Tunis, Najwa Bechat, gives us the point.
08:05The decree law number 54 on the fight against cybercrime has not only restricted the freedom
08:12of politicians, journalists, human rights activists and lawyers, but has also become
08:19a threat to all citizens.
08:21In Gafsa, in southern Tunisia, two people were incarcerated on the basis of this article
08:27in recent days.
08:28This is what MP Mohamed Ali, a rapporteur for the Commission of Laws and Freedoms in
08:34the Tunisian Parliament, revealed at a press conference.
08:37He called for the modification of the decree law.
08:41Mohamed Ali is part of a group of 60 MPs who have put forward an initiative for a new
08:48bill on this decree.
08:52We are not the only ones to support the revision of this text.
08:56Even MPs who have not signed the petition are invited to pay attention to this issue.
09:01The decree law does not provide for any possibility of internal political and legal solidarity
09:07to defend the achievements of the Tunisian revolution.
09:12The Order of Lawyers denounced on the same occasion the restrictions aimed at freedom
09:17of expression and stressed that it rejects the prosecutions against a number of lawyers,
09:25activists and journalists in favor of the decree law 54.
09:32We are talking today about a legislative, political and judicial system that adheres
09:36to the instructions.
09:38Today, we ask ourselves where are the brave judges to play their role in the establishment
09:44of justice?
09:46According to the human rights defenders, this decree, related to the fight against
09:51disinformation on social networks or cybercrime, is in fact frequently used to arrest and
09:58imprison journalists, political opponents or even Internet users who have made a Facebook post.
10:09We live a terrifying, dark reality in terms of rights and freedoms.
10:13We are in a dark tunnel that we do not see the end of.
10:18Today, 10 general secretaries of political parties are behind the bars.
10:23There are also candidates for presidential elections, journalists, human rights activists,
10:28lawyers and citizens, also because of their criticism or opposition to the authorities.
10:36The multiplication of judicial proceedings in Tunisia against journalists and public
10:43authorities since the publication of a decree aimed at fighting what the government considers
10:48as false information has become a threat to freedom of expression, encouraging self-censorship,
10:55complaints from NGOs and media professionals.
10:59Over the past two years, more than 400 people, including journalists, lawyers and dissidents,
11:06have been arrested, a terrifying figure revealed by the League of Human Rights.
11:37and a historian of recognized fashion.
11:40The 55 vintage pieces presented do not come from institutional archives,
11:44but directly from the private wardrobe of Ramesh Bowles.
11:48Madison Cox, president of the Jardin Majorelle Foundation, tells us more about this.
11:54It is an exhibition, as you explained, of a collector,
11:59so it is someone who has a very specific, very acute and very aloof look.
12:04It is someone who has collected more than 6,000 pieces in his collection,
12:09which covers almost 100 years of fashion.
12:12So a small part is Saint-Laurent, and it was an opportunity for us
12:16to show this collection, which is exhibited for the first time also,
12:20not only in Morocco, but in the whole world.
12:23And so that was also interesting for me,
12:27so that the museum is also an actor on a global level,
12:33of course national and even on the Marrakech, but also on an international level.
12:40So it was also a way for our teams to also meet a collector,
12:47who sometimes has specifications, reviews, how things are shown,
12:53which is very different from most of our exhibitions,
12:57which were created by more museum-like commissioners,
13:01more… not standard, but more rigorous.
13:06And Mr. Bowles, he has a very particular way,
13:10so it was very interesting for our teams in the museum,
13:13our young people, who are the directors,
13:17the restoration departments, etc.,
13:22to see how someone else does it.
13:26And that's also enriching for them.
13:28So it was a way to show something for the first time,
13:31but also to enrich the experience of our collaborators.
13:36Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to invite him to your big newspaper,
13:40the promotion of a humanized governance of the borders,
13:44but also of the borders that necessarily pass
13:47through the consultation of regional and international efforts.
13:51That's what we estimated yesterday in Rabat.
13:54So the participants at a round table organized by the National Migration Observatory
14:00under the theme of Humanized Governance of the Borders,
14:03Governance of Vulnerabilities with the Impulse of Opportunities.
14:08Today, to talk about it, we welcome on this set Yassine Benmourtard,
14:12an expert in migration.
14:13A pleasure to have you back on this set, of course.
14:16It's a pleasure for me, dear Rebecca.
14:18So, Mr. Benmourtard, without further ado,
14:20today, the representative of the International Migration Organization
14:24reminded us that the Kingdom had proposed the development of a regional charter,
14:30but today, the development of a regional charter on humanized management of the borders,
14:35thus demonstrating its commitment to make this approach progress.
14:40Can you explain to us the objectives of this charter
14:42and how it integrates into Moroccan migratory policy
14:46and also regional dynamics?
14:47With pleasure.
14:48So, the objective and even the origin of this charter does not date from yesterday.
14:53I even had the opportunity, the pleasure and the immense honor
14:56to participate in the first meeting of the Rabat process
14:59during the turning presidency of this Euro-African dialogue
15:02on immigration and development,
15:04which was under Moroccan presidency.
15:06And at that time, Morocco proposed to establish this charter.
15:10A charter on humanized management of the borders
15:13which affirms a combined approach between a rather responsible management
15:18and the fundamental respect of human rights.
15:21So, it is part of a migratory vision and a migratory policy
15:26taken by the Kingdom according to the high instructions of His Majesty the King,
15:30who is the head of state and who, as a result, has full control over these issues.
15:36And it allows, as a result, to arrange realities
15:39and organize arbitrations on the ground
15:42and, as a result, to combine with Africa
15:44because Morocco made the choice of Africa and continues in this direction.
15:47And precisely, according to you, what are also the main pillars of the Moroccan migratory policy
15:53and how is it different from other regional models?
15:56Indeed, the national immigration policy is an asylum policy.
16:00So, the charter was launched in 2013,
16:03always according to the high instructions of His Majesty the King,
16:05and it carries a set of strategic objectives.
16:09There are a number of frameworks,
16:10so there is a facilitation of the integration of migrants into our national space,
16:14there is a provision of a reinforced regulatory framework,
16:17but also of an adapted institutional framework
16:21that would be combined with a more important flow control.
16:24So, we are in an inclusive approach of governance
16:29which is materialized by regularizations.
16:31We are working on the regulation of 2014,
16:32then of 2016, where 50,000 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa
16:36were essentially regularized in Morocco.
16:38So, there is a continental anchoring,
16:40there is an African resonance in the Moroccan policy
16:44vis-à-vis migration and mobility,
16:45and vice versa, there is a Moroccan resonance
16:47in the African perspective on these issues.
16:50And how, according to you, does Morocco articulate the balance
16:53between the securitization of borders and also the rights of migrants
16:57in its management of migratory flows at the border?
16:59Indeed, this round table, in my opinion,
17:02was very important and fundamental.
17:03It had a greater impact than the one that was provided.
17:08I was in the auditorium yesterday,
17:09and I can tell you about the general satisfaction,
17:12because there was a set of actors.
17:14We are talking about inclusivity, but what does it really represent?
17:17There was the set, there was the doctoral researcher like me,
17:20the confirmed researchers,
17:22the international organizations such as the OIM or the HCR,
17:25but also the CNDH,
17:26because the CNDH has the leadership of the Migration Committee
17:30in the Alliance of the National Human Rights Councils in Africa.
17:35And so there was also a delegation from several African countries
17:39who participated.
17:40So we are really in a dynamic of integration and inclusion.
17:45The protection of borders is an inalienable sovereign principle.
17:49We can't do without it, we have to do with it.
17:52And how to best combine this complex reality
17:54where there are people who arrive at the border,
17:56so we have to manage this border day by day,
17:58while allowing this security not to be affected,
18:02but while maintaining the dignity of these men, women and children who cross.
18:06And that's what Morocco is trying to do
18:08through this humanized border management.
18:10And how precisely Morocco today,
18:13in relation to this, what place does it occupy?
18:16So we can also talk about it in this perspective,
18:18in the regional and also African migratory cooperation.
18:21And how, above all, can this initiative influence
18:25the existing cards, such as the agenda on migration?
18:29Indeed, as I said in my introductory speech,
18:31this chart was proposed during the Euro-African Dialogue
18:35on immigration and development and mobility in general.
18:38In this sense, Morocco is proposed as a bridgehead.
18:41It is the initiator of innovative initiatives,
18:44a triple here, I dare say.
18:46The intra-African cooperation is at the center,
18:49but also the Euro-African Dialogue,
18:51given that the European Union is the main partner of the continent,
18:55but also of Morocco on these issues.
18:57Africa has long been perceived as a place of departure and transit,
19:01whereas in the end, it is essentially a place of welcome
19:04and of internal circulation.
19:06And Morocco positions itself vis-à-vis this.
19:08It defends a much more complete and more realistic approach
19:12to African mobility on the ground.
19:14And what role can the Kingdom also play in global debates,
19:19especially within the Tunisian Institutes and the Euro-African Dialogue?
19:22Indeed, as we have already had the opportunity to discuss it here,
19:25there is really a distinction between what is called
19:28the North, the Global, which is part of the United States,
19:31but also the European Union.
19:33They have a purely, if not essentially,
19:37security approach, which ultimately undermines
19:40the dignity of the people at their borders.
19:42Which is not the case on the other side,
19:45whether it is the Mediterranean or the Atlantic.
19:47There is an approach where mobility,
19:50migration, these people who move,
19:51are an added value for our societies,
19:53for African society in the broad sense.
19:55So it is a question of doing with, of combining with.
19:59It is a reality, it is not a burden,
20:01it is not a problem to be weighed,
20:03but it is a reality to be organized in a responsible and human way.
20:07And it is the Moroccan proposal that Morocco puts on the table,
20:10not only of the African continent,
20:12but also in its dynamics vis-à-vis Europe
20:15and more broadly what is happening today in the world
20:17vis-à-vis these questions of migration and mobility.
20:20Yes, and so Morocco is obviously involved
20:24in this migratory policy in the interest of the African continent.
20:27Yassine Ben Mokhtar, thank you again.
20:29I remind you that you are an expert in migration,
20:31but also a doctoral researcher.
20:34The news also continues.
20:36There are more than a billion to celebrate in Asia,
20:40of course, for eight days.
20:42The lunar new year,
20:44between the year of the snake today,
20:47from Beijing to Bangkok,
20:50the streets are animated by parades and fireworks.
20:55More details with Rachaël Goran.
20:59The Chinese New Year, Vietnamese or Tea Festival,
21:02symbolizes the lunar new year.
21:05This celebration is much more than a simple passage to the new year.
21:09It is a real moment that brings families together
21:12to honor their ancestors,
21:14chase bad energies and welcome prosperity.
21:17In Beijing,
21:18residents celebrated the glacial temperatures
21:21up to minus 10 degrees
21:22to say goodbye to the year of the dragon.
21:27The show was really spectacular and very beautiful.
21:30I came here to watch it with my family and my child.
21:33I wish everyone a year of the snake
21:35safe, healthy and full of happiness.
21:38Each year is marked by an animal of the Asian zodiac.
21:432025 is the year of the snake.
21:45The animal represents the renewal of the fact that it moves.
21:49This sign also symbolizes intelligence and prudence.
21:52The lunar new year is often celebrated
21:55under cultural or artistic themes.
21:58And this year, the city of Hong Kong
22:00has combined modern tradition and technology.
22:04There are optical projections,
22:05as well as dynamic lights and shadows in 3D at night.
22:09It's quite innovative.
22:09I think it's an ideal place to have fun as a family
22:13in the atmosphere of the new year.
22:15In all of Asia, families gather
22:18to pay tribute to their ancestors
22:20by praying and sharing meals together.
22:24Stations and airports in the country
22:26are crowded these last few days.
22:28With eight consecutive days off,
22:31hundreds of thousands of people
22:33return to spend the holidays with their loved ones.
22:36A migration that could break new records this year.
22:41And that's it for this news.
22:43This news is brought to you by Mediantv Africa.