MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 12/02/2025
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00:00Let's take a look at the press review in Africa, where the federal forces have failed to regain
00:16a strategic corridor near the Sudanese border, according to witnesses.
00:21APANews, which reports the words of these witnesses, specifies that the Amhara ethno-nationalist
00:29groups have successfully repelled government groups after violent fighting in the Kwara region.
00:35These clashes have intensified for several days.
00:38The FANOs had taken control of Matema in September to block fuel and food supplies.
00:45Despite statements by Lieutenant General Shuma Abedeka, claiming that the army inflicted
00:52heavy damage to the FANOs, they seem to maintain their advantage on the ground,
00:58concludes the African press agency.
01:01In South Africa, a controversial law on the expropriation of land was adopted by President Cyril Ramaphosa,
01:10arousing a political and judicial upheaval.
01:13Information is given by African News.
01:16The Democratic Alliance has filed a lawsuit against this law, arguing that it gives the state
01:22excessive power and violates the constitution by allowing uncompensated expropriations
01:29in certain circumstances.
01:31The government defends this reform as necessary to correct the fundamental inequalities inherited
01:37from apartheid.
01:39However, its opponents fear that this threatens economic stability and the rights of
01:45African owners.
01:48In Ivory Coast, former head of state Laurent Gbagbo recently pleaded for an in-depth review
01:54of the electoral list in view of the presidential election in October 2025.
01:59This is what we learn from AFRICOM.
02:02This approach aims to guarantee credible and inclusive elections, which he considers essential
02:08to prevent any irregularity that could compromise the integrity of the scrutin.
02:13Laurent Gbagbo has exhorted the Independent Electoral Commission to carry out this process
02:19with transparency and impartiality, the newspaper specifies.
02:23Currently uneligible due to a previous conviction, he encourages his partners to mobilize to
02:29support his re-registration on the electoral lists.
02:33The Central African government, for its part, officially launched this week its national
02:40project called SCAR.
02:41It is presented as a tool to promote innovation and economic development.
02:46The president Faustin-Archange Toadera announced this project on X, emphasizing that Central
02:54Africa had already adopted Bitcoin as a legal currency in 2022.
02:59However, note the source, the launch was marked by controversies, including a drop
03:05of 90% of the value of SCAR and suspicions of pushing linked to the project.
03:11Despite these challenges, the authorities insist on the potential economic unifier of this initiative,
03:17adds the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies.
03:22Health.
03:23To end, an epidemic of cholera struck Angola, causing at least 108 deaths since the beginning
03:29of the year, with a significant number of victims in Luanda and in the neighboring province of Bingo.
03:36More information from 360Africa.
03:38According to the Ministry of Health, there have been 3,147 confirmed cases since January 7,
03:44nearly half of which the captain notes in the online newspaper.
03:48Cholera spreads mainly by water and food contaminated with cholera vibrio and can be deadly
03:55in a few hours without appropriate treatment.
03:58Challenges related to limited access to drinking water and health infrastructure have exacerbated
04:04health crises in Angola.
04:06This is the end of this African Press Review.
04:09Thank you for following it.