MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 15/02/2025
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00:00The news is continuing on Mediain TV, welcome to this new edition of La Mi-Journée.
00:24The opening at Addis Ababa, the summit of the heads of state of the African Union,
00:28is an event marked by the election of a new leadership in charge of implementing the vision of the Union for an Africa in search of progress.
00:40In the Middle East, new exchanges of hostages and prisoners within the framework of the truce between Israel and Hamas.
00:46Three Israelis were handed over this morning to the Red Cross.
00:50Israel released a group of Palestinians who arrived under the acclamations of the crowd in Ramallah.
01:01In Germany, the Munich conference on security continues all weekend.
01:06A meeting in a geopolitical context marked by the Russo-Ukrainian conflict and the situation in the Middle East.
01:16We start with the news related to the summit of the heads of state of the African Union.
01:33The 38th summit of the heads of state of the African Union is held this weekend at the headquarters of the Pan-African organization Addis Ababa.
01:43The event will be marked by the election of a new leadership in charge of implementing the vision of the Union for an Africa in search of progress.
01:52This election is characterized by the consideration of several key principles, namely regional representation, gender parity.
02:03The summit will also address the evolution of the institutional reform of the African Union
02:08and will examine a step-by-step report on the area of continental free trade in Africa.
02:17What are the main challenges addressed at this summit?
02:21Let's listen to the analysis of Sadi Boundiaye, a specialist in political science in Dakar.
02:39As you know, Africa is currently in a crisis situation, especially in the Sahel, but I will also talk about what is happening in the Congo,
02:48with North Kivu, Goma, and so on.
02:51These are the challenges that the heads of state will face at this summit, in terms of security, economy, and diplomacy.
03:01Because we know that Africa is currently in a geopolitical battle that is practically opposing many countries in the South-African region.
03:11I am talking about the Americans, the South Africans, and so on.
03:14So I can tell you that this summit will allow the heads of state to discuss issues, but also challenges,
03:19and also objectives that must be met to allow the African continent to get out of this great poverty that continues to hit the African continent.
03:28Because we know that the African continent currently has a very limited management margin,
03:35in relation to the various objectives that are set by this organization.
03:41But for this 38th summit, the biggest challenge for the heads of state is security, but also economy.
03:59Let's come to the news in the Middle East.
04:01Three Israeli hostages were handed over this morning to the Red Cross in the south of the Gaza Strip.
04:07First act of a new exchange of hostages and Palestinian prisoners within the framework of the truce between Israel and Hamas.
04:15After 498 days of captivity, the three men, an Israeli Russian, an Argentine Israeli, and an American Israeli,
04:24appeared in better physical form than the three hostages released last week.
04:29In exchange, Israel released a group of Palestinian prisoners.
04:34They arrived under the acclamations of the Ramallah crowd in occupied West Bank.
04:40Riyadh welcomes on February 20 a summit of five Arab countries to elaborate a common response to Donald Trump's plan for Gaza,
04:56that of rebuilding the territory under American control.
05:00This summit brings together the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Jordan
05:08alongside the Palestinian Authority, aims to examine Trump's plan in depth and elaborate an Arab response.
05:19In Germany, the Munich conference on security continues all weekend.
05:24A meeting in a geopolitical context, marked by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the situation in the Middle East.
05:32On Friday, the US Vice President made the Ukrainian dossier and the U.S. roadmap flourish,
05:40aiming to put an end to hostilities to focus on a speech in charge against the Europeans
05:47about respect for the right to vote and freedom of expression.
05:54The US President announced on Friday that the Associated Press Agency was prohibited from accessing the Oval Office
06:03and the official aircraft of Donald Trump, Air Force One, for an unlimited period due to its refusal to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.
06:14The agency has stated that the measures taken will be able to restrict its coverage of presidential events
06:20due to the way in which it evokes a geographical place close to freedom of expression.
06:30The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, will not participate at the summit of the heads of state of the African Union.
06:38He closely follows the situation on the ground in his country after the entry on Friday in Bukavu of fighters of the M23 linked to the Rwandan troops.
06:48The fighters of the anti-government army group entered the big city of one million inhabitants
06:55by the northwestern peripheral neighborhoods, almost without resistance from the Congolese armed forces.
07:04In Morocco, know that on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, Morocco will go back to the GMT legal time from Sunday, February 23 at 3 a.m.
07:18This is indicated by a statement from the Ministry of Digital Transition and Reform of the Administration.
07:24The return to the GMT time plus 1 will be operated after the end of the month of Ramadan on Sunday, April 6 at 2 a.m.
07:37That was the main news of this Saturday. Good programming on Mediain TV.
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