MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 17/02/2025
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00:00It's time for the news in Africa.
00:12Let's start with Angola, which took the presidency of the African Union.
00:17It was at the end of the 38th regular session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa.
00:23The Angolan president, João Lourenço, succeeded the British president, Mohamed Oudtserque-El-Razouani,
00:30according to All Africa, which gives the information.
00:33João Lourenço presented his vision focused on the development of essential infrastructures
00:39such as rail, road, airport and electric power plants.
00:46He also highlighted the importance of the mobilization of financial resources
00:50and the reform of the United Nations Security Council, All Africa specifies.
00:55In the Democratic Republic of Congo, columns of fighters of the M23 allied to the Romanian troops
01:01entered the center of Bukavu, east of the country.
01:04The entry of the anti-governmental armed group in the center of Bukavu
01:10was made after the control of the provincial airport and the peripheral neighborhoods of the capital of the south,
01:16which informs you Africa News.
01:18The Congolese presidency, for its part, announced that the city was under the control of the Congolese army
01:25and the Wazalando forces, but testimonies and images show the presence of the M23
01:31in the strategic areas, that is, on Afrikanion.
01:35And then in the Ivory Coast, the Court of Appeal confirmed the prison sentences
01:40pronounced against four individuals involved in the terrorist attack of Grand Bassam in 2016.
01:47The four men were found guilty of helping the attackers in the attack
01:52that killed 19 people, including four French citizens.
01:56Information given by AFRICOM.
01:59The accused were found guilty of murder and terrorist acts.
02:04The defense attorneys who maintain that the accused were not aware of the terrorist plot
02:10announced that they would appeal the verdict.
02:13If the lawyers of the victims express their relief,
02:16they also emphasize the need for the state to guarantee the payment of compensation to the victims,
02:22as indicated in these columns of the newspaper.
02:25In the Central African Republic, the country received from Russia
02:29a donation of nearly 80,000 doses of an innovative drug against HIV.
02:34This is what AFRIC MEDIA TV reports.
02:37This donation from the Russian house of Bangui
02:39was saluted by the Central African Minister of Health, Pierre Sanchez,
02:43as an appropriate aid after the stoppage of funding by the United States.
02:48Le Journal en Ligne noted that Russian aid is essential to save lives
02:51because many countries seek to fill the void left by the reduction of American funding.
02:57The donation includes 3,000 boxes of high-quality drugs from the Russian Ministry of Health,
03:02enough to treat 1,000 people for three months in a country
03:06where about 4.9% of the adult population is HIV-infected, reports the source.
03:12Let's finish with Mali.
03:13A tragic outbreak on an illegal HIV site caused the death of at least 48 people,
03:19mostly women, including a mother carrying her child.
03:23According to 360Africa, which provides information about the incident,
03:27the incident took place in Belalikoto on an abandoned site,
03:31previously operated by a Chinese company,
03:34where many artisanal goldsmiths are desperately looking for gold.
03:40Local authorities denounce the complicity in the exploitation of these dangerous sites,
03:44which are often the theater of such dramas, adds 360Africa to this column.
03:50And that's all for this press interview in Africa.
03:53Thank you for following it.
03:57For more information, visit 360Africa.com.