MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 18/02/2025
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00:00Welcome to this round of news in Africa, starting in Benin, where the Constitutional Court
00:14has declared its incompetence regarding the request for a change in the presidential mandate.
00:20It is on the Nouvelle Tribune Info, this decision is following a seizure of Bernardin Addo,
00:26who wanted to allow the president, at the end of his term, to complete his program of action.
00:31Addo proposed to introduce an exceptional five-year mandate,
00:36submitted to a referendum for the outgoing presidents.
00:41However, from the source, the Court recalled that the initiative of constitutional revision
00:45belongs exclusively to the president and members of the National Assembly.
00:50As a result, the request for a change to Article 42 of Linea II has been rejected, according to the Nouvelle Tribune Info.
00:59In Togo, the Senate elections of February 15, 2025 were marked by a crushing victory
01:05of the party in power, the Union for the Republic, which won 34 of the 41 seats available.
01:13This information is given by Togo Actuality.
01:16The results announced by the National Independent Electoral Commission on February 16
01:21show that the opposition has succeeded in obtaining only a few seats,
01:26with the Batir party at the head of the opposing formations with two elected representatives.
01:31This election constitutes a crucial step in the implementation of the new Togolese Senate,
01:36which will play a key role in the framework of the constitutional reform adopted in May 2024.
01:43The final results must still be validated by the Constitutional Court,
01:47while attention is turned to the nomination of the remaining 20 senators by the President of the Republic.
01:54Now, comrades!
01:56The news is also that Cameroon and Chad plan to connect
02:01by a new railway line with the launch of the works planned for the second semester of this year.
02:09Information from E360 Africa.
02:11According to the source, this project aims to extend the existing line from Yaoundé to Gaoundéré,
02:18extending it from 878 km to Jaména.
02:22The works will be divided into three phases, Gaoundéré-Mondou, Mondou-Bangor and Bangor-Jaména.
02:29The total cost of the project is estimated at 5,596 million euros,
02:34with a contribution from the World Bank of 275.9 million euros, if you believe the online newspaper.
02:42Let's also talk about the election of Djiboutian Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
02:47as president of the African Union Commission on February 15, 2025 in Addis Abeba.
02:53According to the newspaper, he obtained 33 votes out of 49,
02:58ahead are the candidates from Kenya and Madagascar.
03:02Foreign Affairs Minister of Djibouti since 2005, Youssouf, 59 years old,
03:08succeeds Chadian Mossafaki Mahmoud and will assume a key role in coordinating the policies of the UIA.
03:15Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed his gratitude and his commitment to advancing the continental agenda
03:22while tackling urgent challenges such as the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
03:27concludes the newspaper in Digne.
03:30And to finish, in Mali, the army intensified its operations against terrorism in the north of the country,
03:36neutralizing key figures of terrorist groups.
03:39This is what APA News informs us.
03:42On February 15, 2025, an operation 60 km north of Gauchy eliminated four terrorists,
03:49including Osama Abdo Hanes, a major logistics coordinator.
03:53A few days earlier, another operation in the Tenglit and Abanko sectors
03:58led to the neutralization of Bunuag Bayarach,
04:02involved in an attempt to fly over the airport in Thessalit.
04:06The Malian army has reaffirmed its commitment to continue its actions against armed groups
04:11seizing military and material equipment, informs the African Press Agency.
04:16This is the end of this press review in Africa.
04:20Thank you for following it.