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00:05 It's time for your African news report on the African Pen.
00:09 Starting with the CDAO, which denounces an illegal and arbitrary procedure
00:14 of requisition put in place in Burkina Faso
00:18 intended to repress any freedom of expression.
00:21 It is in a statement dated December 30, 2023,
00:25 passed by our Wakatsera colleagues, that this information was revealed.
00:30 According to the same source, the CDAO commission
00:33 is pressing the authorities for the immediate release
00:38 of all the people arrested as part of this procedure.
00:42 The new Prime Minister, Tchadjian Succes Masra,
00:48 has unveiled the new government team, made up of 41 ministers,
00:55 including 5 ministers of state and 11 secretaries of state.
00:58 The announcement is made by the Central African Information Agency.
01:02 According to the same source, this new team looks like
01:05 that of its predecessor, Saleh Gebzabo,
01:08 who resigned with the entry into force of the Fifth Republic.
01:12 However, the online newspaper notes some changes,
01:15 including in the ministries of telecommunications, sports,
01:19 national education and economy,
01:22 with the departure of several former regime officials.
01:26 In Mali, the president of the Transition Assembly, Goetia,
01:32 decides to favor the inter-Malian dialogue for peace.
01:36 This is what we can read in the columns of the Ivorian press agency.
01:41 According to our colleagues, this announcement was made
01:45 during the traditional New Year's Eve presentation.
01:48 The idea is to create the conditions for each Malian
01:51 and each Malian to thrive in an environment marked
01:54 by the mutual trust between communities under the protection of the state.
01:59 However, the fight against terrorist armed groups will continue
02:03 until the country's total pacification, concludes the online newspaper.
02:10 According to the World Economic Forum, Africa,
02:12 Mogadishu reacted to the signing of an agreement
02:15 between the separatist region of Somaliland
02:19 and the government of Addis Ababa.
02:21 Offering the latter maritime access,
02:25 Somalia announces that it would defend its sovereignty
02:29 by all legal means, adds the daily online.
02:32 As a reminder, Ethiopia no longer has maritime access,
02:35 proper since the independence of Eritrea in 1993.
02:38 It has benefited from access to the Eritrean port of Assab,
02:42 which it lost during the conflict between the two countries between 1998 and 2000.
02:47 Ethiopia now depends on the port of Thibouti for its exports and imports,
02:53 notes the online newspaper VOA Africa.
02:56 The South African National Defense Force has taken its distance
03:04 with the words of a former officer who called for the dismissal of President Cyril Ramaphosa
03:11 reports APA News in its columns.
03:14 So, brother, to reassure that this officer was dismissed by the South African president.
03:20 The same source to specify that this decision follows a video that has become viral
03:25 on social media in which we can hear Mr. Mangolélé
03:30 called the South African president to resign in the 48 hours
03:35 under penalty of being forced to leave his post.
03:38 To finish, Mr. Mangolélé cited the violations of the South African constitution by Ramaphosa
03:44 as the main reason for his dismissal, concludes the online newspaper.
03:48 And this is the end of this review of African news.
03:52 Thank you for staying faithful to us.
03:54 See you.
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