Matin infos - 04/05/2024
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00:17 Opening this Saturday of the 15th Islamic Summit of the member countries of the OCI.
00:24 Morocco is taking part. The war in Gaza will be at the heart of the discussions.
00:29 A war with unbearable images that the student protest movement, part of the United States,
00:38 no longer wants to see the movement far from blowing up. It extends to other countries in the world.
00:43 Kenya, on alert. The country should be swept away by the Idaia cyclone by Sunday,
00:51 which should also hit neighboring Tanzania.
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00:58 We start this newspaper in Gambia, where the 15th Islamic Summit of the member countries of the OCI opens today.
01:05 In Banjul, the participants at this summit will try to answer a question,
01:11 how to promote unity and solidarity through dialogue for sustainable development.
01:17 Morocco is taking part. The kingdom is represented by a strong delegation led by its Foreign Minister, Nasser Bouhita.
01:27 We are back on the issues of this summit with Younes Benzineb.
01:34 The conflicts that shake certain parts of the Islamic world should dominate the summit of the leaders of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation,
01:44 which is held in the Gambian capital, Banjul.
01:47 The meeting highlights the conflict that has raged in Gaza since October last year.
01:53 The summit should lead to a resolution calling for the end of hostilities and the resolution of the Palestinian question.
02:01 Many members of the OCI are in favor of a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine,
02:06 and this position should inspire the recommendation of the intergovernmental organization at the end of the summit.
02:13 The current crisis in Sudan is also on the agenda.
02:17 Since April 2023, the army has been fighting against elements of the quick support forces for the control of Khartoum,
02:24 the neighboring city of Omdarmen and other Sudanese cities.
02:28 In order to end hostilities, several peace talks have been organized under the aegis of certain members of the OCI,
02:35 but without success.
02:36 This political or military conflict is added to by a humanitarian crisis that affects more than 2 million people.
02:42 The challenges faced by Muslim minorities in third-country countries,
02:47 economic and social development and climate change are other issues that will draw the attention of the participants at the summit.
02:55 In prelude to this meeting, the Council of Ministers of the Member States, which held in Banjul from Tuesday to Thursday,
03:02 served as a preparatory meeting at the summit.
03:06 The Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita had a series of meetings with several of his counterparts at the summit.
03:13 The head of Moroccan diplomacy, who has more than charged a schedule in Banjul since Thursday,
03:20 continues the meetings with his counterparts from other countries.
03:24 The excellence of relations between Rabat and Nouakchott was at the heart of his exchanges with his Moroccan counterpart,
03:30 Nasser Bourita, Mohamed Salem and Oulh Demelzoog,
03:33 who discussed ways to instill a new dynamic in cooperation between Morocco and Mauritania.
03:40 The head of Moroccan diplomacy, who also held meetings with his counterpart from Senegal, Yassine Fall,
03:50 at the heart of their meetings was the strengthening of bilateral relations.
03:55 They also discussed common interests, not forgetting the situation in the region.
04:02 The means and mechanisms to further develop bilateral relations were also mentioned,
04:08 under the leadership of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI and the new Senegalese head of state, Bassirou Dioumae Faye.
04:18 The Moroccan embassy in Banjul, in Gambia, was officially opened yesterday
04:26 in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the African Cooperation and Moroccans living abroad,
04:32 Nasser Bourita, and his Gambian counterpart, Mamadou Tangara.
04:37 In Morocco, the fight against terrorism continues.
04:43 Yesterday, the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation dismantled a terrorist cell
04:49 made up of five members of the terrorist organization Daesh.
04:54 The people arrested were considered terrorists in the kingdom.
04:59 Between the ages of 22 and 46, the people were arrested in Casablanca, Tangier, Tetouan, Martil,
05:06 but also in the rural commune of Nara, in the province of Savira.
05:10 If we fail to stop the permanent fire in Gaza,
05:16 could the weapons be temporarily hidden in the Palestinian enclave?
05:21 In any case, the Hamas, whose delegation must go to Egypt today,
05:25 says it has studied in a positive spirit an Israeli strike offer associated with the liberation of hostages.
05:31 Meanwhile, the days follow and look like in the Palestinian enclave.
05:36 Last night, Israeli strikes were made in Rafa, but also in the neighboring city of Hanounes.
05:44 In this context, the movement of students against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip is far from over.
05:53 Some of the students are in the United States, in Paris, Lausanne, Berlin, Montreal, Sydney, or Mexico.
06:01 The students demand the end of the war.
06:04 The flames of Colombia are burning the world.
06:07 Part of the American campus of Colombia, the student movement of pro-Palestinians is spreading around the world.
06:14 The movement recalls the mobilization against the Vietnam War.
06:17 It has already won Paris, Lausanne, Montreal, Mexico, or Sydney.
06:23 The student movement demands an academic boycott of Israeli institutions and an immediate ceasefire.
06:30 We have a very large number of people here.
06:35 We protest to wake up people who claim to be victims, people who claim they are not safe.
06:41 But the reality is that these people, by their silence, support a real massacre.
06:46 We had to act.
06:48 What makes them unsafe is opposition to a genocide.
06:51 We've been doing this for almost two weeks now, of occupying buildings.
06:56 Our demand is very simple.
07:00 The creation of a committee of inquiry on the university and its economic partnerships with Israel,
07:07 to be sure that it does not violate international law.
07:10 This is our only requirement.
07:12 And the main administrator is completely against it.
07:15 We started a hunger strike and he is still against it.
07:18 So he called the police.
07:20 And now we occupy it and he still is against it.
07:23 So he called the police on us if we're not leaving.
07:25 I think that the student movement in the United States...
07:28 The student movement in the United States gave us a lot of hope to show that the heart of the world is with the Palestinian people.
07:34 This movement inspired a response all over the world to consolidate a single and even solidarity.
07:40 ... to show that the heart of the world is with the Palestinian people.
07:44 In addition, the UN said Tuesday that it is concerned about the actions of the police on university campuses in the United States.
07:50 The High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Törk said he was disturbed by a series of muscular measures
07:55 taken to disperse and dismantle the demonstrations,
07:58 underlining that freedom of expression and the right to peaceful reunions are fundamental.
08:03 We celebrated yesterday the World Day for Freedom of the Press,
08:10 the opportunity to remind the governments of their commitments to information professionals.
08:15 Several countries remain in the era of censorship, for example with Algeria,
08:20 where critical voices are slandered and in some cases imprisoned.
08:24 Let's listen to the Algerian journalist Hicham Aboud.
08:29 Today it's even worse.
08:32 Today it's done systematically for the whole press.
08:35 I was the only one to suffer the repression of the regime in place,
08:42 and I'm still suffering.
08:45 There are no more comments, no more analysis.
08:48 In the press, it's the same thing.
08:53 No contradictory debate.
08:56 Everything must go in the same direction as the Algerian regime wants it to go.
09:02 As far as arrests are concerned, we must also remember
09:07 that journalists who were mentioned in the report of the film,
09:15 because there are those who left prison,
09:18 such as Hassan Kouras, Abdelkélim Zrelesh,
09:23 Mustafa Benjamin, who also left,
09:31 Saeed Boudoune, so there are many journalists who were in prison.
09:36 But there is also a former presidential candidate from 2019,
09:41 a retired general, Ayler Dili,
09:44 who was sentenced to six years, four years in prison,
09:49 for an interview given to the daily news in Luton.
09:53 Once those four years have passed, he is given two more years
09:59 and he still remains in prison for six years for an interview given in Luton
10:05 and a reflection paper published in the same daily news in Luton.
10:11 Direction now to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo,
10:16 where the government forces are still fighting the M23.
10:21 At least nine people were killed and dozens injured yesterday
10:26 in a bombing that hit a moving camp in the Goman periphery.
10:31 The origin of the rocket fire is not clearly established,
10:35 but the spokesman for the Patrik Mouyaia government
10:38 has accused the Rwandan army and the M23 rebel movement.
10:43 Kenya is on alert. The country should be swept away by the Idaiya cyclone
10:51 which should also hit neighboring Tanzania.
10:54 Yesterday, President Kenya placed his country already ravaged by the deadly floods on alert.
11:00 On the spot, the reopening of schools was reported to have been delayed.
11:04 At least 155 people are in danger in similar floods in neighboring Tanzania,
11:10 where the population is preparing for the arrival of the Idaiya cyclone.
11:15 Back in the kingdom, and right away we take the direction of the University of Mohamed VI Polytechnique in Rabat,
11:24 where researchers have debated topics inherent in democracy in Africa.
11:30 Younes Benzineb.
11:31 How to strengthen democracy in Africa by taking inspiration from successful electoral experiments?
11:40 This is one of the questions to which the participants of a seminar organized at the University of Mohamed VI Polytechnique in Rabat
11:47 have tried to answer. The event, which brings together African experts and decision-makers on the theme of elections and democracy in Africa,
11:55 new perspectives, lessons learned and better practices.
11:59 This seminar is the result of a partnership between the Policy Center for the New South
12:12 and the Council of Peace and Security of the African Union.
12:15 They aim to exchange ideas around elections in Africa
12:22 and the best democratic practices in the field.
12:28 The event is attended by about 60 experts, including international observers.
12:39 According to the participants, Africa is still facing democratic challenges,
12:45 hence the importance of the efficiency of elections in terms of organization and transparency.
12:50 This is the only way for them to choose leaders and arouse the population's support.
12:56 The voice of Africa is clear. We will work to build a more democratic and safer Pacific Africa.
13:08 And that benefits the entire population of the continent.
13:12 The values of democracy in terms of elections and governance remain essential at this stage.
13:20 And we wish to share them with the international community.
13:25 African democracy is a tributary of a fair and equitable electoral process
13:33 that supports the people, as the participants have said.
13:38 A democracy that, according to them, provides the best health and education services
13:42 on the basis of a transparent political system that promotes the general interest of the population.
13:47 Despite the decrease in the volume of marine products landed in the first quarter of this year,
13:55 the port of Leïoun, in the heart of the Moroccan Sahara,
13:58 is a strategic center that contributes effectively to the local economy and regional development.
14:04 This is what we will see in this report by Nama Moulinin, Naoufal El Majdoubi and Soheil Jalil.
14:11 Le Port de Leïoun, one of the most important in Morocco.
14:16 During the first months of this year, the port has seen the landing of 24,600 tons of pelagic fish,
14:23 4260 tons of molluscs and 9270 tons of other species.
14:28 Figures that reflect the vitality of the port and confirm its importance despite the drop in flow.
14:35 The fish market of Leïoun is one of the largest markets in the Kingdom.
14:45 It is the first, due to the volume of its landings,
14:48 that is close to 3,000 tons monthly, generating more than 70 million dirhams.
14:53 These landings come from more than 220 coastal fishing boats and more than 270 artisanal boats.
15:00 To improve the sector's transparency, a digital auction system has been adopted on the fish market,
15:12 accelerating its commercial operations, an important step towards modernizing the sector and improving its efficiency.
15:20 In recent years, a large part of local youth has been employed in several sectors related to fishing,
15:34 directly or indirectly.
15:36 Like several young people in the region, we have created several cooperatives that sell artisanal fishing products
15:42 or that sell local sea products at the national and soon international level.
15:48 A port that meets both geostrategic and regional development objectives,
15:59 with its fleet of 368 coastal fishing boats and 276 traditional fishing boats,
16:06 Leïoun Port contributes to promoting investment and development in the region and southern provinces.
16:12 In the city of Evasion, I take you 180 km northwest of the city of Leïoun.
16:18 On site is the National Park of Agni Fiss, an oasis located in the middle of the desert,
16:23 where you can also find the beautiful Neila Lagoon.
16:29 The Ministry of Tourism wants to make this reserve a unique showcase of biodiversity and ecotourism.
16:36 After kilometers and kilometers of deserted, lost land, the National Park of Agni Fiss seems to come out of nowhere.
16:45 At 180 km northwest of the city of Leïoun, the place emerges, the cacophony of birds attracts attention,
16:53 the Neila Lagoon is its infinite blue intrigue,
16:56 while the desert background and wild animals are surprising at first glance.
17:01 This natural artistic painting is the only place in the world that includes sea, lagoon and desert,
17:07 a unique asset of South Morocco.
17:13 The Neila Reserve houses a multitude of migratory birds, including the pink flamingo.
17:19 There is also a great diversity of fish and shells.
17:23 The Neila Lagoon, a true jewel of biodiversity, is above all a paradise for fishermen in the region.
17:38 We have been fishing fish here for a very long time. We spend the day fishing, but also taking tourists for a walk,
17:44 to show them the wonders of this natural reserve, which is our daily breadwinner.
17:50 Between the sand dunes and the calm waters of the lagoon, tourists get involved with local fishermen,
17:58 all dazzled by the harmonious meeting between the desert and the sea.
18:03 It's really unique because it's just on the edge of the desert, so you don't have much life,
18:08 and suddenly you come here, it's so green, you feel life with the birds, nature.
18:13 I think it's a magical place.
18:16 We hadn't planned to stop, but we just passed by and we saw it.
18:21 We said to ourselves, "Yeah, there was something here."
18:24 And it's really a very, very good atmosphere here.
18:27 The Neila Lagoon, a site protected by UNESCO, is a magical place.
18:31 Long and wide, several kilometers, it opens to the ocean by a 3-kilometer pass.
18:37 Some 25,000 birds of no less than 211 different species find refuge in this oasis
18:44 to feed, reproduce and build their nests in an ideal and impressive environment.
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19:02 Thank you for following it. In a few moments, a new point on the news.
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