MEDI1TV Afrique : Presse Afrique - 19/09/2024
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00:00Welcome to this tour of the news in Africa.
00:12Starting in Ivory Coast, the country will host the 20th edition of the International Forum and African Transport Show of October 24-26, 2024, with more than 10,000 participants expected.
00:25This event, centered on the theme of logistics, transport and infrastructure focused on the user, will serve as a platform for exchanges between key sectors of the sector.
00:38Discussions aim to develop policies and strategies adapted to the expectations of users, while promoting networking through demonstrations and business meetings.
00:48The launch ceremony, which will also mark the 15th anniversary of Africa TransTour, will take place on September 26, 2024, in Abidjan, precisely in Panjshir.
00:58In Guinea-Conakry, former colonel Claude Pivy, a former member of the transition government of Mossadeh Addis Kamara, was arrested in Liberia after several months on horseback.
01:08His interrogation took place during a routine check by the Liberian National Police and he was apprehended with another Guinean soldier.
01:27Guinean authorities could now ask for his extradition so that he faces justice in Guinea, said the online newspaper.
01:36In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese ambassador was summoned by Brussels following the death sentence of a Belgian, according to an African in his columns.
01:46Belgium thus expressed its indignation after the decision of a military court in RDC.
01:52The Belgian resurgent Jean-Jacques Wondo, a military expert, was recognized as one of the instigators of an attempted coup d'état aborted in May 2024, said the online newspaper.
02:03In response, Brussels summoned the Congolese ambassador to talk about his concerns, emphasizing the lack of evidence presented during the trial and reaffirming his opposition to the death penalty.
02:15And then in Ghana, the opposition manifesto for an audit of the electoral lists before the presidential election in December, according to the UN, of 360 Africa.
02:23Thousands of Ghanaians demonstrated this week across the country at the initiative of the Democratic National Congress.
02:30Manifestos fear fraud in favor of the party in power, the new patriotic party of NDC, accuses the electoral commission of having included more than 50,000 names of deceased people in the register,
02:42while the commission rejects these accusations, stating that the modifications aimed at guaranteeing transparency.
02:49This situation raises concerns about the integrity of the electoral process.
02:55In the approach of a highly disputed election between former President John Mahama and Vice President Mahamadou Baoumia.
03:02Ending in Sudan, where the cholera epidemic continues to spread, 266 new cases have been reported, with a total of 9,533 since the beginning of the epidemic declared on August 12.
03:17According to African News, the death toll has reached 315, while floods and torrential rains have caused 225 additional deaths and injured more than 880 people.
03:30More than 35,794 houses have been seriously damaged by these storms, and about 178,000 Sudanese have been moved across the country.
03:41Our colleagues note that the precarious sanitary conditions exacerbate this crisis, making access to drinking water and medical care even more difficult for the affected population, notes the online newspaper.
03:53And that's it for most of the African news today, thank you for following it.