Day: May 25, 2024

Tunis: The opening ceremony of the 7th edition of Envirofest Tunisia took place Friday at the City of Culture, with attendance of environmental campaigners and environment film fans.

French Frédéric Tellier’s Goliath (120′, 2022), which addresses the issue of pesticides, was screened. Fiction and animation films as well as documentaries are on the agenda of this edition (May 24-29).

The festival provides a platform of debate on environment-related issues. Eight films representing France, Switzertland and Tunisia will be shown.

The eco-responsible village was also inaugurated. It is an opportunity for the general public to meet with civil society organisations, artists and green artisans.

Workshops to raise children’s awareness about environment challenges and receive initiation into sorting plastic for recycling are scheduled.

Envirofest Tunisia will land, after Tunis, in nine more cities from June to October. This includes La Marsa, Sousse, Djerba, Bizerte, Gabes, Sfax and Redayef; another city in the n
orthwest will be picked seubsequently.

Festival Director Hichem Ben Khamsa presented the nine films selected for this edition which, he told TAP, put forward possible solutions to mitigate the impact of environmental challenges.”

EnviroFest Tunisia is one among thirty environment-focused festivals across the world.

The festival agenda includes films from France, Switzerland and Tunisia.

Envirofest Tunisia is organised on the initiative of Tunisia Cinema Foundation, in partnership mainly with the National Centre of Cinema and Image (CNCI), the Institut Français de Tunisie, the Swiss embassy in Tunis and the EU Delegation in Tunisia as well as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) .

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Sfax: The process of voluntary repatriation of sub-Saharan migrants from the delegations of Jebeniana and El Amra (governorate of Sfax) will be speeded up as of next week, at a rate of 400 people a week, announced on Saturday Tunisian Red Crescent Regional Director Anas Lahkim.

This decision was made at the initiative of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in collaboration with the Tunisian Red Crescent in Sfax, Lahkim told TAP.

Since October 2023, some 2,500 irregular migrants from sub-Saharan African countries in Sfax have agreed to this procedure, the same source said.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: A medical team at the Fattouma Bourguiba Teaching Hospital in Monastir recently managed to remove a tumour using, for the first time in Tunisia, endoscopic endonasal surgery at the skull base in the neurosurgery ward.

This feat was achieved under the second Tunisian Neurosurgical Anatomy Course, with the participation of experts and specialists from Germany, Italy and Argentina.

The surgery lasted almost four hours and was a success, reads a Health Ministry press release. The patient will be discharged shortly.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The Lead In -Lead Out (LI-LO) Symposium will be held for the first time in Africa and Tunisia, on June 7-8.

Organised on the initiative of the Rabta University Hospital Cardiology ward, under the aegis of the Tunis Faculty of Medicine and the Health Ministry, this high-level international scientific event will bring together world experts in rhythmology, especially in cardiac stimulation and defibrillation, Professor of Cardiology and Interventional Rhythmology Professor at the Rabta University Hospital and President of the Organising Committee Sana Ouali told TAP.

The first edition of this event was held in Belgrade in 2023, she added.

“Tunisia was chosen to represent the African Continent and organise this cutting-edge international event in the field of cardiac stimulation and defibrillation,” she added.

Ouali said a major international scientific meeting devoted exclusively to cutting-edge rhythmology had never been organised in Africa. Eighteen world-renowned international experts from Europe
and the USA were invited to lead the symposium.

Six very high-level simulation workshops incorporating new cardiac stimulation and defibrillation technologies such as implantation of pacemakers without leads and automatic subcutaneous defibrillators, some of which have never been used in Africa, are on the agenda.

Experts from Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Tanzania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Cameroon, Benin, Senega and Guinea will partake in this symposium.

“We are very proud that Tunisia is the host country for this international symposium, which will help us shine in the rhythmology field in Africa and internationally, thereby building bridges for South-South collaboration and developing a national and international programme in the field,” she said.

“As such, the Rabta University Hospital can become an international reference and training centre for probe extraction in Africa,” she concluded.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: During its participation in the Doha Dialogue on Labour Mobility between GCC and African Countries, Tunisia underlined commitment to building effective partnerships in employment, vocational training and private entrepreneurship fields.

Organised on May 21-22 in Doha, Qatar, the event brings together 8 countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and 25 African Union member states, according to a Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training press release.

The Doha dialogue aims to enhance joint coordination and address current and future challenges facing countries of origin and destination, with regard to African labour mobility to the GCC, Jordan and Lebanon, according to the same source.to

It also seeks to create a common and sustainable platform for dialogue and exchange of experiences with Asian countries to address challenges and develop mechanisms for the mutual recognition of skills, the recruitment and employment process, the role of technology and other common issues.

Moreover, the g
oal is to improve the working conditions of African migrants, which will be beneficial to the economies of the countries of origin and destination, and to encourage regulated employment channels for African labour in line with the needs of the Gulf labour market, while complying with the national labour policies of the Gulf countries, Jordan and Lebanon, the press release pointed out.

Speaking at the event, Secretary of State in charge of Communitarian Companies Riadh Chaoued outlined the main thrusts of Tunisia’s policy on migration management, including the development of legislative and regulatory texts, the boosting of international cooperation, the development of a data and information sharing system and the monitoring of labour market developments in the Gulf and Africa.

The Tunisian government is also endeavouring to set up a system for the mutual recognition of diplomas and skills between the GCC countries and African countries, and on integrating labour migration into the national policies of these
countries, to serve their economic and social development, Chaoued added.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Electricity returned to Solenzo on the evening of Saturday May 25, 2024, after 16 months of outage, noted the AIB.

Since February 17, 2023, the Sonabel interconnection line from Sanaba has been cut, following the fall of an electric pole at the entrance to the town.

Given the insecurity, it was difficult for the national electricity agents to carry out the repair.

On Saturday May 25, 2024, thanks to the combined action of the FDS and the VDP, the technicians brought things back to order.

Thus, electricity is back in the villages of Daboura, Dissankuy, and in the town of Solenzo.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Tunis: The Ministry of Education, Saturday, dismissed Regional Education Commissioner of Tunis 1, Hamad Fouad Ben Latif.

According to a statement of the ministry, the decision was made due violations made at the administrative and organizational levels following a series of unannounced visits made by Education Minister, Salwa Abbassi, to a number of establishments.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Ouagadougou: Burkina Faso wants to reduce the number of tuberculosis cases, from 44 cases per 100,000 inhabitants to less than 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants by 2030, AIB learned from the National Tuberculosis Control Program.

The number of people suffering from tuberculosis in 2022 in Burkina Faso was estimated at 8,613 people, or 44 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, said on May 22, 2024, the head of monitoring and evaluation of the National Tuberculosis Program (PNT). ), Dr Adama Diallo.

However, the program deplores the non-screening of many healthy careers who continue to contaminate other people.

For Dr Diallo, Burkina Faso plans to eradicate tuberculosis by 2030 with less than 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

The monitoring-evaluation manager spoke at a discussion workshop with around twenty journalists, including one from the AIB.

According to him, the disease is curable if detected early. For this, he invited patients with a cough lasting more than 14 days to be tested at health centers in order
to benefit from treatment.

Dr Adama Diallo also added that drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis patients are free and available in the 111 diagnosis and treatment centers, with a treatment duration of 6 to 12 months.

‘In addition to treatment, the tuberculosis patient suffering from HIV or the prisoner benefits from nutritional support amounting to 44,500 FCFA per quarter and a hygiene kit composed, among other things, of soap, kettles, mats and blankets,’ he said.

Dr. Diallo insisted that we must encourage populations to go to health facilities for early diagnosis of the disease and also adopt measures that will prevent contamination by sick people.

According to the specialist, pulmonary tuberculosis remains the most common form of this disease which manifests itself through coughing.

Dr Diallo also invited people to wear a mask, cough or sneeze into a tissue and sleep in a ventilated house in order to limit the spread of tuberculosis within the family.

‘We need journalists to relay this message to
the community level in order to effectively fight tuberculosis and be there in 2030 for its total elimination,’ he told the media.

The National Tuberculosis Control Program was created in 1995 with the aim of effectively combating this disease.

Its responsibilities include the mobilization of technical and financial resources, the dissemination of guidelines for combating tuberculosis, and support at the regional level for the implementation of activities to combat tuberculosis.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The former Unaffiliated Opposition (ONA) has designated its five representatives, including Me Abdoulaye Soma and former minister Tahirou Barry, at the national meetings on Saturday and Sunday, who must rule on a possible extension of the Transition.

In addition to these two personalities, Hermann Yelkouni, Wiloho Coulibaly and Drissa Siri will be the representatives of the ONA at the national meetings.

The former Alliance of the Presidential Majority (AMP) declined the invitation, citing among other things the suspension of the activities of political parties still in progress and the short deadline given for the designation of its representatives.

She also says she fears for the safety of her representatives during the meetings.

As a reminder, the Transition led by Captain-President Ibrahim Traoré, which began in November 2022, ends in July 2024.

The national meetings of May 25 and 26, 2024 should decide on the follow-up to be given to this Transition.

But already, unconditional supporter
s of the Head of State are asking for its extension to allow the total security of the territory before the organization of the elections.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The new Transition charter submitted to the national conference, proposes an extension of the Transition by 42 months (3 and a half years), at the end of which President Ibrahim Traoré will be eligible for the presidential elections, according to AIB sources.

The same modified text authorizes the organization of elections before the end of the Transition, if conditions permit, add AIB sources.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The government urged on Saturday, with participants having to decide within 48 hours on the continuation of the Transition, to prioritize the superior interests of the Nation and the deep and legitimate aspirations of the Burkinabè people.

The Minister in charge of Territorial Administration, representing the Head of State, officially opened on Saturday the work of the national meetings devoted to the follow-up to be given to the Transition led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

The fate of the Transition of Captain Ibrahim Traoré will be decided by the Living Forces of the Burkinabè nation gathered in a 48-hour conclave in the Ouaga 2000 conference room.

At the opening of the work, the Minister in charge of Territorial Administration, Emile Zerbo, invited the participants to make enriching contributions, while prioritizing the superior interest of the nation and the deep and legitimate aspirations of the people.

Furthermore, he called on the different components of the Nation to silence their differ
ences and to consider only the best interests of the nation.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The women of the Provincial Coordination of Citizen Watch Associations (CPAVC) of Yatenga through a lively press conference on Thursday, May 23 in 0uahigouya, reaffirmed their support for the transition and requested an extension of 10 years or more for Captain Ibrahim Traoré in order to guarantee total sovereignty and independence of Burkina Faso.

At the start of the press conference on May 23, 2024 in Ouahigouya, the members of the Provincial Coordination of Citizen Watch Associations (CPAVC) of Yatenga first sang together the national anthem in the national mooré language. A way for them to show their wish for a return of peace to the land of honest men.

According to the spokesperson for the CPAVC of Yatenga, Ramata Ouédraogo, in view of all the achievements of the transitional government with Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the women of the provincial coordination of the citizen monitoring associations of Yatenga are confident that the reconquest of the territory is underway and will be a reality i
n the near future.

‘The reorganization and adequate equipment of the army, the overhaul of public administration, and the economic recovery of the country are all worthy examples.

‘For all these achievements, we reaffirm our unwavering support for the transition, we say yes to the national meetings, yes to a new constitution. We are also in favor of extending the transition by 10 years for the total liberation of Burkina Faso. The fight that the FDS is currently leading in Burkina Faso is a fight for future generations. We give them all our support in this regard,’ continued Dame Ouédraogo.

The various projects and programs such as the ‘GO PAGA project’ which support FDS women in learning trades and the economic empowerment of women, are examples of success, Ramata Ouédraogo.

While welcoming the strong mobilization, the provincial coordination through the voice of their spokesperson invited all women in the province of Yatenga to remain united and mobilized around the transitional authorities until final
victory.

Source: Burkina Information Agency

Ouagadougou: The Minister of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security, Emile ZERBO, representing the President of the Transition, Head of State, proceeded this Saturday morning to the opening of the National Conference on the continuation of the Transition.

Writing a new page in the history of Burkina Faso, sovereign, consolidating the foundations of peace, security, social cohesion and the rebuilding of the State, this is the task that awaits the daughters and sons who have come of the thirteen regions of our country. Thus, the active forces of the Nation will decide on the continuation of the current Transition, the deadline of which is set for June 30, 2024.

‘Your participation in these Conferences testifies to your commitment to the national cause and therefore the fight for a Burkina Faso of peace, solidarity, social cohesion and prosperity,’ declared the Minister of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and of Security, Emile ZERBO.

Referring to the actions carried out by the
President of the Transition, Mr. ZERBO explained to the participants that the combined efforts to equip and strengthen the capacities of the army have produced very convincing effects which make the complete reconquest of our territory irreversible.

It is a question for the participants in these Conferences to assess the results of the Transition, to examine and adopt the draft Charter of the modified Transition. Proposals for the smooth running of Burkina are also expected from the active forces.

‘Through these present Conferences, we have a meeting with history. This is why we must silence our quarrels to pool the richness of our diversity in order to preserve the essential and write a new page in our history, that of a people who ensure their destiny and who give themselves directions. clear for building a strong and resilient nation. A nation capable of restoring peace and security on its own,’ Minister Zerbo also supported.

The president of the organizing committee of the National Conference, Colonel
Moussa DIALLO, recalled that the active forces will work during this meeting to deepen the achievements made, consolidate the social pact and the patriotic momentum initiated with a view to considering under better omens the prospects of our regained sovereignty.

Thus, he indicated that ‘The success of such a meeting requires from each of the participants discipline, moderation, courtesy and strict respect for the rules laid down. »

The president of the national organizing committee expressed the hope that ‘these meetings will be a moment of perfect communion between the daughters and sons of our country. And that together, in unity and solidarity, we meet the challenge of asserting our sovereignty.’

Source: Burkina Information Agency