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[00:00:07] This is the return of the night edition on France 24. Here are the headlines of this new
[00:00:11] production units sell news broadcast: Joe Biden has widespread cancer,
[00:00:13] according to his son Hunter Biden. The former president's prostate cancer
[00:00:17] has metastasized. He requires
[00:00:20] extensive treatment and is suffering from severe pain. A report to
[00:00:24] follow at the beginning of the broadcast with Sarah
[00:00:26] Anderson.
[00:00:30] We will also talk about this drone war linked to the Russian
[00:00:34] invasion of Ukraine. It could threaten to ignite the borders of NATO.
[00:00:37] A projectile crashed in Bulgaria
[00:00:40] exhibiting them. As for the possessions of this Saturday near a gas pipeline. Sophia has summoned the Ukrainian
[00:00:42] ambassador.
[00:00:45] And then, French justice refers 34 members of a masculinist
[00:00:50] the conflict, welcomes the group to the courts. 45 people had been arrested
[00:00:52] in June. The national anti-online hate unit had uncovered an
[00:00:56] ultraviolent Telegram channel against women. It had more than...
[00:01:00] 1700 members.
[00:01:13] Concern is growing around Joe Biden's health. The 83-year-old
[00:01:17] former American president is facing a significant worsening of his prostate
[00:01:20] cancer, according to his son Hunter Biden's confessions.
[00:01:24] The disease has spread to his bones. Out of public
[00:01:28] life, the former president is undergoing heavy treatments
[00:01:30] with radiotherapy. To talk about this, we are joining our correspondent in New York, Sarah
[00:01:33] Anderson. Sarah, we knew that Joe Biden had
[00:01:37] aggressive cancer. He had announced it in May after leaving the White
[00:01:40] House. Hunter Biden has therefore lifted the veil on the evolution of his
[00:01:44] illness.
[00:01:48] Yes, until now, the Biden family had
[00:01:50] killed in France since the beginning of remained relatively discreet about the evolution of the disease, but this
[00:01:54] time, his son Hunter Biden is speaking out. In an
[00:01:57] interview with the BBC, he explains that his father's cancer
[00:02:01] has spread to his bones and even beyond. An illness that
[00:02:04] causes, according to him, significant pain and a very
[00:02:07] debilitating condition. Hunter Biden appeared very moved,
[00:02:11] confiding that it is really difficult, it is really sad to
[00:02:14] watch. He even wished his father would complain
[00:02:18] more because the situation is not
[00:02:19] same way as at the time good, according to him. Joe Biden's prostate cancer had been
[00:02:23] diagnosed in May 2025, shortly after he
[00:02:26] left the White House. Since then, the former president has undergone
[00:02:30] treatments and surgeries, but Joe Biden
[00:02:33] is expected to live with this disease
[00:02:36] especially in the areas of health and for the rest of his life, and Hunter Biden assures that his
[00:02:39] father will continue to live a public life. So, we know that he is preparing to publish his
[00:02:43] presidential memoirs next November 17, just after the
[00:02:47] midterm elections. Has he really been visible these last
[00:02:49] months?
[00:02:53] So, Joe Biden has not
[00:02:56] And the war in Ukraine is overflowing into NATO disappeared from public life, but since his departure from the White House, his appearances
[00:03:00] have become much rarer, with occasional
[00:03:03] speeches in recent months. For example, on June 27, he
[00:03:07] spoke at the Maryland Democratic Party gala,
[00:03:10] and a few weeks earlier, he had intervened at an event
[00:03:14] in South Dakota. These appearances show that
[00:03:18] despite the illness, he intends to remain
[00:03:21] present, and he notably, his memoirs will be
[00:03:25] released to the public
[00:03:28] A border police officer reported next November in a book called
[00:03:31] "Promise Me America." Thank you, Sarah Henderson, for these
[00:03:35] explanations from New York. It's a forceful move in the
[00:03:39] Arctic. The American company Greenland Energy has landed a
[00:03:42] dozen containers on the coast of Greenland. Its goal is to conduct
[00:03:46] illegal exploratory drilling on an oil deposit estimated at 100 billion
[00:03:49] dollars. The problem is, the government was not aware,
[00:03:53] and a local ecological moratorium prohibits these practices.
[00:03:56] Greenland Energy is closely linked to Donald
[00:04:00] Trump's entourage.
[00:04:03] Less than 24 hours after the inauguration of the Colombian president, a car bomb
[00:04:07] attack targeted a highway toll booth under construction
[00:04:10] between Cali, the site of this inauguration, and the department of
[00:04:13] Cauca. Two security guards were injured. The Colombian
[00:04:17] army attributes this attack to dissidents of the former FARC
[00:04:20] guerrillas, who are very present in the region. The far-right president
[00:04:24] promises that there will be no refuge or impunity for the
[00:04:27] perpetrators. The governor of Cauca,
[00:04:34] "This is not an isolated incident. These are acts that
[00:04:37] have been systematically repeated for a long time on
[00:04:40] You are on France 24, it's time for the Africa this road. I don't think it's a message addressed to the new
[00:04:42] government. I think it's a continuous action carried out by these
[00:04:46] outlaw groups who don't want our department of Cauca to
[00:04:50] prisoners to the M23 develop. These are the actions of these
[00:04:52] terrorists."
[00:04:56] The Strait of Hormuz at the heart of a new energy war. The Iranian
[00:04:59] Supreme National Security Council cast a chill by publishing a list
[00:05:03] of demands this Saturday. Tehran demands that the United States, and I
[00:05:07] remains of Almamy quote, "correct their at the gate leading to the airport behavior" and calls for a definitive
[00:05:10] end to the war, lifting of the American blockade on its
[00:05:13] ports, the withdrawal of Western armed forces, the payment
[00:05:16] of compensation, and the unconditional unblocking of
[00:05:20] all its frozen assets abroad. Tehran also
[00:05:23] states that it is about to conclude an agreement with Oman for the management of the
[00:05:27] strait. The standoff remains explosive. A ship
[00:05:30] belonging to the Abu Dhabi oil and gas company was attacked while
[00:05:34] crossing the Strait of Hormuz, announced by the Abu Dhabi Ministry of Foreign
[00:05:37] Affairs this Saturday, according to which Iran had fired a
[00:05:41] missile to disrupt commercial
[00:05:43] shipping.
[00:05:47] We come to the complex balance of the Serbian president regarding
[00:05:50] Ukraine. In front of Volodymyr Zelensky, Aleksandar Vučić
[00:05:53] extensively commented on United Nations texts on respect for the territorial
[00:05:57] integrity of states, but he does not adopt European sanctions against
[00:06:01] Russia and he demands all discussion on military
[00:06:04] cooperation. The Ukrainian president continues to seek to strengthen his
[00:06:07] support in the face of intensified Russian strikes.
[00:06:10] Watch.
[00:06:13] The bodies of the victims are extracted from the sites under the
[00:06:16] stunned gaze of the inhabitants of this
[00:06:19] residential area in the Kyiv region. All that remains are
[00:06:23] debris and charred cars. Here, the
[00:06:26] Russian bombardments have left several dead, including a child, a
[00:06:30] dozen injured and survivors in a state of
[00:06:32] shock. Our doors and windows were blown out.
[00:06:36] I immediately checked if my husband was alive, because he was
[00:06:40] in another room.
[00:06:42] I went out and everything was already burned. My husband rushed to fetch water
[00:06:46] to extinguish the fire, but in vain. The neighbors came
[00:06:50] out to try to save a young child, but they didn't
[00:06:53] find him. All this week, Kyiv and its
[00:06:56] region have suffered a deluge of fire, intense nocturnal
[00:07:00] Russian bombardments, and a Ukrainian anti-aircraft
[00:07:03] defense, unable to shoot down a single missile due to a lack
[00:07:07] of interceptors. In the capital, the military
[00:07:11] administration called on residents to go to shelters to escape the
[00:07:14] Russian ballistic missiles. Faced with the
[00:07:17] difficulties that Ukraine is confronting, Volodymyr
[00:07:20] Zelensky is active on the diplomatic front to maintain the
[00:07:24] support of his allies, and even that of countries like
[00:07:27] Serbia, traditionally close to
[00:07:30] Moscow. We are developing all forms of
[00:07:33] cooperation likely to give our cities and communities
[00:07:36] greater resilience as well as better
[00:07:40] capacity to face all the challenges of war. We
[00:07:43] positively welcome this humanitarian aid from Serbia,
[00:07:49] energy. A rapprochement between Kyiv and
[00:07:52] Belgrade, which is not to the Kremlin's liking. In May
[00:07:56] 2025, Russian intelligence had already accused Serbian arms
[00:07:59] companies of selling ammunition to
[00:08:02] Ukraine via third
[00:08:04] countries.
[00:08:08] countries. A military drone crashed in Bulgaria
[00:08:11] near the border with Romania. The explosion narrowly missed,
[00:08:15] by only 1 km, the trans-Balkan gas pipeline that connects Turkey to
[00:08:18] Ukraine. And precisely, the device is a
[00:08:22] drone massively used by this Ukrainian army. The
[00:08:25] Ukrainian authorities have denied targeting Bulgaria, and they
[00:08:29] promise to open an investigation. I suggest you listen to the reaction of the
[00:08:33] prefect of
[00:08:33] Dobrich.
[00:08:41] that a drone...
[00:09:20] with Moscow and Kyiv is now calling for a moratorium. On Tuesday,
[00:09:24] Ankara had already denounced drone offensives that occurred the
[00:09:27] day before in the Black Sea against two Turkish ships. The authorities have
[00:09:31] also taken measures to limit traffic through the Dardanelles
[00:09:34] Strait.
[00:09:38] It's a thunderclap in the heart of Europe and a serious setback in the Schengen
[00:09:41] area. Since midnight last night, free movement no longer
[00:09:45] exists between Spain and Italy. Spanish
[00:09:48] police are now randomly screening all travelers
[00:09:51] from Italian airports and ports.
[00:09:54] In Italy.
[00:09:58] Identity checks,
[00:10:00] upon the arrival of Italian tourists on the tarmac of Madrid
[00:10:03] airport, a surprising measure for
[00:10:07] travelers accustomed to circulating freely in the European
[00:10:11] Union. Inspections also
[00:10:16] hall. Spanish police have strict instructions
[00:10:20] since this Saturday, any Italian arriving in the territory
[00:10:23] by plane, boat, or land will be subject to
[00:10:27] checks. A retaliatory measure by the Spanish
[00:10:30] government that has drawn mixed reactions from
[00:10:34] travelers.
[00:10:36] Diplomacy has disappeared from all these decisions. I see it neither in
[00:10:40] the attitude of the Italian government nor in that of the Spanish
[00:10:43] government in reaction to the measures that Italy has already put in
[00:10:47] place. It is truly regrettable to witness these
[00:10:50] controls.
[00:11:00] The Spanish prime minister has been under
[00:11:03] fire since the migratory crisis experienced by the enclave of
[00:11:06] Ceuta last July 31.
[00:11:09] 72,000 migrants entered. Almost
[00:11:12] all have since been sent back to Moroccan soil, but this
[00:11:16] episode caused strong tensions with Rome,
[00:11:20] which immediately demanded the temporary suspension of the Schengen
[00:11:23] free movement treaty with Madrid until
[00:11:27] August 15. An extraordinary measure, according to the far-right
[00:11:30] leader Giorgia Meloni, aimed at preserving
[00:11:33] the country's national security. In total,
[00:11:36] 22 EU countries have called for Spain's exclusion from the
[00:11:40] Schengen area, but in reality, such a decision is
[00:11:43] legally impossible, and for Madrid, this diplomatic
[00:11:47] offensive is unfair, contrary to
[00:11:50] EU interests and discriminatory against
[00:11:53] Spaniards.
[00:11:56] A man has been charged and remanded in custody in Vaucluse. The former
[00:12:00] legionnaire and National Rally candidate for municipal elections is suspected of murdering
[00:12:03] his ex-partner. The victim, discovered by gendarmes after
[00:12:07] a relative alerted them, had numerous head injuries,
[00:12:11] possibly from a bladed weapon. At least 79 women have been
[00:12:15] the year, and a new threat is worrying the French
[00:12:19] anti-terrorist services: masculinism, an
[00:12:22] ideology that embraces hatred of women. Dozens of men who
[00:12:26] shared ultraviolent messages have been arrested. According to the
[00:12:30] High Council for Equality, 10 million French people adhere to hostile
[00:12:33] sexism. Camille
[00:12:35] Gutin.
[00:12:38] They are nurses, metro drivers, or even prison
[00:12:42] officers. 45 men who were part of a
[00:12:45] discussion channel associated with masculinism have just
[00:12:49] been arrested. On this platform, they disseminated
[00:12:52] misogynistic content and incitement to hatred.
[00:12:55] We have found some of their
[00:12:57] messages.
[00:13:00] One of the keystones of the white patriarchal empire will be to severely punish women who refuse
[00:13:04] their husbands. Liberated women are
[00:13:07] sluts.
[00:13:09] 1758 men used this channel, yet no
[00:13:13] typical profile emerges.
[00:13:16] The individuals implicated, residing throughout the territory, appear to be socially
[00:13:20] integrated, with the majority having employment and from varied
[00:13:23] socio-economic classes.
[00:13:26] The men will be brought before justice at the end of the year.
[00:13:30] An ideology that can also lead to violent acts against
[00:13:33] women. The DGSI has qualified this movement as a high
[00:13:36] terrorist risk. A Senate report warns of the growing
[00:13:40] threat. These men consider themselves to be
[00:13:43] victims of equality between women and men. They truly
[00:13:47] hate women because they blame
[00:13:50] women for everything that goes wrong in their lives. So the
[00:13:54] threat is real and it is for all of us. Last
[00:13:57] year in Saint-Étienne, an 18-year-old boy was arrested near
[00:14:01] this high school. He was armed with two knives and wanted to attack
[00:14:05] women. The boy had watched several masculinist
[00:14:08] videos on social networks. For
[00:14:11] experts, radicalization can happen in a few months through
[00:14:15] small groups. What is specific to masculinism is collective
[00:14:18] action, meaning that an individual will frequent several
[00:14:22] groups, adhere to several types of... discourse, have
[00:14:26] problems in his own life, have a greater propensity to act,
[00:14:30] and at that moment will act.
[00:14:33] According to the authorities, several dozen minors have
[00:14:36] been identified by the DGSI and are being taken care of to be
[00:14:40] deradicalized.
[00:14:44] That's the end of this news broadcast, but stay on France 24, the rest of your programs in an
[00:14:47] instant, next full news update in about fifteen
[00:14:50] minutes.
[00:15:05] news, welcome. At the top, the Democratic Republic of
[00:15:08] Congo, a first concrete gesture in the peace
[00:15:12] process, Kinshasa handed over 15
[00:15:15] rebels, facilitated by the Red Cross, this is the
[00:15:18] first transfer of detainees since the signing of the Doha mechanism almost
[00:15:22] a year ago.
[00:15:25] In Nigeria, 308 people abducted since February have been
[00:15:28] freed in a single day. President Tinubu
[00:15:32] calls it the largest coordinated rescue operation in the country's
[00:15:35] history, you will hear their
[00:15:37] testimony.
[00:15:40] Finally, a good taste in Chad, sachet water is a public
[00:15:43] danger, a control mission reveals that the majority of
[00:15:48] untreated water directly drawn, children are the
[00:15:52] first
[00:15:52] victims.
[00:15:57] In the Democratic Republic of Congo, this is a first gesture of confidence
[00:16:01] long awaited in the peace process. Congolese
[00:16:04] authorities have handed over 15 prisoners to the M23
[00:16:08] rebels. This operation, facilitated by the International Committee of the
[00:16:11] Red Cross, constitutes the first concrete transfer of detainees since the signing of the
[00:16:15] Doha mechanism almost a year ago, details from
[00:16:19] Kinshasa by Aurélie Bazarak and
[00:16:20] Mangola.
[00:16:23] Qatar, one of the mediators in
[00:16:27] handover to the M23 rebels of 15
[00:16:31] people previously detained by the Congolese
[00:16:33] authorities. The 15 prisoners, whose identities have not
[00:16:37] been revealed, left Benin then
[00:16:40] transited through Uganda to reach the territory of
[00:16:44] Rutshuru, under M23 control. This is a
[00:16:48] handover of detainees that was expected since September
[00:16:51] 2025, when the Congolese government and the
[00:16:54] M23 had signed in Doha a prisoner exchange
[00:16:58] mechanism, but disagreements between the two parties had
[00:17:01] prevented these exchanges. In April, during new
[00:17:04] discussions in Switzerland, Kinshasa and the M23
[00:17:08] had again committed to releasing
[00:17:11] prisoners. So the number of detainees held by the Congolese
[00:17:14] authorities, as well as by the M23, is not
[00:17:17] officially known. Security sources mention
[00:17:21] several hundred detainees. While this
[00:17:23] release of 15 prisoners represents only a fraction of the
[00:17:27] people concerned, the ICRC, which acted as
[00:17:30] an intermediary in this operation, hopes that it
[00:17:33] will pave the way for other releases.
[00:17:37] headlines in this newscast: Nigeria, where 308 people,
[00:17:40] including children, have been freed, the largest
[00:17:43] rescue operation carried out in a single day, according to President
[00:17:46] Bola Tinubu. Abducted in February in the north of the country,
[00:17:50] they today testify to the ordeal they endured during their captivity.
[00:17:53] The reactions compiled by Axel Simon.
[00:17:57] Women and children still traumatized, they were
[00:18:01] rescued on Thursday by Nigerian security forces and are now
[00:18:04] waiting to return home. of the 308 people
[00:18:08] abducted last February in two northern Nigerian
[00:18:11] states. Today, some testify to the ordeal they went
[00:18:15] through.
[00:18:17] "Every time a plane approached, they ordered us to turn off the lights we had lit and to
[00:18:21] keep absolute silence so as not to be spotted. They didn't always
[00:18:25] give us food, we and our children went to bed with empty
[00:18:29] stomachs. There were sick people among
[00:18:31] us. Several pregnant women gave birth during our
[00:18:35] captivity."
[00:18:38] For the families of the hostages, it's finally relief after 6 months
[00:18:41] of anguish. "We couldn't sleep or
[00:18:45] eat, our thoughts were monopolized by worry, especially for the
[00:18:48] children."
[00:18:51] The 308 victims had been held captive since February following
[00:18:55] several deadly attacks carried out by armed groups in two northern
[00:18:58] states, like this one in Kwara state, during which more than
[00:19:02] 170 people were killed and the village reduced to ashes. The
[00:19:06] vast rescue operation on Thursday was carried out jointly
[00:19:10] by the armed forces, intelligence services, and the
[00:19:12] police. "Everyone was rescued
[00:19:15] alive.
[00:19:19] As you can see, there are only children and women here
[00:19:22] today. About forty are still in the hospital."
[00:19:26] Nigeria is struggling to stem the armed attacks and kidnappings perpetrated by armed
[00:19:30] groups and jihadists who spread terror. The Nigerian
[00:19:34] president had attributed responsibility for the main attack
[00:19:37] in February to the Islamist movement Boko Haram, a term
[00:19:41] also used generically to refer to jihadist groups in
[00:19:45] Nigeria.
[00:19:47] We stop in Guinea, this new request for restitution of objects
[00:19:51] looted by France during colonization. After demanding
[00:19:54] the writings of Samori Touré 3 weeks ago, Conakry asks Paris for the
[00:19:58] restitution of Bookar Biro's skull, last almami of the
[00:20:01] theocratic state of Fouta Djallon. Details from Malik Dia
[00:20:05] Kité in Conakry.
[00:20:08] After the possessions of Almamy Samori Touré, a fierce resistor to
[00:20:12] French colonization, Guinea is claiming from France the skull of
[00:20:16] Bokar Biro, the last almamy of the theocratic state of
[00:20:19] Fouta Djallon, as well as several manuscripts and other historical
[00:20:23] objects looted during colonization. For Conakry, these items
[00:20:27] constitute an essential part of the national heritage and the memory
[00:20:30] of two major figures of resistance to the colonial
[00:20:34] conquest. The process we have initiated
[00:20:37] of requesting the restitution of Almamy Samori's manuscripts,
[00:20:41] the return of the human
[00:20:44] Bokar Biro and his companions is part of an approach of
[00:20:48] reconciliation of the nation with its memory. For us, it is a
[00:20:52] way of re-appropriating our national narrative
[00:20:55] and making sure that these are elements of reconciliation
[00:20:58] with ourselves, with our own collective
[00:21:01] memory, but also that it is an element not
[00:21:05] of resentment or contempt between France
[00:21:08] and Guinea, but rather a bridge that is being
[00:21:11] built through this approach, which for us is an approach
[00:21:14] to heal the wounds opened by this painful
[00:21:18] past.
[00:21:20] If this request is successful, Conakry plans to bury the human
[00:21:24] remains of Almamy Bokar Biro and his companions
[00:21:27] with dignity, rather than
[00:21:30] Almamy Samori Touré, they will be preserved here at
[00:21:33] the Sandervalia National Museum, in the heart of the Guinean
[00:21:37] capital. And we stay on the theme of returning
[00:21:40] works of art to their countries. A moment of celebration this Friday in Abidjan
[00:21:44] which celebrated the return of the talking drum Did
[00:21:47] Ayokwe, while the country celebrated its 66th anniversary of
[00:21:51] independence. The sacred object of the Hébrié community had
[00:21:54] been stolen in 1916 by France during colonization. The story by
[00:21:58] Marion Lauri. After 110 years
[00:22:02] of absence, Côte d'Ivoire finally gets its talking
[00:22:05] drum back.
[00:22:08] The Jigi Ayokwe, 3.30m long and weighing nearly
[00:22:11] 430 kg, was presented to Ivorians during the
[00:22:15] national holiday marking the country's independence. A
[00:22:19] celebrated by the crowd.
[00:22:22] "It makes us, we wanted to see the drum, we
[00:22:25] want to see with our own eyes, to
[00:22:28] believe that the drum belongs
[00:22:31] to us."
[00:22:33] Much more than a musical instrument, the drum was used by the Ebrié
[00:22:37] community to signal a danger, call to war,
[00:22:40] or gather villagers. Last
[00:22:44] February 20, France officially returned the object to Côte
[00:22:47] d'Ivoire. The Ministers of Culture of each country signed
[00:22:51] the act of transfer of ownership during a
[00:22:54] ceremony at the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac. It is
[00:22:57] indeed an identity that was torn away. It is also important
[00:23:01] to know, 110 years, 120 years later,
[00:23:04] if the subject of this institution can be approached in the
[00:23:09] of the pain when it was done during the confiscation.
[00:23:13] Abidjan had requested the return of the drum at the end of
[00:23:16] 2018. It is part of the 148 works
[00:23:20] stolen during colonization and will
[00:23:22] now be exhibited at the Museum of Civilizations in the
[00:23:25] capital.
[00:23:28] To Chad, more precisely in the city of Bongor, a control
[00:23:32] mission revealed an alarming reality: out of 8 water
[00:23:35] production units inspected, the majority
[00:23:39] sell treated water directly drawn without any filtration
[00:23:42] system. As a result, diseases linked to contaminated water are exploding,
[00:23:46] especially among children. The report by Harul Girard.
[00:23:50] In Bongor, where over 120,000 inhabitants live, access to safe
[00:23:53] drinking water is a daily challenge. To quench their thirst, the population has grown
[00:23:57] accustomed to consuming sachet water, widely available
[00:24:01] at an affordable price. The main
[00:24:03] advantage of this sachet water is that it's the cheapest you can find, it costs
[00:24:07] between 25 and 50 CFA francs. A bottle of water can cost up to
[00:24:11] 500 CFA francs, it's too expensive for me, an accessible
[00:24:14] water whose quality is often poorly controlled and which
[00:24:18] exposes consumers to major
[00:24:20] health risks. Dr. Nadid has been receiving
[00:24:23] patients for years who have been made sick by this sachet water,
[00:24:27] commonly called pure water, they come with
[00:24:30] gastroenteritis, they also come with digestive
[00:24:32] problems, so we can say perhaps that it can be one of the
[00:24:36] causes of these problems, the potability of water, you
[00:24:40] have to do it yourself, I think he has bleach water
[00:24:43] everywhere in our
[00:24:46] shops so... to get some and to be able to
[00:24:50] say to yourself try to
[00:24:53] disinfect the water, after several scandals relayed on social
[00:24:57] networks in recent months, the Chadian government has strengthened
[00:25:00] health controls in sachet water production
[00:25:03] units, these claim to scrupulously
[00:25:06] respect hygiene standards in the control of water quality, such as during
[00:25:10] packaging, contrary to what has been said,
[00:25:13] we have installed a meter and with this system
[00:25:17] the water goes up to the machine where it has a filter. and once in the machine,
[00:25:21] the water is filtered before being packaged.
[00:25:25] The authorities had already mentioned the objective of access to drinking water
[00:25:29] for the entire population by 2030, an
[00:25:32] ambition difficult to achieve according to several consumer associations.
[00:25:35] In
[00:25:40] Allen, we end in Senegal, where salt harvesters are once again
[00:25:43] seeing life in pink, 4 years after floods that almost destroyed its
[00:25:47] fragile ecosystem and the economy that had developed around it, the
[00:25:51] famous Pink Lake is gradually regaining its pink hues that made
[00:25:54] it famous throughout the world, the story
[00:25:57] by Emil.
[00:26:01] Seidu Touré spends his days.
[00:26:02] is in the water with a shovel, he scrapes the bottom of this lake to collect white gold, salt, this lake gave me everything, I owe everything to this
[00:26:14] lake, it is thanks to the Pink Lake that I was able to buy
[00:26:18] horses, cows and everything I own at
[00:26:21] home,
[00:26:22] approximately
[00:26:26] 3,000 salt collectors depend on the lake for their livelihood,
[00:26:29] while the region attracts approximately 8,000 visitors.
[00:26:34] Today, this lake is gradually regaining its original pink color and
[00:26:37] tourism is slowly reviving, a huge
[00:26:40] relief for the local community that almost lost
[00:26:43] everything.
[00:26:49] We had to bring machines to collect the salt and move it so that it
[00:26:53] wouldn't get into the water. We couldn't do much to
[00:26:56] protect it.
[00:26:59] In 2022, this iconic lake
[00:27:03] lost its color and salinity following extreme floods,
[00:27:06] leading to a collapse in tourist
[00:27:08] numbers. The salt exploited in Lac Rose is linked
[00:27:12] to the saturation of this lake, if the lake is diluted, the salt will
[00:27:16] disappear. After years of effort, the authorities managed
[00:27:20] to pump out the excess water and revive the local
[00:27:23] economy.
[00:27:26] And that's the end of this edition, thank you for watching us, stay on France 24, the information
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