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Added on the 11/02/2021 13:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
By 94 votes in favour and 49 against, Senegalese MPs pass an amnesty law covering acts linked to deadly protests in the last three years, a controversial text aimed at calming the crisis sparked by the presidential election delay. IMAGES
Cheering and joy as several government opponents are released from the Reubeuss prison in Senegal, amid a political crisis that has gripped the country since the presidential election was delayed. IMAGES
Beirut, Sep 11 (EFE/EPA).- The political and economic crisis leaves Lebanon in a complete darkness as citizens experience power outages of approximately 20 hours a day.In addition to the power outages, the country's hospitals had to stop their services while gasoline and diesel importing companies announced that the existing stock would run out at the beginning of next week as they await the approval of the Central Bank to release the credits, or the country will be completely paralyzed. (Camera: NABIL MOUNZER) SHOT LIST: A GENERAL VIEW OVER BEIRUT WITH LIGHTS ON ONLY AT SOME BUILDINGS, IN BEIRUT, LEBANON.
Sheba (Golan Heights), Aug 17 (EFE) .- (Camera: Sara Gómez Armas) The serious political and economic crisis in Lebanon has fueled instability in the border with Israel, which fears that the situation will lead to another war with the Shiite Hezbollah militia controlling the area, where armed Palestinian factions are also gaining strength.FOOTAGE OF THE LEBANON-ISRAEL BORDER, OF FARMS IN SHEBA, ISRAELI SOLDIERS ACCESSING A MILITARY BASE.SOUNDBITES OF AMNON SHEFLER, SPOKESMAN OF THE ISRAELI ARMY
Tunisia, Mar 25 (EFE) .- (Camera: Natalia Román Morte) A year after confirming its first case of Covid-19, Tunisia is facing a severe economic, political and social crisis that has pushed its precarious health system to the limit and weakened the most disadvantaged classes, forced to choose "between dying of hunger or dying of coronavirus" in the second country in Africa in the percentage of deaths associated with the pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNISIA.SOUNDBITES IN FRENCH OF HECHMI LOUZIR GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE AND MEMBER OF THE TUNISIAN SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.TRANSLATION:- "There has been a lack of respect for preventive measures and lack of means because our system, already in normal conditions, the resuscitation and oxygen beds, were at the limit, we can say".- "We've never heard of this. Pharmaceutical companies ask and demand, even before distributing the vaccines, that there be specific legislation in the countries that are going to receive them that says that in case of side effects the Government takes over. For this it has been necessary to pass laws, we have approved two".- "Many have been invited (to be vaccinated) and have not shown up, let's hope they show up. We know that first-line doctors play a very important role as intermediaries and if they are convinced of the benefits of the vaccine and are better informed of the risks and advantages, etc. the message is more easily transmitted to the population".
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).