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surge of covid cases linked to a fast spreading variant. we will tell you what you need to know. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching in the united states and canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber and this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ as the death toll climbs in gaza from israeli air strikes and artillery, deadly violence is now spreading to the west bank . at least ten blwere killed. we will have more on that in a moment. the israeli military bombardment

of gaza has gone on around the clock. thousands have been left homeless by the destruction. palestinian health minute city say 126 palestinians have been killed including dozens of children since the conflict began. israeli says eight people have killed as rockets rain down from gaza. some have slipped through with deadly effect. nic robertson is live near the gaza border. more threats and it seems clear things are heading in the wrong direction. where are things where you are and are they expecting things to escalate even further today? >> reporter: i think it's hard to judge an environment like this at a moment like this where it feels calm where these mobile artillery pieces behind me have not fired overnight, whereas, the previous night, they had been much more active. israeli defense forces saying artillery had laid down more

than 700 shells in northern gaza. you could say the tempo at this particular location is down. is that indicative what is coming the coming hours? we don't know. certainly there were a lot of rockets fired out of gaza last night. we could hear the iron dome long into the night taking those down and military sites like this were part of those targets, as well as civilian neighborhoods and an apartment building where we were was hit. in gaza, a family house, a three-story family house was collapsed during an israeli defense force raid, air strike on gaza, one tiny child was rescued from the rebel, we understand was rescued from the rebel. how does this tell us what is going to happen in the coming days, i think you just have to say, look, right now, it feels a little slower.

yesterday, the number of rockets that were fired had slowed down on the previous day. israeli defense forces say 2,000 rockets have been fired. their attack locations last night for the israeli defense forces in gaza were hamas tunnels, the entrances to tunnels. they were also targeting the rocket firing teams. so there are still targets of opportunity, if you will, for the israeli defense forces in gaza. military targets are out there still trying to fire rockets into israeli. so this part of the tensions of the conflict, it's not gone. i think you just look at it and say, for now, it's calmer than it was, 24, calmer than it was 48 hours ago. >> in terms of the efforts to find solutions, there have been efforts to diffuse the tensions by regional players internationally by countries like the u.s. it may not look like it from the

scenes we have been seeing earlier, but is there any sense there is any headway being made behind the scenes? >> reporter: i think listening to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu speaking last night. he has talked about the support he has had from all over saying israeli has the right to defend itself if it's attacked by hamas and other groups inside gaza with rocket fire coming into israeli. he has that sort of political and diplomatic space he feels to continue the situation but, at the same time, he didn't appear to be when he talked last night talking about the escalation increasing. he said it would hit hamas hard, that he had said that hamas would be hit hard. that has been done. the israeli defense forces continue to do that. diplomatically, the deputy assistant secretary of state for the palestinian israeli affairs has arrived now into israeli.

but i think perhaps look to someday where a u.n. gathering of representatives at the u.n. can perhaps to create more diplomatic space for the diplomacy to pick up. it is happening with the understanding there are still military elements of this to play out. the other side of this weekend may look quite different. >> let's hope so. nic robertson, thank you so much for that. israeli military offensive in gaza is causing repercussions across the region. cnn's ben wedeman was in bethlehem when clashes there exploded. >> reporter: now the west bank where in bethlehem, a new generation of palestinians have taken to the barricades facing a new generation of israeli soldiers.

friday saw the most intense confrontations in years between palestinian youth and israeli security forces throughout the west bank. palestinian officials reported the highest daily death toll here in years with hundreds injured. somebody has new been wound here. in fact, they are coming our way. let's step aside. it's a woman who has been hit. countless are the stones thrown here over the years. beyond calculation, the number of tires burned. countless, the tear gas wantsters that have rained down on this street. the israeli military is shooting tear gas to break up the protesters. just one of the protests going on across the west bank. the message on this day, one of

solidarity with their fellow palestinians in jerusalem, gaza, and inside israeli. if one of us is wounded, we are with them says this young man, who declined to give his name. we support them as if the entire palestinian people were wounded. bethlehem residents choky asa took part in protests in his youth and shares that message. >> it's a unity of palestinians with a cry that we have rights, that we are not going anywhere and we will continue on until we get to the evacuation and have our independent states. >> reporter: the worlds of this troubled land passed from father to son. ben wedeman, cnn, on the west bank. fully vaccinated people are getting a glimpse of the post

pandemic life. cdc says fully vaccinated americans don't need to wear masks in most settings. but mask mandates still vary from state-to-state and business-to-business. and if a maskless person hasn't been vaccinated well, how would anyone know? amid the mixed messaging, a white house covid advisory insists the government is following the science. >> the cdc always going to be criticized ass being too fast o too slow. they try to follow the science. our job at the white house is let them follow the science and take what comes and try to explain it as best we can to the american public. >> one study the cdc used to make this decision found pfizer and moderna provided 94% protection for front line workers inoculated at the start of the vaccine rollout and 82% after a single dose. while that is promising news for the fully vaccinated, dr.

anthony fauci says unvaccinated students will have to wait to change their routine. listen to this. >> people who feel that -- which they should now based on the data -- that it is safe for them, not only outdoors, but indoors. they should feel comfortable in not wearing a mask. the school should be open, face-to-face, in-person classes in the fall. we absolutely have to do that. and in those situations, if the child, which, obviously, elementary school kids are not vaccinated, they should wear a mask. >> cnn's nick watt has more on how americans are sorting through the patch work of rules. >> reporter: the percentage of covid-19 tests coming back positive has never been lower than it's been these past few days ever. that's big. so is this. >> if you are fully vaccinated, you no longer need to wear a mask. >> reporter: too soon?

>> this change was really abrupt. the cdc went from 0 to 100 overnight. >> reporter: let's break it down. just the fully vaccinated so just over one-third of the population and its guidance laws and mandates. >> these decisions going to have to be made at the local local. >> reporter: take hawaii. >> my mask mandate continues to be in force. everyone must wear their masks indoors. >> reporter: minnesota's mask mandate already no more. >> if you're going into a business where folks are unmasked you know they are vaccinated, it's a safe thing to do. >> reporter: how do you know they are vaccinated? >> this really is the honor system so i'm still going to wear a mask if i'm in a public indoor place. >> reporter: some school districts already dropped mandates. >> zero. no one wears masks. i haven't seen one mask. >> pretty sweet they got rid of it. >> reporter: chad is eligible for a vaccine but remember younger kids still are not. the cdc, we are told, struggling to convince vaccine hesitant

republicans it's kind of a mess to figure out what this particular audience what res mates with them said one source, because they see vaccines as taking away their freedom. to stuff like this, does it help? >> fans out tomorrow and if they are tested and get the vax they will be able to take two laps around the talladega speedway the world's baddest and fastest track. >> earlier i spoke with a medical analyst dr. rodriguez about the mask announcement and i asked him to explain why this decision opened a can of worms for businesses. >> i think the cdc's science is absolutely correct, that being vaccinated not only keeps you from getting seriously ill, it also keeps you from spreading the disease. but i think the announcement that everybody or people that are vaccinated, see, even i made the mistake. that people that are vaccinated

can take off their maskedss was, too bankrabrupt and, b, a littl premature. now anybody could take their mask off. remember, the cdc gives guidelines. they don't create laws. they don't create policy. that is made by states and, you know, in local jurisdictions. so i think the fact that it was just thrown out there is what is causing this chaos because people that don't want to wear a masks, that is what they are hanging their hat on now. >> absolutely. the cdc was saying, you know, they were trying to stop the confusion because the studies were showing the vaccine is effective and so, therefore, the question is if the vaccines are effective, then why should you have to wear a mask? doesn't common sense sort of suggest, as you were saying, that people who haven't made -- getting a vaccine a priority, those types of people, i guess, will be the same people who will now gladly throw their mask away

and spurn socially distancing. >> right. which is ironic. it isn't rocket science. the virus has somewhere to go and someone to in fact. the people that are vaccinated are not the ones that are going to get sick and get infected. it's the people that are not vaccinated. so if someone for some political reason that is not vaccinated does not want to wear a mask, they are getting themselves into even greater jeopardy. so we need to be clear. people that are vaccinated are safe -- i mean, basically safe to go without masks. i'm going to around my friends that are vaccinated. call me what you want, maybe i still have cave syndrome, but in large groups, i don't know who is vaccinated so i'm probably going to wear a mask. >> are we expecting to see maybe a spike in cases that is linked

to this? >> that is very possible. that is very possible. again, we are are so great in many respects but one of our downfalls we think we are the only country in the world and we are not. so you have to realize that this is not just an infection of the united states. as soon as we start traveling to other countries and other countries want us because they need our business and we want to go there. we are going to be exposed to many variants and many different possible viruses that we are going to bring back home. so people have to realize that, today, the cdc may say, hey, it is safe if you're vaccinated to stop wearing a mask. but, tomorrow, their recommendation may be, things are too hot now, everybody has to put their masks back on. >> our thanks to dr. jorge rodriguez for his analysis there. republicans have officially ousted congresswoman liz cheney

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on capitol hill, a trump loyalist is holding a key position in the party's house leadership and some lawmakers are trying to rewrite history about january's capitol insurrection. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles reports from washington. >> reporter: the house republican conference overwhelmingly picking new york congresswoman elise stefanik as their new conference chair and presenting a united front. >> listen. the republican party is a big ten party and my district is the story of the growth of the republican party. >> reporter: but it may not be that easy. >> there have been things worse than people without any firearms coming in to a building. >> reporter: rank in file hard-right members are now attempting to rewrite the history of what happened during

the january 6th insurrection. texas congressman louie gohmort did that on friday from the house floor. >> no doubt people came here on january 6th to cause trouble. most did not come here to cause trouble. missouri came here to protest. >> reporter: this despite harrowing stories of violence and chaos from that day that continue to emerge from police officers. some of whom were beaten and had their own weapons turned on them. >> i believe that violent group would of killed individuals inside of the capitol complex. >> for people to contradict that, it's insulting, it's a slap in the face. >> reporter: this growing move to rewrite history comes on the same day a bipartisan deal was hatched to form an independent commission to look into what went wrong on that day. the commission will be evenly split between republicans and democrats. they will have equal subpoena

power, and the scope will be limited to january 6th and the events that led to the attack. while the negotiations were bipartisan, the top house republican kevin mccarthy has yet to sign off. but democrats say that won't be a problem. >> so we tried to take the politics out of it because the public deserves nothing less. >> reporter: with a handful of far right republicans painting a different picture of what happened that day, drawing a clear conclusion as to what went wrong is now imperative. liz cheney lost her job said gop cannot support the trend. >> a former president attempting to undermine the system as the way he is. as republicans we have a particular responsibility to stand up against that. >> reporter: but tnew video uncd

from a team shows marjorie taylor-greene before she was elected to congress taunti ing alexandria ocasio-cortez outside of her door. oac saying mtg needs professional help. despite all of this ongoing tension between republicans and democrats, the house speaker nancy pelosi is prepared to move forward with plans to form this bipartisan commission to look into the events of january 6th. she says she will bring a bill to the house floor as soon as next week. this despite the fact that the house minority leader kevin mccarthy has yet to endorse the proposal. ryan nobles, cnn, on capitol hill. we saw a bit of jake tapper's interview with u.s. house republican liz cheney on cnn after she was kicked out of her party leadership role.

she has been very critical of former president trump and has rejected his big lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. here is a little more of that interview. >> reporter: what is it like standing up for what seems, from my perspective, to be just kind of basic decency law and order constitutionality and be shunned by house republicans? it looks weird from where i sit. >> well, you're not a house republican. >> right. true. >> listen. i think that, to me, it's very clear what is required here. and it's not -- you know, some people say it's courageous. i don't think of it that way. i think -- you've written about men in particular who have real courage. this is not landing on omaha beach or being at a foreign operating base in afghanistan. this is duty and it's about truth. and we have had a collapse of truth in this country.

we have had, you know, seen an evolution of, you know, general situation where conspiracy theories are rampant, where good people in a lot of instances, you know, have been misled and believe things that are not true. and so i think that we all have an obligation to make sure we are doing everything we can to convey the truth, to stand for the truth, and to stand for the constitution and our obligations. >> liz cheney also told abc news that she regrets voting for donald trump in 2020. fuel shortages are starting to ease up a bit following that ransom ware attack on a major pipeline in the southeastern u.s. but gas is hard to come by in five states and more than 80% of pumps are still dry in washington, d.c. colonial pipeline was shut down for six days after the attack blamed on the group darkside. that led to panic buying and long lines for fuel.

two sources tell cnn the company later paid ransom to the group. the pipe is back online but it will take a few days before the supply is back to normal. crowds of people are taking to the streets as the violence flares up in israeli and gaza. we will have details on the pro-palestinian protests erupting across the region coming up. later, how a covid surge in northern england could affect the country's road map out of lockdown. stay with us. ♪ every day u does good ♪ unilever this is our block. our place. our people. our block, it's just like yours. full of the people who shaped you. they all deserve care and access to the vaccine. no matter their address, income, or skin color. not having a ride to get the vaccine. can't be the reason you don't get it.

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watching in the united states and canada and around the world. world leaders and officials are speaking out as the israel/palestinian unrest. here is what the white house said friday. >> the president believes that israel has a right to self-defense. obviously if we take a step back and remove ourselves for a a moment, which i know is hard to do from the politics. clearly what is happening on the ground, the loss of life, the loss of children's lives, the loss of family members' lives, whether it's palestinian lives or israeli lives, is incredibly tragic. it's horrific to watch. that is certainly why our focus is on deescalating what is happening on the ground. >> the u.n. secretary of state general said both sides should stop fighting immediately and allow for mediation. the uae is calling for restraint

from all parties and a cease-fire. many arabs across the region are showing their unwavering support for palestinians from istanbul to jordan. protesters have taken to the streets to march in solidarity with those in gasses a. we have the latest from beirut. >> reporter: more protesters and demonstrations are planned across the day. this is a day they commemorate thousands that were displaced in 1948 in the conflicts surrounding the founding of the state of israeli. hundreds of thousands of palestinians descendants number in the millions and spread out in the area and in lebanon where a protest will be held.

there is multiple political factions calling for everyone to rally today. there is concern this could turn violent because on friday, a 21-year-old lebanese man was killed when the israeli military fired a rocket as this man was trying to storm that fence between lebanon and israeli and every drop of blood lost could increase concern of more violence. alongside these traditional demonstrations, the rhetoric that we have heard for decades from this region, there is also a very real shift and that is some countries are normalizing relationships with israeli, take the united arab emirates signing an accord a year ago to normalize relationships with israeli and not just them but other countries so you're hearing a much more muted criticism from some of the gulf states and now comes the test of those agreements. the argument, of course, from the united arab emirates is more

at the negotiating table when something happens. as mediations calm tensions, the question will this influence indeed play out or were these just empty words? earlier, i spoke to julie norman from the university of college of london and i asked her to put this most recent surge of israeli and palestinian violence into historical context. listen to this. >> what we are seeing this week is very reminiscent of the so-called gaza wars we saw in 2008 and 2012 and 2014 where we saw israeli air strikes and hamas rockets going back and forth and quite tragically resulting in thousands of civilian casualties. what is different this time is, as you noted, it is extending just beyond the gaza and israeli border in the sense we have seen violence erupt also in many israeli cities. many of these cities are cities

that have been relatively peaceful, have sometimes tensions, but, overall, pretty peaceful coexistence. we have seen violence in these cities as well. over 800 arrests. a small minority but a very sizeable impact. the other thing that is different that we are seeing is the scale and scope of the hamas rockets. so in the past in 2014, for example, hamas launched about 4,000 rockets over a 50-day period. they have already launched about 2,000 rockets this time over a five-day period and have also demonstrated the rockets can reach further into israeli than the past, so this has caused concern for the israeli officials and from their perspective, has rationalized a response into gaza with trying to disrupt the infrastructure behind the rockets. >> now maybe a political realist might say as horrific as this is

for the victims, this has been beneficial for politicians, specifically prime minister netanyahu who might be getting a political life line here and hamas which had lost popularity and has a very visible way to show its relevance. i know this is something you've written about extensively how political exfeedency on both sides is feeding into the conflict. >> this conflict and crisis right now has emerged as a time of leadership crises in both communities and israeli and netanyahu has been unable to form a government. this is after four rounds of elections in israeli in two years. and, at the same time, in palestine, elections that were supposed to be held this summer have been indefinitely postponed. what we see is both netanyahu and then hamas and the palestinian side really taking advantage of this moment. for netanyahu, trying to show israelis that this is not the time to change course, showing that he is strong on security

and defense. on the palestinian side, it's really hamas trying to project their image as the voice of resistance for the palestinian people, especially in contrast to the palestinian-led authority which many palestinians see as very weak, as object slow let a -- obsolete. >> our thanks to julie norman for her analysis there. we are now learning that virtually an entire family of palestinians has just been killed in an israeli air strike with the lone survivor was an infant. the palestinian news agency say ten people in the home were killed including eight children. the family was reportedly living in a refuge camp in gasses a when a air strike demolished their three-story home. parts of england are seeing an alarming surge in the covid variant, the first to emerge in

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8,000 new infections for the tenth day in a row. the town of bolton in northwest england is taking no chances after a surge in the indian covid rollout there. they are starting door-to-door testing and sending out mobile testing vehicles and they are to enter the next phase of reopening on monday. prime minister said despite the outbreak it will go ahead as planned. >> i do not believe we need on the present evidence and we will proceed with our plan to move to step three in england for monday. but i have to level with you that this new variant could pose a serious disruption to our progress and could make it more difficult to move to step four in june. and i must stress that we will

do whatever it takes to keep the public safe. >> reporter: for more on this, let's bring in cnn's phil black in lopped. didn't it seem the mood was celebratory with lockdowns being eased. it sounds like the variant has the potential to reverse all of those hard gains. >> reporter: it is sobering. the truth is we still can't be sure there is anxiety but we don't know how worried we should be. although the government scientific advisers have said, this is more transmissionible, they don't know mohow much more transmissible or whether this variant will result in more serious disease or they don't know it means for the effectiveness of vaccines. assuming the vaccines hold their effectiveness as other variants so far there is reason to believe the uk is on a balance in a positive position because

its vaccine program is so advanced. there is so much immunity out in the community. now, that it should hopefully slow the advance or slow a significant advance of this new variant and one potential scenario, especially if it is only slightly more trans transmissible. if it is significantly more transmissible, it could still cause problems. you could still see another surge because not everyone is protected by the vaccine yet, particularly young people and some of the more vulnerable people too for various reasons who haven't taken up the vaccine could be at risk and, indeed, vaccines are not perfect. they don't provide absolute coverage. so the potential for a surge, if it is significantly more transmissible and in the event that is what happens, then the key indicator will be what is happening in hospitals. if you get lots of confirmed cases, will you then see potentially a spike in hospital admissions, people suffering a

serious version of covid-19? if that doesn't happen, then that means the vaccines are continuing to do their job, breaking that link between infections and serious disease. that is essentially the scenario that prime minister boris johnson is, at the moment, betting on in saying that england should take its next step, it's next risky step in lifting restrictions. that is a return to indoor mixing and socializing in homes, bars, and restaurants from monday with some limitations. there is risk associated with that but he is warning that the next step of lifting all pandemic restrictions may have to be slowed or delayed if in the coming weeks we see that this new variant has the potential to undo a lot of the gains that have been made. >> many countries will be watching to see what happens there. phil black in london, thank you so much. appreciate it. india's suspension of vaccine exports is hitting many developing nations. kenya is one of them where vaccine doses are now running

out. cnn's room radcheck is in nairobi for us. i spoke to a doctor in nairobi a week or two ago and she was worried about the knock-on effect from the situation in india. i guess now we are getting a much clearer picture of exactly what that is. >> reporter: yeah. you know, kim, a couple of weeks ago, the world health organization was saying that about 2% of all vaccines administered worldwide were administered in african countries and that has gone down to about 1% now. 1%. you know while you're got countries like the united kingdom, the u.s. where you are, where people are starting to go back to normal life, talking about dropping mask mandates and hugs and vaccinating all age groups, it is a very different reality in kenya and in other african countries. this was the scene at nairobi's

international hospital a few days ago. a constant stream of people eager to get their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine. they were the lucky ones, receiving some of the country's precious last shots. this is what it looks like right now. this hospital was administering the highest number of covid-19 vaccines in the country on a daily basis. they had to suspend the campaign and they just don't know when they are going to be able to resume again. kenya has relied solely on the global vaccine covax that has provided the african country with doses of covid-19 in india. india with his own covid catastrophe it has halted all exports and the impact across kenya, this country is going to run out of vaccines in a matter of days. busy vaccination centers across its capitol city now deserted.

we have been to several health care facilities and hospitals here in nairobi and we just can't seem to find one still offering covid-19 vaccines. those desperately searching for a first dose are being turned away. mother of two doesn't want us to show her face. she tells us she has been to every major hospital in the city. she is now trying smaller clinics. mowangi says losing a close friend to covid-19 was a terrifying experience. >> having lost someone who is younger than me i think it is he is very serious and important to be immunized. >> reporter: this man was supposed to get his second dose next week but the government has pushed back the second doses by at least four weeks. those promised a first shot, they have been promised a second one but a june delivery in doubt no one knows when the next

consignment will arrive. >> translator: i was told to get the vaccine because if you get corona it won't be severe. i hear corona is increasing and why eager to get a second dose. >> reporter: the world health organization has warned vaccine delays risk opening the door to a new wave of infections on the continent and the emergent of new covid-19 variants. >> what you see in india like, you know, what is being done there we might see mask graves. >> reporter: this doctor is a top scientist and warning that african countries could be the next india. he says no health care system in africa can deal with a surge like the one devastating india. >> what is happening in india is a red flag for the whole world that the poorer countries where they are the first wave and second wave in terms of mortality, we actually see something worse, if something is

not done. >> reporter: he says it's time for wealthier nations to rethink their vaccination strategies. >> it makes no sense to give kids in schools vaccines to reach the countries when we know people are likely superspreaders across the world who have not been vaccinated. these are the likely breeding grounds for new super variants. it is a global village. none of us is safe until all of us are safe. >> reporter: it seems, once again, africa is being left behind but with this persistent virus, what happens in africa likely won't stay in africa. kim, the kenyan government says that it is working to secure 13 million doses of the johnson & johnson vaccine that it expects to get by august. it's talking to other manufacturers too. but none of this is certain. you know? this current crisis, the

shortage, it's not just being caused by india's ban on exports but what critics say is the wealthier countries hoarding vaccines and this is why we are hearing a rising call for covid-19 vaccines to ramp up production and the african president joining those calls a few days ago saying wealthier nations safely inoculating their populations why millions die in the poorer countries, that amounts to vaccine apartheid. >> what a contrast as you point out here. we have enough to vaccine teens here and they can't vaccinate anyone. jomana karadsheh, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. coming up next in japan, there is lots of push-back against hosting the games this year, including from a top ceo who hasn't mincing words. stay with us. no sweat. secret

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let's bring in selena wang from tokyo. what can you tell us? >> reporter: kim, the mood here on the ground is changing. it seems like we are at a point where a growing chorus of forces not just from the public at large but high profiled voices are now raising the alarm. i sat down with the ceo of a tech giant in japan, the leading e commerce playing. he tells me he has been urging the japanese government to cancel the games and each calling it a suicide mission for japan to host the olympics this summer. when i asked him what rating he would give japan's handling of the covid-19 pandemic, he said a 2 out of 10. japan has only fully vaccinated about 1 p% of its population. it's not only his company. other corporate leaders are sounding the alarm as well, including toyota, which is a top olympic sponsor. that company is concerned about growing frustration against the

games. online petition asking for the games to be cancelled received more than 350,000 signatures in just nine days. even a doctor's union in japan urged the government to cancel the games saying that it could be a superspreader event even without any spectators using strong language saying it would be impossible to hold safe and secure games. ultimately, the decision here comes down to the ioc and they have been insistent that these games will go ahead as planned, as has the japanese government. now we are just ten weeks away and it is a note to see with each growing day the number of voices calling for the games to be reconsidered is only growing. >> clock is ticking. thank you for that in tokyo. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." for our viewers, in the u.s. and canada, "new day" is ahead. for everyone else, it's "connecting africa."

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