dearest master, ah, this perhaps the greatest leonardo masterpiece in the collection of the louvre and no, it is not the mona lisa. it is the virgin of the rocks, 2 versions, multiple copies, and a hidden drawing. was there another symbolic meaning to this beautiful painting that perhaps we just don't understand in the search for answers start february 10th on d, w. ah, this is deed of the news africa coming up on the program. global power houses are close enough to africa to get something from the continent. but what that's africa gets in return. germany, for example, is he can alternative sources of energy from africa due to the war and ukraine. but how mutually beneficial staci path i should be russia is also strengthened in

ties with african countries for a minute stop. survey. laugh rob was in south africa this past week. i had the joint reach me drill in february, also coming up in nigeria. selections. fulton habits have traditionally been along the north, south muslim christine divide. we look at what rule at nist, etc, and religion could play this time around and stuff in a me just created by artificial intelligence, a filmmaker in i, j. b. i is thinking the world by storm with a unique fashion show of senior citizens a i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. africa has increasingly been on the re,

especially since russia's war and ukraine. that's partly because in many countries around the world are seeking alternative sources of energy. and africa has plenty of it. but what does africa get in return? germany, for instance, has presented a new strategy for investment on the continent. will soon look at how about different from previous strategies, but 1st, let's have a closer look at germany's interest in africa. the years africa was at best, a secondary concern for germany. but after almost 6 months, as german chancellor left schultz was on his way to the continent, stopping off in south africa near an center goal looking to strengthen ties and do deals africa to continent next to europe. and it is of essence that we work intently to have very good relations with all the states in africa. there was an remains another big reason for all the diplomacy

and handshakes. germany does require to diversify its resources, specifically and energy resources. that is the main, the main idea of postern originally crane conflicts. this has become, become really clear to many and there needs to be more diversification. germany knows africa has a lot to offer when it comes to diversifying its energy supplies, particularly renewables. and in its new africa strategy. berlin is quick to point out the need to help african countries make their own economies more climate friendly. and that's not all via why we don't want countries to be permanently dependent on us. we don't want to create some kind of neo colonialism, but rather a partnership relationship. we see how africa is developing,

what potential for innovation. there is how many young people there are and we want to build networks that are beneficial to both sides. the po, oh, laugh schoultz wants to play to germany. strengths here. be the acting as a mutual partner, insecurity and defense. infesting in a clean energy transition or improving local, social and health services. a plan he hopes will set germany apart from countries like russia and particularly china, which is investing billions in africa. take, for example, the co boat business, a minimal that's in demands due to the electric cobrin. africa has 3 quarters of the world's deposits and china already owns 8 of the 14 largest cobalt mines. but germany believes african countries what more balance partnerships buses. and also, the large chinese infrastructure projects have shown they make countries dependent for many, many years. they can then no longer decide for themselves. so we're making a more democratic offer something that reflects

a common values equivalent. the gen a chancellor says africa is becoming a global center of gravity, but will african lead us and industry be rolling out the red carpet? what germany has to offer with suit is like china and russia also ready to do business. let's bring in doctor linda lulu a research fellow at the gay gowns jude's full african fest. hello and welcome to the program. is germany's new strategy with africa offering something attractive enough. i'm so with the readings, i see some decorations of intentions that we could go in the right direction. but the most, the major problem that we've had with these strategies like the past, the marshall plan for instance, is that it's all talk. but very little action especially, you know, bring it in, african, having that equal partners on the table. yeah. interesting how you put it. you know, africa has always been

a place to seek raw materials. germany is now seeking alternative energy sources. so what really has changed with germany? so africa strategy i not much has changed and the major problem has been having africa as wasn't table. finding ways to create policies that you want to beneficial. so this is why many special fees are promising. but right now it's all promises and get this isn't that i find is that a lot of these policies are drafted but never really implemented. so how could african countries and sure that this time they are partnering with countries like germany on an equal footing? yeah, my perspective as a region and this is always that the numbers are better, negotiation should go to the african union,

but we know that we have divers countries on the continent, different parents. so i think that is important for them to, to use the fact that we have a lot more interest in the con, in the continent and competition and use that to get it. i mean, it's a, it's a sort of a luxury, if i can say that it seems the rest of the world is causing it up to the continent . how can africa take advantage of the situation? all the more the merrier m, i would say, you know, you and the u. s. i always thought that they are the only partners are a week for, you know, for africa. but there is a lot more people now, so that the fact that there are multiple partners and to negotiate and, and, you know, i'll collaborate with the better because african easily or african nations i was

carrots can't usually move to another pot and i eat the conditions for one is not great, so i think the more the merrier. ok, dr. lind, i ruler, the research fellow i began to today for african affairs. thank you. talking about africa's relationship for the rest of the wild. russia is one of those countries closing up to the continent. just this past week. russia's foreign minister was in south africa, and both countries announced a joint military drill together with china or mid february. likely christine wanderer, fix into south africa balance, and that when it comes to its ties with moscow at the time when russia is being condemned for its invasion of ukraine, ah, at the russian school of bailey in johanna spring yanna alga is teaching her 1st class of the day, the native of russia found at the studio in 2009, one year after she moved to south africa. we teach oregon of our nation bally

method, or nation valley method, and that the style that has been developed and russia and by irrational teacher, the pin of a gun of m yana, has taken some of his old african students to russia is particular government funded exchange program with his sister school in st. petersburg, the cultural exchange, a microcosm of the warm relations between the 2 countries. relations that go back to when the soviet union helped south africa's freedom fighters in their struggle to in the system of black oppression known as a part 8. that history is part of the reasons why the africa refuses to condemn russia for the invasion of ukraine. despite pressure from its western allies, per tory insists it wants to be neutral. this past week, russia's top diplomat city love was in south africa, where he met with president. so i'm a poser. and he's counterpart now lady pendle, who said south africa was friends with russia. i just think it's important that

really god all countries as sovereign nations and not stop doing so when it suits us. and then when it's something else, then we say, yeah, now you must relate to us. but when someone else say no, no, no, no. we don't allow that kind of division to be sought from us. as of africa, we see we value the independent, measured and balanced position that our south african friends are taking towards this issue. but that balance position is now under scrutiny next month around the 1st anniversary of the war in ukraine. south africa will be hosting naval military drills with russia and china along its eastern coast. a move seemed to be pulling pretoria closer to moscow. the u. s. has criticized south africa for its decision to host the drills with russia and china as the war in ukraine rages on. but pretoria has defended the drill saying all countries conduct military exercises

with friends. and that's how the africa should not be denied the rights to participate in the drills. it's not just filed africa. russia has been on an aggressive trauma offensive across the continent with love rock visiting a number of countries seeking diplomatic support. i think the appeal of russia's public diplomacy on the continent has been the way it's leveraged away into colonial approach and to new colonial approach, if you will. it's also advance this idea of tapping into the anti hija monic narrative that came up around the global south. and it's that idea that's particularly resonating in south africa and in other countries on the continent to say the west has double standards and are seeking alternative alliances from all this, i am now joined by william good day, as i guess if jefferson of john is bad based democracy works, foundation, hello,

and welcome say. now at a time when russia is at war with ukraine, south africa is claiming to stay neutral, but is opening its arms. why that to russia? you said in an area interview that this is a bad situation for south africa. explain why? yes, it is very bad for after care because you know, it opens out africa up for potential this investment by listening this, this even pretend. so i'm sanctions by the us at the moment where we need to come see where we need investment. we need to deal with our jobs problem. we've got our biggest economic crisis is that africa? since i'm the 2nd world war, we had a re half the highest unemployment in any emerging market in the world. we desperately need on foreign investment and browsers out our tape, but what russia is so many mo, on compared to our trades with a developed world. so obviously that i've got,

as i want to risk losing investments from that, if i developed countries. so what do you think makes it so difficult without africa? condemn russia? but it's why you came you know, many leaders of the governing african national congress in south africa. a few great food to russia because of the soviet union support after liberation. struggle in south africa, 96970 s, and in 1980. so many people confuse a roster after day with at the soviet union. secondly, many i n c leaders have personal affinity with russia because the current, many of the current leaders of the i n c actually studied or left, a storage unit in 90 seventies in 1080 s. then saturday to go is also part of brakes. what roster china and india and order it is

a traitor lives. many agency leaders confuse it as a political alliance and i feel, wow, because it's just that i think it's part of the brakes. so i think it has to be seen to be supportive of russia to talk it up. so africa, even plans to hold military drills with russia in china in february. that's a month that will mock a year of the war and you create isn't that a bit insensitive? you think actually see it is very insensitive because what he tells the world. and what he tells you claim is that applicant actually is supportive of russia. i mean, to, to, to participate in military exercise with russia at this time. at this moment, really is an endorsement of rushes. invasion of ukraine was africa, russia hoping to get from each other? i mean, you know, russia, what they can get out of south africa is to support because

a port is crucial for them in international for, you know, when voting goals are, comes up in the united nations. and the last times when there was a boat in the united nations that africa space and neutral, you know, is going to be voting. for example, the w, a in the world trade organization and those type of forums, or even in the world bank and i m s. because support for, for us, it will then be critical to care. it's a key play in the african union. the african union has also terms of the united nations membership and russia to, to, to help set africa on his side. also, it's rich into africa quickly before you go, you said earlier that africa, st. volume with russia is rather small compared to countries like china, britain, or other western countries. the only thing russia thompson is the seal of arms. should we be concerned that russia is expanding its influence across africa?

absolutely, i mean, even before does rusty, you're kind of war raso really have targets. it's africa in order to come to act as the wes sanctions, economic centers against russia. so russia has been looking to sell its products in africa and its main product. that is all the 2 main products that russia, south africa, one is weapons. the 2nd one is nuclear energy. i mean, and it's very alarming because russia over the last couple of years at the increasing the supporting autocratic leaders and governments in africa dropping, dropping them up. so it, in a sense that rushes weapons contribution to unstable african countries have made africa much more unstable. and much more violent or so i wish

we had more time to go through. but william got it as i got to jefferson of the john is that base democracy works foundation. thank you very much for your insights . thank you for watching. did of the news africa still to come? nigerians have traditionally voted along religious and ethnic lines. we look at how them not south muslim christian divide, but impact next month's elections. before we get into that nigeria story, here's another one that will make a stick in the world by storm. with his images of the fashion show of senior citizens instead rated use an artificial intelligence. he tells deed of use a courier that his work is aimed at. put in the elderly in a place of strength and given them a voice in the old age. a senior citizens fashion show which never happened. all the images were created by

artificial intelligence, assembled by the fool, mika and tuck lover molig effect. boy is a way that you can imagine things that you could imagine before i use that to create setting things that i could normally not do. and i put in put an elderly people in places where whenever you see them, i love other people as well because i feel like a very intent to have wisdom. we don't know about like actually what access it. so i always feel the pressure, you know, like, you know, keep them safe, keep them like, don't just looked at society. my leak is a storyteller, an inventor, and a create of african stories. every, can i do it in language storytelling? and so we turn it into, right, we, i feel like we have a lot of last history. i feel like we have a lot of lost and cultural heritage and just asked story is always been told

by someone else and it's always about career. i came from a very fun place to speak to you for hame, using a i, it's a muslim to reclaim african stories. i have to do a lot of keywords, you know, type type of keywords into love codes, a lot of trumps. you know, that you will get sometimes random things and sometimes slightly specific things. so the way i learnt from us lends from images all over the internet to used to create something that i also learned from that. so i learned how to speak to it in the way i get specific results. if i makes any sense and if i don't get specific results and take that result into photoshop or, you know, a different program. put it back into the i should i make different variations again. so i get what i want. i want to get what was the last i creates and different things based off of that. so it's a, this is a process over a process. even though he's got a month at a $100000.00 likes and social media for his work, some have questioned whether computer generate said art is a threat to creativity. my league acknowledges there might be ethical challenges.

it's if you're on ethical about it, then that that is what i'd say you could use in an ethical way. if i go on tape on this machine, i want to create an ad and looked like rembrandts or a basket that i'm still in. there are thus law original, but his image is, are original. he argues the seniors, fashion shows, series has gone viral. the response has been overwhelming. i've had a lot of calls from around a world i've had. busy thank using 1000 thank use of had people say, oh yeah, it is really touching it is really, you know, walk me obviously, you know, make my, my, my grandparent feel special to day like they were happy. i had a lot of messages from elderly people from young people, so it was, i'm not gonna lie. i wasn't expected. and even our to handle the us import. beyond the global, our claim malick says it, i use change in the narrative and now is the time to explore further

political stuff. well, nigerians go to the polls and a man's time elections have traditionally been dominated by he not south, must them christie and divide. so we want to find out could religion and that miss city make or break this volt. that of use of west africa bureau chief flourish stroke. laura reports from my degree nigeria will be daily prayers go up from this parish in me to green northern nigeria. many here asked hooping the lectures on food peacefully for nor nigerian conduit, our religion. ed, i am, was illinois aggressive. we, our inclination to these religion is so deep that it lays everything in our daily life. or when i say everything, air politics is not exclusive, but church or mosque is just one aspect to the writings will tell us. nigeria is almost equally divided between christianity and islam. and there are hundreds of

ethnic groups and tribes. all of these divisions give rise to tensions and sometimes violence. recently conflicts has broken out here in the north and in the east. many politicians try to use these divisions are conflicts, india campaigns. this is what the more than i knew you'd ever made. but gandhi did on the book on the bill. oh wow. in this election, the ruling apc has brooklyn, with tradition. and he's wanting muslim candidates for both the presidential and vice presidential positions. this has made we've, even within the policy because the current government,

as i don't know either by design or by the means openly shown that we don't care about kristen's feeling. and that could be decisive if we need john and associate at tribal royalties where steel, the top booting considerations, but many save economic and security problems facing langoria, a bigger than religion or ethnicity. what i believe my people up open their eyes because before we is the artist, my present isn't over the limit of what more busy. now we're not there any more ranada anymore. eyes us open. we would 4 who turn the country? ah, that person does that has the nation or the people of his country and that is what mothers community lead as like santa has sandburg. whom am i trying to persuade people to leave their religion and tribal loyalties at home on election day and

vote for candidates? they think will be best for the country. what we want is for us to have a government of national unity, a government that can bring the country together, decreases in the south east, is troubling us. the classes in the north west, north central north is nigeria is on pire now. so what is expected is for us to have a leader who can come down all the nuts that are afraid now and in mid be country. great. once again, the fires of economy as security crises could be fueled by ethnic and really just the features. the hope is that instead people will refuse to let that happen in this election. ah, social media platforms have been ablaze with videos up hearing to show electrically charged stones. i'm astonishing you find in a d, r c. some i've been calling it the discovery of by brain. hm. which is the

fictional rare meto that can store and release energy in the film. and i'm sure you remember that the videos have received millions of use visual. several people inspect the small, shiny rock, the connect to wires and evolve to it. and while the light goes on those yeah, well sorry to burst your bubble, but some like spread. see the video is nothing short of suspicious to point out that while some rocks can conduct electricity, the certainly cannot store it, let alone keep a light bulb on. yeah, i know that's disappointing, but lights off on that shiny story. not those lights guys, but i guess that's how we end the so be sure to check out our stories on d. w dot com slash africa on facebook on twitter. thanks for watching.

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