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oh, the untold story of block 10. in 45 minutes on d, w. these places in europe are smashing all the records stepped into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you up to record breaking sites on google maps, youtube and now also in book form. this is deed of the news africa coming up on the program. the global power houses are close enough to africa to get something from the continent. by what that's africa gets in return. germany for example, is he can alternative sources of energy from africa due to the boy and ukraine, but how mutually beneficial will sachi partner should beat russia is also strengthened in ties with african countries for
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a minute stop sag lovegrove was in south africa this past week i had the joins me to be drilled in february, also coming out in nigeria. selections. bolton habits have traditionally been along the north, south muslim christine divide. we look at what rule at nist to see and religion would 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 radar, especially since rash as war on ukraine. that's partly because in many countries around the world are seeking alternative sources. energy and africa has plenty of
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it. but what does africa get in return? germany, for instance, has presented a new strategy for investment on the continent. we'll 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
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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 the 3rd any 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 profit here.
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oh, laugh sholtes wants to play to germany. strengths here, be the acting as a neutral 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 car bearing africa has 3 quarters of the world's deposits. and china already owns eights of the 14 largest cobalt mines. but germany believes african countries what more balance partnerships buses . and course of 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 equal hint. the gen a chancellor says africa is becoming a global center of gravity,
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but will african lead us and industry be rolling out the red carpet? what germany has to offer with suitors like china and russia also ready to do business? let's bring in doctor linda, a ruler, 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 . and so far with the readings, i see some decorations of intentions and that group go in the right direction on the move. the major problem that we've had with these guys and he's like to pass the national camp 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 in, you know, africa has always been a place to seek raw materials. germany is now seeking alternative energy sources.
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so what really has changed were germany, sir? africa strategy honestly, not much has changed. the major problem has been having africa as wasn't table, finding ways to create policies that you want beneficial. so this is what 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 and never really implemented? so how could african countries, i'm sure that this time they are partnering with countries like germany on a quote for turn my perspective as a region. and this is always that the number of she should go to the african union . but we know that we have divers countries on the continent, different parent sees. so i think that is important for them to,
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to use the fact that we have a lot more interest in the con, in the continent and competition and use that to get benefits. i mean, it's a, it's a, it's a sort of a luxury, if i can say that it seems the rest of the world is cozying up to the continent. how can i africa take advantage of the situation? all the, the more the merrier. and i would say, you know, you are, and you are not always told 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 them better because african easily or african nations i most correct can easily move to another part and i need the conditions for one is not great. so i think the more the merrier. ok, dr. lind, i ruler,
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the research fellow and the gay guy institute for african affairs. thank you. talking about africa's relationship for the rest of the wild. russia is one of those countries cozying up to the continent. just this past week, russia's foreign minister was in south africa, and both countries announced a joined, military drill together with china or mid february. likely, christine, going to a fix into south africa's balance. and that when it comes to its ties with moscow at a time when russia is being condemned for its invasion of ukraine, ah, at the russian school of bailey in johannesburg, 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 over gun russian ballet method, or russian valley method. and that's the style they've been develop contracture. ah,
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by a rational teacher, the pin of a gun of m yana, has taken some of his old african students to russia as part of a 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 reason south africa refuses to condemn russia for the invasion of ukraine, despite pressure from its western allies. pretoria insists it wants to be neutral. this past week, russia top diplomat said a lot for of was in south africa where he met with president. so i'm a poser and his counterpart. melody panel, who said south africa was friends with russia. i just think it's important that we regard all countries as sovereign nations and not stop doing so when it suits us
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and been with something else, then we say, yeah, now you must relate to us. but when someone else 3, 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 as 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
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south 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 into hinge and monic narrative that picking 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 width has double standards and are seeking alternative alliances. from all this, i am now joined by william gloomy day as i guess if jefferson of john is bed based democracy works. foundation, hello, and welcome say. now, at a time when russia is that war with ukraine, south africa is claiming to stay neutral,
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but is opening its arms wide out to russia. you said in an area interview that this is a bad situation for thought africa. you explain why? yes, it is very bad for some 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 is a company where we need investment. we need to deal with our jobs from we've got our biggest economic crisis. is that africa? since i'm the 2nd world war we have, we have the highest unemployment in any emerging market in the world we desperately need. and for an investment and browsers out i'll take with russia is so many mo, i'm compared to our types with the 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?
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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 1980 s. then saturday to go is also part of brakes with ross, or china and india, and order it is a trace alliance. many agency leaders confuse it as a political alliance, and they feel well because it is their certificates part of breaks. so africa has
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to be seen to be supportive of russia at the top it up south africa, even plans to hold military drills with russia in china 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 russia's invasion of ukraine. what us out 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 crystal for them in international for, you know, when voting us comes up in the united nations. and the last times when there was
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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 f because support for, for us, it will then be critical. so after care is a key play in the african union, the african union has also tired 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 this arrested, you're kind war raso really have targets. it's africa in order to come to act as
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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, and one is weapons. the 2nd one is nuclear energy. i mean, and it's very alarming because russia over the last couple of years, they've been 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 also i wish we had more time to go through. but william good idea as i got to have jefferson of the john is web based. democracy works foundation. thank you very much for your insights. thank you for
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watching the 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, a filmmaker in lagos that's taking the world by storm with his images of the fashion show of senior citizens. it said rated use, an artificial intelligence. he tells deed of use a mock, i'll call you 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 citizen fashion show, which never happened. all the images are created by artificial intelligence, assembled by the fool, mika and tuck lover. molig effect is
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a way that you can imagine things that you couldn't imagine for. i use that to create certain things that i could normally not do. and i put in put an elderly people in places where not see them. i love other people as well because i feel like they're very intent to have. we stopped, 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, you know, like, don't just looked at sites. my leak is a story teller, 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 culture heritage and just asked story is always been told by someone else and it's always inaccurate. i came from a very fun place to speak to you for him using a i, it's
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a message 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 slight 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, and i get what i want. i want to get what i was about. the last i creates him different thing based off of that. so it's a, this is a process over the process. even though he has gotten more than a $100000.00 likes and social media for his work, some have questioned whether computed and re said art is a threat to creativity. my league acknowledges dem might be ethical challenges. it's if you're on ethical about it and that,
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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 ada, look like rembrandts or a baskets, then i'm still in your art thus lor, regional. 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. thank use and 1000 thank use of hard people sale yet is really touched. i mean, it's 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 only going to lie. it wasn't expected. i didn't answer handily. awesome point beyond the global acclaim malik says it, i use change in the narrative and now is the time to explore further. pretty cool stuff. well, nigerians go to the polls in a man's time. the elections have traditionally been dominated by he not south
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muslim christian 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 drucquer report from my degree. nigeria will be daily prayers go up from this parish in me to green northern nigeria many here as hoping via lectures on food peacefully for learning jiliana 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 else, politics is not exclusive, but church or mosque is just one aspect to the writings walters. 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
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violence. recently conflicts has broken out here in the north and in the east. many politicians try to use these. the visuals are conflicts, india campaigns. this is what you more than i mean, you've ever made luck on the bid 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 whether bay design obey adam, is openly shown that we don't care about christians feel
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and that could be decisive if we need john and associate at tribe only elsie's where steel, the top booting considerations, but many save economic and security problems facing lounge area, a bigger than religion or ethnicity. what i believe my people up open their eyes because before we is the are, this is my present is emma by the limit of what more pressing. now we're not there any more ranada anymore. our eyes us opened. we would for who turned the country are class present that that has the nation or the people of his country or that is what mothers community leaders like santa hassan boomer at trying to persuade people to leave their religion and tribal royalties 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,
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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 then made the country great. once again. the fires of economic and security crisis could be fueled by ethnic and really just if he shows the hawk is that instead people will refuse to let that happen in this election. ah, social media platforms have been i believe, with videos up hearing to show electrically charged storms. and astonishing you find in a d r c. some i've been calling it the discovery of by brain m, which is the fictional, rare meto that can store and release energy in the film. and i'm sure you remember
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that the videos have received millions of views. vishal several people inspect on the small, shiny rock. they connect to wires and evolved 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. they 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 shell to check out all the stories on d. w dot com slash africa on facebook on twitter. thanks for watching
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