frankly, it would be better for africa at the trump administrationjust better for africa at the trump and dysfunction we see in washington. that seems to be reflective of a lot of feeling in africa today. africa faces a lot of challenges as well but the benefits that have come from fellowship with the us and other countries has been monumental. this is what the african leaders have told us, they need to continue these efforts. how about security? we discussed already whether donald trump views africa as mostly a security problem which he needs to have some sort of military solutions to. there are real issues that i am sure cross your desk. the fallout, for example, the incident last august in amalia where very compelling evidence, not least evidence unearthed by reporters working for the daily beast organisation on the ground in somalia discovered evidence of us special forces opening fire on an armed somalis citizens, leading to the death of ten including at least one child. the us military authorities did order a fresh probe, i believe, in november last year. i have no idea what hap

for the future of africa.ing that you talk about that visit. it was supposed to be the high—profile connection of the prompting with africa. he was informed during the trip he was to be fired, a humiliation, he came home early, half the trip was abandoned. what does that tell you about donald trump's view of africa? the trip was always going to get cut as the demands from washington became heavier, but director pompeo was also in africa just before the secretary went out there. secretary mattis had also been there and we had a lot of other visitors. so secretary tillerson‘s trip was to highlight all the programmes we were looking at and that is to position the united states in africa as we position ourselves for 2100, when africa will form 40% of the world's population. you seem very sanguine. many experts, and i am going to quote to you former senator tom daschle, who takes an interest in african affairs, he says there is a dangerous misconception in the trump administration that african policy can be handed

i meet with the leadership in africa.o but you are an interim assistant secretary of state and i don't mean to be disrespectful, but is it not time you to admit that donald trump is a problem for you guys in diplomacy, not least because of the language he uses. you remember when in that meeting with congressional figures in the white house, he is alleged by many of them, more than one source, to have used an extraordinarily derogatory word beginning with ‘sh‘, and i'm not going to repeat it, from countries he felt too many immigrants were coming from, and he mentioned african nations, countries where people don't have white skin. african leaders responded badly to that and that is a problem for you. that's a very good point. it was based on the press reports coming to africa. the african leaders look at any comments from the united states on a high level and they see hurtful statements but the bottom line for the african leaders, and many of them called me and talked about it, they said, we africans are committed to the u

and south africa is leading the african space race. the south african department of science and technology has said space science as one of the family grand challenges for the country in the a ten year innovation plan. in order to facilitate this sense of the south african national space agency has been forged dr jane hall which is the managing director of the santa earth observation unit quite excited about this whole experience personally i thought of space you know from the days of star trek and all of that but there's some people who would say why are we spending money on space technology when we have bigger problems in africa. today the biggest challenge about space when people still think about space technology is very expensive and then. wars and they say these. are not the core space the corridors are meant for both countries at the experiencing disasters that we experience. the one who has information actually a quarter of the future. centers earth observation unit to collect and assimilate data transmitted from satellites. he

also made the documentary film blacks it about the migration of african americans in capetown south africa. he's an anthropologist and social literacy consultant in namibia kaylin read into she's a journalist and editor of the website african american in africa and here in our studio there a writer and journalist focusing on race culture and politics in the united states welcome to the stream to everyone so this is a conversation that is very hot for their audience they love this topic and so everyone wanted to chime in with why people might want to move to the continent of africa this is just one of the tweets we got this is from edmond who says it's about identity events like the slave trade in the colonial rule almost wiped away that african id. hannity and thank goodness people are once again asking deep questions about that identity so cal and i want to go to you with that idea talking about the draw of what made you want to leave the u.s. and move to namibia have a picture here on my laptop that i pulled up of you not too long ago you teach english to talk to us about that experience

and they are based here in south africa and what you often find is there is this desire for. the white students to you know serve this environment and help africa in a very romantic sense but on the flip side you've got african-americans who come here and i'm looking for an idyllic sense of home magic sense of a reconnection with their roots which here is a little bit shallow because the i don't know but africa and the homeland that you're looking at is messy complex and asked people who were born and raised just trying to figure out themselves and so i think i'm that when the desire is very romantic and one that is lacking context don't just on the ground what is happening within the country if it becomes problematic and at times a little bit difficult for us as local south africans to engage with you realistically as a foreigner coming into the space to try and find something in this like spiritual mecca it's very complicated tailend why i think that's kind of like. first i think there's a misconception that i've seen thrown around that african-americans you know across the

following revelations in the gupta leaks of africa's involvement with gupta linked businesses. international investigated in september twenty seventh teen it withdrew the conclusions of its own report. also took the extraordinary step of replacing its south african c.e.o. and his senior management team they've also paid back the twenty three million rand they charge sars for the report despite these measures many questions remain unanswered for example which if any of the specific allegations contained in the report were actually true we requested an interview with k.p. m g but they declined in a written response they restated that the report's conclusions recommendations and legal opinions should no longer be relied upon. but the damage the reporters caused will be felt for years to come says one of south africa's leading economists iraj a bt and on a narrow the revenue collection impact this year source reported a shortfall of about fifty billion rent you have central government now short of revenues that means borrowing more debt means running into international credit worth

africa command. my home state of south carolina is grateful to have a shared culture with africa having freed slaves in south carolina. when i visited at the a&m university sponsored by many churches in south carolina i felt immediately at home. what you're doing there is so important. as terrorists flee from the middle east because of our successful middle east efforts there i'm concerned about other emerging terrorist threats in africa. in order to prevent these terrorist organizations from establishing themselves i believe effective information operations are essential to disrupt terrorist propaganda and recruitment efforts. what capability do you have to rapidly execute operations in africa when you recognize a terrorist organization is trying to establish operations in that area? are you able to utilize local nationals who speak the language and know the culture and the process of standing up an operation and are you able to effectively coordinate your efforts with the department of state? >> th

africa for some time has been an economy of force.one of my questions early on the issue of failed countries in the field continent and the impact it could have whether humanitarian or medical issue. today and in the future the scope and scale can be so great it could overwhelm the resources of the rest of the country. we have to stay engaged but we have to do that with an open i. >> codec other comment of my colleagues have i hope we can have a strategy in africa that looks not just at our interests but also that we stand up for the sovereignty of these countries and not have improper influence by trying to in the region. >> my last assignment in the air force was standing up to africon in those early days i feel personally vested in your issue succeeding. my questions are shape of my experiences there part of my responsibility is what we saw in somalia for example we would watch hundreds of thousands trainees being trained and graduated. we had a number of approved terrorists that we could hit we went through the whole process i wei

in africa and africa internazionale hundreds put international trade policies generally contributes to the well being of the nations involved. and the growth and prosperity which on balance we've also seen in africa in recent years is in large part thanks to international trade. but even business need not totally convinced i'm visiting the german african business association which brings together six hundred mostly german companies it's all working in africa chairman is pushing for a different approach. this is long first ticklish think that's very sensible in the long term to create free trade and dismantle trade barriers tariffs and bureaucracy but it needs to be done very cautiously so fancy on the one hand it's true that european farming subsidies do a lot of damage abroad by destroying local competition and that is exactly counter to the objectives of free trade. on the other we need to protect emerging industries and companies that are not yet able to compete so that these new seedlings are not immediately trampled on when does first crowd decline in france and even closer to com

but it is just the same us because africa and china. own democracy election on governance sambit african chantel on human human and people rush right the same as african chantel own use. we have very good in the continent and creating those kind of chapters just kind of big swings and nice things but very loving behind on implementing everything that some of us just shot just yesterday before signing yeah he's already big boss jump up the african because city economy which is styles africa nigeria. now you. didn't. want to. i have to tell you that south africa is planning to sign the agreement. prison have up was our seed he's just for the body human who gave the order resists and he has. been. for nigeria. to believe that. joy in. year. four million reasons first prison hajji. is not decided to join. goodman well not to the point let me just jump in for a second because i want to bring our online community into this a lot of people discussing nigeria and what that might mean whether they can sign later on or not and what thought i want

because africa doesn't have much of its own. obviously because their crops are grown here for centuries mainly local varieties of millet or colleagues so that reasoning doesn't stand up this week is merely a cheer for them and see finish as this idea of nobility go but tweet isn't the only imports here the entire shop is full of projects from your up there are practically no products from senegal here or anywhere else at the market and yet it's nearly eighty percent of the senegalese workforce is employed in agriculture i'd like to compare prices but there are no senegalese products available to conduct a comparison. visit here and isn't seeing a lot of things here from europe the news from spain the powdered milk from france these are figures that could be produced to couldn't i what about peace for example could do whatever you can as an absence of the yard guarding the museum now worst roads in particular are a good opportunity for women with children to earn money on the side from four took their money products that could be

africa commands. we welcome our witnesses, general vogel and thank each one of you for your great service. senator inhofe: in advance of this hearing, chairman mccain asked i submit a statement on his behalf. quote, as we turn our attention to the central challenge of great competition, the national defense strategy challenged us to think about our efforts in the middle east in new and different ways. with all the recent success in the fight against isis we must work to consolidate our gains and move forward with the coherent regional stability to secure security and stability, unquote. this committee will provide the policies and authorities needed to adjust to this new approach. both the middle east and africa where the threat of violent extremism is increasing dramatically. for centcom we have seen remarkable progress in the fight against isis. your military victories in mosul and beyond have helped dismantle the caliphate isis once claimed in the middle east. the same time significant challenges r

say with us innovate africa's next. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current opinions that matter to. al-jazeera. this is innovate africa a series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent that is on the rise. today on innovate africa african scientists using satellite technology to map the future. for south is i'm a chronic no one who has information about two countries the question is how the african physicist invents the world's first digital laser so what we want to do is come up with that mystic tools for aids hiv but that effort to make space. and a new technology to bring low cost internet to the remotest parts of the continent . across africa science and technology are playing digital roles in our development in today's program we meet african scientists who off august striking the continent's future i visited the south african national space agency to find out how looking into t

in two thousand and nine jacob zuma came to power having sold himself to south africa as the people's president he promised to grow the economy fight poverty and create millions of jobs. nine years later and it hasn't ended well last month zuma amidst growing corruption allegations step down a south african president forced out by his own governing african national congress the liberation party voted for to party it and one of them. to the decision to resign as president of the power within the bank. his links to an influential billionaire business family the captors were revealed last year in a mess of paradise paper style data leak the cooked leaks appear to reveal how these three brothers a.j. are tall and rich who are friends with former president jacob zuma and in business to one of his sons set up a vast network of patronage offering monetary rewards in return for political loyalty to zuma. so hard trenched is corruption in south africa we are someone who know a businessman who pays bribes to put in government tenders he spoke to us on condition we hid his identity there's an ex

i have to tell you that south africa is planning to sign the agreement. prison him up was our seed he is just a whipping for the body human who gave the order resists and he has. been. for nigeria. it is it will be difficult to believe that. joy in. year. four million reasons first prison bahati. is not decided to never join the. well can you point let me just jump in for a second because i want to bring our online community into this a lot of people discussing nigeria and what that might mean whether they can sign later on or not and what i thought i want you to respond to you know so forgive me i want to laundry to respond to a thought is that about the disconnect between the people why he thinks the deals about that let's go to the street if it's saying i think nigeria can still sign the agreement after consultation and understanding some terms and conditions and necessary amendments nigeria as usual being the mouthpiece of africa and this won't be anything different looked odd what do you think about. no. i think. a little bit before we talk about sig

so he packs him off to north africa and makes him high commissioner of north africa. roosevelt can't believe that this honorable general would really collaborate with the germans and he thought perhaps some sort of entre could be offered and relief might be the way to do it. he sends robert murphy in december and january -- december 1940 and january 1941 on an inspection tour. so murphy goes -- okay. i have to put inspection tour in quotation marks. because murphy goes to meet weygand but also runs around french morocco, he goes to dakar, casablanca, tangier, algier, and meets with french officials and weygand and they strike a deal called the north african economic program. very bland sounding program, also known as, you also see it known as the murphy-weygand agreement. britain isn't so keen on this idea because it involves sending supplies through the blockade. britain feels at this point in the war they had very few weapons available to them and the blockade is one of them. if americans start sending food, clothing and medicine through the blockade, they are going

that's what we've been trying to do of africa large rally in the grassroots all across africa and in the diaspora to be become politically involved in what's happening on their continent i mean what would the families the problem with what happens in africa is you know we have these neal colonial repressive regimes that support them backed by governments in the west and they have the ganz than. they have all sorts of spyware to dismantle any grassroots movement so how do you how do you respect people we know we know nothing to fight wait we buy their voices how do you how do these people get themselves across to these governments and that is the problem that it's what with sane happening in the congo right now repressing the population that's what we're saying to me to oprah that's what we've seen in togo that's what we've seen in the average coast and all these african countries. it seems are we having two issues here basically which are putting the human rights activists all over the world on edge is likely to rise was a very difficult time the world leaders the united states of am

are you seeing any of this in africa in the continent of africa? we worked extensively on that program down there. >> difficult to get data in terms of china and the program in africa. on average, the national defense university of china graduates 100 foreign students a year, some of whom are, obviously, from africa. they usually come from 70 or so countries. which, by the way, we in the united states have about 850 officers from china who -- sorry, from africa, going through various programs, national defense universities, seminars, and the like at a cost of $22 million. >> yeah, yeah, well, and that's good. let me do this. for the record, because there's not time to do it now, general, i want you to kind of outline the resources because when we built africom, it was done without resources. we know who we depend on in cases when we need the resources. i'd like in writing some detail on that. i know that you have some concerns about china, check your influence, any comments to make on your aor? >> what i would highlight is the activities in djibout

use africa trade which amounts to thirty three billion dollars that's beaten by the u.s.a.' with forty nine billion dollars in trade but the country this develops the highest spending relationship with africa is china on one hundred forty nine billion dollars russia no longer has the ideology with which to woo developing countries like it could with soviet socialism moscow is trying to make up for lost time with africa it's hoping that trades defense natural resources and energy can win back some of the partners they lost when it soviet superpower status collapsed . al-jazeera moscow. evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates tried to convince the u.s. president to sack rex tillerson leaked e-mails obtained by the b.b.c. found elliot rodger the a major fundraiser one scintilla sent out for not supporting the u.a.e. back blockade against kata president jordan has more. u.s. citizens have the constitutional right to lobby the government but they have to will be the law when they do so on behalf of another country. news report say the

and russia returns to africa what it's hoping to gain by building new relationships there. hello there there's plenty more cloud of rain that's crossing parts of the middle east at the moment the satellite picture is showing the latest batch of cloud working its way across turkey and then all the way across into tech missed on heavy showers out of this at times and gradually will see edge its way towards the east they've tashkent will see if you will bits and pieces of cloud fuel showers there during the day on tuesday who will see that all tries to edge of way as we head into wednesday but i think our marty will still be clinging on to that cloud we could see a couple of flurries of snow at times too elsewhere largely fine and dry good day of trial there over the northern parts of iran and further west it should be dry forcing beirut on temperature of a twenty degrees bit further towards the south and here in doha the temperatures will be rising over the next few days so our maximum temperature on tuesday and wednesday will be around thirty or thirty one degrees say fairly

and china china and africa well part of the yes part of the tour that tillotson or is on is to makethings a little bit better with the united states in africa you might remember these very negative comments that president trump made about immigrants coming from africa so i think he's trying to remind africans that america has been a longstanding a dyna that america cares about africa that america is there to listen and to be skeptical of china that african nations taking loans he's called them predatory loans from china china has had a lot of workers those reserve poll of my workers working on construction in africa for a number of years just to be reticent maybe be careful about those things and maybe think about the united states a little more in terms of investment and that is where the u.s. was a commanding to the african nations that is where the u.s. could come in and offer something different couldn't it. well the united states provides a lot of i to africa but there often are concerns about the corruption of various african governments the chinese are desired good literalist

it completely surrounds africa. now, when we decided to have africom, still under its construction, we had both inocated and assigned troops a-com, u-com and centcom. t only allocated troops in africom. now, that's the difference. i still think that should be open to discussion. because we've seen a lot of things. l.r.a., for example. we had problems, when he to bring in troops from other places -- we had to bring in troops from other places. so it's my intention to try to draw, and i'm sure it is, senator rounds', intention to put that in the focus -- rounds' intention, to put that in the focus, to see if we have the right blend there or if in fact we should have assigned troops in africom. now, do you have any comment to make on that? general waldhauser: i think to a large degree we're saying the same thing. the technicality assigned and allocated to those who don't do this on a daily basis may not seem like a big deal. but allocated is something you might be able to count on a lot of the time, but you might not b

natural interest to have prosperity insp africa. to deliberately highlight the importance of partners and following up on this point very few if any challenges can be resolved through elusive military force. designed to support u.s. diplomatic efforts. we can create time and space to establish effective and accountable governmente for economies to develop. and with that strategic approach this framework is to build the capacity of african defense forces. with those enormous potential within stability and exploitation caused by violent extremist organization. these groups take advantage of spaces and recruitment populations lacking opportunities that we are free approach the threat through the third strategic principlesec keeping pressure such as al-shabaab, isis and vocal wrong to mitigate influence. and we remain postured and ready the strategic themes and africom approach are aligned with guidance in accordance with the recently released national defense strategy we are updating our strategy with a campaign plan to reflect the gui

audits from south africa. thousands of teachers have gone on a forty eight hour strike in argentina on the first day of school they march towards the education ministry to demand better salaries new schools more resources present years off of the fifteen percent pay rise for teachers say that's not enough and doesn't keep pace with inflation. the afghan president has launched a new strategy to get young people into work unemployment stands at more than forty percent most young people don't get an education either but a steady birth they found out the president's plan poses new dangers. there's an army of desperate street kids selling whatever they can in a daily battle for survival it's not just the bombs and bullets that kill in afghanistan but poverty and hunger too the young work wherever they can mostly for a pittance there are hundreds of thousands of them most with no hope of an education these children at the internationally supported orphanage in kabul are more fortunate they are a mix of street kids o

also on the show jacob zuma was forced to stand down as president of south africa last month i'll talk to his nemesis the anti corruption czar. about his fall from power and the future of the a.n.c. . common union crew thanks for joining me front it's been five months since hurricane maria devastated the u.s. territory of puerto rico where you are the mayor of the capital city san juan right now what in your view is the single biggest challenge for people living on the island how bad is the situation there still. first of all mary thank you very much for the opportunity to continue to other viewers in the united states and around the world right now the aftermath of medea has if that had to summarize it has contributed to our social melt them suicide rates have gone up crime is at the same level that it was before madiao which just was at a high level still about thirty percent of the population does not have any electricity we have towns in the inner side of the island that have no electricity whatsoever and the reconstruction and transformation of puerto rico does not seem to get off

down to 12th air force in north africa. but it's a tactical, as it would have been called then or today more of an operational campaign. these heavy bombers are working over ports, they're working over air fields. they're not present on the front lines. that's one of the things, one of the spheres the air force takes in this is that the ground forces don't see them very often. and so become in some cases unaware of the work they're doing behind the lines to restrict the flow in. air superiority is going to be critical and it's going to be difficult to achieve during this time period. i have a few slides that will show you hopefully why that was. this is one of the last times where the ground forces are going to have a very seriously contested air environment and won't operate with the benefit of air supremacy that they've had, almost unbroken since this time. and then the big part, of course, is the interdiction campaign is dee isicisive. certainly the fighting is important. if you don't have ground forces there, if you don

films from africa rarely find large audiences outside the continent. and you know the african cinema. that's unique style. is very different for a from what the the west would do here from the environment to the language cultural to the lifestyle of the people most of the tourists cultural and to every order you know spices reports or because of films and so that's what we're trying to shore to the world has ever even at african filmmakers come to international film festivals to present their work and make contacts like here at the band the knowledge. at the same time many of them don't want to replicate conventional western filmmaking but create alternative visions and i would love to see more african film is made by africans i think the vast majority of african films that go into the mainstream circuit are actually made by europeans written by europeans they usually have a white savior somewhere in them and. we've made it a mission to try and change the us. the villagers make shows last wish come true. to make a film and star in it before she dies. t

what he told me about north africa, especially kasserine, but he was in north africa. until the end of the fighting. then sent to sicily, italy and then of course england and did go to d-day. artillery. and he said we had the training, just like the infantry and the armor did. we finally put it to work. what you said earlier, i'm going ore emphasize, they looked at their boots and they said, wow, i'm here in the sand. it's 800 to 1,000 miles back to the atlantic. and further than that to home, and i can't swim that far. >> that's good. >> you've got to remember these old guys and how they grew up, everybody. i'm the son of a world war ii. because younger brother served, and second wife. so i'm ten years younger than the guys that would have been in vietnam. point being that i have the same mentality as my dad and my uncle. and whenever i serve someplace, it's like i told my guys, i said, we'll figure a way out because we're here. some way, some how. and my uncle said, you know, for a long time they always mentioned in history books, i was taught this in rotc, we got ou

what i think is very important africa is a rising continent. as most people say but politically it's also very important for the president to want to reestablish the relations with the african continent but unfortunately his efforts were preceded by the his myth or what's known as the colonist movement that has done much more serious work in africa they've established schools and they've created a lot of other socially responsible platforms which seek to to develop and help africans so the taking government is more of that in what the establishment of. diplomatic relations one secondly i think also they're looking at the one we call them easier countries to target because most of those countries are predominantly muslim countries if you look at for example mali cynical more attorney and i'm sure always going to know those are predominantly islamic countries and it is much more easier for president to go and most probably welcomed by the majority muslim there but i think if he has to make any serious progress he has to look at the deeper solve i

films from africa rarely find large audiences outside the continent. mykel: you know that african cinema has its unique style, very different from what the west would do. and from the environment, to the language, culture, to the lifestyle of the people, to the dress culture, and into every spices we put to make our films. and so that's what we're trying to show to the world. reporter: african filmmakers come to international film festivals to present their work and make contacts, like here at the berlinale. at the same time, many of them don't want to replicate conventional western filmmaking, but create alternative visions. elias: i would love to see more african films made by africans. i think the vast majority of african films that go into the mainstream circuit are actually made by europeans, written by europeans. they usually have a white savior somewhere in them. and we've made it our mission to try and change that. reporter: the villagers make jo's last wish come true -- to make a film and star in it before she dies. the film industry is in its