first visit to west africa as president but how will africa benefit as beijing seeks new markets and is it a win win situation this is inside still. flow and welcome to the program i'm fully back to china has had a strong presence in africa for years beijing has built countless roads buildings and provided economic support right across the african continent now it looks set to conquer even more markets as a result of u.s. president donald trump's new trade tariffs chinese president xi jinping is on a four nation tour of africa with stops in senegal wanda south africa and the visit to senegal was she's first trip to west africa as leader at a joint news conference with senegalese president he said africa was china's natural ally and announced several new deals. we have attended the signature of a slew of corporation agreements in various domains ranging from justice and technical corporation infrastructure promotion of human capital and civil. the development of china will bring more opportunities to africa and the development of africa will bring energy development of china. or china

from europe back to africa. is a powerful voice for social justice in mali her latest album is simply breathtaking . wants to carry on molly's rich musical heritage her songs are smooth blend of folk and modern sounds and they're taking the music world by storm they're also political i couldn't you release them folk before means i have a something to see. i have something to say when i say. they were present. africa you know generation i was presenting african movie. i represent afghani child is. tearing me deals with my greeting and losing the home and losing loved ones a fate suffered by many africans. then and then being dead. thought to herself left mali as a young woman to escape an arranged marriage the movie molly bloom's follows her journey back it's a touching documentary showing how music can lend a voice to freedom. in her home village to broke a taboo by singing about female genital mutilation. to . i'm trying to do to fight the for the positive side to change the more entirely to also my generation

people don't north africa who knows africa is a room went to africa once in his life then you can see i have seen them have that and people haven't been eating their food the smell. the two bridges wells and continents she's convinced that music can have healing power was i think this new africa can try to reach a people through the middle east or through our our music you know it's our job on mali has created its own style of blues. says blues is what happens if you stop crying and start singing instead. the nigerian metropolis is one of the world's fastest growing urban centers. it's a city that's booming and. where. this is just. only. the nikkei art gallery houses thousands of works it's a treasury of contemporary nigerian art madame nikkei as the founder is known is a landmark of the lagos artsy she opened her first gallery fifty years ago. so when they get it. is going to be hard because this is the biggest. is the city of both tremendous promise and extreme wealth and poverty exist side by side the city of twenty million is growing faster than any other urban center in africa i

artists from africa are setting the agenda for a continent on the move this is important for africa to. use africa through music through a new generation of africans were more interested in the future of this gun lobby is. nigeria was only. the first leg of our african journey takes us by bus from lagos in nigeria to the car in senegal it's a traveling art show the mobile museum is a project that's crossing borders. it's been a while since late also seen a vehicle like this this old school bus has been converted into immobile museum to roll through west africa. bouncing like a fast moving channel it heads cross-country picking up selected office along the way. beyond just residents on wheels is a new experience for the only known african on it or something that's what we spend a lot of time in the bus on the road and of course it's not easy to work on anything inside the bus but we talk and realize the plans we work out at the next stops like here in miami but it makes the stops yes you have seen by street below me and since that's from lagos to dakar the aging bus is traveling five th

the continent all of a south africa have had a really. amazing education i can vote. and unite i can use this we can use the same bathrooms you know assists definitely the struggle for freedom is definitely paid off in my life. lives in south africa's most expensive city cape town it's a magnet for tourists anyone who can afford to live here in the center of the city has made it in south africa but even here the legacy of apartheid can still be felt . zolani is married to nicholas. even twenty four years after the end of apartheid that mixed race couples are still unusual and they often turn heads. but that's also because people recognize the lani and start singing her songs. the object of my delicious people to simply repeated and also to give us some misinformation really about what other races you know wasn't just like you say you see it is also like you're better than them in a much worse thing you don't don't makes you actually actively encouraged not to mix so it's only been a couple of decades and you know i mean that's going to take a long time of edmonton to

africa. every year people across south africa celebrate freedom day it's a public holiday marking the end of apartheid twenty four years ago. yet you know celebrating the freedom we show up here and sought for and saying it's a tear no wonder celebrating a different. but political hardliners say real freedom has yet to be won their rhetoric is stoking the tensions between black and white to levels not seen since the days of apartheid. so this is the cold of me over this company but. oh for eight days notice you're sneaking. i. put this natalee off like this for not many south africans say the ideal of a multicultural rainbow nation has. and the country was at a turning point. ended in south africa in one thousand nine hundred four but still today most of the country's black population lives in poverty those celebrating freedom here belong to the young black middle class here the ideals that nelson mandela fought for are alive and well. looking at it. but those calling themselves the economic

he has a little something for each country he visits on tuesday it was south africa's turn where she promised fifteen billion dollars in investments many companies are hoping they'll get a piece of the pie and that's boosting investor confidence. south african president so real ramaphosa has also been currying favor with investors since his swearing in in february. including china's pledge he secured thirty five billion dollars altogether. the bric summit is ramaphosa his first appearance on the international stage he's joined by the leaders of china russia india and brazil in johannesburg at a time of international upheaval after all we present forty one percent of the world population twenty two percent of g.d.p. eighteen percent of trade at this point in time i think the international border is being challenged. the confidence in the order in the stablished ordered is not as strong as it used to be so it's time for the brics to fear for its commitment to the international order. it's the first brics meeting since u.s. president donald trump kicked off his trade conflicts trump has

my question after west africa. where is all that outrage where are those public demonstrations what we do know is that it's not because the communities in the countries in the citizens don't care about these stories all the have to do is speak to the reporters go on facebook to see that every single story from west africa was followed very closely and really great local by. case in point bikini a fashion journalist sandrine. of la county mr fastow reports on two leading businessmen and a possible case of tax evasion. on a prison most of this will not stand he couldn't get a thing or until paul don't let up on the volunteer a prisoner lecter. swap. your post for simplistic method to kill all the press corps so mr last us if people in the world will. not wash intellectual capacity in issues one hundred regime also interest and. see in this it's secure in bottles. being gone and nearly a month after emanuel published his story the ministry of foreign affairs finally got back to him about his questions with questions o

deep in the rain forest in central africa. the buying a couple. that. going out. and delectable in the flooding even less. money leave the six people to buy their culture that he stayed. only a promise to a son was a son only of the jungle and returned to the concrete and it was john. the result reversed culture shock. ready for a comeback you realize how strange that artificial. really connected to life i was. the prize winning documentary from the forest starts aug ninth on w. . across nigeria i'm indeed kenya more and more people are using solar generated electricity to make up for frequent.

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of south africa and some will say straight out they have no respect. for many others young and old and i suspect for the majority of south africans he does still as obama said he bodies the spirits of non racialism of doing good of liberal progressive ideals over all perhaps useful seniors as a positive influence but we aren't quite sure where that legacy might be going in the future could talking to thanks for joining us for the vet from a business insider in south africa. the united nations migration agency says almost fifty one thousand migrants across the mediterranean to europe so far this year as less than half the number that made the perilous journey two in the same period in twenty seventeen while the numbers are down plenty still dream of a new life in your state of these funny fish are the thoughts from tunis here many people who fail to make the crossing once vowed to try again before others there is no second chance hardly anyone visits this place on the tunisian coast on their descent here are during main so women children and young men t

trade and investment in south africa. >> look at black people dying and suffering in south africa.sk why. drop bombs on no one. for some reason, black people have suffered at an extraordinary level all ovever e world. at this point, it is heightened in its intensity and south africa. i offer a proposal today, in no particular stick fashion, becaususe i am not doing it outf a missionary spirit, because i believe taking a stand against is as important to the healing and well-being of this country as it is to the healing and well-being of people in south africa. in 1986, congress passed his comprehensive anti-apartheid act but president ronald reagan the road the bill. then in a historic move, the house and senate overrode the veto. it was the first override of a presidential foreign policy veto in the 20th century. four years later nelson mandela was released from prison in south africa and soon traveled to the united states. dellums introduced mandela at the oakland coliseum. >> we made history. we went to make history, not to make headlines. we want nelson mandela and the people of

juries in south africa. it's a limited range makes the sea horse particularly vulnerable to habitat loss due to human activity. through pollution for example. now marine scientists at the nih is now facing project are conducting a new study to learn more about this unique animal. today the last research done on this species in the past was in two thousand and one two thousand and three and since then no research so this study is the first to really investigate the quality of the species the habitat use and all these aspects will be used in on the ground conservation of this endangered species. the beauty of the night is not low goon has attracted a growing number of human residents with a negative impact on nature. the area is managed by the south african national park service says. they're not only concerned about pollution in the estuary they also want to help educate local communities about the country's only endemic seahorse so there's definitely not enough information there goes our top about the seahor

africa, parts of africa would hollow out. i would say when it does, does not go silent.se can spread to the united states. disease will take the opportunity for radicalization. be opportunity for people to flee, migrants showing up at borders all over the world. helped,ed states has not just for the good we have done which is absolutely fundamental but for the real strategic interest of the american people going forward. i hope strategically that will be well understood and appreciated, especially by congress. >> thank you for that. with the benefits identified in all of these different realms, it is very clear the robust support must continue. with some of the emerging challenges, particularly with preventing hiv, it will be needed in the coming years i would imagine. with that, i would like to thank our distinguished panel. thank you. [applause] >> it was a terrific discussion. thank you. i hope everyone has a chance on your way out to pick up a copy of the report released today on shoot you ehealth diplomacy. we welcome your feedback and comments over the weeks and mo

africa strategy . working with africa more strategically than in the past and even more and more medium sized international companies are testing markets and countries so we are relatively optimistic that the german engagement the german business engagement on the african continent. and we'll increase over the years to come but we have to we have to work hard on that right germany is currently not one of the relevant. players on the continent. because of kind of their general manager of the german african business association thank you so much for your time thank you the european union's chief bricks that a negotiator has cast a ballot on british hopes for a deal to leave the block by an october deadline michel bethany's said the e.u. would never allow a nonmember to collect customs duties on its behalf britain had proposed to doing so as a way to prevent a hard border in ireland a ban is said that could threaten the e.u.'s customs union answer of a key policies britain is set to leave the bloc next ma

most blacks in south africa live in townships like this one. a fish see a letter is hoping that barack obama's visit here will show the world that south africa is still a developing country that feed yes we care it was like. everybody to give that you can do use the same applies to nelson mandela. around ten thousand people listen to obama speech in a stadium in johannesburg. the tickets were free a famous managed to get one yellow came to embody the universal aspirations of this possessed people all around the world their hopes for a better life. and perhaps shared by many here affair says obama is a man after his own heart especially when he speaks about dashed hopes. it is a plain fact that racial discrimination still exists in both the united states and south africa that the accumulated disadvantages of years of institutionalized oppression of created yawning disparities of face and that's a says inequality has to be eliminated once and for all he hopes that obama uses his political clout to hopes of africa achieve that the as he had moved

a work of mercy to help the people of africa. over 15 years, thanks to the generosity of the american people millions who would have died are living full lives of promise. we are on the verge of an aids free generation of the people of africa still need help. the american people deserve credit for this tremendous success and should keep going until the job is done. >> thank you to the george w. bush foundation for that video. i'm the chief medical advisor at the public policy center. have two excellent panels today. the first will feature senator .ashiell the two authors of the report being released today. both panels will be taking questions. please raise your hand if you have a question. we will have microphones and get those to you. it is my honor to invite senators dashiell and frist to the stage. tohael is a senior advisor advocacy organization that works poverty.treme michael is a columnist for the washington post and served as the assistant to the president for policy and strategic planning. thank you to all of you. >> it

if you think about this so if you look at this south africa and it's out on africa south africa is the most developed technology created in the continent therefore it should be possible for us to export the wrong material when he's out on africa to get produce in south africa. if you look at the rest of the west african country and it is the african continent not african countries of expertise if we ain't sure that the market for everybody to parts of it to assure that industries can be looked a look at there in the countries so from our point of view we now see an opportunity to have a billion people of a billion people that is close to the population of india now trade in among us a sure that we can have much more fast food grow than we used to have and wealth can be this would lead to the base of the economy that he used to be on it's a noble vision indeed thanks so much i have a i am a for sharing it with us thank you still to come on counting the cost this is the world's largest ag conditioned open air arena take a look at carter's winter world cup preparations now in full swing.

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south africa in particular but there are many other countries.e see an enormous operation nation for what this can do and it has macro economic effects are still today appreciating now 15 years after the fact. >> africa is a major trading partner of the united states as well. the report points out $40 billion of trade in 2016. four of the top five partners in the region are countries that have been major pepfar partners. .. >> even his own secretary of health made that statement and then the old bill was passed. but even then in the first report we didn't concentrate on the gdp growth. so that impact is 4% with gdp so if you can reverse that with employment but the other thing that our report does is the impact on trade not just health and productivity but a country had an impact on other countries. so what happens to be our partners moving forward so it is obvious you have young people that are less interested in then they look to the hopeful future and girls going back to school and you have a country that has shared with the united states to p

who in the short term i don't see to strengthen the china africa relation would have a big impact on the china u.s. relations and in fact this is a critical moment for china to strengthen its relation with africa with europe in the backdrop of this escalated trade war with the u.s. but overall in terms of trading partners in terms of global influence the u.s. is not replaceable but at this point it is actually pretty sensitive point for xi jinping to visit africa since the vote on the road initiative is the president she's a legacy and africa is playing a key role in it and as she tries this time to visit is also at a very critical sensitive political moment domestically because in about one week the bit i heard meeting which is a top secretive closed door meeting in china the coming year agenda with all of the important chinese politicians together right so if she has any doubt over the domestic political stability who wouldn't have gone for this long tor in africa let me ask you about that the choices the countries each owes to visit at first look at wanda in senegal appear to be u

that africa has great potential it understands that africa would like to . liberalize and of course industrialized which it's clearly has to do if it's got to meet talk with the developed countries of the world and china has gone through that process itself and so it's trying to share what it knows very fully what the opportunities are barack obama repeatedly stressed the importance of investment in africa during his presidency how much has this changed or otherwise since trump took office well barack obama well he was always seen as some of the soil because of his inheritance but i think in his case africa was willing to wait on him be patient with him. because not prepared to offer him any of that he has shown that he doesn't respect africa doesn't think very clearly as to what africans are about very ill of us africans recognize that they are saying if you don't like us well we don't care about you just as well where does this go with china in africa in the long term how could the chinese economic presence in africa change the continent and would up in yo

before the announcement he sent tony fauci to africa. he came back -- again, this is before the state of the union -- and basically said, mr. president, this can be done. the naysayers out there, including the leaders in africa, are wrong. it is caused by a virus. if we mobilize american industry, if we make it a public/private partnership, if we put -- at that time it was about $15 billion over five years into i can promise you based on science -- he didn't say promise -- i can pledge to you based on science that we can diminish the cost and reduce the burden on this disease and cut it in half. it came back to science. so plowed straight ahead. but remember you had recipient countries that said, america, the west, stay out of our business, it's not caused by a virus and anti-retro virals don't work. we relied on science and our industry and creativity and drove straight through it. >> i was just going to say just to complete that thought i would say it's the results. he became convinced once he saw the results and the results were happe

but in africa, all the presidents can dance. so when o bma dnses in africa people are like hey, barack, your white side is showing, huh? what's happening here. because look, obama is not a great dancer. he is a good dancer but not a great dancer. i know you might be saying who are you to judge obama's dance moves, trevor. well, i will tell you who i am. i am the return up of the 20123 see-- 2012 season of dancing with the stars south africa. (applause) that's right! that's right! but obama in south africa, used the occasion to give a speech on the state of the world. and of course whenever obama talks about current events these days, there is an elephant in the room. which is fine, is he a south african citizen and he had every right to be there but i teurlly meant the other elephant in the room, donald trump. while obama never called trump out by name his subtweeting was sharp. >> we see the utter loss of shame among political leaders where they're caught in a lie and they just double down and they lie some more. and you-- look

an increased imports from africa's most industrialized economy south africa is she's third a stop on the continent after visiting senate gallery wanda his tour is meant to further strengthen economic ties china is already the continent's largest trading partner with total trade worth one hundred and seventy billion dollars. well china's president xi jinping is not the only leader of the bric economy in africa right now indian prime minister narendra modi is also there looking to deepen trade relations between india and the african continent as well as smooth the relationship between his country and uganda after tens of thousands of indians were forced out of the country in the one nine hundred seventy s. by the vendor to idi amin had addressed the ugandan parliament on wednesday. a moment that shocked the world august one thousand nine hundred eighty two uganda's president mean orders all asians to the view gonda. most of them were of indian origin they dominated the economy owning large businesses i mean accuse them of economic exploitation forcing over forty thousand asians to leav

hello and welcome to our new edition of our africa european environmental magazine eco at africa today we'll be taking you to a small community in uganda where people are using hearts well comic rock as an energy source more on that in just a moment and as always i have my child colleague from nigeria now to add my size. thanks leon and a warm welcome to our viewers in africa and europe we've got a lot of exciting stories for you here's what's on the line up for today. women in uganda who collect books kind of rocks near the national park they use pieces of them to make stalls that look we don't have. in germany we look at a new kind of with renewable energy what to do with the conversation we turn. to then we are what makes millions of good bad migrate every year from congo is another example. uganda has lost two thirds of its forest cover in the last twenty years much of the forest is in clear to provide charcoal for burning more than eighty percent of ugandans rely on charcoal for their daily cooking needs and that's according to records of figures from the government rose twining h

i think this is an indication by the president of merriment porton the collaboration with africa he's going to be visiting four countries and then they believe they're going to end up at the brics summit in south africa so this is a continuation of the last several years of the build to grow power in africa and it's been a real boost for african development policy especially in the area of infrastructure energy with rail and i think this indicates that they're going to get to you along that policy for sure do you think china's interest in africa are purely economic or is this also about greater geo political influence. china especially and that this president has a view who will win cooperation that countries can work together for the common and if it of mankind that they will benefit from economic cooperation the african countries certainly will there's been no infrastructure built in africa really since the colonial period the west we see you united states refute europe is refuse so china billion its infrastructure if you see the kenya nigeria be in other places this is a real posit

before heading on to south africa to take part in a summit china is investing heavily in africa bothfinancially and militarily in china correspondent adrian brown is in beijing adrian what are the key things we should be looking for in this trip. well he's going to be out of the country for ten days which for a chinese leader is a very long trip indeed a very long tour indeed before he goes to africa rob he's actually going to be stopping in the united arab emirates for a day or two the u.a.e. of course is a very important trading partner of china but so is good and so china has to diplomatically tread very carefully in this area because it relies on both for energy exports but the main i guess feature of his visit to africa will be the brics summit in south africa this is going to be addressed by president xi jinping brics is a grouping of the world's leading developing nations that's to say brazil russia india china and south africa and given that china is now in a trade war with the united states i think it's fair to assume that we're going to be hearing a robust defense of free t

no other town in south africa has such a high incidence of assault burglary and great. unemployment and crime have slowed south africa's progress in the post mandela era was nelson mandela square and sent in as a pleasant place this is where the rich and beautiful meet along with those who aspire to join the elite club. the father of the nation is a source of inspiration his charm and presence electrified the masses feeding expectations of a better life. to them indeed. i can explain the way he is to me on the way out i look at him in net and name so many things from his day on he's not coming in any of my you know he has got the qualities of cut a whole site was the boss if i may say so. once things done it once and done as i know. madiba the father of the nation teaches his people the values of collective leadership respect benevolence and an eye for everyone's needs the our we with we would have been in big big trouble in south africa headed not being. at that crucial moment in in the history of our country he was at the head of. my need to mandela say that be a bett

from africa the world. to exception the stories discussions. comes after program. deputed africa. africa. can. be. the basis for. the. call to. call it. they call. it to oblige. you. on the basis of one man one vote a one hundred ticket and. we need to get more sanctions. so it's not. good for. short it is useful. we are winning the way of the concept of rights of this kind of defeating. it is a should also take place at the one festival and his wife to live with the nation. all. whites let's be honest obviously. the bad debt the oppressed. and a return to ancestral lands to the green hills and hundreds of the costa. zouliou from the number there to. the people in the cross quietly taking my deep as a rival. this is part of the father of the nation was born in one thousand nine hundred six and this is where he spent his early years. under the flag as on the little bit as. this is. words. you know honor of his royal ancestors the national hero also attends traditional ceremonies with his people. are people have experienced a lot of light and a lot of darkness throughout their histo

for china to extend or to strengthen other relations are europe and africa is top choices because of the share share size of those markets brics leaders in south africa have suggested and never need to be held world players discuss the differences and perhaps prevent a global trade war but that to happen all parties have to agree to come to the table and try to find a balance between promoting national interests and those of the global community al-jazeera went to visit a technology harbin sao paolo to talk to experts who believe brics can provide an alternative way forward for emerging economies daniel schorr and the reports. brazil believes it has the solutions to many of the problem shared by its fellow brics members such as in medicine and aviation all major developing economies home to forty percent of the world's population with a vision that most would agree is straining to fulfil its potential the world is becoming less western what less concentrated less homogeneous and it would be better even for the world to leave space for breaks countries to make visit friends and even h

west africa is the largest collaboration of investigative reporters from across west africa division not there's any good reason seems to be back on their reporting. we have thirteen journalists exploring nearly thirty million offshore financial records. why. is someone who has nothing no islamist no twenty in my name why is she. this is a mom who is championing the cause i'm sure makes the literates effort to deny. me tax from oil what i'm saying with global media collaboration's not only is that the more the merrier the more the country of. west africa also project the west africa leaks got its start in sending up we're going to find a much more interesting name for this project over the next two days and we're starting to measure. in a two day workshop organized by the i c i j and snow's journalists were given access to a compilation of data from six major leaks held by the i.c. i just i'm just going to go through. and share with you some. just the purpose of the workshop was not only to introduce the journalists to the data but also to help them start reading between the lines yo