>> oh, yes. 1994 was the peak of the good time in south africa.her parties fighting, it's quite tense right now. >> it's not like it was before where everybody's -- you know, it's black and white. literally. we're unified on this. they're unified on that. >> these days, the party that freed the country from white rule, the anc, is not universally loved anymore. in recent years, they've been criticized for inaction, corruption and cronyism. and opposition parties are gaining strength. >> i think that's maybe new to us, i think we're trying to navigate reality. how do you deal with so many opinions? the party that you loved the whole time, that brought about this freedom, is fumbling the ball. so what do you do? because in democracy, you should act. >> smileys. >> oh. >> smileys. fire roasted sheep's head. lips shrivelled back in a joker like rictus of deliciousness. chopped into tasty, tasty bits and eaten with cold beer? yes, of course, yes. just needs a little salt and pepper. >> good stuff. that looks good. >> it's pap. >> what is it? >> it's li

hostile to him constant and used to be healthy man by his problems started after his detention in africa when he was beaten severely for three days by the people who detained him all we know so far is that the only medical assistance that can start to russia has been provided or will be provided it's still unclear is a u.v. check the ultrasound check inside the new jersey prison. it was snatched by american agents during his teen operation in liberian twenty turn it was then flown to the us and sentenced to twenty years for conspiring to smuggle drugs a transient in eyes russia called the move a kidnapping and has been in support of the defense. stay with us here for the latest on this developing story you can also get more on the constantine here shango on our website. at the winter olympics germany leads the medal table but that could all change with a week left to win medals russia's fifth in the overall count but has high hopes for his ice hockey team which delighted local fans last night russia in the qualifiers which offered fund some tonic following the defeat suffering against te

central africa is a catastrophfee. the cleansing must be stopped. >> the poor land-locked country has descended into chaos for close to a year now. the seleca coalition from the muslim-dominated north overthrew the central government last ma in december, after nine months of spiraling sectarian drive, france sent 1600 soldiers. i think what's important is that we assume our international responsibilities. europe must do their part as well. >> the alliance eventually pressured the sell he can a liter to step down from government last month. cathryn sarapanza is acting as. >> i swear in front of god and in front of the nation to respect the transitional constitutional to agree that independence and the continuity of the public to savegard our integrity and preserve peace now a loose coalition has sworn revenge on the seleca and the country's muslim communities for previous atrocities. thousands of muslims are fleeing. >> it's entirely possible in just a few weeks from now, there will be no more muslims in bangee and much

blues comes from africa. rock 'n roll comes from africa. everywhere you go, africa is there., hip-hop, name it. go go to africa, just and remove all the barriers you have in your head and go from one village to the other. if you don't find the root of modern music in africa, then don't go for that music at all. >> as tough as the music does this is, male-dominated it is and if you are a black woman and if you are an african woman, i get that. yet everyone and their mama wants to collaborate with you. why is that? how is that? you collaborate with everybody in this country and around the globe. >> i collaborate with people because their music talks to me as much as mine. one thing i have learned since i was a child when i started asking questions because my nickname is when why how because i'm always asking questions. i start asking questions and they start rolling their eyes. are you going to answer me or not? [laughter] so i basically grew up asking questions. as an african child living in a poor family in a poor country and having access to so much music -- because my fathe

on the pentagon to africa the u.s. military presence across the continent i mean accusations of oil gas and mineral resources those are the real motivation. for moscow. headlines that is up before we join in the life and. the lawyer russian pilot jailed in the u.s. as his client needs urgent medical help he was finally able to meet his client. who's pleased to see a doctor despite symptoms suggesting a heart attack could be imminent. it's been days that the russian citizen in a us jail is asking to examine his heart because he says he is experiencing severe chest pain and may have a heart attack any moment the attorney had a chance to see his client on sunday and we spoke with him earlier here's what he said you're shown go did appear sick to me his face was red hugh visibly had shortness of breath he would take pauses in our conversation compose himself he was having difficulty remembering the dates and the chronology of the different events that took place this week shortness of breath a burning sensation in the ches

and xander township south africa. now let's discuss this for though with on the lengthy time on from an opposition party in south africa he joins us now live hello to you now and see government protests seem to have been gaining momentum in the south africa since the death of course nelson mandela would just say that a lot has changed since his death what have you noticed. this year alone just to confirm that indeed protests have been continuing and spreading. our government has made up about ten people who had been part of the protests. very basic i don't think there are protests that happen after the death of nelson mandela south africa has been the world capital of protests but the last few months we've seen a heightened. militancy of those. a protest because it's a response to a government which basically is policies a deep in poverty and it is unable to respond to to the needs of the people any discrediting pleasingly government is using all a part of the racist methods in dealing with legitimate demands of the p

all through africa and latin america and asia and europe and america.all have very similar problems. some of them are different magnitudes. some involve different diseases. but you don't have to go very far from right where we are sitting. just go to haiti and look at the terrible tragedy that has taken place there. the world pledged all this money and yet they are still there with diseases that i thought were eradicated and they are still living in tents and not having the ability to be in charge of their own destiny and feed their families. we have to get together and do things about it. >> many people watching this interview are big admirers of your work. i am curious to know who you admire. are there thought leaders that you look up to? >> well, we learn from each other. we are both really members of a group called the giving pledge. we sit and share mistakes. there are people like george soros who has done really innovative work. we get to meet the scientists working on this stuff. maybe the most amazing are the people out in the field who spend bi

is not everything of course it would be nice for russia to come out on top but it's all about the africa right. well i'm going to say they would be delighted with how things have gone would be an understatement because you have to remember just four years ago russia produced his first ever performance winter olympics in vancouver then it came away with a poultry three gold medals this time around they've more than tripled it and they managed to achieve it through a massive shake up that was a purge of sporting personnel new coaches were brought in and huge amounts of money spent on new sporting facilities and they really have reaped the benefits but whatever happens today these games i have been record breaking from start to finish . the longest. igniting the most expensive the most compact and one of the most watched winter olympics in . the game stunning backdrops gripping stories of heartbreak and joy on a daily basis russia's red machine taking seconds to light up a nation's. but then deflating it days later with a quarter final exit. rushing to take a skate is left the world dizzy w

west africa north africa. and we've seen the molly was awful the year ago we've seen a risible prahran. we commited the caffeine criminal stupidity of overflowing. president of the feed to how it is to carry helping look at the central african republic is being destroyed. it doesn't all of it almost doesn't exist anymore. what can i carry. look at south sudan. look at while you still fighting terrorism in northern mali with french troops to war this money tight that is being spent. it might better be spent the building wounds building any new power plants until rewarded development projects and actually up with a population of the eu refused to do that we have a military only policy right now. africa can feed itself and could provide food for the rest of the world. if we develop key west and how he has actually been a genocidal policy. that is to allow people to die from salmon for more than from disease rather than developing these countries the stories from around the world in turkey found the protesters hav

west africa north africa and we've seen the mali was crop will be a year ago we've seen the rise of boko rum we committed the absolute criminal stupidity of overthrowing president so how is this security helping look at the central african republic it's being destroyed it doesn't almost it almost doesn't exist anymore look at nigeria look at south sudan look at mali it's still fighting terrorism in northern mali with french so all this money that is being spent could much better be spent building roads building energy power plants building water development projects and actually uplift the population of a. few can do that we have a military only policy right now in africa could feed itself and could provide food for the rest of the world if we developed it but the western policy has actually been a genocidal policy that is to allow people to die from famine from war and from disease rather than developing these countries. and the world songlines so let's take a look at the stories we've lined up for you they're falling ale in space might not be a problem in the future as nasa scientists

we were focused in north africa and west africa. we were directed with about 12 hours notice to make that flight to djibouti to evacuate the rest of the embassy. we did assist with the continued withdrawal of personnel out of the embassy. as far as the conditions we executed, we felt that the security was adequate for us to do that. i'm not sure if that answers your question. >> i will take the question right next to the camera there please. >> this is joe talbot. sir, i would like to ask you about the legal framework of your missions. do you usually need to clear the mission with your local authorities? if yes, do you coordinate with the local authorities in securing an embassy? >> absolutely. the ambassador does that coordination within the country that we would be operating in, and we would only do that under her or his request. so, that coordination would be done. as far as the countries we operate from, we have agreements in place or missions that we are responsible for and we are not doing any operations that are not, that do

welcome back you're watching r t international the china may be the dominant economic power in africa when it comes to military reach united states leaves its rivals trailing on the continent with hundreds of millions of dollars a year maintaining its presence as we can see on this map right here america has made north somalia a key outpost to protect its interests in the region drones and thousands of soldiers are being followed into africa with a pentagon citing its fight against rising extremist groups or do you suppose reports. hundreds of millions of american dollars are flowing into africa as the pentagon upset spending on the continent there's plenty of woman to realize here nigeria a case in point the west african nation is america's fourth largest supplier of crude oil accounting for eleven percent of all u.s. oil imports we have made it has a lot of investment and. they have invested so much in the oil sector and they need to protect that and that believes rafsanjani is the real reason for u.s. troop expansion in africa not to bring democracy not to help the local population

train the police in south africa. and understaffed and according to a new poll a staggering eighty three percent of south africans believe they're also corrupt which means the good guys like a robber and his partner often put their lives on the line without sufficient backup do you think. will make any difference to the right situation. we can only hope. for to those days but. the residents of alexander though are too busy packing their daily reality to worry about what life without mandela will bring twenty years after he came to power they still waiting on promises of jobs and economic prosperity. and xander township south africa. from an opposition party in south africa thinks his country is dealing with the same problems it had two decades ago. these protests and sort of. basic kinks i don't think that they put to that happen a study of death of nelson mandela south africa has been the world capital of protests but a decent last few months we've seen a heightened. militancy of those a protest because it's a respon

all through africa and latin america and asia and europe and america.e all have very similar problems. some of them are different magnitudes. some involve different diseases. but you don't have to go very far from right where we are sitting. just go to haiti and look at the terrible tragedy that has taken place there. there are people like george soros who has done really innovative work. we get to meet the scientists working on this stuff. maybe the most amazing are the people out in the field who spend big parts of their life in africa taking these tools that we help back and making sure they get out there. >> also, you have to separate peoples' political interest from their willingness to help. there are some -- soros is clearly a liberal, i think is a fair way to say it. but the koch brothers are clearly conservative but they give enormous amounts of money to hospitals. >> and you say give them credit for that. >> yes. you don't have to agree with everythinge everybody does. i don't know if i agree with either side, but i think they all deserve cred

hostile to him constant and used to be hard to man by his problems started after his detention in africa when he was beaten severely for three days by the people who detained him all we know so far is that the only medical assistance that got stuck to russia has been provided or will be provided it's still unclear is a u.v. check the ultrasound check inside the new jersey prison you're the shrink it was snatched by american agents during a sting operation in liberia in two thousand and ten he was then flown to the u.s. and sentenced to twenty years for conspiring to smuggle drugs a charge he denies russia called the move a kidnapping and has been a supporter of your show because defense team well to stay with r.t. for the latest on this developing story could also get more on the royal over constantine yoshiko on our web site r.t. dot com. in sochi there's been another gold for the hosts just minutes ago the russian bobsled left their rivals in their wake after a whirlwind final run well for all the details we can cross live to scott who is in sochi paul tell us more about that major vic

africa. france took over congo and then handed the colony over to the germans and then took it back after the first world war. they tried to kick the french out but cotton, tea, gold and diamonds won the argument. it's been 150 years since france left, but the governments of central african republic did little bit than the french did. over 4.5 million people in a country smaller than texas there is poverty, illness, division and now great danger. families are fleeing the central african republic by the tens of thousands. [ gunfire ] as fighting between rival rebel groups the is he electric can and the anti-about anti-balaka. >> there is nothing here for us. >> in a country that has seen five coups since it's 1960 independence this particular humanitarian crisis has "s" raising alarm in the international community. >> central africa is a humanitarian catastrophe. there is ethnic cleansing taking place and it must be stopped. >> descending into chaos for close to a year, the seleka division ove

mike, you are heading off to africa soon.l, you have been to africa numerous times in your foundation's work. what advice do you have for mike when he goes to africa? what do you think he should see there? >> my wife and daughter are spending the week there out on the farm -- heading down to see these projects is exciting. mike has been super generous on malaria research so i hope he will feel good going in and seeing the death rate is down, seeing what more has to be done and talking to the people on the ground about which tools are hard to deliver, which are easy to deliver. africa is fantastic. the cities need a lot of help. the research needs a lot of help. that is why both of us are drawn more and more of our philanthropy to help those needs. >> one of the places melinda is has 50,000 people per doctor. in america, we have 500 people per doctor. there are places where there are no roads so if you need an operation, you just die. we have been training people to do appendectomies and cesareans which turn out to be relative

and xander township south africa and the l.m. khatam are who's from an opposition ports in south africa things this country is the land with the same problems it had two decades ago. these protests in south africa of a very basic things i don't think that the protests that happened after the death of nelson mandela south africa has been the world capital of protests but a decent last few months we've seen a heightened. militancy of those a protest because it's a response to a government which basically is policies at deep in poverty and it does unable to respond to today needs of the people they need to scale that increasingly the government is using the old up out of date of racist methods in dealing with legitimate demands of people twenty years later the ruling party has not been able to dismantle up out of date in other words their racism that keeps our people apart where black people are poor and white people are taken care of. still to come this hour an upcoming try to pack its way in the e.u. and they go west could see the

during europe's 19th century scramble for africa., germany planted their flags on vast pieces of the continue nexts. france grabbed a big chunk north of the belgium claim in the congress open. france forced the people who have been living their all along to pay the price of paris colonial adventures they handed it over to the germans and took it back again after the first world war. overtime the people of the colony fought back and tried to kick the french out. but cotton, identity tea, gold, coffee won the argument. it's been more than 50 years since france left. but the governments of the central african republic did little better than the french did in the previous 80 years. of the four and a half million people, in a country a little smaller than texas, there is poverty, illness, division, and now great danger. families are fleeing the central african republic by the 10s of thousands. as fighting between rival rebel groups, intensities. >> translator: there is nothing, nothing here for us. in a country that has seen five coups an

on the program the pentagon is pumping in cash to boost its military presence in africa the u.s. says by pouring in troops weapons and most in areas it intends to turn a land of conflict into a land of hope now a u.s. military bases are just about spread across the entire horn of africa drone bases are dotted across the region the biggest being in djibouti hosting over four thousand military personnel and contractors and thousands of u.s. soldiers are reportedly preparing for missions as part of the pentagon's new strategy to train and advise regional forces so now it takes a look at what could really be motivating america's newfound focus on africa the well the well known breadbasket of the world. hundreds of millions of american dollars are flowing into africa as the pentagon upset spending on the continent there's plenty of war materials here nigeria a case in point the west african nation is america's fourth largest supplier of crude oil accounting for eleven percent of all u.s. oil imports we have made a lot of investment in that they have invested so much in the oil sector

and if you cases in south africa today. we climb is more rampant and papa t more intimate and antiques on to township twelve km northeast of johannes that it was once the headquarters of the african national congress and the saint of anti apartheid activists him. it's as if time stood still have many residents feel forgotten by many dentists off africa this part three of us. or you make of this effort the sprawling township is home to me a call to them again hosting black south africans. sixty percent of an ongoing class and an employee as we drive along this tinge of mounds of garbage overwhelms us. the stencils so doing. each day on average more than fifty people omitted in south africa another fifty eight and two marriages take place more weight happens here in the country on fifty two million people in india a country of one billion the sauce struggling to cope the truth. do we have sufficient experience. but it's up to us today. ok back to singing. it is rather heavy on me. and and a staunch and according to a new poll

france did intervene a lot of time in africa and especially in central africa from the very beginning of independence so it's very surprising that now we are speaking about the situation as it is if it was. an unprecedented as if it didn't happen already. did i mean friends knew what will happen in central africa for for a long time so i think it's just a pretext especially dark you have much bigger and much longer violence in the neighboring eastern congo where you have have millions of people who were killed in the last ten years and friends didn't intervene in congo even if earlier in the seventy's the french army also intervened in congo so the situation is just. text. appears. new situation as it was already in ivory coast and mali where french army also they didn't but in this case we have the u.n. saying that there needs to be someone in the area to protect this muslim minority isn't there i mean fifteen thousand people who are apparently under imminent risk of attack yes of course. yes of course but we can ask why why you and didn't do nothing for eastern congo you know u.n. i

can africa do more of this on its own?we inevitably going to see french troops, british troops, in african capitals in the coming years? >> just a couple of things. first, you have seen regional bodies being involved in the solution of crisis within the continent. in the c.a.r, the eccas, the regional economic community, is contributing troops and is also providing funds. we have seen also in somalia, african troops have participating, and in south sudan, we have seen ethiopia and uganda and other countries being informed. so i think the -- involved. so i think the trend is already there. the last african union's general assembly, there was a statement, a commitment to have rapid intervention forces. african-led rapid interception forces. we are not there yet, but one thing the international community can offer is the logistical support. these things are not easy to organize and only some countries like the u.s. can provide enough lodge it's u.s logistical support for these communities to intervene rapidly, i think that's

and bill you've been to africa numerous times in your foundation's work. what advice do you have for mike when he goes to africa? what do you think he should see there? >> well, my wife melinda and daughter are spending the week there out on a farm. getting down to see these projects is exciting. mike's been super generous on malaria research. so i hope he will see how the death rates are down and talking to the people about which tools are hard to deliver and easy to deliver. africa's fantastic. the cities need a lot of help. the scientific research needs a lot of help. that's why i think both of us are drawn more and more of our philanthropy will help those countries that have great needs. >> one of the place that is melinda is has 50,000 people per doctor. in america we have 500 people per doctor. there are places there where there are no roads. so if you need an emergency operation you just die. and we've been training people to do appen dectmizz and cesareans which turn out to be relatively simple operations. but without that everybody who needs one i

to obtain that training that police in south africa have reacted. and understaffed and according to a new poll a staggering eighty three percent of south africans believe they're also corrupt which means the good guys like a robber and his partner often put their lives on the line without sufficient backup do you think that state will make any difference to the right situation. we can only hope. for to those days but. the residents of alexander though are too busy battling the daily reality to worry about what life without mandela will bring twenty years after he came to power they still waiting on promises of jobs and economic prosperity. and xander township south africa will be back with more news in just a couple of minutes including a live interview with the lawyer of a russian pilot who was allegedly near death in an american president. that's obviously one of the rationale for the continuation of return they want to sell the american hard tech weaponry aircraft submarines missiles all the rest of it to the new countries new new markets expandi

and xander township south africa. from an opposition party in south africa thinks his country is dealing with the same problems that it had two decades ago. these protests and sort of. basic i do think that the protests that happened after the to death of nelson mandela south africa has been there will kept little protests but a decent last few months we've seen a heightened. militancy over those a protest because it's a response to a government which basically its policies deep in poverty and it does unable to respond to tool to needs of the people they need to skid i think teasingly government is using the old up out of date to racist methods in dealing with you to meet the demands of people twenty years late handling has not been able to dismantle up out of date in other words they have a system that keeps people apart what left people are poor and white people are taken care of the kids aren't all right according to belgian protesters the country set to remove restrictions on euthanasia allowing for the for the co