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is south africa reverting back to a society of segregation?here. it started with mbeki — he started calling black people africans, but the rest of us were coloured, indian or white, and i thought that was a very subtle way of dividing to rule. and ijust feel it's very important for us to realise that, yes, apartheid, which i think was horrendous in every single way, won't come back as it was then, but i look at europe today with the muslim problem, and evita's next onslaught is to come to the united kingdom and to europe and to say, "look, i've got some laws here that you can buy from me — you just take out black and white and put in muslim and you can control them." and we controlled people for 46 years, but mandela saved our lives. i never thought we'd get away with that. i thought we would end up in the most terrible bloody revolution, and that is why today i keep on saying to people, we are in a far better place. i am an optimist about the future. i think we have a very badly structured government, very weak leadership, but an extraordinar

south africa's anc was once seen as an inspirational model for africa. now it's becoming a watchword for infighting, cronyism, corruption and the dangers of one—party rule. president jacob zuma stands accused of abusing his power notjust by his enemies but by many erstwhile anc colleagues. my guest today, fikile mbalula, was made police minister in a recent controversial cabinet sha keup. as the scandals pile—up, are we witnessing the slow death of the anc? fikile mbalula, in cape town, welcome to hardtalk. let's begin with a simple question, there is no doubt the anc government is in crisis, who do you believe has the responsibility for that crisis? well, i wouldn't say it is a crisis. i would say we are undergoing some challenges in relation to what is happening now. and i think it is a test of time, which has happened not only now, over a period of time anc has been tested. it has emerged victorious at each turning point in terms of its history. well, you call it a challenge, i call it a crisis. i don't know what other word you could use when even the

i mean, you race. >> jean: we have, after south africa, the second circuit in all over africa.t's okay? >> anthony: oh, man. it's good. are you kidding me? i'm hittin' it hard. so, you told me before that if i wanted to, i could get in a car and drive to saint-louis. >> jean: uh-huh, just --. >> anthony: that way. >> abdou: that way. >> jean: that way. >> anthony: how long will it take? >> jean: [speaking french] >> abdou: an hour and a half. >> anthony: let's go. >> abdou: you going to t-louis? >> anthony: let me finish my chicken, then we'll go. ♪ brian, i just had a quick question. brian? brian... legacy technology can handcuff any company. but "yes" is here. you're saying the new app will go live monday?! yeah. with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. when this bell rings... ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to the smallest transactions, by sensing cyber-attacks in ne

we will speak with the former finance minister of south africa.loomberg. ♪ guy: welcome back. this is the open. european equities bid this morning around .5%. here is nejra cehic. nejra: hsbc rising the most since december on a supplies increase in first quarter profits. adjusted pretax rising et al. present. the ceo, stuart gulliver, stemming a revenue to climb that has dogged his 10 year. hsbc is on track to hit its cost-saving target. we spoke to ian mckay -- iaian mackay this morning. here is what he had to say. added that to the end of what we did last year. that a 3.5 billion. i would encourage investors to think we are going to do buybacks every quarter. we are happy with where we are from a capital position. banks as ane seeing industry group upcoming on the stoxx 600, but also seeing oil and gas companies outperforming. among them, shale. showing it as adapted to a world of lower oil prices, generating a surge in cash flow that allowed it to pay dividends while reduced that he read on the cash flow, cash flow from operations rising more t

the ship crashed off the coast of south africa. we are very fortunate to have organized with george washington university, the university of cape town, and partners in mozambique as we were able to identify the slave ship wreck on the ocean floor off the coast of south africa. one of the key markers to identify this as a slave ship wreck is some of the research revealed there were 1400 ballast stones on the ship. those were used to offset the human weight. we know there were balanced stones on the ship because we found them on the oceans floor. we are excited to feature those in the middle space in middle passage. one thing visitors will note is we do not have images in this space. we chose to allow the first-person voice to carry the space. we wanted those who went through the experience to speak for themselves. the human story extends to everybody. you will hear voices of those who were enslaved but you also hear voices of crew members. you hear voices of slaves ship surgeons. all discussing the horrors of the experience but also

and central africa. so a lot of work ahead of us, and many of you are directly engaged in it already, many more of you are going to become engaged in it, i think you can expect. the next kind of area of priority is our re-engagement with russia. obviously, they are part of the engagement in syria, but we have other issues with russia, as you all well know, in europe, and the situation in ukraine. as i know many of you heard from my trip to moscow, characterized to president putin that the relationship between our two nations was the lowest it's been since the cold war. he did not disagree. he shrugged his shoulders and nodded in agreement. and i said it's spiraling down, it's getting worse. and my comment to him was you, we cannot have, the two greatest nuclear powers in the world cannot have this kind of relationship. we have to change it. and so we have a number of efforts underway to first stabilize the relationship. and deputy secretary, acting deputy secretary shannon is leading a working group effo

but earlier ancestors we would see come out of africa. but that's a really good question. really complicated way to answer it too. yeah. >> can you describe your experience in iran? >> sure. sure -- i was actually there as a member of the member alpine club rock climbing team i spent some time there on exchange program, and as part of that, i was excited to have the opportunity to visit different archaeological sites different paleosites places that would be hard to visit without that kind of access. and so parts of that have definitely contributed to research that i've done in sort of nationalism and symbolism of fossils particularly for neanderthals and a fossils that have come out of iran. but there isn't anything sadly that popped up in seven skeletons for that research but it is definitely informed other projects that i've done. yeah. question from the back. >> i was wondering howrch do you usually find nonbone like human structural like eye, tongues, fossilized and how does that change how you look at the bones that are found request it? >>s that -- that's a really a

part of africa. it is home to anywhere between 2,000 and 3,000 american military personnel. the number of u.s. troops deployed here has tripled in the past 15 years as the base expanded to more than 600 acres. the pentagon is now spending $140 million a year in djibouti. navy captain james black is the base commander. >> i describe it as a landlocked aircraft carrier or a landlocked amphib. we are self-contained, do our own water, our own electricity, feed our own people. >> reporter: for security reasons, americans are not allowed to leave the base. the tour of duty here is anywhere from nine months to a year. and it's hot all year, averaging 105 degrees in summer. some of the amenities help: a gym; subway is here; there's a small movie theater and a u.s. post office. camp lemonnier has become a pentagon hub for sending special operations forces to conflict zones like somalia, libya and yemen, and to operate drone missions. showcasing its importance, u.s. defense secretary jim mattis visited last mo

and northern part of africa. africa is also part of an enormous opportunity that will continue to receive our intention to support stabilizing governments as they continue to develop their own institutional capacity but also looking at africa for the potential economic trading opportunities that a huge potential sitting out there waiting for us to capture and penalty to be a big focus because africa is still struggling with the huge health challenges and those are important to us and will continue to get our attention. so, we are working and today we have some things we are working on relative to the relationship to the middle east challenges so that is out in front of us as well. and last i want to go to the western hemisphere. canada, mexico it's not as rocky as it looks and i think the relationships were quite good. both of the neighbors i understand we have to refresh some of the agreements in the relationships particularly in the areas of trade and both are ready to emerge in a good-faith effort with us as w

morgan went just as england and south africa. morgan wentjust as it england and south africa.just as it went off air, now johnny bairstow is the latest batsmen out hands england are now 15-4. not batsmen out hands england are now 15—4. not having a good day so far, england. that's all sport for now. the liberal democrats have accused the conservatives of weakening national security because of their approach to the brexit negotiations. the former deputy prime minister nick clegg says britain will be excluded from a vital data base holding information about criminals and suspects if theresa may insists on leaving the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. our political correspondent mark lobel is here. take us through what nick clegg is saying and wife. once again the focus going very much on security. if you cast your mind back to when the uk notified its withdrawal of the uk notified its withdrawal of the eu. there was a hint that theresa may was going to use security as a bargaining chip, but that was quickly slapped down by the eu he said there would be no trade—off.

hour andto london this cover stories outside of south africa and iran. we have breaking economic data. more for the fed to ponder over although, they were not have much time left. asie: nonmanufacturing index measured services in the u.s. economy coming in at 57.5, higher than the estimate. this is for the month of april. this is an important economic measure because it measures the biggest part of the u.s. economy, services versus what we see in terms of manufacturing. again, this is an expansion, more than projected. is part off order this reaching the highest level since 2005. that gauge of orders at 63.2. a measure business activity from 58.9.to 62.4 it does not seem to be helping stocks at the moment because we have a drag from the technology sector and those apple earnings. not seeing much change based on numbers at this point. if you take a look at those tech stocks, there has been talk about how the largest companies in the s&p 500 and the largest contributors to the s&p 500 are having a disproportionate affect on what is going on with stocks. th

, and solve the types of problems of africa. say this is about changing lives, and inspiring young africans to be leaders in science and technology. tim allman, bbc news. media from around the world flooded a small english country town, to catch a glimpse of the society wedding of the year. pippa middleton, the sister of catherine the duchess of cambridge, got married on saturday. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. a society wedding. a chance to — well, to gawp at the guests, for one thing. interesting for some. others may feel, perhaps, a little indifferent to it all. but, of course, this was rather more than a society wedding, with celebrity guests like tennis champion, roger federer, because this was a middleton family wedding. so a wedding with royal connections. big sister catherine arrived with two carloads of bridesmaids and page boys. among them were prince george, his hand firmly being held by his mother, and princess charlotte. they were ushered into church, ready for the arrival of the bride. pippa mid

africa is important from the standpoint we cannot let africa become the next breeding ground for the reemergence on the caliphate for isis and we also cannot allow the ticker-based networks to move their way through africa to continue unabated. you can connect the dots between the countries throughout the central part of africa and northern part of africa where the networks are connected we have to get into the middle of that and disrupt that to save those countries. but it's also a country of enormous opportunity. and it needs and will continue to receive attention to support stabilizing government as they are merging and continue to develop their own institutional capacities but also, looking at africa for potential economic trading opportunities. that is a huge i think the potential sitting out there waiting for us to capture and then obviously a big focus on the health initiative because africa still struggles with huge health challenges and those are important for us and we will continue to get our attention. so, today we have some things we are working on relative to the middle

but here in the nation of nyjer, in africa, it's something that they haven't had this close to their the girl responsible. her name is kevin kilroy. she's 16 years old. and she helped bring this well and clean water to the region. únot all water is clean. to me clean water mean that his you won't get sick from drinking your own water. i didn't think it was possible that people couldn't have clean drinking water. people in the world today. this is a problem i thought was long gone, but it's still very much in our lives. >> the republic of nyjer is a lands-locked country in west africa. the population is more than 16 million people. and the country is about 80% desert. kevin lives about 8,000 miles from it. >> many team die every year from not having clean water. >> some of the statistics we found are staggering. worldwide, every 21 seconds a child dies from water-related illnesses. and 3.4 million people die each year. >> i really care about the people, they are not that much different from anyone, i was raised to treat everybody equally. you know, the golden rule, treat your neighbor

so, some africa, you're going to get more of the africa in west indian englishes. >> your talk has brought a lot of question to me and a lot of comments. but one of the questions i have for you is, ebonics the same as black english? >> same thing. >> okay. then i'll take just a -- ask another question. if -- when you talk about timber, is timbre is it when there was an opera that was sung by black people, named escapes me now, but not pouring porgie and bess. but i think gertrude stein has -- >> right, she used that -- she used black voices. is that because of the timpre or something else? i'd like if you -- >> what an interesting -- nobody ever asked me about that. wow. >> i happen to know the answer because i just happened to read a book about the composition of that oprah, -- on program. i know she can't say that but i bet she said it i bet during rehearsals somebody said something like that. that's a tough piece. not done much because the music is bad. it's hard to say but that wasn't why. the black people were used for pictorial reasons rather than for the tambre and today if somebody

gradual abolition of slavery and getting rid of those newly freed people and sending them back to africa. it was interesting for white. the time knew they had been hard geared against their will on shift and now the nation was talking about sending them back to africa on ships but this very prominent sort of organization was invited garrison to speak and their annual fundraising event in boston on independence day in 1829 and in this speech, garrison was this young editor, he had started the liberator yet. he's this young editor and he says in his speech that i'm sick of our hypocritical camp about the rights of man. we should be demanding a gradual abolition of slavery, not promoting colonization. and then 10 days later, garrison went to a black church in boston. and went to a celebration of england's abolition of the slave trade so black people in boston would annually celebrate abolition of the slave trade and at this event, a white clergyman addressed the crowd and during his lecture, he advocated that emancipation right now was not wise or prudent. and that black people needed along

let's go to an astonishing story in south africa. more remains ofa story in south africa.like species have been found. i want to show you this. a skull amongst those remains. it reveals a smaller brain size, compared to human beings. all discovered in south africa, karen allen is there. already scientists made history discovering a new species of early human. now the age has been revealed, thanks to a skeleton, they have called neo. a perfectly preserved mail, dating the species at 230,000 years old, much younger than originally thought. we know it is 200,300,000 years ago. that sounds like long time ago, but thatis that sounds like long time ago, but that is really reason. likely they ove rla p that is really reason. likely they overlap in south equatorial africa with modern humans. it was inside these caves where scientists made these caves where scientists made the remarkable discovery. dark, and dangerous work as they picked their way through a labyrinth of rock tunnels. 30 metres underground. there they found hundreds of fragments of bones, hands and teeth. suggesting

south africa are now chasing 331 to win.de kock and 98, disaster. david miller tried to pick up the pace, but it wasn't enough. south africa, the best side in the world, and england have just beaten them again. in the mall and unassailable 2—0 lead with just one match to play in the series. arsenal asked a 1—0 ahead in the fa cup. more later. goodbye. it has certainly been going on today, i don't mean the weather. some of you saw quite a bit of this sort of thing as a result of the sort of thing as a result of the sort of thing as a result of the sort of thing. the top three in this particularly table, it is a continuation of that sultry thing we have seen of late. but there is one thing you can bet on this time of year, if you get that amount of heat you get something that looks an awful lot like that. that's how it looked underneath. some of you saw spectacular displays of lightning in a number of parts of the british isles, and quite a bit of hail storms in the violent thunderstorms as well. there is a general progression

as a liberian, i've watched george bush in africa and i watched barack obama on africa. i have been so displayed with obama on africa leading up to that point. i thought bush is a much better on the continent that obama was. i almost felt as obama was holding africa hands off because he came in off the sink and president of the transamerica and he proved that when ebola happened i was interested in how he is going to react to this and doe wrote a letter and said you have to help us. you have the history. the french and the ritz will help the sierra leone ends but the united states has, i was tuesday whether he would respond or he responded in a huge way, like 3000 american troops, built 1700 -- >> host: very controversial. >> guest: it was a really big deal. his response on ebola i think made up in my mind in many ways for what i thought was a week-ish africa policy overall. >> host: i think he did do some significant initiative on africa but anything he did or said considering that he was accused of being a kenyan that snuck into the united states, it was definitely har

england have beaten south africa.erb final over of bowling enabled england to win by two runs. england are side with a spring in their step. a win would seal the series over south africa. they are supposedly the best side in the world. you don't get there without a little bit of luck. having already set up in the's openers, joe root‘s bright start was cut short, he ran out in a cruel way. but fortune can be a fickle friend, in came ben stokes and he was promptly dropped twice in the first two balls. they were costly errors. stokes had been in doubt for the match, but any question over his fitness now was forcibly answered. his worth to england is immeasurable. his worth to this innings was 101. south africa are now chasing 331 to win. it was a task they set about with calm assurance, but had they waited a little too long? with quinton de kock on 98, disaster. south africa, the best side in the world, and england have just beaten them again. trying to squeeze in as much as we can, so let's have a few different sports.

the world economic forum meeting is in south africa and joining us now is our africa chief executive wonderful to speed to you. with the investment in africa, what needs to be the capitalist -- what needs to be the catalyst? i think to your point, the investment is viewed from a different perspective of risk. and i think that is a key thing from the standpoint of being able to be able to understand what you are investing in. and you have the right rate of execution and the ability for the investor to get its return with the safety aspect of that is important. so i think there are a number of potential ideas out there right now which will really drive some hopeful potential investment. we are working with the world bank. and what wedfi's can do to spur on credit enhancement. that will be key. tom: what is needed from the government? a battle over the import-export bank in the united states, how can governments assist private enterprise towards midsize or larger investment? oh, i think we have run into a capital -- we have run into a technical difficult he. that sometimes happens. we t

our consumers in africa want cheap blankets and we are struggling to keep the prices low.ing supply of fast fashion from the west, the recycled wool and cotton yarn is facing increased competition from cheaper man—made fibres like polyester. there were more than 400 units. now it is around 100 units. it has taken a very bad hit because the investor is not doing well and every day, a unit is closing or reducing production. we used to work 2a hours a day. now it is hardly a shift a day. on one hand, the demand from africa has dipped and on the other, there is a global glut of used clothing. so even though they are having a real environmental impact, the industry here is struggling to make money on the recycling business. general motors has been accused in a lawsuit of rigging hundreds of thousands of diesel trucks with devices similar to those used by volkswagen to ensure they pass emissions tests. the proposed class—action lawsuit covers drivers of more than 700,000 chevrolet silverado and gmc sierra pickups from 2011 to 2016. a gm spokesman has called the claims baseless.

i went to south africa four years ago, for the first time, and i was terrified.the memories, or exactly the full memories of people'sfaces, the emotions rushing back, and what happens if i would freeze completely? i didn't have any family member with me. how would i be able to function and perform and do what i came to do in south africa? it suggests to me there is still an awful lot of trauma in your mind. exactly. and it's not like i wasjust... a lot of the kids in the orphanage did not go through the amount of things that i went through. my sister went through a lot, also. my other sister. it'sjust the thing is i need to be able to have the amount of support when i go there. i'm going to go back. i want to start a school there. i want to start an art school there. it's going to happen. it strikes me, we talk about inspirational figures, but what you could offer the kids, the young people of sierra leone, is something extraordinary. a story like no other. no, i would definitely love to go back, but i don't know if you know my schedule. i work from ten to six ev

it is nice to contribute against south africa. it is nice to get 100. were five wicket winners over new zealand in the final match of their tournament which involved hosts ireland. the victory means that bangladesh moves ahead of sri lanka to sixth in the world rankings. 0nly four months remaining before the top eight add granted automatic qualification for the world cup finals. ahead of the icc champions trophy which begins next week the australian captain says he is not concerned that the english are rated the favourites. the australian can campaign continues in birmingham. the favourites. the australian can campaign continues in birminghamlj do campaign continues in birmingham.” do not care what the bookies think, to be honest. i think they are a good side and they play well at home. i think many other teams are very good as well, south africa have a world—class team... india have a world —class tea m a world—class team... india have a world—class team and a few others as well complacent really good cricket. it isa well complacent really good cricket

, to europe, to america, to asia, to africa, we are not going to allow them to do so. we are going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate. >> dickerson: explain what it means to be moving in an annihilation posture as opposed to attrition. >> well, attrition is where you keep pushing them out of the areas that they are in, john, and what we intend to do by surrounding them is to not allow them to fall back, thus reinforcing themselves as they get smaller and smaller making the fight tougher and tougher. you can see that right now, for example, in western mosul, that is surrounded and the iraqi security forces are moving against them. talafar is surrounded we have an effort to take the self declared capital of raqqa, that surrounding operation is going on and once surrounded then we will go in and clean them out. >> dickerson: one of things you mentioned in this new accelerated tempo is that the president has delegated authority to the right level. what does that mean? >> when you are in operations, the best thing you can do at the top level is get the strategy

south africa will ta ke champions trophy.th africa will take part in the tournaments and are due to play a test match against england in manchester later summer. i think we are all shocked, we do not to happen. it is quite sad, obviously. at the moment all we can do is rely on authorities and the people who are in control to do the necessary things to make sure that we are safe as possible. that is about as much as i can say. but it isa about as much as i can say. but it is a tragic event, like you said, that took place and we all feel really sorry for the people involved. sport is ingrained within the culture of manchester. it is home to one of the fiercest rivalries in world football. but the tragic events of monday night have certainly brought the city together as one. manchester united's executive vice—chairman ed woodward said the club was "numb" after the attack. united flew out to sweden on tuesday still reeling from the atrocity. there are likely to be many flags and banners in support of the people of manchester at t

and watch barack obama on africa and i was so disappoint disappointed. bush had been much better than obama was. i always felt as if he were holding then hands off because she was going to prove that so when it happened i was interested in how he was going to react to this and so he wrote a letter saying you haven't helped us you have the history but i was really curious and they responded in a way when they built 1700 which was controversial in the midterm it was a big deal and the response made up in my mind in many ways for what i thought was a weak policy overall. >> guest: i think that he did do some significant initiatives but considering, he was accused and it was definitely hard for him to have an association with. considering the right in the middle of the campaign. they already shaping up and the running mate is his wife and mike cooper is also running. she is a former model but now she looks like she's throwing her hat into the ring. i don't see at the moment the ticket but we don't know because the campaign. it's interesting i was reading a p

maybe 1.5 million children will die of mall nutrition in africa. d takes us to the biomedical research. i served with mrs. lowey on the h.h.s. subcommittee and the national institutes of health is this place that has the biblical power to cure. it has scientific opportunity. and where there is scientific opportunity, we want to place additional resources. lives depend on it. in stark contrast to a skinny budget that came out earlier, this legislation increases funding for the national institutes of health by $2 billion and i want to say on that, as we relish that $2 billion and what it could mean in the good health of the american people, we have to protect their investments. as we invest in new treatments and cures, we must also ensure that all americans have access to them. that is why it is curious to me that on the same day that we vote on this omnibus bill, increase funding for the national institutes of health, increase funding for our veterans and all the rest of that, that republicans are working furiously to advance trumpcare's devastating

when we come back, a defiant president in south africa.a stands his ground after an attempt was made to remove him from office. . we will bring you the detailed and more next this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: a check in on iag's stock price in madrid, where the stock is down 2.81%. this is your bloomberg quote screen. 33%ks rally this year to from some 39% in terms of falling in that is going through. seeing about 140% of an average day turnover go through in terms of the spanish market where iag is part of the -- where iberia is part of the iag family. let's get the first word news with juliette saly. juliette: manus, north korea has conducted another missile test. according to south korea's military officials, the missile, a scud variant, was fired off north korea's east coast and flew 450 kilometers toward japan's economic zone. it comes days after world leaders vowed to take tougher measures against kim john nunn's nuclear weapons development. ongoing merkel has given her strongest indication yet that europe and the u.s. under president dona

record numbers of migrants have already tried to reach europe from north africa this year.om the mediterranean over the last few days alone. the italian coastguard says as many as 200 may have drowned. most of them have set off from libya — attempting the treacherous crossing — in search of a new life in europe. reeta chakrabarti has spent the last week on a rescue ship. seven uneventful days at sea with the rescue mission and then suddenly this: we have two rubber boats possibly one wooden boat. team, please prepare on deck for rescue. a scene, said the crew, like never before. first two, then three, then as we were spotted, more and yet more boat loads the people veering towards us to rescue and to safety. these women look really exhausted. they're coming on one by one. one of the women i've seen has a little child with her. this toddler, named blessing, is one of the tiniest travellers. her motherjoy, who's nigerian, said she risked the journey because she couldn't return to her home country. one of the women i've seen has a little child with her. she was working in liby

central asia, as you mention, into north africa too.your lesson from investing some would argue far too much of your capital into vladimir putin's russia at a time when nobody i think would really try to argue that he was upholding the principles backed in good old article one about multi—party democracy, pluralism and market economics. i don't think many would argue that putin was fulfilling all of those objectives. but you took that money after you were told you could no longer invest there and you put it into countries in central asia and north africa which again do not come even close to meeting your own founding principle. some assumptions there that need challenging. first of all, in 2012, the last russia country strategy in december, 2012 was approved after consultation with civil society and everyone else, and that had the political assessment in it. there was a lot of to and fro of course with moscow over that. so back then, 2012, in 2012 you were telling yourself that yes, vladimir putin's russia does tick all the boxes. multi

many things happen faster in africa then back at home. for example using a digital phone is a platform which is being used for everything which is the same thing for young people but not for the older generation so we want to take that up in christine lagarde is correct basically on the one hand we have to have a compact with africa where some african companies are discussing concrete economic projects and use the funds here with some of these countries that are ahead already but would have to discuss this further. i think there is a lot of work to be done but i must say very frankly and it also applies to the entire scherpa staff we are very motivated now and starting to debate with other countries. in a week we will be in south africa and we have to discuss also with argentina and mexico because everything is decided in consensus but we have some that are basically supportive of this fun that i'm very happy that we have this discussion now. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen i think this was a very productive and

when it is completed later this year, it will be the largest wind farm in africa. in kenya, renewable energy is cheaper than fossil fuels. >> fossil fuels have got one unknown, that is, what is going to be the cost of fuel tomorrow? we don't know what's going to happen. we don't know how long this fossil fuel is going to be there. but the renewable energy, like, for example, the sun-- we always say, i'm sure tomorrow the sun will be up. >> reporter: nighttime is when the personal impact of electricity is most visible, as well as its uneven distribution. at roy atieno's house, with no electricity, the family eats dinner by the light of only two kerosene lamps. but down the road, seline mumbe's electrified house has become a beacon for school children. they come from all over the village to study and do homework. beryl jane otieno is 17. >> ( translated ): by around 9:00 p.m. the lights used to get dim, and i could not even see what i was reading clearly. i used to study for two to three hours, but nowadays i always study for five hours. >> reporter: but surprisingly

it gives an opportunity to diversify into other countries, like north africa.ome would argue, far too much of your capital into vladimir putin's russia at a time when nobody, i think, would try to argue he was upholding the principles back to good old article one about market economics and so on. none would say he was filling those objectives. but you tell that money after you were told he could no longer invest there and you put it into countries in central asia and north africa which again do not come even close to meeting your own founding principles. —— told you could. in 2012, december, 2012, that was approved. that had political assessment in it. there was a lot of to and fro, of course, with moscow over that. 2012. you were telling yourself that, yes, vladimir putin's russia ticks all the boxes, fully free market economics, pluralism, multi—party democracies to be that was a terrible judgement. -- democracy. it is not exactly our rentjudgement. what has happened since in russia, yes, ifeel if we did a new strategy for russia they would be a much more tes