africa. number one weapons dealer and china's trade with african countries has reached a record 261000000000 dollars last year. that's about 5 times more than the u. s. an african youth survey by each cove its family foundation found that 77 percent of youth across the continent identified china as the most important nation for africa future. not the united states. plus china deals with whatever government is in place. no questions asked. while the u. s, cherry picks its allies and offers lectures about democracy. so can the u. s. africa leaders summit here in washington, dc. turn things around, and what can america offer that africa really wants to day we're talking with already kind of she home body quo. the former ambassador of the african union to the united states. she's also the founder of the africa diaspora development initiative, which aims to link africans abroad back to the continent. ambassador, it's such a pleasure to talk with you today. this big summit is going on right now. in

africa is important.nk that the key thing, is -- we've talked about what's in the interests of the chinese and the americans, we also need to think of what's in the interest of africans. africa has had a terrible hand over the last 400 years, that needs to be replayed. and what my colleague in washington was talking about, the fact that americans provide grants. yes, we understand that. but some of the international lending agencies also demand -- like the imf and the world bank demand other kinds of conditionality's that benefit american private companies. part of this is what we need to look at. laura: unfortunately we've run out of time and we need to finish our discussion there. thank you very much for taking the time to join us. onyekachi wambu, david shinn and einar tangen. thank you for watching, you can watch again anytime on our website that is al jazeera.com. you can also join the conversation on twitter. from me, laura kyle and the team here. it's goodbye for now. ♪ - we have done ourselves a d

africa leaders summit, including the first u.s. africa business forum.e saw so clearly the enormous potential that we could harness if we did it together. and holding holding the first of its kind summit in 2014 was a watershed moment to cement new kinds of partnerships between our nations. partnerships not to create political obligation, not to foster dependence, but to spur shared success. i emphasize shared success and opportunity because when africa succeeds, the united states succeeds. quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well. now, eight years later, the world has undergone a great many changes. we're still grappling with the deadly pandemic. facing down war and instability. addressing economic challenges with global impact. fighting, fighting rising food prices tackling the impacts of , climate change. and each of these crises has only heightened the vital role african nations and peoples play to address the global challenges that drive our global progress. we can't solve any of these challenges without african leadership at the table. and i

s. africa connection. not what china is doing in africa and trying to combat it. that's not the purpose of this summit. i know david says the us is keen to stress at this summit is no so about competing with china in africa. but of course china paging will nonetheless be watching very closely to see what comes out of it. well hey, i think good david is making is his putting his best foot forward, but a he didn't answer your question, which is does biden understand that he has switched tone? i mean he's, he's at the south american this summer of america's that, that did not go well. it was a bust bosky, at the same thing with us young that he didn't even bother to meet with the has a safe travels washington. ah, hopefully this will be handle better for 49. countries are coming to compare that with 52 countries were a members of the belt road initiative in africa. so, i mean, there's a, there's a lot of work here. i mean, way, david described it early on was, is, if africa had somewhat just come to the attention of us. africa has been there for a long period of time

so i, since south africa as a vehicle into africa is phenomenal. i think we will be looking at how we could play a role facilitate that role in africa. we see more more countries wanting to join brakes. is this actually going to happen? we'll fix allow other countries in saudi arabia wishes to join bricks, argentina, you've got iran in you, but other countries that are looking at the bricks, countries that's going to be a good thing. if i, if they come to the party, it means a strengthened bricks. i think we'll see on a greater diversity across the world. we'll see a, a more balance stir, power emerging, especially in the global south countries. investments were dirt flourish and it's something that i would certainly like to see happen. do you think the fact that we're seeing more applications to join brakes is an indication that normal countries are trying to move away from a u. s. centric financial basis, for example, the world bank, the i m f. personally, i don't think that they want to move away, but they would want more options. so i sense tha

he is an africa football journalist. basic ma say, welcome t d, w, news, africa. now morocco were the under dogs and they've broken through a major glass ceiling. how has their story inspired? many around the world, especially in africa. yeah. well, morocco are the perfect cross section between, you know, the african continent. the era roles also of the muslim world was inspired by what they saw on the pitch on the african continent and iraq, we've never had to make it to the semi finals. so in that sense was unprecedented. it was historic, but also from a representation standpoint, from symbolism standpoint, we had people relating to the american national team from places like indonesia, pakistan, you know, most of all around the world, even north america, south america. i saw things like, you know, the terrorist prostrating after they scored a goal or seeing them celebrate with their mothers that are bringing to asia so, so just symbolically that representation, i think, is what made all these mutual support american national team and what stood in the way do yo

in africa are gorillas. also wonderful tea. your obedient servant, for example, considers it the best from kenya, our author irene wangi there is the largest producer of black tea, not only on the african continent, but throughout the world in terms of production, the country is second only to china and singapore warm humid climate allows you to harvest tea, here all year round, some farmers even have their own tea traditions. robert's family is a guitarist from the muranga region, has been growing tea for more than half a century, he inherited his father's craft, and he, from grandfather and in the spirit of family tradition, preferred the tea business to work in the office, and the ogres date from maidans. my father was an angler and was addicted. whose egorism 84. he planted on his site. since then, the first tea bush has not ceased to grow it; today it works, buys and equips tea farms. himself cultivates the soil in 2008. robert guitar planted a new purple variety of tea on his plantations, like any othe

and africa's infrastructure, africa's agriculture, africa's health system, africa's security and more. in our view our new shared vision statement lays out a forward-looking vision for the 20th century partnership between africa and the united states. we want to work with you on these issues that matter most for peoples' lives and looking to increase our collaboration in every area from rural communities to urban centers to cyber space and outer space. we are committed to help african countries to assess the financing you need to build sustainable and inclusive economies. we are leading the global effort for global creditors to provide debt relief so nations can prioritize people. i'm asking congress to loan $21 billion to the international monetary fund to provide access to necessary financing for low and middle-income countries that is so difficult to come by now and help africa's recovery efforts and support projects that build resilience against future cries sees. as we engage with our countries, the united states will lead with our values, support for democracy, respect for the r

s. africa summit. that now is fair to say that america's relations with the continent have been warmer, but offensive remarks about african countries made by the former leader bottle. trump took them to a new low. now u. s. president joe biden has told african leaders that his country is committed to africa's future. the u. s. is looking to position itself as a reliable trade partner, including calling for the african union to become a permanent member of the g 20. the u. s. is all in on africa's future. that has been the message at the 1st u. s. africa leaders summit in almost 8 years. after decades of inconsistent engagement, president biden cold for a renewed, long term partnership with the african continent. i emphasized shared success an opportunity because in africa 6 age united states succeeds quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well. his recipe for success, pledging more than $55000000000.00 to support african democracy, food security, trade, and infrastructure buttons pushed to frame th

africa. they must understand that africans equal to them. but when one goes to africa with a sense of superiority, wherein lies the problem. because you're not going to engage those leaders, we're going to come to the table as it goes, you go insolent superior, you come back feeling superior. that is not an issue with the chinese. the chinese are coming in, which i news. yes. if you don't watch it with them and they, when they get and then that's your fault. but they don't, i mean, feeling superior, they understand that africa is something they need. so they will come to the africa . they will come and make sure that they let the africans know that you matter to us. but i want to let you sleep with you. does matter that you don't get that feeling with united states, you can the feeling that there is a sense of superiority that you africans. i'd be glad that we're engaging you. i'd be glad that we're inviting you to come to washington. that sense of security. it has to change what it costs for

did of the news africa still to come? to get a new perspective, we meet the award winning congolese born artist behind this new sort of exhibition right here in ballad. now, before we get into that, let's go to uganda. the country has received a shipment of the boiler vaccine candidates from the world health organization for clinical trials. that's welcoming news for a country that is going to another outbreak of the disease which has infected more than a 100 people and killed at least $55.00 last week. uganda said it had discharged its last bull our patients from hospital reason, hopes for the end of an outbreak of that deadly disease. our correspondence studios more gambler has more in this report from will bender in central uganda hospital nightmare. when a patient was rushed to mo, bed the hospital in central uganda, doctors recommended surgery medical student hudson concert was on the team that carried out the procedure. he had a good proposition that needed a surgical team to work on them. being their medical in the

russia in africa.on monday, biden's national security advisor jake sullivan pledged $55 billion in economic, alth, and security support for africa over the next three years. >> working closely with congress, the u.s. will commit $55 billion to africa over the course of the next three years. across a wide range of sectors to tackle the core challenges of our time. these commitments built on the united states long-standing leadership in partnership and development, economic growth, health, and security in africa over the past three decades. amy: during the summit, president biden is expected to express support r the african union to join the g20 and to push for the united nations security council to include a permanent member from africa. axios iseporting bid is planning his firstrip as president to sub-saharan africa next year. the washington summit comes as africa faces numerous crises from the climate emergency to political instability. over the past two years, there have been coups in mali, sudan, bu

i think if africa gets united, and if africa also begin to partner with other other origins like asia, because for instance, india and felicia, the statement that says via they will not be present in reducing or not increasing their coal usage until they've the particular level of development, i think those kind of voices that are pushing back to the west and africa should actually partner more in heavy it is fully boys to the west to see where we we need to develop. and then when, when we are at a particular point, we can begin to see how we mitigate. and we can reduce our c, o, 2 and russia. do you see russia playing a, a growing role with african countries? we are in this current energy dynamic because, you know, russia resources, i mean, this is the top am country with, with, with natural gas resources. so it's going to play a big part in the energy of lucian going forward and how russia place, you know, it's, it's a role in the developing nations and in its own role in the politics of energy. i'm going to be a big sector, how, you know, the big countries also begin to look at the

d w, news, africa. this shows that closely issues shaping the continent. life is slowly getting back to normal. yeah. well, to give you enough report on the inside of our cars. funds is on the ground reporting from across the continent. all the french u. d. w is africa every friday on dw, the world cup in guitar. a few important version. it was we are here for you with report and background information about the book called figures. everything you need about the 2020 to work on d, w. mm . some people don't care about me because they don't see my beauty. some people don't care about me because they think i have nothing to give but 2000000000 people due to then i am every day home their food, their livelihood. but day by day i do and so does everything i get 2000000000 people care about me. need me. and now i need you. ah, this is dw news and these are our top stories. us basketball star, brittany griner is back on us soil after being released from a russian penal colony. she touched down in san antonio,

in south africa in brava? i would imagine the audience understand the political dynamics that 2 prisons of africa pre democracy, pre 1984. but in a nutshell, most of the agricultural land, the land that it is available and or suitable for fleming, is owned by white commercial farmers. so that is if a, on some issue is it a significant at most of the farmers are light? i think it is significant in the sense that it is not the result. so it creates an uncertainty. so when you are not sure what would have been the next life, yes or next to yes. and agriculture or activities in nature? ah, capital intensive, you put money on the ground. expect ingle 15 years lead. but if you don't know what will happen the next 2 years, you wouldn't put your money on, on agricultural activities, be planting trees, or putting fencing or any kind of capital. you'd rather go somewhere where there is that assurance that in the next 5 or 10 years, you will still be working on that. so the uncertainty that is created by this, ah luck of

now this is deed of the news, africa coming up on the program. come africa become a well lead up in the green energy revolution. what all the abandons natural resources available on the continent. africa seems perfectly pleased to lead the way. by what challenges lie ahead. we'll find out also coming up. could he bola, be over in uganda. the country says it has discharged its last known bull. our patients from hospital raising holds for the end of its latest outbreak. and we meet the congolese born norwegian artists addressing the issues of racism, diversity on colony allison in have fast solo exhibition a i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. now could africa become elidah in supplying green fuel to the wild? that question has become even more relevant to us. russia continues its invasion of ukraine. creatin disruption in europe's energy supplies. germany is one of the countries scrambling for alternatives, intruding on the african continent. this week, the country's minister of economy and climates roberts havoc visited 2

, africa's infrastructure, africa's agriculture, africa's health system, africa's security, and more amy: then to yemen. we willook at why the whe house pressured senator bernie sanders to withdraw a resolution to end u.s. involvement in the -- support for the saudi-led war on yemen. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives has passed legislation that would allow puerto rico hold it first-er referdum to dide beeen statehd, indepdence, or independence with free association. the puerto rico status act was co-sponsored by congressmembers alexandria ocasio-cortez and nydia velÁzquez, two of the four current puerto rican members of the u.s. house, and was approved on a vote of 233-191. 16 republicans joined democrats in support of the bill. this is congressmember ocasio-cortez speaking from the house floor on thursday. >> well puerto rico is not the united states only colony, it is its oldest. today for the rst time in our nations history, the united states will acknowledge its role a

that's the 1st, the 2nd thing is when you look at the emissions of africa compared to the work africa as portability. only in about 4 percent, right? so the biggest meters are still western europe, the u. s. and of course, china is amazing, but africa. so traffic has been pressurized to limit their fossil fuel, in circumstances where the alternatives are still not mature. to run modern economies is also a historic issue. you see, climate change is not cost with what you are meeting today. so i made changes cost, what is cumulatively, in the atmosphere over the past 2050 years of a gas television and the industrial revolution, particularly of the west. so, so, so africa, kind of a very little to that. in fact, now i've been one topic which i think is good coming out of 27 in the actual food pay for reparations of the effect of climate change. you know, the flooding that we've seen, who should pay for that. and the idea that the western countries who contributed mostly to the emission, should actually have a front to, to deal with the effect of climate change, i think, is a positive thi

the currency of central africa can't be used in east africa. it is necessary to convert the money to make a currency exchange. it is a sort of aberration that remains from colonial history. and the subtlety of this currency stays here even so today, there are already ideas about how to transform the situation. because the germans lost their colonies. after that, they lost the war in africa in 1916. and the united nations in the 1920s, deprived them from holding amy authority in those colonies. actually, the colonies were divided between england and france. it means that germany no longer had a presence in africa on the country. during recent years, we can see a sort of comeback and not only on the ground, at the same time that germans raise the problem about how to say it. first about rudolph to all among bell and behind this problem of rudolph to all among bell. there is a reactivation of something that became a collective amnesia because the colonial idea and the accidental end of the colonial idea in germany, marks the end of the war that th

africa investment forum. ceos and private-sector leadership from over 300 american and african companies will convene with the heads of delegation to catalyze investment in critical sectors, including health, infrastructure, energy, agribusiness and digital. the president will close the business forum on wednesday with public remarks. later in the day he will host a small group of leaders at the white house for discussion on upcoming presidential elections in 2023 in africa and u.s. support for free, fair and credible polls across the continent. he will then owe wednesday evening all 50 heads of delegation and their spouses for a dinner here at the white house. thursday is dedicated to high-level discussions among leaders with president biden opening the day with a session on partnering on agenda 2063, the african union strategic vision for the continent. a working lunch 5 -- by vice president harris will follow the session and then the president will close the day with a discussion on food security and food

and how can this clean fuel benefit africa? let's get a better understanding from one project in south africa. it's here at a small site around 150 miles north of cape town, that we get a glimpse of what south africa is. energy future could look like. this is one of the country's 1st green hydrogen projects, and it all works using the power of the sun rather than fossil fuels like coal oil . this to electrolyte effects. they give the ha, the in the you from the are from the sun in. we supply them with your order in the book and it takes place in these 2 electrolyte. and when it happens here, what is the into higher whole? the facility is only producing a small amount of green hydrogen right now, but they are already planning to expand to a bigger commercial site. it's a renewable energy source that is seen as vital in the world shift away from fossil fuels. and african countries are purple in place to lead the way production is especially suited to areas with plenty of sunshine, the less densely populated. but it has to be done

u, it's africa. so make the high like what it holds, washington. china is quote, the stabilizing activities in the region that says, washington shift from africa as acute tissues means fading far from africa is not an arena big comma games with the loan. the target of all the tree prussia from any country or person. washington should respect the world, the african people the need is a self proclaimed kosovo. applying for a membership with an official calling on brussels to book the news which follows week tensions in populated north in kosovo. we pull the latest from the ground that last the latest ukrainian shelling of russia don't. yes, we're public leave that he's the one person killed and several wounded correspondence catches up with russian troops on the front line with simple stoves like this one. they provide the much needed with a hint at come foot amid the very difficult conditions here with 5 pm here in the russian capital. and this is the r t international with the very latest world news

and this figure is around 7 percent in south africa. so we believe it through portland to have a strong institutional framework and to integrate our regulations and policies to make the mind industry more sustainable and more inclusive so that the local communities can be protected. and also the rights of minors. colo, we know that africa is the 2nd largest continent on earth, only behind asia. there is a tremendous amount of land with what one must imagine is full of valuable earth minerals. can you give us a sort of a broad sense of the mineral resource wealth of africa, like as a continent the africa nations are reach in resources and for, for instance, as we have mentioned earlier, more than 60 percent of cobbles is mines in the r c and if you think about like platinum group, more than 90 percent alone is mind in south africa in addition to a large share of manganese and chromium. and there are several minerals that we need in our daily lives that we need for providing a solution to climate change. because these minerals are used an

i do want to present africa quarter on heritage will also knew that africa has really not come up with tangible technology to compete out a global service. and we want to of an inclusion of africa in the global technology . lingual assistance for businesses in english, french, and they can several local african languages. it can also identify objects and understand facial expressions. we heard from tech news and journalists, lindsey shutters, who spoke highly about the potential for technological development on the continent . we faced a lot of regulatory issues in africa that slows down a stock economy a little bit. because so many companies are taking advantage of africa in the cost of those all, quite strict, but africa expedients records thought investment with the countries already seen a $1000000000.00 in 2022 and the money is coming and it's a great, it's a great venue for that i remember africa is the birthplace of frantic. we have peer to peer mobile payments before anyone else did. and we went directly to the mobile economy. so we have many challenges to solve and the pace of

how is this green energy push impacting africa? so green energy provide both opportunities and challenges for african nations opportunity. just because we could see that the resource and omens of the african nations can be beneficial to the economic growth to build infrastructures, to provide jobs for the local communities. but at the same time, the challenges comes when this ambition, me like a will governance and political ability and whether countries that are abundance in the minerals, they don't pass institutional framework that can protect the mineral resources and their resource richness and endowment. so it is important in this regard for african nations to boost of the legal system and to boost strategy is that integrates more or list and sustainable approach of 4 of the mining industry. kola who's seni? thank you so much for sharing your insights with us today. and when we return allegations of election fraud, vote tampering and there we say it collusion. no, we're not talking about the u. s. 2020 presidential elections,

west africa. i don't know why i'm still losing west africa because nigeria is on the couch watching the rest of the lea. a west africans are the rest for well actually i think it is important to, to, to have in my sense that is about chris and success. increase the success is, is, is the process is of form, little winning mentality is in our, in our processes. and these has to be a very deliberate approach with consistency and patients are on it. and the important aspects that need it needs to be instituted the fundamental criteria of football. and these fundamentals has to be an indication of, you know, coaches in or educational for, for science and then, and then have on performance in a mattress or a free or if free and, and administrators and then lane of geno structures. when you learn digital struct, it means that we are formulating an infest in, in, in your system will invest properly in the youth system. you are able to indicate in all the young players so that when they get to the little

for south africa. it's an ounce. it has no funds left to quad diesel until april 2023. how big problem is that? how much is it going to cost people's lives on the economy? yes, so we have access to electricity in south africa. we will remain constrained by fiscal inefficiencies and ramp and corruption as come denouncement that they have run out of funds. so choir diesel will be be it's rob tip and will lead to block how it's becoming more frequent and more intense over the following month, with low shoving levels for becoming a common scenario in the country. we see that the company uses the filter on some of the big delivery plan activated during periods of pick thompson or emergencies, which will limit the capacity of the company to react to unexpected circumstances. these will expose companies from the operating in the country, it through electricity, cars, or will force them through, in best enduring writing, their own energy, the abandoned the these allegations of corruption against president seve

not just for africa. i've been engaged in these, this is going back to my days as a young man and not a state senate. when i was on the foreign relations committee, i was chairman, the african affairs subcommittee and got to spend a lot of time in africa, visit almost all of your countries when i was vice president serving president obama. we host the 1st us africa leaders summit, including us africa business form. we saw so clearly the enormous potential that we could harness if we did it together and holding the 1st of its kind summit. 2014 was a watershed moment to cement new kinds of partnership between our nations. partnerships not to create political obligation, not or foster defendants dependence, but to spur shared success. i emphasize shared success an opportunity because in africa succeeds the united states succeeds quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well. now, a years later, the world was undergone. a great many changes were still grappling with the deadly pandemic, facing down war and

we spoke with a pan african commentator who thinks that africa needs to be more independent africa in is so, so good, it's good resources and good minerals. it's good enough enough enough human capacity to and she monetize the resources that we possess. right now, the variations that we have with for in states is only benefiting these foreign companies. more than us is this new crew clooney as m. s. s 30. you did buy these waste in a countries to, to, to, to, to keep having power over african estate is, is, is, is to who might, because i'm going to have mine. we need to have a bigger control of the economy by africans for africans. because this is, this is us, ours is our land, a continent we need to, no one is going to see of recovery from stand up together. delegates from developing countries, walks out of a high stakes, un biodiversity. so most of the talks on funding broke down on the 8th of the co op 15 environmental conference without money. this will turn into a week deal. developing countries left the meeting because they considered that it was impossible to make progress in t

and yes, of course, africa needs a lot. and here, as you heard my m. e through so many millions, i think i probably heard the 2 dozen times, 100000130 sounds like he's an option house. but the point is that he's trying, in the spirit of the woke up, he's trying just to score a few goals against china in africa without even mentioning name china. he's basically saying we're not bringing one neighbor. we're not going to hold you accountable to this loan. we are investing, we're bringing our private sector. we are good about that and so on, so forth. so they're trying to pick up shop there optimistic that they were there is some good dwell for the united states in africa, and they're hoping to build on that. what about russia is war in ukraine moran? because it really seems as though the russian narrative has been the one that is winning and the global south. particularly among many african countries that have seen food supplies and other commodities effected as a result of this war and the sort of sanctions in place. how much of this is about trying to w

i know there are quite a few in africa here in south africa. we have the south african depression, and anxiety group is a 24 hour helpline in terms of suicide. and you can call them and speak to someone . it's an anonymous line. and then also reaching out to community groups that work with people that are meeting mental health services. so really just taking those steps, even chantel steps of speaking to someone that you trust. yeah. and that, that is my, my main encouragement. all right, so that's i think that's where we're gonna end it today. i want to take all 3 of my guest abi way liz. ruth, for be more to come on and talk about something that is taboo, but is even more important. and if you're out there and you need help, i promise there are people that want to help you. there are crises lines that you can get to. so that's all we have time for today. but you can always find us online at stream. got al jazeera dot com take care of yourself, right. thanks for watching. ah . january analogy 0. almost a decade after joining the e. u croatia.