during this first day of the summit there was emphasis on transparency especially by the african union commission chairman with a fuck you saying that there needs to be transparency with trade between the two parties and also we had a statement by the united nations secretary general antonio terrorists who said that there has to be sustainable physical policies in order for africans or in order for both parties africa and china to see the benefits of this particular relationship you're speaking about sustainable policy here there is growing criticism the chinese infrastructure projects are pushing african nations into debt how big a problem is this where you are in kenya for example. it was interesting to see that study gauge real wing suit as one of the success stories during this first day of the summit that was discussed today but then when you look at the boat on the ground kenya is struggling with the sci project we're still paying for the first half of the project which cost about three point four billion dollars and it's we're not seeing any return even if even as this chain is operational

foreign ministers then visited djibouti opening a new phase in relation between eritrea the african union commission chairperson has rightly call this a clear demonstration of the value and effectiveness of the surge of african solutions to african problems. resident julie my prime minister and the president of every theory are signed a further comprehensive corporation argument in saudi arabia. and president of. the czech hon india in being a decade of dispute in light of this important and positive development it is only appropriate and timely that the security council now seriously consider this without delay lifting the sanctions imposed on eritrea a few days ago the south sudanese parties signed revitalised peace agreement for south sudan at an extraordinary summit of god heads of state and governments in addis ababa this offers the reaal prospects for peace in south sudan after five years of civil war madam president these are indeed major developments in the horn of africa this is a secretary general gutierrez put it a powerful wind of hope blowing across the horn it is. offered us as start t

during this first day of the summit there was emphasis on transparency especially by the african union commission chairman with fuck you saying that there needs to be transparency with trade between the two parties and also we had a statement by the united nations secretary general antonio terrace who said that there has to be sustainable physical policies in order for africans or in order for both parties africa and china to see the benefits of this particular relationship speaking about sustainable policy here there is growing criticism that chinese infrastructure projects are pushing african nations into debt how big a problem is this where you are in kenya for example. well it's interesting to see the standard gauge railway so it is one of the success stories during the first day of the summit that was discussed today but then when you look at the on the ground kenya struggling with the s u r project we're still paying for the first half of the project which cost about three point four billion dollars and it's we're not seeing any return even if even as the train is already operational and we

african union force in somalia. these infrastructure projects are they a one way street what are the benefits for commissions. well it's interesting that you mention that because one of the issues that the united nations secretary general antonio guitarist did bring out with sustainable fiscal policies going forward now that china has pledged another sixty billion looking down on the ground you do see some kind of laxity when it comes to labor policies only by relations between china and african countries you're not seeing a lot of absorption of local work because in some of these projects but then also in trade that needs to be some sort of balance for example kenya imports goods from china worth three hundred ninety billion dollars and kenya only exports to china goods worth nine point nine billion dollars so people are saying that there must be some sort of balance in the trade. from nairobi thank you very much. that's it for me and the business team here in berlin thank you very much for watching give up your business. woman. comes. from a. lifestyle. transformed by a constant constant challenge which san

appointed representative of the united states of america to the african union and permanent representative of usa to the yuan economic commission for africa. to briefly introduce the doctor, he has a lengthy and oppressive career in international affairs. he is a scholar who holds a bachelors degree from oberlin college and a master and doctors degree from oxford. the doctor has been president of the council of foreign relations since 2003. prior to this, he was also the director of policy planning, where he was principal advisory to colin powell. confirmed by the u.s. senate took hold the rank of ambassador, dr. haass served as u.s. coordinator for the policy of future afghanistan. in addition, he is author of numerous books including a world in disarray and foreign policy begins at home. without further ado, it is my great pleasure to welcome dr. haass. [applause] dr. haass: thank you, collett. for the record, flying all the way from new york is not really an ordeal. at least not today it wasn't. [laughter] dr. haass: it can be, thunderstorms. first of all, great to be here, and great to be back here. i have given a lot of co

racial discrimination of african human rights commission and we will all even go the union to the united states. stock exchange also the bodies of the ship people that subtle but a list of the as well do this kind of discrimination and they thanks very much for your time from solidarity you know i think those protests are very much for south africans could be a reflection of the difficulties the country is experiencing specifically when it comes to corporate south africa as well as the government navigating its way through black empowerment and just how that will work we we know the thousands of white workers here say they are unhappy with that. indeed for me to many thanks for joining us there from. south sudanese soldiers have been sentenced in order to pay compensation for the rate of five aide workers and the murder of a journalist in two thousand and sixteen a military court handed censuses ranging from four years to life for an attack on the terrain hotel in the capital juba the case is widely seen as a test of will by the government of president salva kiir to bring accountability

court has to be set up by the african union mission which has been mandated to set up the hybrid or for south sudan the un can only prove he is which is what the commission has been doing to hand over to a prosecutor one day with the hybrid forty six we've also ensured that the way in which we have you need our evidence is to allow all of those states who are able to prosecute on the basis of extraterritorial jurisdiction those who are responsible for torture and six will violence our rights sukkot we thank you very much for speaking to us from geneva. and a few moments we'll have the weather with kevin but still ahead on the al-jazeera news our camp david accords turned fourteen we look at the historic peace agreement between israel and egypt and the new n.f.l. season is only into its second week and there have been are ready to have already been some shop results the town has got all the details coming up a little later in sports it's. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. it has been about seventy two hours since we saw florence make landfall near wilmington north carolina now the rain is finally beginning to subside across the