nasser successor anwar sadat failed to capitalize on africa's strategic shift away from israel. didn't want to just follow in nasser's footsteps he wanted to blaze his own trail. he chose to focus on building relations with the west and securing peace with israel he turned his back on the pan-african policies nasa had pursued. almost going to. egypt once played a commanding role in africa but in the one nine hundred seventy s. egypt neglected this role and who wouldn't this resulted in the bush drop of egypt's presence in africa countries there started to think egypt had abandoned them. or barak followed a similar strategy to his predecessor. in one thousand nine hundred five an event took place that would set the seal on mubarak turning away from africa. in june of that year arriving in the ethiopian capital addis ababa to attend an african summit. mubarak's motorcade was ambushed by islamist militants here on the airport road. mubarak's bulletproof car saved his life his body guard shot dead the gunman. following this attack and for the rest of his term in office mubarak chose

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat he withdrew in january saying it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest and the former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he had been living in exile schiff weeks lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo. egypt's military said in a statement beginning his comments raised suspicion about the state and its institutions and that the matter would be referred to the relevant authorities to start legal proceedings guinean a had been among a man's top election campaign aides now they are both in jail just weeks before an election which president sisi says he will win. but al-jazeera. israeli part of the israeli prime minister says he'll keep leading the country despite pleas recommending he be charged for corruption and bribery benjamin netanyahu is accused of accepting nearly three hundred thousand dollars and gifts from billionaire benefactors he's also suspected of backroom deals with a publis

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat he withdrew in january saying it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest and the former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he had been living in exile should fix lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo egypt's military said in a statement beginning his comments raised suspicion about the state and its institutions and the matter would be referred to the relevant authorities to start legal proceedings guinean a had been among a man's top election campaign aides now they are both in jail just weeks before an election which president sisi says he will win. but al-jazeera. oxfam is facing fresh claims of sexual assault and cover up this time in south sudan it follows allegations of sexual misconduct by some oxfam workers in haiti while delivering aid in the earthquake hit country the charity is at risk of losing its british government funding because of the scandal. the trial of a palestinian

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat he withdrew in january saying it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest and the former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he had been living in exile schiff weeks lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo egypt's military said in a statement beginning his comments raised suspicion about the state and its institutions and that the matter would be referred to the relevant authorities to start legal proceedings guinean a had been among a man's top election campaign aides now they are both in jail just weeks before an election which president sisi says he will win. but al-jazeera turkey has warrant cyprus and greece not to explore for gas near its coastline cyprus says turkish warships are blocking an oil rig from reaching a location in the eastern mediterranean where an entire oil company wants to drill turkey it's been a long running dispute with cyprus ever maritime boundaries claiming certa

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat he withdrew in january saying it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest and the former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he had been living in exile should fix lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo egypt's military said in a statement beginning his comments raised suspicion about the state and its institutions and that the matter would be referred to the relevant authorities to start legal proceedings guinean a had been among a man's top election campaign aides now they are both in jail just weeks before an election which president sisi says he will win. but al-jazeera. the dutch foreign minister has resigned after he admitted lying about meeting russian president vladimir putin more than a decade ago. had previously claimed to have been with putin in two thousand and six saying he spoke about expansionist plans to create a greater russia on mondays admitted the claim was false in a te

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat withdrew in late january he said it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdraw from the race earlier last month after he was deported from the u.a.e. where he was living in exile his lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo and other presidential hopeful was the human rights lawyer who quit two weeks ago citing unfair conditions within the contest and then there's army colonel ahmed consoler he was sentenced by military court last month to six years in prison in december after announcing his plans to run one hundred and mastery of the house is huge for graduate studies says he's sure the president of c.c. is behind this recent arrest. there's no question about the human rights record there's no question that egypt has regressed on a number of fronts obviously the upcoming elections aren't free and fair they're not transparent it's a it's a sham election as we would expect would come out of an authoritarian political environment so i think that si

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat he withdrew in january saying it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest and the former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he had been living in exile schiff weeks lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo egypt's military said in a statement beginning his comments raised suspicion about the state and its institutions and that the matter would be referred to the relevant authorities to start legal proceedings. guinean a had been among a man's top election campaign aides now they are both in jail just weeks before an election which president sisi says he will win starts with al-jazeera. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley has accused me of handling its minority of a henge a muslim population a death sentence the u.s. is increasing pressure on myanmar to end violence against the hendra with senators pushing for more sanctions to be imposed on the army like hannah reports from washingto

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat he withdrew in january saying it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest and the former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he had been living in exile should fix lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo egypt's military said in a statement beginning his comments raised suspicion about the state and its institutions and that the matter would be referred to the relevant authorities to start legal proceedings guinean a had been among a man's top election campaign aides now they are both in jail just weeks before an election which president sisi says he will win. but al-jazeera. in the trial of a palestinian teenager charged with assaulting an israeli soldier has been in journey until march after a judge ordered the case be heard behind closed doors i had to mimi was arrested in december after a video of her slapping and hitting israeli soldiers went viral the seventeen year old faces twelve ch

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat he withdrew in january saying it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest and the former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he had been living in exile should fix lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo egypt's military said in a statement beginning his comments raised suspicion about the state and its institutions and that the matter would be referred to the relevant authorities to start legal proceedings guinean a had been among a man's top election campaign aides now they are both in jail just weeks before an election which president sisi says he will win. but al-jazeera. or the store and it said going out to buy d. whose research is the middle east and north africa for human rights watch he joins us from auto i thank you for being with us so what do you make of this latest arrest in the in the run up to the egyptian election. well thank you for your time and for hosting me here. i think

the nephew of former leader anwar sadat he withdrew in january saying it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest and the former prime minister ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he had been living in exile should fix lawyers say he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo egypt's military said in a statement beginning his comments raised suspicion about the state and its institutions and that the matter would be referred to the relevant authorities to start legal proceedings guinean a had been among a man's top election campaign aides now they are both in jail just weeks before an election which president sisi says he will win. but al-jazeera. russia says it has no information about any russian mercenaries being killed in syria this comes in response to reports that more than one hundred pro syrian government fighters were killed in arizona last week during fighting with u.s. coalition forces and moscow says it's only aware of its citizens being deployed ther

the nephew of the former leader anwar sadat who withdrew in late january he said it was to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest former prime minister ahmed ahmed shafik tweeted his withdrawal from the race earlier last month that was after he was deported from the united arab emirates where he was living in exile should fix lawyers say that he was arrested as soon as he landed in cairo another presidential hopeful was the human rights lawyer khalid ali who quit two weeks ago citing unfair conditions within the contest and then there's army colonel ahmed consol who was sentenced by a military court last month this to six years in prison after announcing his plans to run in the election mohamed el masri is chair of the journalism program at the institute for graduate studies he's with us now in the studio curiouser and curiouser let's let's start with this this arrest of the bill the detention rather of the anticorruption chief going to what do you make of that why i think it's interesting i mean on the one hand i don't think it's very surprising that sami on then

an optimistic people we weathered full bloody war with egypt while waiting for the leader like anwar sadat to go where just leave the jewels a limb it took decades of talks with jordan until the time was right for king hussein to enter into what he rightly called a piece of the brave three times a day jews in israel and all over the ward turn to jerusalem and pray for peace we ask the following from god theme shalom. then. i leno while call america grand peace everywhere goodness and blessing grace loving kindness and mercy to us and unto all israel in all of the ward we have no doubt that the day will come when the palestinian people will also be blessed with leadership that shows these noble a few asians. this will be a leadership that condemns violence and ends the shameful practice of paying fallow with to terrorists it will be a leadership that educates its people to tolerance instead of peddling in and they say many of them it will be a leadership that recognizes that evil is in or with the will being the national homeland of the jewish people. either way eagerly await the day when t

lawbook muhammadan while sadat the nephew of egypt's assess native former president anwar sadat opted to cancel his campaign and after egyptian army colonel ahmed can sell was said he would run he was given six years in prison on charges of or opinions contrary to what egyptian officials called the requirements of military order for the military then targeted former generals who used to be leaders up there in the form of work which is shows a level of desperation on a level of aggression i don't think is going to be replaced so the elections will be replaced if he is replaced through. by and other general international rights groups have called the selection of fast and some in the opposition have suggested a boycott cc's rise to the presidency came after the two thousand and thirteen military coup that deposed his democratically elected predecessor mohamed morsi and as it stands sisi looks poised to stay on for a second maidana honed to zero. european council president donald tusk has warned the u.k.'s approach to the next stage of brecht's in negotiations is based on pure illusion h

i am talking about anwar sadat and golda meier who were very religious in their own separate religions. islam and judaism. they fought a war against each other in 1973. they both thought of president nixon as their president. they just thought the world of him. he knew a great deal about religions but he did not want to make a case for the president of the united states talking about it. we also had our biggest airlift ince the berlin airlift airlifting supplies to israel during that war. you, very much, bruce.' ladies and gentlemen, please give him a round of applause. [applause] mr. herschensohn: that concludes -- >> that concludes our program. thank you for coming out for 150thent nixon's birthday. enjoy the library. interested in american history tv? visit our website, c-span.org/history. you can view our tv schedule, preview upcoming programs and watch college lectures archival films and more. american history tv at c-span.org/history. >> this week on the >> this week on the communicators -- >> i thought the internet was borderless. >> that is really interesting. it can be borderl

i am talking about anwar sadat and golda meier, who were very religious in their own separate religions, islam and judaism. they fought a war against each other in 1973. they both thought of president nixon as their president. they just thought the world of him. so, i know that he knew a great deal about religions, but he did not want to make a case for the president of the united states talking about it. we also had our biggest airlift since the berlin airlift in airlifting supplies to israel during that war. >> thank you very much. ladies and gentlemen, please give him a round of applause. [applause] >> that concludes our program. thank you for coming out for president nixon's 150th -- president nixon's 105th birthday. enjoy the library. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you are watching american history tv, 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter. >> this week on the comm

lawbook muhammadan while sadat the nephew of egypt's assess native former president anwar sadat optedto cancel his campaign and after egyptian army colonel mike can sell was said he would run he was given six years in prison on charges of or opinions contrary to what egyptian officials called the requirements of military order for the military then targeted former generals who used to be leaders are there in the form of a work regime is shows a level of desperation on a level of aggression they don't think is going to be replaced to save the elections will be replaced if he is replaced through. by and other general and to national rights groups have called the selection of fast and some in the opposition have suggested a boycott cc's rise to the presidency came after the two thousand and thirteen military coup that deposed his democratically elected predecessor mohamed morsi and as it stands sisi looks poised to stay on for a second term medium honed al-jazeera. has attacked a somali capital market killing twenty seven people in twin car bombings and a gun battle the first blast happe

. >> it's almost like the middle east if you sign a treaty and you're anwar sadat did, you do the right thing you get killed. you lost on the issue. tom foley lost on the issue. ryan is always sold to me. i have never bought his argument he's so great. he went out there today and said i'm touching the weapons. he just said it. >> it's vet disappointing when you have overwhelming majorities of americans. there is no possible argument why congress should not ban bump stocks. we're doing that. il sign a bill to do that shortly. there is no reason you can't buy a pistol till you're 21 but you can go out and buy an assault weapon, then buy a bump stock and turn it into a fully automatic weapon. there's no reason that the country doesn't have what we have in our state of an extreme risk protection order that allows family members to take a firearm out of the homes with the assistance of law enforcement after a court hearing of a person who is endangering themselves or potentially endangering others. these are all common sense. the american people red blue areas, urban and rural, hunters and p

we weathered four bloody wars with egypt, while waiting for a leader like anwar sadat to courageously visit jump jump -- jerusalem it tack generations are in king hussein entered what he called a piece of the brave. three times a day, ju jews in israel and all over the world, turn to jerusalem and pray for peace. we ask the following from god. grant peace everywhere. goodness and blessings. great loving kindness, and mercy, to us a us and all israel and all of the world. we have no doubt that the day will come when the palestinian people will also be blessed with leadership that shares the noble as per racings. this -- aspirations. this will be a leadership that condemns violence and ins the shameful practice of paying salaries to terrorists. it will be a leadership that educates its people to tolerance instead of peddling in antisemitism. a leadership that recognizes that israel is and always will be the national homeland of the jewish people. israel eagerly awaits the day when this palestinian leadership will emerge and will bring the hope for a better future for its people and our