only paul kagame. there are far fewer that have this kind of record of improving the lives of his own people in the way that he has, and this is exactly the kind of partnership that the united states should have with our friends and allies in africa, should have, but they don't have at the present time, unfortunately. too long the united states has had the wrong policy toward africa and african nations and most americans still think there's only one country on the continent of africa rather than 54 independent states that make it up. u.s. policy should africa should be different. it should be a partnership and focus on africans help africans with security, trade, and dploam sit. in security the united states security goals in africa should be training and equipping key partners in addressing continent terrorist threats that could affect the united states and to address regional security threats so that the u.s. military does not have to engage so they can do it instead of our involvement. this is the g

capital now the session was opened by president paul kagame who is the chairman of the african union now center stage is the issue of anti corruption and how countries can fight corruption using frameworks and institutions but the highlight of the day was the discussion on african union reforms in his new mandate president paul kagame is looking to see that the african union is more independent as it stands seventy four percent of its budget is funded by the e.u. and the us there is a hope that this could reduce to fifty nine percent by two thousand and eighteen. but also another issue that was on the agenda was integration and how african people can have free movement of goods people and also a single air space market the africa youth population stands at more than seventy percent president paul kagame is called on the youth to be more involved in development in the individual countries. time now for a bit of sports news in tennis roger federer has won the australian open after defeating modern church in a five set thriller in melbourne a swiss a securities twentieth grand slam sing

ababa for the annual african union summit the two day meeting is headed by rwandan president paul kagame may is taking over as the union's chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning the us president donald trump's reported swore on the state of the nations. like many african countries in the open are struggling to keep up with a growing population and a staggering wealth gap our correspondent catherine wando sent us this report. this sleek train could be in a wealthy country like germany but it's actually in a discovered ethiopia local journalists and takes us on a tour of the city states this four hundred seventy five million dollar light railway was built with the help of china it began operations in twenty fifteen and could not come at a better time. for the us later because if you see the fuel for the tax year for taxes it would be the it was the transportation the. speeding through the city you notice the numerous construction sites with a g.d.p. of seventy two billion dollars it especially its capital city is growing rapidly. but it's we've got

highlight of the day was the discussion on african union reforms in his new mandate president paul kagame is looking to see that the african union is more independent as it stands seventy four percent of its budget is funded by the e.u. and the us there is a hope that this could reduce to fifty nine percent by two thousand and eighteen. but also another issue that was on the agenda was integration and how african people can have free movement of goods people and also a single air space market the africa youth population stands at more than seventy percent present porker government called on the youth to be more involved in development in the individual countries. the swedish care founder in war can prod has done at the age of ninety one he turned a small scale mail order business into a global furniture empire ikea's first department store opened in one nine hundred fifty eight today the company has more than three hundred stores around the world. aged just seventeen. a mostly mail order business called ikea five years later the company began to sell furniture with its first dedicated sto

addis ababa for the annual african union summit today summit is headed by rwandan president paul kagame e is taking over as the unions chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning u.s. president donald trump's reported slur on the state of the nation's correspondent catherine wando summed up some of the issues on the agenda. the thirtieth africa union summit was officially opened here in the if you can capital now the session was opened by president paul kagame who is the chairman of the african union now center stage is the issue of anti corruption and how countries can fight corruption using frameworks and institutions but the highlight of the day was the discussion on african union reforms in his new mandate president paul kagame is looking to see that the african union is more independent as it stands seventy four percent of its budget is funded by the e.u. and the us there is a hope that this could reduce to fifty nine percent by two thousand and eighteen. but also another issue that was on the agenda was integration and how african people can hav

where corruption and cold that continue to dominate the headlines is new chief rwandan president paul kagame a says africa is running out of time to save itself from permanent deprivation he made the comments of the a use annual summit in ethiopia well as his focus is fighting corruption economic commission for africa says the continent loses one hundred forty eight billion dollars a year due to graft that's why the a u has declared two thousand and eighteen african anti corruption. we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first mohamed the story up for us from a use headquarters in at his ababa. one issue that dominated talks of the african union summit is that of institutional and financial reform of the african union these are feeling that the party continental body needs to get more robust and independent in its financing so that it can make its own independent decisions another issue that's really dominated here the talks here is corruption there is a feeling that it hasn't reached some untenable hates fifteen billion dollars is mostly in the continent every year through illicit out

mass reforming the african union will dominate the two day meeting headed by rwandan president paul kagame a who is taking over as the union's chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning the us president donald trump's reported slur on the status of their nations. well turkey says it has assurances from washington that the u.s. will no longer arm the kurdish y.p. militia and syria has also reiterated demands that the us pull troops out of the key northern syrian town of mon bitch turkish and y p g forces clashed again on saturday pushes ahead with a military operation aimed at clearing the kurdish militia from the turkish border area. kurdish and other activists say saturday's fighting concentrated in the northwest of the afrin region in this video kurdish fighters target turkish helicopters with small arms fire activists say turkey is making slow progress on the ground. president wretched type added one ready to supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on the chinese. three hundred ninety four terrori

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reforming the african union will dominate the two day meeting headed by for wanton president paul kagame who is taking over as the union's chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning u.s. president donald trump's reported slur on the state of their nations. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world spain's constitutional court has ruled that catalonia fugitive ex-president carlos pushed him out must be present in the regional parliament to be allowed to form a new government supporters have been considering electing him to loan us president without having him return from exile in belgium. afghan officials say the death toll from saturday's bomb attack in kabul could still rise at least ninety five people are reported killed so far more than one hundred fifty injured with some in critical condition the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. protesters have clashed with police in honduras after the country's president was sworn in for a second term. was narrowly reelected in november after the supreme court ruled he could

kagame said he looks forward to working together, and mr.in turn, called him a friend. >> as i say often, i am the least racist person anybody is going to meet. >> reporter: on another issue, the president told britain's itn that he had not known anything about the far-right group "britain first," before he retweeted an anti-muslim video from its leader last november. >> if you're telling me they're horrible people-- horrible, racist people-- i would certainly apologize, if you'd like me to do that. >> reporter: after his address, the president departed for washington. for the pbs newshour, i'm ryan chilcote in davos. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, as president trump plugged the u.s. economy at davos, wall street turned in another record session, due mainly to strong corporate earnings and a weaker u.s. dollar. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 224 points to close above 26,616. the nasdaq rose 94 points, and the s&p 500 added 33. all three were the highest they have ever been. the president's immigration proposal drew fir

think they could solve the world's problem at an unlimited fondue bar and will meet with president kagamenly great things about your [ bleep ] hole. >> great respect for everything you're doing and we love your country. truly great. >> yes, she's doing such a good job. they're already calling this place great britain, all right. >> a lot of material for them. >> absolutely and we should mention that the president's speech is going to be at 8:00 a.m. eastern time over there in the swiss alps. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> good morning, it is 4:30 a.m., january 26. >> a well-known pennsylvania republican announces he will not seek re-election amid a sexual harassment scablgdz. >>> scablgdz -- scandal. >> a report reveals president trump tried to get rid of a leader of an investigation. >> matt pellman is in for karen rogers, good

in the fight against graft in nigeria all eyes will likely be on this month for one president paul kagame it will not only tickle last chairman of the a huge general assembly but he's also expected to use his year of the home to push through the agenda he developed far more independent a year money has always been a sticking point at the u. . it now wants to hobbits activities bungled by its members the self financing scheme requires member states to levy a single point two percent tax on illegitimate imports to finance the union but so far just twenty one of the fifty five member states of implemented it having a predictable financing for our security financing programs and also development programs is a prerequisite which means that we need to create a mindset kind of spirit that the african union can shoulder its own development programs twenty eighteen promises to be have been more eventful for the african union eighteen of its member states have elections fourteen of them are in conflict imagine for one or have a history of four five. a use chronically understaffed and underfunded de

be used to finance the programs operations and activities of the organization one president paul kagame asked to come over the leadership of the african union general assembly the highest position making organ and they are high hopes as he's the man who drafted a u. reform plan it must act now to save africa from permanent provision scare is essential we must created a single continental market into bridge our infrastructure and infuse our economies with chicken origin the theme of this year's summit is how to tackle corruption in africa it's a huge problem according to the african union fifty billion dollars a lost by the african continent every year through corrupt depths now president obama the heart of nigeria a man who many praise for his and to corruption crusade in nigeria one of the most corrupt african countries has been appointed the champion of the african union and to corruption complain for the year two thousand and eight in the clinton and has made significant strides hootin in police legal and safe room without new to really their convention on free venting and converting

money comes from foreign donors the incoming chair of the african union and rwandan president paul kagame address the block a short time ago he called for urgent progress on africa's development it must act now to say in africa from permanent progression scare is essential. we must created as soon war continental market into grid our infrastructure. and infuse our economies with technology nor country or region and manage only oh we have to be functional and we have to stay together. mohammed and joins us now from this advice. the main thing this year is fighting corruption the big question what actual practical mechanisms is the a you considering to adopt to achieve that. while some it will force details of the summit to morrow in the final communique issued by the african union commission right now they are talking about it from the heart is what many people see us progress in itself some of these leaders have come to power through protocol and elections something that is part of a political political corruption and many are called whether they would be able to come up with any hundred

president paul kagame has taken over the leadership of the u. general assembly he's expected to use ya'll the heart to push through the agenda he developed for a more independent a you on the theme of the summit tackling rampant corruption in africa leaders named nigerian president obama to body as a useful and to corruption champion it's a move seen as a completion of his efforts to fight graft in judea mohamed atta. the u.s. has delivered the final shipment of blackhawk helicopters to jordan to help secure its borders with syria and iraq jordan has received twelve blackhawk aircraft over the past nine month months it's been one of the most active members of the u.s. led campaign against i saw jordan has been stepping up security over concerns that are still fighters could try to infiltrate the country as they're pushed out of syria. you know his states military is concerned a popular fitness app could be giving away the exact locations of its soldiers worldwide interactive maps that track the progress of runners and cyclists on devices like fi

affect development across the continent incoming chair of the african union rwanda's president paul kagame may address the block and called for urgent progress on africa's development it must act now to save africa from permanent provision scanner is essential. we must create a single continental market into grid our infrastructure and infuse our economies with technology nor country or region can you manage only. we have to be functional and we have to stay together seven people have been found jesting say awake after a ferry and they were on disappear in the near the pacific island nation of kerry pass they were found in a lifeboat by the new zealand air force on sunday among them wasn't conscious baby about fifty people were on the ferry when it went missing have been no signs yet of any other survivors. a french climber has been saving the engine must take rescue operation on one of the world's most dangerous mountains although a search for her climbing partner is being called off lizabeth revel and thomas rocky ascending pakistan's but when they sent a distress call from seven thousan

prime minister and there's a meeting with the head of the african union the rwandan president paul kagame if that comes after the reported vulgar language donald trump used when talking about african countries it is it will be a challenging visit for donald trump who was never here invited to davos as a business and all that well and you'll bring us up to date on all those meetings of course no doubt because of hope and of us thank you so much. all the business world currently gathered in davos is also looking to frankfurt right now where the european central bank is meeting the euro zone economy has posted strong growth recently but the e.c.b. has been reluctant to slow down its stimulus program as investors watch insides into the next steps towards us on monetary policy the euro continued to rally the single currency reaching its highest level since late twenty's seventeen. now for the latest let's cross over now to our financial correspondent or anybody in frankfurt or any that you see the meeting also coincides with fresh economic data from germany. yes and it's stellar not least of c

there, trump "will give an address and meet with foreign leaders, including rwandan president paul kagame "president kagagoogoo, i have heard great things about your (bleep)-hole." i say the great things. i said grate great things. now, here's the deal. trump's entire campaign for president was against the globalization and the world's elite. so why's he going? well, according to director of the national economic council, and man watching his hair float away, gary cohn, "trump wants to remind the world that we are open for business." and closed to immigrants, which those businesses really need to work. so, if you guys could just sneak in, that would be great. now, trump initially didn't want to go to davos, but he got a friendly nudge from french president and your wife's tennis instructor who straight up tells you he's going to have sex with her, emmanuel macron. when he learned that trump wasn't planning on going, macron slyly encouraged him to take his "america first" bravado to davos. macron is clearly just trying to embarrass trump here, right? "oui, oui, go to davos, monsieur trump.

he's going to sit down with the president of rwanda and president of kagame, according to h.r. mcmaster. the purpose of the meeting is to, quote, reaffirm the u.s./african relationship. as far as trump's economic agenda, he is meeting with select european meetings in the next hour to drum up support for investment in the united states. well, it's not exactly what schwab does. top trump economic adviser, gary coh cohn, is going to davos to, quote, tell the world america is open for business. the latest "time" magazine cover paints a different picture of the president's agenda. america alone. my partner, ali velshi, joins us live from davos, switzerland. ali, i got to bring it up again, that was pretty outstanding that the prime minister of israel gave you a shoutout and clearly has been watching you for at least ten years. he knew you from your days at cnn. hat tip to you. we know he just sat with president trump. you and i spoke a couple of hours ago when the two of them had their bilateral meeting and publicly spoke. what's happened since then? >> reporter: well, so since then

africa and this will also affect the image of china to african people but then when we spoke to paul kagame who is the chairman of the after two union he says that he doesn't mind being spied on and in fact he says that. china is not the first country to be accused of spying on another country so he doesn't really mind and he says africa has nothing to hide but this is has been a worrying trend but especially given that china gave the africa union a building work two hundred million dollars and you know. who's the chairman said that he hopes that you know there will come a time when africa can actually fund itself and actually provide resources it infrastructure for itself alright catherine wando reporting we're turpin cricket's in the background thank you. all right superb florists repulsive absurd and inexcusable that's just some of the reaction to another twist in the diesel that we're talking about this we're still talking about it just got even worse public criticism has been coming in sick and fast off to newspapers here in germany reported those toxic emissions tests a monkey's finan

president paul kagame has taken over the leadership of the huge general assembly he's expected to use easy the hard to push through the agenda he developed for a more independent a on the theme of the summit tackling rampant corruption in africa leaders named nigerian president mahmoud abbas hadi a useful and to corruption champion it's a move seen as article condition of his efforts to fight graft in nigeria mohamed atta. at his ababa ethiopia. a south african city of cape town is facing its worst water crisis in a century and protesters say the government is to blame the taps are expected to run dry by april twelfth victoria explains. our anger on the streets of cape town over a water crisis these protesters say the government should have prevented the city is completely mismanaging the water they're not fixing the leaks not to be using the placing of the pipes they already know what the management devices that they know are defective and that but no plan the springs they're not allowing people access to so they are strangling the water supply reservoirs have been full for more than

to ask foreign taxpayers to fund the african union one president paul kagame has taken over the leadership of the u. general assembly he's expected to use easy the hard to push through the agenda he developed for a more independent a you on the theme of the summit tackling rampant corruption in africa leaders named nigerian president obama to body as a useful and to corruption champion it's a move seen as a recognition of his efforts to fight graft in nigeria mohamed atta al-jazeera at a subway theo. all news from the philippines now why they have been protests against a chinese research expedition to an underwater region called and rise it's an important marine area in the philippines seen with untapped resources and the un has declared that it belongs to the philippines jamil island dugan explains. in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines there are tree it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine by a diversity and its resources are untapped with more than thirteen m

the fight against graft in nigeria all eyes will likely be on this month the rwandan president paul kagame it will not only tickle last chairman of the a huge general assembly but is also expected to use each year of the home to push through the agenda he developed far more independent a year money has always been a sticking point at the u. . it now wants to hobbits activities bang ruled by its members the self financing scheme requires member states to levy a single point two percent tax on illegitimately imports to finance the union but so far just twenty one of the fifty five member states of implemented it having a predictable financing for our security financing programs and also development programs is a prerequisite which means that we need to create a mindset kind of spirit that the african union can shoulder its own development programs twenty eighteen promises to be even more eventful for the african union eighteen of its member states have elections fourteen of them are in conflict imagine for one or have a history of force five the a use chronically understaffed and underfunded

independent financing for the african union that is going to dominate most of the talks here paul kagame at the present of rwanda takes over the chairmanship of the a huge general assembly from guineas a colder today he has he's walked out into one of the fifteen member states of the african union have adopted a scheme in which the african union wants its member states to fund its activities present government will have to meet the five biggest donor countries within africa for the african union ducks egypt algeria model nigeria and south africa who also have doubts about this scheme but again when it comes to not issue which is that the corruption issue which is the theme of the summit these are many see it as a bold step of african leaders have now taken to discussing it now joining me to discuss this further is edwin korea he's a policy matter just transparency and accountability at one company a growing corruption has been with us in africa from the beginning why have they chosen to discuss it now i think it's it's very clear that the many challenges that we see in africa you know ca

taxpayers to fund the african union one president paul kagame has taken over the leadership of the you general assembly he's expected to use yelp the heart to push through the agenda he developed for a more independent a view on the theme of the summit tackling rampant corruption in africa leaders named nigerian president mohammad to body as a useful and to corruption champion it's a move seen as a to completion of his efforts to fight graft in nigeria mohammed at all just a disciple by theo. well the leaders of sudan egypt and ethiopia been meeting on the sidelines of that summit over a dam project on the nile by ethiopia sudan's foreign minister has told al-jazeera that the three countries have agreed to reconcile their differences i can tell you that for now the dispute is over and i hope that this will not be a temporary reserve lucian. the two presidents in defense of the met the president met also with the prime minister individually and then to the trial after the meeting was held issues were discussed in a very transparent unfrocked manner and the city president agreed to addre

to implement the political reform package that has been established by the ones of president paul kagame e which says that africa needs to finance its own operations just to give you an idea about what's going on seventy percent of the program and the budget of the of the african union was was donated by the european union now they are thinking about implementing any idea which is basically imposing a levy of about zero point two percent on every important item into africa which they hope would generate something like one point two billion dollars for the african union to be able to operate to finance its own operations number two they would like to expand the role of the council for peace and security which deploys troops and it interferes militarily in cases of genocide and crimes against humanity as you know in the past many countries were raising the issue of national security as an excuse to reject many of the programs implemented by the african union the three. other important issue which is basically is stalling what implementing economic economic reforms to pave the way for the g

there's a lot they will be able to talk about, especially because president had gone a -- kagame is goingo the presidency of the african union. it will be a discussion about how to advance an agenda mutually beneficial to the african continent and the united states. >> how would you characterize the relationship with britain at the moment, given the decision of the president to pull out of his trip to the u.k. ? do you think there will be a fresh arrangement made for a visit to take place in the foreseeable future? >> of course the president has prioritized his meeting with prime minister may because we have a special relationship, not only in words, but how we work together on every issue. it is very hard to find any place where our interests do not overlap almost completely with those of the united kingdom, and we are working together in a very effective manner, at the u.n. for example, on some of these problems. sense, thelateral president will talk about those key topics of mutual concern. you can imagine what those are. we have seen, obviously there is no diminishment, only growth an

meeting with rwanda's president paul kagame. both leaders ignored questions about the president's alleged derogatory remar about african migrants that caused a shock wai wave across the country. the president was asked apologize. >> if you're telling me that they're horrible people, horrible racist people,'d certainly apologize if you'd like me to do that. i know nothing about that. >> retweeting britain first was the wrong thing to say. >> reporter: prime minister theresa may say it was wrong. yesterday he insisted two leaders are getting along. >> i think the feelings are mutual to the point of liking each other a lot. >> reporter: not ever leader has been receptive to the president. george soros called mr. trump a threat to the world, but, norah, largely the reception has been a warm one for the president and the officials he brought with him, many of whom who have been attending davos for years back when they were business executives. >> thank you. >>> president trump will deliver his state of the union address on tuesday. i

. >> it's a great honor to be with president kagame. >> reporter: in a meeting with rwanda's president, he ignored questions about his alleged use of a vulgar term to refer to african nations. >> did you discuss your comments on african countries. >> reporter: and in an interview with british journalist piers morgan, he was asked to apologize for retweeting anti-muslim content from a far right group in november. >> if you're telling me they're horrible racist people, i would certainly apologize if you would like me to do that. >> reporter: the president is expected to be interviewed by special counsel in the coming weeks and he told reporters earlier this week he is, quote, looking forward to it. >> errol barnett at the white house, thank you. joining us with a deeper look at all of this is sahil kapur. national political reporter for "bloomberg news." good morning. was the white house's proposal what you expected? >> for the most part. there was one intriguing concession where the president is offering a path to citizen ship for those brought here as children. that's notable. but ther