according to experts at the united nations africa loses one hundred fifty billion u.s. dollars to corruption. what's especially problematic that stolen revenue doesn't flow back into local economies. rather it's spent or parked outside the continent. that translates into a twenty five percent drop in africa's economic growth all the while exacerbating poverty migration and tara. on saturday cost of earmarks ten years since it declared independence from now the economy is promising with g.d.p. expanding by just under four said twenty seventeen but europe's youngest countries also one of its poorest and is struggling with weak infrastructure and nowhere is this more of yes when you take a look at its power supply but at least that offers an opportunity to move to the latest technology and while companies hoping to lead the way. yeah how solar is possible is first photovoltaics factory high quality solar panels are made here they're designed for regions within ten sunlight like north africa and the middle east and while that might sound ideal for solar the desert heat is b

according to experts of the united nations, africa loses 150 billion dollars -- $150 billion u.s. ery year. that does not flow back into local economies. it is spent or parked outside the continent. that translates into a 25% drop in africa's economic growth. all the while exacerbating poverty, migration and terror. sarah: i am joined in the studio by samuel from transparency international. thank you for joining us. corruption or weeding it out seems to be the buzzword at the moment. we have heard from zercyril ramaphosa vowing to crack down on it. what is the first action he needs to implement to make sure he does? >> what he needs to do is really work on rebuilding trust of the people because his predecessor, jacob zuma which has left, just resigned, came under fire because of allegations of corruption. really make sure the process -- the party lost, the anc, lost support of the people as it was shown in the 2016 election. helena: how do rebuild trust when there is so little? samuel: you will have to find a way to show people he will do it differently, be more transparent, talkin

according to experts at the united nations africa loses one hundred fifty billion us dollars to corruption annually what's especially problematic that stolen revenue doesn't flow back into local economies. rather it's spent or parked outside the continent. that translates into a twenty five percent drop in africa's economic growth all the while exacerbating poverty migration and terror. and i'm joined now in the studio by samuel can endure from transparency international thank you very much for joining us now corruption or rather waiting it out seems to be a bit of a buzzword at the moment we just heard from ciro am oppose it regarding not valuing to crack down on corruption was the first thing he needs to do the first concrete action he needs to implement to make sure that he does well thanks for having me i think what he needs to do is really to work on rebuilding trust of the people because he's produces the one reason jackal tomorrow just lift just resigned under fire because of all these allegations that of corruption and goes really make sure that the party lost the you can see the a

consensus against the use of some of the world's most hideous weapons james pays zero of the united nations south africa's ruling a.n.c. party says it will hold an emergency meeting on wednesday which could decide the future of president jacob zuma earlier scuffles broke out between rival factions of the a.n.c. at the party's headquarters in johannesburg seumas under intense pressure to resign after several rounds polls are replaced him as the leader of the party talks of the weekend failed to secure his departure or when peyton is the head of africa research at various maple cross that's a risk consultancy he spoke to us about the likelihood of jacob zuma stepping down . well i things in this position is pretty desperate now it's quite clear that the leading officials within the a.n.c. have decided to remove the question really is whether those emo will go down fighting whether he'll continue to resist or whether he might realize perhaps after a vote is taken that is inevitable that he'll have to resign and will choose to save some face by going that way zuma still has some support particularly in his ho

and the united nations. south africa's parliament has delayed president jacob zuma state of the nation address amid fears opposition m.p.'s would disrupt his speech zuma is under increasing pressure to resign because of corruption scandals that have caused widespread protests and calls to step down from members of his own party south africa's ruling a.n.c. party has called for a special meeting of his top committee to decide zimmerman's fate. three high profile student leaders in hong kong are free after the city's highest court unanimously quashed their jail sentences joshua while nathan law and then there is cho was jailed in august last year for their role in the umbrella movement protests in twenty fourteen they case was seen as a test of the independence of the city's judiciary a sarah clarke reports from hong kong. the students who lived twenty four teams pro-democracy protests in hong kong joshua long knife in law and alex chowk arrived in court along with their supporters united in their fight to have their jail te

africa the. stories of both people midget. different shaping their nation. and their continent. w.'s new team series for africa. dot com africa on the move. you know l.l.l. you know the united nations security council has postponed until saturday a decision on whether to call for a cease fire in syria hundreds of people have been killed in recent days in the damascus suburb of eastern ghouta including many children russia had earlier blocked a resolution on a thirty day humanitarian cease fire now russia says it will agree but with conditions. u.s. president donald trump says the armed officer assigned to protect the school hit by last week's mass shooting in florida.

has failed the people of syria james pays out his era of the united nations letter to africa now a nigerian. police say dozens of schoolgirls are feared missing following an attack by boko haram fighters on a village in the bay state there are conflicting reports of some girls have been found after fleeing the attack and that some may have been rescued by the military in twenty fourteen the armed group of ducted more than two hundred seventy girls from the town of chibok there was just yesterday around six thirty we were at the school eating some of us were going to prayers between the christie ends and the muslims then heard the shooting of the guards and we don't know where we are going we just moved far away but today they released us and we are going back home. well and it is or is has more from my degree in northeastern nigeria. well there are differing accounts as to exactly what happened at the government goes cool in depth in your b. state initial reports say the fight is went into town started fighting sporadically in there and then went to the school raided the school food store b

signal to the white house thank you very much our diplomatic editor james bays at the united nations. south africa's new president has appointed his deputy and new finance minister and carried out a wide ranging reshuffle of his cabinet so a rama post has replaced several ministers including shaking up the planning energy and public and to prise ministries a number of ministers have been linked to a growing scandal relating to the undue influence by private citizens of public officials malcolm webb is live for us now in johannesburg how significant a shakeup is this. but it's not really the overhaul that many of our poser supporters and many south africans who were hoping for a clear change in direction of cleaning of house would have really hoped for several ministers who were appointed in the previous cabinet appointed by the former president jacob zuma have been reappointed in new positions ministers who were different stages implicated in many of the numerous corruption scandals that afflicted the previous government one of the most controversial re appointments has been the lucy got by the fina

the use of some of the world's most hideous weapons james al-jazeera of the united nations a spokesperson for south africa's ruling a.n.c. party says it's no closer to deciding whether to remove president jacob zuma well it follows an emergency meeting called to discuss dumas fate earlier scuffles broke out between rival factions of the a.n.c. at the party's headquarters in johannesburg there was under intense pressure to resign after some several run the polls that replaced him as leader of the party while talks that we can fail to secure his departure when peyton is the head of africa research at various maple. that's a global risk consultancy and he joins me now benefit one welcome to the program great to have your company what are the chances do you think of similar deciding to quit of his own accord well i things in this position is pretty desperate now it's quite clear that the leading officials within the a.n.c. have decided to remove him the question really is whether xeno will go down fighting whether he'll continue to resist or whether he might realize perhaps after a vote is taken that is inevita

council meeting for israel all the united states james out jazeera of the united nations nine hundred fifty gold miners in south africa are seeing the sun again after being stuck underground electricity supplies are restored after a thirty hour power cut at the big tricks mine near the city of welcome. the u.s. defense department is due to release its nuclear weapons review president donald trump has repeatedly said he wants to overhaul the country's aging nuclear arsenal despite the car home explains that's easier said than done. on friday the u.s. will release its nuclear posture review like most modern presidents donald trump ordered the review when he first took office he tweeted in august that his first order was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal saying it's far stronger and more powerful than ever before that's just is not true he ordered a review not a renovation and it isn't actually possible to strengthen the arsenal in such a short period of time the pentagon was already looking to modernize the country's nuclear weapons president barack obama wanted to spend between one to one point two trillion

uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. polity is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. unities university. has been moved to pound chang and the winter olympics now there was plenty of action on day two with the men's a slope south snowboarding producing two incredible stories the gold medal went to red gerard who claim to the u.s.a.'s first medal of the games gerard is just seventeen years old and still trains in his backyard in colorado impressive stuff but despite the teenager's stunning performance there was another man on the podium who could lay claim to an even greater achievement canada's mark mcmorris managed to win bronze just eleven months after a crash left him fighting for his life. and in the bundesliga stood guard moved further away from the relegation zone after beating both. one nil forward czech struck at the only goal of the game to just five minutes stuttgart are yet to lose a game under new coach from cork what the victory puts them four points clear of the relegation playoff spot and seven clear of the automatic drop zone. satisfactions shaka travel to buy on the road

uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. polity is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. university. authorities in iraq are struggling to clear roads after heavy snowfall affected parts of the country the transport ministry says it has mobilized more than one hundred snow plows to clear roads in the worst affected regions schools have been closed and rural areas are teachers and students don't have to travel in the dangerous conditions parts of our aco have experienced snow this winter for the first time in fifty years. and football has returned to the egyptian city of port saïd six years after the country's worst ever stadium disaster and more than seventy people died after fans invaded the pitch and a riot ensued supporters of the local side insisted they were not to blame but it was a bittersweet homecoming nonetheless. they've been waiting so long for this moments they were even happy to q. during the six year ban these out mastery fans have had to watch their team play home games away from port side stadium was banned from hosting matches after riots in two thousand and twelve

uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. party is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. he's been forced now and been asleep beside voles berg travelled to braman sunday with both teams desperate to avoid being dragged deeper into the relegation fight but it was the home side that managed to pull off an important when. max presented his brain when teammate surrendered a two goal lead in midweek such slip ups must be avoided if they want to stay on as an laver couzin they caught off to a flyer against wolves back in the news of a cheese capes corner powered home by new vic augustin since. the hosts looked out for the fight even when they were clearly punching above their weight. but sometimes football's as much about beauty as it is brute force mariam heintz was treated for that. his standard doubling brain winsley it was no more than they deserved for their first half dominance i do school coach martin smith would have settled for any kind of goal at this point and his side got one after this saw found in the books. even then it wasn't pretty as captain pool for hogg nee

uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. polity is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. needs is universal. thought is in morocco are struggling to clear roads after heavy snowfall affected parts of the country the transport ministry says it has mobilized more than a hundred snow plows to clear roads in the worst affected regions schools have been closed in rural areas so teachers and students don't have to travel and the dangerous conditions parts of iraq have experienced snow this winter for the first time in fifty years. here in germany it's kind of all season and thousands of revelers have been dressing up in flashy costumes to celebrate many groups take part in the festivities they're creating humorous floats for huge parades on rose monday. and this year the jewish community of this is joining in the thought i revel is in germany's carnival strongholds like here in cologne have been getting into party mode well in advance of monday's big parades. in neighboring this year's procession will feature a novelty for the first time the jewish community is taking part in the parade with its o

president the law wasn't changed so when he would go to the united nations general assembly he'd have to get special permission the present. south africa to enter the country because he was the head of. a terrorist organization so that's by using communism apartheid south africa a person with those policies against neighboring countries in the end of the african majority the black majority and israeli regime the apartheid regime just the same but i think there is a big difference now today than before first of all israel israel does not have the mabel superiority that it had before its its trade is vulnerable to missiles from in the mediterranean its air superiority is questionable and i personally think that there are there are more advanced surface to air missiles out there that are being kept under lock and key in on the ground israelis have lost the war to hezbollah before and this time around you have syria two you have gaza and you have many people the people from the popular mobilization force in iraq who would come to the aid of syria and hezbollah there if there is a war and the government in lebanon unlike before is that supp

isn't enough public awareness and that's contributed to the largest outbreak south africa's ever seen. the united nations children's agency is warning cyclon season could aggravate poor living conditions for a head injury refugees in bangladesh unicef says at least five hundred thousand children are at risk of disease in unsanitary and overcrowded camps although seven hundred ranger crossed seven hundred thousand range of cross from the from in ma following a military crackdown in august. yes i'm bastard's the united nations says north korea is a limb pick cheerleaders are a sign of desperation the group of two hundred thirty women was sent by kim jong un as part of a delegation aimed at using the winter olympics to improve diplomatic ties and communication with the self tension has been building on the korean peninsula after a number of ballistic missile tests by the north and he told the university of chicago's institute of politics three major sanctions passed by the un last year having a real impact on stopping the country's revenue streams the regime has less and less money to spend on its ballistic

president the law wasn't changed so when he would go to the united nations general assembly he'd have to get special permission the present. south africa to enter the country because he was the head of. a terrorist organization so that's so by using communism apartheid south africa a person with those policies against neighboring countries and against the african majority the black majority and israeli regime the apartheid regime just the same but i think there is a big difference now today than before first of all israel israel does not have the mabel superiority that it had before its its trade is vulnerable to missiles from in the mediterranean its air superiority is questionable and i personally think that there are there are more advanced surface to air missiles out there that are being kept under lock and key in on the ground israelis have lost the war to hezbollah before and this time around you have syria two you have gaza and you have many people the people from the popular mobilization force in iraq who would come to the aid of syria and hezbollah are there if there is a war and the government in lebanon unlike before is that

to top it off they have the gall to blame the media the united nations steps up the pressure on government over the crisis. we begin in south africa where police have raided the home of a prominent business family with toys to president jacob zuma and one person has been arrested the roads around the home of the family in johannesburg have been sealed the area has been designated a crime scene president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family well he's accused of being influenced by the group those to make government decisions and cabinet appointments and some of his family members along with the gupta's being investigated on charges of international money laundering and that's just one of many corruption accusations against the south african president he's been linked to bribery of a mind to ninety nine. he was also accused of spending twenty three million dollars of money to renovate his private home money he has since paid back well let's get more on all of this now we're joined by correspondent fahmy the minute she's live for us in johannesburg firstly family the what can you tell us about the po

africa so how. on andrew thomas in the gun is a strong outs i'll be explaining plans to turn. water into one of the world's biggest. trades. the united nations envoy to syria has called on russia and turkey to urgently reinstate deescalation zones that were designed to reduce violence the u.n. security council is set to vote on a trial. resolution demanding a thirty day ceasefire in the rebel held on claim of eastern ghouta the place four hundred sixteen people have been killed and government there just this week now activists say forces loyal to president bashar assad have begun firing rockets to cause fires asama has more from. the latest development which we've heard since last night going to defray the morning that rockets which cause fire incendiary bombs have been used which when they land it creates a fireball which will cause everything and its surrounding there have been a very few casualties because of the fact that a lot of people have been going to underground shelters because of the intense bombardment in eastern we heard last night from the u.s. diplomats in the in the united nations the saying that it is preposterous when russ

townships isn't it in south africa where it stand pipes is literally a pipe that comes up out of the ground but access to water is a human right is designated by the united nations as being a human right and to pick up on alex's point about the wealthy middle class it's almost like a virtue signalling thing now in south africa with the middle class in south africa they feel good about themselves if the obesity haven't washed their hair today because that means the they're saving water one phrase though that i've come across water all mentation infrastructure neal i don't understand what that means what is that. but it's interesting listening to the conversation and then going back a step about planning and one of the interesting things that we've seen here is that the plan was done they and the plans clearly showed that cape town would use and could easily survive a fifty year drought which is currently the benchmark for design in south africa for water services. and there was a supplementary schemes to chip start to commence construction next year what happened was that it wasn't a fifty year drought it was a five hundred year drought now what it's doing is it'

united states agreed to normalize relations despite tensions over syria. south africa's new president prepares to make his first state of the nation address. and the fangs surely masters clearing homes of ill fortune as the chinese new year gets underway. we begin in munich where world leaders have gathered for a three day high profile security conference aimed at discussing global and regional security challenges the emyr of qatar has addressed the conference calling the boycott of his country by four arab nations a few tile exercise from which it has emerged stronger he's also called for a new regional security effort in the middle east i should be eating to violent terrorism to extremist ideology is it's too simplistic. it does not explain why violent extremism has become a major threat in my region while extremist ideology can be found anywhere. in the pattern failure of states in my region to provide basic needs to its people pave the way for extremism. so often the very states which neglect basic needs also block every possible pathway for peaceful reform that state has degenerated to become one in which the people have to choose bet

council meeting for israel or the united states jamesburg out zero of the united nations more than nine hundred fifty miners in south africa a stuck underground after a storm knocked out power the beer trix gold mine is near the city of vulcan that in central freestate sixty five people have been rescued the mining companies are. the workers are being supplied with food and water and are not in media danger. three kenyan television stations remain off the air despite a court ordering they reopen the government close to say sions on choose a after they try to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony staged by the opposition leader. catherine story from the kenyan capital nairobi lunchtime news at n.t.v. one of three t.v. stations switched off by the communications of of kenya on tuesday the news bulletin was only available online cutting off millions of iranians nationwide who can't afford the internet. here's why opposition leader right loading or taking an informal oath swearing to be as he called himself the people's president tens of thousands of his supporters rather more gratian a tuesday government wants t.v. stations

africa's president but he's staying on for now. the world is watching and waiting for burma to act the u.s. envoy to the united nations says myanmar's blocking a u.n. investigation into the situation in iraq kind state. and catwalk competition for new york has some designers choose europe instead. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will continue to lead the country despite police recommending that he is indicted for corruption and bribery it's alleged netanyahu and his wife received illicit gifts from billionaire benefactors including a major hollywood producer ari force that has more from west jerusalem. well benjamin netanyahu has for many months been at the center of a swirling corruption scandal but never this intensity this is the most dramatic moment so far with the recommendations coming from the israeli police that he be indicted in cases one thousand and two thousand as they're known case one thousand involves gifts of cigars and champagne given to benjamin netanyahu and his wife sarra they are according to leaks from the investigation that came out during its course or they were gifts given re

uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. party is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. he's better we have did have is christine manuel with us here in studio for more on this story hi christine ace as we said the a.n.c. is national executive committee has called for a special meeting today and now we have been talking about this question of the jacob zuma future for a few weeks now where do things stand or at so this national executive committee that's meeting today was meant to meet last week and it was expected that at that meeting they were going to recall president jacob zuma at the last minute. president saw him a post of course off that meeting he said that he had been having talks with president jacob zuma and that they had been making significant progress so that all indicated that perhaps they had reached a deal or we're getting closer to reaching a deal now the agency has been the executive committee has. in summit once again this is the party's highest decision making body two things can happen there today so i can stand and say to the party zuma and i have

uniting the nation or even the a.n.c. party is proving a difficult goal to achieve in south africa. who needs universal unity is better me ok more we're joined now by did ever use southern africa correspondent christine monday morning for a stand on for the a.n.c. is national executive has called a meeting for today a lot to talk about and a decision about president zuma future is expected today right up to this point soraya has been the scene with jacob zuma and we had a stand that a lot of that has been about zuma insisting on making demands that he wants the states to keep paying his legal fees even when he steps down from office some of course has made it to him that if he's willing to into some kind of a piece of august or ten state witness he will can. it is that but not if he's going to take the route of appealing and appealing and appealing which effectively will cost of africans a lot of money and so we don't know if they reached an agreement on bet we are expecting that today they don't see any see will i that confirm some kind of an agreement or deal that cyril has reache

united states. south africa's new presidents or obama poster has given his first state of the nation address to parliament in cape town he said he wants to build on the legacy of the late leader nelson mandela. we have dedicated this year truly a team to his memory and we will devote every action every effort to every our children's to the realisation of his vision of a democratic just an equitable society guided by his example we will use this year to really force our commitments to ethical behavior as well as ethical leadership a state of emergency has been declared in ethiopia a day off to the prime minister resigned does elaine's announcement follows nationwide anti-government protests his resignation has been accepted by his political coalition who will now have to find a replacement activists are calling for the next prime minister to come from the a roma ethnic group well those the day's headlines i'll have more news for you in about twenty five minutes time oft off the upfront which starts now. when the arab spring protests swept through the middle east seven years ago demonstrators across the reg

mean you seem to have little faith in the united nations high commission what do you think should be done for example to tackle the problem of abuses in africa do we need to have strong institutions based in africa or do you need to have institutions that have the power and the mandate to enforce dramatic changes on the ground well i. like to say that i think we need institutions with the un with the power to chile do something on the ground so what we've seen across africa is you know that the to ration of human rights it's just african governments the abuse of their their people they're supposed to be protecting its own going and nonstop and as like so i mean from a sittin here and being to answer questions about the u.n. i don't see any actions being taken by the u.n. to actually change anything with these governments are doing in africa so yes we need a stronger enforcement agency by the u.n. to actually make things happen in africa in places in africa we're talking about it the as a congo for instance not funny is happening that. we're going to talk about places like togo nothing is happening there central african republic it will be an

the united nations steps up the pressure on young must government over the crisis. we began to in south africa where police have raided the home of a prominent business family with toews to president jacob zuma and arrested three people the roads around the home of the family in johannesburg have been sealed off of the area designated a crime scene. president zuma is under investigation of alleged corruption linked to the family let's get more on this now our correspondent found in the minutes joining us live from johannesburg what more can you tell us about what's happening around the cop the family home and father. elizabeth as you mentioned the three people have been arrested so far we understand that one of them is a member of the group to family and one other it business associate just to give you a better idea who the spammy is and why this development is so significant this is an indian born family that has strong ties to president jacob zuma and they've long been accused of using their relationship with jacob zuma to benefit from government contracts to influence decisions around gover

when there is also another failure by the united nations in iraq libya yes it was love you grenada for those who were forgotten grenada nicaragua you know africa and the list goes on like you i don't often don't and a half of my life and one of them are from one of them but i hope we can preserve the united nations as an organization since it has lost the charitable part of its mandate. i wouldn't wish it in the pot. i would like to make the following points. i wouldn't do a good. one you know the syrian government is committed fully to the principles of international law international humanitarian law as well as syrian laws and the syrian constitution which all stipulate the responsibility for and with the syrian government to ensure the safety and security of syrian citizens and to protect them from terrorist groups to one of the current report just like the previous one he just continues to have a great flaw namely that the authors of the report continue to rely on politics sized resources open sources and unreliable thinkers at the same time the report continues to ignore credible government sources and even reports issued by the represent

the entire population of europe the united nations says children in the poorest countries are nine times more likely to miss school then in rich ones sub-saharan africa has the highest rate of exclusion more than a fifth of six to eleven year olds don't even go to school neither do the third of twelve to fourteen year olds almost sixty percent aged between fifteen and seventeen to clearly a big problem and to help developing nations reach the goal of educating every child the global partnership for education has been holding a funding conference in san diego because haq has more from bucko. there's been conferences like this before where world leaders and heads of organizations come together to promise to prioritize education and while aid for developing countries has increased in the last decade it has for education in some areas it's even dropped donor countries mostly western countries are donating less towards education it's instead donating money towards climate change or fighting terrorism and this has dramatic effects and junk children across the world two hundred thirty four million children are out of school half of them are young girls we s