hello on a warm welcome to this new edition of the who africa the environment magazine that brings you topic some all over africa and europe i am now outside coming to you from lagos nigeria and joining me from uganda is my colleague sun hi neal yes today's show takes us on another journey across africa and you check out some of the ideas and concepts people have come up with to help save the environment i'm really looking forward to the was in south africa a wonderful species that needs protecting but there it is plenty more in store besides that. making clones all talk fish games. and we also show you how design is so many. ties into something musical. every year so if africa sees a migration of was eastern coast i mean was pro bono from want to take a we. saw the biggest number of words on record off the coast of cape town scientists cool savation ists and tourists continue to learn more about these giant marine animals we went along to find out more. at certain times of the year special visitors can be supported in what is a 1st day in south africa. where the huge mom was migrate f

opening day of the first test against south africa taking a wickets as the hosts were left on 277 for 9 at stumps at centurion. a promising start for england whoad south africa 111 for 5 at one stage after some indifferent batting. quinton de kock mounted a recovery

the poor fellow devout and father who bumble africa's future belongs to the startups something western investors have finally woken up to last year investments in the sector quadruplets to almost $750000000.00 and expos like the one in to car are seeing visitor numbers soar. i mean the 1st year in 2016 we had a little less than 800 participants in the following year we had 1500 last year we had more than 2500 and this year over 3000 with more and more exhibitors every year . look let me. see the majority of african entrepreneurs develop ups with a focus on finance energy supply health and agriculture. how safe a ride sharing apps earlier this week several women in the u.s. filed lawsuits against lift over sexual assaults in cars affiliated with the company now rival has revealed how many reports of sexual assault it's received in the u.s. in recent years and the number is considerable. its report made for some sobering reading there were more than 3000 sexual assaults recorded last year 235 of them were of rape this out of a total of 1200000000 journeys 99.9 percent of which was keen t

africa which is the south is is on the coast. the colonialist came with them with slaves from india who worked the sugarcane fields of the durban they brought with the indigenous ingredients that are now grew indigenously in south africa and they become part of the indigenous googling there and they become part of the local and what what when people refer to tradition. no recipient additional who come up how do you feel maison is a force like almost every little bit of south africa is influenced by other places and all the pasta well then i'm just wondering u.s. officials so again is this a bad thing is this on the go is it. i think there are a lot of ways to look at it but i think you know what we were just talking about about south africa that's true everywhere in the world is true every continent every country every city and what i think is fascinating and it's a particularly rich conversation in the united states where we have so many foods and almost none of them are from the united states. apples that we come from parts of asia that oranges that we eat come from also china we come we get bananas from new guinea and this is a s

very interesting strategic moment where a real discussion can begin with all those people who want to invest in africawho are we to say that they shouldn't? the question is can we all decide on some rules to this game that will therefore benefit the africans, i don't say that as an active charity for africa, it's and everyone's collective interested africa which is going to have two billion is citizens in 20 years time, 25 years time as a place it is stable an offering some degree of prosperity to its citizens. if not they're all going to be on the move within their countries, beyond their countries, beyond the continent, it is a migration issue but it speaks to a much deeper on settlement and i think that is a conversation that needs to be put straight on the table but finger pointing to me is pointless. we have to be a way beyond that. >> thank you. >> thank you for your insights as always from cnn resources former state, a couple related questions and i'd like to hear more about your thoughts about the golf engagement especially in sudan, cutter is been active there in terms of peace partnership bu

who was the. cause. i. know it's winter in south africa it feels like summer. the singers who come to this university campus outside johannesburg to rehearse the new composition together with the orchestra. germany's national youth orchestra is taking advantage of its summer tour through south africa to rehearse the birth of change with seppo to see for the 1st time. the more. you. want to move. to. the composer once his music to entertain people 1st and foremost but with this piece he also hopes to create a tribute to society's unsung heroes the cleaning ladies the janitors and the bakers. birth of changes to have its world premiere at the beethoven fest in september in the german city of bonn 6. the vocalists are struggling to make themselves heard over the powerful sound of the orchestra. after the rehearsal they're invited to a broadway the south african name for a barbecue. it's a color. larry tradition that brings people in cultures together. is. very weak yes. c.l.o. and just 6 have a lot to talk about music their everyday lives and snippets or to tease c

trillion dollars no surprise then that foreign investors have been showing increasing interest in africa so who is investing what and where let's take a look. starting with europe foreign direct investment in africa currently totals 261000000000 yuri's euro's but it's been far from a straight upward line you can see it here european investors actually pulling money out of africa in 201617 see that clip on a minute there you go there meanwhile chinese investment has been picking up pace rapidly as beijing presses ahead with its massive infrastructure project the belt road initiative and the figure here speaks for itself this year china has invested 270000000000 euros in sub-saharan africa alone spending has been focused on ports railways and road networks but it's not all full steam ahead political instability and conflicts still put some investors all of the u. and peacekeeping mission in africa for this year on next will cost more than $4600000000.00 euros and to find out more on that let's cross over to michael auti from africa michael hi there good to see you the last few years have seen a l

very interesting strategic moment where a real discussion can begin with all those people who want to invest in africa. who are we to say they shouldn't? the question is, can we all decide on some rules to this game that will therefore benefit the africans? i don't say that out of an act of charity for africa. it is in everyone's collective interest in africa which will have 2 billion citizens in 20 years' time, 25 years' time, is a place that is stable and is offering some degree of prosperity to its citizens, if not, they are all going to be on the move, within their countries, beyond their countries, beyond the continent. that's a migration issue but it speaks to a deeper unsettlement. and that the conversation that needs to be put straight on the table. but finger-pointing is just pointless. we've got to get beyond that. >> thank you. thank you for your insight as always. paul from seeing our resources, former state. a couple related questions. i'd like you more about about your thoughts about the gold gulf engagement especially in the sudan. qatar has been active in terms of peace sponsored for a

looking at the continent of course you have this one example with the campaign kenya but is africa fading people who off persecution in their home countries bearing in mind that most of the migration on the continent happens within its borders. i would say that's the africa it is and it's not only i would say africa it's failing because again they should be there's many people migrating that's where i would say that africa is failing its people because conflict should be prevented so that people stay in their own countries but in terms when migration does happen and that's where i said it's nothing when because a lot of countries like. uganda for example has taken so many subsidies for fiji's and ethiopia i was recently in ethiopia a week ago with my nonprofit the united and foundation to keep menstrual pratt's to the refugee camp here where it was very easy for me to access the refugees because they realize that you were right then and now you're returning though i would say that the only reason africa it's mainly refugees is by not preventing conflict so now i'm all individuals and these factors a

reading innn his local paper and found an obituary for a young lady from northern georgia who had been in africa with the peace corps and was just 24. johnny did not know kate and did not know her family but he felt called to attend her funeral. he sat quietly in the very back and listened to her friends. her friends, her peace corps colleagues, and he invited the family to stay in touch if he could ever do anything and only later did they relay what wasn't in the obituary that kate had been murdered in the dark of night after sounding the alarm on child abuse in her village in the african country of benin. johnny isakson was only on the case c from that day forward. c not only was he a fixture on the foreign relations committee but in key member of the africa subcommittee so he put a framed photo of kate on his desk and leapt into action. senator isaacson flew to benin to personally lean on the president and that with peace corps officials and built a legislative coalition for reforms to better protect volunteers and like i said earlier because this is johnny isakson we are talking about we kno

coming up on the program the effects of the climate crisis on africa a psycho who died of a state of possible about week 8 months ago we meet some survivors still living in tents also coming up. so africa's worst drought in the century means farmers are struggling to save their lives.

johnny was reading the local paper and found an obituary for a young lady in northern georgia who had been in africa with the peace corps and she was just 24. johnny did not know kate, did not know her family. but he felt called to attend her funeral. he sat quietly in the very back and listen to her friends. her family, ministers peace corps colleagues, on a simile he invited the family to stay in touch if there is anything he could ever do. only later did they relate what was in the obituary. kate had been murdered in the dark of night after sounding the alarm on child abuse inag her village in the african country. johnny isakson was on the case from that day forward . . . the africa subcommittee, so he put a framed photo of kate on his desk and leapt into action. senator isakson flew to benin to personally lean on its president. he met with peace corps officials. he built a legislative coalition he met with peace corps officials and built a cool ocean for reform to better protect volunteers. and like i said earlier because this is johnny isakson are talking about, we know how the story ends, with

only kids who was already a successful young singer when she fled her home in africa but it was in france that she rose to the ranks of a legend. maker was 18 when she left nigeria and wound up in a german often it's for young adults today she's an internationally acclaimed musician. that's mean women who hit their musical strike by navigating different cultures. father is canadian her mother german moving from africa to hamburg at the age of 12 was a shock. she experienced racism and suffered exclusion for today music critics often compare her to the greats of soul and the blues. back. to back to. the. kid joy has been a leading light in the music industry for decades though she's won 3 grammys and the world music category she rejects that label as too restrictive. the role models range from the south african singer marian mccabe to jimi hendrix was. offered a job and it. feels most at home here in the nigerian capital lagos even though she lived in hamburg for years. it took great determination to forge a path towards making her own music. elements of hip hop soul african music under a

me and even her al-jazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind mas double exile on al-jazeera. and that's because technological and peace into an awful us and group over to live side by side. in its. life ups challenges kenya up developers to help small scale farmers cultivate a new future but can mobile phones really be the seed of change it was poaching because it's all over the world people. live outside silicon savannah the knowledge of the euro. a passenger plane with 100 people on board crashes in kazakhstan at least 9 people died. and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up turkey outlines plans to send troops to libya next month to tripoli against the huffed us forces. iraq's president says he'll resign rather than a private candidate for prime minister backed by the biggest block and politicians .

who. subscribe to the documentary. this is news africa coming up on the program. shipped into slavery from africa to america now after 400 years. searching for traces of history and they are not going back to the u.s. . as the world's biggest floating city. cannot be found on any maps at least not yet. i. hear welcome to the program some history lesson. 1619 ships with 20 captives from africa set sail for what is now the u.s. state of virginia its arrival in the american slavery this week 400 years later a member of the u.s. congressional black caucus reflected on the transatlantic slave trade cruel history . they visited the united nations headquarters in new york on the u.s. . as a place to contemplate the slave trade and racism today. they were joined by academy award nominated actor jean mourinho soufan been in a nation film where thousands of africans were taking into slavery. this year 2019 watts to 400 years and the 1st week of this phrase at least 6 later all of return on by h. the haitian american wrote the play on. the streets to despise it makes us refl

me and even her al-jazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind mas double exile on al-jazeera. hello i'm a song with the top stories on al-jazeera the un general assembly has condemned human rights abuses against rohingya muslims and other minorities and myanmar 134 member states voted in favor of a resolution calling on myanmar's government to end violence against minorities memo also faces a charge of genocide at the international court of justice thousands of wrangel were killed and nearly a 1000000 fled into bangladesh after a crackdown in rakhine state in 2017 or earlier i spoke to benjamin's a wacky who's a southeast asia analyst and he says this u.n. resolution is too late and law.

coming up on the program the effects of the climate crisis on africa not a psycho who died of a stephen zimbabwe gave months ago we meet some survivors still living in tents also coming up. so africa's worst drought in a century means farmers are struggling to save their lives. and the world's largest several species on the threat of severe weather conditions found the land of their gradation mean that only $3000.00 survive in previous is that. i am eddie mica julia you're welcome to the program today show is about the effects the climate crisis is having on africa's people and its wildlife the u.n. secretary general until you can see it is opened an international climate conference on monday with a warning he said levels of heat trapping gases have hit a record high and the impacts could be catastrophic if nations do not take action to limit their greenhouse gas emissions africa is already struggling with the effects of the mall for that's all climates drought are usually severe rainfall cycles 8 months ago cycle he did i wrecked havoc in the east of there but we are

lindsay is just 27 years old but half of south africa already knows who he is he shot to fame when the passenger films him singing opera in his taxi and the video went viral and even grew. hoarse to be. heard. it's just get to my emotions so much because i didn't realize it will go the spot i thought maybe it can just go. to facebook maybe 100 or 2 on the deal was one of them or just said no can you bring that guy to come and perform in my wedding or something like that just just a small things it's the world i like it said. menzies phone is constantly ringing he gets requests for interviews from all over the world invitations to perform and give auditions in menswear shops even offer to mystery taxi to for his next event. menzi is currently rehearsing for an upcoming performance the piano player is menzies for my teacher some below my canyon is known menzies since primary school and see himself at no formal music training he's mostly self-taught the next day menzi is off to cape town he's been invited to take part in a competition for professional opera singers. but he's feeling optim

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me and even her al-jazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind mas double exile on al-jazeera. a university degree to be a doctor or a teacher but without any study or examples one on one east investigates the pakistani company at legibly selling fake degrades to the thousands of police around the world on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. this is the new selloff dog coming up in the next 60 minutes. syrian troops targeted the provinces to fight for the last rebel held area intensifies sending felton's fleeing for their lives. we're getting word that libya's u.n. recognized government is off to a key to deploy troops to fight against board belief after. a low i maryanne demasi .

well let's get more from the south africa camp now, we've heard from the skipper faf du plessis who had jurgen klopp in cape town last month, and he was clearly inspired by the meeting. i was really impressed by him. like, for someone to be that famous, as a football coach. a great guy. and that's the kind of thing i do believe is what real leadership is about. it's about connecting with people, having great relationships with people. so i became a massive fan. i'm not a huge football fan, i don't support it a lot, but i do support him now. tottenham have banned one of their supporters for throwing a missile at the chelsea keeper kepa arriza balaga during their defeat at home on sunday. the club haven't said how long the ban is for. a chelsea fan has been arrested for committing a racially aggravated offence during the game and tottenham and the police are still trying to identify a supporter who allegedly abused the chelsea defender antonio rudiger. speaking today, the chelsea manager frank lampard has criticised jose mourinho for questioning rudiger‘s integrity. the spurs boss felt th

opening day of the first test against south africa taking 4 wickets as the hosts were left on 277 for 9 at stumps at centurion. a promising start for england whoer some indifferent batting. quinton de kock mounted a recovery before curran stopped him just 5 runs short of a century. curran with 4 for 57. earlierjames anderson struck with his first ball and three wickets for stuart broad. it was a hot and gruelling day with ben stokes out of action for much of it due to dehydration. tottenham came from behind to beat brighton and boost their hopes of finishing in the premier league's top four. adam webster had given the visitors a deserved lead towards the end of the first half. but spurs raised their game after the break, harry kane with the equaliser before dele alli's sublime lob completed the turnaround. a new manager but same old problems for arsenal, mikel arteta's first game in charge at bournemouth. chelsea are trying to avoid back to back home defeats southampton lead 1—0 thanks to michael 0bafemi's goal. sheffield united 1, watford 1. boxing day's biggest game is the one that comes tonight. top of the table liverpool against second pla

opening day of the first test against south africa taking a wickets as the hosts were left on 277 for 9 at stumps at centurion. a promising start for england whofferent batting. quinton de kock mounted a recovery before curran stopped him just 5 runs short of a century. curran with a for 57. earlierjames anderson struck with his first ball and three wickets for stuart broad. it was a hot and gruelling day with ben stokes out of action for much of it due to dehydration. we probably would have had delectable them up for the close but hopefully we can get there last wicket quickly in the morning. i think if we get them under 300 we've been betting pretty nicely and got big scores in the warm—up game so we re pretty big scores in the warm—up game so were pretty confident we can batch big and get a first inning lead. we just need to play beautifully and it's nice to get early but a better place nicely and is the way cricket works. 0verall place nicely and is the way cricket works. overall we will be pretty pleased. australia had the better of the opening day of their second test against new zealand in melbourne. in front of a crowd of nearly 80,000

especially when we have a president of the united states who can so flippantly talk about nigerians not wanting to go back to their huts in africa and who can also make comments denigrating the african continent. some people who see africa as not being a continent of nations and they see it, you know, as being one undifferentiated mass. anyway, i mention that because next week i'll be going to paris with the delegation from alpha alpha fraternity to commemorate the centennial of the first pan-african congress. and that meeting was extremely important, organized by dubois, rafert w. logan played an important role and ida gibbs played an important role in the organization of the first pan-african congress and of pan-africanism. so, i think we need to keep this in mind, of course, carter witson also saw the relationship between africa and african-americans with several of his publications. i just wanted to mention that. >> thank you. you can just pass it around. >> my name is howard moreland. i'm a husband of the woman who is passing the mic around. i just wanted to give a shout out to gerald horn who introduced me to the case of s

me and even her al-jazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa wholeft home only to face life behind was a double exile on al-jazeera. someone saying something is very wrong. it's how you. and i think it is a. lie out. hello again adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories on syria the u.s. defense secretary says that he's not ruling out further action off the air strikes were carried out on a shia armed group in iraq and syria the iraqi prime minister has called them a breach of sovereignty 3 of could keep his boners camps were hit in iraq one of them. to inside syria at least 25 people were killed the pentagon says the strikes were in response to radio that saxe on american forces inside iraq what we did was take a decisive response that makes clear what president trump is.

coming up in the program the effects of the climate crisis on africa the psycho who died of a stupid possibly good months ago we meet some survivors still living in tents also coming out. so well because the worst drought in the century means farmers are struggling to save their lifestyle. and the world's largest severus species and the threat of severe weather conditions on the island of their gradation means that only 3.

me and even her al-jazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind bars double exile on al-jazeera. a huge bomb attack in somalia's capital mogadishu at least 60 want to kill the dozens more injured. logs a whole robin you're watching al-jazeera live by headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes the u.s. warns of impending disaster almost a quarter of a 1000000 syrians flee fighting in the last rebel held province of. also the $1000000000.00 avocado industry in mexico the gangs are battling to control. plus we'll have more.

her parents who stayed behind in africa feared for their young daughters welfare in the big city where one could quickly hit the skids in her autobiography entitled spirit rising my life my music she describes this time of her life. known world. and imagined. like make her she to manage to keep her head above the water by working odd jobs. as long as i could pay my rent and have enough to eat well to be honest i didn't eat enough which wasn't so bad my passion for music supported me i knew if i worked hard and kept on at my music then i would get there eventually. my music she. it is evident that angelica's life and music are defined by her thirst for freedom her embrace of different cultures a self-confident joy and experimentation and a commitment to stand up for others traits she says she owes to his liberal minded and culturally astute parents are the mark of. it all began in kota new where i grew up i dedicated the book to my father he always brought music and books home and encouraged us to play sports these pleasures always had an educational value my dad was keen to couple lear

me and even her al-jazeera world goes inside an italian prison meeting men and women from north africa who left home only to face life behind was. on al-jazeera. living life in partial or total darkness according to the world health organization approximately 253000000 people globally the vision impaired to protect the blind. today on tech night some of the latest innovations making it easier to help people the sight problems navigate a complex world if you want to grab a basket they're just slightly on the right side. and even enjoy asked again through a gentle touch i think there are so many people that i met them really.

africa's most popular museum and helps visitors understand the effect of the country's past racial segregation. this car was presented to nelson mandela as a gift after his release from prison. the activist who went on to become south africa's 1st black president is still ever present here as is his fight against the apartheid regime with all of its horrors. one of the most impressive exhibits is the replica of the tiny jail cell where mandela was held in isolation for years. music was also part of the resistance against departed singing together gave protesters a voice i haven't asked for just you know it just. put it to show i get the feeling that people here express their political opinions through music. and have it as it is 5 and that people here process a lot of their fear. and they could have emotions light and mass suffering and pain through music zick. it's simply giving voice to what they're feeling at that moment about hearts and yes making something positive out of their pain. this weekend i think that's really one of africa's strengths from africa. i had already suspected that singing has a completely different meaning here than it does for us in germany and that it brought peop