and africa should look like. give them i am a good provider you said in your opening statement that europe is misusing african leaders as bouncers but don't european politicians have a point when they say that both sides actually have an interest in ensuring that people who have essentially no chance of obtaining legal residence in europe don't wind up as victims of libya's law and this lawlessness or dying at sea that is correct but let's wind up let's one back if you see the situation in libya the european union signed an agreement with the libyan government nobody knows which government they are talking about there are three governments and at least one terrorist group operating in libya so how do you manage when you. agreement with such and such a chaotic situation that leads directly to this kind of slave trade this is appalling for us as africans we never thought that in the twenty first century would see an african sword such kind of image so as i hope the foreign minister of . malise said it in the europe

proud of africa pan africa you know a strong africa when you see what's happening in countries like kenya the voting process the election electoral process that that seem to have gone through great difficulties at the moment south africans and maybe does it worry you. when you see that they were running out the very same time for me i think the we. have the end of the day also to be historians and to recognize that the evolution of democracy even in the areas of the world where it has been consolidated and europe and america we went through many many many stages and many events some of them very turbulent. and out of potentially destructive of them but they were on the end of the day to overcome it and in the systems of the principles and institutions that have been. very strong that it is becoming becomes difficult to contemplate being set aside even today in europe in the current would be populist right wing movement taking place some of those on the turn a certain antidemocratic but they're still taking place within the democratic space i think because the institutions of of european t

>> this is endemic in africa. not only for those people that are secular -- in the most unadjusted ways. france and others started to work on this and we want to ramp of the initiative to eradicate this. finally, the threat that could endanger all other progress is climate change. is not just a luxury that only developed countries can worry about. is not just something that some people should work on. no, climate change is vital. change entire can regions in africa or the pacific. --m leica -- to the congo chad to the congo, africa is on the front lines of climate change. africa can also be in the vanguard of the fight where france was not able to bring the right answers. my secretary of state is here and she is fighting against this. on the 12th ofit december, we will have concrete projects, african projects, that will be supported by public and private financing to achieve quick results. france with its initiatives to be a privileged partner for africa in its adapting to climate change. is --wable energy, this -

proxy wars and secret ops in africa." and "next time they will come to count the dead war and survival in south sudan" he joins us in new york. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me on. >> excuse the raspiness of the voice. i think i can get through it. an important conversation, why i am here. >> sure. >> let me start reviewing what happened on capitol hill today very quickly. so, general mattis was on the hill today testifying. and was essentially pressed on whether or not these troops, these american troops in niger were operating under the military authorization put on the books after, after, 9/11. he essentially set they were not operating under that war authorization of, of 2011. but instead were operating what he referred to as title 10. this would be the u.s. code that allows u.s. military troops to train and advise, in areas around the globe. so he tried to be very clear, that this was not u.s., these were not u.s. soldiers operating under military authorization. you can imagine that didn't sit wel

aide funding for africa. there was testimony on the budget request and where they're working to find more efficiencies in certain programs. this hearing is about 90 minutes. >>> subcommittee will come to order. good afternoon to everybody. thank you for being here. really deeply appreciate our two distinguished witnesses here today to give us an inside look at the budget as it relates to africa. and where the challenges are, where funding will potentially increase. as you know, the appropriations budget that has passed the house clearly indicates that there were some differences of opinion as to how much and where we should be spending that money. and i think we have come to a consensus at least on the republican side that extraordinarily important programs like pep far, the emergency plan for aid relief, a number of refugee plans and a lot of other programs that deal with infectious diseases, like tuberculosis need to be funded in a very robust way in order to save lives and to mitigate dangers, especially t

people all across africa, as, as basically humanitarian operation. something like -- peace corps in camouflage. when it started its operations, africacom as it is known. running 172 missions on the continent per year. fast forward to 2017. this year, u.s. africa command has carried out 3,500 activities engagements,er exsize er eer e missions across the african continent. an increase of nearly 2,000% in u.s. military activity on the continent in less than a decade. this is a massive expansion. done without almost any oversight by congress. or the american people. it has been abseptember from the mainstream media as well. i think that -- that, you know americans should take a very close look at this. because -- there its a shadow war that is being waged that americans hatch ve no idea abou. >> what's causing the increase in the engagements? >> well, just after 9/11, you know, africa was identified by the pentagon as a, as a growth area. the idea was that -- that there were ungoverned spaces and fragile states in africa. that made it necessary for the u

they will land here in north africa? you told me only a week ago that the united states would never attack us. it was true. murphy had deceived the man, a friend of america. but he then tried to assure the general that the american expeditionary force was not coming to attack the french, it was arriving at french invitation and to cooperate in the liberation of france. the general asks but who gave , such an invitation? murphy replies, general --, he will be general eisenhower's french governor. we expect him momentarily. the general begins to walk up and down, stopping now and then to express vehement regrets that he had not been consulted sooner. after a few more minutes of pacing the floor, he ventures, if the matter were entirely in my hands, i would be with you of course, but the admiral is in algiers and he outranks me. no matter what decision i could make, he would immediately overruled it. -- overrule it. murphy doesn't hesitate. very well, let's go and talk to him. meanwhile outside, pender's bodyguard has swell

french speaking west africa. out of the french don't those countries like france don't want to give up that. give that up you. united states operates in the same way it does not want to have strong states who operate independently and so whether. on purpose nobody i don't think was actually aiming to create slavery again that was not part of the goal the goal was to ensure that. american british and french interests. would be protected and would be continued to develop really without. a state which was saying well no we don't can do that maybe we'll do a real china maybe we'll deal just with ourselves and. an empire does not like that you know it does not that sounds a lot like colonialism to me. in fact if you look at the title of a book that i wrote in which it's not particularly about libya but you know that wanda and the new scramble for africa we are. in the process of what you could call a recon edition of africa and i like to mention very one of those things in the future really we have to start respecting

on no longer the barriers of africa today between a french speaking or an english speaking africa in africa or north of sub-saharan africa in fact french speaking all these barriers are artificial and i don't just come to pluck a past that must be a representation. of the past that construction's that this be built i will speak here for you africa. as a continent a multi multiple contract that is strong a continent that is a continent where it's being played parts of our common future i will speak to you with sincerity but also with deep friendship. i am like you from a generation that is never known africa as a communist continent i'm. one of the most wonderful political memories was the victory of nelson mandela and his fight against apartheid chased. from algiers to rip out from rwanda to conakry. that was the history of our generation also i refuse to always go back on the same representation of the past there have been some fights they have been crimes and the stakes they've been great things and happy happy stories but i have a deep conviction our responsibility is not to our r

about the reaction of south africa to this. news from zimbabwe. for the shock of it really starting to think through no now that bit of a pass a happening and downtown johannesburg the lights which you can see over my shoulder as there is involved when desperate here in south africa people who mostly have come here looking for work because the economic situation in their own country has been in decline for many years now on the official front with might put a call into government and they say that they don't have anything to say just yet however they can throw. that they think that south african president jacob zuma will still go to harare from any. day and he was it was only announced just a few hours ago and events on the ground may have eclipsed the necessity for that we understand he is still going to undertake that trip along with angolan president . official from from the main opposition party that it could be. it's. actually actions to the zimbabwean people calling for free and fair elections next year and so for the rem

he himself facing a political crisis within south africa and yet south africa is seen as instrumental. within south africa and yet south africa is seen as instrumentalm was interesting because initially zimbabwe sent the ministers back to south africa saying they can deal with their own problems but then they allowed them racking. looking at the story which is very alarming. allowed them back in. in many newspapers. more than 50,000 children could die at the end of the year from starvation and disease. it is absolutely horrific. this is syria all over again. the sad bit is that this is a proxy war between saudi arabia and iran but the people who get perfected art the common people and the big issue is saudi arabia has located all the ports because of geopolitical issues. you go to saudi arabia are not because of the oil industry is they are. what you think will happen as far as saudi arabia is concerned? will they alleviate? there is a lot of pressure from international bodies however i think the problems between them and iran are so entrenched and given the recent activities, do not

over the country south africa knows who the political players are within zanu p.f. within the opposition movement as well so whoever does fill a void and that was a word that certainly one commentator didn't want me to use but it's a very sensitive word at the moment when it comes to zimbabwe when it comes to filling that void they roughly know who they're dealing with. exactly and the individuals involved have made it reasonably clear what their positions will be hitting forward in the long run and god has spoken about allowing white farmers which were expelled from zimbabwe which led to much of its economic and agricultural decline encouraging them to come back to zimbabwe to really build on its agricultural base to try and become a real generator of drugs and of industry and of food for the region and you know a stronger economically developed way can only be a good thing for the region because as i said there are many zimbabweans who have left the country perhaps there might be conditions created for those people to go back but as you alluded to there this is ch

listen i mean that is just not fair we have some wonderful leaders for africa in africa i mean look for me the problem is we have a few bad apples which will make the news you ask everybody that you know mbutu would say i would we had no idea i mean we know but anybody knows for instance my high in a nobody knows messire any nobody knows just how not or hama there's a lot of wonderful leaders but the media doesn't talk about them i mean i can do wonderful stories about many of those the those many of them one hour awards and unfortunately we african be able even don't know our heroes and that is if you have fortunate. and i love that you are keeping a positive here i kind of hate to be the bearer of bad news because one of the things that our community brings up time and time again is yes there are good leaders but there's also in dimmick corruption of course corruption happens all around the world and takes different forms different names but this is one of the things people tweeted us about challenges to good governance robert says corruption is the order of the day and you've got and

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here in africa where we are. nick is challenging this question off the future of the jihadists is one that crops up very often. as i said earlier are you there are a certain number of these gi diseases. who? now who on the ground. and. it's and we are extremely. attentive to what they are doing and our intelligence references of playing a major role. and they're keeping a close watch on the french jihadis as well was serving food on parliament three shows if you know we don't make a difference use. food men and this is a war that is being waged against terrorists you know. we don't ask them for they possible wants to use his own album. we simply treat them all the same. there was there's also a subject in france will be hearing a lot about in two thousand eighteen you'll be the honorary minister. it's the military planning law. and the budget defense budget we've heard a lot about that so thirty four point five million in twenty eighteen. and. you will have a. view on that budget you have some choices to make. yo

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european union and the african union get together to work out how to deal with the flow of refugees from africa to europe. hello i'm with such a warm welcome to you. they've been dramatic scenes at the u.n. war crimes tribunal for former yugoslavia a former bosnian croat military commander drank a liquid that he said was poison the man a slower than probably ak made the move just off the giant had rejected his appeal and confirmed his twenty year prison sentence the court has since said probably still alive and receiving treatment given and he was about to go to prison for what would probably be the rest of his life the judge confirmed to twenty year prison sentence and this i'm not a war criminal i oppose this conviction. stop. confusion at first and then an attempt to move on to other business responsible but as the judge was dealing with the next case calls from within the court. the convicted military chief said he had taken action i have taken poison gradually his claim is repeated. the potential gravity of the situation sinks in and court officials move to halt the proceedings and take hi

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french speaking west africa. out of the french zone. those countries like france don't want to give up that easily give up you. are going to fix operates in the same way it does not want to have strong states who operate independently and so whether. on purpose nobody i don't think was actually aiming to create slavery again that was not part of the goal the goal was to ensure that. american british and french interests. would be protected and would be continued to develop really without. a state which was saying well no we're not going to do that maybe we'll do a real try. maybe we'll deal just with ourselves and that empire does not like that no it does not that sounds a lot like colonialism to me. in fact if you look at the title of a book that i wrote in which it's not particularly about libya but no never longer and the new scramble for africa we are. in the process of what you could call a recon edition of africa and i'd like to mention very one of those things in the future we we have to start respecting n

africa. supply as a result the number of breeding pairs has dropped ninety percent in the last ten years according to researchers report a paid a visit to a small colony on the cape of south africa where conservationists are doing all they can to save the bats that. life isn't easy. out in the sea there are many challenges the wait in the small birds including avoiding the jaws of sharks and sea lions. and on land being preyed upon by other predators such as feral dogs and leopards human mcgeorge from the conservation organization cape nature looks after the penguins at the stony point nature reserve in south africa once a week becomes the penguins much to their displeasure the penguin colony live on the edge of the town of bettas bay on the country's east coast the bird's nest right outside the residence homes it's the only colony in southern africa that is still growing populations in the twenty seven of the known breeding grounds have shrunk or died out due to diminish in fish stocks and i

nancy presents focus on africa. in a few minutes we will turn away from zimbabwe because we will hear about the syrian leader visit to vladimir putin and how tho5e visit to vladimir putin and how those efforts are close to be done. we will look at that. northern ireland's border is being used as a bargaining chip in the brexit negotiations according to the leader of the dup, arlene fo5ter. she has accused ireland and the rest of the eu are being callous and that this —— ca rele55 of the eu are being callous and that this —— carele55 and reckle55. she 5ay5 this —— carele55 and reckle55. she says she is ready to move the talks forward. i am accusing them of being reckless, because if you listen to some of the rhetoric, nobody understands negotiations probably better than i. people come out and try and push agendas forward and we do recognise that we are a critical phase because i certainly want to see the negotiations moved to the second phase so that we can talk about those issues of trade and the i55ues

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here is very carefully south africa's president jacob zuma does south africa is currently the chair of the regional body sadek they had an ounce tony a few hours ago that president zuma along with angola as president. were going to go to harare on wednesday and we spoke to them on a wee while ago and they that is still the plan they are still going to go although obviously they also tonight will be playing catch up because clearly the situation has changed enormously perhaps that might be a difficult conversation when they come face to face said in the past has played a bit of a controversial role in zimbabwe and but it will also be a respectful villa visit if it does in fact go ahead robert mugabe although disliked despised perhaps by many people was also someone who was respected perhaps at times grudgingly respected but nonetheless an enormous figure who has who has cast a long shadow over the. southern africa so south africa's role in going forward and speaking to president former president mugabe slip of the tongue there will be important we we think that said i will want to encou

when it comes to africa michael has had some false starts he was criticised for saying africa was being held back by women having too many children and for a plan to place french immigration processing centers in some african country. like every new president. into the old french african networks of faith is that in the end most presidents end up keeping the status quo and they criticized for that . four day trip to west africa with a speech to students. he says it's young africans to carry. on this france's youngest president he may just be the one to convince them that he means what he says it's all just. a new release of internal documents another evidence obtained by amnesty international points to petroleum companies shells complicity in here if it crimes committed by the nigerian military in the one nine hundred ninety s. the rights groups report says shelling the nigerian government operated his business partners having regular meetings to discuss protection of interests at the time protests by the ogoni people of southeastern nigeria were taking place in response to years of oil

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in south africa perhaps. all look at is quite possible but i don't think you'd get any sort of comment on that from the south african government and if we look at what has happened quite recently to the vice president in this in the gun was he was feared to be on his way to south africa but he has apparently been in china the entire time and when that may not have been in south africa at all it's a very difficult sticky situation that south africa finds itself in if that were to eventually where someone from high up in government mugabe himself or some other high placed cabinet minister was seeking sort of protection in south africa because that puts south africa in as i see it a pretty difficult situation despite as how i was mentioning there are some pretty around. criticism of robert mugabe's long tenure as president since nine hundred eighty the only leader of an independence and bar where people there have non south africa has never been that critical of the country very much sticking by the line that he

with the latest on president micron's tour of africa. wasn't told smooth and read about cohen's trip to africa started with an attempted attack on french troops on the ground a security source told reporters that a grenade was thrown to military car and although it wasn't hate the mass it was very clear the president was not very welcomed on the african soil and as anyone not for me says that he was probably doing a regime that would not tell africans what to do all that sounded very positive and very promising but apparently something went wrong because france's president did tell africans what to do and on several occasions first while speaking about trafficking problems in northern africa and then micron was meeting students of wonder local universities and he put responsibility blaming local people for this problem let's take a listen. you believe about who are the traffickers africans my friends it's africans ask yourselves the question is not the french or the traffickers it's the africa or the it's also the france's president lost

and there's a lot at stake in the region and southern africa as you mention especially in south africa perhaps you can remind us as to why and let us know what the preferred outcome seems to be. well south africa has a very unique position in all of this in the sense that this is the one country that has all of the brands off zimbabwe's economic and political crisis for the better part of the last decade really a lot of zimbabweans have flops to this country many of them even seeking a bit of futures to escape the turmoil back in zimbabwe south africa and officials at many stages say that they simply cannot pay that but in fact there was many fear is that this the end city would post a notice of all the it's the country setting for south africa the interest here would be if there is going to be a transition of power that it has to be a smooth transition of power that they cannot be any violence associated with it and most crucially i think for south africa would be that president mugabe himself has conceded to that and has not been forced into that transition and of course mugabe quite

it's involved wins with cool south africa then their homes on temporary some permanently people have been driven out of their home prone tree by political persecution and as home was talking about previously about the di economic situation i know zimbabweans in south africa here in johannesburg who are qualified teachers with years of experience who work for just a dollar or two a day guarding a house on the street. is. there anything that the jobs that are really nonexistent that are available back at home so they'll be a lot of people relieved than pleased to be here and also a little bit shocked just on my way in to the office i was approached by a neighbor who's about where and she had been receiving the emergency cools from home and i was shocked she just didn't believe it she sort of grabbed him by the shoulders and gave me a shake and asked me if it was true so i had the pleasure of delivering that used to there's a woman. in person and twenty's me reaction yet from the south african government because they've been. sort of at the forefront of the talks around this departure w

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south africa has lost over a third of its fans. to watch. as the droughts become more severe and the boreholes dry up varmus like thomas a going to need a radical solution. professor to fire into the university of cape town is hoping to provide that jilts research focuses on a kind of plant with some extraordinary properties and she's ideally situated because one type grows wild in the hills just behind the university campus this is it looks good doesn't it it does but it's not it's actually it's dried it's lost all it's water and it's cold it's its front into a very protective kind of way how long can it survive like this. months two years depending on the species and the moment of rain the thing rehydrate with their two always within two hours to about three years of two years how about one species we kept them dry for ten years. i'm trying to unlock the secrets of how these plants can actually lose all wet amount of water and not die so once you understand these plants better and unlock the secrets what do you do with us i make crops do t

hello and welcome to a special edition of africa from nairobi kenya i'm glad to welcome you again right now the united nations climate change conference the most important annual environmental conference is taking place in jab many participants from all over the wild are debating how to protect our climate so this week we are bringing you inspiring stories about people from all over africa and europe who are fighting for better climates my name is sharon mo money and with me as my colleague in nigeria hello there my name is now a way and i hope you aren't suffering too much from the effects of climate change like so many people around the world like here in nigeria we actually feeling a bit of the impact now but let's look at what we have lined up on the show today. we show you how women in senegal are fighting against coastal devotion caused by climate change. when we were young environmental activists at the climate change conference in june. we are there when hundreds of water backs resettled in south africa with the help of trucks helicopters and i don't know how. but fuck the world

the europeans hope that this africa e.u. summit will yield tangible results. and that. now joins me from abidjan in the ivory coast max of the many people also says the question is this summit for the e.u. all about sending the flow of refugees or is that a genuine interest in investing in the future of the african union. read i put that exact question to the president of the european commission's own crude young kearney said he acknowledged actually after he had thought about that question for a while that it goes hand in hand of course there is an interest for europe to invest in africa genuine interest because it's also about money if you have a thriving economy across the continent as close neighbors there's money to be made for european companies here but on the other hand you also acknowledge that this topic but. it's their right to believe but it's everybody especially of course but. i think the bigger line is making up magically trying of the question and to see if the quality of the line improves the german chancellor angela merkel is also at the summit she's m

the europeans hope that this africa e.u. summit will yield tangible results. for the very latest from the cross over now to do that is max hoffman standing by for us in abidjan what are people expecting to come out of the summit. bryan the official motto here is empowering africa's youth and if you look at the demographics you have this is the youngest continent in the world but you also have the highest rate of youth unemployment and then if you see the new news statistics that the whole population in africa is going to court job pool until two thousand one hundred you can see this is in the porton topic but it is a long term topic and in the short and mid charm is the africans and the europeans are expecting different things as we just saw in the report the africans want more aid they want investment they want money to put it quite simply and the europeans want african countries to help them curb the influx of migration in short they want border and by gratian control in return for their financial efforts ok sounding like migration and security are likely to

this gives you some idea of the scale of africa. the drop here is about 1,000 metres from where we are. no, no, no, that is close enough! that's not... from the west usambara mountains, where we're standing, down to the masai plain. we're looking at hundreds of square kilometres. lots of weather going on. you can see clouds building over in the distance. most of its farmed as well... exactly. there's lots of people living out there, but no weather station you can see. so how do you do a good forecast here without that information? that's incredible. you know, back in the uk, you would have, at least, half a dozen, perhaps 15 weather stations in that sort of area. so you can see the problem. so the satellites can't do it. because we have satellites, don't be? the satellites can do some of it. the satellites can pick up some of the clouds we can see, but can't estimate the rain how much each cloud can produce. you need those measurements of the ground. was the other parameters, like temperature, humidity, and pressure... you know, it'

the europeans hope that this africa e.u. summit will yield tangible results. and that the. next whole fun who now joins me from john in the last. question is that if the for europe is the summit or labatt curbing the feel of refugees to europe or does that you have a genuine interest in investing in the continent. that's the question we put to the commission president of the european union. days back and you know he thought about that because of course it's true that africa is on the top of the agenda now because of the migration crisis at least in europe that's where you're past something to lose but at the same time it opens up. it opens up a moment of clarity for the potential of africa you have a huge continent that's not very developed yet but with huge potential silicosis of interest of the european union to invest here because there might be some return of that money if finally those economies here start picking up but just america is also that the sound and she's a met the president of ivory coast she had a very strong message off that meeting what did she say. she

my need i'm too nice an africa been examined him so i mean it's a good. this man is if we had a cool woods fifty one. was optional it. was if he tried doesn't lie about john and i want to. change but this is the this is the road by a. good quest is riaz you're one of. the words are going to win in the one hour since the one nine hundred ninety s. south africa has lost over a third of its fans largely due to water scarcity as the droughts become more severe and the boreholes try a pharmacist like thomas are going to need a radical solution. professor to fire into the university of cape town is hoping to provide that jilts research focuses on a kind of plant with some extraordinary properties and she's ideally situated because one type grows wild in the hills just behind the university campus this is it looks good doesn't it it does but it's not it's actually it's dried it's lost all it's water and it's cold it's it's front into a very protective kind of way how long can it survive like this. months two years depending on the species and the moment of rain

that's really the footprint in africa. small training advise and assist mission's trying to support the growth of these local counterterrorism units and there's a proposal. france is actually a very big player as well. they have 4000 troops primarily in west africa. they are the former colonies and they have very good insight into the various tribal fishers and .o forth in these countries there are others working alongside us as well. are talking with linda robinson of the rand corporation. phone lines are open. we have a lines that aside if you are active military. that number is (202) 748-8003. from lowell,g us massachusetts. good morning. caller: can you hear me? i don't like the way our military is being treated. johnsonia and the david . he was tied up a mile away from his unit. his body parts were just found. they don't even know what's in his casket. afghanistan, you're talking about training troops, funding troops. they kill our troops. and you are talking about funding and air force. we funded the air force, right

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if both were to take south africa out of those -- or take south africa out of investment grade on the local currency, which makes up around 90% of south africa's outflows, we're likely to see 100 billion rand in outflows. how does this affect south african politics? arabile: this will be a key -- a to be discussed will stu key issue to be discussed. they ask, how do we prop up the economy, an economy that is said to grow only 0.7%, according to the reserve bank, who also highlighted yesterday the key risks to south africa. the midterm budget just does not do enough. it is going to be a very critical factor. of course, the rand itself will play a key part. where it goes to from here will be quite significant. guy: arible gumede, joining us on the ratings story out of south africa. i could draw a line between what happens in south africa, the current i account deficit and turkey. we have just seen a record low from the turkish point of view, 4.6782. we have got an exclusive interview coming up with the finance minister. that wraps this program up. we will join you from our new headquart