african leaders are gathering in the russian resort town of sochi this week for the 1st ever russia africa some as russia's attempt to jumpstart relations with the continent 3 decades after the fall of the soviet union when which then was a major player in africa. but russia does not want to stand aside while other powers like the u. china and india strategically increase their influence and investment on the continent putin has big plans for africa especially with its rich mineral resources that's a quick look at selected activities of russian companies on the continent as energy multinational luko which is involved in a natural gas development project in the republic of congo in sudan and the central african republic a close ally of president putin has secured licenses for mining gold in guinea russian element in produce roussel is digging up more site and in zimbabwe russia wants to dig for platinum until now russia's trade with africa was muted last year exports to imports from the entire continent well value that only $20000000000.00 in comparison china's trade volume was 10 times big

surely screw africa. the link to a symphony stories and discussion from own uses easy to our website to dublin to come smoke free coffee join us on facebook. for girls. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the bay of returns to africa russia has its focus on the continent and the 1st is that russia africa summit is under way find out why so many african divas are keen on often a shift was lost. and needs to cindy and wall says that cameroonian couple making it impossible they say they're living the russian dream. to have caused a balance in the country's time to see they shouldn't.

africa thank you. about 150 years ago was born ceremonies have been taking place across india where gandhi made the campaign for independence but it was during 2 decades living in a positive south africa where the freedom movement lead and the values that came to define him nonviolent resistance in recent years all of a gun just time on the continent has been viewed in a different light. gandhi arrived in south africa as a young trade lawyer called mohandas the walls of the cottage where he once lived now a museum tell the story of how his experience of apartheid she his life and changed the world. he had this notion of nonviolence passive resistance of a trickle down a lot in our times right now on the streets of johannesburg it's a legacy that ensures even if the details are vague and only don't know about their history of. the right to marry it's like that they don't know but they know that is that is from india in india and here all these employees are you personally deceased with how we're differe

business business africa on the w.i. as well come it's a premier aimed at making a big impact hosted by russian president vladimir putin african leaders have gathered in the russian resort town of sochi today for the 1st ever russia africa something it's russia's attempt to jumpstart relations with the continent 3 decades after the fall of the soviet union which then was a major player in africa. but russia does not want to stand aside while other powers like the e.u. china india strategically increase their influence and investment on the continent putin has big plans in africa especially with regards to the continent's rich mineral resources and arms deals let's have a look at selected activities of russian companies in africa there's energy multinational lukoil that is involved in a natural gas development project in the republic of congo in sudan and the central african republic a close ally of president putin has secured licenses for mining gold in guinea russian element in producer roussel is digging up bauxite and

easy town i would say down to the close match africa joined us on facebook at g.w. africa. and in charge of the famous naturalist and explorer. to sing the praises comics on the phone it's 250th birthday where embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on t.w.a. . the 1st. welcome to news from the world of arts and culture we'll be discussing a google exhibition in london that's causing a bit of controversy in just a minute also coming up. diversity in the fashion world leaves something to be designed we take a look at senegalese fashion designer. who's trying to correct this imbalance. and in our series 100 german must reads a philosophical novel about a man who fears he's not living his life to its full potential night train to lisbon by messiaen. the french painter paul gauguin was one of the greatest post-impressionist painters of the 19th century was sadly not appreciated in his lifetime and died in relative poverty in the french colonies in ma cases islands in the south pacific in 1003 he's particularly renowned for his experimental use of cholera at the ti

growing influence on africa. germany's famous black forest to fight the chinese residents there to take over their regional airport. and. faces of resistance from. business lavish celebrations in china and the display of military might to mark 70 years of communist rule along with a complete economic turnabout after decades of stagnation under chairman mao zedong . in the late 1970 s. process continues today all the while chinese companies have been snapping up their rivals abroad and the state has been exploring africa becoming its biggest investor beijing really burst on to global markets with its belts and road initiative it's building rail networks and power stations all over the world over 60 countries a part of the new silk road the project is enabling china to access new markets more role materials. large scale investment in sub-saharan africa in particular between january and july china invested some $5000000000.00 in the region about a 3rd of that went to the energy sector the large scale construction of

mohamed hari is in south africa for a state visit but the recent violence in south africa targeting foreigners including nigerians has been a dominant issue the visit was planned before mobs descended on foreign owned properties in and around johannesburg and early september nigeria reacted strongly its record its ambassador publicly condemned the attacks and criticized the south african government. for failing to deal with them nigeria also evacuated several 100 of its citizens via emergency aid lived in the geria mobs attacked premises off several south african companies in the country in reprisal forcing several to stop operations for some days now bar is expected to demand financial compensation for losses nigerian suffered in the violence nigerians we spoke to in johannesburg agree with that well you. do. not belong to me. do you understand. i believe more crime in the country you understand. the properties you have been destroyed but social not that we will most people most businesses are brought up and is your life like. this you talk about the bus issue does he wish for it t

ralph from africa. you can make this case that they're working together to impress us and speaking to black people. so why are we not working together? they're in that speech about how can so few white people rule so many but people? europe which of course is much smaller then africa. it's three times the size of the united states but how can such a small group of people have such a massive cotton or such a massive group of people. according to him, the disunity of course wanted to emphasize and courage people of african descent around the world to come together and arguing again and again that we have a common enemy. that is those colonial masters in europe. i should also add and i think we've talked about previously in previous classes. that this was a critical period in the history of africa and what was going on in africa? in 1959? 1960. the call is asian. of course, he was de colonization bullies expiring african americans and it was inspiring people people of african descent and looking for people

this decision to colonize africa affected the whole africa in its development so africa was left behind african resources were taken away to europe. as a result we developed as poor people people were left behind so there when it's come to it and i mean it was not only a question of taking the sources away from us but it's also a question of eliminating the population of this country so that has a serious impact on our society. after the berlin conference more and more german settlers began to arrive and then maybe a. bit triggered conflicts among the local people in order to acquire territory. they signed the treaty of protection with the chief or the herero saying they would defend the herero against the number a treaty could also serve their own interests. the legendary nama chief hendrik with boy wrote to chief samuel. i learned of the acumen yourself in teaching and protection. this dry land is only known by 2 names and our land and family. and ease and autonomy. no other captain leader has any right to force his way home. but you do you captain you have no accept an unethical and

africa. blackout after blackout south africa's utility eskom can't get its act together will the fresh $4000000000.00 in jackson of taxpayer cash put an end to outages an accident coal fired plants. and defeat the end of an era as mario draghi hence the helm of the european central bank to christine lagarde is hailed as the savior of the euro by some but many are saying is he's leaving behind a weak currency they're born survive the next crisis this is business africa on the health as well. south africa's government is forking out the equivalent of another $4000000000.00 u.s. dollars to save the country's oldest and largest power company it's come from financial disaster funds are intended to help pay off its enormous debt burden currently valued it well over $30000000000.00 some so large that goldman sachs now describes the state own entity as the single biggest risk to the country's economy so what's gone wrong it's a show on a lot outdated infrastructure corruption and mismanagement as wel

this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the fare returns to africa russia as it's a focus on the continent and the 1st ever russia africa summit is underway as well find out why so many african leaders are keen on partnerships with moscow. and needs cindy and was does that cameroon a couple making it impossible they say they're living the russian dream. voters in botswana have cost the ballots in the country's tightest election in $50.00 kids. people day will tell us what their expectations are. handed back to the ocean will be as penguins bab's they're facing the exchange. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along doesn't that look like romance well here's a question for you how do you get 43 african leaders to leave the continent for 2 days well that's one russia's right in recruited can answer because that's exactly what he's done the 1st ever russia africa summit is underway in the russian resort town of sochi and the attendance is remarkable in this picture of the you see the president's off malawi egypt and saw the africa now the ru

and brought cry from the euro to africa and so you can say they. brought hold of me now you're sitting in the u.k. let's be clear the british empire did do exactly what you just said but they did to a lot of countries why is it south africa has the 5th highest murder rate in the world in 2015 i'm wondering. the united nations you. know the one so what ok it was a no you know world bank we're way over on times it's going to be the last question i hope it's a really good one no pressure. from a speaker welcome to the space my question is in light of worries of africa finds itself in both politically economically and socially. how do you see your role in the facilitation of the erosion of public institutions in south africa and what would you have done differently that is a good question. i have no me outside of the collective that is my home politically you know i do decently as an individual that is you could have done anything differently over the last i don't have a person on space to do things you know personally as an individual really no ok one

is the 5th in a 4 because in south africa because that was done by the government. because that is a new money to that i so wish my sister if a policeman can support him are the current there is no future for much in this country i want to go if you want to go anywhere as long as we are out of this country a place that we're going to be safe where we're going to feel that we've been the commands as a human being not like cockroaches or not like she can because we're not going to be slaughtered everything you think is going to make you feel really fine thank you there's no better place than home and then is because i was forced to leave my country i did not choose to come to south africa i did not wake up one day and say let me plan to go for only to south africa i was forced to leave my country and then the u.n. said and this country knows that it's not peace yes but if there was a peace i did the cooking but you could there's not peace that i told them to look for it this way i can have peace bernie a refugee sylvie speaking to that i spoke to garrett and you have

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africa. this is the w. news africa coming up on the program 4 weeks they have demand that they can see on the same place the cold but once the police in cape town launched the brutal crackdown the protests the migrants to me now want to be anywhere but south africa . is that we're going to be safe where are we going to look to even the commands as human beings. just like she could because we are looking to be slow to do everything. also coming up means the women fighting for sports in the wilds only all female elite consequential. africa's greed says about footballers from accountability and international somewhere to goes head to head with liberian legend george weah. i am any magazine yeah you're welcome to the program they arrived in search of a better life but they are jenny came to this. pepper spray water cannon and mass arrests rights police detained around 100 foreign nationals after breaking up is sit in protest at the un refugee office in cape town the migrants mainly from other african countries

africa thank you. about 150 years ago was born ceremonies have been taking place across india where gandhi lived the campaign for independence but it was during 2 decades of having in south africa where the freedom movement lead and the values that came to define him nonviolent resistance in recent years i have a gun just time on the continent has been viewed in a different light. gandhi arrived in south africa as a young trade lawyer named modest the walls of the cottage where he once lived now a museum tell the story of how his experience of segregation shaped his life and changed the world. he had this notion of nonviolence passive resistance overtrick in a lot in our times right now on the streets of johannesburg it's a legacy that endures even if the details are vague. editors who don't know about that he threw off. the right to my right see i'm not like that they don't know but they know that if it is from india in india and hero he's a breeze barring person sees through town with different races

this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes they returns to africa russia has its a focus on the continent and the 1st is about russia africa's summit is underway find out why so many african leaders hakim often a ship was lost. and needs to cindy and wall to cameroonian couple making it's been good they say they're living the russian dream. to have coffee ballots in the country's titus election at 50 is people day it will tell us what their expectations are. and it's back to the ocean penguins but they're facing extinction. hello i'm christine window welcome to news africa it's good to have you along doesn't that look like a bromance well here's a question for you how do you get 43 african leaders to leave the continent for 2 days well that's one russia's right in recruited can't answer because that's exactly what he's done the 1st of a russia africa summit is underway in the russian resort town of sochi and the attendance is remarkable in this picture and you see the president's off malawi egypt. south africa now the russians also have to be looking for money and friends al

africa w. coach of british. surely news from africa and the world story link to exceptional stories and discussions from the use of museums and i would say to debbie to come smoke free coffee join us on facebook. for god. look at. a warning from the i.m.f. to much of the middle east for for your economy stupor store stability the protests keep growing demonstrators want to accountability from a government said levin on iraq and other nations. funds report card for sub-saharan africa it doesn't sound promising the title navigating uncertain state . and the fight drugs that flood african markets a big business for counterfeit is patients often paint with bad. just. a bit as well one let's do business a message to failed states and authoritarians international monetary fund says unemployment and slow economic growth is fueling a growing unrest in the arab states the i.m.f. says middle eastern and central asian economies will need to diversify if it to overcome their problems and in the unrest another morning in leb

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this is news africa coming up on the program for weeks they had demanded dignity and a safe place to call home but once the police in cape town launched a brutal crackdown on protest in migrants many now want to be anywhere but south africa. is that we're going to be safe where are we going to see that we've been the commands of the human being not purchased or not like she can because we're not going to be slow to do everything. also coming out means the women fighting for sports in the world's only all female elite onto poaching you know. africa's greatest ever footballers from a carolinian international someone led to goes head to head with liberian legend george weah. i am eddie michael jr here welcome to the program the arrived in search of a better life but they are jenny came to this. pepper spray water cannon and mass arrests rights police detained around 100 foreign nationals after breaking up is sit in protest at the un refugee office in cape town the migrants mainly from other african countries have been demanding that the un relocate them they claim they are no longer saf

debited comes to africa join us on facebook t w africa. the u.s. china trade war weighs on south africa's manufacturing sector fresh data shows production shrank for the 3rd consecutive month but africa's 2nd largest economy faces the war challenges we go to johannesburg for. also coming up the bad weather has been weighing on morocco cereal production companies are now looking for solutions of the international grain fair in casablanca. and we need a cattle range here in brazil who thinks that trees that are long term investment sometimes chipped. welcome to do that if this is africa it never rains poor service certainly goes for africa's 2nd largest economy these days south africa's manufacturing production shrank for a 3rd straight months in august according to figures just out and further compound during the country's economic woes mining production also shrank by more than 3 percent after 70 straight months of declining economic data it's increasingly likely south africa will yet again miss its projections for g.d.p. growth the country's econo

this decision to colonize africa affected the whole africa in its development so africa was left behind african resources were taken away to europe and as a result we developed as poor people people were left behind so there when it's come to you and i mean it was not only a question of taking the resources away from us but it's also a question of eliminating the population of this country so that has a serious impact on our society. after the berlin conference more and more german settlers began to arrive in namibia. they triggered conflicts among the local people in order to acquire territory. they signed a treaty of protection with the chief or the herero saying they would defend the herero against the nama a treaty that also served their own interests. the legendary nama chief hendrik with boy wrote to chief samuel. i learned that you have given yourself into german protection. and this dry land is only known by 2 names and our land and number. and. in autonomy is reality. no other captain. has any right to force his way home. but you do you captain you have not stepped in another r

russia has set out to win the hearts in africa. this woman says she loves russia for organizing the event . russian money was also spent on a beauty contest that crowned miss central africa. the sponsor at events like these is a radio station promoting russian african time is radio lingo sung gold. so what's it like it a broadcaster that does advertising for moscow we don't get mensura to that question at its headquarters in a suburb of bangor but we do get to view an animated clip aimed at showing russia's friendly feeling the store of the country's children it was paid for by low buy invest. that's a company with ties to russian president vladimir putin a company that was named for a region known for its diamonds the government here has granted by invest a lot of mining rights the country wants to look for the precious stones more efficiently whether with russia or other partners the. president has said that we are open to anyone who wants to cooperate in public private partnerships to exploit these valuable resources. this is th

this is africa coming up. in the next 15 minutes re appropriating heritage made up and coming kenyan designer who's using cues from cultures of cross africa as inspiration for her fashion. girls they had just a process of sky for creation across their stomachs. and the healing of the scars. was almost covered in a rock drill.

and she's here in person julia neurotics went off the german africa prize 29000 welcome to the africa it's exciting to have you here and i'm just thinking back to when you created the platform in 2007 right that was about addressing a challenge in your country it was person action violence did you ever think that it would take on the way that it did we're talking about a platform that's used in all of the 100 countries today. thank you for having me 1st of all it's great to be here i never would have thought that the collaborative work that myself and the co-founders of. plus the community of volunteers and bloggers in their early days of. can and blogging scene could of put together something that would have scale as much as it did so i never could have imagined that it was be available in languages like russian nor german. you know all being used by the barack obama campaign. i think the credit for that goes to barack obama's team hopper read the c.t.o. of barack obama for america and the incredible thing about that and the really encouraging thing about that is they paired use of t

joined linked to from africa more. or link to exceptional stories and discussions. of easy town while website debutantes much traffic up join us on facebook j w africa. i was issued when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in a room for the nights and. it was hard i was for. i even got white hairs. learning the language and not often this gets me and quit the bunch maybe 2 in truck loads of say you want to know their story in the mud spur fighting and reliable information for margaret. the software is to blame indonesian investigators say the faulty programming at boeing was the main cause of crashes in ethiopia and indonesia but shoddy maintenance and fruit training also played a role. and only 40 percent of people in africa have internet access and those who do pay more than on any other continent. also on the show back in court the add to the samsung electronics is corruption case is up for review. this is business africa on the shelf is welcome to plane crashes in indonesia and ethiopia shocked the world and sent the shares a plane manufacturer of boeing into a

off the german africa prize 29000 welcome to africa it's exciting to have you here and i'm just thinking back to when you created the platform in 2007 right that was about addressing a challenge in your country it was person actions violence did you ever think that it would take on the way that it did we're talking about a platform that's used in all of the 100 countries today. thank you for having me 1st of all it's great to be here i never would have thought that the collaborative work that myself and the co-founders of the shahidi did plus the community of volunteers and bloggers in their early days of. can and blogging seen could've put together something that would have scaled as much as it did so i never could have imagined that it was it would be available in languages like russian nor german you know you know all being used by the barack obama campaign i rage as i say seeing i think the credit for that goes to barack obama's team hopper read the c.t.o. of barack obama for america and incredible thing about that and the really encouraging thing about that is they paired use of the

you're watching news from berlin coming up next on news africa with christine window stay tuned for that don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's called thanks for. most girls who could ever know i'm sure that it was also. the most insecure. about saving. the real world. after the fall of to. know from or not to w. . this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes it's all the wasteful zimbabweans launch against u.s. and e.u. sanctions the government say is the measure is all stopping economic recovery but is that true. and how climate change has become the latest blow to the fight against malaria. then the nigerian youngster is doing tricks to stay out of trouble. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to africa it's good to have you along thousands of people marched across the zimbabwe today against u.s. and e.u. sanctions on the country those taking pause and the government backed him astray should say the sanctions have crippled the economy by the way that economy is in deep crisis the i.m.f. reported inflation in august r

they have a job opportunity created in south africa. african people to leave them there will be a solution out of this. company lost 30 percent of its turnover due to the on the wrist 2 of the company's trucks were set on fire that is a rip resented too for an employer is union and holds responsible for the violence he estimates that only one in 3 truck drivers come from other countries in africa most of them are working legally here and therefore should be protected by the state. south africa come to the conclusion that the foreign nationals are illegal and they need to exit south africa then they must publicly announce it in government and for that i think they need to pass the legislation and only the government officials in parliament can make that decision it's not up to ourselves everybody is blaming the other side here with no solution in sight what is clear though the government and the security forces have repeatedly failed to protect truck drivers and their trucks and with the unemployment rates going up currently it already s

and brought cry from the euro to africa and so you can say they. brought all over me now you are sitting in the u.k. let's be clear the british empire did do exactly what you just said but they did to a lot of countries why is it south africa has the 5th highest murder rate in the world in 2015 i'm wondering. the united nations you may have. been a little while so what ok it was a no you know world bank where way over on times is going to be the last question i hope it's a really good one no pressure. from a speaker welcome to the space my question is in light of worries of africa finds itself in both politically economically and socially how do you see your role in the facilitation of the erosion of public institutions in south africa and what would you have done differently that is a good question. i have no me outside of the collective that is my home politically you know i do decently as an individual that is you could have done anything differently over the last 10 i don't have a person on space to do things you know as an individual really no

this is business africa on d.w.i. is welcome young educated africans are risking everything to start new lives abroad because they have been failed by their governments put on the policies that is the key message from a new a un survey of almost 2000 people published today the report is called scaling fences and is focused on people who entered the europe irregularly but were not looking for humanitarian protection almost half of them had jobs when they left africa and almost one in 10 were rolled in school compared to their peers at home they were better off and more highly educated so why did they risk the perilous journey to europe well of those who were working in their home country only 12 percent said and enough to be able to say for the future the study's authors say many migrants felt they're apt to leave africa to fulfill their ambitions their experiences says the report can be taken as a collective plea to their governments to set the level of creativity ambition and pace of africa's economic transformation

spent a lot of money and have got nothing south africa has done nothing that stops and. he speaks for the m.d.c. alliance thank you. now this is the mosquito that carries malaria threatening millions of people on the continent traditionally people living at high altitudes have been spared from the threat because africa's highlands are traditionally colder and so are mosquito free but now was creeping up mountains and finding new homes there thanks to the warming temperatures being ushered in by climate change. every 2 minutes a child dies of malaria worst affected countries in sub-saharan africa. it's this female mosquito that spreads the parasites causing malaria. thanks to the rollout of massive anti malaria campaigns many regions in africa have seen a sharp drop in malaria cases and deaths in the past 2 decades but progress is now stalling. worryingly malaria is on the rise especially in east africa partly responsible for this is climate change in the kilimanjaro region in east africa malaria used to be rare it's high altitude makes it too cold for mosquitoes now risi

we go to south africa where 25 years after the end of apartheid many young people no longer think to believe in the pall of democracy. we also meet a talented group of musicians for south africa and germany will join forces to create the south. and the japanese to quote i showed us the wrong. leverage. from ethiopia and president sokolow walk saudi 2 boats one of many stubble holyoke and a window across the continent women are rising up through the ranks of quality but it's not always an easy pop when trying to think feel or examine. my lawwell was running for what she was threatened and our house was even i topped but she didn't let that intimidation stop. 26 year old to whom by my novel is the youngest ward counsellor in zambia visiting a village the young politician is received euphorically she currently re presents 15000 people she's part of a minority at the moment she's hopeful that other young women will follow in her footsteps was one of the 4 young women. so that we were able to talk about our missions as women yet we. just heard the girl. that was why our. president yes it

every 2 minutes a child dies of malaria worst affected countries in sub-saharan africa. it's this female mosquito that spreads the parasites causing malaria. thanks to the rollout of massive anti malaria campaigns many regions in africa have seen a sharp drop in malaria cases and deaths in the past 2 decades but progress is now stalling. worryingly malaria is on the rise especially in east africa partly responsible for this this climate change in the kilimanjaro region in east africa malaria used to be rare it's high altitude makes it too cold for mosquitoes now rising temperatures have opened the door to the spread of malaria in africa highlands. peter carey malaria. becoming president and some of the places where they were in place in. the cold the coldest points are becoming less cold in these high altitude areas but obviously that's a very worrying development climate change is also triggering bigger and more frequent storms like cycle and you don't get hit mozambique and parts of zimbabwe earlier this year mosquitoes thrive in the sheer masses of standing water left

this is deja vu news africa is coming up in the next 15 minutes it's all the wasteful zimbabweans march against u.s. and e.u. sanctions the government says the measures are stopping economic recovery but is that true. and how climate change has become the laces flowed to the fight against malaria. then the nigerian youngster is doing tricks to stay out of trouble. hello i'm kristie wonderwall come to africa it's good to have you along thousands of people marched across zimbabwe today against u.s. and e.u. sanctions on the country those taking pause and the government backed him astray should say the sanctions have crippled the economy by the way that economy is in deep crisis the i.m.f. reported inflation in august reach 300 percent and it's predicted some always economy will shrink by 3 percent this year. but both the e.u. and the u.s. say the sanctions they've imposed on zimbabwe did not target the economy and entre sponsible for the country's problems here's a quote from an african affairs official with the u.s. state department that's. he said there's a very false narrative out ther

africa. south africa wants to attract private investment its president. says his government is working on the storing institutions and securing private investment to boost the economy also coming up the nobel prize for economics goes to 3 economists from india europe and the u.s. we'll have a closer look at the 3 laureates. and europeans love a great opportunity for the field to explore explore change. welcome to business africa monica jones and berlin thanks for joining us south africa needs to secure private investment to save its public institutions and to get the economy moving again the country's president says africa's most industrialized nation is struggling with lackluster growth high unemployment and a heavy debt burden especially from state owned enterprises president cyril ramaphosa said that south africa's state owned airline is open to outside investment and in talks with potential partners he also said that to attract investment the government needs to reform fiscal policy stabilize its state and reduce liability risks. a more let's bring in

african leaders are gathering in the russian resort town of sorcery this week for the 1st ever russia africa some as russia's attempt to jumpstart relations with the continent 3 decades after the fall of the soviet union when which then was a major player in africa. but russia does not want to stand aside while other powers like the huge china and india strategically to increase their influence and investment on the continent has big plans for africa especially with its rich mineral resources that's a quick look at selected activities of russian companies on the continent this energy a multinational corps which is involved in a natural gas development project in the republic of congo in sudan and the central african republic a close ally of president putin has secured licenses for mining gold in guinea russian element in produce roussel is digging up bauxite and in zimbabwe russia wants to dig for platinum until now russia's trade with africa was muted last year exports to imports from the entire continent well value that only $20000000000.00 in comparison china's trade volume was 10 times b

and brought cry from the euro to africa and though you can say they. brought hold all over me now you are sitting in the u.k. let's be clear the british empire did do exactly what you just said but they did to a lot of countries why is it south africa has the 5th highest murder rate in the world in 2015 i'm wondering. the united nations you may have. been a little while so what ok it was a no you know world bank we're way over on times it's going to be the last question i hope it's a really good one no pressure. from a speaker welcome to the space my question is in light of ways of africa finds itself in both politically economically and socially. how do you see your role in the facilitation of the erosion of public institutions in south africa and what would you have done differently that is a question. i have no me outside of the collective that is my home politically you know i do decently as an individual and as you could have done anything differently over the last i don't have a person on space to do things you know personally as an individual re

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russia has set out to win hearts in africa. this woman says she loves russia for organizing the event. russian money was also spent on a beauty contest that crowned miss central africa. the sponsor at events like these is a radio station promoting russian african time radio lingo. so what's it like it a broadcaster that does advertising for moscow we don't get an answer to that question at its headquarters in a suburb of bangor. but we do get to view an animated clip aimed at showing russia's friendly feelings toward the country's children it was paid for by low buy invest. that's a company with ties to russian president vladimir putin a company that was named for a region known for its diamonds the government here has granted by invest a lot of mining rights the country wants to look for the precious stones more efficiently whether with russia or other partners because what other. president has said that we are open to anyone who wants to cooperate in public private partnerships to exploit these valuable resources. this is the

and brought cry from the euro to africa and so you can say they. brought all over me now you are sitting in the u.k. let's be clear the british empire did do exactly what you just said but they did to a lot of countries why is it south africa has the 5th highest murder rate in the world in 2015 i'm wondering. the united nations you may be. the one so what ok as i know you know world bank we're way over on times is going to be the last question i hope it's a really good one no pressure. from a speaker welcome to the space my question is in light of worries of africa finds itself in both politically economically and socially how do you see your role in the facilitation of the erosion of public institutions in south africa and what would you have done differently that is a good question. i have no me outside of the collective that is my home politically you know i do decently as an individual that is you could have done anything differently over the last 10 i don't have a person on space to do things you know personally as an individual really no. one

is in south africa for a state visit the recent violence in south africa targeting foreigners including nigerians has been the dominant issue the visit was planned before mobs descended on foreign owned properties in and around johannesburg and in the september and i j area reacted strongly its record its ambassador publicly condemned the attacks and criticised the south african government for failing to deal with them nigeria also evacuated several 100 of its citizens via emergency aid that's. not in the geria mobs attacked premises off several south african companies in the country in reprisal forcing several to stop operations for some days now bar is expected to demand financial compensation for losses nigerian suffered in the violence nigerians we spoke to in johannesburg agree with that well you. need to do you know country. do you understand. i believe more crime in the country you understand 2. properties you have been destroyed but by social not that will promote the life you promote the businesses are brought up and is your life like that destroyed this you talk about our posi

this decision to colonize africa affected the whole africa in its development so africa was left behind african resources were taken away to europe and as a result we developed as poor people people were left behind so there when it's come to it and i mean it was not only a question of taking the resources away from us but it's also a question of eliminating the population of this country so that has a serious impact on our society. after the berlin conference more and more german settlers began to arrive in namibia. they triggered conflicts among the local people in order to acquire territory. they signed a treaty of protection with the chief or the herero saying they would defend the herero against the norm a treaty that also served their own interests. the legendary nama chief hendrik with boy wrote to chief samuel. i learned that you have given yourself in teaching and protection. and this dry land is only known by 2 names and our land and family. and. in a calm as you have. no other captain a leader has any right to force his way. but you do you captain you have no except in anothe

now russia has big plans in africa particularly in mineral resources like in the republic of congo where oil multinational oil is involved in a natural gas development project and so that and the central african republic a close ally of president putin has secured mining licenses for gold in guinea russian aluminum producer ross through saul is the thing about sidon and zimbabwe russia wants to get into platinum mining until now russia has seen relatively muted trade with africa exports and imports to the entire continent or evolve you were valued at only 20000000000 dollars last year not to put that into perspective china had over 10 times that amount africa's largest trading partner during that time was the european union with nearly $340000000000.00 in total russian officials have said that in the medium term they want to triple trade with african countries now it might be helpful that russia is still seen as a partner without heavy colonial baggage. these flashes fight infections medical devices created by the russian company military generate ultraviolet light that kills dangerous b

and creech reports on the situation of foreign truck drivers in durban south africa. durban this africa's most important trading hub hundreds of trucks decked thai with goods leave every night bound for other parts of the country the truck driver who calls himself nick is from zimbabwe he doesn't want to tell us his real name because he feels she'll be targeted he says these days he's more afraid of xenophobic attacks than traffic accidents i don't feel very much if. i don't feel very myself. why is that. going to come next maybe any time you know it can be attacked now we don't know. in the last few months alone they have been dozens of os in attacks in the region leaving several people dead or seriously injured most of the targets trucks with drivers from other parts of africa. this transit area for truck drivers on the end 3 motorway along the moire river has seen several violent attacks. it's going to be us i'm telling you it's going to have us it's getting way so dangerous. because you see new people every day new people live to the understand. that now and the d

africa thank you. about 150 years ago was born ceremonies have been taking place across india where gandhi lived the campaign for independence but it was during 2 decades living in south africa where the freedom movement lead and the values that came to define him nonviolent resistance in recent years have a gun just time on the continent has been viewed in a different light. gandhi arrived in south africa as a young trade lawyer named modest the walls of the cottage where he once lived now a museum tell the story of how his experience of segregation shaped his life and changed the world. he had this notion of nonviolence passive resistance over trickle down a lot in our times right now on the streets of johannesburg it's a legacy that endures even if the details are vague. adélie don't know but that he threw off. my god in the right to my right see i'm not like that i don't know but i know that if it is from india is in indian hero he's a very inspiring person sees through down with different races y

women in south africa australia am i mixed after a recent spike in rapes and murders. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to deja vu news africa when guinea is president alpha condé 1st one poly in 2010 many of hope the country had turned a new leaf he'd come in off to a quarter century of terri and roll now there are demonstration to stop condos plans to change the constitution a change which would allow him to see if the term the opposition says at least 5 people have been killed as security forces crack down protests have taken place in the capital conakry the 2nd city in the bay as well as in cities across the country mom who all k. . and. kiryas in the streets of conakry violence as demonstrations turned deadly a monday. police opened fire to disperse thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the give capital and across the country to protest president facts on this beat to extend his time in office. today we came out against the regime of president condi and his combat that's why we asked all canadians to come out today to say no to what his government is d

news life from ballet business africa with monica jones is up next taking a look at tat the continent's booming tourism sector i'll be back at the top of the top of the. same form. and language courses. video. anytime anywhere. the adventures of the famous naturalist and explorer. juice in the brain clicks on the phone while its 250th birthday we're embarking on a voyage of discovery. expedition voyage on d w. what role did the son of former south african president jacob zuma play in the so-called state capture at a graphic quire in johannesburg today due to sound assume our promise to cooperate with the commission but denied any wrongdoing. also coming up tourism is picking up in africa with many regions investing heavily in infrastructure to benefit from the boom. as the population of lagos reaches 25000000 the question arises how to keep housing affordable while we look to the german competition because palin says rent caps are the answer. to d.w. business africa i want to get in berlin good to have you with us the some no for former south african president jacob zuma has faced a joh

business south africa with want to she just want a good job just have a good day. soccer fields favors. no wonder. the tackler go. plenty of emotion. the best game day. kick off w. . bush after the fall of the berlin wall nov 9th on do you w. . what role did the son of former south african president jacob zuma play in the so-called state cop show at a graphic quire in china spec to day the schumacher promised to cooperate with the commission but denied any wrongdoing. also coming up tourism is picking up in africa with many regions investing heavily in infrastructure to benefit from the boom. on sas the population of lagos reaches $25000000.00 the question arises how to keep housing affordable to the german capital cost and insists rent a cops on the. clock on 2 g.w. business africa i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us the sum now for a former south african president jacob zuma has faced a johannesburg court in a. graphed inquiry today but denied any wrongdoing do those on assume is a key witness to the so-called state's capture inquiry which was

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