a political scientist at the university of pretoria in south africa welcome to news africa so we've see congratulating messages from african leaders to joe biden and camila harris what can we expect to see in terms of u.s. africa relations and the biden administration. thanks so much for having me i think that what we can expect is to see a u.s. administration that's far more interested in africa donald trump is there a match not particularly interested in the african continent except in so far as it's related to a u.s. china relations and he really did see africa as a battleground in terms of the u.s. his trade relations with china and he was not the key visited the african continent and any point during his presidency so i think that we'll see a local interest in africa particularly in development and security issues and trade issues. and what has been biden's record on africa. so biden himself doesn't have a particularly any detailed record on africa at all and he supported barack obama's africa policy as the vice president under obama but we've heard from the speculation about who c

lead from democratic countries in africa. all these laws to learn how to run elections credible elections none want to do when it comes to preserving the peace and how to carry out an election time when you have a crisis i think african countries over the last 50 years have done a lot of work on the. electoral system the democratic systems they have learnt how to contain executive you know. big of a gun. is pretty much lost on you know you know you still have a view here and there in the main it's not as bad as it was 20 years ago so there is not set off not doing the focus that the u.s. can learn from ok patrick i was when in political cartoonist satirist for let's go commentator in nairobi thank you for your time. now let's get a quick round up of some election related stories happening on the continent on monday we extensively covered the contested election results in tanzania there's been an update police in tanzania have released the main opposition candidate to least who arrested for allegedly plotting illegal demonstra

now africa's c.d.c. says mass vaccination against cova 19 is unlikely to start on the continent until midway through next year. but the rich countries to ramp up there if it's months of intense research, have brought a coronavirus vaccine even closer. but experts say that's just one phase done. getting a vaccine out to the most vulnerable, a quick africa will be expensive and the world health organization is concerned about the logistical challenges to hand guns bring order. they are even the good of our reach, those as well need to be monitored and the public educated many on the continent simply want the best deal possible to a far more about the issues in nigeria who make me to be skeptical things too. while the continent has reported relatively low infection figures, the corona virus is on the rise again, prompting calls for greater urgency in the response. south africa has the virus infections in africa with more than 760000 confirmed cases and more than 20000 deaths. i am now joined by the chief ad

now africa's c.d.c. says vaccination against cova 19 is unlikely to start on the continent until midway through next year. but the country there, if it's months of intense research, have brought a coronavirus vaccine even closer. but experts say that's just one phase done. getting a vaccine out to the most vulnerable across africa will be expensive. and the world health organization is concerned about the logistical challenges ahead are great. although they are different than the good of our reach. the effectiveness of the dozers will need to be monitored and the public educated many on the continent simply want the best deal possible. so far more to quote, being about to call read 19 issues in nigeria, who make me to be skeptical about things to come up with iraq soon. 9 percent of the country. while the continent has reported relatively low infection figures, the coronavirus is on the rise again. prompting calls for greater urgency in the response. south africa has the most krone virus infections in af

africa relations and the biden administration. our thanks so much for having me i think that what we can expect is to see a u.s. administration that's far more interested in africa donald trump is there a match not particularly interested in the african continent except. as it related to a u.s. china relations and he really did see africa as a battleground in terms of the u.s. his trade relations with china and he was not the key visited the african continent and any point during his presidency so i think that we'll see a lot more interest in africa particularly in development and security issues and trade issues trying to hide in the mystery and what has been biden's record on africa. so biden himself doesn't have a particularly any detailed record on africa at all and he supported barack obama's africa policy as the vice president and obama but we've heard from the speculation about who could be his possible choices for secretary of state international security advisor and samantha power and susan rice susan rice who has a ph d.

this is state of the union's africa on the program today, cold as 19 in africa. public health officials warn the continent is edging towards a 2nd wave as it. so apos is 2000000 confirmed cases. now with the best seen on its way is africa, really? it's a distribution and ministers and the election overshadowed by terrorism. looking, a fossil goes to the polls on sunday, but the large parts of the country have been affected by extremist violence. some bush says one should cost their ballots. some of them too far. what we want is for the elected president to help us go piece back. so we can go back home safely. hello, i'm christine wonder why it's good to have your company. the number of coronavirus cases in africa has surpassed 2000000, including 48000, deaths, africa's infections and deaths make up less than 4 percent off the global total. but the world health organization has warned the continent is heading toward a 2nd wave of infections. africa has not experienced covered 19 infections on the scale that experts had predicted. but the threat of a new wave has r

not just in africa. but across the world who actually die from respiratory diseases every year because they're using poor cooking devices and that's the energy linkage. so, yes, it is a rural urban divide as well. in many of the african countries, the same is true for south america and the same is true for south asia. the cities tend to have 70% or more access to energy, the rural areas 20rks% or less access to energy. and the women in particular. and this is where we're also looking at an inclusive and more sustainable design for ending energy poverty, which ensures that we can protect the trees from -- trees, for example. there's a lot of work going on to see how we can restore our green environment, particularly in ethiopia where we are. but you can do that and ensure it's going to be sustainable if women still need to go out and look for wood to cook. so i think there's a whole other conversation and i'm sure that secretary moniz will . scuss how we can do better frances: secretary moniz, you're one

now africa's c.d.c. says mass vaccination against kovan $1000.00 is unlikely to start on the continent until midway through next year. but the countries to ramp up their, if it's months of, into research have brought a coronavirus vaccine even closer. but experts say that's just one phase done. getting a vaccine out to the most vulnerable across africa will be expensive. and the world health organization is concerned about the logistical challenges ahead of the brain or they are even if the good of the effectiveness of the dozers will need to be monitored and the public educated many on the continent simply want the best deal possible to a far more issues their way to hundreds in nigeria who make me to be a bit skeptical things too . while the continent has reported relatively low infection figures, the coronavirus is on the rise again, prompting calls for greater urgency in the response. south africa has the virus infections in africa with more than 760000 confirmed cases and more than 20000 deaths. i a

and a lot of these are young people of africa. already florida's quarter had the highest youth unemployment in the world. and now it's even higher than it was. yeah, the closer you look at the figures, the worse they are. so the south african governments failed to prevent this. but have you got a plan to change it? yet as there are several projects that they're starting, for example, to just announce a project of free online courses for young south africans, namely in coding in a building off apps. but that's of course, only for the youth that actually has access to a computer and internet and a lot of them don't. we also see that they have opened up the borders, so they hope that investors will come back. it hope that tourists will come back and that, that's basically basically the plan. and i think the plan is also just to, to make sure we won't get a lockdown again because that will be disastrous. what is economy? yeah, those changes that relaxing a very harsh lock down is not expected to bring people back into work. yeah, they

the approach is not limited to south africa. the scientists are convinced it is transferable to every other country on the continent to europe. now, if you're struggling to repair on household appliances, but you've broken, do not wiring you are not alone. they are sometimes surprisingly difficult to fix. one problem is that a lot of modern machines and other devices can't be repaired, not even by professionals. in many cases, products are designed to wear out after a certain period of time. this is expensive for the consumer and a waste of valuable resources and energy. so the right to repair movement is growing in many countries. we joined a global gathering of repair as tinkerers and activists in germany. take a look. electronic goods are the fastest growing away stream in the world. in less than a decade, the lifespan of a television in germany dropped from more than 10 years to less than 6. of the best ways is the words that you don't produce when you look into the container, you see is a really old laundry. machines are so

cities have been his africa professor, so africa has now recorded 2000000 cases. but, but i want to point out that france and russia have just the same amount of these are individual countries. their population size is respectively right. 150000000 in russia, 67000000 in france, this dwarfs africa's 1200000000. so what is your explanation for the reason the continent seems to be doing better than moats parts of the world? thank you. find my community again. i think it's important to remind ourselves what do we mean by, do we beat easy it in terms of number of keys it into more number of death. so definitely do number of kids. we need to do take more and more of our now appropriation using the different just eating out that we have. but the number of kids we have a different creation. we've been mentioning that along and on. you have a population where to me of how it is around 20 years or less. what we see in cameroon, india see in many countries, which is different from what you have seen. most part of the work of europe or in china. it was around 60 of each and

this is news africa on the program today, 19 in africa. public health officials warn the continent is edging towards a 2nd wave as it passes. 2000000 confirmed cases that were the best seen on its way is africa radiates, its distribution and ministers. and the election, overshadowed by terrorism, goes to the polls on sunday, but large parts of the country have been affected by extremist violence. some voters won't get to pass their ballots through most of them to work. what we want is for the elected president to help us get peace back. so we can go back home safely. hello, i'm christine wonder why it's good to have your company. the number off coronavirus cases in africa has so paused 2000000, including 48000, deaths, africa's infections and deaths make up less than 4 percent off the global total. but the world health organization has warned the continent is heading toward a 2nd wave off infections. africa has not experienced covered 19 infections on the scale that experts had predicted. but the threat of a new wave has raised fears that

it can be that we in the middle of a crisis, south africa has massive social challenges. very high crime rate, incredible high murder rate, for example, from the feedback you get from potential investors. are they rather scared at that point of time? are they saying ok, let's give it some time and wait and see where the country goes. i assume. doesn't that we've seen before when the president came into office and no, it's still there. i think the enthusiasm is still there. you know, you'd appreciate, you know, if you look at investors, german investors, for instance, many of them have been here for decades. and so they're able to navigate in the environment and we tried to work with that. we don't abuse the fact that they're familiar with the environment. of course we don't take it for granted. but we have longstanding relationships with business, so they understand the bottom and they understand that relative to other emerging markets, we know we're not all that exceptional. and they also understand that if they want to base themselves on the african continent, is that c

he proposed troops pulling out from west africa and east africa u.s. troops that are working with those countries to defeat the book on harassment al shabaab which would have been a blow to the war on terror and he even proposed cutting some aid to africa the relationship between africa and america's normally that of trade and aid in terms of aid america has given billions of dollars in aid to africa long before trump was even president and even is helped in things like buying food giving aid to countries in need and also improving the health care system like health in africa fight hiv aids in terms of trade i mean every country has its own trade agreement with america but the issue the africans had is that many felt that these trade agreements tend to favor americans and not so much the africans that's why we seen over the years china making a huge presence in africa coming in more and more each year build again for such a such as roads hospitals and airports and with cars at 19 china has been a lifeline to many african countries who are actually in c

the approach is not limited to south africa. the scientists are convinced it is transferable to every other country on the continent to europe. now, if you're struggling to repair a new household appliances, but he's broken, do not wiring you are not alone. they are sometimes surprisingly difficult to fix. one problem is that a lot of modern machines and other devices can't be repaired, not even by professionals. in many cases, products are designed to wear out after a certain period of time. this is expensive for the consumer and a waste of valuable resources and energy. so the right to repair movement is growing in many countries. we joined a global gathering of repairers, tinkerers, and activists in germany. take a look. electronic goods are the fastest growing away stream in the world. in less than a decade, the lifespan of a television in germany dropped from more than 10 years to less than 6. of the best ways is the ways that you don't produce. but when you look into the container, you see is a really old laundry. machines

now africa's c.d.c. says mess vaccination against kovan $1000.00 is unlikely to start on the continent until midway through next year. but the countries to ramp up their if it's months of intense research, have brought a coronavirus vaccine even closer. but experts say that's just one phase done. getting a vaccine out to the most vulnerable cross africa will be expensive. and the world health organization is concerned about the logistical challenges ahead bring order. they are different from the good of the effectiveness of the dozers will need to be monitored and the public educated many on the continent simply want the best deal possible to a far more issues their way to hundreds who make need to be skeptical things to you while the continent has reported relatively low infection figures, the coronavirus is on the rise again, prompting calls for greater urgency in the response. south africa has the corona, virus infections in africa with more than 760000 confirmed cases, and more than 20000 deaths. i a

man: there is, of course, a big coal-mining industry in south africa. it is multi-faceted, from mining to transportation of coalo all kinds of services in communities that have built up around the coal-mining towns of south africa. the coal-mining sector has been an extremely successful example of black economic empowerment, and now suddenly they've been told, "no, no, the future is green, the future is not coal." for them, this is a disaster because of their new investments into the coal sector that they see as possibly becoming stranded assets. [crowd chanting indistinctly] man: oh, the challenges that we find ourself into would be the low salaries to our members, and as the union, our role and responsibility is to fight for job security. the mines, some of them are closing because they are saying the export price has dropped and so on, so forth, the coal price has dropped, and so on, so forth. we are of the view that the price has been manipulated. week ago, the president was addressing a watered-back region, that we had mines in that area that can s

news africa on the program today called it's 19 in africa. public health officials warn the continent is edging towards a 2nd wave as it surpasses 2000000 unframed cases that were going back seen on its way. is africa ready to distribute and administers the election, overshadowed by terrorism? looking at basle, goes to the polls on sunday, but the large parts of the country have been affected by extremist violence. some voters want you to pass their ballots, promote them to vote. what we want is for the elected president to help us get peace back. so we can go back home safely. hello, i'm christie. it's good to have your company. the number off coronavirus cases in africa has surpassed $2000000.00, including $48000.00, deaths, africa's infections and deaths make up less than 4 percent off the global total. but the world health organization has warned the continent is heading toward a 2nd wave of infections. africa has not experienced covered 19 infections on the scale that experts had predicted. but the threat of a new wave has raised fears t

free basics is just one of facebook's many initiatives across africa. facebook's latest push here in kenya is called express why 5 companies teamed up with local internet service providers to install y. 5 hotspots like here in the mass my town of eagle on the outskirts of nairobi. jerry in basia is a hairdresser who signed up as of into facebook's express why. he gets a commission on every dot a bundle he sells his customers say they love it they do his 1st book because even myself i use it i'm a friend of the band of keep it your book. compared to other networks you get a 501100 in business for free yeah. you run. yes they do they find it cheaper to fund it when the book and then the doctors don't express why fi has been an undeniable success here it is made web access cheap enough of people living in underserved locations then there are so many people living i don't want a corner to be. however for those studying the activities of facebook and other big tech companies in kenya it's impossible to ignore the huge potential for data mining last year face

early in technicians from africa green tech set to work right now you're right. that there's lots to do before the lights can go on one after the long journey every component needs checking the container spent 6 months at the customs office followed by a long drive lasting many days over sunday roads the solar system costs 150000 euros the hope is it will strengthen the local economy. to make a solar plant like this worthwhile you need to fill it with at least 4 to 5000 residents we also look very closely at whether there's potential for a productive use of electricity unlike home solar power providers our focus is on strengthening small and medium sized businesses so we want to know are there carpenters and welders and tailors here and we look for 40 or 50 small and medium sized businesses. there anything like leadership i was born in mali. she's particularly keen to help the women here many of them sell goods she wants them to benefit from the new supply of electricity to. them and i'm going to give them an example and i have come out of the bottom of the sea m

this is state of the news africa coming up on the program. 6 talk in africa, the companies making big moves to grow its use of markets on the continent. but could regulators turn off the music also on the program? more than principled on people have seen their houses here demoralized as you can see. it's just robbers and people who have been here out there. and then you buy, you have to do is we have a record on this line is fiction is in nigeria's most populous city. hello, i'm christine wonder. it's good to have your company to talk maybe one of the world's fastest growing social media apps, but the video sharing platform has been facing serious headwinds in some of its key markets. india, for example, banned. the chinese owned app in june. now to talk is looking for to africa to increase its global market share. the company has made investments on the continent which includes recruiting and training influences and creating and promoting campaigns. we'll be talking more about that after this report from kenya, which happens to want to be one of tick tocks target countries on the con

news, africa on the program today called it's 19 in africa. public health officials warn the continent is edging towards a 2nd wave as it 2000000 on famed cases that will go back seen on its way is africa radiates. it distributes and ministers and the election, overshadowed by terrorism. looking up out so close to the polls on sunday, but large parts of the country have been affected by extremist violence. some bushes won't give to pass their ballots. number of them to vote. what we want is for the elected president to help us get peace back. so we can go back home safely . and hello, i'm christie. munda, it's good to have your company. the number off corona virus cases in africa has so paused 2000000, including 48000, deaths, africa's infections and deaths make up less than 4 percent off the global total. but the world health organization has warned the continent is heading toward a 2nd wave off infections. africa has not experienced covered 19 infections on the scale that experts had predicted. but the threat of a new wave has raised fears t

southafrica but also africa. america is 4.9%. when you look at those three, africa is 3.9%. are large swaths of the global space that is energy poor. what we talk about as it relates , and that iscrisis [indiscernible] say one of the things the pandemic is shown as is if we do not have energy we cannot even solve the health crisis. on the continent we have a lot of obstacles. universal access is a critical part of what we are considering as part of the policy for ending energy poverty. that means looking at the whole [indiscernible] of distribution. one of the things we have seen is there is a fourth line in the distribution so a lot of the around what we can do with [indiscernible] you link generation, transmission to distribution and ensure we can get to the last mile? low energy consumption across the globe cannot get what we are looking for. [indiscernible] two sustainable affordable electricity. concern, andbal especially what we have been trying to understand is a way that continuously challenges the public and private sector and it shows we have a way to do it in -- t

wilderness foundation, africa. she wants to encourage landowners to turn their holdings into nature reserves. the government offers a tax incentive to do so. what you're doing here is looking off to south africa's natural wealth in the public. good, and so there's this unique tax incentive to benefit that bite of this city. so even as you plow money time, if an energy into looking after the sun almost may think you're not getting in your know, is a special tax incentive just to give a little bit back. this man is already converted his land into a protected area. he can write off the cost of the purchase over 25 year period, that extra cash and pocket he would be able to, to give a little bit more financial sustainability to you in managing this in perpetuity. and so that you could put a little bit more interest, which would be your decision and you know, what needs to happen on the side of photographer, of course, fundamental purchase the land 5 years ago and has taken countless pictures of the area since then. it

and what has been biden's record on africa. so biden himself doesn't have a particularly any detailed record on africa at all and he supported barack obama's africa policy as the vice president and obama but we've heard from the speculation about who could be his possible choice as to secretary of state international security adviser. samantha power and susan rice susan rice who has a ph d. on zimbabwe and was the u.n. was the u.s. is represented at the united nations is a keen african mist and has had a long interest in security and development issues on the continent i mean one thing about her though is that she's quite hawkish on africa issues and has been a great supporter of sanctions against mugabe regime for example and was an advocate of a hostile stance on sudan and. so it'll be interesting to see how those people around biden influence his africa policy ok i don't have too much more time with you but i do want to get a sense so whatever can made of would you say needs a white house visit the most. i say this from sout

if you can share and discuss on africa's face for other social media platforms. hello to you wherever you're watching from. welcome to a new edition of the 77 percent. the name is eddie micah, julia, and i'm honored to have your company today. this is what we've got for you on the show today. we check out the talents of some young aspiring football players in nigeria. they also have an exclusive interview with the professional and their german bundestag. and we find out why the south african rock poppy's open on maybe an independence hero. and the week before that's kick start the program with football, with about 3000000000 fans. it's either well or you know, sports now in africa, nigeria is one of football's biggest houses, a country house would use big name talents like j.g. and wangle khan. but there's more hidden gems out there. so we went to walk on the outskirts of up to meet a young man who is helping kids from his community, develop the out talents. nigeria has long been a hot spot for football. like many youngsters, always dreamt of becoming africa's be

and in africa that it's not ok mali that is a major defeat that africa would suffer if that narrative with to become a globally accepted by president how would you describe the presidency what impact did it have on the african continent. a whole 4 years was maybe not different to obama's 1st 4 years they did nothing on africa. and obama understandably because he was finding his feet he was consumed with the policies and all of those kind of things and had an opportunity to do something with a. but it never entered the attention span all the time please don't see it was bad for africa in that he looked for a trade war with china which meant that china was facing all kinds of cutting back on trade with africa and therefore africa as a growth spurt confident had fallen back and then covert 900 came so i'm hoping that if there is a stimulation of the u.s. economy and the democratic. presidency that it would freeze up the economy as well as have a different tone in the relationship with china so that china can at least help to pull africa out of the cove in 1000 crisis that we have we did

nermeen: can we talk a little bit now about what africa's response, how africa -- many countries in africa have responded much better than the rest of the world, and certainly than the u.s. to the pandemic and the fact that trump has not -- the u.s. has not yet joined the covi19 vaccine global access facility, which would work toward making the vaccine accessible to countries all across the world. biden has said he will join the world health organization, not pullout. could you talk about that? first of all, what is e situation of the coronavirus in south africa but more broadly, and how well the countries in africa have dealt with the pandemic? and then the question of vaccine access. close if i might be permitted to comment on coronavirus and in e united stes and how it has been handled. first we should say as africans, we are horrified at the lack of respect for human life. the fact the bigger superspreader of this virus has been the president of the united states, by your responsibly holding rallies that violate the cdc guidelines left, right, and center. and given the resources the un

news, africa coming up on the program. sick talk in africa. and the companies making big blue to grow its user market on the continent that could regulate his channel for the music. also on the program. more than 20000, people have seen their houses here demoralized. as you can see, it's just robbers and people who have been here. they are scattered all over in the nearby you have here just. we have a report on the slanted fictions in nigeria's most populous city. and christine, it's good to have your company talk maybe one of the world's fastest growing social media apps, but the video sharing platform has been facing serious headwinds in some of its key markets. india, for example. and the chinese owned app in june. now to talk is looking for to africa to increase its global market share. the company has made investments on the continent which include recruiting and training influences and creating and promoting campaigns. will be talking more about that after this report from kenya, which happens to want to be one of tick tocks target count

wilderness foundation, africa. she wants to encourage landowners to turn their holdings into nature reserves. the government offers a tax incentive to do so. what you're doing here is looking after south africa's natural wealth in the public. good. yes. and so there's this unique tax incentive to benefit that biodiversity, so even as you plough money, time, if an energy into looking after the sun, farmers may think you're not getting anything out. there is a special tax incentive just to give a little bit back. this man is already converted his land into a protected area. he can write off the cost of the purchase over 25 year period. that extra cash and pocket would be able to, to give a little bit more financial sustainability to you in managing this in corporate units. and so that you could put a little bit more interest, which would be your decision and, and you know, what needs to happen on the side of photographer, cost fund of and purchase the land 5 years ago and has taken countless pictures of the area sinc

now, a few weeks back, we got an e-mail from south africa. your mobius them, who had stumbled upon didn't use comic series african roots whose real name is simon. but boy, he's a descendant of the mummy, be a national hero. and think that boy, you know how much you've who fought against german colonial rule to do, you can spot him on the median dollar notes here. mobius some produce his lead says music video in collaboration. we did, we went to meet him in cape town. the late good boy, the title of humility. a sim's latest release. the track is an ode to cut jane hendrix with boy unama chief vic boy died fighting german colonial troops in present day namibia, south african rapper. humility. a sum is a direct descendant of that voice. his goal, inspiring people to take pride in their ancestry. we don't have that icons that people saw off the loneliest yosh or take invited out, or one faith or whatever. and so it's so important for people to have that to, to i think the beautiful way to put it is to say that rock from which we were cut, you kno

africa is onsouth course to do that. annmarie: you've talked in the past about there is consensus between the public sector and the government and the need for reform. but we still don't really see it. what is the hold up? lungisa: one of the biggest holdups has been the rebuilding of institutions, the reform of the institutions. through aca went some of thech where functions of the state that are delivery ofr facilitating economic activity, utilities, the power transport and logistics utilities were disrupted. an institution like that which depends on sustainability was disrupted in material ways. nowthere is clear evidence that those institutions are beginning to gain ground. manus: and do you believe the other part of the presidents tenure has been about trying to grapple with corruption? realu see he's making inroads on dealing with corruption? andou see it, is it real, is he moving fast enough historically on cracking down on corruption? lungisa: the evidence is very abundant. .e has rebuilt institutions of course i

a political scientist at the university of pretoria in south africa welcome to news africa so we've saved congratulates 3 messages from african leaders to joe biden and camila harris what can we expect to see in terms of u.s. africa relations and the biden administration. thanks so much for having me i think that what we can expect is to see a u.s. administration that's far more interested in africa donald trump is there a match not particularly interested in the african continent except in so far as it's related to you is china relations and you really did see africa as a battleground in terms of the u.s. has trade relations with china and. the king visited the african continent and any point during his presidency so i think that we'll see a local interest in africa particularly in development and security issues and trade issues. and what has been biden's record on africa. so biden himself doesn't have a particularly detailed record on africa at all and he supported barack obama's africa policy as the vice president under obama but we've heard from the speculation about who could be his

madora, an independent policy analyst affiliated with the university of south africa. in johannesburg, the director of corruption watch which encourages public participation in combating graft. let me start with you, how powerful is ace magashuli and how sig can is it that a case has been brought against him? >> he is quite a powerful figure in the sense that he was elected to become the secretary general of the ruling party which is akin to being administrative and political of the ruling party. to that extent he has the latitude to move around on a full-time basis, mobilizing. at the same time he's also very much linked to the former president, jay sob zuma who is still aggrieved by many things which have taken place within the a.n.c. and he believes he's also a victim of political machinations within the new a.n.c. leadership. and a.n.c. is a deeply divided organization, almost in equal halfs. so the battle will be fought at all levels. that's why each side tend to have a sense of conspiracy whenever there's a move. it also represents the clash of perspectives becau

this is news africa on the program today. gas live rounds and on the streets of composite approaches to grip uganda as the police of race. presidential candidates why just 2 months before the country's supposed to be next, a new leader. and we have a report from south africa's cape flats. that's a neighborhood in a violent crime to. so granted, paramedics need to respond to cool. hello. i'm christine one day. it's good to have your company ugandan, to 350 people in a crackdown to quell treated by the a wrist of presidential hopeful, bobby why those protests and to a 2nd day following day of rest in the capital kampala on wednesday, police accused, while the wind all file aging anti coronavirus mischa's by holding mass rallies, dozens were injured and at least 16 people died in violent protests that erupted in kampala off of the pop, star to politician was taken away by police tear gas in the streets of kampala alongside the rocks and other debris that protesters had used to set up barricades, riot police made their presence f

he wrote torture in madagascar in prison, in black africa, in crackdown in the west indies. but the colonized now know that they have an advantage over the colonizes. they know that their temporary masters are lying, therefore, that their masters are weak. in the next, at the st. francis group, one is iow. we can see much, much more in algeria, but 1st in asia. its hold on indochina was on the brink. after world war 2, france's great empire began to unravel and vietnam was throwing themselves into the streets, bursting with joy, kissing each other. and algeria, if the indochinese managed to beat the french army, why not that? the decline continues in episode 2 of blood and tears french decolonization on al-jazeera aladin more rain. the eastern side of the med into north, in the van is gone across now. and the remains that really apart from want to shout in kuwait are really in iraq with high ground up to afghanistan just circulating of the horn of africa, or is a potential tropical depression which will get some rain on the coast of yemen. and maybe at the same time pop for

wilderness foundation, africa. she wants to encourage landowners to turn their holdings into nature reserves. the government offers a tax incentive to do so. what you're doing here is looking off to south africa's natural wealth in the public. good. yes, and so there's this unique tax incentive to benefit that biodiversity. so even as you plough money, time, if an energy into looking after the sun almost may think you're not getting any. i don't know. there is a special tax incentive just to give a little bit back. this man is already converted his land into a protected area. he can write off the cost of the purchase over 25 year period. that extra cash and pocket would be able to give a little bit more financial sustainability to you in managing this in perpetuity so that you could put a little bit more interest, which would be your decision and you know what needs to happen on the side photographer? cause fundal and purchase the land 5 years ago, and it's taken countless pictures of the area since then. it really

welcome to the lead as it was sort of africa. yes, it is true. we have lots of interesting stories for you. and a quick preview. we hope to book enough to take a look on wrong to move on a production plant will also visit a company in germany. that house created a way to recycle reuse oil from plucked roots and also how some people right here in canberra, want to make transportation more eco friendly. like many other west african countries became a fossil has difficulty meeting its electricity needs. in the rural areas, less than 5 percent of the population is connected to the great schools and medical centers are especially hard hit in 2017. iraq in union police report highlighted decentralization and a most sustainable energy mix as possible solutions. and now things in booking a fossil seem to be moving in that direction. the solar kits on this roof is reliable and doesn't require much maintenance. cost says the 2000 euro investment was money well spent for him and his family to save up for a long time to be able to afford it installed the sol

join us from this is africa on the program today. the escalating conflict in the horn of africa, ethiopia, and federal troops nearing victory as they pass, riddled with forces loyal to the but are they fighting alongside eritrean forces? and if so, why is there a traitor involving itself in this conflict? and celebrating a legend, nigerian novelist, you know, a champion would have turned 90 years old. today will be taking a page out of one of his best selling books. hello, i'm kristie wonder it's good to have your company. various african and european governments are pressing ethiopia behind the scenes to start negotiations with the local rulers of to grice state for a 2nd week now ethiopian federal troops are backing forces loyal to the t.p.n. . if i decide it will achieve victory any day from now neighboring era tray is now also say to be involved in the conflict. we'll be talking more about that after this report. the. that's the simple demand of these every train refugees in the t. grind capital of they know well as they floated

believe this week again, downgrade south africa. and survey actually said that by 2022, the depth to g.d.p. ratio might surpass 100 percent. the country is quite broken. that out is a quite group. and the fiscal strain, like most countries, i think we went in to close it with limited fiscal space. so that is one thing that one country and away from one has to admit that. but if you look at our debt to g.d.p. ratio, i mean, you know, we have the g. 20 summit coming up over the weekend. if you compare us to other g 20 countries in terms of how much we increased debt to deal with that and where i reach it is we're comparable. we're not an outlier. it is a shock to us is that given we're coming from where there was a time when the government had really couldn't constrained contain the day to g.d.p. ratio coming from where we were like the center. so to where we're going, it is quite a shock, but we've had to admit that in an emerging economy that's developing with added to the mix, we have to consolidate fiscal stunts, but it has to be

and in africa that it's not ok mali that is a major defeat that africa would suffer if that narrative were to become a globally accepted narrative by president how would you describe the presidency what impact did it have on the african continent. a whole 4 years was maybe not different to obama's 1st 4 years they did nothing on africa. and obama understandably because he was finding his feet he was consumed with the policies and all of those kind of things and had an opportunity to do something with a. but it never entered the attention span at all but companies didn't see was bad for africa in that he looked for a trade war with china which meant that china was facing all kinds of tariffs was cutting back on trade with africa and therefore africa as a growth spurt continent had fallen back and then covert 19 so i'm hoping that if there is a stimulation of the u.s. economy and the democratic. presidency that it would freeze up the economy as well as have a different building in the relationship with china so that child can at least help to pull africa out of the covert 19 crisis that

and he was just in east africa to survey the swarms there. keith, thanks for joining me on the show. now, most people understand the devastation that something like a wildfire can bring to a landscape. for those of us who aren't really familiar with it, can you describe the devastation that a local swarm can bring? well imagine, you know, you're on the ground, you're a farmer, you're depending on the rainfall to grow your crops. and these crops they, they are your livelihood for your entire family, perhaps your community. i'm not only for this year, but you know, also for next year, especially during periods of good rains that we have now. so, you know, you look towards the horizon, you see a cloud and you're quite happy because, you know, that's going to bring the rain that you need for your crops. but as that cloud, you know, approaches your field. you notice that is not the rainfall cloud, but something else and it's a cloud of insects and, and you've probably heard from grandparents, you know, of the devastating storms in the past. and yo

south africa's president. so ram opposer tweeted, he looks forward to working with biden and deepening the bonds of friendship and cooperation. he condemned police brutality and discrimination towards black people in the us. president muhammadu buhari praised him for his track record, adding his election is a reminder that democracy is the best form of government. and zimbabwe's leader amisom own gagner offered his congratulations. so he hopes to increase cooperation between the 2 nations zimbabwe is facing us and the e.u. sanctions over rights abuses and irregular elections has more from harare. and the general sentiment in africa was that donald trump never made africa a priority. he never personally travel to any sub-saharan africa. he proposed troops pulling out from, with african east africa, u.s. troops that are working with those countries to defeat boko haram and al shabaab, which would have been a blow to the war on terror. and he even proposed cutting some aid to africa. the relationship between afri