isn't going to do anything with africa because china is doing anything with africa. it's going to do it because it wants partnerships with africa . new things in the right direction. and one of those things is empowering the people both politically answers to economically. and that's done by a more train and parents transactions more, a better governance. and, you know, i, i follow china africa quite closely. and the amount of corruption and predatory learning it's, it's quite astounding. so lincoln said, let's give the africans choice, not just conditions, but choice ali, when it comes to providing support for the african continent. one of the issues is cove in 1900 pandemic, where the americans are now asked to provide more assistance for the w o and to the co vast, to ensure that the vaccine is distributed and that africans get access to the vaccine. but again, here, the chinese, the russians, and the india is widely seen in africa as more active than the americans. yeah, you see the thing is like american is what involved in africa economy and beyond. what was th

from south africa, our africa correspondent andrew harding has this report. andrew: this is where the new variant was first properly identified, spreading fast. >> all of this is so overwhelming. but we made the decision to suspend all social governments and social activities. andrew: the impact here has been swift, with many countrs now following britain's lead in ban ning flights from south africa, so this morning's arrivals in johannesburg and cape town could be the last for some time. >> it is absolutely ridiculous that they imposed it again so quickly, without really investigating this new variant. andrew: the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourt industry was hoping for a big boost after two wretched years of lockdowns. south africa's foreign minister has criticized the travel ban, calling it "rushed, ecologically damaging," and urging britain to reconsider. that is not very likely, at least not in the short term. today, south africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave, dominated by this new variant. . but sc

africa. the can china avoid criticism over taking advantage of natural resources and startling, developing nations with unsustainable says, this is inside story. ah, ah ah, hello the hello robin. welcome to the program. chinese president cheating ping has promised african nations 1000000000 corona virus vaccines and it's pledge to continue economic investment in the region. she made the comment virtually as part of the annual for among the china africa corporation. as the to day summit in synagogue comes to a close. china emphasized how crucial a partnership is. china is africa, largest trading partner with nearly $190000000000.00 in trade. so let's take a closer look at china is long term investment plans in africa. chinese foreign direct investment in the continent was almost $3000000000.00 in 2020, totaling all these $50000000000.00 ever all, almost a 3rd of that investment has gone into the construction infrastructure development areas. now that helped make china africa's biggest trading

our africa correspondent reports. >> a technical university in pretoria, south africa, this afternoon, where the new variant was first properly identified. >> obviously, this is so overwhelming. we are all worried, but the ministry made the decision to suspend gatherings and social activities. >> the impact has been swift with many countries following britain's lead in banning flights from south africa. >> it is absolutely ridiculous, moving so quickly without investigating this new variant. >> the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two richard years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticized the travel ban, calling it rash, economically damaging, and urging prison to recder -- urging britain to reconsider. >> today, africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave, but scientists insist that trying to isolate countriesr regions makes no practical sense >> we saw with the delta variant that within three weeks, 53 countries were reporting cases of the delta

right now in south africa. we may be overestimating its prevalence because of the recent uptick in cases in south africa. there's a presumption many of those cases are this new variant. but it may well be the case that south africa could also exhibiting a surge of delta infection after they relaxed some of their recent mitigation following the big surge of deta. this probably isn't that prevalent around the world. i would still exer size the same cautions as before. i think the biggest risk to travelers right now is given the uncertainty around the world, and the fact that countries are reacting so briskly, if you do end up being positive overseas, you could find yourself stuck in a very onerous quarantine relative to where we were maybe one or two weeks because. because i think countries are behaving with no frilz right now and trying to control the spread of this new variant. and they're taking pretty drastic measures in certain cases. >> brennan: so the c.d.c. said this variant has not been detected here yet

from south africa, our africa corresponent andrew harding reports. a technical university in pretoria, south africa, this afternoon. this is where the new variant was first properly identified, spreading fast among students. obviously, this is so overwhelming, we are all worried, but the management took a decision to suspend all social gatherings and social activities. the impact here has been swift, with many countries now following britain's lead in banning flights from south africa. so, this morning's arrivals from johannesburg and cape town could be the last for some time. it is absolutely ridiculous that they have imposed it again so quickly, without really investigating this new variant. the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two richard years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticised the travel ban, calling it rushed, economically damaging, and are urging britain to reconsider. not that that seems very likely,

in south africa it is one in four people and in africa it is far lower than that thatis africa it is far lower than that that is real concern.- africa it is far lower than that that is real concern. a 12—year—old girl has died after suffering catastrophic injuries during an argument in liverpool city centre. ava white was with friends when she was assaulted yesterday evening. four teenage boys, aged between 13 and 15, have been arrested on suspicion of her murder. danny savage is in liverpool. a very strange atmosphere here in liverpool city centre with buskers in the main shopping streets singing christmas songs, people going about their shopping on black friday and a huge amount of the shopping area completely cordoned off after this incident last night. sometimes we use the word shocking too much but there seems to be a shocking attack on a 12—year—old girl he was the year eight people in a school in the city who was in town last night with a group of friends. it appears there has been some sort of altercation between her group of friends and another group of youths in and

coming from outside africa? well that's why to have to agree festival. does it come from outside in the, to something we can and therefore, whatever it is or wherever to comes from, even if it comes from within, by the way it can still work together to address it. it's not that we should become together to address what comes from our state. no, it's coming together to address what effect sess, common, even if it was thought you need from another country within africa. no affects us. on a fixed number of us. it needs to be address. president tagami has been a victim of ethnic conflict himself. in the late 19 fifties, many wanton including co gamete family and other tootsies, fled persecution to neighboring uganda. there than 3 year old polka county grew up as a refugee. we will explore more of his personal journey from a child refugee to one of africa's most respected leaders, as he walks with us around the garden of his official residence. here order what is the worst picture it blizzard boca gamez memory and th

unable to port a flight to south africa. you'd be open to visit a close relative who's receiving cancer treatment. hello there. thanks for making the time to come on with us considering what you've been. so women's, this flight last night this morning. recently. yeah, it was meant to be tonight and i would pack everything was ready to go. i'd packed up my apartment and then this happened. yeah, and how did you find out about it because it's gotten very quickly in it. yeah, i think that was the craziest thing. you know, just in a few days everything completely changed. i was alex, i got a message from a friend, checking the news, and then more and more news updates had to keep checking. not knowing what would happen. and then within 3 days, i mean it's all just completely changed and there's no way i can go back. i know you were trying to get out of israel at the same time, the israel's clothes, his porter to, to tourists. and i was on a flight in for the u. k. last night. and literally on told the flight we were told that at

he says, the will should provide support to south africa and africa, and not discriminate. or isolated to give my site a rough highlighting there if you want some other perspective and perspective is what i think we always want here next. strong dot. org is always good. i like to use this on this graph. a little confusing. let me try to explain it. i think this is the entire pandemic, all of a covert 19. that's the beginning. you know, what? let me change the pin on that. that's the beginning there. the sound of the current virus and everything else you're seeing are branches and variance of it all of this over here. that's beta, right? all of this, these 3 are actually delta or it's not just one strain of delta. there are 3 prominent ones. and on you, on, on the current is just this small one over here. there is still so much for us to learn about that while in the grand scheme of things, small variance, someone who can explain this in a lot more detail and with a lot more. kudos behind here is dr. caitlin jet. alina is an assistant professor of epidemiology with the schoo

it's like american is what involved in africa, africa, economy. i'm the, what's the nature of the integration by america is lost in many quarters, especially in this part of wanting us enough. why? because what they said to give a fish, given what, why did what kitchen park teach? now, america, i did the west miss to have written wall by making african i mean open markets for example. second projects you get more to, you know, relax relation one sided especially in my local official america. we kind of so yes, i alone. good. yes, america, my house to bring in in 19 iraq wired for whitening boxing and saw what is not. and not especially given the men just america enjoys in america so way, but i have not completed too much material. ok. i like i said, yes, i see a point. michelle, one from this i see a policy is talking about the need for that potential to be translated into practical achievements on the ground by sally. when you have the trump administration issue, all those statements about the african continent, widely seen as abandoning the cont

to africa. and when you get the vaccine to africa and you see that people are hesitant and they are not vaccinating. and they think we are confronted with the misinformation and i want to be really emotions or fear. but i think if we can not get to the people to get vaccinated, we'll see discuss 22 happening all the time. and maybe the worst case scenario when you get in a variance that will be spread and quickly given your worst disease. and we escape and the natural and they acquired immune immunity through vaccines. and here i think will come after squares, you know, ok. helen with, with, with less than 6 percent of the african communities fully vaccinated you how this new variant is it about time to review w edge recommendations, particularly when it comes to asking wealthy nations to share their stocks of vaccines where the poorer nations to be able to cook, what could be a nightmare scenario if on the cross pres, globally? yes, i mean, i think that we, it's a funny kind of opportunity, but

that's monday of this week, but returned not from southern africa, but from northern africa, from egypt on the 11th of november. many questions obviously are being posed both publicly and privately behind those closed doors you were talking about with the w h. o. also behind closed doors in brussels and around european capitals, that if this is a variant that was 1st detected in southern africa, how could it then be in the system of a person who traveled from egypt, which is right at the other end of the continent. and then be transported from there to belgium, where it could then be detected 11 days later. many questions being asked, but clearly from the belgium perspective, they've confirmed this one case. but there is also some suggestion. there has been some suggestion that perhaps another person had a suspicious finding in their system. these are v this variant, but no confirmation of that 2nd case. and now with this new sort of complicated development or being aware too many governments across europe, they're already dealing themselves with this 5th wave of cov, that's hitting the

what does it say about south africa? does it say that the wounds of the past still remained there in the country? >> i think it is really important when we look at the life of an individual to see what should he have prioritized. we were more concerned about how to get out of the trap apartheid had placed all over us. many people had already lost their lives along the road we covered, but there was also a huge risk that if we did not manage the transition out of apartheid, we could also contribute to the deaths of millions of black, white, colored sections of the population. the choice we had to make was to manage the transition such that we saved as many lives as was possible and saved an opportunity that could make it possible for us to reconstruct south african society and enable us to enjoin -- enable us to join a community of nations and remember it forever as a decoration rather than a disaster, all of us. >> ok, i see your point. this argument that at least the transition saved us from a descent into anarchy and a

and he says, the world should provide support to south africa and africa and not discriminate or isolated, sorry, my highlighting. not that brilliant that. just out of the way to visualize things next strain dot org is of results. i use a lot. just watch this here, right in the middle of this graph that's basically the original corona virus. if you want to call it that. and all the variance which sprang up from there, this is base her over on this side delta. that's actually all of these here. it's not just one, it's actually multiple strains of the delta variant. this is all micron right there . that small dot over on the left, the yellow one, just to give you a little perspective of how it compares to the rest of the corona virus as it has develops doctor. but at san antonio with us now senior clerical clinical lecture at the university of exodus medical school in expert and infectious disease control with us from bath in the united kingdom. always nice to have you with us doctor. we are taught a we are told and we have been told for a long time to trust the science is the problem right

is not going to do anything with africa because china is doing things with africa. it is going to do things with africa because it was to move africa in the right direction. it has gotten done but more transparent transactions, better governance. the amount of corruption and predatory learning -- loaning is quite astounding. host: when it comes to providing support for the african continent one of the issues is the covid-19 pandemic. americans are now asked to provide more assistance to the who to ensure that the vaccine is distributed africans get access to the vaccine. the chinese, russians, and indians are widely seen in africa as more active than americans. guest: like i said earlier, america is more involved in africa's economic growth. the intervention by america is not seen in many quarters as enough. why? they say you give a man a fish you give him food for a day, but teacher a man to fish -- teach a man to fish. open markets to african products , given more access to bilateral relations, not just one way. yes, america might've intervened by providing vaccin

how quickly has it spread in south africa? yeah, it has a essentially concentrated in the part of the rico which is holding and we have essentially seen some clusters in one part and it actually spread within a matter of 2 weeks. we've seen a repeat spread from cases that we saw as 58 last week on monday. and in that area it was about $500.00. but end of the week this week we saw earlier in the week that had about a 1000 cases of interest to 2000 today's 2300 in that particular area. so that the only way it's, it's actually required high. it troubles in the matter of $5.00 to $6.00 days. he was saying that as scientists and doctor is a particularly worried about 2 things, that is the high level of transmits ability, the speed at which this variant is able to spread. and then also the chances of re infection, which is also higher with this very and tell me more about the, the vaccines and how it might affect the level of protection vaccines give us yet. so i think at the moment we have sort of anecdotal data to support that som

many believe south africa's been treated unfairly. the government is worried, the global reaction has caused unnecessary panic. it says it's begun talks with the european union and the united kingdom on the latest round of travel bands saying other countries didn't receive the same treatment. when you variance would take the elsewhere for me to mila, i'll just 0 johannesburg. we can now speak to richard russell's, an infectious disease specialist at the university of course natal in durban, south africa, thanks so much for being with us. so from the evidence that you've seen so far, what kind of level of transmitter built is there with it? and what sort of symptoms does it cause? so in terms of the transmit civility, i mean we've seen really rapid drives in cases particularly and how tang so that kind of maiden economic cup of south africa, the most populous province. it's kind of gone from about 100 cases just 2 weeks ago a day to now over 2000 cases a day. and we've seen a lot of spreading the younger population and some outbreaks i

what does it tell about south africa? does he say anything about the fact that the wounds of the past still remained there in your country? i think is very important there. when we look at the life of a single individual who of yours, there was a very important position towards the end of his life to see what should he have prioritized in the closing years of our lives, live clinicians were a mom concerned about how to get out of the trip that accommodated, placed one of us, many people had already lost their lives along the road. we travelled, but there was low. so huge risk that if we didn't manage the transition out of our date, we could also contribute it to the deaths of millions of black white colored indian sections of the population. so that tries, we had to make was to manage the transition, such that we save as many lives as was possible and save in opportunity that could make it possible for us to reconstruct requests drag. so if again, society and enable us to join the community of nations in a manner that you

this is from one of the experts here in south africa. rhonda, i hope that's being being honest and nothing about that. you're not getting that. can you get back with me on this and i'll follow up or does it close? and if people are suffering, what i think is all concerning what we have is that infection care in south africa have morning suppose in recent days, the last official figures who have awful sundays when they with 2800 new cases and the complaints with the 500, how are lately, basically at the hospital finishing that they expect to most of the issue in the next 2 to 3 weeks. and they also expect more than 10000 new cases by the end of this week. and a lot of the admission of people caused you to this is new variant. you have a situation where only 1516 of the population has been bethany and the country president has appealed in a state of the nation. great people to come for an estimated enough estimation in the country at the same time, the people wearing mach enrolled. and when we implemented that, you still have thousands of

there's no shortage of vaccine supplied south africa. what there is a lot of backseat hesitancy, same thing we're seeing in central and eastern europe and a lot of that is driven by lack of trust in the vaccine. and in the governments promotion the vaccination. i think there's something about the messaging. i think that education is key because we do still have a lot of hesitant people not wanting to take the vaccine. and also just really, it just seemed quite unfair that it's still mandate. nice is now mandatory, that health work is should have the vaccine. i think it should also include education, if not all that vaccinated the monday, we will not stop from that perspective on natur section 7 know frontiers. that is the very meeting of the panoramic viruses are not so interesting. unfortunately, certain governments are funeral of mine is a rescue was killed in last week's mine. explosion inside barrier being held, the instant claimed the lives of 51 people and there was still an ongoing search for more victims. with more in the story,

this is obviously a tough day for south africa. it's my pleasure to be here _ for south africa. it's my pleasure to be here and _ for south africa. it's my pleasure to be here and it— for south africa. it's my pleasure to be here and it is— for south africa. it's my pleasure to be here and it is a _ for south africa. it's my pleasure to be here and it is a tough - for south africa. it's my pleasure to be here and it is a tough day l for south africa. it's my pleasure i to be here and it is a tough day and a very disappointing day for us because we have been here before and we thought we had worked our way out of the red list but unfortunately we find ourselves back in again. do you understand — find ourselves back in again. do you understand the _ find ourselves back in again. do you understand the circumstances - find ourselves back in again. do you understand the circumstances in - understand the circumstances in which countries like the uk and the european union and the last few minutes the us have imposed these bands? i minutes the us have imposed these bands? , ., .,

the uk has banned flights from six countries in south africa as a result of the strain the precautions were brought in from having the new variant hindering the recovery. >> the early indications we have of the variant is that it may be more transmissible than the delta variant and the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it. now, to be clear, we have not detected any of this new variant in the uk at this point in time. but we've always been clear that we will take action to protect the progress that we have made >> uk's transport secretary also echoed those sentiments telling our sister station sky it was a safety first approach. >> it's important to act immediately and in doing so you get to slow things down in terms of potential entry into the country. that gives us time for the scientists to work on sequencing the genome which takes several weeks to do, so we can find out how significant a concern this variant is so it is a safety first approach, we've done that before with the variant from denmark and then able to relax it reasonably quickly i think there'

{iii the peak season for foreign tourism to south africa?— to south africa? of course. i 'ust had a long — to south africa? of course. i 'ust had a long meeting i to south africa? of course. i 'ust had a long meeting with * to south africa? of course. i 'ust had a long meeting with the h to south africa? of course. ijust . had a long meeting with the tourism industry who are devastated because we put in place a recovery plan and we put in place a recovery plan and we were hoping that we were well ahead with the plan to make sure that by the time we get to the holiday season we are able to take in as much as we can. they've suffered billions of rand is lost in the lockdown and they were looking forward to getting tourists coming in and right out of the blue, with all the work we've been doing, we find ourselves on this list. we would like to engage the british scientists who have come to this determination about us to see if we cannot come to some kind of resolution of this matter. this is not a unilateral... _ resolution of this matter. this is not a unilateral... it

so not just south africa, but countries neighboring south africa. multiple countries are on as lists of restricted nations, but many countries appear to be falling short of doing what as we're about to hear, israel is doing, for instance, closing his borders entirely. frank walter stein meyer, the german of presidents has insisted that people stick to current rules of mosque in social distance thing to avoid the need for full restrictions on people going to school, closing down the hospitality sector, will banning travel within the country or within the european union, there are deep concerns, of course, going into christmas about the possible knock on effect on various economies across europe as well. here in the u. k. we've seen that people arriving here from abroad . we'll have to have a p c r test within 48 hours if they test positive, a full the very into of come into contact with people testing positive that will have to isolate for 10 days. but saying that criticism is the british government for, for pops, not going far enough and insisting on people having vaccine passports i

has been led by south africa itself. the foreign minister there, that's the minister of foreign registration relations said that south africa is being punished for having an advanced scientific community that can detect variants faster. and the south african position is that excellent science should be applauded, not punished. even though she has spoken recently with the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, who supported her and said that he was grateful that south african scientists were able to detect the omnicron virus, but many south africans feel that they're being punished for having this advanced scientific knowledge that is warning the world and sharing that knowledge openly, and yet you see all of those travel bans. south africa points out that nobody who is infected is allowed to leave the country. you need a test for covid just to be able to fly out of the country. it's not possible that anybody who is infected could leave the country. you've had, for instance, the speaker of the national assembly in south

his south africa. but do you think that south africa is ready for the concept of a government of a coalition government? well, at the national level, i'm no cut so at that of the ready. but at the municipal level they've already started negotiation. not only this election, but in a bit of a selection, so they are ready for that. but for me, what's encouraging is the willingness of the bigger parties to accept defeat intercept that they have to enter into negotiations with one of parties. but i like to disagree with you, i should, when you said that the action essay and e f, f i showing that they're moving much more strongly the other much is i don't think so. even if it has not been given a clear mandate by anyone to run a municipality compensated but it should say, because then you give them a blog and have managed a number of, of votes, but no question whether the f f is growing and that is a flavor it to us a phase who remains a very strong party, but for me to pull a reservation within the blue cro

the timing for south africa could hardly be worse. it is summer here, and the tourist industry was hoping for a big boost after two richard years of lockdowns and red listings. no wonder south africa's foreign minister has criticised the travel ban, calling it rushed, economically damaging, and are urging britain to reconsider. not that that seems very likely, at least not in the short term. today, south africa is gearing up for a likely fourth wave, dominated by this new variant, but scientists here insist that trying to isolate countries or regions makes no practical sense. we saw with the delta variant that within three weeks, 53 countries were reporting cases of the delta variant, so stopping travel from one country or a small group of countries very soon becomes superfluous. it's really not the solution. but could there be one upside to the arrival of this new variant? in recent months, south africa's vaccine roll—out has slowed down. it is the same in other african countries, partly down to a shortage of vaccines, but also due

what is the latest current situation in south africa? and how is this new strain impacted in scientists say they're still exploring the investigating, it's just exactly how it's impacting the spike in numbers in south africa. but, but we speak about a spike that's about $400.00 infections a month ago, per week on average. and now that's going to just over 2000. so they say that they still remains a significant amount of data to be collected, to understand better what is driving an increase in numbers. but also, and this comes from the world health organization, there's a reminder that the dominant variant globally is the delta variance, and that's a very, that's affecting many countries. so there isn't clarity or certainty on the extent of this new variant. and just how it might be driving up numbers. at this stage, south africa still trying to push many people to go to get vaccinated. just over 40 percent of adults have received at least one job. the country had wanted 70 percent of people here to be back sedated by the end of the year.

she specialises in china—africa relations and is on the board of the china—africa network. she's been watching the event in china. thank you forjoining us. lots of rhetoric there. what we make of rhetoric there. what we make of this? . thank you for having me. indeed, this is the third white paper that the chinese government puts for its africa policy. the first one was in 2006 in the second one isn't in thousand 13 and today we saw a press conference announcing the third white paper so this paper is very important because it does an assessment of what has already been achieved in the china africa cooperation especially since the year 2000, which marked the launch of the forum of china africa cooperation. as we know, next week, there is the eighth forum of china africa cooperation so this white paper comes just ahead of that forum and it is a way to do broad assessments of what has been achieved and send a strong message that china africa relations are continuing to be as strong as they were when the summit was launched initially. when the summit was launched initiall . ~ .

many believe self africa's been treated unfairly. the government is worried. the global reaction has caused unnecessary panic. it says it's begun talks with the european union and the united kingdom on the latest round of travel bands saying other countries didn't receive the same treatment when you variance were detected elsewhere for me to molar al jazeera johannesburg. so let's begin, dr. marty slash wire davis, she's the director of health for the city of st. louis in the us stated, missouri and joined us via skype. but dr. might be good to have you back with us. so we've seen a number of countries like israel rock swiftly to close their borders to try and stop the spread of on the crumb. do these travel bands actually work, especially when the veterans has already been found in those countries. we've been doing this for close to 2 years now. and one thing we know for certain travel bands, especially when they are performative in this way target a few countries and not others where we already know the variant has already been isolated, like in the u. k. ar

he talks about the world providing support to south africa and africa and not discriminate. or isolate it. now that's what the experts say, but if you need another perspective and perspective is always important is have a look at this. this is from next strain dot org. and it is important always to follow the science. think of this is the entire corona virus, and that is the original strain of it right there in the middle. everything else, you're seeing a branches and variance of it all of this over here. that's beta, right? all of this, these 3 are actually delta or it's not just one strain of delta. there are 3 prominent ones and on you one on the current is just this small one over here. there is still so much for us to learn about that while in the grand scheme of things, small variance. all the other news now the conflict in ethiopia is ti gray state continues to spread to other areas including north eastern, a fall, a region where most imports come through. mohammed thought the walk from us is the channel edges. it arabic is the 1st journalist from an international new

>> south africa is a little different. the white south africans say south africa was a white man's country also which is preposterous because native africans outnumbered whites five -- one. what they meant as it should be run by the whites. in the chinese action made south african politics messy and complicated it was introducing another racial group. there is already conflict with south asian workers who had been brought to work on sugar plantations and they were exclusion measures against them. so, in all of these places it's also with the federation of south africa in 1910 they are able to pass a full on chinese exclusion. >> let's go back a little bit to the gold rushes and talked a little bit about the impact that the gold rush had not only on the frontiers, the local economies, but on the global economy. i had for example, no idea about the impact on san francisco. the businesses and trading with china. talk a little bit about that. >> rate. you know, there is more gold taken out of the earth between 1849 and 1900 th

for africa. i think we've lost the line that to johannesburg will give it one more go for me to i'm just wondering if you can hear us or not. i think we might have problems with the line. yes, we have got problems with the light will try and re establish communications day with me to be the team in job. i can go back to if we can remove on a us judge has approved a 626000000 dollar settlement for those harmed by the lead water crisis in flint, michigan. the suit was brought by tens of thousands of local residents. most of the money will come from the state of michigan, which was accused of overlooking issues leading to the crisis. to save money, flint changed whereas water came from and 2014. people immediately complained about the smell and the taste. it later emerged, the water was contaminated with lead and hadn't been treated properly, but state officials insisted it was safe. rejecting findings by doctors groups michigan civil rights commission later said systemic racism lay at the core of t

this was first detected in south africa. the health minister there issued an alert yesterday saying this variant has had an unusually high number of mutations. >> b.1.1.529 is named as a variant of concern because it has some concerning properties. this variant has a large number of mutations. and some of these mutations have some worrying characteristics. right now, there are many studies that are underway. there's a lot of work that is ongoing in south africa and in other countries to better characterize the variant itself in terms of transmissibility, in terms of severity, and any impact on our counter measures like the use of diagnostics, therapeutics or vaccines. >> cnn has a team of correspondents covering this breaking news for us. we have david mckenzie in south africa, pete muntean is tracking this at the airports. let's begin with arlette saenz in nantucket with the president. what does the president want americans to know about this new variant at this hour. >> reporter: president biden is trying to show they are

andrew in south africa, how well—equipped is south africa to deal with this new variant? goad deal with this new variant? good evening, clive. _ deal with this new variant? good evening, clive. pretty— deal with this new variant? good evening, clive. pretty well- evening, clive. pretty well equipped. scientists say it's almost like they are being punished for being so quick to spot and analyse this new variant and to raise the alarm. tonight those top scientists are working at a laboratory outside durban, trying to understand the mutations on this new variant. the one thing they do know is that it is extremely transmissible. it's spread far faster than previous variants during previous waves of infection here in south africa and they say that really is a cause for concern. even though as fergus was saying, we don't know whether or not this poses a significant threat in terms of people who have been vaccinated and so on. right now south africa seems to be on the cusp of a new wave of infections, its fourth wave, so that's an added concern. but tonight top scientists here

and who are some be stuck in south africa while you get vaccinated? if you still con, travel, and if you still can't be with your family, i have family in south africa. my sister lives in south africa and, and i've not seen her in close to 2 years since of covered and my daughter, and i was trying to south africa to find any, be with her and her family. i think it's important, but the u. s. is doing and around the world to be cautious space she not knowing what the new variant is doing, but it's also on the same point. very frustrating and upsetting for what it's doing to people around the world and not been able to see their families. now what's important to note is that we're coming up to the tours a month here in south africa. busy the month of december and for the last 2 years because of close it, this industry has the kind shop the talking to people here. they say that this is not going to be the end of the south african truism that wins so much money in you have a problem here in south africa where there are millions of people who have not been

welcome to here in south africa. this is because on the saw people falling in the south african variance and they will say, no, it's not me. and i'll find 2 and i, expert folk songs that they were able to get up to. to be honest enough to hold the world hope gratian and very much the feeling here in south africa for the last few days following these travel ban has been that south africa actually being left by the speakers. all concerning what we have seen is that in fiction care in south africa have morning suppose in recent days, the last official figures who have awful sundays when they with 2800 new cases and the complaints with the 500 hello late today. the hospital finishing that, they expect a lot of pressure in the next 2 to 3 weeks. and they also expect moving team panels and you have to be in the at the same time, you still have thousands of south africa. i'm supposed to be in israel until the 7th of december. so i'm sitting in a bit of a predicament because i don't know if my life will be able to fly or not

coming from outside africa? well, that's led to have to agree, 1st of all, does it come from outside in the, to something we can. and therefore, why did it is whatever to comes from, even if to comes from within, by the way, can still work together to address it. it's not that we shall become together. clarisse light comes from last night. no, it's scanning together to address what effect sess, common even if you have 30 you need from another country within africa. you know, affects us on a fixed number of us. it needs to be address. president tagami has been a victim of at the conflict himself. in the late 19 fifties, many wanton including ca gamete family and other tootsies fled persecution to neighboring uganda. there than 3 year old paul cook army grew up as a refugee. we will explore more of his personal journey from a child refugee to one of africa's most respected leaders, as he walks with us around the garden of his official residence. maria, florida. what is the worse picture it breathes, apopka gum as

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