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[00:00:09] Hello, you're watching TRT World. I'm Katie Pill
[00:00:11] me, a reminder now of our main headlines: Iran has laid out what it
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[00:02:29] World after. Africa matters
[00:02:31] of for
[00:02:38] of you,
[00:02:43] in
[00:02:56] welcome to African matters, I'm Grace Kir.
[00:03:00] global leaders take the podium at the UN general assembly in New
[00:03:04] York from September 22nd, it comes just weeks after
[00:03:08] African countries secured the adoption of new
[00:03:12] map showing the continent's true size and recognition
[00:03:16] of the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against
[00:03:19] humanity earlier this year, so what's next on their
[00:03:28] of of agenda? security. council
[00:03:31] that
[00:03:32] of today does not represent geographically the
[00:03:39] of of realities of the world, we have three european permanent members, one north american and one
[00:03:42] asian, no latin america, no
[00:03:46] of africans, is obviously security council
[00:03:49] that has a
[00:03:50] of problem of legitimacy, and that brings with it a
[00:03:54] problem of effectiveness, and that's why African
[00:03:57] nations are pushing for two. permanent sits at the UN
[00:04:01] security council with veto powers and five
[00:04:05] non-permanent sits. According to the UN office
[00:04:08] of the Special Advisor in Africa, they also want to tackle debt
[00:04:12] crisis by reinforcing their collective bargaining position in
[00:04:16] debt repayment negotiations and reduce borrowing costs
[00:04:20] by promoting their own home grown
[00:04:22] of credit rating
[00:04:23] of alternative. Despite low emissions of just about 4%
[00:04:27] globally, according to the international energy. agency,
[00:04:30] Africa faces severe climate impact, leaders are
[00:04:34] demanding more financial
[00:04:36] of support for adaptation, delivery on loss and
[00:04:39] of damage pledges and increased climate finance by the major
[00:04:43] pollutors. now the continent wants more refining of
[00:04:47] minerals at source so that it can create jobs, boost
[00:04:50] energy security and ensure greater returns from
[00:04:54] natural resources and with conflicts in Sudan, the
[00:04:58] DRC, the Sahal and horn of Africa, its leaders are
[00:05:02] calling for stronger backing of African led peace and
[00:05:06] security initiatives. Most of our of our crisis
[00:05:10] on the continent are fueled from
[00:05:12] abroad, financial
[00:05:16] resources, ammunitions, sometimes even fighters come
[00:05:20] to fight another war from other continent,
[00:05:24] and it is indeed very, very tough
[00:05:27] challenge, either in the sahel or here in the
[00:05:31] Sudan, in the horn of Africa or even on other crisis in
[00:05:35] Eastern DC, and you have watched it yourself through
[00:05:39] television that there are foreign fighters even fighting. in
[00:05:43] those areas, so it's very important that our
[00:05:45] position, is coordinating on on those issues
[00:05:49] and we will continue to advocate
[00:05:53] for a non-interference in those crises and in particular to
[00:05:57] let the African continent put the right diagnosis and the
[00:06:01] right solution for the African problems. right, and one such
[00:06:04] solution came in March when the United Nations adopted
[00:06:08] resolution recognizing the enslavement and trafficking of Africa.
[00:06:13] during the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime
[00:06:16] against humanity, descendants of enslaved Africans and
[00:06:20] many across the continent, now hope it will help push through the long
[00:06:24] running campaign to write the historic wrongs the
[00:06:28] slave trade and its enduring legacies, as Isaac Kalaji
[00:06:32] reports. Thomas Abanqua is a
[00:06:35] historian and guide at Gane's Cape Coast
[00:06:39] Castle. He helps preserve the memory.
[00:06:43] of one of his nation's darkest
[00:06:45] chapters, thousands of Africans
[00:06:48] passed through these dungeons before being shipped
[00:06:52] across the Atlantic. They were part of at
[00:06:56] least 12.5 million Africans taken
[00:07:00] and sold between the 15th and 19th
[00:07:03] centuries. More than 200 years
[00:07:06] after the transatlantic slave trade ended, its
[00:07:10] impact remains deeply emotional. "I would say
[00:07:14] most often we talk about the inslavement of
[00:07:17] Africans
[00:07:18] and as well we also talk about the impact
[00:07:21] and things that are actually happened in here over the years that th actually
[00:07:25] have taken place. Halima Baghdadi is an
[00:07:29] African-American tourist who believes her
[00:07:32] ancestors came from here. A human being would do
[00:07:36] something to another human being. You would even cheat an animal that
[00:07:39] way. For me is very emotional. you can
[00:07:42] see
[00:07:47] my answers had to do, had to go through all of this.
[00:07:51] in March, the UN general assembly declared the
[00:07:54] transatlantic slave trade the gravous crime against
[00:07:58] humanity. Gana let that effort and has
[00:08:02] since pushed for a unified African position on
[00:08:06] reparative justice. Along with Caribbean
[00:08:09] nations, they are seeking former apologies.
[00:08:16] of stolen cultural heritage from countries that profitted from slavery
[00:08:22] and the and return colonialism. for many, justice and
[00:08:25] reparations are essential to addressing this painful
[00:08:28] legacy, but despite the growing calls for accountability,
[00:08:32] it's still unclear how reparative justice will
[00:08:36] ultimately take shape. some former
[00:08:39] colonial powers oppose reparations. arguing that
[00:08:43] today's generation should not be held accountable
[00:08:47] for the actions the past, but abanqa
[00:08:50] disagrees, reparation don't just come in form of
[00:08:54] let's say money, where when talk about reparation, people are looking
[00:08:58] at restitutions are there, they took a lot of artifacts and as
[00:09:02] well traditional stuff from us. Ghana plans to
[00:09:05] highlight the actions taken since the resolution was
[00:09:09] passed as world leaders meet at this years. UN general
[00:09:13] assembly, they also hope that with international backing
[00:09:17] for justice and restitution, the push for
[00:09:20] reparation will soon become a reality.
[00:09:24] Isaac Kalaji, africa matters, Accra.
[00:09:28] So Antonio Guteres's time as UN Secretary general
[00:09:32] ends on December 31st this year, so there
[00:09:36] are eight candidates who are in the race to succeed
[00:09:39] him, including two from Africa. You see them right
[00:09:43] there, the former Senegalese President Marquisal who is arguing
[00:09:47] a major overhaul the UN Security Council while also
[00:09:51] calling for stronger support ease the debt buttons weighing
[00:09:55] on developing countries. We also have Ugandan
[00:09:58] diplomat and former UN under secretary general
[00:10:01] Olara Otunu who is vowing to press ahead with
[00:10:05] institutional reforms and place priority on
[00:10:08] resolving major international conflicts.
[00:10:13] Right, let's hear more from Dubai sino. He is the managing partner and
[00:10:16] chief executive of next year SPD that security
[00:10:20] peace and development, an international consulting firm working
[00:10:24] in. Nigeria and across Africa, he joins me from
[00:10:28] Abuja in Nigeria, thank you very much as always for making the
[00:10:32] time for this conversation, so African countries
[00:10:35] have collectively lobbied and pushed through two very
[00:10:39] important UN resolutions this year. The question is,
[00:10:43] can they do the same to finally get a permanent
[00:10:47] seat at the UN Security Council table? Thank
[00:10:51] you for inviting me, I think they can.
[00:10:55] why i may not give all the credit to the African
[00:10:59] states and government, i may maybe give them a bit of it, but i
[00:11:03] want to give this credit more to the African Civil
[00:11:05] society, the most these push you're seeing
[00:11:09] are coming from African civil society,
[00:11:13] incidentally or luckily enough we equally have civil
[00:11:16] society from the west helping and
[00:11:20] that's what the result you are seeing and more importantly you could
[00:11:24] see the quality. of products from Africa, I mean
[00:11:28] human products across most these
[00:11:31] international development organizations, you will see
[00:11:35] the quality of Africans who are there from the world bank, the UN and
[00:11:39] so on, it means that Africa is making a statement with the
[00:11:43] quality of people is producing, and this quality of people is
[00:11:47] rubbing on on the nature the civil society that we have in
[00:11:50] Africa, and this civil society are putting
[00:11:54] pressure. on the African states and government who are in
[00:11:57] turn giving the lead to what we are witnessing, so
[00:12:01] I still believe vividly that Africa may because the
[00:12:05] pressure from African Civil society as well as civil
[00:12:09] society across most the western state, especially the three
[00:12:13] permanent the five permanent seat members where you have
[00:12:16] their members asking them to allow a seat for Africa or
[00:12:20] so and that's the result we are saying. let's wait and see
[00:12:24] now we have some key issues here, climate, finance, debt
[00:12:28] relief and fairer global financial rules, what
[00:12:32] substantial results can African nations actually get this
[00:12:36] time round at this years Ungar? I mean, these
[00:12:40] these are issue of diplomacy, um, why I may
[00:12:44] not be so certain about how much we can get,
[00:12:47] but if you know that to to most African states
[00:12:51] this almost like ritual, is like jambury, so... I don't know how
[00:12:55] well prepared a lot them are, but if I may
[00:12:59] say with the civil society, um, you could see
[00:13:03] that most them take a lot out of what happens of
[00:13:06] hunger, and when they come back the next year, they
[00:13:10] are well prepared, I mean for Africa to get lot from
[00:13:13] Hunga, it could be um, the kind of
[00:13:17] leadership the AU, the African Union may have
[00:13:20] given, that I doubt, I doubt that from what we
[00:13:24] see. maybe the war going on in Congo, the war going on
[00:13:28] in Somalia, how the African Union have intervened and
[00:13:31] and has helped in leading that, if we cannot
[00:13:35] be solving our own local problem, how can we
[00:13:39] influence such a big issues in in in
[00:13:43] in the global stage, especially with the UN, I may not assure
[00:13:47] you of everything, but like they say um the the
[00:13:50] the
[00:13:51] the test the puding is in the eating, I believe that stating our
[00:13:55] case continuous pressure may, it may not be this
[00:13:58] year,
[00:13:59] but um, it may get us to where we want to be, especially with the
[00:14:03] rise the middle powers like Turkey, Brazil,
[00:14:07] helping in championing our case, uh, it might be,
[00:14:11] maybe not today, but maybe tomorrow, you mentioned the civil
[00:14:15] society organization lot, which makes me curious about our African
[00:14:18] leaders, are you in other words saying the let us down, at least or
[00:14:22] they've left the continent down, is thus far?
[00:14:26] mean, they they've not, they've not um done as much as we
[00:14:30] expected, they are no, they are no is or bts
[00:14:34] about that, the African state haven't tried as much as we
[00:14:38] expected, but that's why you could see the the civil
[00:14:41] society from the churches to the
[00:14:44] traditional to the NGOs, championing most
[00:14:48] the courts um the state could be doing, mean it's no
[00:14:52] against saying that the informal governance in Africa. is doing lot
[00:14:56] than the former governance, so and um, I
[00:15:00] believe that the pressure from the civil societies could could help um
[00:15:03] unlock some the things the state is unable to
[00:15:07] do. All right, so let's talk about another key issue,
[00:15:11] which is the transatlantic slave trade reparations that was brought
[00:15:15] by Gana in March this year, quite historic, I would
[00:15:18] say, what does
[00:15:19] that reveal about global justice and how likely it is or is
[00:15:23] it to translate into? concrete policy commitments, global
[00:15:27] diplomacy is not almost um, has never been
[00:15:31] a te party right, so is one
[00:15:34] where um things... dog eat
[00:15:38] dogs, let's be honest about that, I'm not sure what we're going to
[00:15:42] get, but for the fact that we take we've taken it to
[00:15:45] that height of um advocacy and
[00:15:48] diplomacy um is the way to go,
[00:15:52] probably with if we
[00:15:53] are able to get one of us elected as the secretary general the the
[00:15:57] UN, maybe that might be another pathway towards what we can
[00:16:01] get. I know you mentioned it, but I want to talk about it, the
[00:16:04] UN sector and position gutieres is... time ends on December
[00:16:08] 31st, we have two contenders from Africa, former Senegalese president
[00:16:12] Makisal, Ugandan diplomat in former UN under secretary general
[00:16:16] or Lara Otun, what are their chances, because there's also been
[00:16:20] talk about getting woman to lead the global body,
[00:16:24] but what are the chances these two Africans? yeah, I i had wish
[00:16:28] that um two the Amazons that we have in two them are from
[00:16:32] Nigeria, um, if either them had um thrown her
[00:16:36] cup, you into the field, but I wish
[00:16:40] Africa could equally scale down to one between the
[00:16:43] two, I mean two them coming out to contest with my
[00:16:47] speed a kind of speed the vote into two,
[00:16:51] I'm not sure what their chances are, considering
[00:16:55] that we recently had two other Africans
[00:16:58] um who held on who who were appointed as
[00:17:01] secretary general, not not not more than 20 years ago,
[00:17:05] so I'm not a british but... and
[00:17:09] Kofian nan, so I'm not sure how this will play, but I
[00:17:13] wish we could present only one candidate, but that's that
[00:17:16] shows, that shows the strength the African Union, it
[00:17:20] shows the African Union is almost like paper tiger,
[00:17:24] because if he's as strong as it is, he could have find a way to for
[00:17:28] Africa to present just one candidate, do we see their
[00:17:31] managing partner and chief executive of next year
[00:17:35] SPD, thank you very much sir for your time. and valuable
[00:17:39] contribution
[00:17:46] to Nigeria now, where Africa's biggest refinery has
[00:17:49] opened its doors to investors, billionaire Alico Dangotte
[00:17:53] is seeking to raise 1.6 billion US dollars in the
[00:17:57] continent's biggest initial public offering or IPO and
[00:18:01] it's already drawing huge interest. Kubra akorch has
[00:18:05] the story. chance to own a piece
[00:18:09] of one of Africa's biggest businesses, shares in
[00:18:12] Aliko Dangode's giant oil refinery
[00:18:16] recently went on sale, giving Nigerians a
[00:18:19] stake a business that has already transformed the country's fuel
[00:18:23] market. Now we are owning back our Nigerian
[00:18:27] oil, so I believe the group, investing in that group is the
[00:18:30] lifetime opportunity, being imagine being a part
[00:18:34] owner of something that is Nigerian that will grow. The
[00:18:38] $1.6 billion share sale is the
[00:18:41] largest initial public offering in the African
[00:18:44] continent and in the history of Nigeria. It's also
[00:18:48] country's first fully digital IPO aimed at retail
[00:18:52] investors. Several investment apps crashed
[00:18:56] as people tried to buy a minimum of 10 shares
[00:19:00] costing around $40. By the end of day one we
[00:19:04] had cleared around 70% the backlog and by the start of. business on
[00:19:08] day two, we had cleared 100% the backlog and
[00:19:11] now we, are good to go, we've increased our
[00:19:15] capacity just by you massive orders of
[00:19:18] magnitude. Africa's richest man says the aim is to make
[00:19:22] ownership accessible to ordinary Nigerians. Now we
[00:19:26] are looking at what do we create, what do you want to really create? what
[00:19:30] you want to create is the likes of Amazon, the likes of
[00:19:34] Microsoft, why people bought these shares for next to? nothing
[00:19:38] and now those shares have become something big, the
[00:19:42] refinery has shaped Nigeria's fuel market since it
[00:19:46] began operation in 2024, helping the country that
[00:19:49] once relied heavily on imports to produce more of its
[00:19:53] own. It can process 700 thousand barrels of oil a
[00:19:57] day with Dangode planning to more than double that to
[00:20:01] 1.4 million barrels a day by 2029. The
[00:20:05] company also plans to launch a massive... refinery plant of
[00:20:08] Kenya's coast, linking it to the East African
[00:20:12] market, but despite the excitement, investing is
[00:20:16] still out of reach for many Nigerians, we are trying to
[00:20:19] survive, it's a good development, but it's
[00:20:23] not for for the poor, for poor people like
[00:20:26] us, but if you have money you can invest in it, but for
[00:20:30] we we are trying to survive, keep it
[00:20:33] going, the IPO values the refinery at around.
[00:20:50] can deliver on his company's share
[00:20:52] value. Africa
[00:20:55] matters. Across africa, informal
[00:20:58] businesses like market stoles and hairdresses provide
[00:21:02] work and affordable services for millions of people.
[00:21:06] But governments want to bring more these businesses under formal
[00:21:09] regulation, but how can they do that without harming the
[00:21:13] livelihoods they support? Elias Abgi finds
[00:21:16] out. Pavements, residential street.
[00:21:20] public spaces: in almost all cities in Africa,
[00:21:24] informal businesses find room wherever they can,
[00:21:27] clothes, stalls and food sellers often bring affordable goods
[00:21:31] onto streets and neighborhoods, providing a job and
[00:21:34] income. it's a survival economy. young
[00:21:38] person who has finished training but cannot find a job in the formal sector takes
[00:21:42] refuge in the informal sector to survive, hoping something will happen in the
[00:21:46] future. the international labor organization estimates
[00:21:50] nearly 83% of employment in Africa is
[00:21:54] informal. It includes street trading and employees
[00:21:57] working without contracts or social protection. Earning
[00:22:01] living doesn't necessarily generate enough money to build
[00:22:04] registered business. We do not
[00:22:08] yet have opportunities to formalize our businesses, and at the same
[00:22:12] time we lack the means to do so. The little we earn during the
[00:22:16] day goes toward feeding our families and meeting our needs.
[00:22:20] Consequently, we cannot save enough to hope to break out the
[00:22:23] situation and move to the next stage, but working
[00:22:27] without licenses often brings traders into conflict with
[00:22:31] the authorities. Governments have used all sorts of measures
[00:22:35] ranging from demolutions and seizures to training and
[00:22:38] support, but clearing public space leaves another
[00:22:42] question unresolved. Where should the businesses
[00:22:45] go? We want the state to find our shops or space.
[00:22:50] is where
[00:22:50] we can work normally since it doesn't want us to sell our goods in the
[00:22:54] streets. governments want more small businesses to
[00:22:58] pay tax, even though not all informal work flies
[00:23:02] under the radar. if i'm paying tax now, i'm just paying because is
[00:23:06] um something that is is right for me to do, but
[00:23:09] benefit no, we don't even have people
[00:23:13] coming around doing what gover supposed to do, we
[00:23:17] do it on our own. economists. that easier
[00:23:21] registration must come with access to finance and safe
[00:23:24] places where small businesses can operate, that would
[00:23:28] give traders support to grow and boost their fortunes as well
[00:23:32] as the formal economy, africa
[00:23:36] matters. to South Africa now, where closed
[00:23:40] mines in Johannesburg are often plended for what little gold
[00:23:43] remains, and as Bahar Ur reports, the damage cost
[00:23:47] is far more than a hole in the ground.
[00:23:51] These man-made piles of earth across Johannesburg are known
[00:23:55] locally as mine dumps. They are historical reminders
[00:23:59] of this mining city once known as the city of
[00:24:03] gold. The mines have long been abandoned after the
[00:24:07] last official mine in the city closed in May
[00:24:10] 1997. Since then illegal miners
[00:24:14] have moved in. I make over
[00:24:17] $600 a month and I will send some of it. to support my
[00:24:20] children, but their digging is making it
[00:24:24] unsafe for residencia and they're also accused of
[00:24:28] damaging electricity cables, water pipes and
[00:24:31] roads. today people are living in fears,
[00:24:35] some the people are left without anything, they don't have houses
[00:24:39] anymore, some the people left the area, they don't have life
[00:24:43] anymore, they don't know where to work to start to rebuild their
[00:24:47] houses because their houses have been taken over by this
[00:24:50] illegal mining, but the damage caused by these
[00:24:54] illegal mines is not limited to land and
[00:24:57] infrastructure, it often comes with violent
[00:25:01] crime. the families or residents are always in
[00:25:04] fear, terrorized, um, there's been rape
[00:25:08] cases, there's a lot of um kidnapping for ransom that is
[00:25:12] done by these guys and it's their activities are not only limited
[00:25:16] to mining, they also um target uh
[00:25:20] electricity cables, as you saw, they dig these trenches on the
[00:25:23] roads. In 2024, South Africa lost over
[00:25:27] 3 billion dollars to illegal mining, according to government
[00:25:31] data. A study done in May this year shows that
[00:25:35] nearly 6,100 mining sites have been
[00:25:38] abandoned, many are still unsafe and
[00:25:42] easily accessible. Between 5% and 30% of
[00:25:46] South Africa's total gold output is estimated to be.
[00:25:50] and traded illegally, more than 200
[00:25:54] soldiers have been deployed to assist police in fighting
[00:25:57] crime, gang violence and illegal mining until
[00:26:01] march next year. but for those living in the shadow these
[00:26:05] abandoned minds, winning the battle against criminal
[00:26:08] networks, can't come soon enough. Bahar Uighur,
[00:26:12] Africa matters. Meanwhile, more than
[00:26:15] 2,500 delegates from 44 African
[00:26:18] countries and Turkish business leaders gathered in Istanbul,
[00:26:22] build, trade and investment ties. It comes as Turkey's
[00:26:26] exports to Africa jumped 12% to 11
[00:26:29] billion dollars in the first half of 2026. with total trade
[00:26:33] now around $40 billion dollars. Brenda Zedda Radido has
[00:26:37] more from the Forum Venue. The gathering comes as
[00:26:41] TK and African nations seek to
[00:26:44] expand trade, investment and long-term business
[00:26:48] partnerships for African businesses. Turkey offers
[00:26:52] manufacturing, logistics and investment connections. This type of
[00:26:56] meeting are very important because it gives the opportunity to the two side to
[00:26:59] meet, to our business people to meet with Turkish. business operators
[00:27:03] in order to see how to make joint ventures together
[00:27:06] to build factories, industries in our African
[00:27:10] countries, because we have huge potentials. for Turkish companies,
[00:27:14] Africa represents a growing market for exports, investment
[00:27:18] and industrial cooperation. there are many areas that the
[00:27:22] turkish know-how and technology that needs to go in,
[00:27:26] one them would definitely be technology, so that's an
[00:27:30] area that needs to be supported and it's an area that everybody
[00:27:33] should keep focus on, I would also say
[00:27:37] there are areas that are in production needs to
[00:27:41] be brought to Africa, the Turkish expertise in car
[00:27:45] production for example, metallic works. Turkey's
[00:27:49] economic engagement with the African continent has expanded
[00:27:52] sharply over the past two decades. Turkey has signed
[00:27:56] 50 trade agreements with African nations, including the free trade
[00:28:00] agreements with Egypt, Tunese. Morocco and
[00:28:03] Mauritius, while negotiations on free trade agreements continue
[00:28:07] with Ghana, Cameroon, Libya and the Democratic Republic the
[00:28:11] Congo. The total value of projects undertaken by Turkish
[00:28:15] contracting companies in Africa has reached nearly 100
[00:28:18] billion dollars. This projects spanning across the continent have
[00:28:22] made significant contributions to Africa's development.
[00:28:26] From Istanbul, the message at FX 2026 is
[00:28:30] clear. The future. Relations between
[00:28:33] Africa and Turkey will not only depend on trade, but it will
[00:28:37] require long-term investments and partnerships. Brenda
[00:28:41] Zadaradido for Africa Marters, Istanbul,
[00:28:44] tokia. That's our show this week on
[00:28:48] African matters, what can the African continent achieve
[00:28:51] at this year's UN general assembly? You can leave your comments on our
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[00:28:59] goodbye from me, Grace, Korea.
[00:30:10] Iran's security chief says the US has been given seven
[00:30:14] conditions for restarting talks as Donald Trump
[00:30:17] considers his next move in
[00:30:19] the standoff, or he is due to meet golf leaders in New
[00:30:23] York on the sidelines the UN general assembly a shipping disruption
[00:30:27] goes on in the straight of Hamos. Hello and
[00:30:31] welcome to TRT World. Live from Istanbul, you're with me Katie Pilbu,
[00:30:35] also ahead on the program for you. A refinery near Moscow is
[00:30:39] a blaze after hundreds of Ukrainian drones launched at the
[00:30:42] Russian capital on the final day of parliament elections
[00:30:46] there. And weeks after a far right party scored its first
[00:30:50] regional election victory since World War Two. German voters are
[00:30:54] going to the polls in
[00:30:55] Berlin.