realistic or deluded? akinwumi adesina, welcome to hardtalk. it s good to see you, stephen. it s great to have you here. you need the world to believe in a bright african future. how is that going right now? it s going pretty well. if you take a look at the african economic outlook we had from the african development bank, the gdp growth rate, gdp growth rates last year was 3.1%. this year, it s 3.7%. and next year, it s going to be 4.3%. now, why that is important is that that is well above the global average. you still have ten out of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world being in africa. yeah, it s not quite as good as it sounds because you have fast rising populations across africa. yes, but when you have a lot of global shocks like we have, increasing real interest rates, and you have also a lot of geopolitical risks, you have a lot of inflation all around the world, africa still has its head above the water. yeah, i agree with you that in terms of the population
A nerve agent classed as a Weapon Of Mass Destruction is found on the face of the murdered half brother of north koreas leader. Im live in hollywood, amid the preparations for sunday nights oscars, where it might be the speeches, not the films, that gets everybody talking. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News the world of football reacts to Claudio Ranieris sacking. Jose mourinho said hed been let down by the selfishness of others. Good evening. Theresa may has said winning the copeland by election was an astounding victory for the conservatives. Its the first time a party in government has taken a seat in a by election for 35 years. Labour had held copeland since 1935, but the conservatives overturned a labour majority of more than 2500. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, described the defeat as very disappointing. But he said he wouldnt be standing down. In a second by election in stoke on trent central, labour did see off a challenge from the ukip leader paul nuttall but with a red
Putin. Well see about today. Were looking for the United States to improve this computer glitch. That does it for us. Well see you right back here tomorrow. In the meantime, Stephanie Ruhle picks up the coverage. Good morning, everyone. Im Stephanie Ruhle with a lot to cover today. Starting with answers, emails and calls. Some of President Trumps response to Robert Muellers questions now revealed has new details on the investigation emerged. Latenight phone calls between donald trump and his associate roger stone and the president dangling a pardon for, guess who, Paul Manafort. Emission failure. The va says it will not reimburse all veterans who were paid less due to a technical glitch. Taking stock. Markets surge after the fed chair suggests interest rate
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