a supply of the natural resources of the chinese the new colonialists in africa. i m not happy with a lot of the things that they are doing there. but we cannot simply condemn the chinese as the infrastructure they are creating is very valuable and. we have to talk to china as i m doing and. we have set up a center for sustainable development at the chinese so we can implement these projects sustainably with highs let me give you an example. in djibouti the chinese have built a new deep sea port. i m not happy at all about the fact that no local people none of the population were employed in this project and that ten thousand chinese workers built this port. this is not the way forward. what we can do though is to bring joint projects forward such as the large bridge project in mozambique designed by german engineers and funded by the trainees. the
primarily as a christian we can t just leave people in poverty hardship and misery. in the autumn maybe a third of the continent is doing well but it. is very diverse the continent is one hundred times bigger than germany. some people think it s all one country but in fact that it s a continent. that. you can board a plane in cairo and fly to cape town it takes ten hours you need a very differentiated approach. you have a very individual focus them i can t name any other city as you politician who would go to like that as a very new said a series seven b.m.w. is not a solution to the automobile shortage in africa we have no sustainable solutions to the mobility problem in emerging nations by we you mean europe and germany that statement sounds more like cloudy a whole lot of the green party when will you be joining her party. or i get on well
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a blind dying to africa s problems you haven t but you still hold yourself responsible. the many people s knowledge of geography and history are indeed not the best including top ranking politicians with the big bad you can almost walk over to africa from to brawl to go. our histories are closely connected we have a great responsibility when it comes to our colonial past. the what. do you reproach yourself for not making ourselves heard or did others not listen to you. i put africa on top of the agenda from my first day in office. who impressed and influenced me greatly prioritized this issue over fifteen years ago for the former german president writes us i m not the first with this focus and now that many african refugees have come to us it has brought the issue home. what we need
union has agreed on the plan africa twenty sixty three. we must insist that they stick to this then we can support them it will only succeed if the commitment comes from the african states and their leaders themselves for fighting corruption equal rights and the full participation of women. i m convinced that africa s women are a crucial key to success because why wouldn t. the government and some of. you say fighting corruption how can you ensure that the money you put into africa will not end up in the hands of the corrupt elite as it so often does. not a single year of german taxpayers money will go to corrupt elite or corrupt states . we only fund our own projects. i mention china here when it comes to development china is a step ahead with beijing is now investing another sixty billion dollars in the african continent to safeguard