Decades after the European powers carved up the African continent for their own imperial needs, Africa is undergoing a new wave of resource and strategic exploitation – some are calling it the new scramble for Africa.

The United States is increasing its footprint across Africa with AFRICOM, fighting terrorism and ensuring stability are the trumpeted motivations. Resource security is a more hushed objective.But it is not just about the US.

During the last decade, China's trade with Africa not only caught up with America's, it has more than doubled it.The new battle for Africa does not deploy strong-arm tactics, it is now a soft power game: economic and humanitarian aid, interest-free loans, preferential trade agreements and investments in infrastructure are currency across a continent that is, for the world's established and emerging powers, seemingly up for grabs.

India, Brazil and Russia are all invested in Africa's present and future, and old imperial powers like France are fixing to retain their loosening grip on the riches of former colonies.So what does all this mean for Africa and Africans?Empire travels to Kenya to examine the continent at the centre of the world as it is courted, cajoled and carved up by global powers to its East and West.

Struggling to support her family, Fauzia Muthoni left her home in Kenya for Qatar, where a labor broker promised her work as a receptionist.

Instead, she was taken to Saudi Arabia where was forced into domestic work for multiple families and physically abused. Unable to contact her family, she worked for months before finally escaping.

Now back in Kenya, Fauzia works with the KUDHEIHA, a Kenya-based union for domestic workers, educating women on their rights when they seek to migrate for work abroad.

We are joined at 'Africanus Talks' by Dr Onyeka Nubia who is with us to talk about his book "Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, their Presence, Status and Origins" and his views on everything else from history to lifestyle!

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Amazing Angel is an 10-year-old Motivational Speaker, entrepreneur and Author of ‘Make It Happen: 5 Steps to Dreaming Big’. She is also a Brand Ambassador for Inspire Girls Rock and an Anti Bullying Ambassador for The Diana Award.

Angel’s journey started when she was just an 8-year-old and since then, she has been embarking on an inspiring and empowering journey to inspire other young people like her to Dream Big and Believe in themselves.

We trust that you enjoy this interview from Amazing Angel as she seeks to inspire us all to dream big and achieve our goals not matter our circumstances!

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How Chinese Money is Changing Housing in Africa | China/Africa Big Business |

Business Documentary from 2013 In the second episode, we look into how Chinese money is going to build homes in Tanzania and Angola. We also investigate the role of Chinese companies in agriculture in Angola. This series looks at how big Chinese enterprises have found a foothold in Africa, how they’ve often had to adapt their approach and strategies to fit the African market, and how Chinese and African employers, employees and business partners have learned from and influenced one another.

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Interview with President Mugabe (2003) - In June 2003, SABC Special Assignment's reporter was granted an exclusive interview with Robert Mugabe.

The final update from Al Baydha Project Co-founder Neal Spackman, 9 years in. How desertification resulted from the loss of an indigenous land management system, and how the land has changed since all inputs to the project were ceased in 2016. Neal moved on from Al Baydha in 2018 and can now be contacted at https://regenerativeresources.co

The species that worked the best for us were Ziziphus Spinachristi, Moringa Peregrina, commiphora gileadensis, prosopis spp (though this one we likely won't continue planting in the future), and the local acacias.

Music by Faisal Alawi, and by Olafur Arnalds (performed by Voces 8).

معلومات عن نتائج مشروع البيضاء و الزراعة المستدامة التي اسست في جبال ٥٠ كيلومتر جنوب مكه المكرمة
موسيقة: فيصل علوي و الفور ارنالدز

Trees -- such as those of the Faidherbia genus -- are planted in fields or pastures as natural fertilizer. Intercropping with trees on farmland has now become popular. In Zambiamore than 160,000 farmers plant Faidherbia trees in their fields. Farmers in Niger have been able to make 4.8 million hectares of land greener and more fertile, thanks to these EverGreen Agriculture.