Has gone up in. South africas new president admits the failures of the past and balance to work towards a Better Future in the state of the nation address. A state of emergency is declared in ethiopia after the sudden resignation of the Prime Minister. And silent without boundaries on fashion week opens with a focus on diversity and social issues. Im joining us roscoe with the sports page is nothing but a number unless its the world number one Roger Federer returns to the top of the tennis rankings becoming the oldest player to do so at thirty six. We begin in the United States where a federal jury is charged thirteen russian nationals and three Russian Companies sponsor the investigation into alleged interference in the twenty sixteen president ial election won by donald trump a court says that actions started as early as two thousand and fourteen President Trump has responded in characteristic style via twitter saying it significantly predates his president ial campaign so proves that could have been no collusion well u. S. Deputy attorney general says the russians a was to undermine faith in the american political system this indictment serves as a reminder that people are not always who they appear to be on the. The indictment alleges that the russian conspirators want to promote discord in the United States and undermine Public Confidence in democracy we must not allow them to succeed the department of justice will continue to work oh opportunely with other Law Enforcement intelligence agencies and with the congress to defend our nation against similar current and future efforts. Apache cryin joins us from outside the Russian Embassy in washington and has that been any response from the russians. From the Russian Foreign ministry of perhaps somewhat appropriately on social media facebook saying that thirteen people really could take on the bill that the intelligence agencies here they get billions of dollars and that they could go thirteen people go against intelligence and counterintelligence against the latest developments in technology absurd yes with a question mark so thats the response from the Russian Foreign ministry as you mentioned interim tweeting out a statement saying this proves there is no collusion and that it didnt impact the results of the election as for the collusion part we do know that it started in two thousand and fourteen but if you read the indictment these russian activists according to the f. B. I. And the special prosecutor clearly wanted donald trump to win they had paid for facebook ads social media ads they paid for rallies all aimed at promoting donald trump and really targeting the hot button social issues that divide this country they posed as black activists and one Facebook Post was the army of jesus so they really tried to sow discord according to this indictment into the election process and they really wanted to go against Hillary Clinton in one instance they say that these russian computer hackers paid an unwitting american citizen to rent a flatbed truck at a rally they had organized in favor of donald trump before the election in florida and paid another to put in a costume of Hillary Clinton and stand in a cage as you know donald trump often said lock her up what weve seen though since his election is that the aides closest to him are either pleading guilty or being indicted and now this is goes further to prove what the russian but the u. S. Intelligence agencies have been saying from the beginning that the russians did very purposefully try to interfere with the election this was no small operation according to. The indictment hundreds of people work there a budget of more than a Million Dollars a month they gave you an address in St Petersburg and give the detail that they even worked a day shift and night shift or they had a list of u. S. Holidays so that they could target their tweets and their posts so that they sounded very american. All right thanks very much patsy cline with all the latest on that story from washington. Well south africas new president several rama poster has made his first state to all the nation address a day after being sworn in speaking in cape town opposes said he would need to take tough decisions to achieve the size of the countrys fiscal deficit and stabilize debt after years of weak growth from a post office that he wanted South Africans to pull together to end corruption well one people committed to Work Together to find jobs for us to build factories and roads houses and clear thinks to prepare our children for a world of change and progress to build cities and towns where families may be safe productive and there may be content we are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity that does not tolerate that plunder of Public Resources know that fifty by culprits criminals of their hard earned savings of ordinary people. For me to men has more on this now from cape town. President still room opposed they used the beginning of his first state of the nation address to thank former president jacob zuma for what he said was his role in this political transition zuma resigned just two days ago but he also went on to talk about the importance of Ethical Leadership and also ending the looting and plundering of state resources certainly a striking the right note with South Africans who would become disgruntled with the Political Leadership in the last few years accused of gross corruption much of from opposers address focused on the Economy Development growing the economy creating jobs and specifically called the youth young people in south africa at least half of them dont have jobs theres a twenty six percent Unemployment Rate and remote forces used this address to talk about how you will create jobs will boost Investor Confidence and Business Confidence in south africa he also touched on the work that will happen in the agricultural and Mining Industries no one area that has been very controversial for the government has been that of land appropriation without compensation the government has said that it would want to return land to p two people well and was taken from them during apartheid and colonialism this hasnt been an issue that has been resolved adequately but its one that roma says that hes committed to hes also used this address to ask South Africans to remain united and put the negativity of the past few years behind them. All to discuss the summer im joined by chris fandom a Research Analyst with the Africa Program a think tank Chatham House here in london thanks very much for coming in to speak to us so it was a bold speech by the new president of south africa he spoke he said that. This is the end which will turn the tide of corruption in our Public Institutions how difficult is it going to be for him to fulfill these promises its going to be very difficult not least because within his own party there are those who have benefited from the patronage and the graft of the last ten years so these promises of Party Renewal are going to be difficult for him to deliver on per he did make some clear promises around what he can do in things around the leadership of the n. P. A. For example and i think that in a different meter what jacob zuma has done hes going to want to redraw that line between the executive and the judiciary so where he is going to be able to tackle corruption he will in some of the areas of where people may want to see. People being held accountable for what is going on in the past i dont think hes going to instigate any kind of which arent and i dont think that thats what people would expect from him why would they not expect it because zuma has departed from office under such a cloud of bribery allegations there was a real sense of there being a lack of accountability and a lack of justice dont people want to see present ramaphosa well really look at historical cases of corruption even if it particularly if it involves powerful members of the a. N. C. Yeah and i think that jacob zuma if it comes to it will see his day in court and there will be prosecutions where prosecutions are necessary i think that what rahm opposer is going to be putting forward is more of a pattern of tidying up Government Departments and thats where the real issue is is not necessarily this the expropriation and the graft at the top of government the real issue in south africa is that it goes from top to bottom and its more about creating those Economic Opportunities in the perry urban areas in the rural areas where for so long access to political resources has meant access to economic. Resources and its about breaking that cycle thats going to be much more difficult and and yes as you know diffuse spoke about taking tough decisions often with the economy takes time for reform for the benefit of reforms to be felt by people. How difficult is it going to be for him to really reach the fruits of that ahead of an election which is only in a years time what weve seen since the elective conference last year is a gravitational shift within the African National congress that is led to this process has taken place over the last week and a half where. Has been negotiating with jacob zuma as the party has gone through this process of trying to remove him moving towards the ne see what happened during that time is that South Africans got so intensely preoccupied with this that essentially weve had a transition from a president to a Deputy President and yet theyre selling this mood of the new york and this mood of new beginning and you see a lot of that in his speech including with his reference to hew message teller and its all about this idea that this is a new start and this is a new beginning and even though theres a lot of continuity here hes trying to sell this as a real moment of change and a fresh start for the country thanks very much for putting it all into perspective for us chris found a Research Analyst at the Africa Program if hes at the think tank Chatham House on out moving to our other big story a state of emergency has been declared in ethiopia a day after the unexpected resignation of the Prime Minister desolate in a country seen a wave of protests fueled by ethnic divisions eve barker reports. The streets of ethiopias capital addis ababa appear calm but the countrys Political Landscape is slipping deeper into crisis. Of friday ethiopias ruling e. P. R. I. F. T. Coalition decided to impose emergency rule to stem a recent wave of antigovernment protests there is no indication of how long the measures will be in place the announcement comes a day after the sudden resignation of Prime Minister haile mariam to sell a new leader of ethiopia since two thousand and twelve he said he was stepping down in a bid to smooth reforms. The countrys been troubled by years of unrest by ethnic groups of the m r a n r romeo regions who say theyve been marginalized by the government a ten month state of emergency ended last year but failed to stop protests particularly by ethiopias youth who have been calling for the release of Political Prisoners dozens of demonstrators have been killed and many more injured as skinned a neg is one of six thousand Political Prisoners released by the government since january in a bid to ease growing tensions. To be and could look at it with ethiopia as one large prison i say this because there is no democracy in the country this is a dictatorship we have to change big prison into a Democratic StateOpposition Leaders say ethiopias Ruling Coalition has lost its all farty that demanding all parties be involved in mapping the countrys future. You know this country and they are funded really it is too big for one political group. To run zaf hundred Million People even with the resignation of the Prime Minister the governments tight grip on the country continues and so inevitably will the protests leave park and al jazeera. Unwin version is the Deputy Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council she joins us live now from washington d. C. First of all what does this state of emergency involves in ethiopia and how long is it likely to last effectively the declaration of a state of emergency is the declaration of martial law in the country ethiopians on a good day have virtually no rights no freedom of association no freedom of speech and the declaration of of basically martial law is an opportunity for the military to take control it basically prioritizes the military Decision Making process above the civilian process and so its in the past been used as an opportunity for quite brutal action against peaceful demonstrators what then do you read into the sudden and unexpected resignation of the Prime Minister does it end what why did it happen now its very hard to get a read on whats happening inside the ruling party in ethiopia its very opaque it is known to be fairly harshly divided between a group of moderates who believe that the ruling party the purity of needs to reform in order to survive and a group of hardliners who believe that basically that the ruling party can power through the unrest by cracking down. What weve seen in the past few days. Are is a kind of seesawing between authoritarian and peacemaking just hurts you had the release of many important Political Prisoners that the regime has avoided letting out of jail for years coupled with a statement that there was probably going to be a state of emergency which was then followed by a declaration by the information minister that there was not going to be a state of emergency which was then followed by a declaration of a state of emergency and in the middle of that you have the resignation of the Prime Minister who has long been understood to be a puppet of a ruling elite that operates behind the scenes it basically noan up until now has known what to make of the resignation people of thought either the ruling party would make a gesture towards peace and reconciliation by appointing a romo Prime Minister someone who represents the opposition point of view or else it would use the resignation of the Prime Minister as an excuse to declare a state of emergency which many many people think will plunge the country into a state of extreme unrest which could precipitate massive violence unfortunately it looks like the government has taken the latter course arnold thanks very much appreciate your analysis on this Bronwyn BrutonDeputy Director of the Africa Center at the atlanta council. 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