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color again the headlines on al-jazeera the u.n. special envoy to mean maher is warning of severe consequences if the military step steps up its crackdown on demonstrations protesters are back on the streets for an 11th day voicing their anger over this month's military coup scott idler has more from bangkok one group we are hearing today that's going to go out specifically we don't know what location they're going to go to is a group of monks about 50 buddhist monks are going to go out in protest within yangon you know when we look at what's been happening over the last several days in yangon that's we've seen the biggest the biggest groups gather there a couple of pinpoint locations strategic locations embassies the united nations office and then yesterday monday we saw them go out in front of the the bank the central bank there in yangon and that's we saw a pretty heavy military presence so that's probably something we're going to see again repeated today. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi has announced plans to form an independent commission to investigate last month's assault on capitol hill several republicans have also

voiced support for an independent investigation. that would report on the facts on causes of the attack in which 5 people died iraq's president has condemned a series of rocket attacks in the northern city of erbil calling it a dangerous escalation and group says it targeted a base for u.s. forces one foreign civilian contractor was killed danny is trying to track down anyone who had contact with people infected with ebola an outbreak has killed 5 people and 10 are showing symptoms. to democracy activists in hong kong have pleaded guilty to organizing an illegal assembly and $21007.00 others denied the charges including media tycoon jimmy ly and martin lee it's related to a demonstration in august 21000 and gainst beijing's influence those are the headlines inside story is coming up next. is there a. tell us a really

a case where somebody is compensated for the use we listen to the only music you hear is the only the most beautiful music in the world is silence meet with global news makers and tweet about the stories the. 0. france rethinks its commitment to the saddle region of africa the president considers pulling out some troops a year after boosting numbers to fight on groups but the campaign is not going well so after 3 years is it time for a new approach this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program how much you enjoy him a campaign against armed groups in the south had in africa has now been going on for 8 years soldiers from france and 5 countries of the region working

a fast so chad mali more tanya and these air are battling fighters linked to eisele and outside them but the offensive is making little headway regional leaders are meeting in chad's capital in jamaica to discuss what to do next french president emmanuel mccall is joining via video link he's considering cutting troop numbers as public opinion in france turns against the operation armed groups still hold large swaths of territory and burkina faso as prime minister has said his government won't rule out eventually negotiating with the fighters i'm a dangerous is monitoring developments from lagos in nigeria. the mood in the region is not of concern concern that any potential french withdrawal will expose most communities to a touch by the armed groups even with the presence of 5100 french soldiers in the south regional armies esteem struggling to deal with escalating attacks from the armed groups approaching and breaking a fossil and mali although that are reports that china is trying to send in 1000

forces to support forces in the region a lot of people here feel that it's in our get pretty do with the situation on the ground 2020 and particular was a violent for both civilian and military personnel in the region now would be attempt by chuck to send in 1000 troops to support regional armies according to some reports many experts here believe that that would be enough any potential withdrawal by french forces would leave a huge vacuum vacuum in terms of military personnel and hardware as well as intelligence which the chaldean forces over there but to harden from their own civil war and fighting many bottles in the region may not have the necessary intelligence and hardware to deal with the onslaught by the armed groups in the region now moving judge and forces away from fox sports like the region regional forces are buckley. and i swap will mean that they'll be less concentration on less

attention to the fight against boko haram and i saw in the region bordering nigeria . and is yet a public which of course when mean that the armed groups operating in that area may have a loophole to exploit in the region. reporter for inside story. france has been heavily involved in military operations aimed at stabilizing the region one year ago france agreed to send hundreds of additional troops to south and since then it's claimed a number of victories against armed groups but critics say they haven't resulted in lasting stability violence has escalated in the past year more than 7000 people have been killed and nearly 2000000 displaced by the fighting france is now planning to reduce troop numbers and seeking broader international support to stabilize the region. all right let's bring in our guests in bomb acoa molly or nella i want to ron is head of the sad program at the institute for security studies joining us from accra

in ghana chukwuemeka as the executive director of the west africa network for peace building and then yeah one day in cameroon. president of africa international media group a warm welcome to you all or no let me start with you today france is considering reducing its military commitment in the south is it likely that that would be announced at this summit yes indeed. the summit wraps up already he's been meeting a number of. statements that the doubts the possibility of them because it just seems that this adds that it's not exactly clear at this meeting but it's. based in states you know go out of their presence no reduction or they're really into the region in an easy exit but it would be the 6. presidents.

that will said to me last year this leaders of their. mission are in the direction of. rehabilitation. mentioned the names at the same time it's raise questions about whether this is the right time. when national armies be made but there were all in this mother how much has french public opinion turned against france's in gauge meant in the south and what does french president macro want to see come out of this summit. again you know i don't think that much of the dissatisfaction of us the bought with presents on back i'm sad comes from french public opinion it comes even more strong mildly and from from from the ground i would say. obviously

when you have your friends or he is being killed back what happened what is happening many times been happening many times you have a question in the rest what are we doing there but at the. present macau can we live with it but what is it been more what how could add it could lead to a change in that you have in mind many groups protesting you have a very good and mounting atmosphere against the french troops what would say there was a couple weeks ago starring it was maybe by cambone botting a super waiting. and that was probably a mistake just not sure you have denying it but this cannot means the lack of results basically in the last couple months nobody can say today that mining are your sad regions. that than it was when when the horror

of rishon stopped it 8 years ago and even so if things will change it received changes slightly we don't know why it which direction maybe not really reduce the troops because medical teams gives you. the history of military operations well why you know when we see troops coming but well then to go away to have to go it's a bait for us but we might see some changes because even my friend standards debt don't hadn't resigned it what it. and if you look at the west that are. the french minister of defense. what the objectives this is about can pass the object that's what is to

fight against terrorist groups you know and it has been now narrowed down to the fight against at terrorist group in the you know your own there's the border gate and now the 2nd tree is that do you see what's the look at troops look at odds do to have you know upscale their competence and that that man is to the needs so you don't see it 80 years that may jump into movements have been made and as you see the object is i'm not really. supporting you know head being you don't see. a finer point of the operation even in the object so it can be illegal going on. and you know people that i like we see all of them on the means you and the results

i saw they saw or so that something has to change america what are the governments in the south and the people in the region expecting to see as a result of this meeting. i think what's expected what kind of legacy that the french government want to be behind. and i think what has become very clear is that or leave. not address the issues in this i was the last speaker rightly point that was sought simply citizens to also begin to have some form of them. and also those. fuck balls that increase this community this is what amounts you know because you know the time variance of military intervention and actions has news i mean how do you get the indefinite thoughts and even mick malthouse was is that what would at the level of

the u.n. peacekeeping and the level of french. have lost their minds and yet the issues continue to move to be sustained rather than diminish you know so i think what is important and what's the the the 5.3 is out on this ahead and getting the french bookman's let us take a pause and review our terms and uniforms and see where that indeed there is needs to be reviewed the kind of thing that mentions that we are making. goes beyond just military intervention which as looks never even addressed be your primary challenge of and seen the oxys of incidents or nella how much of the hen is under the control of these armed groups and why haven't military operations been able to get control of the situation thus far. well this is america questions so

for the past 8 years we have. been and could and increasing number well. actually is a good you know but national and international security force is. building in the saddle region and yes this is a patient that keeps going west or west that they never have been able shims that mentioned was actually the deadliest your advice to get it it's. getting out that presence there last that i think. one problem that the answerer really. that's developing nature and security. in this and how you have various force of hands and security happening and it's it's rather difficult to keep up with the space and i hope it's going to show that. the required level of what the nation women and amount granted men simply ready boss to send our

international partners based there is so. thick serious business which has been having. constantly spreading and increasing in the region and who are the main targets banks are. can ration but it also includes you know and the regs that remuneration and moves it also includes. spirally a lot of companies there are really going up. and early evenings who have been through increases in. casualties you're actually going to since the situation isn't really a threat from. quantum nation our international and national forces is a challenge that's being addressed as the next next better challenge at least much remains to to be done but have our say france is hoping to get more support from

its european partners when it comes to the fight against armed groups in the sack do you think that we're going to be seeing this happen larry no os has been saying the same that for a while and now i'm there as. some i can has been a 1000000 germans to have some training maybe that's training too or maybe an army you have this kind of inside there that the whole point is that. b b we you cannot. solve the security issue only with military solutions and. everybody has seen that imagine you even animals you know and. yet that day but the fact is that those who had their hands in the horror of rishon. you know that deep snow day it you know i'm complaining about it that we think only in military chance when it comes to.

you know if it comes to establishing institutions restoring institutions in the county it becomes an become still really restore way all sorts of ranty county problems but yeah probably beatrice allusions and we see that today. the godly the area is not what you hear now i mean this record and the threats have been out that the abbey explained it to you. father some solace to try to do you want to do my duty to even send it to the west exit route so don't feel like the situation has been stabbed because only the why didn't you concentrate anything. i'm sure it's and it's missionary

equipment and what people criticize that you cannot you know you quote fool. impoverished villagers with your huge equipments so i didn't know they give children little leaders ill in fact or is it all i don't know what's a little maybe met you know medicine is that got it it's not it's not really something structured and on and under a lot of run to who really had to be able at some point to to to to check what they want parts. earlier this month burkina faso as prime minister said that the country is looking to start negotiations for peace with the armed groups operating in the north and east of the country last year we heard the mali and former mali and president he had initiated similar negotiations are we going to see more countries adopt this strategy. it is very likely on the wrong one because like i say it

could be the choice of just military intervention it alone is not enough issues and the most important thing name any case is how these problems get result because i think i do end of the day yannis them out of riggin. groups. and resolving to problem so something have to give and in our opinion it is important to begin to engage in these kind of negotiations now we bring these to be but also get in the mind that the states needs. i believe because of these characters and also yet in mind and getting the i might also have a few choice facts yeah it's believed that one is the states they will be called. but if you also look at some of the elicits activities that is going on he will be in a monk the which includes

a cost. of money transactions on an illicit form sponsor action then it may be time to also cross that out even if he's a cotton stick upwards to the whole of the shoes or now there was a report released by the international crisis group earlier this month that said that the sec had a stabilization strategy led by france is foundering the report called for a course correction in france's approach i want to ask you are international backers of france's approach disappointed by the results of president mccrone strategy thus far well i mean. the horse trading. is the pricing by. far salberg nations but our international partners they say well it sure is there has to be a considerable amount of money energy and jobs invested in trying to do stuff like that for the region and. that can mean survive so i don't think

the disappointments are questioning more than the past 70 but the best strategy for going to. what needs to be read in syria as my. betters mentioned is the folks in terms of. whether or not it was with reference to beijing when so many already marrying are. so many time and. military budget strategy or a level of credit you need to be planted in that has been a recognition of our broader going back to the. seventy's. this is going to be leading into to resolve yet another element that we really should suffer. more as is the way the ready i've abandoned

interact. you know i don't think it's that you. manage them is that how i could ask you know some that. are already much about that you know about unspent or about. that really. militia also. that he element that's resulted in more dead civilians that are. sort of made sense to militia in an earlier answer you mentioned something that i wanted to ask you a little bit more about you mentioned the fact that the french foreign minister had just recently called for a diplomatic political and development surge to respond to the situation in the sas i wanted to dig a little bit deeper and ask you what more would that entail because there are many who believe that you know a military strategy on its own is not enough there should be this overall strategy that includes governance human rights issues fiscal reforms what do you say to all

that. ok you know. if the foreign ministry is just reflecting. the globe what's the common sense not round the back and the g 5 sad but also the hollow rish because 80 years we've carried tara expanding and it gradually near to grow that it's actually. they something to be that so what the what if at stake here in that they don't want to to look changing sleep as switching too much that was issued so and but they're still open and readable that opened the door i mean. a couple of months just a couple of months ago not what you wanted to or not it's that they change of course change was necessary but now you know there was

a coup in mali with president make out who wins that what is it he's resigned ok let and now the hat again yet and not a military jet there you know and so wish doesn't say anything good about the institutions that so you have that this situation which has been worsening so the french whether one is sort of looked for are a new infant a new i would set a new site meant to go into it and all would not do other activists sort of and with that with retaining their lead it was right much to me generally and that has been the problem. although it's made difficult we know that when you have many groups working together maybe not to have it really you know it is difficult to coordinate coordinate so for this economic efficiency they want to. be

a united front to united. but you cannot. that go on. demeaning way of thinking that the mahdi of the ottomans i'm not fit you are you would do. to lead their fight against what they call it and i just see it we have to do so and we don't want we don't need to listen to the people because they're the french obsession. for terror of terrorism the fight against terrorism. and not approach of the issue you know they are. the people they're charis to you know not all kind of people we have that's. international crime but you have also people who know if i leave.

so is not such you just say the act yeah yeah race i don't we just. go against them we've got jackie in the whole i'm sorry to interrupt you just the word we're just about to run a time and i just want to look at another aspect of all that's going on in the south has such a quick i want to ask you the conflict in the south obviously it has sparked a major humanitarian crisis could you just tell our viewers a little bit about how dire the situation is right now. it is extremely very very very challenging explicitly given the fact that most of these i have countries i'm out on upwards with the economy achieve that is imposed because of the conflict and now you've made more money that's because of the current funding you know and. that's heaps of all these women who continue to suffer from the brunt of the continent and yet if you look at the future of this i have with the level of security the level of. economic and palm you know that the situation is becoming

and that's why we continue that wide in the direction of military might it is important to begin now to devote activities that will ensure resilience of the community and also make them more so he's good at ideas. he suggests because the that is going on in the south all right we've run out of time to we're going to have to leave the conversation there thank you so much to all our guests are now a mother on chukwuemeka as a and mother have been away and thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al-jazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our facebook page at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story from a man a gentleman holding here by for now. the

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