african union has to work itself on the structure. the cross country you've got african troops deployed in un peacekeeping operation paid by un to call on you when there will happen the african union will have the tool and neat organized itself the ambassador sorrow and are preparing for the show we saw a lot of the criticism was. you no longer have the likes of mark duffy who used to bankroll the african union to a large extent that a lot of money and also perhaps the leadership in africa isn't what it used to be. one analyst describing how these two have for instance his hand in glove relationship between nigeria's president obasanjo and south africa's present time when becky which you don't see as much anymore i cleaned up we can use it to the beach with the idea of it all up returning them. is it the zoo. is it can also in all african on the ship and we know not only the cool mom woke me up so many famous in all of it he does that add to all our mind or speech. i think he sees an unknown musician would have been in the movement of

we're going to the african union summit in ethiopia. it is taken over by the growing conflict in the central african republic and south sudan. joining me is duncan. thank you for taking some time to talk to us on today's inside look. with the central african republic. the crisis is high on the agenda. what is the diplomatic response from the au to that crisis? >> very much dominating the agenda. it was a meeting yesterday of the peace and security council oneh was addressed by president. he said the situation continues to spiral out of control. he has requested that the international community do more to assist that effort. >> tell us more about the donor meeting. what does it hope to achieve? saturdayng convened on to draw support and funding from multiple sources. importantly, from the european union's, the united states, and other major world powers. that is in the context of where there are limited financial resources available from african nations. we saw that here. a similar accident -- a similar tract is for molly. mawli.tice fro

and cool headand on the peacekeepers, both the french and the african union peacekeepers are there on the streets. >> the regional leaders lead by chad's president forced his resignation. >> chat is not a mutual actor in this process. that was long suspicions they back them. when they got sick of him and he showed he was unable to look after the country, they decided to show him the door. they make ups that a large proportion of the african union peacekeeping forces right now. .here could be a flashpoint >> france has 1600 troops in the country helping. the eu was thinking about sending more. is that the answer? >> he needed more than 1600 troops. his is a very large country. this is for the core infrastructure. the mandate, the french, what they are doing is there is a tricky mandate. they went in for good reason, to protect the civilian populations. did not go inhey with a clear idea. what is the process going forward? republicntral african has gold, diamonds, but it is chronically unstable. why? >> it goes back a long time. the country you came independent in 1960 and has never had

muslim rebels were stoned to death to the city by french and african union forces on tuesday. it stands the ten month reign remembered only for for tat violence and bloodshed. the devils have left residents seem destroying houses belonging to muslims and two mosques troops moved in suction thingy weapons left behind at least two thousand people have been killed and one million displaced by the fighting. despite the recent appointment of extreme president catherine sum up hands of the violence continues unabated. she claims there are not enough troops to restore and ensure security and has called for knowledge and you win or rationed to protect the population. the un security council has approved the deployment of european troops in a bid to quell the prominence it is the street battles in the form of mental french colony could spiral into genocide. so we really do need it the right more often the wind forces because our contingent for the moment as he not only committed to the protection of the one who identify with one hundred thousand itt. you are with the west the west a co

. >> to other news now, the united nation secretary has called on the african union to speedily provide promised troops to halt the worsening crisis in the central african republic. >> he says the resignation of the president and his prime minister meant speedy action was needed to restore order. >> francis sent 1600 troops to central african republic to support the african union force, which is meant to have about 6000 troops but only has about 3500 right now. he said events in the country had gone from bad to worse. >> cheering broke out in this refugee camp in the capital of the central african republic tom away residents heard that the country's president had stepped down. across the country, people had been criticizing him for failing to end the violence. leaders of several neighboring states met in chad to discuss the worsening situation. they put pressure on the president and his prime minister to step down. he took power in a coup in march last year as the head of a mostly muslim alliance in a country whose population is 80% christian. since then, conflict between muslim and chr

crisis shows no sign of him in central african republic and south sudan are top the agenda at the african union summit will be getting more from our correspondent in ethiopia. vertex out to be handed down a trial of amanda knox she was first convicted and then acquitted of murdering british student said. watching last two chapters to this developing story out of ukraine and the embattled president the piano comics is on sick leave. the announcement comes as the opposition says more protests are on the way ukraine has been brought back two months of major demonstrations plus the president from our one on this latest development in kiev that spring is the single best not to the announcement of the president taking sick leave during this time of christ has come as much of a surprise there well yesterday i mean do i put into the trip to the dreaded be different from acute with a victory in the thick of the night with peter. and so we don't really know wharf where at them now the first time in four years or you can buy with that effectively communicate the beach. he opened the shinto or it again and

two other is now in the u n secretary general ban ki moon has called on the african union to speedily provide promised troops to hold the worsening crisis in the central african republic bond says the resignation of president mission to korea and his prime minister named speedy action was needed to restore order. francis and sixteen hundred troops to central african republic to support the african union force which is meant to have about six thousand troops but only has about thirty five hundred right now. that said events in the country had gone from bad to worse the hearing broke out in this refugee camp in the new team the capital of the central african republic. when residents heard that the country's president had stepped down the across the country people have been criticizing the shinjuku tn for failing to end the violence. the leaders of several neighboring states that it intended to discuss the worsening situation in the sea on a quick restaurant at the dia and his prime minister in equinox and i need to step down it would be easy. the act of power in a coup in march last yea

state boundaries the modern state boundaries are going to disappear and the times and indeed the african union generally speaking does not support boundary changes within africa. germy called a member of parliament the british labor party thank you very much indeed for joining us good to hear from me there in london. a new bill that puts limits on the amount of money that can be spent on election campaigning is now already squeaked through the british parliament but that won't stop the peddling of political influence that goes on at other times often ending in scandal smith reports. being exerting influence or no make is this become something of a dirty word around westminster methods of lobbying according to the parliament website can include sending letters and making presentations of course it doesn't mention lobbying m.p.'s awards of cash but it's the scandal that lobbying is most famous for officials taking cash for questions cash for cameron a quarter of a mill to have dinner with the pm and cash for doing parliamentary work coarseness sunday times staying westminster is so scandal ridde

they may be able to do it with assistance, particularly from the african union mission in somali, and of the positive development has be that that au mission has beefed up its capacity by adds several thousand ethiopian troops. shabab itself is not that large. you are looking at something like [ technical difficulties ] >> so this was shot for british tv. the question was about britain but clearly that terrorist said that america is number 1. tim how much of a threat does al-shabab really pose here in the homeland or to american interests in east africa? >> there are hundreds of thousands of somalians living here in the united states, and that's a recruiting grown for al-shabab. fortunately most of them don't hate americans like al-shabab fie -- fighters do. but even recruiting a small group can pose a huge problem. it's a considerable problem, because their recruiting efforts have been not been diminished anywhere in the world. >> the report asked what they thought. >> reporter: the locals may not agree with al-shabab's military campaign, but they appreciate them for bringing law and

it gives a mandate to around 500 european troops to support the french and african union troops already on the ground and to allow them to use force to protect civilians caught in the crossfire of clashes between muslim and christian groups. >> we need all the necessary support. and are coming, between 500 1000, and the mission is to protect -- we have idp who went to the airport for production. it is a huge amount of people. french to go the to the city and to restore law and order. >> but aside from the conjugation of 55 soldiers from estonia, it is unknown -- contribution of 55 soldiers from estonia, it is unknown which eu countries will provide troops. >> the mission would be limited in scope and time. it is what we call a bridging mission and hopefully be operational very soon. it will be weeks, not months, and once deployed, it will be in the central african republic in six months. >> the resolution asks for sanctions against those blamed for acid chris and human rights fores but did not -- blamed massacres and human rights abuses. it suggests that elections take place are the sec

. >> an african union summit is about to get underway. cus was meant to be an agriculture and food security. the conflicts of the central african republic are likely to dominate. we may see south sudan sign a ceasefire deal with one of the rebel groups. staying with south sudan, seven men accused of involvement in a coup attempt have been released from prison and flown to kenya. their deattention has been a sticking point in peace talks. we have this report from juba. >> the freed men were all smiles as they greeted kenya's president. he had been flown to the kenyan capital. >> i'm pleased to announce that the president of south sudan, his excellency, president salva kiir released to my custody seven of the 11 detainees held in his country. they are behind me. >> the release was pard of a broader agreement between riek machar, and rebels held by president salva kiir. one was a the former justice minister. >> the president is our enemy - not at all. we are his people, his friends, his colleagues, his comrades. >> while this is seen as a bre

. >> a commander from the african union says that fighting in mainly muslim areas for months. this comes after the resignation of michel djotodia. >> fears in this power vacuum things could get even worse. but earlier in the day in this christian neighborhood the mood was buoyant. they were demanding that the president should resign and they were confident he would be gone very soon. michel djotodia's term as leader has been small, growing sectarian conflict between his muslim majority and the christian minority. when the word came that djotodia had resigned, some came back on the streets. she says he's a sorcerer, a liar a looter a thief. they have come out to celebrate but the mood in bangui is extremely tense. they say that the proprietary who stepped down was a criminal but it's not clear what comes next or whether anybody can eunt the central african republic. we found this woman mourning the death of a loved one. a young person named richard had just been murdered by the seleka militia. inside there are several unclaimed bodies all victims of the recently violence but ri

some four thousand african union peacekeepers have been deployed to the central african republic the european union is considering whether to bolster the sixteen hundred french troops already on the ground below. your family will become more and you'll see it there were also the decisions taken in the framework of the united nations serve at what is today a french operation with support from african hopes this will become a peacekeeping operation but that will take time during the period we will be there alongside the african season numbers will also be reinforced if they get all the ruffles. african leaders meanwhile is set to future sumt in tact. it had agreed to quit putting pressure on the transitional leaders cair authorities will be asked to do better than waste time quarreling insult each other in he said. today all conference increasing tensions between interim president and that idea. it's incorrect and i will both attend the summit spot risk losing the support of their neighbors. he may have been the economic community of central african states is overwhelmed. not to continu

france deployed a 1600-strong force to the colony and hopeses the effort could be handed to the african union force. it may be incapable of working unsupported. the u.n. says this is a country on the edge. >> a neighbour in south sudan under the people have been marching for peace in the capital juba. they want an end to fighting. we are more from the capital. >> civil society groups in south sudan's capital march for peace as the government insists the city is under its control. there is fighting in upper unity and jonglei states. fierce battles, and forces loyal to the vice president. >> our children are being killed and sons drafted into the war. all our children. as a mother, i'm concerned. >> in 2011 south sudan gained independence from neighbouring sudan. >> two years ago they were celebrating. now they are tired, disappointed and angry. they didn't expect this to happen. >> more soldiers are being deployed. the capital is under the control of forces loyal to riek machar. >> this village is fighting those that are trying to come to juba. they are going to take bor. fighting has been on

government is the legitimate government of egypt, and the team say they probably will do because the african unions of the opinion that the mohamed morsi government is a democratically-lected government of egypt. the rulers of that country say there's no reason for the icc to delay. . >> i'm convinced in this case shows the evidence -- that the evidence shows clearly that they meet the test of gravity. the icc should exercise jurisdiction. of course, this is dependent upon the failure of the military regime itself, to conduct proper investigations into crimes committed in egypt. at present there is no indication that the military regime is carrying out such impartial investigations into what has happened in egypt. on the contrary, the evidence seems to suggest that the military regime has control not only over the security force, but the judiciary. >> at the press conference the team have been stressing how strong their case is and their opinion. they have video evidence, photographic evidence and they have statements from eyewitnesss inside and outside egypt. they say this proves beyond doubt tha

there are also 4000 african union troops. this does not do a lot, especially given the sick nature of sectarian the conflict. they all define they are being blamed by the muslim population for being pro-christian. others are being accused of being anti-christian and pro- muslim. it is a difficult situation in which to operate. >> we will see how things develop. thank you, rob parsons, our chief foreign editor. inrtly, we will be checking with our correspondent on the ground for reaction to the news of the interim leader michel djotodia resigning along with the prime minister nicolas tiengaye. we will have that later in the show. sudanment forces in south are pushing ahead with an offensive to take out the country's main oil hub from rebel forces. this despite calls from washington for the warring factions to sign a peace deal. the worst fighting was where forces loyal to the vice president have been holding off the army of the president. tunisia's prime minister has resigned as part of a plan to end deadlock which has fueled

i just spoke to general tumenta, the head of the african union peacekeepers and i asked how was the mood in bangui. i heard gunshots in the evening. he rather cryptically said calm but not very calm. i said, "well, what does that mean?", he said, "look, looting will carry on as long as people are too afraid to go out at night. there's a curfew, there are african and french peacekeepers going around and around." you can probably hear the french helicopter, but they can't be etch at once, and definitely there has been a lot of looting over the next few nights. that's obvious >> whilst talking to you we look at pictures from the airport where massive evacuation process has been happening. how is that working out? >> well, it is happening. maybe the people you saw in the pictures were waiting to fly to chad. a plane did fly to chad yesterday, that is saturday, and two more plains, emergency evacuation planes will go chad today. two will fly to marley on tuesday. i talked to the national organization of migration, which is leading the process. they are taking 10,000 out. they are assisting a

mauritania has taken over the revolving chair of the african union.is comes after a meeting in a few be 0482-day summit. r a two-day summit. >> we need to make a financial and logistical effort. we have enough men, but not the equipment. in central africa, there are not many roads. it is hard to move around. we need a major financial and logistical effort to cope stop we already have 6000 men and winning another 5000. -- and we have another 5000. it is enough. we need to sort out the logistical means before the troops arrived. >> african leaders will also discuss the violence in south sudan, despite a cease-fire agreement signed last week. clashes continue across the country. in the past people six weeks have been killed, and hundreds of thousands have been driven from their homes. -- france 24's joshua reports in a neighboring village in uganda. >> war in south sudan has brought more than 45,000 people here in northern uganda. mostface a shortage of essentials, food and water, shelter, and medicine. according to aid agencies, almost 95% are women and

there is that french force here, and the african union peacekeepers but together they come to a few thousand. in the vast country that does not feel like enough. >> we met the african forces and the new cameroonian commander, insisting that things are getting better, that they are up to the job. >> if you move around the city of bangui, you find the shops are opening slowly on the main supply route between the border of cameroon and bangui. it is flowing normally. it's not the best. we are hoping for the best to come. i'm confident with what we are doing. >> meanwhile, right next to the runway, this boy and his sisters reach their shelter. they lost their father. their mother is looking for food. they don't go to school. prudence would love to go home, if only the shooting stops. for now this is where they'll sleep. this is their home. >> meanwhile the pakistani taliban killed a police officer in the southern city of karachi. he had faced threats for taking a tough stance on taliban fighters. he has this report. >> this is all that remains of a convoy carrying one of the pakistan's well-know

hundred troops to the central african republic to reinforce peace keepers from france and the african union remodel transitional parliament in the african country has elected a new interim leader amid ongoing clashes between rival christian and muslim militias those reports say at least fifty have been killed in the country over the weekend adding to a total death toll of a film. and also the world up at this hour thai officials are considering a state of emergency after attacks on protesters in bangkok over the weekend left over thirty injured fears are also mounting the recent violence might force the army to intervene to stop the crisis between the opposition and the government it is rallies for thousands of people marching through the city to insist the prime minister. and i'll be back here with the news team in about thirty five minutes from now here in our international in the meantime peter lavelle and his guest debate how u.s. president barack obama will be remembered. another whistleblowers facing a lot of heat including a wave of death threats but what did she discover some sort o

there are only 11 african union soldiers here. they have just prevented a man from being killed. but will they save the next one? we have come to meet the imam. just last night, his house was attacked. more than 1000 muslims were evacuated this week. who thoughthe imam they could stay now say there is no alternative. >> in 40 years, we have never seen that. but the violence is out of control now. we do not have a choice. we must leave or get killed. >> time seems up for some. before the christians displaced, it means safe passage back to their neighborhood. many have lost relatives. the church became their only sanctuary. >> we have had enough and want to go home. an international force must come to protect us. we live in fear. >> even though their homes are just down the hill, the people around me chose to camp out here by the church for more than a month. they are returning home today, but they are not sure what they will find. on the roads north and south, villagers are still hiding in the force. >> signs of the brutality they have faced. an estimated 1300 houses were burned d

needed as there was a failure of diplomacy and politics in the c.a.r. a failure of the un the african union economic community of central african states and the you know who pays for this pricey campaign all french taxpayers. surveys show less than half of the french population support they country's latest michu expedition to africa pushed forward by france's least popular president in polling history that more than a thousand french soldiers are now in the central african republic here in paris the intervention into the country's former colony still gets a mixed reaction no one's really sure if it's an act of goodwill or a calculated move to benefit fronts whereas russia not seeing reporting from paris or to get more of what was happening on the ground and it was protocol in place she's an emergency manager with doctors without borders this is what she had to say about the situation there. we see more than six hundred thousand people displaced olf alone two hundred thousand in the capital and the finance is continuing our teams are witnessing that bodies on the streets every day yesterday

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the announcement was made at the african union summit.he agreement follows two years of fighting in south sudan's largest state. >> meanwhile thousands of people in south sudan are without food for shelter due to the recent wave of violence. 4 million are running out of food supplies. we have this report from a town on the border of uganda, where tens of thousands sought refuge. >> these people are hungry. they have nowhere to go and little to eat. they huddle under a tree, sheltering from the sun, waiting for their names to be called out. today is a good day for them. aid has finally arrived meaning mother will not have to worry about how to feed their babies, at least for a week. among the half a million, more than 30,000 sought refuge on the border town here. it took the united nations more than a month to reach them. 22-year-old rachel is eight months pregnant and expect to give birth. she has two other children and is taking clear of her three nephews, orphaned by the conflict. rachel fled with little more that the clothes on her bac

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