in europe up burkina faso is often viewed as a pioneer in a green technology. how are you trying to make this transition in your country. what. is a possible senators will put i think it involves political commitments at the highest levels of us the president of cooking afonso was very involved in the green transition to renewables and the green economy most would want today no matter what they say bookie no still has the highest electricity costs in the region and our great energy coverage in the country is still very low. you don't have many energy really. sources but we have the sun and we think that's a great opportunity. the president has just inaugurated the largest solar center in western africa exactly. as it does an opportunity we're seeking to combine solar energy with thermal power we won't withdraw completely from thermal energy. we're going to combine the two. guys with the idea is to provide the entire country with electricity. from nuclear power then. there's an important link between poverty and the environment. what do you mean you have. resour

hopes now lie and cooperation between the g5 countries, which include mauritania, niger, burkina fasod chad. today, defense members of the region are meeting in paris. french president emmanuel macron has been pushing to create an international anti-terror force in the region. at the meeting today, he aims to set down a concrete timetable for that force. france says that donor countries have pledged a total of around 300 million euros. saudi arabia has paid 100 million euros. the u.s. has put in 50 million euros, as have the european union and the g5 members. the force will include 5000 soldiers, and they will target groups like so-called islamic state, boko haram, and al qaeda, all of which are active in that region. correspondent lisa louis is in paris and has been following that meeting. she sent us this report. lisa: g5 member countries and france announced today a second mission of their joint and the terror force. that comes after a first mission late last year, a patrolling mission. about this new mission, we know very little. as they put it themselves, they did not want to thr

translation: i left my country, burkina faso, the cause of a military coup. i came through libya. massively since then. he is the star student of the project. here, people are taught selling, cutting and drawing, as well as how to run a business —— taught sewing. drawing, as well as how to run a business -- taught sewing. we have seen business -- taught sewing. we have seen the flourishing of a group of human beings, passing from a condition of deprivation, of marginalisation, to a condition of capacity of work, integration, full participation to life. asylum seekers in italy are often stuck in limbo. they can spend months and months doing nothing while they wait in hope for their application to be processed. this scheme is trying to change that. all these bags have been created by asylum seekers from africa. this project is all about giving new arrivals a chance to work for a better life and crucially it's a first step towards integration in a first step towards integration in a new country. and for this man, things are getting better. he was such a talented student that after hi

smuggling no hopes now why in cooperation between the g five countries which include mauritania mali burkina faso and chad you see those right there today defense ministers of the five region countries are meeting in paris and french president. he's been pushing to create an international terror of wars in the sun hill region and the meeting today aims to set down a concrete timetable for that force france says the donor countries have pledged a total of around three hundred million euros so far saudi arabia has paid one hundred billion euros while the u.s. has put in fifty million as have the european union and the g. five members themselves as you see right there the force will include five thousand soldiers and they will target groups like so-called islamic state. and al qaida all of which are active in that region. our correspondent lisa lewis is in paris and she has been following that meeting she sent us this report that jay five the hell member countries and france announced today a second mission of their joint anti terror force now that comes after a first mission late last year a p

so, if you go to cote d'ivoire, you go to burkina, a lot of the guys who are running the, the, this administrationd the other countries, not that we're better or anything like that. but, in senegal it's probably one of the only countries in west africa, probably in all africa, where i can be from one ethnic group and he can be from a different ethnic group but we can talk without french using our local language and understand each other. 'cause everybody speaks wolof. >> papa: i, i'm -- i happen to believe that, um, this world is going to be a better place when more cultures are actually given a chance to be put at the table. ♪ >> djily: [rapping] each generation has its mission. we have a saying in wolof, we say, "god is great." and, you always say where there is no solution, you say. and you leave it in the hand of god. but we, we tell people, "this is in our hand. this is our future and the future of the next generation coming." >> anthony: as relatively good as things have been for senegal democracy, as it turns out, requires regular maintenance, diligence needed, and the willingness to stand

a november speech in burkina faso, the capital, the french president explained why many of them mustwe are going to welcome everybody into the country. that's ridiculous, who's going to pay for that? you will just fuel racism and xenophobia. that just doesn't work." katie hopkins is with rebel media and she joins us tonight. katie, that was the president of france, the historic rival to your island kingdom. can you imagine an english leader -- a political figure in the u.k. saying something like that out loud? >> no, not at all. i think macron hopefully is going to come back really strong on migration. i hope he is going to up the number of asylum-seekers, rejected asylum-seekers. i think they have written these letters saying they're overwhelmed by migrants, they are looking for fast action. and they are also looking for the rest of france to share the problem. at the moment it's very much around the periphery of france, around the edge of france. i think what they are saying isr we need everyone else to take some of the share and bear the load. but he is talking tough on migration,

even if people are coming here and not finding work, they will still live better than they did and burkinaldn't they continue to come? it very obvious and i don't understand why that is part of the calculation. >> we are not fighting about illegal immigration. >> tucker: we are talking about legal immigration. >> i'm talking about legal immigration. and if we look at the immigration that comes tou this country, if we do not allow immigration, the native-born population in the united states demographics look just like japan and china and western europe and we will not have money for social security or medicaid. >> tucker: oh, we won't. unfortunately, we don't have time to unpack this. i don't accept that stipulation. let me ask you this. knowing what we know about the evolution of the american economy becoming more tech focused, why are we importing people who have a higher likelihood of succeeding in that sector? we are not doing that. our immigration policy is based on lettuce picking. why would l we do that than a high-tech world. >> it's not only lettuce picking. it's as fair point to s