we spent about a month negotiating with the rwandan police to be allowed to film this. we expected fascinating insights into how police women him fight crime. by seven thirty and if you figure out how much. but we were told that wouldn't be possible because crime rates and a so low and we probably have a long wait for any real action. instead they staged a demonstration scene especially for our cameras. to get. off the runway of question one of them was i am a playstation idea of the seven. well. that's about as exciting as police life gets when there's no crime. very few offenses are committed but their weapons a military grade and patrols have been stepped up the fear of what once happened here still lingers. i don't know if you read the bible the book of nehemiah when all there was was the was destroyed it was victoria and this impact because you know the country was to be dated it was the victory but also it was crying crying because people always saw you know everyone was destroyed you know houses and everything and people so you know in most hope little. revelatio

a makes about fifty to sixty thousand rwandan francs fifty five to sixty five dollars a month. would be paid me. with a. little controversial political leadership in the world because you can't live in. the good of. you. thinks women just lack self confidence which is why they don't make money by giving people lifts on a bike cab company owners don't have faith in women either but that's all about to change. melissa's walking home alone on the night. may not seem out of the ordinary but in neighboring uganda a walk like this could be dangerous and it could be risky in the congo cam sometimes be done in kenya or tanzania but in somalia a goal could never go out dressed like this not even in daylight. we can talk about. quite a few we've go to mission meeting the main female. for genocide against tutsi because before ninety four genocide against two or three discount three has been corrupted our is the. sort of discrimination i saw discrimination discrimination ethnic discrimination even discrimination based on sex so women suffer and there ought. not. in two thousand and nine gr

only thirty percent of rwandans have internet access. youngsters gathered at one of the few internet cafes in can take all summer watching an old conflict others are downloading music. repairs mobile phones here. yes there are a couple of internet cafes in the area and you can print documents there to hear download music on to cell phones that was my idea and it's my business but i had never heard of startups in kigali. kigali with its technology hub and startup house could be a million miles away forty percent of rwandans live below the poverty line that primary concerns are finding work their next meal and health care. once on a good day i earn five thousand francs on a bad day only two to three thousand for a really good smartphone not have to save up for a long time no one does that. the people here who have mobile phones have pretty basic models who can afford a new smartphone. but at that treated it's still if there's one country in africa where one might expect to see technology driven economic growth it's ruined the kind of growt

french human rights groups are calling for an investigation into the nine hundred ninety four rwandan genocide to be reopened after the release of a video which appears to show a senior french military officer being informed about a mask taking place in the area known as the rear hills yet the army failed to intervene. before you would be only too confessional now human rights activists are demanding answers one leader of the organization survey is a plaintiff in the case she says it was too premature to close the case while other lawyers are accusing france were in direct complicity in the genocide lines of inquiry were not sufficiently followed up to allow investigators to determine france's military and political responsibility french military authorities were aware that from the afternoon of twenty seventh of june on words civilians were being killed the survivors open the case thirteen years ago although back in july it was scrapped due to lack of evidence and lack of convictions but survivors of the massacre claim they asked the french military for help on june twenty seventh on

most of the slaughter in the genocide have been rough on the french government's relations with the rwandan government for years but the french although they admit that they have made mistakes they say they have no complicity in the genocide that took place there. we asked one some five of them the thick head she was surprised by the new found thank you. no we have to do much no it doesn't surprise me i was very happy that media aren't the truth we survivors had this very long time it's important that the french people knew what happened back in one thousand nine hundred ninety four when the military was there so you know because i only know that promise to declassify the archives if they didn't work out as he everything he published was already known and the only thing i have to add is that the french people has want to know the truth. even if the us mid-term elections some politicians have been accused of playing on people's faces. and explains what voters fan most might surprise he prefers to influence the twenty to eighteen mid-term elections the big news and divisive stories and posts

statistics seventy percent of girls in rwanda do not complete secondary school melissa a typical rwandan girl is one of them.

being female documentary spoke to both women in power and those in menial jobs to find out whether rwandan gender equality is simply the myth of a done deal and the new film will air on november the seventh here's a short preview. coming from. his name on a specific. could have been in the house. if the op caught him for i know forty got it. into the world. that. would be but we can still live in the secret. files that. our sin. came in and that you know will be the way through which i. know that is the program for this eight o'clock hour here on our international here on this monday but it's quickly turning into a busy day of your worldwide headlines and other program in half an hour's time you can join us. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see of that. you know world of big partisan movies a lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back an

most of the slaughter in the genocide have been rough on the french government's relations with the rwandan government for years but the french although they admit that they've made mistakes they say they have no complicity in the genocide that took place there. one survivor of the if she was surprised by the newly found guilty at. norad to do no more no video doesn't surprise me i was very happy to publish the truth that we survivors had this very long time it's important that the french people knew what happened back in one thousand nine hundred ninety four when the military was there but i only know that promise to declassify the archives they didn't work out she everything he published was already known the only things i have to do is that the french people have to know the truth. and then a seaside village has found itself getting some unwanted attention in the us election campaign. is known locally as one of the u.k.'s most economically challenged areas but images of its dilapidated streets have appeared on a republican party poster probably explains why. what links this essex seaside

statistics seventy percent of girls in rwanda do not complete secondary school melissa it's a pickled rwandan girl is one of them. knew . every thing. was. being. chuck a cousin never received any wooden moon so. of course there are job hunting sides and to golly. but to use them you need access to the internet and the skills to use it.

. ♪ >> reporter: these rwandan villagers are singing songs of gratitude.hankful for what some aid workers have brought them. a particular type of sweet potato. nearly half the kids in rural rwanda suffer from stunted growth. many others have vision problems. both due to diets lacking vitamin a. the non-profit international potato center made introducing this type of sweet potato chock full of vitamin a a priority. >> it's no better sight than when you go to the field and you see a kid or a mom or a house eating it. >> reporter: dr. kirimi sindi is the head researcher in rwanda. he oversaw the years of cross-breeding to naturally create this potato that can thrive in the country's unpredictable climate. >> i think i can be a part of changing the world. and the reason is, there shouldn't be a reason why some people should be hungry or have no food. >> reporter: two of uwubumwe jeane's six children had started to lose their vision. she was able to start feeting them sweet potatoes, funded in part by a $4 million investment from usaid. the color of my child's

don't know as much specifically about what facebook was doing in that context but for example the rwandan genocide comes up a lot and the answer to that is that's under any definition that's brandenberg incitement. like when you're telling people to go out and kill your neighbors, that's not protected even under our crazy system and what i generally defend the american system of first amendment as not just a system of laws that is radically designed by the u.s. but probably the freedom of speech in the real world. i don't talk about hate speech because it has no legal meaning in american law. it has no legal meaning whatsoever. it's even fuzzy what it means in other countries laws. kick him out for defamation or something unprotected so you keep it precise and clear but a lot of these parade of terribles that people talk about, it's weird when you're talking about that in europe, their impression of what american law means and it's like, yeah. i got question after question that that's conspiracy to commit terrorism. that's not considered to be speechment or that's actually a death thread

going on -- i don't know as much about what facebook was doing in that context but for example, the rwandan genocide comes up a lot. the answer to that is that's under any definition, that's brandenburg incitement. that's going out and telling people to kill your neighbors. that's not even defended under our crazy system. i defend the american system of first amendment as not just a system of laws idiosyncraticcally designed by the u.s. but probably the longest most extended best thought out way to have freedom of speech in the real world. for example, when they kicked off alex jones from facebook for hate speech i was with very much with david french. in the "new york times," don't say hate speech. it has no legal meaning in american law. it is even fuzzy in other country's laws. kick him out for defamation, something that is unprotected so you keep it precise and career. but that's terribles that people talk about -- it is weird when talking about it over in europe their impression of what american law means. it is like, yeah, i felt like i just got question after question that was kind o