east africa, central africa, and southern africa. we would get that market going. west africa will be joined fairly soon. we are thinking about a matter of two years and so for that to be in place and for a common market to be offered to the usa. >> does it help that president obama is the president of the united states right now with the relationship? >> ironically, there is a very favorable reaction, even to president bush because he had really kept the issue of pepfar, the african growth and opportunities act, on the table. but that relationship has just multiplied with the emotions that also comes from having a person who traces his roots to kenya in the white house. and so, i think that for the united states, that has been a wonderful thing because it does not have to really put in so many billions of u.s. dollars to ensure security in africa to put down -- that could emerge from africa. i think there is a nice, secure atmosphere that the u.s. can be thankful for. >> we are down to our last 30 seconds, mr. ambassador. what one thing would you like folks who ar

the worst hit place in africa is central africa. there's good domination of this -- the paper is coming out and it will show that central africa's lost more than half its elephants in the last ten years. i want to say that all these threads of information have come together. they've cross triaingelated and quickly. at the front line, there are scientists, there are wildlife departments, wardens, there's the press, journalists and there are the ngos. the second line is african elephant specialties group of the international union for the conservation of nature. they have a program that coordinates reports coming in and increasingly this is being put immediately on public record. they have an elephant trade information service that tracks illegal ivory and it relies on very hard data that gives the big picture. across the world. in 2009, 2010 and 2011, there has been a rapid escalation in the seizures of illegal ivory. tom millikin referred to 2011 as -- because it exceeded all others. finally, the program that really allows us to get

but we're now seeing levels of poaching in east africa that formally would be typical of central africa. and we just got to stop that. if we could have much more help with training maybe from the u.s. forces, and indeed, intelligence and surveillance and any of the resources that they could marshall, it would be a great help. >> mr. cardamone? >> i think africom's ability to train forces and assist forces that can interdict and prevent this trafficking are very valuable and helpful, not only to address the very real problem of poaching, but the long line that leads back to regional and national security. it's by taking the product out of action, you take the money out of the system as well. and so militant groups and the rebel forces and entities that work encountered to u.s. interests is certainly primary among what africom is trying to do. this is a way to sort of starve the beast. >> dr. douglas-hamilton referenced doppler radar pa and the potential benefits of being able to better track not just elephants, but also poached elephant ivory. my impression from your testimony is that th

ask the chinese, they're all over africa. africa by 2050 will double the population of china.people on the continent of africa than there is in china. they're rich. they've got all the minerals in the ground and the people are saying to us, the african people don't want aid as an ongoing basis. they need it now to help them get to a place of independent. but their future consumers for the united states. the president is talking business. this is good. it's a whole new kind of development paradigm i think today. it's the old sort of donor/recipient relationship, it's over. >> i mean, the chinese as you point out, they're investing everywhere in africa. these businesses want to invest. what do we do about the fact there has been so much widespread corruption. >> how do we tackle it. there are some demands up front. >> exactly right. corruption is killing more kids than any of the killer diseases, aids or malaria. if you look at food as a resource that comes out of the ground, the same way if you look at oil, gas, the great mineral wealth of the continent of africa, what can you

you can't take 800 kilograms from ivory, from central africa, export it to east africa and then to asia without carefully planned networks. and with rhino, we have gone from 13,00013,000 -- 13 illegal killed rhinos. this is despite the efforts of the south african government which has really enhanced it's effort. the societies exist with the objective of survival of species in the world. ade goes well beyond the impact of those species. criminal syndicates are well adapted in avoiding detection. they're exploiting some of the poorest people on the planet. they are corrupting officials and they are wounding and killing enforcement officers in the field. as such they are depriving local people of legitimate development choices and depriving states of revenue, not to mention robs states of their cultural heritage and their natural resources, this is undermining the rule of law, it is undermining security and it must be stopped. the examples given you here regarding cameroon and we -- we had rebels crossing into northern cameroon, massacring elephants for the purpose of getting their ivory

it is not an africa problem. it is a global problem because of all the connections you just laid out, and what facilitates that is the opacity in the system, just as brandice said sunlight is the best disinfect ant and talking in near era about a different issue but that comment holds to this. without international effort, international focus, without global political will, this problem will not go away. neither will the problems of terrorism or trance national crime because it is the connective tissue is the opacity and the financial system and until organizations like the g-20 and others really focus on this, we're going to be talking about this problem for quite a long time. >> do you want to comment, mr. secretary general. >> briefly, chair, and i think the interconnections are supported by what we observe through the convention. it is supported by what is being observed and past resolutions and also what's observed by the u.n. commission on crime prevention and criminal justice and the resolutions on the top

you can't take 800 kilograms of ivory from central africa, export it through east africa and through asia without organized and sophisticated networks. and with rhino, we've gone from 13 illegally killed in south africa killed in 2007, to 448 illegally killed in 2011 and the numbers are up to 220 this year putting us on track for illegal killings of up to 600. this is despite the best efforts of the south african government, which is really enhanced its effort. exist with the objective of sharing the survival of species in the wild, but the impacts goes well beyond the species. criminal syndicates use viole e violence, they're well armed, savvy in the use of modern technology and adoptive in avoiding detection. they're exploiting local people in some of the poorest countries on the planet, corrupting officials and wounding and killing enforcement officers in the field. as such, they are depriving local people of legitimate development choices and states of revenue, not to mention robbing states of their natural resources. this is undermining governments, the rule of law, security and

to the people of south africa, and laying the basis for that great active reconciliation, that unitedica. >> does it seem 22 years since he was released. >> i think a lifetime ago yet it was only yesterday and i think that is why people have drive south africa changes, they can't understand it was only yesterday, the world declared it a crime against humanity and here 22 years later we stand up as a model community of peace, ruler of law and human rights. >> so how does your work stand here in dc for you? >> i think south africa sees its work in washington as very important in the sense we need to follow up the promise of democracy with the development, the u.s. contributing to fight against hiv and poverty and illiteracy, so that is an aspect of our work but also need to continue our access of our groups, through the african opportunities act but very importantly we share with the u.s. the qwest for civil rights the qu sectiont for high man rights and -- quest for humanity and this that regard, south africa has a lot to contribute to the debate in united states about a softer world m

so robert kennedy in south africa in 1965. >> there were places for whites. there were places for what the government referred to as nonwhites and never the twain mixed. and there we all were gathered in johannesburg awaiting his arrival. >> they arrived at the airport which had those signs nonwhites only and whites only. he chose to go to the non-white area. that's where they put his podium. >> i don't think anybody anticipated that hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of people made their way to that airport, which was a long way outside johannesburg. there was no public transportation. the black south africans, very few of them had access to automobiles. >> when kennedy came, it was this person almost from out of space really. when something like that happens to a people that are oppressed, it sends through an electric shot through the communities of the coming of freedom. >> the airport was swarming with white, black, brown, indian, every hue of skin. i don't think i had ever seen anything like that in my life. so that very first night we began to get an

the worst-hit place in africa is central africa. there is very good documentation of this by the wildlife conservation society member with a paper that will show central africa has lost more than half of its elephants in the last 10 years. all these threads of information had come together, crossed triangulated, and quickly there are front lines, as scientists, wildlife departments, there's the press, and journalists, and there is the ngo's. the second line is the international union for the conservation of nature. they have a program that coordinates reports coming in and increasingly this is being put immediately on public record. the next group are traffic -- a joint group of the wwf. they have a service that tracks illegal ivory and it relies on very hard data that gives the big picture across the world. in 2009, 2010, and 2011, there has been a rapid escalation in seizures of illegal ivory 2011 -- 53. 2011 exceeded all others. finally, the program that allows us to get a handle on what is happening is monitoring the illegal kil

on her poem, being brought from america,ch a america, africa to america. it was mercy that brought her out of the heathen land. but phyllis wheatley studied latin. in latin, pagan, pagus would mean outside the city or countryside. mercy would mean twice paid. this becomes very important to the, members of the knowledge circle. price paid. the culture would see themselves as being sacrificed, sacrificing, walking as the messiah, christ, what does christ do? he pays the price. the price paid by phyllis wheatley brought her from her pagan land. to the people, pagan or outside the city, countryside would mean something different from heathen. there are two classifications in the culture, one are city, town, the other group are called, herdsmen, country folk. so, she is from the country. that's what she said. and the region of west africa that she cam fre from, pagan me she was from the country, she is not city folk. she was from the country. so they brought her from the countryside. brought her from the countryside. not pagan. wheatley is part of the pre-exist

i want to go back to robert kennedy's famous trip to africa. he was invited by a group of students while he was a senator. after he accepted the invitation, the head of the organization was actually arrested and was not allowed to greet robert kennedy. a young woman named robin marshall was a student at the the time. shore called r.k.,ilm clip in a ripple of hope. and then i have a few questions for the panel based on this short clip. robert kennedy, south africa, 1965. >> there were places for white. there were places for what the government referred to as non-whites. and never between mixed. and there we were were gathered in johannesburg awaiting his arrival. >> we arrived at the airport. it had the signs, non whites only and whites only. he chose to go to the non-white area. it's where they put his podium. i don't think anybody anticipated that hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of people made their way to the airport, which was a long way outside johannesburg, there was no public transportation. the black south africans were working. >>

but the history of human archaeology tells us that humans originated in africa, in northeast africa, and were game hunters and gatherers, and as the resource capacity of their original habitat was exhausted, humans my -- migrated to europe and the middle east and asia and southeast ocean and siberia and the new world in pursuit of new lands to exploit, and this has been the history of humans, and there are no more lands to exploit, unless you believe the fantasies of newt gingrich that we're going the moon, and i don't believe that. so we have too realize, there is nowhere else to go. we have the one planet we have there nor more places to exploit. so from now on, our innovations have to be in the direction of efficiency, conservation of resources, recycling, and the development of renewables. and so i hope that crosses the contradiction you say. >> ron barren. two questions. number one, you haven't said anything about water. and number two, with the focus on cities, which makes a lot of sense, with respect to energy efficiency, in light of the arab spring, what would you anticipate

what can you get out of africa? >> elephant tusks. the portuguese find a greater supply of ivory and cheaper and it is likely then it is kind of an economic impact here, the portuguese in africa have an economic impact on the struggling communities in greenland. while these greenlanders are living here, they, too, look to the west. one of the things and one of the things matthew they do lack in greenland is timber. they're looking for a source of timber, timber for building, for fuel, and they sail west looking for timber, again the birds, the debris, and as you can see, not a very long distance as they sail west and they encounter north america. the first of the vikings to encounter north america is the son of eric the red, called leaf, eric's son, leaf, the son of eric, and it is leaf erickson who ventures west and we know encounters north america. he probably went first to labrador in the upper coast and didn't find much many the way of timber there and sailed further south until he would find, he is looking for

reason why africa should not be feeding itself.nd exporting food again. there is no reason for that. >> the program begins in three countries, ghana, ethiopia and tandz any a, tanzania, all are looking for reforms in the private sector, they have offered up a total of $3 billion. 3 million come from dupont to help ethiopian farmers. >> the, its connection to new technology and how they integrate with the local farming community is an important part of it. >> over the long-term if the plan is successful it could help the growing global population. >> when you look at a global food economy that will have to double production to meet the needs of a population of 9 billion people by 24th, we know that africa is going to have to be a big part of that solution. >> private sector investment won't be enough, they hope public funds will keep coming to africa, but others say the continent is starting to pull itself out of poverty and extremities like these disrupt the market. >> we are going to continue to invest in aid and assistance, we ar

. >> and orphan epidemic in west africa. cameroon where hundreds of thousands of orphans live on the street. and show you the ministry that is picking them up one child at a time. >> plus from saudi arabia to salvation, he came to convert others to islam, instead found himself converting to christianity. >> welcome to "christian world news" i am efrem graham. >> and i am heather sells. israel is the birthplace of christianity. many places are under arab control. many are fleeing. andria garrett has the story. >> reporter: it could be described as a modern-day exodus. christians leaving beth le ham in great numbers. >> it is the remaining christians in west bank and gaza. gaza has a thousand, to 2,000 christians. if their needs are not addressed in 10, 15, at most 20 years, there won't be any christians in the cradle of christianity. this will be a memorial, a museum. >> threat of persecution including beatings between christian women and muslim men are some of the reasons why they left. although the economy picked up, uncert

he is very concerned about colonialism in africa. early on in 1959, he goes to africa and participates in this project called the sahara project. the point of the sahara project is to draw the world's attention to france's decision to detonate the first nuclear bomb on african soil. it's crazy! absolutely crazy. bayard knows it's crazy. he joins his fellow peace activists in developing this plan where they're going to cross the board into the al al gear began sort of invade french territory and make the way to the site. they never get to the site, it really wasn't the plan to get to the site. they get turned back constantly. doing so, they draw the world's attention to this spectacle and sector of a colonial power planning to detonate the atomic weapons on colon cool onized soil in africa. they don't stop france from doing it. he is involved in helping african independents movements stay focused on nonviolence. he works with the dennis for example on trying to keep his movement focused on nonviolence. now, when africa became decolon

have not learned much from their peers in north africa. their reaction was the same. they are also repressing criticism and dissent. therefore, we saw very much in 2011 leaders in africa being part of the problem and not of the solution. >> for his part, the ugandan president says he is going nowhere. he was reelected last year in a disputed contest and will serve at least four more years. >> all right. that is it for this edition of the "journal." do not forget -- you can watch us again on our website, www.dw.de. >> thank you for watching. we will see you again. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

money is going to be taken is going to be what is going to be looted from africa and the majority of the people in greece and i would also like to say another comment because she said. the tax evasion in greece but the problem is that the people who regularly taxes and can do it legitimately in greece are mainly those people those strata that. i am esposa that's big business big banks and it's has also been said we must say that the terms of the loan agreement also imply leering taxes for big business and big banks and raising taxes for the average wage earner that's the point. ok i'm not i to take what you're saying and the way you see what she was saying i suppose a mother people would take it more literally saying that you know she's are comparing the terrible poor innocent in some countries in africa to what's happening in greece and telling the greeks they can't get chickens you know it could be a lot worse you could be living like it is in africa some people will see it like that nonetheless the what or how you look at it how are her comments going to go down in this vote next

the media has been accused of portraying africa unfairly. afro pessimism is a term some people use, and it was written on the website at the world's image of africa is badly wrong. we went to sierra leone to see if people there agreed. >> i traveled to africa many times, and wherever i go i always hear criticism that the western media is a 2-3 good -- is too negative. he listens to our radio station. >> to concentrate on the downside. africans are poor. they are uncivilized. how about the hospitality of our culture? how about the brilliant africans the most >> -- the brilliant africans embarq >> the civil war but seven of the spotlight, but people are divided about whether the coverage of past brutalities was justifiable or helpful. >> i was at my house, and eventually, they would chop off the left hand and finally the right hand was shocked. >> what you say to people who argue to stop talking about the war? >> we must continue to talk about it for people to be aware of what happened. we have learned a lesson we will never forget. >> there i

east which already has a leading voice on the historic upheaval sweeping the middle east and north africa. surely one of the greatest strategic challenges facing the transatlantic community today. i want to salute the founder of that center in our audience tonight. [ applause ] please stand, thank you. last december the council honored our international advisory board chairman for his unparalleled life of leadership and achievement at a dinner to raise support for the council's new center on international kurt. it's a significant enlargement in size and ambition of our existing international security program. our campaign is still underway. and we're more than halfway to our $25 million goal. we'll officially launch the center this autumn. i would like to ask the following to stand as i name them general jim jones and his vice chair. you should be standing because these people are here to take your checks. in less than two weeks time a young leelder's summit will be hosted on the sidelines of the nato sum it in chicago and announce the launch of an emerging leadership net wovrk. so we're

africa has some of the lowest yields on the planet, crop by crop. and we know and we've seen in western kenya you can double or triple yield relatively quickly using all local solution solutions, and then what happens is millions of people don't need food aid during a famine or a drought. so this is a solvable problem. and there is as much a downhill story as there is an uphill one. >> suarez: the saudis an chinese seem to be well aware of the agricultural potential of africa. aren't they buying up a lot of land to produce food for their own people? >> well, they are. that's why today, and what's happening in so novell in terms of making sure that we have private sector companies involved in making investments to improve african agriculture an poverty outcomes. but also that those companies are agreeing to make investments under some common principleses of transparency and responsibility. let's shine sunlight on what's happening so that everything can see transparently where the investment is going. who are they benefiting? >> how are they making su

africa command. the regional concept will be especially important in the asia-pacific region as we move forward. home to seven of the ten armies and this will follow over the next several years. for enduring commitments in some of the theaters we plan to employ rotational units. europe comes to mind as we reduce two forward station brig kade combat teams over the next two years, leverage equipment, set and exerciseses to allow us to promote regional security and enhance capacity and sustain our relationships with our nato and other allies in europe. flinl as the army's end strength reduces it is important to note that this leaner army will be vastly more capable than our pre-9/11 army. besides ten years of hard-earned combat we continue to increase our special operations force capacity. we have significantly increased our ability to conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. we have increased our aviation assets to support worldwide missions and responsiveness around the world. we continu

the music came from africa. there are slave testimonies to the fact that music came from africa. and so that is the root of african-american music which is renowned around the world. the other thing that happened is that in the u.s. especially, we lost the ability to use the drum. we did not lose the ability to use rhythm. the -- which is the most direct link to africa, we use the staff and hand clapping. we are going to do a song that will become familiar to me -- to you in a moment. it was put together by our musical director who is holding the staff. and our soloists will be carolyn and nedra. when i ask you to join in, i want you to help us out. all right? thank you very much. [applause] [singing] [drums and singing] ♪ in the water ♪ ♪ [applause] [singing] ♪ ♪ [singing] [applause] >> the project. [applause] let's give them another round. ok. that brings us to the acknowledgements and closing remarks. on behalf of the san francisco african-american historical society, i would -- something like this cannot happen without the involvement of a lot of people. and some of those peo

/aids in africa has been incredible. to lose the young people who are really the productive segment of society, so that you now have grandmothers who are looking after grandchildren because the adults have disappeared. so a tremendous burden. florence mwayopa: these are some of the children that belong to this household. they are being looked after by their great-grandmother. the... grandmother had twelve children she has lost all except for two. as i traveled to other nations in the world, and especially resource-poor areas of the world, one of the things that i'm struck with most is that they are exactly where we were 15 years ago at the very beginning of the epidemic. the first point is that most government officials don't understand what's ready to hit them. one problem that haunts the public health community is how to attack the epidemic as it is spreading through major population areas. there was an international conference on h.i.v./aids in geneva, switzerland, a year ago. the title of the conference was "bridging

capacity across africa. as you said there are protestors out here, you can see people lining up to go n on the right you can see pro testors. you can see they just started doing their chants out there. and they're saying he helped come up with the lies and now he's trying to colonize africa. they say hates to be stopped. now, tony blair is going start speaking at 5:30 and is expected to get formal remarks. there will be a 20-minute question and answer session. in sanford abc 7 news. >> gold theft is on the rise in oakland. today police officers hit the streets in the fruit veil zwrikt flyers and a big warning. criminals targeting people wearing gold necklaces, rings or gold jewelry. police say they're increasing patrols but recommend keep your jewelry at home if you have to wear it try to conceal it under clothing. >> now to a follow up on a fraud scheme abc 7 news brought new march. we take a look at money and items stolen from 25 victims. police say they were covered more than $850,000 in cash, jewelry and

poaching is not just a security threat for africa. it is also a menace to developing economies and it thrives where governance is weakest. poachers with heavy weapons are a danger to lightly armed rangers and civilians, as well as to the animals that they target. they operate in remote territories and cross borders with impunity, wreaking havoc on villages and families. increasingly, criminal gangs and militias are wiping out entire herds and killing anyone who gets in their way. we also know that poaching is interwoven into some essential and east africa's most brutal conflicts, and many of those combatants are essentially members of criminal gangs praying upon the communities, one begets the other and they're interrelated. in the democratic republic of congo, u.n. reports charge that all to the parties to the conflict including the congolese army have participated in this lucrative trade.