to africa syria the world series for the future of the girl you are going to make your city. your answer to the in your area you want. hello and a warm welcome to the 77 percent of the show for africa's you with i promise you this will be quite an unusual episode my name is liz show thanks for joining us today. we normally have a huge variety of stories and topics from across the continent but today we want to only focus on one thing violence against women and girls and just a quick trigger warning if you have experienced this type of violence then some parts of this show might be upsetting. now since this is such a crucial issue we decided to give the vibe of violence a lot of space. thousands of women in south africa are raped or murdered every year and i was greeted by a tweet here from survivors of domestic abuse and rape about their experiences and last week the change. before we get to our street debate we will hear the story of a cannon and a group of south african teenagers in the city of port elizabeth they are using social media to express their outrage against gend

syria and levanon would granted independence and trouble scimitar in sub-saharan africa and the caribbean. however france could simply not hold back the tide and the 7 year war in indochina ended in a humiliating defeat. north africa was next and both tunisia and morocco left the french union while the battle for algeria raged on. this is the story of the end of one of the not just impious the world has ever seen . and how the blood and tears shed decades ago a still felt in the world today. by the summer of 1956 the war in algeria had been going on for nearly 2 years french troops met the forces of the national liberation front the lead with all mighty force and inflicted huge losses. effen and needed to regroup and to try and regain the initiative it completely change its strategy. it took the war to the very heart of the capital is and in september $956.00 it planned an attack that would have a. beaching in. his . ok to create a play less are going to get more serious. and if we can dunk city your new voice. over new city or hug don't pull moves up the don't really exist well up . with

he had led their responses to such contacts as iraq, syria, nepal, several locations in africa and haiti. he was also their director general for policy and corporate performance and finance, an extraordinary wealth of experience both in the contexts when wartime operations occur and the structure. we're glad to have mark wugs today. mark, there are innumerable crises underway right now, and that large scale, i know you just launched the u.n.'s appeal for funding support to that, but today we want to focus in on covid and what the pandemic has meant for the crises that you helped to manage and for the system as a whole. so with that, mark, welcome to brookings. >> thank you very much, indeed. thank you particularly to you and your colleagues for giving us the chance to have this conversation. let me thank my team as well for helping me prepare for it. i'm not going to speak to the full text. i will talk around the issues. again, the questions you'd like me to address. >> that's terrific. let's start here. i want you to sort of bring us into the room. you're dealing with crises all over th

the aid agency says $39000000.00 children in the middle east and africa have been impacted by war poverty and the coronavirus yemen syria lebanon and sudan have the highest number of children in need us the funds requested would go towards education tradition and health earlier this month unicef issued its largest ever emergency funding appeal for 6400000000 dollars to reach 300000000 people or nica bennett is unicef's regional advisor of emergencies for west africa where from what west and central africa she says the pandemic has deepened the crisis in child health and education we see malnutrition increasing as families have less access to livelihoods and to income remittances from from wealthier countries are decreasing and so nearly 20 percent increase in malnutrition and then of course the education impact which is just been staggering as a result of co-pays before cough it we had in this region $44000000.00 children out of school and we went up $128.00 additional 1000000 children out of school as a result of colditz we're being deprived of learning for months already at a time to the extent possible we're trying t

he had led their humanitarian responses to such context as iraq, syria, nepal, several cases in africa, and haiti. he was also their director-general for policy and corporate performance and finance. an extraordinary wealth of experience both in the context working where operations occur and on the infrastructure that helps to manage them. so we're delighted to have sir mark with us today. mark, there are innumerable humanitarian crises under way right now and at large scale. i know you just launched the u.n.'s consolidated humanitarian appeal for the funding to support that effort. but today we want to focus on covid. and what the pandemic has meant for the crises that you helped to manage and for the system as a whole. with that, mark, welcome to brookings. mr. lowcock: bruce, thank you very much indeed. thank you particularly to you and your colleagues for giving us a chance at this conversation. let me thank my team as well for helping me prepare for it. i'm not going to speak to the full text. i'll talk around the issues, picking out the questions you'd like me to address. bruce:

election 2016 aggression in africa, russian private military companies and troops showing up in syriand assassination, poisoning of russian dissident navalny and other europeans across europe. and president trump says nothing. it is long past time for the u.s. to stand up and fight. and the reason we keep getting pushed is because we don't fight back. >> let's talk about this hack. how do we do a damage assessment? we don't know howev far they've gone, whether they've gotten through the software and the corruption of our computers, whether they've gotten into classified data. >> andrea, i imagine it will take probably two to three months for them to really fully scope out the damage into everywhere that this has gone. this was essentially a doorway for the russian hackers to essentially get inside computer systems. we also, much like tom bossert's excellent op-ed today, noted, we have to now look, did they come in the door and establish other doors or did they establish other hacks peripherally through the system? that will take an intense examination. it's also hard to know if you've

areas that saw significant fresh displacement include syria, the democratic republic of congo, mozambique, somalia, yemen, and africa'scentral sahel region. in greece, human rights watch warns refugees and humanitarian aid workers may be at risk of lead poisoning from a new refugee camp built by greek authorities on a former military shooting range on the island of lesbos. human rights watch says authorities didn't conduct proper testing on the soil before moving thousands of refugees to the new camp. in september, over 12,000 refugees were displaced after a massive fire completely destroyed the moria camp. currently, over 7500 people, mostly from afghanistan and syria, are living in the new camp. in the united states immigration news, the trump administration has agreed to extend temporary protective status for people from honduras, el salvador, nicaragua, haiti, sudan, and nepal until at least october 2021. the extension is part of a deal between plaintiffs and the u.s. government who have sued to preserve tps after the trump administration killed the humanitarian relief program earlier this year. this comes as immi

syria. it's unlikely that they will be able to return any time soon. rhal ssan, bbc news. in west africaident mahamadou issoufou, who's stepping down after completing the permitted two terms in office. this contrasts with presidents in ivory coast and guinea, who have won third terms earlier this year, despite violent protests and concerns about a slide in democratic gains. mr issoufou said the election marked a special day for the country. translation: a special day for an easier which will experience for the first time in its history a democratic change over “— history a democratic change over —— day for niger. i hope this date will be the first step towards other changes that will enable niger to solidify its reputation as a democratic country in africa. a bit of breaking sports news for you, and roger federer is withdrawing from the australian open while he continues preparing to return to action after two operations on his right knee, his agent has announced. the start of the australian 0pen's main draw — usually held injanuary — was delayed by three weeks because of the coronavirus

establish this presence in africa so well do terrorist attacks but then to prosecute them and put them in jail but they are still dangerous and now there's more terrorist attacks in syria than iraq. for from the shia perspective and then basically to copy the extremist. and to be very successful and then successfully with these countries and with a lot of treasure and money it seems politically with the nonstate actors and then word moved to support the side. and then and then the southern peninsula. i think we have violent extremist groups. and with those powers and to terrorist organizations and then it makes it even more. from that perspective with the white supreme missy one --dash but they are copying this for the experience and how they were and who have their own g hard. and then the italian. and the russian side. but then they come back for that decision. and then and then it was way more dangerous. >> what does this tell us about the world? so the lack of leadership all over the place. >> and talk about the conditions as they continue and if it is the white supremacist groups? so what exactly do we need and that has anything to do with transformation with the

and south africa international travelers arriving in the city will be forced to quarantine for up to 2 weeks. there's a headline is the news continues here now to syria after people in power. american people have finally spoken america is i stood. balanced because more dangerous the world is looking to defend us next year of sadness. with the election behind us will the republican party dump truck to the fuel we keep take on us politics and society that's the bottom line. 6 years ago and on and a secret mass grave for babies was discovered near a home for unmarried pregnant women. 6 years ago and on and a secret mass grave for babies was discovered near a home for unmarried pregnant women in an institution run by roman catholic nuns to find set off a scandal that has raced deeply disturbing questions about the fate of thousands of women and children and the relationship between the catholic church and the irish state in a special 2 parts investigation correspondent lawrence lee has been in search of answers. in the corner of an unremarkable children's playground in the irish town of choom county go away a small patch of land has been walled off. a pa

is taken to in virus sobs plant in syria 60 kilometers from the capital kigali here it's recycled and restored to its one of the biggest plants of this kind of africa. we want to have. the horses to. proper system for a 20 west management establishment one that's that's our main. our main target and we want russia to be a model for 4 other countries not so many countries have. this kind of facility in virus so its business model is to sell the refurbished equipment more than 50 people who walk here showing him it ever since he started walking with one virus of collecting and i've been able to support my from line up and they get all of the sharon's and had no problem with my children's education of. a job with. rhonda is seen as the i.t. innovation harbin east africa that's why this sector is attractive to the younger generation it attracts people like that it we're all eric. he left school early but begun collecting electronic was 2 and he was 17 now he has his own company employing 35 people. to get a good we buy these electronics from different places and from people who don't need it yet but for us these electronics are valuable after collectio

africa. on al-jazeera. morning morrow morning for you doing tomorrow you felt good. when you hear. of the 3rd chance. and nervous all will but. for a little finger 10 years i haven't been to syria for probably 30 years i'm fortunate that i was able to come over here and to going to medical field i think it was footage of a father carrying his son with his arm completely empty to that's what they actually instigated me to contact the syrian american medical society and they put me in touch with the facility in turkey. what did your wife say she said. don't cross the border. i'm really nervous about it i try not to talk about it too much but pam and i try not to think about it too much but i'm nervous about everything about him we haven't talked about the trip yet with our younger daughter with my older son we just tried to explain where dad's calling and what he's doing while he's there we've talked a little bit about you know how some children had to leave their homes or some families had to leave their homes and go someplace else. it's probably going to be difficult i don't know what exactly healthy so i don't know what to expect and i don't know what how it will. i don't thin

help children in the middle east and north africa aid agency says $39000000.00 children have been impacted by war poverty and the coronavirus now yemen syria lebanon and sudan have the highest number of children in need most of the funds requested will go towards education nutrition and health care earlier this month unicef issued its largest ever emergency funding appeal for $6400000000.00 to reach 300000000 people or nicola bennett is unicef's regional advisor for emergencies for west africa for west and central africa and she's saying the pandemic has deepened the crisis in child health and education. we see malnutrition increasing as families have less access to to livelihoods and to income remittances from from wealthier countries are decreasing and so nearly 20 percent increase in malnutrition and then of course the education impact which is just been staggering as a result of co-pays before cough it we had in this region 44000000 children out of school and we went up 128 additional 1000000 children out of school as a result of colditz we're being deprived of learning for months already at a time to the extent possible we're trying t

a sign beijing's trying to flex its soft power in africa china has 5 vaccines in the 3rd phase of clinical trials the 3 most important ones from syriaback cancer you know biologics and scene of farm if approved which african nations will get access well these countries have signed a memorandum of understanding with china's massive infrastructure project known as the belt and road initiative it's quite likely they'll be 1st in line let's bring in deborah voigt again she's director of the africa china research initiative at the johns hopkins school of advanced international studies how do you see this is it a case of signing up to this felton road initiative and getting access to the vaccine . at this point we have more than 40 countries in africa who signed onto the dalton road initiatives and i think that it would be problematic for beijing to select out of those 43 some to the 1st and some to follow up so what i expect i'll do is to operate through the w.h.o. demi has already gotten a plan that it's heading the co-ax and i think china has already signed on to that in october and i think by following in his footsteps they'll be best

syria lebanon. most of the funds requested by unicef would go towards education nutrition as well as health benefits as unicef's regional advisor of emergencies for west and central africa she says it's a crisis that will reverse years of progress made in advancing children's rights. i think we all know that the 2020 has been a year on like any other in the history of unicef. and we see rising humanitarian needs as a result of preexisting emergency situation as collating conflict situations also here in sub-saharan africa across the central sahal region in south sudan and the lake chad basin mozambique and ethiopia now also heating up and on top of that we now have the coverage crisis coming in both in terms of the direct impact of that it has of course on on the health and well being but also the social economic impact and the restrictions that are overburdening systems and that are cutting access to health so we've really seen this as a child rights crisis that has the potential to reverse decades of progress made in terms of child rights it would really mean that we're going to see a reverse in some of the really hard won gains of the last the last few decades if i l

again maybe northern syria every else's car the mo attempt is in the twenty's rather than the thirty's which is normal for this time the seasonal rays re picked up now in southern africa and particularly in south africa around joburg greece and since a huge thunderstorm if you notice that botswana zambia zimbabwe and beyond of the areas where you get big damp was this time the year blown away represents one example sunder storms forecasts of earth monday and tuesday and then carry on into wednesday temperatures in very is just the amount of rain that falls from malawi a long way represents sunday for monday chews day and wednesday this rain likely in the northern part of madagascar as well but this is all seas know all welcome cos it does tend to use flash floods anyway. from fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such to moms as a global power develop into the basement company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the state we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and viral mentally sound energy solutions for future g

involved syria, yemen and others, we are really coming to the end of our time tod but speaker if you wouldn't mind commenting onfrica and the middle east we would really appreciate it. >> africa is growing on the united states and i thi amera's relationship that the ambaador named i probably add some more such as kenya is becoming more important wh each passing year from an economic perspective but also a geopoliticalerspective as well and i think the trouble administration underl secretary pompeo has shown a clear understanding of this with its policies over the past fourli years and i frankly fully expect that the biden t administration will as well and perhaps even more so, a very good example of the transformation that were witnessing in the relionship tween the u.s.n the leading countrs of africa remember a generati ago the soviet satellite country, the proxy war betweenhe superpowers. today under the new preside prioritizing the major portions ofhe economy and corruption on working with the u.s. government to increase american private investment. this is a step in the right direction and i suspect the biden administration will continue. when it comes to the middle east

syria, yemen an others. we are really coming to the end of our time today but speaker boehner if you wouldn't mind commenting on both africa and the middle east, we'd appreciate it. mr. boehner: there's no question that the strategic importance of africa is growing for the united tates. and i think america's relationships with the countries that the ambassador named, i'd probably add some more such as kenya, i think it's becoming more important with each passing year from an economic perspective but also a geopolitical perspective as well. i think the trump administration under secretary pompeo has shown a clear understanding of this with its policies over the past four years and i frankly fully expect that the biden administration will as well and perhaps even more so. angola is a very good example of the transformation that we're witnessing in the relationship between the u.s. and the leading countries of subsaharan africa. remember a generation ago, angola was a soviet satellite country, caught in a proxy war between the superpowers. angola has been cranking down on corruption and working with the u.s. government to inc

on the horn of africa he says sudan can now become a regional power broker this is a very important development for sudan and the sudanese people signal for the emergence of sudan from syria because of international actually it will become a full fledged member of the international community could access life international institutions and states who that is all of this function with an able to trade with state and so this is a very significant development for to done and also for the transition process that is underway today but there are also other regional spock that's more broadly is to done becomes a more important player in the horn of africa for example plunges into the situation between egypt and the european escalates i think that would make a very important country that the united states would be very keen to support. aid is arriving in ethiopia's northern region after weeks of fighting it comes as a media blackout starts to ease revealing what life is like for the people still living there volunteers from the red cross are distributing medical supplies blankets and clothes residents are reporting food and fuel shortages with price hikes for basic necessities in

maybe northern syria every else's car at the moment temperatures in the twenty's rather than the thirty's which is normal for this time the seasonal rise re picked up now in southern africa and particularly in south africa around joburg and since a huge thunderstorm if you notice that botswana zambia zimbabwe and beyond of the areas where you get big damp was this time the year blown away represents one example sunstone forecasts of course monday and tuesday and then carry on into wednesday temperatures in very is just the amount of rain that falls from malawi long way represents sunday from monday chews day and wednesday this rain likely in the northern part of madagascar as well but this is all seas know all welcome cos it does tend to use flash floods anyway. to inculpate a culture of knowledge openness and pluralism worldwide and to reward merit and excellence and encourage creativity the shape come out award for translation and international understanding was founded to promote translation and on a translators and acknowledge their role in strengthening the bonds of friendship and cooperation between arab islamic and wild cultures. true confessions one or another bi

syria, libya, yemen and others. if you could broaden the lens a little, our time we're coming to the end of our time today, but speaker boehner, if you wouldn't mind commenting on both africa and the middle east. >> there's no question that the stre strategic importance of africa is growing for the united states. and-- and i think america's relationships with the countries that the ambassador named, i'd probably add more such as kenya, i think it's becoming more important with each passer year from an economic perspective, but also a geopolitical perspective as well and i think that secretary pompeo had a clear understanding of this with his policy the past four years and i frankly fully expect that the biden administration will, as well. and perhaps even more so. you know, angola is a very good example of the transformation that we're witnessing in the relationship between u.s. and the leading countries of subsaharan africa. you remember a generation ago, angola was a soviet satellite country caught in a proxy war between the super powers. today under its new president, angola is monetizing major portions of its economy and cracking down on corruption, and with the americ

syria lebanon and sudan most of the funds requested by unicef would go towards education nutrition and health nicola bennett says the unicef's regional advisor for emergencies for west and central africa she says it's a crisis that will reverse years of progress made in advancing children's rights. i think we all know that that 2020 has been a year on like any other in the history of unicef. and we see rising humanitarian needs as a result of preexisting emergency situation as collating conflict situations also here in sub-saharan africa across the central sahal region in south sudan in the lake chad basin mozambique and ethiopia now also heating up and on top of that we now have the coverage crisis coming in both in terms of the direct impact of that it has of course on on the health and well being but also the social economic impact and the restrictions that are overburdening systems and that are cutting access to health so we've really seen this as a child rights crisis that has the potential to reverse decades of progress made in terms of child rights it would really mean that we're going to see a reverse in some of the really hard won gains of the last the last few decades if i l

maybe northern syria every else's car at the moment temperatures in the twenty's rather than the thirty's which is normal for this time the seasonal rays really picked up now in southern africa and particularly in south africa around joburg greece and since a huge thunderstorm if you notice that botswana zambia zimbabwe and beyond of the areas where you get big damp was this time the year blown away represents one example sunder storms forecasts of both monday and tuesday and then carry on into wednesday temperatures in very is just the amount of rain that falls from malawi long way represents sunday from monday chews day and wednesday this rain likely in the northern part of madagascar as well but this is all seas know all welcome cos it does tend to put his flash floods any way. true confessions points or not a big cleanup are plenty of time or a cynical example of communist propaganda and i want to participate in their logical warfare now if i want to not go to the polls in 2010 al-jazeera access to north korea to investigate the alleged use of biological warfare by the us during the korean war rewind revisits dirty little secrets on al-jazeera. 'd held for over 3 years i

syria lebanon and. most of the funds requested by unicef would go towards education nutrition and health let's bring in nick of the bennett she's the unicef's regional advisor for emergencies for western central africa she's joining us in the car and senegal via skype thanks very much for speaking to us on 0 so that appeal of $6400000000.00 is the largest appeal ever it's also a 35 percent increase from the appeal of 2020 this really reflects the growing humanitarian needs of children doesn't it. absolutely i think we all know that 2020 has been a year on like any other in the history of unicef. and we see rising humanitarian needs as a result of preexisting emergency situation as collating conflict situations like the ones you just mentioned also here in sub-saharan africa across the central sahal region in south sudan in the lake chad basin mozambique and ethiopia now also heating up and on top of that we now have the cockpit crisis coming in both in terms of the direct impact that it has of course on on the health and well being but also the social economic impact and the restrictions that are overburdening systems and that cutting access to health so we've really seen this as a child rights cris

syria and levanon would granted independence and trouble scimitar in sub-saharan africa and the caribbean however france could simply not hold back the tide and the 7 year war in indochina ended in a humiliating defeat. north africa was next and both tunisia and morocco left the french union while the battle for algeria raged on. this is the story of the end of one of the not just in high as the world has ever seen. and how the blood and tears shed decades ago a still felt in the world today. by the summer of 1956 the war in algeria had been going on for nearly 2 years french troops met the forces of the national liberation front the f.l.n. with all mighty force and inflicted huge losses. the effen and needed to regroup and to try and regain the initiative it completely change its strategy. it took the war to the very heart of the capital. and in september $956.00 it planned an attack that would have a. beaching in. that he's assembled to meet. katie create a play a lesser one get more serious. and if we can dunk city your new voice. over new city or hug don't pull moves up the don't real