africa west africa for around 5000 years and we've more and more areas being given over to rice it had lots of disappeared the extremely small grain can be difficult to peel but it contains many more nutrients than say white rice in mali for instance many farmers are now switching back to this form of millet as it copes well with the i would conditions in the region making it a good option in an age of climate change where the farmers are regularly suffering crop losses. if. it's harvest time in the district in the central eastern region of mali near the border of book enough so that harvesting phone yo across native to west africa a kind of militant small seeds and excellent properties it's one of the. fastest growing crops in the world it grows in dry climates and sandy soil even without irrigation for a long time phony it was neglected but now more and more farmers are growing it again. is one of them. we have to take land degradation into account. it is much in demand again now because it helps protect the soil. so when you. force after the phone you know has been cut the stems are left in the ground. and that helps to fertilize the soil. better method effective use it. because the grains are small processing them is very time consuming traditionally for newest threshed on straw mats then the seeds are mixed with sand and pounded in a mortar it takes hours to extract a couple of kilos of the edible part of the grain. but things have changed here since the swiss ngo health data provided new machines that make it much easier to process the grains the one machine separates the grains from the stands. the other

west africa and 6 in central or one. and the proposal only covers the 8 countries in west africa it doesn't how are they central africa i'm quite right and that was something i was going to bring up a little bit later about whether this could actually spread to the central african trees for now though let's focus on the on the west african ones and yet go back to your point about you saying that you think this is just a rebranding. of the c.f.a. francs as you rightly said has its origins in the colonial period 1945. it was meant taking the run the countries gained independence in 1960 it was maintained and it was deliberately maintained because it was a vehicle for french influence in west africa and particularly in relation to the francophone african countries they frank sign has always been 1st and foremost a political entity not an economic and entity it's a vehicle for continuing french influence in that part of the world and now as one of your previous speakers said. francis called the shots traditionally in the c.f.a. francs only $994.00 they currency was evaluated by 50 percent and that was a decision to my france

for us in africa, we are seeing, for example, that we have community spread, quite intense community spread, in some very hot countries in west africa. we are very concerned about west africaaso, cote d'ivoire, senegal, nigeria. we are seeing, after the virus has arrived and got into the community, community spread happening. unfortunately, we cannot get protection from hot temperatures. that is why we are emphasising very much some of the physical distancing, public health interventions, even in hot contexts like our continent. the answer is no, then, from you, tshidi. ngozi? i'm not a medical doctor but it appears that there is no definitive evidence on that. let me just ask you some of the other questions that we have had on social media. i will come back to you on that, tshidi, as the medic. will affect those countries in africa as badly as it has affected other parts of the world because they have a younger population? that's one thing that you hear a lot. somebody else was saying, we are led to believe that it affects people from an ethnic background more — is this false news? we have also had the other side of that — is there any evidence that africa ns' immune syst

unfortunately for us africa, we are seeing, for example, that we have community spread, quite intense community spread, in some very hot countries in west africa. we are very concerned about west africa, senegal, nigeria. we are seeing, after the virus has arrived and got into the community, community spread happening. unfortunately, we cannot get protection from hot temperatures. that is why we are emphasising very much some of the physical distancing, public health interventions, even in hot contexts like our continent. the answer is no, then, from you, tshidi. ngozi? i'm not a medical doctor but it appears that there is no definitive evidence on that. let me just ask you some of the other questions that we have had on social media. i will come back to you on that, tshidi, as the medic. will affect those countries in africa as badly as it has affected other parts of the world because they have a younger population? that's one thing that you hear a lot. somebody else was saying, we are led to believe that it affects people from an ethnic background more — is this false news? we have also had the other side of that — is there any evidence that africa ns' immune system is stronger tha

in the coronavirus pandemic, just like in the abode of virus pandemic in west africa -- ebola virus pandemic in west africa, health care workers get disproportionally impacted by these pandemic infections. those are two of the main areas we focused on. there are others. you may want to move onto a different topic. host: we want to invite the callers to join us in this segment as we look inside one of the nih labs on the front lines of this pandemic fight. we are joined by dr. marshall bloom of the rocky mountain laboratory. joining us from hamilton, montana. if you're in the eastern or central time zones, it is (202) 748-8000. if you want to call in the mountain or pacific time zones, (202) 748-8001. , why hamilton, montana? why not close to the nih headquarters in washington? guest: you know, that is historical. the first infectious disease that the ancestors of rocky mount labs worked on was rocky mount spotted fever. the first cases of that were identified in a location about three miles from where rocky mount labs sits today. after characterizing rocky mountain spotted fever and showing it was an infec

africa right across west africa pushing over to rules you theo p. and highlands still some showers there just around you can. see any possibility into kenya southern parts of somalia but as wet as it has been recently i am pleased to say further south that is generally fine and dry temperatures in south africa but around 20 degrees. i easily test treats and trace frank assessments wise it's always struggling to cope with the number coronavirus push failure to take really aggressive action we get them behind you for informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like ease with there's one ventilator $3000000.00 people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done enough to nip the spread of the out of hours in the inside story on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera her mind of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has announced details of a project to fast track a coronavirus vaccine it's called operation warp speed he says it will be unlike anything the us has seen. brazil's health minister has resigned after less than a month in the position nelson patient took over in mid april after the previous health minister was sacked by president john bolton out of the outbreak early $14000.00 people died in prison. more than $1200.00 families have been

some showers in the west of algeria also seeing some very heavy downpours gulf of guinea continue to see those heavy showers right through the heart of africa right across west africa pushing over to rules you theo p. and highlands still some showers that just around you can. see any possibility into kenya southern parts of somalia but as wet as it has been recently i am pleased to say further south it is generally fine and try to position south africa at around 20 degrees. or. 15 as we like colombia buddha has become a stomping ground for trespasses. as desperate people transgress an illegal passage . to feed and imagine fuel trafficking markets. we follow that perilous journey unguarded through the line of fire. risking it all. venezuelan colombia. on al-jazeera. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here with the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but the structure that maintains the can only project that's what we diffuse it was one of the sound of sulfur settlement and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a

and manifested itself certainly their treatment of their african colonial soldiers from west africa and north africa. how they were using shock troops on the front lines. compared to their treatment of african-american soldiers, they saw african-americans as civilized. they saw them as potentially representing what their african throughs could become the french civilizing mission. african-american soldiers and african-americans more broadly in a very exotic sized romanticized way. fetishized their blackness in particular ways, especially in ways related to cultural production like jazz, the introduction of jazz to black soldiers and their military bands. part of understanding the complexities of that question is understanding how african-american soldiers were treated by their fellow american soldiers and the idea that the french were better than the white americans who were treating them just so her endlessly. certainly not to say that the french were colorblind, but in comparison to how the vast majority of white soldiers and officers treated african-american soldiers in france, they certainly tre

africa right across west africa pushing over to rules you theo p. and highlands still some showers there just around you can. see any possibility into kenya southern parts of somalia not as wet as it has been recently i am pleased to say further south it is generally fine and dry temperatures in south africa but around 20 degrees. for. a city defined by military occupation there's never been an arab state here at the capital of jerusalem everyone is welcome but this depôt structure that maintains the can only project that's what we refuse it was one of the sound of us of a settlement with this and the story of jerusalem through the eyes of its own people segregation occupation discrimination injustice this is apartheid in the 21st century jerusalem a rock and a hard place on al-jazeera when the news breaks or the night of the dumping of garbage in the river by the government has wrecked our lives when people who need to be heard and the story needs to be told to many coming to this place in the only chance they have to eat at least once a day with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports of obvious resumes of the world battled them from pandemic we'll bring you the latest developments from around the globe al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring new moon documentaries and live news.

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it hasn't reached west africa and south africa in high numbers yet, but i think it will.pidemic in brazil and in india. the world health organization is an important entity to a lot of those countries, so pulling out of the w.h.o. and pulling resources from that oars organization will contribute to some of the adversity that these countries face. >> brennan: are you talking about just covid-19 or you talking about other health impacts? >> doctor: a lot of the programs that the w.h.o. runs, we're going to try to support throughout other organizations. but there are ones that will suffer. the polio ear raduation program, the best i can tell the only entity funding that program is the w.h.o. it will be hard for the united states to support that through other organizations. those are going to be the harhardest impacted immediately by this. >> brennan: back in this country, the c.d.c. did issue a new timeline. what it said was that communitynitcommunity transmissn likely began in late january or early february 2020 after a single importation from china, followed by multiple im

africa in particular. and then with 22 percent west africa in particular and in this population doesn't have much impacted in africa it is a hotter climate, people are young, in really some ways that is far as weather goes 1918 or 1919. with the idea that in the same way to follow the same pattern and then in the united states. and equally for this reason. so sub-saharan africa millions of people. 40 percent of africans between water or sanitation so many percent of africans live in the slums and social distancing is a possible. the civil wars let me make the analogy in 1918 and then on the western front but the greatest mortality is 60 percent of the people who died from this spanish flu because they were famished and exports of green with the people and then for the population. but what happens if you have hiv or aids? or the immune system is suppressed by hunger? and sanitation? for the entirely different situation to have a relatively healthy population to medicine african doctors warned them that it is a time bomb. so with the immune system. and the studies that talk about in the beginning coming from animals

one from west africa and one from north africa. they called britain home.s wanted a burial in the soil of her birth. but the closed border means her body is sat here for two months. in this mosque, two more bodies shielded by the flags of turkey and northern cyprus. and there are more bodies outside piling up in shipping containers. we've been to the royal london a few times to pick up some of our community members that have passed from the virus. i'm waiting for it to hit me. at the moment i can't afford to break down. it's painful. it's too personal, it's close, you know. it doesn't get any closer when you have been growing up in your community and you find yourself having to do the last journey for them, understanding the pain that the families are going through. it's... it's trauma. it's trauma on every level. it's painful. grieving delayed is grieving denied. this is a shared fight to overcome a shared pain. and its belief in our shared humanity that will get us through. 0n tomorrow evening's programme, music to soothe in our troubled times. this is th

one from west africa and one from north africa. they called britain home.a burial in the soil of her birth. but the closed border means her body has sat here for two months. in this mosque, two more bodies shielded by the flags of turkey and northern cyprus. and there are more bodies outside, piling up in shipping containers. we've been to the royal london a few times to pick up some of our community members that have passed from the virus. i'm waiting for it to hit me. at the moment i can't afford to break down. it's painful. it's too personal, it's close, you know. it doesn't get any closer when you have been growing up in your community and you find yourself having to do the last journey for them, understanding the pain that the families are going through. it's... it's trauma. it's trauma on every level. it's painful. grieving delayed is grieving denied. this is a shared fight to overcome a shared pain. and it's belief in our shared humanity that will get us through. 0n tomorrow evening's programme, music to soothe in our troubled times. this is the one

africa by growing its economies can show its position by focusing on gas development gas exports into the countries in africa looking at west african gas pipeline going north also into europe and going south into southern africa as well disk would create huge deficit of haitian president ford in niger and economy that would make it an important player on the continent of africa in the energy space as well so this is interesting i want to say with us for a moment because generally we focus on oil when it comes to nigeria what you've just explained about the gas sector is that a belief that you have is it one that others have is it one which the government is saying actually yes maybe we should do this to look at i think is a mixture of all things one is you see yesterday the nigerian ellen g. signed the train 7 contract which is going to move nigeria again this is part of his gas utilization that this is going to move nigeria's production of energy from $22.00 metric tons 230000 metric ton good idea but the greater focus of what out. talking about is making nigeria a resurgent gas on the continent of africa that will aid that's what industrial revolution so the african continent that needs the gas or utilizati

for a time the majority of the showers they are across the heart of africa pushing which was ethiopian hadas heavy showers into west africa particularly the for liberia. as the world fights the corona pandemic and we're learning more about this every day it's a new adventure and join our global community it's up to us on how we come together to fight i'm sorry your questions can i just ask you think this is me directly that's coming on on you tube as you were saying i'm concerned about the funny like oh nothing very quiet and not keeping you up to date amusing countries beating back and beating back successfully the stream on 00. welcome back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera hong kong's leader carrying out has defended beijing's proposed security laws she says the legislation won't affect hong kong's rise in freedoms and that c.s. people will be arrested for speaking out on imagined china as her bearing to repatriate its citizens in india as infections or the virus infections are increasing the chinese embassy in new delhi notified nationals of the plan on monday they have until wednesday to register. and booking

one from west africa and one from north africa. they called britain home.sat here for two months. in this mosque, two more bodies shielded by the flags of turkey and northern cyprus. and there are more bodies outside, piling up in shipping containers. we've been to the royal london a few times to pick up some of our community members that have passed from the virus. i'm waiting for it to hit me. at the moment i can't afford to break down. it's painful. it's too personal, it's close, you know. it doesn't get any closer when you have been growing up in your community and you find yourself having to do the last journey for them, understanding the pain that the families are going through. it's... it's trauma. it's trauma on every level. it's painful. grieving delayed is grieving denied. this is a shared fight to overcome a shared pain. and it's belief in our shared humanity that will get us through. on tomorrow evening's programme, music to soothe in our troubled times. this is the one time i need to stand up and do myjob. this is the one time i absolutely have

africa maybe the share with algeria showers continue raud across west africa into the gulf of guinea some big downpours here liberia seeing some live to shout slogans spells of rain some showers there also pushing their way back across into ethiopia maybe some showers still showers there just around the rift valley so uganda could see a little bit of wet weather coastal positons there a game in with a child to say some showers or longer spells of frank to the south of that slick unless you try and sunny but right pushing into cape town for monday. night is really just 3 days and trace frank assessments wise it's only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action. per informed opinion it's going to be my. we're challenging in a place like haiti where there is one ventilator very relieved people in depth analysis of the dangers global headlines india going up to nip the spread of throat of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. who would the world hold. you're watching all just there are a mind of our top stories this hour forces fighting for libya's internationally recognized government of captured 3 military camps in the suburbs of tripoli for more highly for half. the games are another setback for half dollars a year long campaign to capture the capital. the search for survivors has ended in pakistan following friday's plane crash only 2 of the 99 people on board the air bus survives there are reports of some casualties on the ground but the jet came down on homes near karachi airport. brazil's supreme court has released a video apparently showing president john abell scenario threatening to fire senior police officers their bosses and a minister to protect his family the deepening political crisis comes as the government admits that at least 11000 fatalities have not been included in its coronavirus death toll. more now on our top story the u.s. president donald trump has spoken to turkey's leader average of type one about the conflicts in both libya and syria president early on is providing military support to the government in tripoli and bex rebels in syria's northwest a white house statement of their phone call says president trump reiterated concern of a worsening foreign interference in libya and the need for rapid deescalation president trump and president one reaffirm to the urgent need for a political solution to the conflict in syria as well as on the impeded humanitarian access throughout the country. governments around the world are grabbing financial lifeline because they fight to keep economies from collapsing the world bank says the pandemic could push another 60000000 people around the globe into extreme poverty the international monetary fund predicts global growth will shrink 23 percent this year far worse than during the financial crisis more than a decade ago i.m.f. debt for leaf has been approved for $27.00 countries including afghanistan the democratic republic of congo and yemen and the world bank says it will issue $160000000000.00 worth of emergency funds to $100.00 developing nations alan fischer the except where the money is coming from and whether those borrowing it will be able to pay it back. across the globe as countries deal with the health impacts of coping $1000.00 but also dealing with the economic impacts the global economy has seized up supply and demand to be the most basic of economic drivers there was a huge economic problem during the financial crash of the 1930 s. but now the global economy is much more complicated interconnected into dependent on stoner are you sure are a semester not by a car you're in your phone's very big at and that's what makes this whole thing sort of a soothing from his headquarters here in washington the international monetary fund has put together a 9 trillion dollar port to help countries deal with the covert crisis most of that money has come from the g 28 the world's richest nations and more than 100 countries have asked for help this is the i.m.f. map of where money has been distributed among those helped $2700000000.00 to egypt $4911000000.00 to ethiopia $361000000.00 to bosnia and why well take the caribbean islands or some vincent and granite jeans and a corner me built on today's them which is completely disappeared 16000000 helps until things get better. health comes through to sporting not cancelling debt payments $64.00 countries in the world spend more on debt relief than health that is temporarily halted. there are also additional direct loans and other instruments to ease the financial burden. from the i.m.f. and some for a longer term plan and program is likely going to have to step in to help countries through that so that's probably what will see out here i think the i.m.f. has delivered the message that the recovery we have to hope for this has to be a green recovery that we have to do to use this as an opportunity to do the things that are necessary to deal with the effects of climate change the crisis we've all seen the pictures of. nature reasserting itself in various areas and i think people are going to understand the impact we've had so perhaps that will encourage domestic support for actions countries will still have to figure out how to people back a lot of the right know when they'll finally be in a position to do that alan fischer washington. tim jones is the head of policy and jubilee desk campaigning u.k. based charity that works to end global policy he says rich nations and institutions have no real interest in helping governments struggling with debt the i.m.f. . hundreds of billions of dollars in reserves and just a small proportion of that could be used to cancel this year and help keep money in country but we need to see action across various lenders the world bank is important but also there are private creditors at the highest interest loans are to private land and we need to see those being tackled as well we've not the only thing the yet. to be aware of that the what's happened so are we are. in china and the us and offered a suspension of payment. this year. that payments will bank be made in a couple of years. down the row or to the bottom and that. britain's government is defending the prime minister's chief advisor for driving 400 kilometers during lockdown dominic cummings was supposed to be self isolating after showing symptoms of the virus the government said he visited his parents in northern england to arrange care for his young son and did not break lock down vocals opposition m.p.'s are calling on vice johnson to sack cummings. i can tell you the pm provides mr cummings with his full support and mr cummings has provided a full statement and i think it's but you're right the questions are asked in your loss in the same questions and i appreciate about the transport significant transport announcements the upgrading of the a 66 a dual carriageway and a 1000000000 pounds to make people's lives better and faster to connect and i appreciate that a better you know i do think it's important to note that the questions are asked quite rightly and the questions be answered. in this early evening out of lockdown but for some it's not coming fast enough business is dependent on the telestrator at risk a visit is stay away during the normally busy summer the challenge facing the government is protecting public health as well as companies from bankruptcy on clay has more from cumbria. this is what the british government wants to see mass testing barrow in furness on the northwestern coast has proved a model and surprisingly it's demonstrated a higher infection rate than other places which aren't testing yet it's also lets a barrow somehow being accused of poor hygiene standards not only do they think that's deeply unfair they also worry that the government doesn't really understand what's happening so there's a worry so that's why we want this considered russian approach to moving forward in which we have also but also that we do. we don't penalize businesses in the following to make matters worse the high infection rate in the north west has come a time when its famous beauty spots should be full of families bus the message from the authorities so far has been to stay away in towns like kendall the effects of that has been this unemployment has risen by over 300 percent this part of england is now in the unique position as having had the highest code infection rate in the country but also now the highest rise in the unemployment rates the local health authority is seen as having done a very good job in the hospitals here are not overwhelmed but businesses are starting to really suffer and that's leading many people to start asking what's actually worse the disease or the cure every single person we spoke to said that they wanted restrictions eased as a matter of urgency and it seems to me they were run by people who do not understand statistics and they've managed to suddenly frighten enough people i mean you know members of my family still genuinely think we should cower indoors and i thank you we need to start living again there's a lot of businesses here. you know bits that might not be able to carry and sad to see here actually my appear on the high street at the end of all this you know he might reopen and he won't the sign saying stay away or go home have disappeared. though it's still impossible to book a hotel room the totally opposing demands to protect public health while keeping the economy from collapsing have led to the tourism authorities and politicians trying to suggest that people should start to come but slowly we know that all part of tourism hospitality won't get back to normal until the autumn probably not until next year and that's a reminder that given that this is a seasonal business there if we let people stand on their own 2 feet in the autumn then all you have built is perspiring business collapsing unemployment from march to this autumn the great fear the worst case scenario is the closure of all this until the end of summer there would then be no way back for thousands of businesses which wouldn't survive the winter the view from here is that protecting livelihoods is becoming every bit as urgent as protecting lives barnsley al-jazeera in north west of england. dogs in sudan are threatening to continue a nationwide strike if the demands for better working conditions are not met by the government the main doctors union called a 72 hour strike on thursday it was after 4 doctors were injured during an attack and the on durban teaching hospital on wednesday they also unhappy with the lack of protective equipment for those treating coronavirus patients. the president of tanzania continues to attend election rallies despite the pandemic john michael fully who's seeking reelection insists the virus has been defeated through prayer 500 cases have been reported among the 60000000 population the president's lead a crackdown against anyone who questions the government's response critics have been arrested opposition politicians and rights activists say their phones are being taps to remember what it is that we have decided to go this way to depend on god we have started with god and we shall finish with them in reality god has answered our prayers the number of infected is dropping. anger is building in the indian city of call council over the response to a cycle in which is that millions without power and water. protestors are frustrated that without essential services inside clone struck on wednesday demonstrators blocked roads and set a truck on fire overnight cycling contributed to the deaths of at least 96 people in eastern india and in neighboring bangladesh. international condemnation is growing louder against china's plans for a new security nor in hong kong the last governor of the british colony christie person says it's a betrayal by a new chinese dictatorship opposed legislation would ban activity that china's communist party considers subversive hong kong's government can expect more protests adrian brown reports. on the day china announced it was bypassing hong kong's parliament to push through a new security law the city's leader was putting on a brave face surrounded by her cabinet kerry said hong kong people and foreign investors had nothing to fear as she offered support for the legislation there will be protests of all sorts in hong kong as we have seen but the important thing is for the people hong kong to realize that without protection of national security many of the things that we enjoy many of the things that we treasure. will be lost. when china regains sovereignty over hong kong from britain in 1997 it promised the city a high degree of autonomy for 50 years. but china's leadership now says those freedoms are being undermined by violent protests subversion calls for independence and foreign interference. and under the basic law hong kong's mini constitution they say they have the right to impose security legislation on the on friday the vice chairman of china's national people's congress. confirmed that china's security agents will operate in hong kong when needed words that have unsettled many people here they all feel that the one country 2 systems is dead and and now the reaction is general panic people would like you and me grey and making preparations to leave hong kong some people we spoke to said the law was long overdue others resigned to it i think it would have happened anyway like if the fear i think i've gotten past this stage about being afraid or got it all makes sense a country needs laws to protect itself people only abuse freedom if there is too much. business groups here fear the proposed law will threaten hong kong status as asia's leading financial center and put further pressure on its independent judicial system it is almost 2 years since protests began over another proposed law that would have allowed wanted people to be sent to the mainland that bill was eventually dropped but the prospect of more on rest this time is unlikely to deter china's government from pressing ahead with this security law adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. iran is threatening to retaliate if the u.s. navy tries to stop a fleet of fuel tank is heading for venezuela venezuela has critical shortages of petrol but the shipments are in defiance of u.s. sanctions imposed on both countries. this isn't just there and these are the top stories forces fighting for libya's internationally recognized government have captured 3 military camps in the suburbs of tripoli from war. games are another setback after hours year long campaign to capture the capital for her that's all ahead has the latest from tripoli. for her to the forces a major said burke for his forces losing these military camps as you know the military that the government forces recaptured today and in fact advance beyond a year more military has been set what have the us forces as a kind of central command to run the battles in southern tripoli a former president of tunis here is calling for the crown prince's of both abu dhabi and saudi arabia to stand trial before the international criminal court on my resume clear cuse is mohammed bin said and mohammed bin salmond of undermining countries involved in the arab spring uprisings including tunisia. the search for survivors has ended in pakistan following friday's plane crash in karachi only 2 of the 99 people on board survived there are reports of some casualties also on the ground when the air bus crashed into homes gaza's health ministry has reported the territory's 1st coronavirus death officials say the 77 year old woman had been under quarantine after returning to egypt on tuesday. spain's prime minister has promised international tourists can return in july pitter essential is under pressure to reopen in time for the peak summer season lockdown restrictions are gradually easing but the state of emergency remains in force for another 2 weeks brazil's supreme court has released a video apparently showing president jaya both an adult threatening to fire senior police officers their bosses and the minister for to protect his family britain's government is defending the prime minister's chief advisor for driving 400 kilometers during lockdown dominic cummings was supposed to be self isolating after showing symptoms of the virus. but as the headlines the news continues here on algis there are the inside story and i'll be back with you at the top of the hour stay with us. it's the end of an era in west africa as france moves to scrap the current sea used by its former colonies say if a friend will now become the eco but is this genuine change what is to rebrand and its friends really breaking its colonial on the african this is inside story. on come all santa maria.

africa how many doctors and health workers can you send to west africa and so the united states wasn't the. policeman then it was a kind of catalyzer of global action and it leverages what it was doing globally to try to get other countries to pool their resources to solve a collective action problem because we all knew that if it all out wasn't contains it wasn't just going to wipe out by faith in west africa it's going to spread well beyond that including to the united states to europe and to major cities everywhere so the goal response though is different the united states is not leading within international organizations the u.n. security council which i let it for the 1st time in the un's history to declare a ball a threat to international peace and security hasn't even made that modest proclamation at this stage of a pandemic that has infected more than 3000000 people around the world. w.h.o. the united states has pulled back funding at the height of a global pandemic which is sort of like an onion cartoon headline but it actually is happening in our lifetimes and instead of leading within an international institution like the un or it's an agency like the world health organization of the united states is hunkering down. inviting a kind of courting process globally racing rightly for a vaccine but making it very clear that anything that we manufacture produce you know is something tha

and we begin to have community transmission in west africa generally there seems to be infection rates a generally higher than in eastern and southern africa how is it being successfully contained there what do you think it's always interesting to figure out the diversity among countries because if you take even west africa you have nigeria was very high a number of cases as you are doing right now but how was a country like total where the number of cases definitely less than done a 1000 so what is happening trans depends on the dynamic in the in the country the mobility to number of kids that has been reported and then you will have those countries with quite expulse though they have to kant's quite a number of measures. in the beginning since right now we are seeing an increase but what we see currently in cameroon for example a way they have been some measure to lift a lot down we can see that seems to me almost the number of kids are just as double. that so depending on the country and even if we did a country you will see a diversity in how the pandemic is going on so we cannot say that it's been content we have to be present and to