and international efforts to address the challenges including the collaboration with the african unionand what is at stake if efforts to quell the conflict are not implemented with sufficient resources. in april, i had the honor of traveling to rwanda and the central african republic as part of the presidential delegation to attend the 20th anniversary of the rwandan genocide. while on the central african journey, ig of the witnessed much of the poverty, chaos and lack of economic opportunities which we know gave rise to much of the current conflict. in addition to attending the rwandan genocide memorial, when we went to the car, it is my understanding in traveling with ambassador power that it was the first time a cabinet level official had ever traveled to the nation. we met with a group of muslim and christians and it was really just tragic to hear their testimonies and stories. there was one woman who spoke with us and talk about how she lost both of her children. her son left that afternoon to go to the market and never came home. her daughter was found murdered. she was a muslim

ababa we stayed til they're firmly support the african union is a leading role in african integration and maintaining regional peace and security he's in town to support peace and security in africa and will cooperate with the african in agriculture industry and reducing poverty said african countries are willing to share china's development experience and deepening cooperation the two sides say they will work together to build the theater of world war. after the meeting the two leaders with the signing of cooperation documents and released a joint declaration what degree that a closer cooperation between china and africa is beneficial for more stable balanced and democratic international order and they will strengthen cooperation and what nation un reform climate change and other international issues. the two sides also agreed that eliminating poverty is an urgent task for both. they will take the twenty fourteen africa. agriculture and food security you as an opportunity to strip and technological cooperation in the agriculture sector. six people had been injured in a buy one stabbi

while we commend the leadership of the african union and the efforts of the african union force withsupport from the french, we also agree with u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon assessment that a u.n. peacekeeping force with both military and civilian components is needed to address the crisis in a comprehensive way. on april 10, the united states joined the other members of the u.n. security council in adopting resolution 2149 which establishes the u.n. peacekeeping operation in the central african republic with up to 10,000 military personnel, 1800 police, and 20 corrections officers. minustah will build on the strong work and sacrifice made as well as the european troops that are in the process of joining them in the c.a.r. minustah will have a responsibility that only to protect civilians but also to support the reestablishment of governance, election preparations, disarmament and demobilization of combatants, protection of human rights and accountability for human rights abuses. the united states will continue to reinforce minustah mission, to maintain and increase minute says

. >> i'm joined from nairobi by the african union's special envoy for women, peace and community and is a founder of a group. you made a passionate call last week for more efforts to find and rescue the kidnapped girls when you were serving as co-share in the world economic forum in abuja. is enough being done to find them now? >> i think when you are in abuja, what was interesting is the whole world was aware that the 200 girls were kidnapped. that was a momentum. what we have been asking and demanding and made a call as african mothers is to say release these girls, so they bring them back at home. that has been echoed by everybody. while the government was dealing with the issue the international community saying bring them back. as a special envoy of the african union i saw many member states saying condition we support you to deal with the problems. that is what name needs to do, is to link with the international regional and international to bring our tutors back home. i remember when we had the plane that crash, which unfortunately we are looking for that plane that we could n

cooperation during the day from here will meet with leaders from the four african countries the african union and will have broad engagement with people from all walks of life during his eighteen in the open yet managed to get the headquarters of the african union in ethiopian capital. yet the east of the bath where he will deliver a speech on chinese africa can lead people to give it the message here. read here will attend the twenty fourteen world economic forum on africa to be held the blue jackets have to be ninety years. fold in the east chinese company in overseas chinese during tuesday in the last blog during peak taking any act of the year will also meet with officials from the technique and i met her about anything i mean she's adamant her back and he will discuss but that china's cooperation. it seems to ignore again what we know china has africa's largest trading partner for fine can pick the gears in a major source of new investments africa has the chinese in what we want our kids yet largest market of overseas contract project. china's direct investment stock to africa has week's

are having the assistant secretary greenfield meet with the african union to discuss the deployment of additional african troops from ruwanda. we are positioned to move those troops weekly. these troops to replace the chadeans. >> how many are we talking about? what would be the force that would make the difference, and are we getting close to that or at that number? >> mr. chairman, i honestly don't know what the force needed it. we will be going from 7000 to additionalwith these troops, assuming the african union approves both the ruwandan and baroody contributions -- b urundi contributions. it will go from 100 to 500 pre sent. that will bring us close to 9000. >> do military planners at the pentagon and at the u.n. say that is a sufficient force, with a robust mandate to bring some p eace to these people who are suffering? >> let me answer your question different way, mr. chairman. in terms of displaced people in bengi, we've seen the number declined from 500,000 to 200,000 which is not to suggest that the situation is not atrocious, and the removal of the muslims and the flight of

so we have to be intelligent now we need to be able to fool we have the african union. we had to take a watch list join hands to work together to create a remote african power and intelligence service these with all the problems the african union was not treated us to get back in half and he called for the season and talk about things that the good the bad and it was due to the street the original african people we need to stand up. we need to create a task force of the hoopla about real solutions not just go. on the on the nicholas. she made indeed we have a regional community we chose a street and there were now economically i mean i think that it's a good organization but in terms of security corporation is still not a setback the throne of thrones so this is something that needs to get rates. don't we we have to sit down with the african union to collect even without that the southern african development community. it's the freakin time. economic community and to put up great on all of us on how we can find solutions for african problems. i must've gone to massive bo

african union troops with the earliers anger brewing this week. thanks for joining us. the top story we are covering is the situation in india this friday where despite the waves of protests against a state of sexual violence against women the last year and a half, another horrific attack has shocked the country. having suffered multiple sexual attacks. the government has vowed to tighten laws further for failing to investigate. >> abducted, rates, and hung from a tree. that is the tragic fate of two teenage girls from india. it's this very tree that you scene. that became the >> they protested that they launched a complaint with the officers of the police station but they were not dealt with appropriately. the bodies of the girls were found hanging from the case now. >> two police officers are accused of the involvement in the crimes. they became deeply entrenched. . rate is committed >> those that do are often subjected to public ridicule. >> they came after the fate, that incident with unprecedented protest with widespread changes and cultural attitudes with legal re

. >> what is the african union doing about this? i don't know what the african union is doing. it is their continent. one would hope this is addressed by the leaders of the african continent. it seems like africa is in so much ethnic and religious -- the bishop has doing amazing work in south sudan. i have seen pictures where entire villages, this is islamic versus christian, crime of fire bombers with the huge fire guns torching women and girls. i men this happens regularly. now people know these girls are kidnapped, we have to do something. what have we been doing to stem the tide of violence? i would say, i don't think it's an exaggeration to say the lion share of this religious violence is islamic on religious minority. sometimes muslims for sure, but it's islamic against christians and non-complying muslims. as far as i can tell, dr. jasper, you can close it out, it's gotten worse, not better. >> it has gotten worse. we aren't addressing the problem. finally, hollywood wakes up with what happened in brunei. where were they when al gore took a half billion because they boug

regional organizations in africa , south african development community, the african union, election monitoring, of secretariat. even in asia we have organizations. which ones are more credible? you know, it varies. i would put my money mostly on coming out on top. they do a pretty good job. the democracy and human rights arm. you have several different, you know, monitoring organizations come sometimes out of the same organization that sometimes contradict each other. the european union, i had initially thought the european union was going to be a great organization. i'm a citizen of the european union myself. the european union has a lot of political clout but also a lot of political tentacles and a lot of ties and the law of constraints on what it can and cannot say. yet some observers, people to work for the european union often tell me that they get criticized if they don't follow the line of the european union, what they are supposed to be saying after the election. it is not that they are not critical. when they don't want to be, you know, it is a good example of an organization that we

polling stations are heavily guarded and it's taken place amid security and eu and african union have observers to monitor the vote. the vote is over two days and it comes after three years of political turmoil, in july last year they talked about mohamed morsi and the next day a crack down and the army has a state of emergency and curfews and the muslim brotherhood band a month later, the second time it has been ban since 1954. the new antiprozest law ensued in november, soon afterward the muslim brotherhood is declared a terrorist group. religious groups are banned under a new constitution, the prime minister had a resignation the following month. in march the coup maker abdel-fattah el-sissi quicks as army chief to run for president and leonard smith looks at the frontrunner and will do a bit later but first on retired marshal abdel-fattah el-sissi who is the frontrunner and appointed the chief in 2012 and had a coup against mohamed morsi last year and, abdel-fattah el-sissi kit -- quit to run for president. and he first ran for president in 2012 and came in third with 21% of the v

the african union has waged a campaign to eradicate child marriage. tonight we have a special report nearly 80% ofre girls are married by 18. choice is land all defined by the demands of survival. niger is the world's least developed nation. bride price is part of african custom. asse people said as well locals wealthy nigerians are offering big money for beautiful girls. a goodview, it is not thing, this man said. girl can fetch thousands of pounds depending on her beauty. iss person has no job, separated from her husband. she would welcome a wealthy husband. >> many families do not have the choice. [indiscernible] ge ofe legal ai marriages 15. childhood vanishes. this person, it was the trauma of being forced to have sex at 13. >> [indiscernible] i did not think it was about marrying somebody i would be happy with. i was so young and did not have anybody to whom i could go for device. always trying to -- it was as if he had bought me. it was not because i wanted him, but because he had bought me. he missed treated me. one day he locked me in the bed

the african union, a group of 54 states is calling for an end to child marriage. tanya paige reports from eastern zambia. >> exams are on many students' minds as they walk to school, but others have more grown up problems to think about. this student eloped with her boyfriend in february. >> he wanted to convince my parents we should marry. >> it's her books, not a marriage bed her parents are insisting on. they tracked her down and ended her plans. part of a group of traditional group is trying to end childhood marriages. he calls the police and the husbands are often much older than the brides, but not this time. he's at university, she dropped out of school. >> in zambia, the leaders agreed that all the negative traditions and customs must be done away with, so basically, the woman, we are not going with a tradition. >> ruth's early marriage was also ended by the chief, who often help it is pay for the girls' school fees. >> i was missing for four days with my husband, my family was looking for me. when they found me, i was a bit scared of my dad, so i resisted

world now, regional organizations in africa, south african development community, different -- the african union, of course, does election monitoring, the commonwealth secretariat, and even in asia we have organizations popping up. which one are the moe credible one -- the more credible ones? its veries. i would put my money mostly -- i think the carter center does come out on top in terms of the most reliable. ose does a good job. not the parliamentary assembly of to the ose but the democracy and human rights arm. ironically, several different monitoring organizations coming sometimes out of the same organization, that sometimes contradict each other. the european union -- i had initially thought the european union would be a great monitoring organization, and i'm a european -- citizen of the european union myself, and the european union has a lot of political clout and a lot of political tentacles and a lot of ties and constraints on what it can and cannot say, and it's observers are people who work for the european union tell me they get criticized if they don't follow the line of the europea

an african union task force, with 5,000 soldiers backed by special forces has been trying to find them for years. in march, they sent aircraft to help in the search. it's a massive challenge. the operation is based out of uganda, covering areas of south sudan, the central african republic, and the democratic republic of congo. it's inhospitable terrain that coney and his men know well. >> it's difficult to measure the strength of the l.r.a. we estimate that the l.r.a. only has about 160 actual combatants from uganda left. even though the numbers don't seem that imposing compared to other armed groups in the region, the l.r.a. is able to do much damage with relatively few fighters. whereas the l.r.a. isn't the force it was. there is a fear the group can take vaping of unrest in places like the central african republic and south sudan to destabilize the reason. for then that devised his tactics, hearing his name insteels an unspeakable fear. >>> and still ahead on al jazeera... >> i'm raun awe long the main migrant corridor in mexico. coming up, a group of women who try to give migrants

soldiers and i've met them on battlefields, if you will, and they were part of the african union. what i would argue is that they don't have the refined, detailed and special opes team and that's what i'm asking to be formulated and either with police or with the military that is geared only toward -- >> do you want to send our special opes unit? >> no. i'm using that as an example. >> oh. a pointed military unit. >> i'm not calling for any boots on the ground that will be focused on recovering the girls and bringing this thug to justice. you know, let me tell you, the news is abounding with al qaeda person saying you mean to tell me he took these girls and he's going to auction them off? they are outraged that he's using islam to do this. the question is bring him to justice now. that has to be priority. take the measures to president jonathan that he must get on the world stage and tell the world what they are doing and their commitment. this morning at the world economic conference we heard the comments at least to acknowledge the support, but more importantly his commitment t

. >> an african union force with 5,000 soldiers backed by u.s. forces have been hunting for him for years. aircraft helps in the search. it's a massive challenge that covers areas of south sudan, the central african republic and the democratic republic of congo. it's the inhospitable terrain that kony and his men know well. >> right now. >> we estimate that the lra only has about 160 actual combatants from uganda left, but even though the numbers don't seem that imposing compared to other armed groups in the region, the lra is able to do much damage with relatively few fighters. >> so whereas the lra isn't quite the force that it once was there is a real fear that the group could take advantage of areas of unrest to further destabilize the region. for many who have survived unimaginable tactics hearing joseph kony's name still instills an unspeakable fear. stephanie decker, al jazeera. >> a psychiatrist testified in the oscar pistorius actual. the defense is trying to show that pistorius accidently shot his girlfriend. >> it is my opinion that os

an african union task force, backed by 100 special forces have been trying to find him for years. in march the u.s. sent four aircraft to help in the search. it's a massive challenge. covering areas of south sudan, the democratic republic of congo. it's inhospitable terrain that coney and his men know well. it's hard to measure the strength. we estimate that the l.r.a. has 160 combatants from uganda left. even though the numbers don't seem that imposing compared to other armed groups in the region, the l.r.a. is able to do much damage with relatively few fighters. >> so whereas the l.r.a. is not the force that it once was, there's a fear that the group could take advantage of unrest in places like the central african republic, and south sudan, to destabilize the region. for many that survived, hearing joseph kony's name instills an unspeakable fear. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon will brief a security council on developments in south sudan. a ceasefire appears to have been broken soon after it came in effect. the south sudan accuses the arm, i of voting first. the ceasefir

. >> reporter: an african union task force with 5,000 sol engineered backed by 100 u.s. special forces has been trying to find him for years. and in march the u.s. sent four aircraft to help find him. covers areas of south sudan the central african republic and the republic of congo. it's inhospitable area that kony and his men know well. >> it is hard to estimate by conventional means. we estimate that the lra only has about 160 actual combatants from uganda left. but even though the numbers don't seem that imposing, compared to other armed groups in the region, the lra is able to do much damage with relatively few fighters. >> reporter: so whereas the lra isn't quite the force that it once was, there is a real fear that the group could take advantage of unrest in places like the central african republic and south sudan to further destabilize the region. and for many who have survived his unimaginable tactics, the name joseph kony still reveals an unmistakable fear. stephanie decker, al jazeera. >> being oscar pistorius, possible anxiety disorder led to the are killing.

also today having assistant secretary thomas greenfield who is with secretary carry meet with the african union to discuss the deployment of additional african troops from rwanda, and we hope that that will take place very soon, and we are positioned to move those troops quickly. .. but at the e.u. presence will go from 100 at present to 500 present so that will bring us up to close to 9000. >> military plan is the pentagon and the u.n. said that is a sufficient force with a robust mandate to bring some peace to these people who suffer? >> let me answer the question differently mr. chairman. spin terms of displaced members we have seen the number declined from 500,000 to 200,000 which is not to suggest that the situation is not atrocious and the removal of the muslims and the light of the muslims continues to those numbers so i don't want to be misleading but the fact that the number of internally displaced people is declining i think shows the french forces are having impact and we get these police trained we are hopeful those numbers will be sufficient to restore security. i think we will hav

while we commend the leadership of the african union and the african union the french, weom also degreewith u. n. secretary assessment that a u. n. peacekeeping force with civiliantary and components is needed to address the cries is in a comprehensive way. the united states joined the other members of the u. n. security council in adopting resolution which establishes the u. n. peacekeeping operation in the african republic with up to 10,000 military personnel, 1,800 police, and 20 corrections officers. they will build on the strong and sacrifice made by the europeanrces and troops that are in the process joining them. minuska will have the responsibility not only to totect civilians but also support the establishment of election preparations and combatants,on of protection of human rights, and accountability for human right abuses. states will continue to reenforce the mission in toance of the transition minuska in september to maintain miska's ability to protect the civilian population. tohave committed up $100 million to support miska, liftsing by providing air for over 1,700 peace

we need our african union. we need everyone to come together to really acknowledge the fact that this tragedy, this horrific kidnapping is a result of the terror that has been caused for many, many years. this is a regional issue and it's about regional stability and we have to, one, as a priority make sure these girls are safe and bring them home. we have chad, cameroon, niger and the central african republic that border, and we don't know what type of havoc is being wreaked in these neighboring countries and where these girls are and zee we have to look at regional stability. we have over 100 members now on this letter. there are several letters to the administration urging the united nations to take some action because we have to have a global response on this. we are seeing signs of that because this clearly has touched a deep cord, britain, canada, china announcing yesterday that nigeria has accepted their offers of help. france says it's sending in a specialized team to help with search and rescue. it wil

an african union task force with 5,000 soldiers backed by special forces have been trying to find himor years. in marched the u.s., with aircraft. it's a massive challenge. the operation is based out of uganda. covering areas of south sudan, the democratic republic of congo. it's inhospitable terrain that kony and his men know well. it's difficult to measure the strength of the l.r.a. now, we estimate that the l.r.a. only has about 160 actual combatants from uganda left. but even though the numbers don't seem that imposing compared to other armed groups in the region, the l.r.a. is able to do much damage with relatively few fighters. >> so where as the l.r.a. is not the force it once was, there is a fear that the group could take advantage of unrest in places like the central african republic, to further destabilize the region. for many who survived this unimaginable tactics, hearing joseph kony's name instills unspeakable fear. >>> joining me now from nairobi is david, a consultant for africa world media. the u.n. security council to talk about a report that could narrow the hunt for

djibouti had dozens of troops, fighting as part of the african union mission and is home to the biggest military base in the region. >>> a car bomb exploded outside an alcohol shop in northern iraq. 11 were killed in kirkuk. they witnessed a growing number of attacks in this city. >>> votes are being counted again in malawi presidential election after an attempt by the president to order a re-run. as reported the election commission admits more votes were cast than there were registered voters. >> the head of the malawi commission tells the staff to ignore the president's order to nulify the elections. there were too many irregularities. fresh elections will take place, and joyce banda will not participate. the president does not have the power to cancel elections. in an election like this, where a lot of things are happening, i think every stakeholder, every competitor will try to look at the possibilities. >> after going to court the electoral commission was allowed to continue counting. joyce banda believes the elections were rig the by the opposition. officials showed election obser

. >> the african union is launching a campaign to end child marriages. in zambia 40% of young women are married before the age of 18 and forced into it by older men. the country's first lady recruited chiefs to challenge the tradition by creating a new young. >> exams are on many minds. this girl elopened with her boyfriend in february. >> he wanted to convince my parents that they should marry. >> the chief tracked her down, ending her plans. she is part of a group of traditional leaders trying to end child memories, and calls the police and uncomfortable meetings like this. the husbands are often older than the bribes. not this time. he is at university, she dropped out of school. >> in zambia traditional leaders agreed negative customs and traditions must be done away with. basically at the moment we are not going against tradition. that has been embraced now, to see to it that we are in a community in zambia. >> ruth's early marriage was ended by the chief, who pays for the girls school fees often. >> i was missing for four days with my husband. my f

warning the african union to employ peace-keeping troops, and they want the neighbors in sudan to issue penalties for fighters on both sides. >>> and in washington for a series of meetings, tonight she's going to be sitting down with the u.s. senators, and tomorrow, she'll be speaking with president obama. angela merkel will talk about the possibilities of sanctions with russia. >> in pakistan, the taliban has frequently targeted girls a schools in the north. more than 400 schools have been destroyed by that group. but since they have pushed the taliban out, more than 300 of them have been rebuilt. >> this footage captures the moment the taliban bombed the school. during the two years the armed group ruled the northern region, it destroyed more than 400 schools, many of them for girls. the reason the group said at the time was simple. the primary and secondary institutions were providing education that was too western, and non-islamic. today, the situation is very different. after the taliban was pushed out of the area by the military in 2009, more than 350 schools have been reconstruct

and african union. the recent fighting threatened to descend into all-out law. the army launched an offensive to retake the rebels hold. 20,000 were killed as the rebels added more towns to their games. let's break this down. the story of mali's recent turmoil was complex. the government was forced out in a coup in 2012. army officers said it failed to contain a rebellion by fighters in the north. a month later the rebels took control of the north and declared independence. within weeks the toureg group and another group formed an alliance and declared the area under their control, which is an islamic state. but their pact did not last long. fighters backed by al qaeda turned on the mlma and took over the cities. the fighters began to push towards the government controlled south. in january last year the french were asked to intervene. they did so and pushed out the al qaeda-backed rebels. within a few months the government signed a peace deal to pave the way for elections. but the truth was fragile and broke down earlier this month. al jazeera's correspondent i

now, the african union is launching a campaign to end the practice. >> exams are on many students minds as they walk to school, but others have more than grown up problems to think about. >> i wanted to convince my patients we should marry. >> but it's not marriage that the parents are insisting on. the chief tracked her down and ended her plans. they're part of a group of traditional leaders in zambia that's trying to end child marriages. he calls uncomfortable meetings like this. the husbands are often much older than the brides. she's in university. and he dropped out of school. >> all of the negative customs and traditions must be done away with. so the tradition, because the tradition that has been embraced now is to see the community in zambia. >> his early marriage was also ended by the chief, who often helps to pay for the girl's school fees. >> i was missing for four days with my husband. my family was looking for me. and when they found me, i was a bit scared of what my dad would do, so i resisted at first. >> reporter: he has spoken at the united nations about child marriage,

these countries include the united states, the united kingdom, norway and members of the african union. at least 20 bodies have been recovered off of the coast of libya's capitol tripoli two days after a boat carrying the migrants sank. let's go to tripoli. what are you hearing off of this new tragedy off of the coast of libya? >> reporter: well getting two versions of this incident. now, as you mentioned, according to a spokesperson for the libyan navy, more than 20 bodies were recovered in an area called albaguldi east of tripoli. they belong to different african countries. now, another spokesperson for the ministry of interior says the number of recovered bodies reached up to 40. so, now, we clearly are getting two conflicting reports with regards to the death toll. now, the whole incident started on friday when a boat carrying around 130 immigrants, illegal immigrants, their boat capsized and then the navy rescued about 52 people and about 74 people remain missing. so this probably explains why on sunday we are seeing the bodies being watched toward the tripoli coast. >> the libyan

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djibouti had hundreds of troops fighting as part of the african union mission. it's home to one of the biggest army bases in the region. >>> a car bomb explots in northern iran -- explodes in northern iran. the city has witnessed a growing number of attacks. >>> the votes are being counted again in malawi's presidential election after an attempt by the president to order a re-run. the election commission admits more votes were cast than there are registered voters. >> reporter: the head of the election commission tells staff to ignore an order. there were too many irregularies, says joyce banda: others say the president does not have the power to cancel the elections. exercising power has more effect in an election like this. where a lot of things were happening. every stakeholder, every competitor will try to look at the possibilities. after going to court the election commission was allowed to continue counting. it's believed test rigged by the opposition. officials showed observers what they say is an example of election fraud. >> if you compare the numbers,

. >> kerry was speaking in ethiopia where he met with african union officials to discuss south sudan's conflict. >> meanwhile, a dar bomb has rocked nigeria leaving 12 people there on the outs skirts of abuja, not far from the attack that killed 70 people weeks ago. this latest blast coming days before it is set to hold the world economic forum on africa >> reporter: the car bomb exploded very close to a checkpoint manned by soldiers and police. just a few kilometers from the city center. there were fatalities and injuries. survivors were rushed to h hospital. >> i fell down. my brother was standing with me. >> the security agents here were on duty to stop something like this happening. so there may be questions about how such an attack could happen right under their noses. just over two weeks ago, a bomb exploded at a bus station in almost the exact sameplace, killing 75 people. >> the leader of boko haram claimed responsibility. he challenges the government to go after his group. >> look at us. we are right within your city, abjua, and you don't know how to find us. >> hours before t

the china africa cooperation framework proposed by the king's speech at the headquarters of the african union. alston talks into the this week's list a series of agreements be installing our economy and technology medical treatment and health infrastructure aviation and agriculture. at a joint press conference with jordan and he said. we like cheering as for his song real weak developments and each artist technical strength and experience. the two countries could join forces on nigeria's coastal rail projects. johnathan said that nigeria is ready to heat homes communication with china expanded trade and investment ties. and that of arms operation railway construction and aviation next year the two nations will mark the tenth and industrial this to teach it costs to ship the general sci fi tv visiting chinese premier league encounters that ended the twenty fourteen world economic forum on africa in the nigerian capital of the jia you with a man of the president's from tanzania ambani and tender the prime minister of money during the meeting with the tanzanian president to cut out keep quiet be

ceremony of a highly constructed by chinese corporations and paid a visit to the headquarters of the african union in addis ababa. the next leg of his tour taking the time to nigeria where he will attend the twenty fourteen world economic forum on africa in the capital city of umbrage at least third stop of the angola where he'll attend the seminar with chinese companies and overseas chinese. and in kenya have to mean he will meet the country's president and the united nations officials at the un africa headquarters the four nation tour lee is expected to oversee the signing of some sixty different agreements covering trade even helped pull chain agriculture and training sunday marks china's ninety fifth national youth day the occasional follows a three day labor day holiday period pushed the economy has just enjoyed another small booths. c'mon how will you choose to celebrate the days off you probably open your wallet as well. and if you belong to today's trendy young chinese generation you probably contributed quite a bit. cctv is id on the tube to the c student though not all young people the s

. >> reporter: an african union of $5,000 soldiers backed by international forces have been trying to find him for years. it's a massive challenge. the operation is based out of uganda and covers areas of south sudan, the democratic republic of congo. it's a terrain that kony and his men know well. >> it's very difficult to use conventional means. right now we estimate that the lra have 160 actual comba combas from uganda left, but even though the numbers don't seem that imposing compared to other armed groups in the region, the lra is able to do much damage with relatively few fighters. >> the lra is not quite the force it once was there is a real fear that the group could take advantage of unrest in places like the central africa republic and sudan. hearing joseph kony's name still instills an unspeakable fear. stephanie decker, al jazeera. >> straightistseparatists in eae say the overwhelming of those who voted in donetsk and luhansk wants to split from ukraine. >> this is the man who would be leader of the new republic in east ukraine, the donetsk republic. on the board drawings o

. >> reporter: an african union task force with 5,000 soldiers, has been trying to find coney for years march the united states sent four aircraft to help them search. >> translator: we must not fail to bring just disto the main leader of the lra. a war rent has still not been implemented. >> reporter: it isn't the fighting force it once was. so far this year they are credited with just 65 attacks. but there is a real concern here at the un that they could take advantage and further destabilize the region as long as joseph coney remains free. >>> it is a desperate and very dangerous attempt for a letter life. migrants from africa trying to get to europe by stowing away in ships or taking rickedy boats over the mediterranean sea. today at least 14 migrants died when their boat capsized. another 200 people were rescued. there were similar accidents last tuesday and sunday. dozens of bodies have been found on the coast of libya over the past few years. >>> let's head to washington, d.c. jo joie. >> good evening, john. would be parents going to the ends of the earth to create a family. it i

all over the region radical islamism -- the home of the african union, kerry couldn't come up with the term two days ago and that tells you the program and the way to help the society -- >> dr. jasser it's worse. we gave morsi, the former head of the muslim brotherhood, we gave him f-16s, $1.5 billion and american tanks. this is a guy that referred to the israelis descendants as apes and pigs. frankly, it is inexplicable to me, juan. >> that's a different time frame. morsi was elected by the egyptian people -- >> giving tanks and money -- >> but don't distort it -- >> give him tanks and jets and money. >> you're distorting the timeline to make your point and that doesn't help you. i'm on your side when it comes to let's call these people not manmade disasters. >> this is what this president did. this administration -- >> i think any president would have said we want a relationship with egypt and want influence if they elect morsi. look, of course -- >> the relationship without giving them an f-16, juan. >> juan, you're missing -- >> our friend and ally and work with us -- >> we got to

. >> an african union tasks has been trying to find kony for years and in march the united states sent four aircraft to help in the search. >> translator: we must not forget the need to bring justice to the main leaders of the lra. joseph kony is the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the iic in july 2005. this warrant still has not been implemented. >> the lord's resistance army is not the fighting force it once was. so far this year they're credited with just 65 attacks but with unrest in the south sudan and central african republic there's a real concern here at the u.n. that they could take advantage and further destabilize the region as long as joseph kony remains free. kristin saloomey, al jazeera, united nations. >> water crisis just a month before the city faces the opening match of the world cup. concerns over water rationing grow, gabriel alessandro reports. >> they don't can waste one drop of water. all water is reused in any way possible. >> if it's dirt where water we use it to water the plants. if it's soapy water to clean clothes we reuse it to clean th

. >> the head of the african union is in the rebel stronghold. to broker peace talks rebels have agreed to a cease-fire for peace talks. >>> and the y.'s nuclear watchdog agencies said iran has cut it's nuclear rich stock pile by 80%. a report also found iran is courcooperating with an investigation in iran's nuclear capabilities. >>> the temporary deal reduced economic sanctions in exchange for iran's atomic program. people in the flood-ravaged balkans region has started to return home to assess the damage. southern california peopldamage. 51 people have died in the regions flooding. landmines left from the bosnian war has now been dislodged. >> reporter: the mines move easily. and that's exactly what happened when torrents of water flowed threw here last week. >> we need a different way of approaching these mines. it's a completely new situation for us. >> reporter: the mines are the legacy of the war in the early 90's that left 100,000 people dead. nearly 250,000 people have been killed beenly mine been by the e many worry that the floodwaters

. >> an african union task force backed by 100 specialist forces have been trying to find joseph kony for years. in march the united states sent four aircraft to help in the search. >> translation: we must not forget the need to bring justice to the leaders of the l.r.a. joseph kony is the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the iic in 2005. it has not been implemented. >> the lords resistance army is not the fighting force it once was. so far this year they are cred teted with just -- credited with just 65 attacks. with unrest in sudan, and the central african republic, there's concern they could take advantage and destabilize the region, as long as joseph kony is free. >>> an apparent drone strike killed five suspected al qaeda fighters in yemen. state media says army reinforcements were sent to two regions, dozens of fighters have been killed since yemen began an offensive. we have this report from sudan. >> the situation remains tense across the country here in the capital. security forces fired warning shots at suspected gunmen near the presidential palace. it's

. >> the african union is launching a campaign to end child marriage. in zambia more than 40% of young women are married before the age of 18 and forced into it by older men. the first lady is making efforts to bring about change. >> reporter: exams are on students' minds as they walk to school. others have grown up problems to think about. they eloped with her boyfriend in february. >> he wanted to convince my parents we should marry. >> it's her books, not a marm bid. the chief tracked her down and ended her plans. >> it's part of a group of traditional leaders in zambia, trying to end child marriages. he calls the police and uncomfortable meetings like this. the husbands are older than the brides. he's at university. she dropped out of schools. >> the leaders great that all the negative customs and traditions must bet done away with. basically at the moment we are not going in a tradition, because the tradition embraced is to see to it they with have an educated community in zambia. >> ruth's early marriage was ended by the chief who pays for the gir

. >> the african union is now launching a campaign to end child marriage. zambia is one nation where more than 40% of girls are married before the age of 18. we report where local chiefs are using their own methods to change the tradition. >> exams are on many students' minds but others have grown up problems. this girl eloped with her boyfriend. >> he wanted to convince my parents we should marry. >> but it's her books, not her marriage bed the parents are planning on. they ended her plans. part of a group of traditional leaders is trying to end child marriages. he calls the police in somewhat uncomfortable meetings like this. the husbands are often much older than the brides, but not this time. he's at university, she's at school. >> leaders agree that all the negative customs and tradition must be done away with. basically at the moment, we are not going against the tradition, because the tradition has has been embraced now is to see that we get a community in zambia. >> ruth's early marriage was ended by the chief who often help pay for the girls school