well i think the african union its right to support this peace deal along with what's written on paper in khartoum is the right kind of thing that talks about disarmament of the main groups talks about a more inclusive government those are rather but then not new but they are worth supporting now while i optimistic well as you say we've been here before seven peace agreements in the last six years they will look the same and the problem is always it needs to meditation that we need much greater international pressure now the african union is saying that that international pressures that the real value of car to was to have all the international leaders like faqih like representatives of representatives of the countries neighbors in the rue signing up today's but they need to do more they need to pressure the parties in the country and that includes the armed groups to adhere to the agreements now talking about the groups file of the fourteen one to gain more representation in government because of that they have withdrawn their members out from government how is this going to affect th

and or so from that to where i was the west african. union so they are saying that the process was going there that are free and very soon but there's a problem which is a bit confusing is that that position now rejects so the run a rope of mark is that he rejects the election even though he's saying he's not going to appear ok that's very interesting one ok so we're talking about. a see big infrastructure projects at the time that he's and he's the president the last him but take us into the minds of the people who brought back this president why do they feel like maki cell deserves another. i mean my mic you sent us from has a supply means to to bring groove so he had he had a plane could. emerging senegal so it's a big project so i mean it tries to add to it too to bring groups to be pooled and try to walk on social issues but the us are destined some people who are disappointed or so by markets not yet because as he was saying much of that growth needs to translate into ordinary people's lives rémy markets so it's not without his critics

problem is always it needs mentation that we need much greater international pressure now the african union is saying that that international pressures that the real value of car to was to have all the international leaders like faqih like representative of representatives of the countries neighbors in the room signing up today's but they need to do more they need to pressure the parties in the country and that includes the armed groups to adhere to the agreements now talking about the groups file of the fourteen one to gain more representation in government because of that they have withdrawn their members out from government how is this going to affect the peace deal of course it's not a good sign but at the same time it brother exposes the groups each side upping cops to they were only to get these positions so we've got a side of the state that's happening now then now saying well we don't have to add to our part of the agreement as long as the government doesn't give us positions in ministries so something of a standoff just a month from the signing of the agreement that many still nee

legal entry into europe for more than just a few thousand selected refugees is something the african union is also demanding and it has its own plans for inner african migration. one hundred eighty five percent of my response is within africa. that's an established for our iraq starting from twenty it's in. the if the continent would be put in place if you know if free movement protocol which is in three parts of force is a bullish of research the next one is rest of it i mean domestic issues right a first obligation so i think you know we have put in management of migration on the continent in a more legal framework. to watch if. it's it's if it's in cuba it's on our european partners with the our own experience to also support those but not to undermine it and because of disparate policies to keep people out. but the e.u. is steadfastly rejects this claims. he seems to me quite a complex reasoning that if we are managing and helping them in order to say manage their space you know for their own purposes not only our shop it's is amping their their project if you say i work with africa's

foreign policy chief the african union commission chairman and the arab league chief were all present at the meeting held in neighboring tunisia. but the meeting was snubbed by libya's prime minister phases. the authorities in tripoli have recently ramped up the rhetoric against the u.n. accusing it of failing to rein in general holly the hotter a rival to surat has launch a military campaign to expand his influence in the south accusations dismissed by the international community which hopes a national conference during april my chart a new road map for a political settlement. there is a new energy and a growing interest among libyans which shows a desire to build a state based on institutions to serve the people and bring things back to normal we have to remember that libya is a rich country and has a lot of resources. in the eighty years since the revolt that toppled the libya has been marred by violence and political instability there are two competing powers in libya the government of general accord based into a pulley and backed by the u.n. but general is effectively running a r

should be here any time soon and this is a crucial meeting where the international community the african union the european union and the arab league are trying to convince the two warring factions in libya the government in tripoli of the authorities in the east to negotiate a settlement that would pave the way for an end to the transition and new presidential and parliamentary elections one of the stumbling blocks over the last few months were basically. the issue of who should lead the army general who is in the he wants to be the top military commander of all libya something that has been dismissed by. the army in libya should be led by a civilian authority the e.u. is represented by for there come the really. their your foreign policy chief and the e.u. is very concerned and the navy operation on the mediterranean was implemented four years ago to prevent smugglers from smuggling immigrants into europe and they want to have a strong unified army in libya and also a strong unified political authority and this has been straining relations between the u.s. and the libyan government just a lo

retired two tensions you got we had an african union mission we're not a u.n. mission which is extremely loving and you know what he sees that this if you're used to charity so everybody agrees that security is a problem in the civility. but i think one of the major problems is that we haven't defined security well one of the security priorities of fifty percent albums what do we need to address in the sale that's the key problem and i think the obesity curve between the international community to most governments and the completion of the sales and that's not a huge problem right last one very quickly i mean we're talking about a country that we will once quoting the beacon of stability it's now bogged down with all of this violence people are wondering is a country with a significant isn't population a gonna for example going to be next i mean what is that how do we sort of cope this problem on the continent. i think religion is not necessarily the product year but it is true that you have. some faith in the money going to state actually to be relatively stab

but election observers from regional bodies such as the african union were also critical saying the electoral process was full of irregularities the disputed election in the poor and unstable island nation isn't going to ease the tension here ok so there's a giant tuna sandwich behind me and you're wondering why well one of our reporters was recently in senegal and she stumbled upon a street kitchen in the coastal town of poor that's known for you guessed it tasty . this tiny food stall in is a hit with the locals. c.c. of course sort of group i don't think i'm going here to chat with our friends it's a very cool place like it's a lot so that i simple to produce. the food is simple but that's the twist still the fun come are a special spice mix and there's one option the custom is about all that but also it's definitely tuna sandwich but also only at my toes there's so much on my menu for. the next just for an egg sandwich another favorite among often come out as regulars. and of course there's also a generous sprinkling of spices and each mouthful. the. city bakun visits almost every day off

now africa many countries in africa and the african union as far as i understand is looking at restricting the influence of crude rating agencies how will they do that well it's still pretty early days and there are no measures on the table yet but there's a discussion that is going on in africa one issue of course is transparency some economics say we need to tackle this at as an a level and simply set up some come up with some guidelines force the rating agencies to come up with a methodology they're using to find out how they're actually coming up with these ratings there is a secret though isn't it well of course it's not particularly clear in africa there are no laws in place at the moment i think south africa does have one but the other countries that are being rated don't have any laws to require the rating agencies to actually come up with and open up with as far as their methodology is concerned the u.s. tried this what they they they've tried to be less dependent on credit rating ratings how did they fare well there was this big ambitious plan to come up with a european rating ag

retired two year expansions you've got we had an african union mission we not if you want me which isextremely loving and what we see is that this experience deteriorated so everybody agrees that security is a problem in the sale of her but i think one of the major problems is that we haven't defined security well what are the security priorities of fifteen percent albums what do we need to address in earth in the sahara that's the key problem and i think you're going to deter between the international community the other governments and the book lesions that sales and that's not a huge problem right last one very quickly i mean we're talking about a country that we will once one of the big can of stability it's now bogged down with all of this violence people are wondering is a country with a significant isn't population lagaan a for example going to be next i mean what is that how do we sort of cope this problem on the continent i think religion is not necessarily the problem here but it is true that you have. some faith in the money going to safety to be relatively stable and relat

some of them for example ugandan christine she was a police commissioner under the banner of the african union mission in somalia and colleagues called her a very important part of the force who was always loving her job very dedicated we also had a german pastor on board his cause his name was norman tenders he died at fifty one years old he was on his way to the u.n. environment summit and cedric. who was kenyan was on his way to nairobi because the mother of his fiance had died and these really are just a few of the personal stories behind the numbers. the nairobi airports i think you . venezuela has halted most of its oil exports following a power blackout that's paralyzed the country's main export terminal and or processing facility along with most of the rest of the country this is the fifth day of power outages of venezuelans are struggling to cope and that all reports of looting authorities have been unable to say when the problem will be resolved the country's president has blamed it on an act of sabotage backed by the united states but critics say it's actually the results of corrupt

building between 2012 and 2017, when the african union headquarters, built with chinese moneyly huawei technology, and we subsequently found out that, in the small hours of the evening, data was being transferred from the it systems in the african union headquarters to a destination in china. we don't know a lot more than that. therefore, we need to know how that happened, and huawei should have investigated and should have produced a full report on what happened, and how that happened. and what has huawei said to date? huawei denied it ever happen. thank you very much for joining us. the headlines on bbc news: britain's top police officer says there is a link between cuts in police numbers and violent crime. a british man has become clear of hiv after a stem cell transplant. he received the bone marrow stem cells almost three years ago. the fomer conservative chair baroness warsi says the party is in denial about islamophobia. priced out by a new competitor and fighting for survival, how does a black cab driver feel about meeting the man who is literally driving him out of bu

peace and stability and that's what mark what the president was governor clinton supporter of the african union and decided to focus on the monday called general welfare are found guilty thank you so much adam again we're going to leave it there adam mckay former ecowas official joining us there from tunis thank you for your time. this week is a fourth anniversary of the start of the military offensive in yemen by the saudi u.a.e. led coalition thousands of people have been killed iran twenty two million depend on aid to survive priyanka gupta takes a look at the impacts the war has had on yemen's economy. the markets of sana who once at the crossroads of trade in the middle east. today the street is an alcohol market one of the oldest in the city a selling whatever little local farmers can produce prices a steep and out of reach for most the few who can buy are often in debt. and with a smile has a family of eight he's among the millions of yemenis for whom the war has meant sleeping on an empty stomach. the war destroyed the gulf arabs and the saudis and the u.a.e. destroyed us food prices ar

the state of residence of seven lines is that was the european union this is the position of the african union this is the position of the nonaligned movement latin american and the caribbean this is the position of of some extent this is a position of russia china japan canada so there is not a single country on earth without problem is in its demographic fabric and problem it's a graphic fabric. i know the spanish don't want to wake up one morning to find that from without price had the whole goodness but chaloner to be the capital of the republic of catalonia and i don't think that the international community. will allow this i don't think so under any circumstances not because of my situation as a palestinian which they should support in accordance with international law but because of their own interest there is stability and in maintaining the principle of solving problem problems by peaceful means but even while you were talking to diplomats european countries were sending in weapons to support israeli occupation there will be demonstrations here in britain today for the anniversary of

some of them for example ugandan christine she was a police commissioner under the banner of the african union mission in somalia and colleagues called her a very important part of the force who was always loving her job very dedicated we also had a german pastor on board his cause his name was norman tenders he died at fifty one years old he was on his way to the u.n. environment summit and cedric. who was kenyan was on his way to nairobi because the mother of his fiance had died and these really are just a few of the personal stories behind the numbers. the nairobi airport i think you. let's get more from peter blair's aviation analyst christopher coke a welcome christopher we'll start with the two black boxes that have been recovered what do they record what are they likely to reveal their true devices first there is the voice recorder that records all the noise all but is being said on the flight deck and now analyzing this should be fairly easy and then there's the flight data recorder that records hundreds of sets of data of the flight itself once the plane leaves its parking position so

of the election saying that this was nothing short of a coup and i have been appealing to the african union to intervene have also asked their supporters to head to parliament buildings which is about five hundred meters behind me police have now broke the entrance to parliament buildings and also the roads around it and just moments earlier we could hear them firing shots in the air trying to deceive us the gathered opposition supporters by a so. it looks like what was contested election from the beginning is getting even more complicated as we head towards the beginning of the counting of the ballots but it was not what cost. this week marks the fourth anniversary of the start of the military offensive in yemen by the saudi led coalition thousands of people have been killed and iran twenty two million depend on aid to survive yemen's failing economy has shrunk by fifty percent since twenty fifteen more than two thirds of small and medium businesses have laid off half their employees and food prices have more than doubled priyanka gupta has our reports. the markets of sun are once at the c

absolutely not addis ababa is the headquarters of the african union, and also there is this un environmente planet summit that will be attended by the french president among others and that explains why the scale of this tragedy is so international, to ca nyo ns , this tragedy is so international, to canyons, nine ethiopians, people from togo, switzerland, france, canada, sweden, china and italy, so many people on this flight. what about the concerns about this aircraft, bought from the wing but you said it was practically brand—new. you said it was practically brand-new. yes, this aircraft only started operating last november, it has only been running for four months with the airline, it flew in this morning from johannesburg and then was supposed to do this routine drop, it flies in four times a day along that route so really shocking that this happened six minutes into the flight. the captain, ate kenya an ethiopian, had 8000 flight hours, so more an ethiopian, had 8000 flight hours, so more distressing that an experienced pilot was unable to get to his destination safety and a lot of q

was brokered just a month ago in february in neighboring sudan backed by the united nations the african union and russia so why are they walking out well on sunday the government an ounce a cabinet reshuffle and among the thirty six new ministries only six went to rebel groups remember there were fourteen rebel groups that were promised to be part of an all inclusive government one of the leaders of these rebel groups that walked out says that this new government is in violation with the grievance. and the head of the f p r c a group that controls large parts of the northern border with chad says the government is acting in bad faith is amateurish at best incompetent he says now when the brokered deal was announced back in february the president of the central african republic said history will judge with severity if this fails and it seems it was an ominous speech because when after the other they're walking out of this deal. caught in this tussle for power the people of the central african republic half of them live on the humanitarian aid that the united nations is providing over. half of

signed in early february back in neighboring sudan a deal that was backed by the russians the african union's and the united nations and the time president took to the stage and he said history will judge severely will judge us severely if we fail in our in our plight now it seems to be an all menace speech because just weeks after that it seems more and more of those fourteen rebel groups that were involved in this peace deal are trying or are walking out of the deal what do they want they want to be part of the government that was the deal signed back in february and now out of the thirty six cabinet ministries that were reshuffled on sunday only six went to rebel groups one of the leaders in daraa says this violates the greenman it's another one. who is in charge of a large part of the northern border with chad in central african republic says this government is working bad faith it is amateurish incompetence at best and this is a real blow to the government but not just to the government who is in fact who has lost control of most of the territory of central african republic and has and w

amongst opposition candidates are saying this is nothing short of a coup on our pilling to the african union to intervene because they've been incidents of violence in and through on one of the islands that make up the whole models and the opposition hold. more than a dozen polling stations where they say there will be cases of staff involved. the current president. of course these elections have been from the beginning opposition candidates have been expressing very little hope that there will be free and fair amount with what happened today many people are seeing us to ocean where this country. unstable past because that cool slot had brought the country together and probably created the stability thousand witnessed in recent years has been removed by the telephone and the that is the rotational presidency between the sri i learned stuff a couple of models now is what it does take a many people a feeling for this country's future. and new zealand a vigil has been held in the city of christchurch where a gunman killed fifty people at two mosques the service was at a park near the hour nor m

thousand seventy five when the can to go to its independence and when the instability got so much the african union mediated and in that mediation process in two thousand and one they came up with a tissue of presidents a system where the three months will take time five year terms to two to two to rule now but it was going out of the window after that referendum held by money last year and that is where the major concern is about the country going back to its lowest possibly frame ahmed covering this story hasn't been easy for you not at all there's been a lot of obstacles thrown away we could not get into some of the polling stations we could not get into the tallying center and then immediately when the results were announced police about ten of them from different organizations immigration police national security diligence as well as the regular police came to all tell took away our camera of forms and then told us they will come again the next morning to take us through to the airport which they did and then the last into an aircraft thank you very much for that mohammed john john here in the

you launch on your good terrorist along with more greenie the foreign affairs commissioner the african union and also the other big are going to try to find ways to break the political impasse in libya and this is quite a critical moment i mean since the start of the crisis the international committee has been trying to bridge the gap between two key players in libya the salaries the prime minister of the government based in tripoli and running general in the east that didn't work there were many attempts in palermo in italy in paris and also in the united arab emirates it didn't work to the point where the government base in tripoli is lashing out at the u.n. saying that they don't seem to be deluded genuine about implementing genuine a four hundred one is backed by the u.a.e. and saudi arabia and egypt and the government in tripoli is concerned that's the have the could be used by these countries to further advance their own agenda in libya the u.n. is trying other this meeting which is going to happen this afternoon to convince all the parties to negotiate a new political framework there

of the office 200,000 african american troops serving in the union forces, over 68,000 were killed. this means african-american suffered a casualty rate of order percent higher than that of -- 40% higher than that of white troops. the death rate and reports of wholesale massacres suggests many took davis' call for the murder of any blacks found in union uniform and their white commanding officers very seriously. white southerners reacted harshly to the organization of african american units because of it historically intense fear of a slave revolt. consequently, the site of a black man bearing arms produced a blinding hatred among white southerners towards black troops and northern officers. also the conscription act, known as the enrollment act of 1863, recruiting agents and southern areas recruited every able-bodied black man they could find. the increase in black recruitment with the confederate congress to echo jefferson's proclamation in may of 1863. what is interesting is this was still the time of gentlemen service. here is a wonderful image that i found from a recruitment off

fought for the union army. 450,000 men from slave states fought for the union army during the civil war. this consisted of african- american men from the south slave states most had fled the slavery to join the union army. and it even included some white men from confederate states who chose the stars and stripes over the stars and bars. together these anti confederate southern freeling argued offered a victory to the union in the civil war. now today as much as when it was initially published changes the way people think about the civil war. freeling challenges us not to slip into a shorthand in which we say things like the south lost the civil war. such a shorthand of southern that welcomed and contributed to the union's victory. the american civil war museum puts on eliminating the personal choices of the civil war americans. i will today provide you with some human stories that lie behind freelings focus specifics. on two all together southern. dramatized how confederate southerns made a difference in civil war. but their postwar struggles, struggles both van lou and wilson show the union's potential to trans

between 2012 and 2017, the chinese were secretly downloading data from the headquarters of the african union the au had huawei equipment with back doors in it. so this is not some theoretical concern that we are worried about something that might happen. this already has happened. >> gordon, liz peek here. nice to see you, always. question for you. why isn't the government being more explicit about our concerns having to do with huawei? you just mentioned one example, hard, concrete example of huawei's misbehavior. it seems to me most americans have no idea that that took place or that other problems have arisen and i think the government needs to tell us that. >> well, certainly. we have to be much more forthright about a couple other things. for instance, we know huawei has been stealing u.s. technology from the time it was formed in 1987. there are ongoing fbi investigations against huawei stealing from that small chicago company. there's one thing after another about huawei. this is a criminal enterprise. it's been involved in a repeated number of acts in which people are very concerned,

foreign policy chief the african union commission chairman and the. president of the meeting held in neighboring. but the meeting was snubbed by libya's prime minister phases. the authorities in tripoli have recently ramped up the rhetoric against the u.n. accusing it of failing to rein in general holly for a rival to surat launch a military campaign to expand his influence in the south accusations dismissed by the international community which hopes a national conference due in april my chart. put a political settlement. there is a new energy and a growing interest among libyans which shows a desire to build a state based on institutions to serve the people and bring things back to normal we have to remember that libya is a rich country and has a lot of resources. in the eighty's says the revolt that toppled the libya has been marred by violence and political instability there are two competing powers in libya the government of general accord based into a pulley and backed by the un but general is effectively running a rival government in the east ba

full of boxes with policy papers put marked for the incumbent president they have appealed to the african union to intervene saying this was nothing short of a coup they've also been appealing to their supporters to come out in large numbers head to parliament buildings here in moore only which is supposed to be the national toiling center of all the votes that have been cast in various parts of the country and they're saying they should stop these people's from entering the hole because this thing that a broad of course the electoral commission maintains that everything has been going on well and despite some delays earlier on in the morning it is it does increase time for people who feel at the polling stations by the time the voting is expected to some cases of an extempore ling up to eight pm which is still about two or three hours away. and i had this is it has election since the reform of the constitution can you explain why that's big made this particular election so controversial. well yes this is a place that has known political violence for quite a long time they've been twenty who's

results will be amongst opposition come to say this is nothing short of a coup on our pilling to the african union to intervene schools have been incidents of violence in and. one of the i. limbs that make up whole models and their opposition some poll tells us a pull from soccer more than a dozen polling stations where they say there will be cases of staff in both books as for the current president. of course these elections have been a commodious from the beginning opposition candidates have been expressing very little hope that they will be free and fair and now with what the what's happened today many people are seeing us to wish and where this country could go back to these unstable pasta because that cool thought that brought the country together and probably created the stability thousand witnessed in recent years has been removed by the to the foot and i'm not the rotational presidency between the three islands to the couple of now is what it does take and many people are fearing for this country's future. thousands of protesters of algerian origin have gathered in france's capital calling