so-called amazonia freedom fighters have attacked religious schools and businesses over the past year they want independence for the english speaking areas in the southwest of what is a mostly french speaking nation tara gate and he has more this banana plantation in southwest cameroon used to be a thriving business not anymore last august it was attacked by armed men from a group known as the amazonian freedom fighters workers on the farm say they were terrified they worried about more attacks so we've hidden their identities they beat me on the head with a machete a young man was asked to kill me but he didn't have the courage to do it one of the guys kicked me and they fell to the ground he cut my neck and back i begged him not to kill me after that i lost consciousness the plantation was so badly damaged that it's been difficult to restart production. the park house burned to the ground word then spread and people were afraid to come to work the packages was abandoned the fields were abandoned that's why you see weeds everywhere the separatists who attacked the plantation want the

plantation want the government to recognize southwestern cameroon as its own country to be called amazonia they say the english speaking minority faces discrimination in the largely french speaking nation the surge in violence has damaged cameron's economy this plantation is a by the country's biggest private employer it says its profits fell by fifty percent last year putting thousands of jobs at risk in the palm sector all out of seven estates only to. freshen up. their british and finally in the bottom a sector this is. fighting has caused thousands of people to cross the border into southern nigeria they're waiting to return but must be wondering whether they'll have jobs to come back to victoria gate to be al jazeera germany's ambassador is being kicked out of venezuela accused by the government of meddling in the country's affairs daniel krajina was among those to welcome opposition leader one back to caracas on monday president nicolas maduro says that was unacceptable and wants krajina gone in forty eight hours germany is among the nations supporting one who is declared himself ven

seasonal rain is good and heavy in this line that runs up from rio and a bit further south in towards amazonia national spur to the right on side east and brazil where there has been recently drought but less to some degree being relieved the western spirit goes out through bolivia towards peru and ecuador that sweet in some degree we've got more showers forming this is vice late sunday into monday on my way across towards buenos aires north of the constant interest me there are shots in colombia and in venezuela running to panama or costa rica that increasingly likely event on every day but the caribbean cherry speaking is fine but there is some kind of running we've got the tendency i think for showers to construct a ranch or make your cuban hispania over the next day oh say so the seasons changing slowly him but it isn't in the us encounter really this is a good link this is rain and this on the nice is cut back through texas towards california as you know that rain's been steadily bringing floods but the real cold which denotes winter still sitting there in alberta discussion on the northe

again in cameroon leaders of an armed separatist group who appear in court accused of treason the amazonia freedom fighters of attack to villages schools and businesses over the past year their aim is to pressure the government into establishing an english speaking state and what's mostly a french speaking nation victoria gazin be reports on the impact this has had. this been on a plantation in south west cameroon used to be a thriving business not anymore last august it was attacked by armed men from a group known as the amazonian freedom fighters workers on the farm say they were terrified they worried about more attacks so we've hidden their identities they beat me on the head with a machete a young man was asked to kill me but he didn't have the courage to do it one of the guys kicked me and i fell to the ground he cut my neck and back i begged him not to kill me after that i lost consciousness the plantation was so badly damaged that it's been difficult to restart production the packages aren't to the ground worth and spread and people were afraid to come to work the pak aus was aband

one of the entrances closed is behind amazonia building. you can get it to by thi popular hiking trail along the creek and get to the zoo here. but officials say this was never intended to be a e publicrance in the first place and will be fenced off. they received dozens of letters and e-mails from citizens in opposition in closing the pedestri entrances but officials said it was necessary for security and other reasons. zoo officials wanted to install permanent security checkpoints at the main entrances but that was withdrawn after public opposition. zoo security will implement temporary screening points for spring break as they have in the past four years in response to severallent incidents at the zoo during past springs breaks. the closing of the pedestrians entrances scheduled to be completed later this year. at the zoo, mark segraves, news4. >> major safety changes coming to a busy street. a street known to be so dangerous to pedestrian. just ahead adam tuss is going to show us some of theeatures already in place. >>> another mix of r