place and stronghold of boko haram. we have seen the group wage large offensives and brazen attacks, including that kidnapping of the schoolgirls in april in that state. >> brazen attacks, and yet the security forces have been criticised with the slow reaction to dealing with a group and retrieving over 200 schoolgirls. >> well, in may of last year, the government security forces, the military imposed a state of emergency on the three states most affected by boko haram's violence. borneo state and others. we have seen the military battle the group and push it back to its side outside. mainly the forest. while the military viewed that as a victory, many say you it's clear security forces failed to sustain the pressure. we have seen the groups failing to step up attacks. and a shift in strategy by the group, where they are not hitting and running, but ceasing and maintaining the towns, raising the flags and taking over communities, indicative, of course, of how the group is being emboldened and the nigerian security force

are nigeria's neighbors by and large helping or hindering the fight against boko haram?nigeria's neighbors feel threatened by boko haram. but there are important capacity issues. the borders between nigeria, niger, chad, are thousands of miles long. it is very, very difficult to control the flow of people back and forth across those borders. there has been a history of an edgy relationship between nigeria and its neighbors and niger, chad and cameroon are all french speaking. however, i think that edginess has largely been overcome. right now, the issues are capacity. >> ambassador, late last year i was in nigeria covering the wake of the westgate mall attack. of course, by the group al shabaab. one thung i heaing i heard over was the way these bodies were torn apart, dismantled, the way people were tortured was very reminiscent of boko haram-style tactics. how much is boko haram fueling the rise of and informing the tactsices of other terror groups? >> it's very difficult to say, but i would tend to see the similarities. basically as the result of copycat activity. afte

we know these towns are under the control of boko haram militants.ary trying to say it will fight back and will try to control -- from the statement we got from the defense department, they say that the country as a whole is sovereignly intact. that's month indication these towns are under the control to boko haram. it's not exactly confirmation or denial from the military. we've heard recently from the army they will be restructuring the way the force works and try to get things working a bit stronger. recent admissions from the military things have not been going as smoothly as they should be. >> looking at the broader picture, if you're a hard lined organization declaring a caliphate seems to be the thing to do. is there actual overlap between boko haram near where you are and islamic state in syria and iraq? does one just take inspiration if you will from the other? >> reporter: i don't -- there's obviously no clear evidence there is a link between the two. we know boko haram has been trying to get international recognition for a while now. every

a bold declaration by boko haram. the militants say the taliban recently seized in northern nigeria is no longer part of that country but has been placed under an islamic caliphate. law -- alla to a who gave victory to our brethren and made her part of the islamic caliphate. thanks be to allah. >> the group is also thought to contain large parts of territory in the northern state in addition to the town in the south. follows thement june declaration by another organization in iraq and syria. boko haram's leader has previously voiced support for the isis leader. it is not clear whether he has joined their call or was referring to a separate wagering caliphate -- nigerian caliphate. they launched an uprising in 2009 with the aim nigeria governed by sharia law. it has killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds. the government to clearly state of emergency in may last year. the massive military operation to flush out the group showed initial success. but analysts say the government failed to sustain pressure allowing boko ha

boko haram is a very prop beganed -- prop dpand da-savvy group. they will expand on the note right of the islamic state group in iraq and syria. the situation in nigeria is immensely different. the nigerian military has been criticized for an inadequate response to boko haram is very much present across the northeast. when it comes to boko haram's actions, while we have seen them signal a shift in strategy by consistently seizing towns and villages, what they're doing is pushing people out of these towns, displacing thousands of people. they're not necessarily running these towns in some sort of effective government. so until now we can't stay that the group has established any sort of calu state in the northeast of nigeria. >>> still to come on al jazeera, counting on the right outcome. we report from afghanistan on the challenge to work out who won the presidential election. >>> ready to rumble. we'll have the latest on a volcano that is shaking up iceland. iceland. >>> why it was a far from vintage day for one driver of the world rally champion

boko haram kidnapped schoolgirls. we are joined on the line. what can you tell us with the recent kidnappings? >> the abduction or the attack happened in a village raid that took place on sunday. it's not unusual for news of such boko haram attacks to take place in remote towns, several days until they are brought to the attention of survivors and witnesses, and they go to safer towns and areas, which is what happened. this makes borno different from the fishing community where they speak of rampant shootings. six were killed during the attack. the issue of abduction drew attention when boko haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls. this is a tack take for two years, to use men and women as bargaining chips. specifically in the case of men, many people believed to force them into recruitment, into being foot shoulders, given the popularity and lack of support the group had been hadding and the losses it had been sustaining and ongoing confrontations with the military. >> you say there has been clashes with the military. do you know if the milit

those killings reportedly happened after boko haram militants attacked a detention center in the northeast. in nigeria, officials say a doctor in lagos has contracted ebola, the second case in that country's largest city. but the african nations worst hit by the disease have been ginny, liberia, that have been guinea liberia, and sierra leone. $200 million of emergency aid has been pledged to help contain the virus. let's bring in the information minister from liberia, lewis brown. thank you for joining us, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> mr. brown, what is liberia doing exactly now to try to control the spread of ebola? >> we have put in place, working closely with experts, the center for disease control, put in place a number of measures, including cremation of bodies to contain the spread of the deadly virus. which is in our capital city. >> there were some reports from the capital mama monrovia, that health care professionals were so -- the capital, monrovia, that health care professionals were so overwhelmed that some bodies were not buried for days. >> what has happened, and it h

this time by boko haram. the gun men go on a killing spree before rapp sacking the black ransacking the palace of the leader. nearly 100 have been killed. it's not the first time nigeria's military has been accused of torture and other killings, accusations the government denoise. >> the nigerian armed forces because of the level of experience would not be involved in such acts of external nation of its citizens. they have not done it. >> reporter: what cannot be denied, however, is the people living in the boko haram strongholds of east nigeria are facing violence, and it's unlikely that they have seep the last of this as the conflict continues. >> u.s. president obama announced at least $14 billion investment by u.s. companies in africa. speaking at the u.s. african business forum. obama wants to shift the focus from aid to trade. >> as africa continues to face enormous challenges, as too many endure poverty, conflict and disease, as we work to meet those challenges, we cannot lose site of the new africa. w

boko haram is a propaganda-saavy group.ne can see this as an attempt to seize or capitalize on the exclusive note rigoriety of thep in iraq, the situation in nigeria, however, is immensely different. the nigerian military, although it has been criticized for an inadequate response to boko haram is very much presence across the northeast. when it comes to the, while we have seen them signal could have been cyst wasly seizing towns and villages, what they are doing is pushing people out of these towns, displacing thousands of people. they are not necessarily running these towns as some sort of effective government. so until now, we cannot really say the group has established any sort of caliphate in the northeast of fire year i can't. there are believed to be around a million, half a million guns in circulation getting those weapons off of the streets. there is a priority for african union troops charged with keeping the peace. from mogadishu, al jazeera mohammed ado sent this report. >> after years of struggling, the somali

. -- boko haram. what can be prevented it to stop that and contain it? also, when is it a crime against humanity? these are new international issues that are not just nation to nation, but also dealing with nonstate actors committing atrocities. world, ngos around the have been on the front lines doing this work. they have many best practices. people know a lot about that. violence takes place at a communal level. this third level is intercommunal, what are the best practices? how do people build the type of resilient fabric that prevents and protects against future violence? what are we constructing after war? lot, but it is to say that in the last couple years, there has been quite a significant shift in how the united states government and our allies are looking at this issue based on lessons we have learned from the past. thank you for your attention and interest in the topic. [applause] >> thank you. i would like to also thank the middle east institute, the carnegie endowment for national peace for organizing and hosting this panel and also for alan

a new video from boko haram. the leader is claiming gains in nigeria. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at the top stories. 90 people were injured in the 6.6 earthquake in napper, california. damn to 16 buildings rendered them too dangerous to occupy. faulty watermain breaks are yet to be repaired. and many are without power. >>> we follow a story out of syria where an american hostage peter theo curtis was released. he was captured in october 2012, seen in southern turkey, where he had perhaps to enter syria to teach english. >>> israeli military air strikes killed many. binyamin netanyahu warned gazans to leave the area. anywhere the military believes hamas is hiding will be targeted. >> fear of the ebola virus is prompting cameroon to close all borders in nigeria, air, land and sea. the world health organization estimate it could take 6-9 months to stop and contain the disease. more than 2600 have been affected and 1500 killed. liberia has been hard et cetera hit with over 1,000 cases and

it has been battered by boko haram. high profile attacks and kidnappings, including, of course, the kidnapping of 300 schoolgirls in april. >> for the moment we'll continue to follow what is going on in nigeria. joining us from abuja. >>> now, somalia has seep a quarter of a century of conflict, and there are believed to be around half a million guns in circulation. getting the guns off the street is a priority with troops charged with keeping the peace. we have this report from mogadishu. >> reporter: after years of struggling, the somalia government realised the need to scoop up illegal weapons. here african union peacekeepers and government troops raid the houses of people they call warlords and suspected militia leaders. official call this operation a success and say they'll continue until they bring back a measure of stability to the country. we will not stop until we reach a point where we'll need a warrant of arrest, and not guns to address criminals. current chaos cannot continue forever. not every militia leade

on sunday, boko haram claimed it was working for the islamic state.he two sides of the civil war have reaffirmed their commitment to a cease-fire. the regional summit gave the rivals 45 days to form a transitional government. the fighting has left thousands dead and millions homeless and injured. in the u.s. today, hundreds of families and supporters showed up in support of michael brown the unarmed lack teenager shot by police more than two weeks ago -- unarmed lack teenager shot by police more than two weeks ago. today, reports remember him with peace and political change. >> a father arriving to say goodbye to his son. the family of michael brown were joined by husband -- hundreds of those from the local area. the service itself was a joyful one. it called for fun room rinse. >> he wanted to have a family. he wanted to be a good father. his death is not in vain. >> that was the theme of this event. >> michael brown does not want to be remembered [indiscernible] he wants to be remembered as the one who made america deal with how we will police in th

they had printed a story that nigerian soldiers refused to fight boko haram until they were provided adequate weapons. the staff were threatened and told to stop reporting on the military. two of the editors were held. two months ago, according to the nigerian press organization, the arm your seized press runs, raiding officers, disrupting the deliveries of several dailies. >>> the maldives market themselves as an indian ocean paradise with lush beaches and 5-star accommodation. it's also a dangerous place to be a journalist. this month a reporter wept missing. he worked for an independent online paper "mini van news", it was reported that he was kidnapped by an arm gangment he wrote a piece to threats on journalist over their coverage of gang warfare in the capital. the government has been criticised for their response, but the home affairs minister says they are doing everything they cap to find him. the media called the abduction a threat to all the maldives. a report by the maldives broadcasting commission found eight out of 10 journalists were threatened. rogers tv, an oppositio

to the war against boko haram. amnesty international is accusing the government of committing major human rights violations in its attempt to beat out the militants. this next video has graphic images. >> they are accused of serious breaches of international law. >> you will tell that from the video am a a lot of people were beaten, a lot of people have been subject to inhumane treatment. they were lined up on the streets and stepped on. it shows how the increasing level of impunity and disregard for due process is the government's response. >> amnesty believes it shows suspected a wrong militants being forced to dig a mass grave, and then dumping bodies into the pits. >> we have spoken to all who have made it clear, that these were the doctored material, and we are calling on the nigerian authorities to investigate to ensure that those who are as possible and brought to the justice -- responsible are brought to justice. >> a raid on the town earlier this year that left almost 100 residents dead. local communities

this is the same region where boko haram militants captured more than 200 schoolgirls in april.the size of the deadly outbreak elsewhere in west africa seems to have been vastly underestimated. that is the stark warning from the world health organization. >> it has claimed more than 1000 lives across the region and affected nearly 2000 people. this is not described in 92 to fortis happening. >> the estimate the outbreak could last another six months. sobering news, specially in liberia. >> family members waited to see their loved ones inside a quarantine zone. the countries not the center of the world's deadliest ebola outbreak with 413 recorded fatalities. ethical officials are stationed on the borders of towns and districts to test incoming travelers for the virus. this assistant says he is grateful for the test because it will help those who don't have the virus to live. with food supplies running short and medical facilities at breaking points, health organizations are issuing their starkest warnings yet. the situation is deteriorating faster than they can handle. >> this is

now to nigeria, where boko haram has reportedly seized control of a town on the border with cameroon. the police say some 500 soldiers who had been there to protect two border cities actually fled across the border to get away from boko haram. the nigerian army dismissed those claims. it says the troops were charging through the borders in a tactical maneuver when they found themselves in the other country. it hasran has confirmed been supplying weapons and ammunition to kurdish forces fighting in iraq. the direct arming of kurdish forces is a thorny issue. something kurdish leaders are planning on breaking away from the central iraqi government. it could mean a ron is trying to take a direct role in fighting the increase of -- mean a wrong -- mean iran is trying to take a direct role in fighting the increase of the islamic state. we have more now from the ucd -- site. yazidi holy >> they believe this was the only place to survive god's floods. it was here that noah landed and humanity started afresh. now it is a refugee camp. around 1000 people who fled isis have sought solis and she

suleman, who was speaking about boko haram, but also the islamic state. i'm wondering if you think it would be appropriate, helpful, and possible if authoritative islamic leaders who could speak on a global stage would issue some kind of statement or doctrine saying people who use the tactics of the islamic state or boko haram are completely off the reservation do not represent the islamic faith and should be shunned or declared erratic, and, if in fact it should be appropriate and help for possible, is there a role for the u.s. in that? >> i think you were fingered, but maybe others would like to take it. >> absolutely. there have been some statements. the oic had a very strong statement kind of rejecting what isis has claimed to have established, and the group in and of itself, there have been a number of international islamic scholars who have also issued statements directly condemning the group and rejecting their claims, establishment of the state. there is a union of scholars that has a number of senior scholars that are members of that organization

as i mentioned beffore, it's th basic ideology is not different of al qaeda, boko haram or isis in iraqdidn't understand why this started one day out of the blue only three weeks ago. of course, suffered very heavy blow. but still, i must say, we didn't touch the core of the problem. the core of the problem. people should ask themselves, why we are fighting in gaza. the answer is very simple, because remain demilitarized. because nobody -- thousands of missiles and rockets. so the problem is that we have got a commitment signed by the -- that gaza in the west bank will remain demilitarized forever. and it was not kept. therefore, the core of any genuine solution should be the demilitarization of gaza. this is the only way, you know, to prevent terrorism and to enable -- to get -- for the people of gaza. >> the problem is to get demilitarized area of gaza, you also have to have the world community join with israel. and as the prime minister said today, ostracizing hamas as a terror organization. we saw during this conflict it was mysterious reluctance and resistance from identifying, you

nigeria government rejected boko haram statement that has a counter fate in the north and the armed groupnouncement in video release on sunday and shows fighters taking over a town in the northeast state here and boko haram attacked a security training facility in borno, 35 policemen there are still missing. democratic republic of congo confirmed two ebola deaths in the province but the health ministry say it's unrelated to the out break in west africa and there is an ebola epidemic in parts of the promise where the world health organization said an out break of with entiritis killed people in the resent weeks and not known if it is related to ebola. the general received the king's formal endorsement and he led the toppling of the elected civilian government led by chinwat in may and he will press ahead with political reforms and says elections will take place by late next year. zimbobwai is helping the community, the regional block which he now leads and monica has more. >> reporter: people in zimbobwai said when the west turned away china stepped in and government corruption made their

is concerned about groups ranging fr ranging from boko haram in the north. other groups in the east. president obama met with a group of africans. they had wrapped up a leadership fellowship in washington d.c. let's bring in the director of the africa center for strategic studies in washington d.c. we have a senior fellow at the brookings africa growth initiative. we appreciate both of them joining us tonight. i want to start with you. both of our correspondents touched on some of the reasons, but i want to take on why is this summit now happening. why now? >> this is a good question. >> president obama had to deal with the worst financial crisis since the depression. it's his second and time term. it's a chance for him to do something for av yeah. >> kate, why to you think it's happenings. is it overdue? >> i think it's a recognition of the growing importance of africa to the united states. the fact that there are over a billion people on the continent of africa, and population growth areas are likely to quadruple over the next decades. certainly by 2100. i

an aid shipment, but ukraine is worried they could be used by the military. >>> terrorist group boko haramnapped about 100 boys and young men from a nigerian town. that's according to bloomberg. they're the same militants that abducted more than 200 school girls in april. >>> in the states full military honor for gerald green at arlington national cemetery. shot by an afghan soldier, he was the highest ranking army officer killed in combat since the vietnam war. >>> upstate new york, services held for kevin ward jr., the race car driver killed when he was struck by nascar driver tony stewart. the investigation is ongoing. meantime, stewart has announced he has withdrawn from a sprint cup race this weekend. >>> and last night san francisco said good-bye to legendary candlestick park. sir paul mccartney brought down the house, which was fitting, because this is where the beatles played their last live concert. plenty of great sports memories there too. the 49ers and baseball giants once called this home. >>> let's get down to business now with cnbc's sima modi. good morning. >>> stocks rose

this hour nigerian military abused civilians in their fight against the islamic militant group boko haram amateur national releasing footage showing a soldiers slitting the throats of detainees nigerian officials are now investigating the allegations the human rights group also accuse the military of killing more than six hundred released prisoners boko haram is responsible for hundreds of deaths this year alone. and staying with the middle east five lebanese clerics have been wounded as the convoy they were traveling in came under fire in the north of lebanon as they were on their way to mediate a solution to fighting in the city of our side near the syrian border which is better controlled by the radical nusra front since sunday fighting between islam and government forces in lebanon has gone for three days now and left some twenty people dead. rescuers still searching for the survivors in the aftermath of a six point one magnitude earthquake that struck china's you know one province sunday and it's thought to have left more than three hundred ninety people dead and injured more than on

that is like suggesting that we make sure boko haram is armed enough so that it can fight back against the people trying to rescue the children. jon: iron dome being the system that the u.s. and israelis jointly developed to help protect israeli civilians from the rockets from, that hamas launches. >> i worked in gaza and reported from there after the last confrontation which was in 2008-2009 and at that point the palestinians were saying, oh look, the israelis were actually starved our animals at the zoo to death. when i got back to israel i learned that it was hamas that had actually wiredo explode because they knew when the israeli soldiers came in, they would go to protect animals and would all be blown up. this, you can not be too cynical in a conflict like this and you can not forget the context of this. right now if gaza is open-air prison as the hamas organization asserts, it is that way because hamas seized power in 2007 and has refused to do anything to forward the peace talks, will not recognize israel, and continues to carry out terrorism. now it is even controlling its jou

we got boko haram doing the most unthinkable killed 100 people. slit their throats while saying god is great. it is many places what are we supposed to do if we are supposed to do anything. >> i think the president has got to confront the reality that we see isis perpetrating in syria and iraq. other extremists around the world. i think the president suffers from a a fundamental defect shared by many in american academia and political side that he doesn't see that these religious if a that theisms can arise from something other than poverty. it's not economically based problem. it's ideological problem where in an ideological struggle against radicalized form of islam. i think in the form of isis, the one that confronts us immediately we need a presidential decision that the united states has to lead a coalition to destroy isis. we cannot let it hold territory because it's only a short matter of time before isis attacks not christians and uzidiss in iraq but in the united states. >> in looking at the whole persecution of christians and we have bee

what can you and your president do to try to counteract the threat of boko haram?> first, andrea, let me make clear, we do not have any reports of these girls being sent out. i just want to make that very clear. the president is doing everything he can. it is a very difficult situation. the reason being, you don't want to do anything that would jeopardize the girls. as you know, we're dealing with people who are not exactly -- you can't -- there are people who are ruthless. i think that's the only word. so how to use all means, including talking to them, behind -- including both military and nonmilitary means to try and get the situation resolved. i think all of these actions are being taken. our heart goes out to the girls and their parents. there's no one single day that we don't wake up thinking of the situation of these girls and everything is being done. you know, the u.s., uk, france, and israel, they are all helping us to try to locate and get intelligence and follow what is happening with these girls. >> was there too much delay in accepting help from aroun

so we look at the atrocities committed by boko haram, by isis, and we say it has nothing to do with usnial is not policy. denial is not strategy. it's not even tactics. it's nothing. it's just to say no, it's not us. the other group who have been our friends for a long time, saudi arabia, qatar. groups like hamas, isis, you know, we're diplomats and friends and it's us americans who are not standing up to these groups and saying we'll stop talking about these euphemisms like violent extremism. let's talk about radical islam. >> if you could have given that speech that they asked you not to give, and if you could speak to diplomats at the state temperature, what would you say we ought to be doing differently with dealing with the nation of islam and the radicals? >> i would say we are dealing with an idealogical -- we are engaged in an idealogical war that we do not want to fight. so today, please help out the yazidis, the christians. please, let's do what is right to do that is an emergency. on a second level, let's get together and instead of addressing all these various brands of rad

boko haram, what can you tell us about that, the police have been kidnapped? >> that facility is in that same gwozo, where they are claiming to established a caliphate. it took until saturday evening for the inspector general across nigeria to finally, acknowledge this attack. he says the 35blem are still missing. he said it's premature to speculate on their whereabouts, whether they have been kidnapped or killed in action or whether they are hiding in the bush until the situation calms down. all of this indicates how the group has been emboldened in recently months and how despite their efforts and agoing state of emergency for the past year the nigerian security forces unfortunately do not appear to have the upper hand in this ongoing fight. >> report from abuja. thank you. back to europe and military parade has taken place in kiev to celebrate ukraineian index day. it's an act of defiance. probe russian separatists organize a counter parade in eastern ukraine. dozens of prisoners of war were paraded. they called them fascists. barca has the latest from east

so we look at the atrocities committed by boko haram, by isis, and we say it has nothing to do with us. but denial is not policy. denial is not strategy. it's not even tactics. it's nothing. it's just to say no, it's not us. the other group who have been our friends for a long time, saudi arabia, qatar. groups like hamas, isis, you know, we're diplomats and friends and it's us americans who are not standing up to these groups and saying we'll stop talking about these euphemisms like violent extremism. let's talk about radical islam. >> if you could have given that speech that they asked you not to give, and if you could speak to diplomats at the state temperature, what would you say we ought to be doing differently with dealing with the nation of islam and the radicals? >> i would say we are dealing with an idealogical -- we are engaged in an idealogical war that we do not want to fight. so today, please help out the yazidis, the christians. please, let's do what is right to do that is an emergency. on a second level, let's get together and instead of addressing all these various brand

would like to look at the isil question and boko haram. what can be preventative to stop that and inhabit that or containment? -- or contain it? these are new international issues that are coming up that are not just nation to nation, but also dealing with nonstate actors were committing atrocities. , ngos around the world have been on the frontline doing this work for some time and they have many best practices. countering violent extremism and promoting resilience. people know a lot about that and violence tape leaks -- take place at a communal level. what are the best practices and how do people build neighborhood to neighborhood the type of resilient fabric that prevents and protects against future violence? whether reconstructing after war or just prevent future conflict between religious and other communities. that is a lot, but in the last beene of years, there has quite a significant shift in how the united states thinks and looks at this issue based on lessons we have learned from the past. thank you for your attention and interes

in nigeria tonight, new accusations of war crimes commit bid that country's military against the boko haram. amnesty international said that the video proves the charges, and we warn you now that some of the pictures are graphic. it shows state sponsored militia killing civilians. it has it has confirmation video that it's killing military personnel. >>> leaders from 50 african nations are in washington d.c. this week. president obama spoke to them in a summit. he said that the u.s. must do a better job of strong ties to africa. and he promises billions of dollars, mostly from private seconder companies. >> the u.s. is making a long-term investment. today across our government and by our many partners, totaling $33 billion. that will support development across africa and jobs here in the united states. >> reporter: president obama said america's relationship with africa has to move beyond aid, and a more equal economic partnership. earlier, i talked to dr. janet d fraser, a former assistant secretary of state for african affairs, and i began by asking the importance of this. > >> i do belie

. >>> boko haram are accused of carrying out a village raid and abducting dozens of boys and men. as many as 97 are missing, witnesses including some who escaped said the kidnap victims were loaded onto trucks. earlier this year, boko haram kidnapped hundreds of girls from a school, sparking outrage. >>> a million people have gathered for an open air mass by pope francis. you're looking at live pictures as the pope mobile drives through the crowds. this is the first time that the pope has visited south korea in 15 years. the biggest event of the five day visit. the pope's parade covers a half mile stretch through city. >>> up next: new questions about the police killing in missouri of an unarmed african american teenager. we will head back live tot city of ferguson. >> and welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm david schuster. we want to bring you the life pictures of demonstrations right now in ferguson. missouri, where there are some new questions, new anger and major developments. you are looking at names of african americans on essentially some cloth, african americans have b

. >>> boko haram has taken over local government headquarters in a town. it is home to thousands who had been displaced by boko haram attacks in the area. this is nigerian authorities, confirming 35 police men are missing after the group attacked a police training facility in borneo state. we have more from abuja. >> the inspector general of police says it's too early to speculate on the state of the police men. whether they were killed in action, kidnapped by the group or whether they are hiding in the bush until things calm down. this is yet another attack. the birthplace, the traditional strong hold. it is simply battered over the past few weeks and months by high profile attacks, including a brazen kidnapping of 300 schoolgirls in april. the nigian government and security forces imposed a state of emergency on three states affected, including bono state. we have seen them able to push back the group to its hideout. in recent months we have been seeing a shift in strategy by the group, where they are not just hitting and running, but seizing towns. high

and europe you look at the bad news of boko haram or terrorism. but look at the performance of the stock exchange. markets never lie. and when david was going to africa he cme

we have all these radical islamic groups, islamic jihad, boko haram, hamas, isis, isil, al qaeda, there are differences, but there seems to be one thing that they all agree on. that is they want to wipe israel off the map. and they also want to destroy the west and advance a caliphate. do you think the president fully understands the danger of radical islam? and what do you think the danger is if you can explain it in your own words? >> well, i think the danger's enormous. i don't think the president understands it. i look at things like the rand report that was published a couple months ago that talked about a 58% increase in the number of jihadist groups around the world over a three-year period of time. i look at the statements by general flynn who is just stepping down as director of the defense intelligence agency who says over a ten-year period of time there's been a doubling of the terrorist threat in that part of the world. the intelligence is there for all to see. there's no question about what's happening. but to this president and the people around him refuse to recognize it

that is exactly what hezbollah is doing, what boko haram is doing, what al qaeda is doing, what hamas is doing. >> joining us now, former senior state adviser for arab negotiations. i want to talk to you about what the president said about this conflict. he continues to support israel and any country taking incoming rockets would have a right to defend itself but he's very distressed about the civilian casualties. this is what he had to say about hamas. >> i have no sympathy for hamas. i have great sympathy for ordinary people who are struggling within gaza. >> what do you think, does he need to have a more forceful statement about hamas and what it is doing? >> sure. he's walking a fine line, obviously, between trying to make clear that according to that hamas is a terrorist organization and the empathies lie with the innocent palestinian people who are victimized by an organization, a military wing that believes, frankly, that it can hold out and perhaps even win and winning for hamas is not losing. in the current confrontation with israel. shannon, i think we have to keep our feet

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people in the western world are talking about, this is a problem that remains very serious from boko haram -- mr. obama is out of the loop. the money will be spent by foreign multinationals. they have to double check the conditionality that the u.s. government puts against them, against corruption and bad practices. most of them are being autocrats and dictators through corruption and other bad practices. >> but, sir, mr. obama is putting forth initiatives that do seem to be good in initiatives. power africa is seeking to provide electricity to some 20 million african households and businesses. wouldn't you say that is trying to show good leadership in africa? >> it is too little too late. africa is a continent of almost one billion people. 600 billion people -- million people lacked leadership. -- 600 million people lack leadership. the 20 million people covered by this energy project by the u.s. administration is a project that goes to the countries like south africa. they will gain from it instead of fixing the structural problems of africa. i think mr. obama is -- >> you were talking a

taking a look at news around the world now in nigeria, suspected boko haram fighters have abducted boys men, as many as 97 people were taken during the attack that happened on sunday. six older men were over the raid. they kidnapped more than 200 young girls in march and boko haram is trying to establish a hard line islamic ideology. in india the prime minister told parents to start focusing on disciplining their songs. modi spoke off of the cuff. he, an issue of civil violence, he called it a source of shame for india. he said the country's ougattitu puts too much blame on women instead of on their attackers and in china, land seizures by government are turning increasingly violent. one of the latest confrontations was in an area hit by an earthquake almost two weeks ago. protesters are appealing to the president to intervene. adrienne brown now from western china. >> it is is the only way of life thing. farmers from the same families have eked out a living from these fields for decades, growing greens and potatoes mostly. after so long, they thought this way of life would never change

in nigeria, thousands have died because of fighting between security and boko haram. >>> on the african front, more african products. few expect to see the united states handing out f aid to african countries just like the chinese are doing currently in africa. economists say what is needed is not financial aid but a greater share or a fairer share of the american market for earn african products. >> south africa has the most sophisticating be economy on the planet, but creating jobs through trait and investment is a priority at this summit. so far the u.s. trails far behind the eu and china, so political and business leaders will be pressuring president obama to extend things like agoa, the african growth and opportunities act, which offers preferential access to the u.s. market, upon which tens of thousands of jobs depend. >> and more remains from malaysia airlines flight 17 are on their way back to the netherlands. flight 17 was shot down over ukraine back on july 17th reportedly by pro-russian separatists, most of the 298 people on board were from the netherlands. closing in on pro-

witnesses who fled the violence say suspected boko haram fighters raided the village last sunday. nearly 100 people remain unaccounted for in the town. there has been no official confirmation from local authorities. we will bring you more as it comes into the newsroom. >> pope francis has held his first april mass in south korea -- papal mass in south korea. people packed a sports stadium south of seoul for the first ever papal visit to the region in 15 years. among those who attended were survivors and relatives of the april ferry disaster. they met with the pope in a private audience. chinese catholics are cheering his five-day visit to their neighbor south korea. many hope it will help bridge the gap between beijing and the vatican. for more, we go to shannon who is standing by in beijing. what kind of relationship does the chinese government have with the vatican? >> a very consultative relationship. chinese catholics are cheering his visit. he sent a telegram of greetings to the chinese president and the chinese people. catholicism was first introduced to china in the late 12

. >> sir, islamic extremism is now a significant issue across the african continent from boko haram in nigeria to al-shabaab in somalia and networks in between. to what extent, if any, has this issue affected south africa and how do you see the problem arriving in the next decade and what part will south africa play? >> anything that happens in the continent to some extent affects south africa. the issue of these extreme kind of activities have affected africa. we have not just looked at it as a country, but the continent in the a.u. has discussed this matter. part of the remedy i talked about earlier relates to these. that we have a quick reaction force to deal with these issues in many of the areas where it emerges. the african countries have in fact completed a plan to deal with. it is a question of how much is going to be supported. we believe if it is allowed to be rooted in some areas, it will set and spread to other areas. therefore, we are coming together to ensure that it is stopped. km not take quicker, given the -- cannot take quicker, given the demand to other countries. we

they have been a very large part in cooperation with their foreign partners to fight boko haram, to fighthey've also just announced they're going to be sending a special team from usa i.d. to coordinate the u.s. effort in dealing with those countries affected by ebola to coordinate that response to that. even though the white house said again today there's no public health threat here in the united states, they do think that there is both a moral as well as economic interest in going there and helping those countries to deal with this crisis. and that is a way in which they can make a significant impact and make the private sector feel more comfortable with going in. >> and lola, one of the things that happens when people talk about investment in africa and talk about the continent in general is you think about resource extraction, which is one of the big things that's happening with the chinese that are across the country -- i mean, across the various countries, looking for partners to do oil and other kinds of extraction. and you think of some of the other issues of terrorism and war. h

. >> the nigerian government rejected boko haram claims that it create a calla fat in the north. the radical armed group made an announcement on sunday. taking over a town in the nearby state in a separate incident book attended a facility in borno state. 35 police men from there are missing. >>> zimbabwe's president is in china seeking aid to revive his country's struggling economy. rugg is expected to -- mugabe is expected to ask for aid. >> when the west turned away. china stepped in. years of economic sanctions and government corruption made their lives difficult. president robert mugabe seed farms and crushed political opponents. in my opiniona, lured by resources like china and platinum stepped in in a big way. officials say investment held their country and china should not be grid sized. >> i can talk to the world bank, and there's no money on that scale. this is so people who are saying in or that about china. there are no blind economists. they have an axe to grind. they can't look at things able toively. china invested 3.7 billion. 100 billion more than the united stat