in brazzaville it's easy to find pictures of presidents are suing grass on the street it's hard to find anyone who criticizes him or his government. but a handful of activists meet every week they try to hold the government to account for corruption and rights abuses it's risky work. this is the most recent member of the group to be imprisoned he's accused of threatening state security their leader . says. he is stealing his money while the president. is in power activists say through a national money laundering network congo's wealth and being spent on luxuries abroad like the apartment in new york the trump organization says it has no connection to the deal and didn't own the apartment when it was sold to people living in brazzaville suburbs just a fraction of congo's missing millions could help save their homes from falling apart malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. well back to the corona virus now several countries across confidence are closing borders major cities with millions of people are on the lockdown governments around the world are using social distancing

or regional office for africa in brazzaville many times for a time. now basic education is very important so it becomes a challenge when many across the continent can not afford to be educated that is the case and i jerry where many children are unable to make it through primary or secondary school bought thanks to remarkable individuals there's always hope our correspondents flourish to go out takes us to lagos where one young woman is providing basic education for kids living in a slum. a quiet stay in the jungle where one of the most notorious slums in lagos gangs drugs and street fights i usually the order of the day at a very young age kids must learn how to make it through this tough streets going to school is a privilege that many cannot afford a 20 year old teacher our rules our museum was among the lucky ones with the help of a sponsor she was able to make it through secondary school and university but it was a real shocker. so it was all for me i got experience school children fights in one cor. it was hard for me get it's a fine people goin

homes from falling apart malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo a. quick roundup of the headlines for you now coronavirus cases in spain of risen by 1500 in the past 24 hours prime minister pedro sanchez is expected to announce a strict lockdown across the country for monday spain with almost 6000 cases is the worst affected country in europe after italy spaniards why be able to leave the house except to buy groceries go to the pharmacy to work on friday the world health organization said you're it was now the epicenter of the pandemic. the situation is complicated i would like to go to germany to be with my parents and feel more safe because here i don't feel safe i hope they let me out. we had to close the restaurant and remain shut for 15 days but this is nothing it is just so more people don't get infected and we can recover from this we have to stay motivated be proactive and stay calm. well in the u.s. they've just confirmed that the travel ban will be expanded to include the u.k. an island because of the virus the number of confirmed cases has

al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. to as it says it will start applying a label to tweets that it deems to contain manipulated or misleading content social media platforms are under increasing pressure to deal with the problem including so-called fake videos these are altered without official intelligence to make a person appear to say or do something they didn't. this is there and these are the top stories coronavirus cases around the world have topped $100000.00 as the illness spreads to more countries but more than half of those infected have made a full recovery base 30 people have been killed in afghanistan during a political ceremony in kabul the head of the peace council was giving a speech that was being broadcast live when the shots were fired the taliban says it's not responsible. a tense calm is largely holding in syria's in the province after a ceasefire came into effect it was brokered by russia and turkey after days of fighting that nearly pushed the country's towards direct confrontation. last week turke

that's in spite of it being africa's 3rd largest oil producer malcolm webb reports from brazzaville. these people say they've been cheated by their government they work for the telecoms and postal service for decades here in the republic of congo now they're retired they haven't been paid their pensions really levon yanks so this is their protest held every day outside the central post office they call it a concert your significant down it's really difficult we're living in misery we're suffering since we began the protests about 450 of our members have died already because they were able to pay for the health care the nate thanks more than a $1000.00 people contributed money every month to a pension fund but the money disappeared thanks and so they keep playing it that willingly even standing here across the street like i'm fairly here myself so they say that message still isn't being. there that they hate their crunch and cold so it's really on the dollar every year from oil that. the country produces more than 300000 barrels of crude oil a day but that hasn't stopped it from nearl

their homes from pulling apart malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. time for a quick check of the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has declared a national emergency over the coronavirus pandemic $50000000000.00 to be freed up for states to fight the virus half a 1000000 extra coronavirus tests will also become available next week to unleash the full power of the federal government to separate today i am officially declaring a national emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50000000000.00 of very importantly very important and large about of money for states and territories that look at all of these in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up emergency operation centers effective immediately and we're also asking every obstacle in this country to activated submergence you prepared just plain so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere. when u.s. stocks rallied as donald trump made the announcement the dow jones closed 9.4 perc

homes from falling apart malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. well one of the co-founders of hong kong's 2014 occupy protests has been released after 11 months in jail. chan mccann mun says he has no regrets over his role in the protests also known as the umbrella movement thousands of demonstrators shot down large parts of the city for weeks demanding greats of freedoms chan was one of 9 people found guilty of public nuisance challenges. with the news hour live from london sports coming up no fans but plenty of precautions as turkey and stick keep the top football league in action. so many al-jazeera london broke constanza 2 special guests in conversation people think that racism is having personal vitriol towards black people and there's no understanding of what systemic racism is unprompted uninterrupted success comes with a physician if you're not upsetting people you know saying in the f. 100. there is not a family in britain i believe that has not been touched by empire studio be unscripted on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. after. we root. the wo

in brazzaville it's easy to find pictures of presidents are suing grass on the street it's hard to find anyone who criticize. ize him or his government. but a handful of activists meet every week they try to hold the government to account for corruption and rights abuses it's risky work. this is the most recent member of their group to be imprisoned he's accused of threatening state security their leader. says it's all to hide a simple truth how would you explain that while this country is so poor it's just. that the country. is leaving. while the president. is in power activists say through a national money laundering network that congo's wealth and being spent on luxuries abroad like the apartment in new york the trump organization says it has no connection to the deal and didn't own the apartment when it was sold to people living in brazzaville suburbs just a fraction of congo's missing millions could help save their homes from falling apart malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. we will return to the coverage of virus scans and shortly we're in new york to see how it

the peat al-jazeera as malcolm webb reports now from the democratic republic of congo's capital brazzaville. beneath the swampy forest lies carbon equivalent to about 20 years of emissions from fossil fuels in the us it's stored in peat lands that scientists discovered here in the republic of congo 3 years ago the government didn't allow us to go there and film this is the government's video but it did allow oil companies to drill there last year. it's licensed oil exploration in blocks of land across more than half of the people and environmentalist say if wells extracted it risks releasing 30000000000 tons of carbon stored in the peat. it would be catastrophic even if we tried to exploit the oil in an eco friendly wheat we still have to destroy the ecosystem. plans for today or it will make the area i want to see before the exploitation of other resources and also indeed. so what. the river congo is the world's 2nd largest river by volume and the rain forest that sits in its basin is the world's 2nd largest after the amazon and its leaves and branches fulling from the trees partially deco

has our report now from brazzaville. these people say they've been cheated by their government they worked for the telecoms and postal service for decades here in the republic of congo now they're retired they haven't been paid their pensions or unleavened yeah thank you for this is that protest held every day outside the central post office they call it a concert feel they may think that it's really difficult we're living in misery we're suffering since we began the parties about 450 of our members have died already because they were able to pay for the health care they need. more than a 1000 people contributed money every month to a pension fund but the money disappeared thanks and so they keep playing it's happening even down to here across the street like i'm fairly here myself but they say that message deal isn't being heard in the window that told that they hate that friendship. that everything from oil that. the country produces more than 300000 barrels of crude oil a day but that hasn't stopped it from nearly goi

al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo.ime for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back when i bought the sport house australia move insights on a 1520 world cup title card that started it. all . welcome back top of the sport his honor. thank you very much india have reached the final of the women's t 20 world cup for the 1st time ever they reached sunday's title decider against australia though in somewhat bizarre circumstances. families were able to celebrate without a single ball being bowled in the semifinal against england heavy rain washed out the match in sydney and there was no reserve date needed in the schedule india progressed by virtue of having a better record in the group stages. according to the aloof new we won't get made because of any any condition then who are these adult in the league their dad was going to be the final end of their top least i did it was very unfortunate that we didn't get game delivered door. these are little we can hope it is not that we can do. lost our 1st game against south

al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. a british court has found that dubai is ruler ordered the abduction of 2 of his own children and orchestrated a campaign of intimidation against his estranged wife the judge ruled that mohammed bin al rashid al maktoum and his 2 daughters kidnapped and returned to the by where they are still being held captive allegations of torture also surfaced during the case as part of a custody battle between the. the e.u. is warning of grave differences with the u.k. at the talks over the post-grads of relationship meetings in brussels with the 1st u.k. former left the bloc in january britain wants a deal outlining its future relationship with europe signed before the end of the year that's when the ongoing transition period will expire but the e.u. chief negotiator michele bachmann says friction remains of the rules of fisheries and provisions for fed competition. as part of international women's day a u.k. opposition m.p. has read out the names of women murdered by men over the past year or so

year old pete lands discovered near the congo rain forest as malcolm webb reports from the capital brazzaville by mentalists a drilling for oil will release billions of tons of carbon. over. the swampy forest carbon equivalent to about 20 years of emissions from fossil fuels in the u.s. . it's stored in peat lands the scientists discovered here in the republic of congo 3 years ago the government didn't allow us to go there and film this is the government's video but it did allow oil companies to drill there last year. it's licensed oil exploration in blocks of land across more than half of the peak lands and environmentalist say if wells extracted it risks releasing 30000000000 tons of carbon stored in the peat. it would be catastrophic even if we tried to exploit the oil in an eco friendly we we still have to destroy the ecosystem. or it will make the area i want to see before the exploitation of other resources and also indeed. so what. the river congo is the world's 2nd largest river by volume and the rain forest that sits in its basin is the world's 2nd largest after the amazon and its lea

southeastern cameroon and took it along the song the river down the mainstream congo in the cities of brazzaville leopoldville, leopoldville is a city that became kinshasa and that's where it really started to have a higher rate of transmission. sexual morays were different, population is more concentrated. there were other factors i described in a long chapter on hiv. it began to crackle and what became kinshasa and went from kinshasa to haiti in the world. i went to southeastern cameroon to learn but i could about the state of relations with chimpanzees there now where the people were still killing and eating chimpanzees and exposing themselves to other spillovers of the simian virus that became hiv, it's true they are. i heard about from sort of a confidential source i heard about a practice, but quality tribal initiation practice called beco which involves some rituals including the eating of chimpanzee arms. people were exposing themselves to the viruses of chimpanzees carry. in one office, and office of the wildlife department in the southeastern corner of cameroon, i saw a poster and aids

for imagines the response at the wells health organization for africa he joins us on skype from brazzaville in the republic of the congo dr thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us at such a busy and difficult time i do want to start by asking you about the trajectory of spread and the constant i mean it took some time to get there and the numbers remain relatively low compared to other parts of the wild is that because people aren't getting tested or is it because we're yet to see the escalation that we've seen elsewhere. i think low following the trend of the outbreak in the world is starts with. a progressive increase and then after you can easily have wi fi in 2 weeks time is shop increase that. quickly or when the restaurant's capacity saw enough recall what we are seeing now is concerned because we start where are the cases when the outbreak can reach europe because of the titling we for africa and from this sporadic case we move into local transmission and in some of the countries we start seeing. community transformation and that is where we gun is really moved through a

beneath 10000 year old pete lands near the congo rainforest as malcolm lab reports in the capital brazzaville activists say drilling for oil would release billions of tons of carbon. beneath the swampy forest carbon equivalent to about 20 years of emissions from fossil fuels in the u.s. it's stored in peat land the scientists discovered here in the republic of congo 3 years ago the government didn't allow us to go there and film this is the government's video but it did allow oil companies to drill there last year. its license to oil exploration in blocks of land across more than half of the people and environmentalist say if wells extracted risks releasing 30000000000 tons of carbon stored in the peat. it would be catastrophic even if we tried to exploit the oil in an eco friendly way we still have to destroy the ecosystem. or it will make the area we want to see before the exploitation of other resources and also indeed . so what. the river congo is the world's 2nd largest river by volume and the rain forest that sits in its basin is the world's 2nd largest after the amazon and its leaves a