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this is frank timis with the president of sierra leone and the president of burkina faso. a lot of work in west africa. he does a lot of work in west africa. he certainly likes to call himself "the godfather of west africa". philip caldwell used to run a secretive offshore trust for frank timis, but he's agreed to talk because he's become concerned about the way mr timis does business. he's a character. he doesn't talk about much apart from himself, but i think he could be quite threatening. there was always a concern, in my mind, that there was a different side to him that you had to be aware of. frank timis has floated two mining companies on the junior stock exchange in london. one was accused of human rights abuses. the other was hit with the exchange's biggest ever fine. regal petroleum had told investors it expected to find oil, even though it knew the oil well was dry. regal issued several statements that essentially lied to investors about the prospects of finding oil. even after the oil well concerned had been capped and plugged and they knew full well that they w

missile and drone attacks on cities in the past two weeks. 17 people have been killed in northern burkina fasoroup carried out an attack on one village late tuesday, targeting civilians. he says the military operation is underway to secure the area. three men have been found guilty of an armed siege on a canyon university in 2014. the men were convicted of conspiracy to commit the attack and belonging to al-shabaab. this is a case many canyons have been closely watching for several years. the attack on the university in northeastern kenya shocked him. students,, mostly were killed when four gunmen stormed the dorm, indiscriminately shooting. officials have culled it one of the countries worst terrorist acts. started shooting from outside, then stormed into the room and shot at him. hours, the chief magistrate recounted the evidence presented to him by the prosecution. >> the students were praying with some screen. >> and testimony from those who survived. >> two defendants chose to take a plea of silence. first-come,find the second, and fifth members were that the al-shabaab group, whose membe

it is mali, burkina faso. borders have been artificially drawn by the colonial forces 1.5 centuries ago. it's interethnic consequences -- conflict being fired up by these extremists. brent: we appreciate the insight tonight. thank you. in sudan, a nationwide strike against the leaders has entered its second day. most shops in khartoum remain close. -- closed. opposition leaders urged people to stay home to protest the deadly crackdown last week, when security forces violently broke up opposition sickens. army chiefs have stepped up their troops' presence in the streets to counteract protest. the demonstrators are pressuring the army to hand over power to civilians. to cambodia now. garment workers battle for higher wages. the minimum wage for these workers rose this year to more than 150 euros per month. laborers in the country's textile industry say they struggle with that to make ends meet. >> these women are singing about peace work, starvation wages and fainting from exhaustion. they are textile workers at

mentioned that several groups that are active in mali burkina faso unusual again swore allegiance to. really reinforcing the strength of the state in the greater sahar that has really claimed the responsiblity of numerous attacks in the region just not in mali but also in brick enough fuss and of course in this intercommunal violence that we're seeing in most keith no one has claimed responsibility for it but with the do go on leaders that we spoke to they point the finger to these groups saying that they are exacerbating the situation and that the government is doing nothing about it nic thanks very much physical courage take you straight away to libya where the prime minister. is speaking let's listen in message. of these pleased despite the hardships with over the past 2 years the government of national up. or was pulling that solution lies in dialogue among the people of libya it is the only route to exit this crisis that's why we have been working at a number of fronts met with a number of people from all walks of life from different slices of society we are calling for peace and

freeing some muslim students killing others identified as christians 17 people have been killed in burkina fasos soon province the defense minister says an armed group carried out an attack on the village of belly heads overnight on tuesday he says the group targeted civilians a military operation is now under way to secure the area the un human rights chief has a right to vote as well as capital for a 3 day visit as part of her review of the country's ongoing crisis. will meet with president nicolas maduro and opposition leader hijo enduros government released dozens of political prisoners ahead of her arrival and allowed a 2nd shipment of aid to be delivered by those supporters who are calling for peaceful protests on friday. there was under growing scrutiny with some of his envoys on the colombian border facing corruption allegations they're accused of stealing funds meant to help military defectors living in colombia. he reports near the run as well and border. more than 1400 members of venezuela's armed forces have fled to colombia this year. heeding the call of opposition leader. to turn

he took a pledge of loyalty from a group in burkina faso.here are looking into expanding into sudan and algeria and they are looking to recover, recharge, and refund their activities. carol: what is also interesting is that, and you have this in the story, they are doing it differently. they are not trying to be extremist in terms of targeting everybody including civilians. they are going after soldiers and helping people that did dig wells and help them live better. jillian: a group that split off that has done exactly that. islamic state, many of their attacks have targeted large numbers of civilians. this group is targeting more soldiers and working with the community trying to develop loyalty in that way. carol: the fear is the islamic state that is not in africa is essentially and ultimately going to get together with the islamic state in africa and create some form of a cohesive group. is that likely or are the differences too much? jillian: at that point -- this point, that is kind of a worst-case scenario. right now, the caliphate is

on the ground there and right nicolas hi thank you. 19 people have been killed in an attack in burkina faso it happens in the northern town of. the identity of the attackers is still unknown armed groups have killed hundreds in recent months forcing 150000 people to flee their homes. a wave of public anger in russia has forced off sorties to make a rare u. turn over a case against a popular journalist. with more from our herea pm broadcast center there in thank you yes all charges against the russian reporter even have been dropped and he's just walked free from a police station the investigative journalist had been accused of drug his lawyers said the drugs were actually planted by authorities russia's interior minister says he will ask president vladimir putin to sack 2 senior police officers over the case of is known for his work exposing corruption among moscow's political elite well from moscow let's go live now to step of vasant who is there for us us that go. has just walked out of the police station what's he had to say. well around 15 minutes ago he walked out of the fund i got eno

ghana has tightened security along its border with burkina faso after a recent surge of attacks. 24 hours a day on air and on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ♪ caroline: it is 7:00 p.m. in london. i am caroline hyde. scarlet: it is 2:00 in new york. i am scarlet fu. this is "bloomberg markets: the close." rise for atocks fifth day after president trump suspended plans for caps on mexico -- tariffs on mexico. should the s&p still be less than 1% off the record high? monday, united technologies will acquire raytheon for $74 billion. salesforce snaps up the biggest deal to date. the race to 5g. the exclusive interview with the nokia ceo on winning contracts as well wait -- huawei is ensnared in the trade war. scarlet: let's get a check on the markets. we are in rally mode. and back above the 50 day moving average after returning above the 100-day and 200-day moving averages last week. tech and defense sectors providing support in addition to what president trump decided to do friday. caroline: p