opposition leaders behind bars protests a breakthrough take a look at the deepening political crisis in cameroon. and and ebola miracle a healthy baby is born to a mother being treated for the virus that's the first. i'm christine window welcome to news africa i'm glad you're choosing then we're putting a focus on cameroon today because the government's heavy handed response to a wave of protests has provoked international condemnation and calls for restraint demonstrations in the streets at the weekend in cities across the country to protest against the government's police put down the watches with rubber bullets and number of injuries the price has come amid growing discontent with the country's eighty five year old president he's been in power for more than thirty is yet you heard right he's even secured a seven time in office that was last october with a contested landslide victory. among those arrested this week is the leader off the opposition cameroon renascence movement maurice come to he won just fourteen percent of the version last october's presidential elections but alleges that the

now among those arrested this week is the leader off the opposition cameroon renascence movement maurice come to he won just fourteen percent of the virgin last october's presidential elections but alleges that the vote was raked now with several other opposition leaders also taken into custody the united nations has called on the authorities in cameroon to step back we call on cameroon authorities to respect the freedom of assembly association and expression and stress a need for restraint by all political actors the secretary general reiterates the need for all cameroon stakeholders to engage in an inclusive and genuine political dialogue. now the human rights advocacy group amnesty international has gone a step further amnesties west and central africa direct to some mirror delude issued this statement that the crackdown on peaceful protests across several cities undermines the rights to freedom and expression and peaceful assembly in cameroon the authorities must and repression of protests and uphold the country's constitutional and international human rights obligations. and samir d

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the country has been picked to replace cameroon to host the cup of nations.asas been named african player of the year f for the second t time running. >> [indiscernible] peter: it is a double dose of good news for fofootball fans across the country. >> all of egypt is honorored by mohahammed salah. >> it is important egypt will host the cup of nations. it will stimulate the economy. after preparations and security concerns, it was decided to cameroon hosting the 2021 -- will host the 2021 tournament instead. the committee voted for egypt over south africa by 15 to one. this large margin was unexpected but came as little surprise when salah won player of the year. >> this is france 24. take a look at today's top stories. a primetime address from donald trump to convince the nation to build a border wall. it gets rebel from top democrats afterwards. british lawmakers vote that any preparations for a no deal brexit must get parliamentarary approvalefore beining put into acaction. asks australia to take in an 18-year-old saudi woman fleeing abuse from her family

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but in your own day cameroon's capital there's no public refuse service that officially takes care of recycling. where other people see problems civil society activists christian lake ac solutions he has local youths collect the old tires providing a purposeful activity for the young people because the scrap tires are considered a raw material for new products a lot of people culturally believe just possibly but so we are also using these sort of what he did to sensitize them that we can give it to these tires which would be more durable which would not affect. the tires are transported to a business partner about twenty miles outside joan de. it's a prison here inmates who refer to themselves as prison prisoners produce sandals out of the old tires it takes about four hours to make one pair and seven flip flops can be made out of a normal sized tire. we're not allowed to interview the prisoners but the project is seen as an opportunity for rehabilitation and it's helping solve an environmental problem at the same time you know engagement in prisons we saw the process of transforming

the main opposition leader in cameroon has been arrested following weekend protests about the disputed presidential election result maurice come to and says he won the election not president. it's a five year old has been in more than thirty years he denies fraud in his reelection. hundreds of thousands of federal employees are back at work in the united states off the longest government shutdown in history thirty five days it's left a backlog of work in departments from an open tax returns to stalled immigration applications on those all white house correspondent kimberly hulk of reports there's still no long term solution to a standoff over funding. back on the job. after more than a month without pay at the end of the week most of the eight hundred thousand federal workers some who relied on charity handouts during the shutdown will have received the money owed to them feel relieved to be back and looking forward to get back to work i am very proud to announce today on friday u.s. president donald trump agreed to democratic demands to reopen the government while both sides continue

the sandals are also available here in cameroon of course for somewhat less than on the international market. christian lake it personally seeks out customers slowly the locals are buying the idea of eco friendly items made by prisoners. it's a one of a production i love it and he put it to prison for him because like ahead he's middle prisoners in the prison prison as needed so you know we just pushed him to tell him that we have the police cannot. see. that tires to sandals project was driven by a passion for his dedication and efforts christian nicky made the twenty seventeen africa youth awards list of the one hundred most influential young africans and twenty eighteen he was named the luxembourg peace prize as an outstanding youth peacemaker. wow what nice and colorful shoes i really like them it was such a pleasure to present this week's edition of eco africa they standing next three for near a pause featuring fresh ecological ideas from all over the continent for now though it's time to say goodbye from johannesburg thank you felicia and if you like to find out more about the t

bottle al-jazeera around thirty thousand people in northeastern nigeria have fled into neighboring cameroon fearing an attack by boko haram fighters they left around town in borno state at the weekend following the departure of cameroonian forces forces had been securing the town after it was attacked by boko haram on january fourteenth locals say the group had promised to return an attack again ahmed address sent us this report from. office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees says several thousands of nigerians on the move because of panic reports suggest that they saw a large scale movement of multinational joint task force the regional task force all military task force charged with fighting boko haram in that region on the move and the thought maybe that is going to be a large scale military operation i don't the areas oh the forces may be pulling out there is no definite statement from the military authorities either from the region or from nigeria about what exactly is happening there but this underlines the. situation refugees and displaced persons are in northern ni

from cameroon it ages is one more than two million of the eleven million population in the lake chad region i didn't help that out. mischa's says the demand for help will probably increase if the number of book or overtax is introduced a desperate situation now which the u.n. says could become even worse in the next ten years i am with you greece al-jazeera doublecheck now to the philippines where the president has vowed to catch and punish those behind sunday's bomb attack on a catholic church order to get to territory visited the scene in whole or soon in the southern mindanao province where at least twenty people were killed in an attack claimed by eisel security forces a blaming a local eisel affiliate called abu sayyaf it's been three months in saudi genista mark ashaji walked into his consulate in istanbul never to be seen again well now the un human rights investigator looking into his murder is meeting with turkey's foreign minister. as is about to have weeklong talks in turkey the special rapporteur says it's a crucial step towards formal accountability for the killing of th

china we have also one hundred influx of refugees coming from cameroon ages is one more than two million of the eleven million population in the lake chad region urgently need help the united nations says. the demand for help will probably increase if the number of book or on the tax is introduced a desperate situation now in which the u.n. says could become even worse in the next ten years on the decrease al jazeera reporter. this is al jazeera let's get a roundup of the top stories the u.s. government is impose sanctions on venezuela's state oil company it's the latest move by washington to try and push president nicolas maduro out of power and he says the sanctions are illegal and it's valid to take action the trumpet ministrations also keeping up the pressure on chinese telecom giant who while away the justice department filing a series of criminal charges against the company and its chief financial officer they include fraud and theft of trade secrets these cases make clear that as a country we have to carefully consider the risks that companies like wall wave pose if we're going to

from cameroon it ages is one more than two million of the eleven million population in the lake chad region i didn't help. the united nations says the demand for help will probably increase if the number of book or overtax isn't produced a desperate situation now which the u.n. says could become even worse in the next ten years one hundred degrees are people just well some news from spain now where taxi drivers have been blocking the streets of the capital madrid this to protest against a wide hailing apps like they say the new companies enjoy unfair advantages by avoiding the same regulations and cost taxis cut off a section of one of the trades main avenue is possibly open ended strike a position in bahrain is lost his appeal against a life sentence for spying the leader of the opposition share selman and two of his aides were convicted of spying for the castle in november summons party our father has called this latest ruling political revenge bahrain castle ties with cats are as part of a saudi that blockade that began in june two thousand and seventeen doha's repeatedly denied a

in two thousand and fourteen a regulation was put in place in cameroon that required a plastic bottle manufacturers to take responsibility for recycling their products but for years on its most boat making initiative is still making a rather significant contribution towards improving the situation in the country. a really cool idea isn't it even if it doesn't get we don't all the plastic pollution but it's definitely a great step in the right direction you've been watching quite africa join environmental magazine production by channel stevie d.w. on kwesi t.v. thanks for joining us and bye bye from me in accra ghana yes and thank you so much for watching if any of these ideas captured your interest and you can watch the video on our website an oscar questions the dresses will be up in a moment i'm felicia ns b. and i'll be very happy if you join us next week for another tour of the environment with eco in africa goodbye from johannesburg. business news live from dublin showdown in washington as a new u.s. congress convenes democrats take control of the house of representatives thirtee

officials are saying that several thousands of them of crossed the border into cameroon and others into different parts of nigeria where they feel they would be safe i guess this incident only highlights the sort of security challenges that regional leaders are meeting in a conference to discuss how are they coming up with any kind of solution for this kind of exodus of refugee problem. well basically they have met in abuja and have discussed over the last two days on issues pertaining to movement light skin movement of refugees in the region across chad across in cameroon and nigeria where most of the fighting us taken place over the last three months or so they said that they have been new movement of refugees about three hundred twenty thousand people have been displaced by a recent fighting sin the lake chad region of cameroon and after two days of discussion this is the document they came up with. one of course focused on nigeria and i did a regional refugee response plans two thousand and nineteen to twenty twenty this details the current humanitarian situation on the ground and w

cameroon was stripped of its duties last month, amid security and construction concerns. event. but with it being just six months away, how ready are they? austin halewood reports. translation: i 'm happy to announce that egypt will host the 2019 africa cup of nations. a time to celebrate for egyptian football fans. africa's showpiece sporting event back on their soil for a record fifth time. translation: this is fantastic news for egypt to host this event. egypt is safe and can accommodate such championships and thousands of football fans. but the seven time winners weren't always down to be hosts. back in 2014, the confederation of african football announced that cameroon would stage the 2019 tournament, with a comfortable five years left to prepare. but in november last year, they were stripped of that right because of construction delays and security concerns. on tuesday, the vote for a replacement was almost a clean sweep. egypt beating south africa by 16 votes to one. but a time to party will soon be over. not only is there just five months to go until kick—off, egy

and around thirty thousand people in northeast nigeria have fled into neighboring cameroon ferrying an attack by poke around fighters they left ran town in borno state at the weekend following the departure of cameroonian forces those are the top stories this hour that's it from myself and the teen here in london science in a golden age is next. the week began with views of ninety day truce in the to protect us china trade will the world's largest supplier of liquefied natural gas is leaving the biggest oil cartel we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al jazeera. modern high tech advances in medicine and health are of course the result of many centuries of development with experimentation much of which took place in the islam that quote between the ninth and fourteenth centuries a golden age of science during this time scholars in the stomach world made huge contributions to medicine and created a body of knowledge that was tremendously important and influential around the world for many hundreds of years i'm jim up to date which i

from cameroon ages is one more than two million of the eleven million population in the lake chad region i didn't need help. united nations says the demand for help will probably increase if the number of book or no more tax is introduced a desperate situation now which the u.n. says could become even worse in the next ten years. al-jazeera. pakistan is building a wall to secure its border with afghanistan and prevent cross border attacks if it is being led by the military and about a third of the war has now been completed afghanistan opposes the fence though saying it divides families along the passion tribal belt. has mall. it's one of the most poorest and dangerous border areas in the world the front between afghanistan and pakistan often the scene of cross border attacks the american and afghan governments consider the border to be the focal point of the honey network its fighters affiliated to the taliban they are accused of orchestrating some of the deadliest attacks against u.s. soldiers over the last seventy two years of war in afghanistan. facing mounting international pressure

over the past decade to force more than three hundred thousand people from the games in nigeria cameroon chad the jeff regional leaders and aid groups media nigeria's capital have been addressing the refugees plight of address reports now from. its tour and have here since the launch of a regional protection strategy for refugees in the region but life hasn't improved for many living in the area. boko haram attacks have escalated in the past three months despite the nigerian government declaring victory. two years ago. ninety a conflict has recently forced additional three hundred and twenty thousand people in four countries from their homes and the crisis is getting worse this situation is dire we don't want to alarm anybody but will call attention of all the governments including the international community that the situation is not improving we have a situation that is. desperate if i would say so. and if the war with isn't bad enough the meeting you know you heard of other threats to regional stability. for the united nations says in addition to come back to the foreign countries in

china we have also one hundred influx of refugees coming from cameroon ages is one more than two million of the eleven million population in the lake chad region urgently need help the united nations says the demand for help will probably increase if the number of book or on the tax is introduced a desperate situation now which the u.n. says could become even worse in the next ten years of a decrease al-jazeera reporter. skittles for now has far thanks very much japan a book their place in the finals of the asian cup they did it by knocking out the tournaments top ranked team around the samurai billy ran out three male winners in all the goals coming in the second have. played it a match winning performance the vertebra and forward getting on the scoresheet twice and then sealed the win in injury time he should have now had the chance to be asian champions for a fifth time well after that defeat carlos carroll set down as boss of the round the portuguese head coach the team for eight years he took around to two world cups and help them become the highest placed asian team in the fever ra

around thirty thousand people in northeast nigeria have fled into neighboring cameroon fearing an attack. as they left town in borno state to the weekend following the departure of cameroonian forces that. security chief has ordered the release of all people detained during anti-government protests that started last month the protests began of a fuel subsidies but have grown into calls for an end to president bush. we'll have more on all of our top stories in the news hour that's coming up in twenty five minutes time i'll see you then now continues. some remote villages in the atlas mountains in central morocco offer no means for men to support their families so they're forced to leave them for long periods to do agricultural work or city jobs long distances the way they send money back home but this is a harsh unforgiving and onerous life for their wives and children. the women have to keep house care for the children and do subsistence farming. even getting the kids off to primary school every day can be a major operation and one that doesn't always sponsor. like that. in a day when yo

and discuss protection of the area the lake region borders four nations including chad nigeria and cameroon the area witnessed a series of attacks from now by the linked group al-shabaab. joins us now live from a booth. attending the conference and that's. when the summit basically this is the start of a two day conference in the nigerian capital to discuss like you said the issues surrounding consulate in the region and emerging threats of course in the region so we have representatives from the governments of the four countries involved or threatened by this violence the governments of nigeria cameroon chad the chair and also the united nations high commissioner for refugees and the office of the coordinator for humanitarian affairs also involved governmental organizations involved in humanitarian work in these four countries as a result of what part of crisis remember this crisis has taken a toll not only on nigeria where you more than two million people internally displaced with two hundred thousand more seeking refuge in neighboring countries of come through in charge and these are pro

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particular scrutiny because of germany's colonial history including this throne from from present day cameroon this was officially a gift from a local king so the german kaiser but you know can you really give a gift freely to your colonial overlord now i'm talking about another former german colony tanzania some good has come there of this debate researchers from the home form from the new home but far more are working closely with researchers there to figure out how some objects from that part of the world came to be in this part of well it's good you mention that because d.w. went to find out more about that very subject so that some of the. a plate with a mysterious inscription it ended up in berlin as water and beauty in one thousand nine hundred six but its history wasn't revealed until one hundred twenty years later. the photos and showed photos describes near kilwa near where this object had been looted at the time it was in fact a crown sewer which clearly identified it as a protective talisman and that is i'm sure it's in an talisman. designed to protect and insight possibly in the b

cameroon was stripped of its duties last month amid security and construction concerns. egypt will stage the biennial event — but with it being just 6 months away — how ready are they? austin halewood reports. iam happy i am happy to announce that the jet will host the 2019 africa cup of nations. a time to celebrate egyptian football fans. africa's showpiece sporting event back on their soil for a showpiece sporting event back on their soilfor a record showpiece sporting event back on their soil for a record fifth time. translation: this is fantastic news for eejit to host this event. egypt is safe and can accommodate such championships and thousands of football fans. but the seven time winners were not always down to be hosts. back in 2014, the confederation of african football announced that come arun would stage the 2019 tournament. with a co mforta ble the 2019 tournament. with a comfortable five years left to prepare. but in november last year they were stripped of that right because of construction delays and security concerns. on tuesday, the vote for a replacemen

the egyptians edged out of bid from south africa the event had been due to be hosted by holders cameroon delays and security concerns meant they were stripped of the rights will african football chiefs will also announce their player of the year later with egypt and the proposed forward mama solid being a favorite to retain the order at a ceremony in the senegalese capital dakar. washington user so have a lot more to tell you about here's what's coming up. the man who saved japan's second biggest carmaker gets his day in a tokyo court carlos gone says he did not commit tax fraud and if you need a look like for ghostwriter by b.m.w. hopes of driving motorcycles could end traffic jams is so one of the innovations at this year's a consumer l.-a tronic show in a las vegas. are writing down a whole lot more of business news coming out which have yet to get us in that just under a minute and i'll see at the top of the hour. the . coach of british. sure link to news from africa and the world tour link to exception stories and discussions from the news and z.z.z. i want would say d.w. dot com sm

the new host for june and july his african cup of nations after the tournament was taken away from cameroon partly because of security concerns but in egypt the threat of a terror attack is very real and besides that egyptian football has plenty of serious problems of its own. and i'm very happy as an egyptian i'm happy this an event like this is taking place the pressing issue will be the next step to come will the next step be a positive one will it be a step that can benefit football in egypt or will things go badly because of the poor condition of pitches poor stadium attendances and the present security restrictions. on the infrastructure security and even the hot climate could all cause egypt trouble at their home tournament but star power in the squad is one thing that the hosts won't have to worry about. you are watching d.w. news still to come we visit a turkish town that had an idea if thought was fit for a king turned out to be a royal london. you're watching t.v. news coming to you from berlin we have more for you at the top of the hour coming up in just a minute. but we've got

to cameroon where an inspirational teacher is helping to create the next generation of coders. hopes to inspire yum ones, including girls -- many young ones are forced to drop out of education early. teame 15-year-old and her look on proudly at their robots. in a couountry where one in four girls don't learn to read, these students are learning the basics of artificial intelligence. i wanted to empower myself as well and also, i aspire to inspire other girls. 20 yoyoungne of cameroonians. the teeeenagers learn to write code, make robots and acquire advanced skills. hopescientist and teacher to train tech innovators in her country. ? any young girl that has exceptional ability is extraordinary. it's all about helping them get to where they want to go. we do not want to find situations where people are not achieving their potential because they did not have the opportunity. we are levelining the ground. she believes teaching girls about technology can break the cycle of poporty. in 2009, she started her own school specializing in stem subjects. it now has 800 pupupils. nearly one

gb beat the usa in the hopman cup, katie boulter and cameroon norrie beat serena williams and her doublese british number one kyle edmund faces a race against time to be fit in time for the australian open. the world number 14's withdrawn from next week's sydney international after picking up a knee injury. it was his final tournament before the first grand slam of the year in melbourne in 11 day's time. the england women's rugby team has become rugby union's first professional women's 15 a side team. it means players will no longer have tojuggle full time jobs alongside training. the head of women's performance nicky ponsford told me the benefits it will bring in their attempts to establish themselves as the world's number one side. up up to now, where we have had players training before work, after work, are trying to fit everything in a round work, doesn't give the players all the time they need to be able to develop their skills, to develop their strength and conditioning and to develop their analysis, game understanding to the level that really is required for them to be the best pla

africa cup of nations although we won't know who's hosting that until later in january remember that cameroon restricted the tournaments after concerns over safety and readiness at the same time south america's biggest football championship the copa america will be hosted in brazil and once football appetites are satisfied it's over to japan for the rugby world cup in september the country is hosting the tournaments for the first time as twenty rugby nations vie for the trophy and then the world's best track and field athletes will gather in caps are to compete in the. world championships. thank you peter now twenty eighteen has been. full of and forgettable news events from a historic korea summit to they were approached front between irish and ethiopia is shown us that not all conflicts last forever but it's also been a year of ever growing humanitarian crises in yemen syria and venezuela where millions of spades fled sparking a migration crisis and then between all these moments of hope like the incredible rescue operation involving the thai boy stuck in a cave al-jazeera looks back on the

2018 have been engaged in pmbat in 14 different countries, includices like mali, libya, tunisia, cameroon we never hear about. thiseally is a shadow war in lot of ways. laura: you had to work really hard to get all of this data. has this creeping expansion of the u.s. counterterrorism footprint overseas happened without many of us noticing? stephanie: certainly. this is, as id, s shadow war. we got some information from the government. it was in state department reports and military websites. but a lot of it was through investigative journalism and other kinds of unexpected places because the government is not forthcoming with this information. laura: ithere any sign it all of the u.s. pulling back from all of these deployments to match the rhetoric aboutop bringing thome? stephanie: you know, we'reth talking about awing from syria, but if you think of the 79 other countries on the map, the american public, our alcongressional leaders re need to debate the vast scope of these rs, and whether it is meeting r objectives. is it making americans safer? is it reducing violence against civilian

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