in cameroon about 2000000 people live with disabilities they face discrimination in wider society and the general public has shown little interest in the team making it difficult for them to access many crucial resources. the players in the cameroon team don't receive any funds through football but despite the many challenges that encountered they're fully dedicated to becoming better players when they're not training many players run small businesses to make ends meet fun is a trained translator but he currently has the sun set on bigger things once the nations cup is over. my expectations is that my performance and i want. to. champion sneek for i'm pretty pleased. with european leagues and other counties in europe on i'll be able to get into football properly. done a and his team mates will need to train hard to beat more experienced teams like nigeria ghana and then gola in order to win the trophy. but back at the team training camp spirits are high and the players are looking forward to a successful tournament. and all the best to them that is a for now from dayton is africa you

anger on the pitch team cameroon hit a big clash with then go left at the africa cup of nations for n.p.c. football but supplied with your determination to win the nation's call me just country proud this team is still struggling to reform. hello i'm christine wonderwall come to deeds opening is africa i'm glad you're tuned in nigeria's president mohamed hari is in south africa for a state visit but the recent violence in south africa targeting foreigners including nigerians has been a dominant issue the visit was planned before mobs descended on foreign owned properties in and around johannesburg and early september nigeria reacted strongly its record its ambassador publicly condemned the attacks and criticized the south african government. for failing to deal with them nigeria also evacuated several 100 of its citizens via emergency aid lived in the geria mobs attacked premises off several south african companies in the country in reprisal forcing several to stop operations for some days now bar is expected to demand financial compensation for losses nigerian suffered in the violence ni

to get to its full capacity cameroon is facing a rapid increase in deforestation the country is set to lose an area of forest around twice the size of gambia by 2035 according to the center for international forestry research ebony trees which take hundreds of years to mature are disappearing fast cameroon's forests are cleared for palm oil rubber and cocoa plantations the cameroon based congo basin institute carries out research on ebony and other tree species in the region. the sound of blue leads the ebony project fieldwork he's very aware of the threats that ebony trees face. so. probably the biggest threat to the survival of ebony is the destruction of forests because ebony is that dense forest trees that thrives in the undergrowth they can't grow in a plantation once the forest is removed the essence is lost it can't regenerate itself in agricultural land you go girls. in 2011 taylor guitars became the cohen of this evan he saw mill in yellow one day cameron's capital. the wood comes directly from the forest to the sawmill where the company processes it to make different parts of

i am eddie michael jr you're welcome to the program what were the just and the peace talks in cameroon results in independence for the regions which will end the fighting between separatists and the military or more bloodshed and more people being displaced if 5 the national dialogue called for by the president and that with. announcing their release of more than 300 separatists well here in a moment from our reporter in your own door how that has been received but fast this report. this week of talks was supposed to get everyone together in the same room but that didn't happen with the leaders jailed the separatists boycotted these talks saying their demands weren't met they called the prisoner release made right at the end of the talks a political stunt but others from the separatist region say it's a good 1st step. it has to be given thick when least it gives on these weak to stick with us only grown have to give back something before the dialogue on the release of prisoners should be an acknowledgment for those of us on the ground even image ised on the social economic and politica

battle to independence has killed thousands but now there's fresh hopes of ending the conflict in cameroon more that. hello there still some very warm weather across the southeast and pin to the mid atlantic states in united states we have got this a clear area here this is where the heat is in place and then this line of cloud is where we've got the dividing line between the much cooler air to the northwest and this warm moist air across much of the south as he had through friday the temperatures beginning to come down so washington d.c. 24 degrees 18 celsius in new york but atlanta 35 that is still more than 10 degrees above the average for this time of year cooling kansas city at 15 degrees and as well here we've got more snow to the rockies as we head through friday by saturday that clears it means fairly swiftly eastwards and then we've got some fairly heavy rain across the upper midwest and down into the ohio river valley and by then we've got this much cooler air finally pushing across into the southeast so 25 degrees in atlanta then at the caribbean and central america widely unset

imran khan there live in baghdad this is the news from al-jazeera still to come on the program cameroon's president attempts to reassure separatists in english speaking regions but reports on why it may not be enough. 2 years on from the last vegas hotel shootings what's only $1800.00 is on the way for the reeves families and in sport manchester united find the going tough again in the europa league here with all the details a little. leading democrats in the u.s. are accusing president donald trump of breaching his oath of office after asking ukraine to investigate his political rival trump's now called on china to do the same the request to ukraine's president in july is already triggered an impeachment inquiry our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports now from washington . with his presidency caught up in an impeachment investigation over a phone call with the ukrainian leader u.s. president donald trump thursday called on china to get involved what. is just about as bad as what happened with. you phrase the unconventional request to beijing comes as trump faces questions

cameroon's president tries to reassure separatists in english speaking regions but it may not be enough we'll tell you why . and in this court with a lucky escape for the world moto g.p. champion in thailand. ukraine's new top prosecutor says that he will review important cases handled by his predecessors think clude a criminal case involving a natural gas company that employed former u.s. vice president joe biden's son it comes as democrats recent text messages revealing how u.s. officials discussed pushing the ukrainian presidency to publicly announce an investigation into trump's rivals president donald trump asked ukraine to investigate biden and his son in july that was revealed in an explosive whistleblower complaint which is now triggered an impeachment inquiry let's go live to washington white house correspondent kimberly can tell us more this is pretty big isn't it kimberly. yeah there are so many fast moving developments adrian with regard to this impeachment inquiry right now we're watching very carefully to see the white house do a couple of things today but the big thing is

government crackdown on peaceful protests in english speaking regions people in these regions in cameroons north west and southwest feel the country's french speaking majority has too much say in how things are run because of that the separatists declared they'd formed an independent state called amber zone in october 27th seen. since then nearly 2000 people have been killed as a result of the conflict between separatist militants and government forces and the u.n. says half a 1000000 people have been displaced. many of them caught in the middle of a conflict they never wanted like anniston who fled with her children after the separatists turned on her family. he and recently. kidnapped repent. and if i behaved at the table to. make them go. it is really nice. those displaced would love nothing more if this week's talks are anything to go by piece still looks a long way off. joining me now from comedy on as our reporter blaze a young fellow blaze it's nice to see you so president house ordered the release of 333 prison this who are linked to the separatist crisis now the question is how cl

michael jr you're welcome to the program authorities in cameroon say the people who died in the landslide on monday built homes on unsafe ground despite its government warnings more than 40 people were killed in the town of a buffalo in the west of the country after a heavy rainfall dislodged the at the bottom rescuers were looking for survivors in the remains of slots and homes for more on that story i'm joined by our reporter and cameroon blaze in younger hello blaze now we do understand the local authorities see they want people against building houses in that area but why did not stop them knowing that this could happen. that's true although the government has laws in place to own construction houses in such areas approved east within the roll call council does the local government target seize. that sometimes go ahead and give people permission to buli induce in such areas and some of these people who earn from your houses in these areas are not so interconnected and something and don't move the risk of of these so it's not like you got many don't know that these people are living in

and needs cindy and was does that cameroon a couple making it impossible they say they're living the russian dream. voters in botswana have cost the ballots in the country's tightest election in $50.00 kids. people day will tell us what their expectations are. handed back to the ocean will be as penguins bab's they're facing the exchange. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along doesn't that look like romance well here's a question for you how do you get 43 african leaders to leave the continent for 2 days well that's one russia's right in recruited can answer because that's exactly what he's done the 1st ever russia africa summit is underway in the russian resort town of sochi and the attendance is remarkable in this picture of the you see the president's off malawi egypt and saw the africa now the russians are said to be looking for money and friends also known as trade and allies and in this have pointed to an apparent vacuum with the u.s. and donald trump hasn't been treated from the continent. for more on the summit i'm joined by dr colby mens

fragment of the huge tract of rain forest that stretches from uganda in the east all the way to cameroon in the west now the bonn on the atlanta coast is still home to largely untouched forests which the country is determined to preserve. i am now joined by the whiting is good bonds minister off forest ocean environment and climate change welcome to date of the africa professor so you have just come into office you came in in june really because of the misdeeds off your predecessor what exactly had happened that there was a bit of

now education has been a key focus at this week's peace talks in cameroon but as negotiations draw to a close some 3000000 children are still excluded from school with 98 percent of schools in anger from regions shut off and it just reports now from the on day. morning assembly at busters bilingual school in the capital yellow. presuppose all walks our children to school after waiting for more than a year to board them. it's their 1st time in class since a protest fighting started in the northwest of cameroon 3 years ago english speaking reaches of come ruled attempting to break away from the french speaking majority and establish their own state called was already here. the family escaped with nothing so the children with used uniforms. then most people then i think school was now nothing to do yet most of all because of this crisis and no school don't look like they're not the ones who have a good now for 3 years. it's been a month since school's rio for but only a fraction of children displaced by the violence can be enrolled because of lack of space the population of this public s

it's the 1st time in class since a party is fighting started in the north west of cameroon 3 years ago english speaking reaches of come ruled attempting to break away from the french speaking majority and establish their own state called what is already here. the family escaped with nothing so all the children with be used uniforms. they mostly don't know. why now men do yes most of all because of this crisis and most of them look they're not the ones who damage the house for 3 years. it's been a month since schools rio for but only a fraction of children displaced by the violence can be enrolled because of lack of space the population of this public school in the capital year when there was quite large after the government ordered it still open it's going to children displaced by the conflict but it can only take a small number of the town of addicts this the reason why experts are warning that there is the creation of an entire generation of young communist is a risk because of the conflict in the english speaking with. the government says that around 3000000 children are missing sch

cameroon's president has ordered the release of hundreds of prisoners linked to a separatist crisis in the angle of foreign regions and national dialogue was launched on monday in the hope of ending the conflict nearly 3000 people have died since fighting broke out in 2017 between the army and separatists they want independence for cameron's 2 english speaking provinces. he did this in order to show the people who are low to moderate. purple stuff and it's out of the air if you want to arrest people not. really believe in the rule of law. we don't really need punitive but this point in turn you can do with their logos to increase its and encourage men to all and sundry that please. let's bear grylls be very good . a new day in ethiopia could threaten water supply to neighboring countries further downstream sudan ethiopia and egypt are holding an emergency meeting in hard to take up the issue nicholas soccer ports from madison avenue. this factory is making baby clothes destined for the u.s. but it has a problem it's out of electricity running on a diesel generator much to the frustrati

education has been a key focus of peace talks in cameroon this week but as negotiations draw to a close on friday some 3000000 children are still excluded from school at major supports from your own day. morning assembly at. school in the capital yeah. priscilla's all children to school to waiting for more than a yes. it's the 1st time in since the party's fighting started in the northwest of cameroon 3 years ago english speaking regions of attempting to break away from the french speaking majority and established their own state called. the family escaped with nothing so the children with used uniforms. they mostly then my school was now most of the years most of all because of this crisis and nostradamus they're not the ones who tell us though now for 3 years. it's been a month since schools rio for but only a fraction of children displaced by the violence can be enrolled because of lack of space the population of this public school in the capital year when there was quite large after the government ordered it still open it's going to children displaced by the conflict but it can only

cameroon's president paul beer has ordered the release of his main political rival opposition leader maurice cantor who was detained in january organizing demonstrations in the central african republic and that the move has come as a national dialogue in the pending a separatist conflict wraps up. demonstrators in again taking to the streets in the haiti's capital demanding the resignation of president john elmore use protest as tires on firearms they march to the united nations office important opposition leaders not urging the international community to withdraw their support for the president. whose were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after this is your station done so much and by phone with a record number of nominations the world waits to see 2019 nobel peace prize the nobel committee when announced the winner on friday antti syria has been awarded exclusive international rights to entity that we now have to deal with sorry december the nobel price on al-jazeera. to get them would put it don't you know maybe just maybe how. much would one give you a little b

whether cameroon builds on that is a different matter.r: a jailed saudi activist who can paid for the women's right to drive has been nominated for the nobel peace prize. the name has been put forward by a group of norwegian and canadian politicians. she was arrested more than a year ago shortly after saudi arabia ended a ban on women driving. she has been held in solitary confinement for months and subjected to abuse. saudi officials denied the allegations. there are still more ahead on the program. a surge in first-time voter registrations, which means the young people that could sway a potential second brexit referendum. having a well of a time in new york. i cleaning up the city's coastline has led to a surprising tourist attraction. issports, how south africa one step closer to the world cup quarterfinals. ♪ ♪ >> the weather is looking pretty mobile across this area of northern europe. clouds piling into germany. that is seeing remnants of what was storm lorenzo. that will make its way further south. ththis long line of clouds ahead

cameroon. [cheering] pres. trump: oh. wow. one person from cameroon. [laughter] pres.rump: to give back to our country, he joined the united states army and honorably served for four years as a very talented field artillery specialist. a lot of talent, they say. ben, we salute your noble service. and please say a few words. ben. [applause] mr. okereke: thank you. thank you, mr. president. thank you, mr. vice president. and thank you, charlie kirk. first of all, mr. president, we would like to thank you for everything that you've done for the african american community so far. we thank you for criminal justice reform. we thank you for the lowest black unemployment rate in this country, sir. [applause] okereke: and finally, most importantly, sir, thank you for saving america and thank you. [applause] mr. okereke: thank you. thank you. finally, sir, thank you for taking down the fake news media, sir. [applause] reke: finally, we want you to build a wall, sir. [laughter] eke: frankly, because we don't oppose immigration, but we oppose -- but we oppose illegal immigration.

a 37-year-old immigrant from cameroon died tuesday after he fell ill in an ice prison.ate, ice said the man, nebane abienwi became partially pararalyzed d after suffering a brain hemorrhage in the middle of the night at otay mason detention center. ice said he was rushed to a san didiego hospital but died after undergoing treatment. the jail is offered by corecivic, a for-profit corporation. lesbeth albeln for immigrant justice said the ongoing loss of life in detention is not only heartbreaking but infuriating and there's a bill sitting on governor newsom's desk waiting to be signed that would ban private detention like otay in california. people with detention can't afford to be behind bars any longer. newsom needs to sign now. she was referring to the bill the california lawmakers passed last month banning private prisons statewide. a major blow to the for-profit person industry in the u.s., hamid yazdan panah. an immigration attorney for california collaborative for immigrant justice. but are helping shape this bill. explain what this bill actually said. hamid: this

national told sainted ending cameroon's political crisis appeared to afford to do even before they have got underway separatists and opposition politicians have boycotted the event reports from the capital day. this part of the talks here in your own day must a significant milestone for many couples who said for the 1st time the government has knowledge of the fact that there is a real problem in the northwest and southwest of the country the government on its part represented by the prime minister of cameroon says it's impressed with the channels and with their arrangements on the ground despite the fact that many or most of the separatists are not here in cyprus was somewhat does one say the government should allow everything to be on the cards one of the main problems here at this dialogue is that the issue of separation is not on the cards we know trouble subject. convinced the people will want to see shinn not to think about decision any longer by carrying on concrete actions on the field everybody wishes to have always should be but peace is a consequence of them through action vi

handy who is a visiting scholar at york university simon you've researched the conflict in cameroon and central africa quite a lot and one article in particular written by you is that if handled right the dialogue could and coming soon and crisis are you impressed with the dialogue enough to kind of bring the situation under control now thank you for having me as a gorgeous morning afternoon on day to day i think that we have come at the fork in the road and what happened today is most definitely defining because at long last a cameroonian have engage one another and we begin the necessary painstaking process of reengineering and jenny could take only modify the d.n.a. the political economic and security d.n.a. of this country and that fact that there was this gathering that took the time to revisit the fundamental issues at hand to me the positive step in the right direction but you may never convince the naysayers the prophet of doom and gloom will believe that it was a mere distractions but we have to remain optimistic because we have it within ourselves to begin cameron again so. do

we're going to weather a take on al-jazeera then cameroon this president attempts to reassure separatists in english speaking regions of the country but we'll tell you why words may not be and off. i will look at what's fueling process in ecuador that forced the president to clear the state of emergency there. i know there are still some pretty good sunny skies clear skies sunny across much of eastern china but the weather out to all of the west is doing its best to work its way across that region not making a great deal of headway but saturday is fairly wet as you can see here through much of central china down across as well into northern vietnam and laos and then as we head off into sunday i will see the rain back in the forecast. areas across into heinen also taiwan and central and northern sections of the philippines and meanwhile those rains more extensive out across the west of back into momma and also northern sections of thailand now there is some good news really across and india finally beginning to see signs that they are the draw of the southwest monsoon but there's certainly

exploration of the mediterranean sea as energy resources and that no country can hold europe hostage cameroon's opposition leader maurice come to a will likely be released from jail as part of an amnesty ordered by president pull bia come to was jailed in january for organizing protests this latest development comes as a national dialogue aimed at ending a separatist conflict concluded in the capital you know own day cameron's english speaking regions have been fighting for 3 years to break away from the french majority on thursday president bia announced the release of more than 330 people to syria's ahmed idris reports now from your own game. the latest amnesty comes 48 hours after $333.00 people were released by the government just before the conclusion of the national dialogue it's not clear who the beneficiaries are or how many people will be released in the latest round but really. that modest come to presidential opposition candidate in the last presidential elections will be among many held the government concessions that include the release of detainees as well as those recommendations

the president to step down go an answered deep divisions why a bid to end a long running crisis in cameroon could be at risk. how i once again the weather looking lost a quiet across a good parts of the middle east little bits and pieces of cloud into southern areas of iran tending to fade away i think a cloud there up towards the caspian sea up towards georgia or armenia azerbaijan could see a little bit of wet weather just coming through here for most of this got to stay settled in sunny 28 celsius there in beirut we're looking at some what's a weather and some wintry weather over towards the himalayas up towards azerbaijan his back is down as well but even that ship clear away as we go on into wednesday central areas still very help 43 celsius there for baghdad and 40 in kuwait city and we'll see similar temperatures across iraq peninsular of course here in doha around 39 degrees celsius maybe a touch warmer as we go on into the middle parts of the wake just some showers around the gulf of aden still into that western side of yemen southern parts of the red say i'm all the same over the

any other continent but some african countries have made significant improvements to web access cameroon for example jumped $6.00 places in the alliances listing mail mali jumped 5 and tanzania moved up a respectable 3 positions the alliance tells a simple remedy to the situation competition it says one gigabyte of mobile data volume in a market with only one provider is expensive when a competitor moves in prices tumble by as much as $7.00 per gigabyte now let's bring in our correspondent joy during a bear are from nairobi joy does the cost really tally with the internet speeds in africa. it depends on the country even if you're looking at but generally internet is expensive in africa but for countries like kenya where internet ease as fast as $36.00 m.b. vs the 2nd or may have a split 2nd you can actually say yes the cost desk tell you to speed but if you look at a country like chad you would actually say that is not the case because after today we still have countries in africa that are using 2 g. internet and some are still using fully g. internet while the rest of the world has move

especially those associated they believe with governments that they're not going to stay quiet cameroon's president for bia as with the release of his main political rival opposition leader maurice come to was jailed in january for organizing protests that order came as a national dialogue aimed at ending a separatist conflict concluded cameroon's english speaking regions been fighting for 3 years to break away from the french majority on thursday be announced the release from prison of more than 330 people scientists have been studying the migration routes of humpback whales and other marine species off the coast of french guyana in the atlantic ocean that research involves listening to sounds deep underwater in a new discovered reef system al-jazeera snick clock takes a rare listening in it has reports from the region. early morning on the esperanza scanning the waters for signs of life on the surface or positions on the ship a manned and they don't have to wait long away a list spotted blowing the boats alongside the team heads out on to the water melon headed whales right the bow wave

the separatist crisis and its country's angle phone regions a national dialogue was launched in cameroon on monday in hopes of ending the conflict only 3000 people have died since fighting broke out in 2017 between the army and separatists who want their independence for cameron's 2 english speaking provinces dangerous house far from the capital. one is immediately clear who the $333.00 individualist release was announced by the company wouldn't government off but a lot of people going to spring key opposition figures and leaders of the separatist movement for the among them and the and also when came as delegates to the national dollar conference a roughing up their discussions would be a government wants to be seen as taking some steps towards piecing sucked in individual groups in the country by this of course includes opposition figures on the on during the strong debate got a conference walked out on stage protests because some of the items they wanted to discuss about one knocked on the agenda of this discussion now a government source is telling us just enough that the individuals

he's financing and winning reforestation in cameroon. eco africa next on w. by the 100. of millions of years into the past back to the pun supercontinent. the highest concentration of fossils including. some reptiles even the relatives of toronto saurus rex is located in eastern germany. pallium tonnages continue to uncover sensational 5. 30 minutes on d w. after the fall of the berlin wall nov 9th on d. w. . hello and welcome to this new edition of eco africa the environment magazine brought to you by channel selves in nigeria dai chevelle in germany on m.t.v. in uganda i am now to the niger conservation for.

cameroon's main opposition leader movies camp show has been released from prison after insurrection charges against him were dropped the government of president paul vi said the move was a gesture of national reconciliation was arrested in january after leading protests which security forces dispersed with live bullets. turkey's president breccia tie affair to one says his country is preparing to launch a military intervention against kurdish militia in syria's northeast he says the land and air operation will allow displaced syrians to return home but the intervention could also threaten the safe zone agreed upon by turkey and the united states. well it's the opening weekend of one of the most anticipated movies of the fall season the movie joker is based on the batman comic book villain. joker. but as moviegoers in the u.s. line up to see joker they'll be greeted by increased security as because the film based on a comic book villain is prompting fears of real life violence. and reporter karl nast men joins us in the studio with more on karl what's going on where people so worried that yo

fragment of the huge tract of rain forest that stretches from uganda in the east all the way to cameroon in the west now the bonn on the atlantic coast is still home to largely untouched forests which the country is determined to preserve . i am now joined by v y t s gabon's minister off forest ocean environment and climate change welcome to date of the africa professor so you have just come into office you came in in june really because of the misdeeds off your predecessor what exactly had happened there was a bit of a scandal with corruption in the forestry sector 10000 cubic metres of lead which showed up in court. the president was obliged to remain the vice presidents of the previous list through forestry complicity so one of my jobs is to clean up the 1st tree sector and while some of the main challenges that you all facing in ensuring that you can protect this environment my 1st job is is to make sure that all of the forestry and it all is sustainable well. you know it is president president so he won't go to the decision to make certification obligatory for all forestry companies

for my cameroon football star some well it so it never lacked confidence during his flame days and certainly not after his recent retirement either and so has stated that he and not this man liberian greens george weah was the best african football of all time he says his list of club trophies in europe trams wears 1905 door. i don't need to say i'm the best i'm going football of all time is a fact. i have a lot of respect for my elders but our careers speak for themselves now there are debates that are useless because we africans like to discuss these things that lead nowhere. but i don't need to claim anything it's a fact it's on paper with you except your own no it's a fact that's. what i'm sure the likes of rajab i basically until he drove out will have something to say about that so let the debate continue or do you think is the best let us know what our facebook page will leave you with pictures of some of the great african soak up this good bye see you next time. we take it personally. with a little bit wonderful people in stories that make the game so special. for all true fans who.

for my cameroon football star some led to confidence during his flame days and certainly not after his recent retirement either at the ted that he and not this man liberian greens george weah was the best african football of all time he says his list of club trophies in europe trams weir's 995. why don't you just say i'm the best i'm going football of all time is a fact. i have a lot of respect for all my elders but our careers speak for themselves now there are debates that are useless because we africans like to discuss these things that lead nowhere. but i don't need to claim anything it's a fact it's on paper with you except your own no it's a fact it's. a baby purely on d.v.d. robot will have something to say about that so let it be it's continued but do you think is the best let us know what our facebook page will leave you with pictures of some of the great african soak up this good bye see you next time. take a trip on us christmas market hopping. with d.w. in cologne and a wooden will go up to. airfare and hotel are included for you and a cast. just tell us which term instinct

the black star business empire here in russia at the center of it cindy and walter just sent from cameroon walter the son of the diplomat has been living in russia for 25 years he and his wife also works in the company see russia as a land of opportunity is this a common bond and the. answer to where in a country where business practices are still developing and not like in western countries which have had capitalism for 100 years the listener to. be up to that is another sometimes. 37 year old started his business empire with the black star music label it is then repertoire expanded the cameroonian loves russia he's become a russian citizen despite the racist attacks that have been plaguing the country for years. in our company i'm the only black person but i've never experienced racism the new russian generation travels i understand many things they're progressing to know the songs is a different look to see if there was racism i wouldn't be here for a long. day at burger chain with its trademark black gloves is booming and the chest sems hope that this success will inspire other young a

and drop the pitch plus team cameroon to hit up their clash with then go left at the africa cup of nations.