almost none of this money went into central africa. in the same time imf in july said he was going to keep my trials million euros in order to re assess the security of the bt i mean what i mean security. what i'm saying it. it's a game which everyone as was possibly two international community. so we'll go chaos and i think it is time for the new baby to a conference and a save that discussion is on the table. and maybe another international conference meaning all of the actors. i'm just going to compete with and i met him behind. what's important and when you do need to rise when you take and be honest with you the indian students receive the answer that accompanies the beach. thomas and kept it to be to the tulip african central afghan forces. the new house two of the prince regent is going to get agenda is an ongoing costs such as youtube community is gathering again in two weeks getting sick meantime in the meantime we're in a situation as the words from our reporter at the beginning of the show where people are fighting the news

central african states and the you know who pays for this pricey campaign french taxpayers surveys show less than half of the french population support their country's latest major expedition to africa pushed forward by france's least popular president in polling history well more than a thousand french soldiers are now in the central african republic here in paris the intervention into the country's former colony still gets a mixed reaction no one's really sure if it's an act of goodwill or a calculated move to benefit fronts. whereas russian artsy reporting from paris. period from the institute of oriental languages and civilizations says this particular significance when france decided to act. first of all the central africa was them under french influence since they became independent in smoke through the french army and soon central africa the second point is the former central african president was kicked out from power work just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. oil companies i've done time france didn't react and it is very important to. got chinese economy is growing economy and it's. an economy much more active in africa. all western mic on the news and

of central african states and the you who pays for this pricey campaign french taxpayers surveys show less than half of the french population support their country's latest michu expedition to africa pushed forward by france's least popular president in pollen history well more than a thousand french soldiers are now in the central african republic here in paris the intervention into the country's former colony still gets a mixed reaction no one's really sure if it's a lapped of goodwill or a calculated move to benefit fronts. where russian are seeing reporting from paris . bruno drives from the institute of oriental languages and civilizations says there's particular significance in when france decided to act. first of all the central africa was the under french influence since they became independent through the french army and soon central africa second point is the former central african president was kicked out from power just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. companies i've done time france didn't react and it is very important to. chinese economy is growing economy and it's. much more active in africa. all the western economies use and i think that's one

first of all the central africa was. under french through and since they became independent it's not through the french army and soon central africa second point is because former central african president was kicked out from power work just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. oil companies dime france didn't react and it is very important to serve chinese economy is growing economy and it's. an economy much more active in africa. all the western economies and i think that's one of the basic reasons of conflicts in africa it's to compute issues between western powers and trying. to come in the program those that africa is on the third. white minority families preparing genocide contingency plan saying with the death of anti-apartheid icon nelson mandela race motivated slaughter could start at any moment. two foreign teachers have reportedly been found dead in libya near a major oil and gas complex not far from tripoli the bodies of a british man and a new zealand woman were discovered right next to their

central african states and the you but who pays for this pricey campaign french taxpayers surveys show less than half of the french population support their country's latest major expedition to africa pushed forward by france's least popular president in pollen history well more than a thousand french soldiers are now in the central african republic here in paris the intervention into the country's former colony still gets a mixed reaction no one's really sure if it's an act of goodwill or a calculated move to benefit friends. whereas russian are seeing reporting from paris. and they're all we spoke to colleen clare the emergency manager of doctors without borders here's what she had to say about the situation on the ground there right now. we see more than six hundred thousand people displaced off alone two hundred thousand in the capital and the finance is continuing our teams are witnessing that bodies on the streets every day yesterday in the camp close to the airport where more than one hundred thousand people are at this moment looking for safety the shooting in the camp and the shooting is so bad that even our clinic cannot continue in its normal ways we can no longer treat

first of the central africa was. under french in the through and since the state became independent in some of the first time french army and central africa second point is is that former central african president was kicked out from power works just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. companies i've done time france they didn't react and it is very important to serve chinese economy is growing economy and it's in an economy much more active in africa than all western economies and i think that's one of the basic reasons of conflicts enough to come out it's to compete issues between western powers and time. and a story now that art is following very closely the five her life of a three month old baby girl injured in the terror attacks in the russian city of volgograd doctors say her condition remains critical but stable correspond margaret howell reports the guy is just three months old but she's found that life can be hard and unjust she was badly injured and a terrible terror attack she is now in a

first of all the central africa was. under french through and since the state became independent and smoked the first time french army and soon central africa the second point is is the former central african president was kicked out from power just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. oil companies i've done time friends they didn't react and it is very important to do want to serve chinese economy is a growing economy and it's. an economy more active in africa. all the western economies and i think that's one of the basic reasons of conflicts in africa now it's to completion between western powers and china. and a story now that artie's following very closely in a five four alliance on the three month old baby girl injured in the recent terror attacks in the russian city of all the grad doctors say her condition remains critical but stable spawn margaret how has the details. i am here at this children's hospital where baby vivica was brought and she is currently fighting for her life behind me now docto

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the fighting is still on in central africa, despite the election of a new interim president. troops are on their way to help the french and african forces who are already on the ground. we have more now from the second-largest city in the country. republicntral african 's second-largest city, the french army has deployed soldiers to reinforce the african troops on the ground. the city has been divided in two. the french ambassador is there to assess the situation. 30,000 christians live in this camp. the children have not attended school for a while. accompanied by the head of the french forces, ambassador met with the religious leaders side-by-side. the two men have been trying to build bridges between their communities. some people have become -- begun returning to the neighborhoods. >> with most of the houses burned down, it is like a ghost town. since the arrival of french troops, violence between christians and muslims has decreased significantly. >> we have 1600 troops here. we have what we need to carry out our mission. >> the central african republic is much bigger th

central africa has been estimated to lose 62% of the forest elephants in the last decade. park alone thousands have been killed in the last five years. in the week we spent here we only saw one alive. the park about the size of connecticut is patrolled by 76 ecoguards, not nearly enough but 40% of them are former poachers themselves which helps big time. >> they know how poacher work. so it's easy for them to think like them. >> it's part of a program created in the last year where poachers are giving amnesty if they hand over their weapons and confess. this raid is proof his program works. but the unit's successes come at a price. corruption is a way of life. all of these ecoguards have been threatened. frank tells us three men attacked his wife. they tried to rape her. she was strong. she pulled back and ran away. the same men who are part of the poaching ring tried to attack him. he stabbed one of them. the unit doesn't find any ivory but four guns, ammunition and a cell phone. a potential lead to the poachers. the ecoguards torch the camp to send a message. these men o

first of all the central africa was. under french influence since the state became independent in smoke the first time french army and since center left legal second point is because former central african president was kicked out from power works just at the moment when he signed agreement with chinese. oil companies i've done dime friends they didn't react and it is very important to serve god chinese economy is growing economy and it's. much more active in africa. all western economies and i think that's one of the basic reasons of cold because you know we can now it's to compete issues between western powers and tell you a follow up story been following closely the last few days the ongoing fight for life of a three month old baby girl injured in the recent terror attacks in the russian city of volgograd well the latest is doctors say a condition remains critical but at least it is stable in our correspondent barbara how is the latest for you the guy is just three months old but she's found that life can be hard and u

in central africa, there are not many roads. it is hard to move around. need a major financial and logistical effort to cope stop we already have 6000 men and winning another 5000. -- and we have another 5000. it is enough. we need to sort out the logistical means before the troops arrived. >> african leaders will also discuss the violence in south sudan, despite a cease-fire agreement signed last week. clashes continue across the country. in the past people six weeks have been killed, and hundreds of thousands have been driven from their homes. -- france 24's joshua reports in a neighboring village in uganda. >> war in south sudan has brought more than 45,000 people here in northern uganda. mostface a shortage of essentials, food and water, shelter, and medicine. according to aid agencies, almost 95% are women and children. this mother was forced to give birth in a tent after fleeing her hometown in central south sudan. >> we fled when the war started. my husband left us here with my mother and the children. then he returned to fight against the rebels.

central african states and eu but who pays for this pricey campaign old french taxpayers surveys showed less than hop of the french population support the country's league test match expedition to africa. wishful with high prices the least popular president in common history while all the thousand french soldiers on all of the central african republic the confederates intervention into the country's former colony still that's a mixed reaction was really sure if it's an act of goodwill. or a calculated move to benefit funds. as he could proceed from parents. we still are becoming planned emergency manager of delta's in the borders this is what you'd say that the situation on the ground then. we see more than six hundred thousand people displaced bolts but only two hundred thousand in the capital and the titans its continuing our teams are witnessing get goodies on the streets and three days. yesterday in that camp close to the airport where more than one hundred thousand people are at this moment looking for safety windows xp shooting in the camp and the shooting is so bad that even our puny cannot continue in its normal way to the canal in which the mother tish and yet still bother to

the problem so bad, central africa has now lost almost two-thirds of its elephants.amon went along on a hunt for the poachers, where shots were fired, the end, a sad find. this is a cnn exclusive, and got to warn you here, these images are graphic. >> reporter: it's been eight, grueling, hot hours on this river. chasing poachers in the republic of congo's largest national park. for these eco guards, disappointment follows disappointment. >> when you put your hand inside, it's actually still quite warm, which means that they probably left early in the morning. >> reporter: finally, around a bend, signs of activity. smoke rising along the bank. they rush ashore and fan out into the jungle. within seconds, a gunshot. and the pursuit begins. the terrain is dense and disorienting. the men force their way through the undergrowth and slosh through water. our cnn team can barely keep up. they've all gone forward, trying to chase down what seems to be a poacher, who at least most definitely is armed. they appear to have caught him completely by surprise. the head of the park'

the headlines, stepping down amidst chaos and central africa, the president caves to mounting pressure and announces his resignation. plans for more settlements after a fresh push for peace talks, israel building hundreds of more settler homes in east jerusalem. one,he show will not go another band from a controversy all french comedian. good evening. also coming up in the next 60 minutes, how a french magazine that was trying to scoop how french president francois hollande was having an affair, now removing that from its website. plus, monthly job figures released today, and we will talk through all of the details in our business report. first, in the run-up to an international conference aimed at ending the bloodshed in syria, the russian news agency interfax announced that the foreign minister will have joint talks with u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the u.n. envoy on monday. the so-called geneva-two conferences on syria are supposed to take place january 22. tunisia's new prime minister took office this friday. he is tasked with leading a nonpartisan government until the el

the headlines, stepping down amidst chaos and central africa, the president caves to mounting pressure and announces his resignation. plans for more settlements after a fresh push for peace talks, israel building hundreds of more settler homes in east jerusalem. one,he show will not go another band from a controversy all french comedian.

out to sarah america to cry from the daily news on the apatow is the world's richest country in central africa and the city's ambitious future plans which include boosting the twenty twenty two thief who woke up the eye. it is you. two people had been taken to hospital in critical condition after a fine thread count on the twentieth goal of the playwrights apartment building in midtown manhattan around two hundred flights like to respond it as the flames spread to nearby apartments. my resident when the team. on this one is for first arriving in its got here on the five minutes. and the synagogues that it's going to war. i made to god the smoking this year. in the hallway twenty four and one or more. still the point chauncey see a difference on sliced breakouts that dusting to do is stay in toulouse in with the help. many of his old self back to it. we tried to get advice too stay warm in these types of buildings starting point is that one high rise building. my attention. the incidence of them my knee injuries in the blaze which took place just a few blocks from times square the course of the

several hundred angry angst is defined approaches a ban on clash with police in central africa this after they were denied the right to march in poland the violence took place while the greek six month presidency of the european union was being officially inaugurated the ban came into force just hours before a group of the e.u. commission is led by european commission president jose manuel barroso arrived in athens. thousands of people are fleeing the city been tear in south sudan expecting a massive offensive by government forces to recapture the key oil rich area from rebels at least a thousand people have been killed in ethnic violence between supporters and opponents of the president since december one here cuse his former deputy of plotting a coup a total of two hundred thousand people and also thought to be displaced across the whole country. you see as arrested outside a court in london inquest concluded that police acted lawfully when they shal dead and an unarmed man chalons of murderers were heard as a police spokesman responded to the verdict duggan's death in twenty eleven tri

several hundred angry activists to fight a protest banning clashed with police in central africa after they were denied the right to march on parliament violence took place while the six greek the six month i should say presidency of the european union by greece was being officially inaugurated the ban came into force just hours before a group of e.u. commissioners led by european commission president just said manual barroso arrived i. found was that people are fleeing the city of been to been been to in south sudan expecting a massive offensive by government forces to recapture the key oil rich area from the rebels at least a thousand people have been killed in ethnic violence between supporters and opponents of the president since december when he accused his former deputy of plotting a coup a total of two hundred thousand people are now thought to be displaced across the country. as the blast of cold weather that's been tormenting the united states eases we've taken the opportunity to look at how the local media set all the other news aside to demonstrate just how freezing freezing

method that has shifted now underway to try to post that the ppp situation particularly in the central africa. already this week the un security council approved the deployment of its six hundred strong european union rules which will let alone try to make it to africa in may. on the ground in front of african republic. now what can happen that day. i take some shots today. the change that. maybe mama. good money on the table to scale the peak and that intervention aimed and shot in the picture. now that murder trial that had three countries hop is now set to get the new verdict. the re trial of amanda knox and her former boyfriend raffaele sony t t o uncertainty set to be handed down later today for the sexual assault and murder of british student meredith per share he was stabbed in two thousand and seven when she was doing a student exchange in italy knox and sunny quito where first convict about her killing men acquitted three years ago. isn't he consults with the details. twenty eleven and under yeltsin reference thirty to forty from accra region courtroom offer only forty eight an itali

. >> the most plausible things will they allow me to extend of anyone in the world in central africahave the ability to exchange the money. no, that won't happen. john: on that note, thank you both. coming up, roman emperors spent big bucks on stadiums like the coliseum, sometimes fighting gladder aidersnd sometimes fighting animals. there are american equivalents to that as well. we will have that [ male announcer ] this is the story of the little room over the pizza place on chestnut street the modest first floor bedroom in tallinn, estonia and the southbound bus barreli down i-95. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every great idea begins. and of those who believed they had thpower to do more. dell is honored to be part of some of the world's great stories. that began much the same way ours did in a little dorm room -- 2713. ♪ this magic moment ♪ john: welcome back to "freedom fest." th question are we rome? being on the edge of collapse. trying to keep people happy, it offers distractions and bribes. one fellow called it cheerier races or gladiators fighting to the deat

we have enough lament that we do not have the equipment in dubbo in central africa other of the many routes it's called samantha round. we really need a major financial and logistical effort to cut scene we already have six thousand men and the europeans will spend five hundred men. it's enough. we just look at it just to go on financial means for the troops arrive. guilty of an innocent and now a lot of guilty again in italian court has reinstated the murder convictions against american amanda knox and her former boyfriend of nothing else on the cheap though. but they've been sentenced to twenty eight and twenty five years in jail respectively. this after they were found guilty of killing a british student back in two thousand seven doc says she's frightened and saddened by the verdict is the third time this case has been trying to not back on us soil raises the chances of the link the extradition battle. mark thompson has more. i hate it. leading the offense. last turn of the guilty verdicts. it still looks the end of the route from london notes and roughly at the summit study. tha

with disastrous results in pakistan in afghanistan and yemen and increasingly across much of central africa and of course where the americans go or the british and french need to fall because the british and french are essentially american attack dogs in europe they're the only two european powers that have the military capability the americans can sometimes use so if the americans are investing in drones and evitable in britain and france are also going to do the same britain is more open about it france is more about the fight there has to it's a military alliance of the states but inevitably they're going to go there and i think it's our warning actually in terms of europe because drones are not just simply attack weapons they're also surveillance weapons as we know from the american drone was brought down over iran and i think it also highlights the fact that there is in europe potential instability that those drones could well be used for surveillance in the east if i was russia i would be worried about drawings being used exact. branch drawn so when. david cameron meets and fraidy to

. >> in central africa, thousands of south sudanese soldiers have been dispatched.'re expected to go tomorrow to capture the city. in the oil state of jong li, an important location. the ethnic fighting started two weeks ago. the victory could give them a stronger position in negotiations. >>> and there are updates tonight on the four aljazeera journalists who have been detained in egypt. moved to torah prison outside of cairo, and they will be questioned by the prosecutor on wednesday. a number of high-profile political prisoners are being kept this. mohammed, another is being held in torah prison. and questioned on wednesday and remains at the police station. and aljazeera is demanding that it's staff be released immediately. >>> there were intriguing technological advances this year that could impact society for years to come. >> 2013 was a mix of goofy inventions and transformative discoveries. shrinking electronics gave way to what the industry calls wearable computing. transformers and of course google glass. while glass sounded like a good idea, is it scared

the interim president of central africa republic has resigned after months of violence that has left over one million displaced. came to power as a rebel leader but has faced growing calls to step down. the south sudan government and rebel fighters are facing a deadlock in these talks amid continued fighting. the sides met for the first time in ethiopia this week but came to an impasse after the government refused to free 11 rebels detained last year. thousands fled from the south sudanese cities as government expelledosed in two the rebels. a spokesperson accused uganda of carrying out attacks on behalf of the south sudan government. there was a bombing on the eighth and ninth of january. struckitary airplanes indiscriminately, killing innocent civilians. also thursday, the obama administration warned south sudan risks going into civil war and encouraged negotiations. arrested journalists. two other al jazeera , andalists, mohamed bodnar another, have been arrested for months. devyani khobragade, india's deputy counsel in new york was arrested last month, prompting charges of inappr

we'll go to conference where we'll raise the issue of funding for central africa, which up to now is ignored emergency compared to other emergency that we're dealing with in the world. >> hopefully you will get money in brussels. there is talk of other countries, other than the french, sending troops here. would you welcome that? >> i certainly welcome that. we do not have enough forces in the country. the french have an about more than 1,000 in this country where the needs are so greater, and the main issue we're dealing with in this country is without security. without security we can't do anything. >> on that note i wonder if it's okay for the u.n. or other aid agencies to discourage the millions displaced in this country to return home when there is still insecurity. isn't it better if they stay in camps and you can look after them there where they might be safer physically? >> the best would have been people who are displaced go back home. they don't go back home because they are afraid. and they're looking for refuge where they feel safer. today you have 100,000 people gathered

for example, if it's true that aids first arose somewhere in central africa, it would have been-- the world would have been a lot better off if that part of africa had had a better surveillance system and could have discovered this problem a year or more earlier than they did. that's just one example. this inter-relatedness of the world community was instrumental to the formation of the pan american health organization... even though the year was 1902. the intention was to provide a forum in which the countries could tell each other about what diseases were a problem, and agree on approaches that would allow for the control of the diseases-- these diseases-- without impeding trade. in those times, of course, was largely by ship. in 1948, the concept expanded with the formation of the world health organization, and six regional offices that included paho. some of its efforts are focused toward the eradication of single diseases like polio, using the salk d . david bennett: withhese tools, particularly the oral vaccine which is very-- relatively easy to use, and very effective, we felt

joining us live now is the director of the central africa project for the international crisis groupn nairobi. are you surprised he has given in to the pressure put upon him to resign? >>> well, there has been actually a lot of pressure from the economic community of the central african state but also from chad actually for him to resign. basically sanctions because -- because of the escalation of violence, and because the transition last year has been a complete failure. so now we are going to have a new transitional services, and of course we're going to see if -- who is going to join actually, and if the transishal government is going to be recomposed more or less. >> should selica and ballca be included in any knew transition? >> well, we see this is quite possible. it seems that [ inaudible ] is basically a repetition of the last december [ inaudible ] -- i mean the [ inaudible ] in december 2012. at that time, also former president and the selica leaders were summoned by the region and a solution was imposed on them. the solution was to create an inclusive government. so the ou

you've got a neighboring country of central africa, a republic that is dealing with its own series of spotting -- spiraling crisis as well. 200,000 people have come from sudan from the two areas of southern kordofan on an blue nile into south sudan just in the last two years. of those people are now doubly peril. as people continue to move across these borders there's always greater danger once families are displaced, and once they're moving into countries where they have fewer resources. and some of them are already fragile because of pressures of dealing with so many displaced populations. >> thank you. >> as i call upon senator coons, let me thank you, as the chair of the africa subcommittee, senator flake, as ranking member has done some tremendous work over the last year your. .. the last year. at this time they're recognizing. i would like to thank the witnesses for sharing their insights today. 2011 i led a resolution welcoming the independence of south sudan, and urging that its leaders address some of of the long standing challenges in order to put them on a path towards long

the european union is weighing a proposal to send troops to the central africa.ould join french and african peace keeping forces already in place. the president is at a meeting in chad to discuss solutions to the crisis with other heads of state, and rebel takeover with the government last march. sparked pretty widespread violence last month, that has killed thousands of people. let's go to morgan radford with other top stories. >> that's right. tough talk, a kentucky school board member said he would pass out ammunition in honor of the anniversary. now during a tribute called 26 days of kindness, he wrote on facebook he would give his friends ammunition on each of the 26 days. needless to say plenty of called came in asking for his resident ignored night. to make matters work, all of this happened two months after he was elected. and then of course this was the viral video. got released from a maximum security prison after being locked up for the past nine months. he posted a parody video showing these wanna begansters throwing sandals. let's just say the author

the day as well that you like i mean thanks alot for that update and policy makers at south africa's central bank they're telling their peers in india and turkey and raising interest rates to defend their currency. they raised the key interest rate half a percentage point to five point five percent. the first rising nearly six years the south african brand is among the currency's losing ground since the us central bank started tapering its supply of money to the market the fall in argentina's currency has also pushed down the value of the grant central bankers in south africa are concerned that further weakening of their currency may accelerate inflation. for you next hour is another tack on the markets. the he was secretary of state john kerry will travel to south korea incendiary than this it will cap off a series of recent trips to the country by senior us officials. kerry is expected to focus on north korea on his knees with his south korean counterparts that is it still was disclosed on wednesday south korea's special representative for the korean peninsula peace and security affairs ch

problem is so bad, central africa has now lost almost two-thirds of its elephants.wa damon has been going along on the hunt for poachers in the congo and found people known as pigmies often bullied into killing the elephants just to survive. >> reporter: gunfire rings out. we try to keep up at the eco-guard unit charges after elephant poachers. he returns and describes how he wrestled a gun away from the suspected poacher. today he's a hero. growing up, he was anything but. he was a poacher. he used his knowledge of the forest to kill elephants for their tusks. as a pigmy, he had grown up in the forest and knew its ways. but he also knew that he was born into a long-suffering minority. smaller in stature, because of centuries of adaptation to life in the forests. when they were forced to emerge, pigmies found themselves routinely abused by the majority. yes, they used to hit me a lot. they even picked people violently, he tells us. he learned to hunt with his father, who was dispatched into the forest by his masters. he was never paid. he wasn't even able to show an

to the central africa republic now when the charges save the children says that twenty three people monks and three children have been killed last run of the sectarian taunts in the northwest of the country will all of the dead on the stage for the muslims around twenty two others were injured in the attack which struck the convoy the government of south sudan says it has re taken the strategic town which are being held by rebel fights its business troops loyal to the president's tell that to continue to fight rebels backing the sox vice president react much shot well all the conflict is now increasingly own. i think ethnic lines. will the town of goal which is the capital of the rest of it only states has been a focal point for the fight scene several weeks just yesterday a united nations but to us and said that the fight saying that it sells its own cannot be reclassified as an internal armed conflicts. thousands of people lost their lives in abundance in more than hoffa million others have been driven from their homes. most of them have fled to neighboring countries so sudanese tones a

and the problem is so bad that central africa has lost almost two-thirds of its elephants. went along for the hunt for the poachers in the congo. and this time the guards made an important find, the discovery of some carved ivory not far from where they found an elephant slaughtered for its parts. >> oh! >> reporter: evidence in hand, he has had enough. his eco guards have just found a carved ivory ring, while searching vehicles at their check point, right outside the national park. the two passengers, chinese nationals. >> we made the search. >> reporter: he's referring to a chinese road construction camp. a month ago, his rangers detained two chinese men with ivory tusks, who work there. he went to the camp with the local prosecutor and found small pieces of ivory scattered on the ground. but rather than being allowed to search the buildings, his unit was told to leave. we spoke to the prosecutor, who is with the ecoguard unit the day they found the pieces of ivory. he refused to grant us an on-camera interview. we asked why they didn't conduct a broader search at that ex

. >>> the new interrupt president of the central africa arrived to his country today.will take charge until a new president is elected the former president, stepped down yesterday after intense international pressure to resign. since he took office last mont month -- march, nearly a million people have been displaced by violence between christian and muslim militias. >>> south sudan says it will not release nearly a dozen captured rebel leaders it's the latest setback in order to reach a peace deal between war factions. >> reporter: there are diplomatic effort happening to try to find the solution to the crisis here in south sudan, i am joined by the president secretary for the president. the u.n. secretary ban ki-moon has urged south sudan to release all those who have been arrested for planning a coup. what is the government's position. >> if the president comes in and releases those who were perpetrators of the crime, that is punishable, with prison, the president will be violating the contusion. and so -- and the members of the government have expressed, the fact t

but the problem is so bad that central africa has lost almost two-thirds of its elephants.s, they are mutilating the animals for the precious ivory tusks. they are selling the ivory, mostly to asia. our own arwa damon joined those hunting down the poachers in the congo who had just slaughtered an elephant in a national park. but they are afraid that now government authorities are not going to do much to prosecute them. >> the team isn't wasting any time. he wants to know if there is a more discrete way to get into position. it's the morning after his eco guards raided an elephant poacher's camp in the national park. they found a cell phone left behind, and they are using it. to track down suspected poachers that shot at them and escaped the day before. they are park rangers, by necessity now turned investigators. and you don't think that the authorities will actually investigate properly and go after this guy. >> no. no. they're not interested in that. >> reporter: he says corruption is rampant in the congo. >> that comes from military. >> reporter: that's military issue? >

it's not new troops arriving in central africa it's a growing capability to mock. was pretty sick and then proceeding to me that in the news. and the bloody. a contingent six hundred soldiers. well that already so we have to take in consideration that it's not a new agenda. it's just the contingency of what's going on like i've mentioned before. having african troops they need to react after mentor them in years to train them. and we've done this for ten years we've created twelve schools. men tend to be. and it's very symbolic action to see that demand goes on on on the french that they come from our local and the conference early on sundays. the station of of the security is something which exists as something that exists in general can call we know that it has been training going on for a long long time especially in places like the cell. and despite all that training with the molly an army does not prevent the g g artists from running the north mostly i just come back to the question one of the front on lap. i asked a question do you have to mean the people doi

take a look at how birth control and pregnancy are managed on three different continents, central america, africa, and asia. we hope you will join us. goodbye. >> goodbye. >> today on "earth focus," nuclear power: the downside. miles benson reports on where nuclear insurance falls short, and dr. helen caldicott on the health effects of nuclear radiation. coming up, on "earth focus." >> an earthquake and tsunami struck japan's fukushima nuclear power plant. three reactors suffered a meltdown. >> the japanese government has raised the crisis level at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant from 5 to 7. >> the confirmed death toll continues to climb. >> hundreds of thousands fled the radiation. many are still unable to return home. property damages and cleanup costs may run over $250 billion. >> the operator of the disabled fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant has agreed to make provisional damage payments to residents living around the plant. >> what if it happened in the united states? who would pay? a catastrophe like fukushima could erase all existing insurance protection under federal law. i