see if a friend zone is actually 14 countries 8 in west africa and 6 in central or one. and the proposal only covers the 8 countries in west africa it doesn't how are they central africa i'm quite right and that was something i was going to bring up a little bit later about whether this could actually spread to the central african trees for now though let's focus on the on the west african ones and yet go back to your point about you saying that you think this is just a rebranding. of the c.f.a. francs as you rightly said has its origins in the colonial period 1945. it was meant taking the run the countries gained independence in 1960 it was maintained and it was deliberately maintained because it was a vehicle for french influence in west africa and particularly in relation to the francophone african countries they frank sign has always been 1st and foremost a political entity not an economic and entity it's a vehicle for continuing french influence in that part of the world and now as one of your previous speakers said. francis called the shots traditionally in the c.f.

them over the ruble to exploitation very very strong always with illyria and equality is senior central africa researcher at human rights watch she joins me from rome italy hello to you ilario we've just seen that report this very very distressing scenes in that report just from from your perspective and the work that you do on this country how would you describe the situation for children in cameroon. well the final in crisis in young regions of camarade nest headed disproportionate impact on children children have been caught between 2 fires targeted both by armed separatists and also by government forces hundreds have been kidnapped assaulted threatened some but been killed the state said in their previous reports many of been displaced and are living in extremely difficult conditions in remote areas without access to what the quit ford what are sanitation and here they face multiple threats 1st of all they are out of school since now over 3 years and also. the fact that they are hope school they also exposed to other risks including early marriage order recruitment from the separatist grou

they are thinking about what americans can do in south-central africa. it is hard to get across the magnitude of this today. the thing is, if i ask how many of you have been to africa, i wouldn't be surprised if half of you raise your hands. if you ask that in the 1890's or 1880's, nobody would've. i could probably find it on a map. maps make things alien. being there or knowing somebody who has been there makes it real. the whole phrase makes a world smaller has been done to death. that is what it was like in the 1890's. if the world is smaller, you care about it more. you are more interested in it. you could imagine the role you could imagine the role you can play in it. that changes the way americans look at their place in the world. then, you sort of hinted at this, what if you are not necessarily religious. what if you just want to do good? what if you just want to take the blessings of modern society to places that are without the blessings of modern society. you are reading that book about electricity, what about electricity? the light? we are alwa

eventually infect some of the world's most endangered creatures, like the mountain gorillas in central africa. debora patta has the story. >> reporter: it is one of africa's most electrifying adventures. coming face to face with the majestic mountain gorilla. there are around 1,000 left in the world. their numbers have been depleted by climate change and poachers' snares. now they face an even more devastating threat. up close and personal these gorillas may look invince i believe, but they're susceptible to the same diseases as us. we found these gorillas in a trip to the democratic republic of congo. now there is a newnv enemy, the globe hasping t gorilla population, conservationists are on high alert. >> as you can see, it's very difficult to manage human cases. you imagine so for wild animals moving freely. that is one of the big challenge. >> reporter: the doctor who worked for the nonprofit organization is deeply concerned about the coronavirus because respiratory infections are the second leading cause of death amongst gorillas. >> so, the fear is that if you have a case of that, we wi

s eastern central africa correspondent sela neko joins us from nairobi welcome center let's start with the winner who is everest issue may. so. like many in the ruling party lead has is a former army general he was the former interior minister and also head of department for military affairs in the present office. and he and he also has so he bit the basically have an army background and has also been close to him currencies that some people say he's perhaps a bit of a moderate choice in the main in the ruling party but many also believe that his military background background will define his presidency the opposition claims the election was won through what they called massive fraud how transparent was the process. so the opposition actually even over the weekend basically said they would challenge that outcome in court. because when early results came out and they have they say that they have had over 200 members of the opposition arrested over the last few days. and i think the international community on the other hand is having a very difficult to say anything about elections as su

i started reading about it and did anxhibition -- and exhibition across central africa. knew that ebola virus was around me in the forest and i started to realize this is ecology and evolutionary biology. it lived in a reservoir. when we disturbed that, it went into humans. if it is adapted to us, it can hurt us badly. that was my wheelhouse. i got interested in emerging viruses, infectious diseases because it was another application of ecology and evolutionary biology, darwin 101. steve: the book is titled spillover, animal infections and the next human pandemic. our guest is david quammen, joining us from montana. david: good to be with you. stay safe. be well. steve: all of our coverage including this program, daily briefings and the white house task force is available on our website at c-span.org/coronavirus. joining us from washington is representative susan dell penny from that state's first congressional district. your city has been the bid -- the epicenter. >> it was a very challenging time with the first cases here. kirkland, washington and the long-term care ce

louis munch is the central africa director for human rights watch he joins us now from burlington in the u.s. state of the month thank you for your time just how important a development is this thank you so much for having me kim this is a huge day this is a huge day for rwanda and this is a huge day for international justice and it's very difficult to overstate how significant this arrest is for this young koga is one of the big fish he is one of the last remaining individuals out there who really had it was alleged to have had excuse me a real planning purpose with regard to the rwandan genocide and for many years folks like myself thought maybe he was going to get away with it maybe we would never find him there was rumors of him being in europe in east africa for years so to wake up to this news is incredibly significant and i can't imagine how relieved. and i don't want to use the word happy but how resolved to people in rwanda survivors and victims' family members of victims of the genocide must be given how instrumental he was in the genocide will there be questions asked abou

as a result of poaching on the clearing of woodlands the forest elephant population in central africa declined by 2 thirds between 20082016. but there's good news too thanks to a range of brief forestation projects. 27 african countries and to plant 100000000 hectares of new forest by 2030 knots an area almost 3 times the size of germany. so are you prepared to plant trees now the situation of forests is very serious as we've heard and one young climate change campaign from uganda is taking action. and guess what she's just 15 years old yes len i'm going to haunt the ideal planting trees on block days instead of having the tradition ok drinks and parties she's also the money auction from the knuckle on global needed to come to the negative impacts of climate change we recently made to. you that i'm a big. your god i'm a big. you know i'm a good ways leading be a sport to start against climate change in the ugandan copies of top of the students taking to the streets to be a part of the global movement for ideas for future demanding government action to curb climate change. there is and

parts of central africa have been suffering the worst locust infestation in 70 years.t is threatening the food supply for millions of people and there are concerns that more locusts are due to hatch in june, when crops are meant to be harvested. ethiopia is one of the worst hit countries. these pictures were taken in kenya earlier this month. motorized sprayers areeing used to contain the insects. but severe flooding in some communities is making it harder to fight the past. oxfam is calling this the perfect storm. >> unusually heavy rains mean it has provided the perfect breeding conditions for these locusts. these can really decimate crops, particularly at harvest time. communities which are just recovering from the floods and hoping to harvest enough food means the likelihood of food insecurity in this region will grow. we are looking at 33 million food insecure people. host: the locust swarms have now moved from africa into west asia. this is an indian city on monday. locusts have destroyed nearly 50,000 hatch acres of land there. africa and northern india.rn accor

is the central africa director for human rights watch he says the arrest of the book is an important moment for the victims of the genocide. this is a huge day for rwanda and this is a huge day for international justice and it's very difficult to overstate how significant this arrest is for this young couple is one of the big fish he is one of the last remaining individuals out there who really had it was alleged to have had excuse me a real planning purpose with regard to the rwandan genocide and for many years folks like myself thought maybe he was going to get away with it maybe we would never find him there was rumors of him being in europe in east africa for years so to wake up to this news is incredibly significant and i can't imagine how relieved and i don't want to use the word happy but how resolved people in rwanda survivors and victims' family members of victims of the genocide must be i think there will be questions asked and i think they absolutely should be the fact is that for these not someone who was unknown there was a massive reward out for him for many many years

across much of the peninsula that we could have some blowing sand and plenty of rain through central africa and now we've got more of those rain showers continuing to plague coastal as the tanzanian across into kenya but eventually they do begin to pull away certainly by about wednesday but the rains remain very widely scattered but took quite heavy at times across other areas further to the west and in fact on wednesday is the d.l.c. where we see some heavy downpours again particularly central and southern areas and all the while into a south africa certainly on tuesday it's around the southern tip and then through wednesday those showers working the way up the east coast some fairly blustery winds at times as well but it should actually say draw on johanna's back and cape town 21 is the high in johannesburg. the latest news as it breaks the mind sits within a valley surrounded by bush land and most of the operations happen about 500 inmates has been able to serve there with details coverage of the malaysian navy recently prevented a boat carrying around $200.00 range of refugees from land

parts of east and central africa have been suffering the worst desert locust infestation for 70 years. and now there are concerns that more locusts are due to hatch injune. this is when crops have to be harvested. ethiopia, kenya and somalia are among the worst hit by the locust plagues. these pictures were taken in kenya earlier this month. some farmers are being trained to use motorised sprayers to contain them. however, coronavirus restrictions and severe flooding in some communities are making it harder to fight the pest. the charity oxfam is calling it a perfect storm. unusually heavy rains mean that it's provided the perfect breeding conditions for these locusts. these swarms can really decimate crops at particularly at harvest time. communities which were just recovering from the floods and hoping to be able to at least harvest enough food, it means they won't, there is likelihood that the food insecurity in this region will grow. we're looking at about 33 million food insecure in this region. locust swarms have now moved from africa into west asia. this was the indian city ofj

across much of the peninsula that we could have some blowing sand and plenty of rain through central africa and now we've got more of those rain showers continuing to plague coastal areas of tanzania and across into kenya but eventually they do begin to pull away certainly by about wednesday but the rains remain very widely scattered but quite heavy at times across other areas further to the west and in fact on wednesday is the d.l.c. where we hasten see some heavy downpours again particularly central and southern areas and all the while into a south africa certainly on tuesday it's around the southern tip and then through wednesday those showers working the way up the east coast some fairly blustery winds at times as well but it should actually say draw on johanna's book and cape town 21 is the high in johannesburg. but. as a celebration of the tradition life. and love of. al-jazeera was again somewhere inside stuff into the diverse culture of somalia to the fullest to different couples. embarking on land life together to weddings to put some money style on and to save. looking back i want

africa in the last few hours and of course we've got the usual a ray of seasonal shot much of central africa coastal areas again across into kenya up into somalia seeing some heavy downpours in the day mostly care across south africa a few lingering through eastern areas of madagascar a similar story but it's a very warm day into south africa particular port elizabeth city. one of the long. ostrom aning ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drive as. we follow their treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. to gather and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it. on al-jazeera. they want to go jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the world health organization has agreed to hold an investigation into the global response to the corona virus pandemic $194.00 member states voted unanimously to hold an independent inquiry including an examination of the w.h.o. old role. the un is acting envoy to libya has warned that an influx of weapons and mercenaries is threatening to further intensify fighting between the coun

west africa as they should do on the edge of the way nicely further north was come back into central africa because the big shot was there just around the democratic republic of congo some showers into northern parts of tanzania south africa on the other hand well much of southern africa as you can see is fine in fry clear skies into houses but with a high of 20 degrees. i usually just read and trace frank assessments wise it's only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action. per informed opinion it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti where there's one that's really here very relieved people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines india done up to the spread of their own of ours in the inside story on al-jazeera. what the world order. but i get this is out of the us for much of the main news this hour an agreement among the world's top oil producers to cut outputs has now come into effect a reduction of $10000000.00 barrels a day global pandemic is caused to traumatic drop in oil and prices india is extending what's

beginning to climb $42.00 is the high in doha on friday and the center $42.00 across into dubai central africa pension rains particularly around the gulf of guinea some heavy rain in the 4 calls that you'll stay into gabble on appealing to southern areas of nigeria but also we've got a fair amount of central role that i was mozambique and again to the east coast of the towns and here and across into kenya now the scene is over low pressure to the south of south africa for the last few days it's still around and sunny the rain is back in the forecast on friday and sunday feeling cooler as well just 17 in capetown. your men killed a mother and son on that way to an appointment sadly the insurgents don't wear uniforms. with the was the american occupation of iraq the house on hold or recurrence to account from tower 2016 how come you didn't mention that meeting to congress and i did i don't know if i got the transcript wrong. i don't think you are that sure that you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy or your charming head to head on a 0. hello again i'm missed as a reminder

yemen as the temperatures $37.00 in doha and it will 40 celsius in a q 8 and then across into central africa more of the rain across the central regions more showers into tanzania and kenya but fredy for the 1st time in really what has been a couple of weeks a bit of a break as we go through wednesday that also showers but it's generally a much drive picture showers into southern areas about aska and they will continue to flirt with the east coast of south africa as well certainly through wednesday by thursday it's a similar story but time does on feeling too bad 20 celsius johannesburg 22 in cape town and then it is to the north we have got these winds but particularly through the day i'll see. as the world fights the corona pandemic we're learning more about this every day it's a new passenger and join our global community it's up to us on how we come together to fight i'm sorry your questions can i just ask you trying to see directly that coming on on you tube as you were saying i'm concerned about the front line phone that's a great question but keeping you up to date i'm using countries

africa in the last few hours and of course we've got the usual a ray of seasonal shot much of central africa coastal areas again across into kenya up into somalia saying some heavier downpours later in the day mostly care across south africa a few more showers lingering through eastern areas of madagascar a similar story really on thursday but it's a very warm day into south africa particular port elizabeth city. as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people star. getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the coming fiscal issue in the job an investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok will send mary waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on al-jazeera. don't you know it is either a reminder of our top stories this hour the world health organization has agreed to hold an investigation into the global response to the corona virus pandemic 194 m

waynes actually little bit stronger point but a warm day with a high of $37.00 and then down into central africa the usual seasonal rains at this time of year we continue to see more heavy rain through monday and tuesday along these coastal areas of tanzania again up into areas of kenya and then through cheese day the rains very widespread as is typical for this time of year becoming havea as we go through the day across areas of bone up into cameroon and also nigeria showers in the 4 cost money and choose to across central areas of madagascar these could be a little bit havea time some a funnel storms in there of course and generally fine in china throughout much of a south africa slightly for monday but by cheese day we could you see some trout in chiles pushing into the south so maybe a damp day in cape town with a high of 21. is really just treats and trace. frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with the number coronavirus pensions failure to take really aggressive action we put them behind her informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like haiti

yemen as the temperatures $37.00 in doha and it will 40 celsius in a q 8 and then across into central africa more of the rain across the central regions more showers into tanzania and kenya but fredy for the 1st time in really what has been a couple of weeks a bit of a break as we go through wednesday that also showers but it's generally a much drive picture showers into southern areas about aska and they will continue to flow with this east coast of south africa as well certainly through wednesday by thursday it's a similar story but tom does on feeling too bad 20 celsius johannesburg 22 in cape town and the notice to the north we have got these winds but particularly through the day i'll see. but. isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise leave the looking at another side of the story now from the information around the outbreak but the misinformation separating propaganda from fact it's reality only has a lot exposing the optics try to never believe the rhetoric and play but they cannot manipulate the listening post your insight guide to the media on al-jazeera . oh. welco

elsewhere beginning to climb 42 is the high in doha on friday and the center 42 across into dubai central africa potential rains particularly around the gulf of guinea some heavy rain in the 4 calls that you'll thursday into gabble and appealing to southern areas of nigeria but also we've got a fair amount of central role that i was mozambique and again to the east coast of the towns and here and across into kenya now the scene is ever low pressure to the south of south africa for the last few days it's still around and slightly the rain is back in the forecast on friday and sunday feeling cooler as well just 17 in cape town. the story of blackmail. i have strength. the story of courage. the fear. passion. and you. just. are you watching al-jazeera let's remind you of our top stories this hour the u.s. secretary of state has told congress that hong kong special status with america should end since the territory is no longer autonomous from china it comes as beijing prepares to impose a new security law on hong kong which has sparked more protests. a canadian court has ruled an extradition case a

questionnaires in parts of west and central africa where people use s.m.s. quite frequently in responding to these questionnaires and explain what symptoms they have were hoping to identify people with signs of over 1000 much at a much earlier stage we see in for example in the early temperature tracking devices use in front of hospitals and some public stores with people who wore exhibiting some symptoms probably from cornell for a slight fever or. introduced popular places is the dad is a valuable to all of us think about how it will empower those lower income workers health care workers that perhaps need to ride public transportation to get to work. so much still to debate and discuss i really thank you for being in a discussion thank you for being on the street who and all to run you as well thank you my laptop with the company tracking tracker and i t. they're asking for your help to help track other truck is around. and so much. that they're mad that it was so are their good live busy and i mean work. on the rubber and the. model and. most are there. a

feeling much better through the eastern end of the bad so $22.00 in jerusalem $23.00 in beirut central africa plenty of rain plenty of thunderstorms although a little bit of a break across eastern areas not so they're ready for the coast of tanzania more rain certainly on sunday the winds a fairly brisk about east coast and then plenty of activities are essential as the d.l.c. and out tools the gulf of guinea and then by monday we'll see a system developing just off the coast of south africa so cool in the western cape town with a high of 80. one of the last remaining ancient forests in southeast asia is a lifeline to hundreds of lumberjacks and drivers. we follow that treacherous journey as they walk through extreme conditions. to gather and transport this dangerous but precious cargo risking it all. on al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now there's been a surge in the number of chronic virus cases in latin america brazil has overtaken russia to become the 2nd worst affected country in the world after the united states forces fighting for libya's and then actua

extending up the east coast as well not about to cross into madagascar the usual across sections of central africa out towards the gavel a similar story a wednesday but to begin its care up in the fall for the hive 18 in cape town. frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water what's been the result in poaching a lot quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal and it really is citing in-depth analysis of the dates global headlines it's time for new policy and say on the street they cannot all be seen to grady but he read to me this is the really deep over all continues inside story on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera of either of our top stories this hour the british prime minister's closest adviser dominic cummings has defied calls to quit or apologize for the accusations he broke coronavirus lockdown rules addressing a political storm that engulfed boris johnson's government cummings also said he does not regret his actions. the world health organization has suspended a clinical trial of the ma

the system there just swirling away towards india but it should stay off shore may want across central africa well the usual showers there rumbling away nicely now the seasonal rains extending across a good part of west africa course we have seen some flooding recently and got of the show is tending to cling on to the coastal fringes as we go through the next couple of days but they will of course edge further north which from time to die in the heat of the day you can expect to see thundershowers just about anywhere in the region some parts of africa well hey we're largely fine and dry play a sunshine around but a few showers for eastern parts of tension there. from fossil fuels to modern day renewables as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring innovative solutions to meet such demands as a global power development of investment company nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against these demands we provide business growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and environmentally sound energy solutions for future generations the breastpin pio

we are hearing constantly from our partners in east, south and central africa.them. this is definitely the biggest threat that we've seen to the conservation world. we've had the real pressure from the illegal wildlife trade, and that is ongoing. these are the vast plains of north west province, south africa. the calf is still alive, so that we can rescue it and take it to the orphanage. this organisation helps transport injured rhinos to safety. the calf is two months old. her mother was found dead, her horn hacked off. bring the backside... a real fear is this could become more common with no safari tourists or guides out and about. these guys are our eyes and ears on the ground. they drive through the parks, they see wounded animals. i think it will be devastating to the parks and the reserves in south africa if this situation continues. they may look wild, but it costs a lot of money to keep these animals safe. the key question is when will tourists and their wallets be able to return? claire marshall, bbc news. this week marks the 75th anniversary of the en

next couple of days and you'll notice things are looking a lot less wet really across much of central africa we have. developed in late in the day particularly the dail say and also developing around lake victoria but it really is a much quieter picture quite a cross into south africa as well temperatures generally in the low twenty's and then through monday is a similar story but again mostly dry even into the southern d.l.c. but really the rains developing generally run coastal areas of the d.l.c. . 'd political ideals of grassroots activists and polished speech in its lines takes you inside the battle for the democratic party. and asks if its base is too polarized to take on the white house there's a generational divide that's real you might ironically see the outsider middle of the most corrupt incumbent president ever to clangs america's divided democrats on out his era. hello again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour the man accused of funding the militias who killed hundreds of thousands of people during a wenders genocide has been arrested. was found hiding

the baby peninsula is hot 41 in riyadh and a very hot 46 in baghdad on saturday then down into central africa 1st of all the usual showers and thunderstorms but we finally got a bit of a break too with these coastal areas tanzania into kenya still being me on friday but nothing as heavy as we have seen where we've got very heavy rains is up into uganda and again northern sections of the d i'll say and then through saturday the rains further to the west so cameroon gabble on off into nigeria but fine and much of the south africa damages a little bit lower 20 to 20 celsius in cape town and all the while we'll see more showers and thunderstorms to eastern areas of madagascar. a story of blackmail. your life has killed i have strength i have a story of current which a lot of the fear is real. passion. and a very sincere just. i don't know what she had 0 remind of our top stories this hour and the chinese government is introducing national security rules for hong kong in the annual parliament session following months of mass protest against beijing that according to state media this comes as china

northern areas of afghanistan 20 is your high in kabul a fairly quiet picture all across much of the central africa you can see here we have got the usual ray of showers but nothing particularly heavy and again a bit of a break from those heavy rains as persistent rain through coastal areas the towns there and up into kenya by friday the rain and little bit heavier particularly throughout the towns there on the show as a back into the south south africa. i easily test. and trace frank assessments why is it it's only struggling to cope with the number of coronavirus failure to take really aggressive action really get them behind the herd informed opinions it's going to be much more challenging in a place like even there's one ventilator 3000000 people in depth analysis of the day's global headlines as india dumb enough to nip the spread of coronavirus in the inside story on al-jazeera. move forward. you're watching out is it a reminder of our top stories this hour the european commission is pushing some member states to lower border restrictions in an effort to restart tourism under its proposal reg

next couple of days and you'll notice things are looking a lot less wet really across much of central africa we have. developing late in the day particularly the dail say and also developing around like the toy but it really is a much quieter picture quansah cross into south africa as well to which is generally in the low twenty's and then through monday is a similar story but again mostly dry even into the south and they all say but really the rains developing generally run coastal areas of the d.l.c. . the venezuela colombia has become a stomping ground for trespassing. as desperate people transgress an illegal passage. to feed an emerging field trafficking markets. we follow that perilous journey unguarded through the line of fire. risking it all. venezuela and colombia. on al-jazeera. hello again this is al jazeera let's take a moment to remind you of the main news this hour the man accused of funding the militias who killed hundreds of thousands of people during the landon genocide has been captured for this in kabul go was found hiding in france under a false name for avoiding capture