for congo justice is rare. those missing are three priests and four staff from doctors without forces now that the ad will be defeated, people wonder if they'll be seep again. they will be gone, but the facts about what happened here may disappear with them. >>> political leaders in columbia have suspended campaigns. juan manuel santos faces a changer. round two comes as f.a.r.c. admits its actions during the columbian governments led to deaths. >> reporter: the race is m neck and neck. the peace process with f.a.r.c. rebels is at the center of the campaign. the rebels and the government took responsibility for crimes committed during 15 years of wore. there's a chance that millions of victims will be heard. negotiators say including them in the peace talks are key to ending the conflict. in his campaign, juan manuel santos is focussing on his role in the peace talks. trrks we are so close to piece. i need the mandate to finish that is planned and exku.d his opponent campaigns on drugs and crime. he promises to

. >> 33 people have been killed in an attack in the democratic republic of congo. it happened on friday in the mineral rich region, the victims, mostly women, were stabbed, shot and burned in their homes. they believe the attack was part of a dispute over cattle. katherine, this was an inter-ethnic attack, wasn't it? >> reporter: that's what we're hearing. what we know is that most of those who were killed were actually killed--were actually women who were killed in the church. they were in the church praying. when they surrounded the church and indiscriminately firing. many were killed in their homes. they're also hearing that the army has been deployed there. you asked about the ethnic dimension to it. we spoke to human rights groups who say they heard this is a conflict going on over conflicts of land there. this is not the first time its happening. it happened earlier this year where 14 people were killed. the police are saying they don't know the causes. they're still investigating, and they have made no arrests yet. >> there is a wider conflict going on right

has accused rwanda of backing rebels and the democratic republic of congo. some are wanted for alleged involvement in the again side in neighboring rwanda. after 20 years some of the most democratic, surrender their weapons in a ceremonyny led by the development community. this is a faction of the matthew group. they are accused of serious human rights abuses. murder, rape, abduction, the use of child soldiers. some of the leaders are wanted by the rwanda government, for their alleged involvement in the 1994 again sides. >> those members who have been involved in genocide, they have to be brought. >> many refugees who lived here for years and the protection also say they are ready to go home. >> leaders are being very cautious, they are presenting few of their -- and more of the civilians they say that once political negotiations with rwanda. >> in this ceremony on the 83 fighters showed up, and 284 of their depends. most of the main leaders and commanders are yet to be publicly seen. >> . >> they say that there are those among us -- we need to sit down and

. >> reporter: after 20 years some of the most notorious rebels in eastern democratic of congo venned are the weapons. this is a faction of the predominantly hutu group, the f.d.l.r. they are accused of serious human rights abuses. murder, rape, abduction and the use of child soldiers. some are wanted for an alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide. >> for the members involved in genocide. >> many rwandan houthi refugees fled for years under the application of f.d.l.r. are ready to go home. >> f.d.l.r. leaders are being caution. they are producing few. and say that the once political negotiations with rwanda. >> reporter: in this ceremony 83 fighters showed up. and 284 of their dependents. most of the main leaders and commanders are yet to be seen. >> they say there are those among us involved in the genocide. we need to sit and talk so we can get a solution. >> reporter: it will be simpler for congolese fighters in the group. many end up in camps for demobilized rebels. >> here 100 home grown rebels who laid down the weapons wait to be integrated and sent home. >> this person joined

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and one nine hundred sixty the congo elected its first democratically elected prime minister patrice lumumba unfortunately for the west of the mamba was a staunch nationalist who advocated for national liberation both politically and economically yet when mumble was faced with the us and belgian backs the session of a resource rich part province excuse me he turned to the soviet union for aid in holding on to the territory so of course this move put him on a cia hit list according to global research declassified american documents establish washington's role in attempting to kill the mamba by smuggling poison toothpaste into his bathroom. alternately lumumba was caught by opposition forces and executed by firing squad fast forward today or congo remains a hotbed of instability in its bloody civil war resulted in the ongoing genocide of nearly six million people but in other cases sometimes all it takes to win yourself a covert invasion is being opposed to u.s. militarism which is exactly what happened in the tiny island nation of chelas with a population of just sixty two thousand pe

marching to their own beat the former child soldiers get ago i fresh start in the democratic republic of congo♪ >>> it is still unclear how washington will respond to iraq's request for air strikes against sunni rebels. there is increasing pressure on prime minister nouri al-maliki to resign to help unify the country. meanwhile, the iraqi army has taken back control of the country's biggest oil refinery a report with the latest. >> reporter: fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant are heading towards baghdad. other sunni groups link today the former leader sadam hussein are also taking part in this rebellions against the government. iraqi authorities are asking the united states to help push them back. >> what the united states is doing is about iraq. it is not about maliki. and nothing that the president decides to do is going to be focused specifically on prime minister maliki. it is focused on the people of iraq. >> reporter: washington hasn't ruled out air strikes, but so far, it has been reluctant. it is not just because of domestic politics or the lack of intelligence gath

and we report from democrati democratic republic of congo where people here are forced where people here are forced into rebel groups. the performance review. where people here are forced into rebel groups. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >> you are watching al jazeera. iraq's prime minister called on his countryman's in the nation against fighting members. of illinois. separatist strongholds in eastern ukraine shoot down a plane in the city of luhansk. 49 people were killed. >>> in afghanistan's voting the turn out 58% more than 7 million people voted. >>> the israeli military has made several arrests overnight in connection with the missing three teens. >> reporter: three teens have been missing since thursday. >> we're carryin

the fdlr has been active in the region ever since the 1994 genocide, when the fighters fled to congo. are forcing thousands to flee their homes. katherine soy has more from kigogo in south kigu. >> come down from hills that surround this village. they're going to be kept in this camp temporarily. the biggest question the elephant in the room is where do they move from here? where are they going to be taken to? the obvious option is to take them back home. this though is a very plit fiscally sensitive -- politically sensitive issue. participating in the rwandan genocide two decades ago. only go back if the government of rwanda commits to sitting down and negotiating with them. a lot of people you talk to here will say this is a very tall order. another plan that is being suggested by the co congolese a, get them as far away as possible from areas that they operated in and from the border with rwanda. >>> people in the central african republic, brokered last year when rebels seized power. fighting is mainly around religious lines and involved be christian militia. petro poroshenko is vo

now, a group of ruwanda rebels in congo surrendered and the country is home to a number of armed groupshich all are vying for control in the minimal-rich east. f.d.l.r. has been active in the region since the 1994 genicide in neighboring rwanda when fighters fled to congo and accused of widespread rights abuses forcing thousands to flee their homes. catherine has more from the area in south province. >> reporter: these are some rebels and families that have come down from the hills that surround the village and kept in this camp temporarily. the biggest question and the elephant in the room is where do they move from here, where will they be taken to especially the rwanda and the option is to take them back home, this is a very politically sensitive issue and some accused of participating in the rwanda genicide two decades ago and a bit skeptical of going back and saying they will go back if the government of rwanda commits to sitting down and politically negotiating with them. a lot of people you will talk to here say and will tell you this is a very tall order. another plan that is be

this camp, like meaning in democratic republic of congo is facing a food crisis. this camp has about 14,000 people. most of the aid getting to them has been diverted to other countries, with people who need it. places like central african republic and south sudan. >> the situation is protracted. there'll be a fatigue. here, we still have - we still have the interest of the donor country to support. >>> the government wants people from areas that are now under government control to go back home. >> camps such as is this are scattered across the country. over the years, tens of thousands of people fled from their homes. those we talk to told us that they want to go back, but they have no homes to go to any more. >>> this man brings us where his house once stood, a place that used to be controlled by m23 rebels. they bombed the home he had built. >> translation: where do we come to? you have seen for yourselves how we try to rebuild. >> reporter: back at the camp they show me a tent and the small space shared with her husband. >> we are hungry. everything is falling

before august 1, but let me tell you we just finalized on august 1, the president of the republic of congo. we'll discuss peace, security, and stability of the central african region and oil investments in the country. next i want to have for the first time that i can recall a double presentation of our brand, the national press club mug, to ivanka and donald trump. [applause] thank you. how about a round of applause for our speaker and ivanka. [applause] >> thank you-all for coming today. i'd also like to thank national press club staff. that's the last question, and jerry always reminds me of that because i skip over the script. i want to finish with the last question. but like to thank national press club staff, including the broadcast certainty for organizing today's event. for our last question we have two minutes, you can make it short or take the full two minutes, if you had the power to fire one person on the planet, who would it be and why? >> this is such an easy one, isn't it? but i won't do it. i won't do it. too corny. look, we are a great country. we have great potential. let

coming up in the programme - we are in the democratic republic of congo. a young boy... >> because they have no food. teaching them i try to make them forget they are hungry >>> he becomes a teacher in a makeshift classroom. >>> in sport could martin camer stay in front of the main pack. we'll have all the action from the third round coming up. >>> welcome back. we are at the al jazeera headquarters in doha. the top stories - volunteers are joining the iraqi army trying to put down a rebellion by sunni muslim fighters. iraqi soldiers appear to hold back a rebel jans north of baghdad. israel's prime minister is accusing hamas of kidnapping three teenagers in the west bank. hamas members are among 80 palestinianian members arrested by israeli troops. >>> air strikes killed for than 50 foreign fighters in pakistan. u.s. beck fighters that claim responsibility were targeted in north waziristan. >>> well, let's speak more about the event in iraq. we speak to a spokesman from the doha institute, research and policy institute. good to have you with us marr win. l

the complex like many in congo is facing a food crisis this camp has about 14,000 people. most of the aid that is getting to them has been diverted to tory countries with people who also need it places like central africa republic and south sudan. >> when the situation gets kind of protracted there is kind of a fatigue from the dons. but here, we still interest of the donor countries to support. >> the government wants people here from areas that are now under government control to go ba to go back home. >> they are scattered across the country. over the years, tens of thousands of people have fled from their homes. those here said they want to go back but they have no homes to go to anymore. . >> where his house once stoodn in a place that used to be controlled by m-23 rebels. he said they bombed the home he had built with his family. >> where do i come to? you have seen for yourselves how we have will have to start rebuilding. >> atent in a small space she shares with her husband. >> we are hungry. everything is falling apart. but when they tell me to go home, will i tak

country's largest airport in karachi killing dozens troops from around the democratic republic of congo have clashed on their shared border congolese officials accused rwandan soldiers of crossing the border and kidnapping a congolese army corporal who was then killed but rwanda insists congo's troops attacked first triggering the exchange of fire. america's intelligence agency is on a mission to improve its public image and has been holding its public for the cia already got a presence on twitter to try to reach actually give the agency a more human face is. what came up at the conference cia director john brennan was upset with the media was how is he said distorted the narrative is with regard to the work that the cia is doing all these reports about drone strikes edward snowden's revelations about the u.s. government trampling on civil liberties all of this is not to john brennan's liking his mission is to restore the public's trust and not only of the american public but also of the public globally foreign governments are becoming embarrassed of their cooperation with the cia becau

troops from the democratic republic of congo have clashed on their shared border congolese officials accused rwandan soldiers of crossing the border and kidnapping a congolese army corporal who was then killed when the insist congo's troops attacked first triggering the exchange of fire now all eyes will be on brazil over the next four weeks starting in just a few as when the world cup kicks off hundreds of thousands of fans will be there and millions of viewers will watch the country. it's graeme phillips has been gauging the mood ahead of tonight's opening match. from here on i should have these local children of time done to help you to call home teams competing in the world cup of the secure to host its first world cup fixture in just two games. these problems abou children who volunteered to take on the moving ceremony and some today let's be conceivable one don't really put the phone right for us so when the rain came crashing down not to disrupt proceedings they continued on the content of that first row so with the flow. of the boat come the twenty twelve compass to your imag

of the ground in countries like the congo there's a mineral wealth or trillions of dollars but it's a wealth that is traumatized and poor population the country will never see thanks to a forever war that's the result of what many call the resource curse so how does a conflict taking place far away across the ocean affect you and me the consumer most recent disclosures by giant tech companies like google apple and intel reveal the components found in their products may have their origins in armed conflict in the d r c and its surrounding countries take a look at apple for example as recently as two thousand and ten apple was listed as being among the worst electronics companies in terms of relying on conflict minerals for its products and it wasn't until last year after public pressure and government oversight that apple began to make pledges to pursue a conflict free trade finally now the reason large multinational corporations are even making these disclosures is because of the wall street reform act better known as dodd frank see one of the very few positives to come out about law

from automobiles to electronics most of these minerals however are mind a democratic republic of the congo along with nine of its neighboring african countries where warlords militia armies and rebel groups profit from the sale of these minerals all the while perpetuating regional wars the conditions found at the conflict mineral mines can be downright abysmal were labour's aren't hired but often forced to work at gunpoint threatened with their lives than expected to do a job that will likely kill them the human cost of mining if this buried treasure is almost unthinkable tens of thousands of young boys forced to work in mud pits digging with their bare hands for metal or the irony of it all is that buried under the ground in countries like the congo there's a mineral wealth worth trying and some dollars but it's a wealth that is traumatized and poor population the country will never see thanks to a forever war that's the result of what many call the resource curse so how does a conflict taking place far away across the ocean affect you and me the consumer most recent disclosures by giant

when they spoke of abolition as threatening to create an american congo and declared slavery was an economic and social institution so essential to the security of the south they were willing to destroy the nation to preserve it. those who continue to deny this in the face of this overwhelming documentation that slavery was central to the conflict point to the fact that it was not a crusade to free the slaves. this is true. the war did not begin as a crusade to free the slaves. but the war did begin as a southern independence movement aimed at preserving slavery. that is why freedom for slaves eventually became a warning of the united states government. in 1862, lincoln made his famous reply to the publisher of the new york tribune, and everyone knows this. his primary mission as president was to save the country. he would do so, if it meant not freeing any slaves at all. he also pointed out that if saving united states meant freeing some, or even all of the slaves, he would do that. what i do about slavery and the colored race, i do because i believe it helps to save the union. what i do ab

to go somewhere look likekosovo, eastern congo, darfur, and be told your job is to stop the fighting, and to fail over and over again. and to see the lives of the civilian population disrupted the way we have. it's very humbling. and it does change the way you view the world. i am a much different person than i was 15 years ago. in kosovo. i don't know if i'm here hopeful but i'm certainly more emfa the tick. -- empathetic. as far as how the kosovo people view the americans that were there at the time and the brits that were there at the time, a good friend teaches at the american university there. some of these stories in here have been translated into albanian and published in kosovo. we're working to get this book published in kosovo right now. the guy that was my translator there, and his sister, maybe you know yeta, she is a -- working to get the book translated and we hope to be able to get it into the hands of a lot of kosovo citizens so they'll know what happened to some of us still there. that's it. thank you so much for coming. [applause] >> thank you,, and thank you for you

the fdlr have been active since the genocide in rwanda when the fighters fled to congo. we have more. >> reporter: these are some of the rebels and their families who have come down from hills that surround this village. they're going to be kept in this camp temporarily. the he wil elephant in the room is where will they be taken from here. the office okay is to take them back home. some leaders have been accused of participating. they're skeptical of going back. a lot of people you talk to here will tell that you this is a very tall order. another plan that is being suggested by the congress lease army is to remove them away from here to a province the idea is to get them as far away as possible from areas that they operated in, and from the border. >> and many i are being encouraged to give up their weapons in an effort to stop fighting there. now ukraine's western backed president petro poroshenko is vowing to stop two months of bloodshed in the east. the military is using self declared neo-iti neo-fascists to help. >> the latest are you creates to ukraine's battle ag

the former child soldiers getting a fresh start in the donning -- democratic republic of congo. also ahead how a crowning jewel risks losing its lustre and why china could be the reason. and in sport spain knocked out of the world cup after losing to chile. >>> tens of thousands of people in northern pakistan are leaving their homes. the army is targetting anti-government forces in north waziristan. mean of the displaced are heading to ban u province. >> reporter: they left op foot when no help arrived and bombs fell around them. these are some of the residents of the north waziristan trying to reach safety. pakistan says it will continue the operation until the last fighter is flushed out. this man and his children sought shelter at the school and is worried about those left behind. >> translation: there's no food. the government didn't make plans, we have been suffering for months. houses have been bombed, innocent people are dying. >> reporter: everyone we spoke to shared similar septemberments, some -- sentiments, some came through multiple checkpoints and areas. the provinc

your choice of assignments to this guy meant mauritania, zaire, or congo, or sudan.opposed to iraq. well, i was an africanist, foreign officer so i chose suddennan, i had never been there i knew what zaire was like. so i volunteered, went to sudan and was sent there just after colin powell announced what was happening in darfur was genocide. there were 300,000 dead, 2.5 million displaced and i was sent in as the united states representative to the african0;o union0s crease fire commission. our job was to stop the fighting. we had about 1700 people in an area larger than iraq. a place the size of france. 1700 people to try to stop the fighting. among people who don't want to stop fighting. they're not tired of killing each other yet. so i spent nine months there. and got a phone call from my wife, said your mom has gone into hospital. the doctor says come home. i went home and spent a month sitting by my mom's bedside while she died. that was a tuesday. wednesday i drove them home to a suit to wear to the funeral. that i went to lunch at the white house. friday we bur

so i think the greatest thing for us is to hand those books to woman victimized in the congo and say,s is for you. >> reporter: does it work on a practical level? >> we need to end corruption, impunity. s there is so much that needs to happen. we talk about the injustice in the world on a global scale. we can talk about that. there's so much. it's quite overwhelm ing. what can be done, what we have to do is find specific things we can say, okay, here is a center point. this is how we work together and accomplish things. from that the if we can get practical action, momentum, get this moving forward in a comprehensive way it will spill into other issues. at least when we are fighting a government to say, you're doing the wrong thing it's not just talk. we can reference something they are not doing. >> angelina jolie with william hague by her side. we'll cover that conference throughout the day. >>> these days the potential of 3-d printing seems almost limitless. the latest is an edible rasp berry that looks good enough to eat. we went to see how it was made and how it tastes. >> report

. >>> still to come - we'll report from the democratic republic of congo where the military is playing major games against a key rebel group. >>> and the comeback kings - they rally to take n.h.l.'s top prize. >>> welcome back, you are watching al jazeera's newshour. this is a reminder of the top stories - iraq's prime minister called on his countryman to defend the nation following the capture of towns and cities by sunni rebels. >>> kurdish fighters have taken over the military headquarters in oil-rich kirkuk after fighting members of the islamic state of iraq and levant. >>> the ukranian military is launching air strikes against separatist strongholds in the east of ukraine, following the shooting down of a ukranian plane near the eastern city of luhansk. 49 were killed in that attack. >>> and afghans are voting in the second round of the presidential election in the defiance of taliban threats. a rocket hit a polling station in one province, killing two. but largely it has been peaceful else are. >>> the israeli military made several arrests in connection with the disappearance of

bosnia, along with congo and south sudan, will be a priority at the london summit, cochaired by actress angelina jolie, who has made several trips to the countries as a unicef ambassador. >> time to check on the news elsewhere in the world. clintonion that hillary will be throwing her hat into the ring as a presidential candidate continues to rise. the former u.s. secretary of state launched her much anticipated book tour. she said they were broke when they lived at the white house. forreds of fans lined up the first public signing of the memoir, called hard truth. soldiers have been killed accidentally by friendly fire in southern afghanistan. an afghan soldier and his children also died in the airstrike. officials say coalition forces had been called in for air support when they were attacked by the taliban. an investigation is now under way. the deaths of school students in a very disaster in april. ofost serious charge homicide through willful negligence. powerptain said he had no to stop the company from overloading the ship. germany's angela merkel has restated her support for joh

reports on the democratic republic of congo put the attacks on women more than an hour a day. compared those women. 950 reported if in the united states, 177 per day in sav yeah, and 46 per day in swedeb, the highest rate of reported sexual assault in europe. the meeting on ending sexual violence was opened by film star and special envoy angelina jolie, and joined by britain's foreign secretary william hague. >> reporter: it's an unlikely alliance between the british politician and the hollywood film star. both are passionate about ending sexual violence in conflict. >> we must send a message around the world that there is no disgrace in being a survivor of sexual violence, that the shame is on the aggressor. remembers it was a partnership strengthened in bosnia. they visited war crimes sights and heard how tens of thousands of women lifted with shame and trauma after being raped in the war. only a handful of men faced justice. backera said she was raped by a serb paramilitary leader. it happened in this building. she said bosnia's women have to speak about what happened to th

for example, copper for making bullets was drained from the congo. rubber was too. steel and wood for creating railways. everything was concentrated on the war effort. by 1914 the war was over, there was a horrendous toll. 16 million were killed, and 20 million were wounded. to think it was 20 years later that the world war ii would begin. what can be said about world war i was it brought about change. empires fell. new empires rose. it had a mission to maintain world peace, something it didn't do. something that successors battles to do. the world remembers the start of the first world war, thousands of soldiers who died in a bloody battle of the world war ii are being honoured as heroes. we have this report from india. >> reporter: it's been called the forgotten army of world war ii. after 70 years, thousands of british, indian and allied soldiers who challenged japanese forces in india are timely being recognised. 91-year-old, this man, fought in the battle here. he says the sacrifices of the soldiers have long been forgotten. >> we would be happy if the governme

the democratic republic of congo wants people who have left. we have this report. 3 of 0,000 were torsed to leave the homes. >> every day after school they get some of the children off the sample. they spend the afternoon looking at how to hold the pen. by teaching them i try to make them forget they are hungry. they know they can only distract them for so long. it's facing a food crisis. this takes 14,000 people. most of the aid has been diverted to other countries. >> it's a situation, it gets protracted. there's a fatigue. here, we still have - you know, we have the interest of the donor countries to support. the government wants people here from areas that are now under government control, to go back home. >> displays in camp like this are scattered across the country. tens of thousands of people fled from their homes. those we talked to told us they want to go back, but have no homes to go to. >> this man brings us where his house today in k irtion mbumba. a place controlled by m23 rebels. he said they bombed the home he had built and live

in the democratic republic of congo, armed men have killed at least 34 people in a church in the east of the country. the attack occurred in a village in the province of south kivu. onevictims were members of ethnic group and included pregnant women. an official said the attack came after a dispute over cattle, but the region has seen years of unrest. malta say they rescued another 1200 migrants from small boats adrift in the mediterranean. footage released by the italian coast guard shows migrants being taken from an open boat spotted south of the -- south of an island. passengers included several children and an infant. they are in addition to more than 3000 found on friday and thursday. a tie-in officials say that almost 47,000 migrants have arrived in italy since the beginning of this year. it is less than a week to go until the world cup gets underway. germany is considered a major content bill -- contender for the title. marco reus injured his ankle in a warm-up match versus armenia on friday and is out of the tournament. thearco reus hobbled off in 43rd minute with a partial li

. >> the democratic republic of congo, the a df has been forced back. the drc say this is the final stage in their campaign to stop the adf. roughly 800 people have been kidnapped by rebels in the last five years and few of them have returned. >>> now that he's back on u.s. soil the u.s. army is starting a new investigation into why bowe bergdahl left his post in the first place. according to "the new york times" the two-star general who previously served in afghanistan will determine if bergdahl actually violated any rules. now the general is expected to receive an initial briefing in washington next week, and then he'll assemble a staff. they'll going through briefings as bergdahl undergoes counseli counseling. >> he'we'll slowly increase his chance for choices. >> bergdahl has not met with his family yet, and officials have not indicated why. in afghanistan violence occurred along with the run off of president reports. >> reporter: voters began queuing in polling stations like this one in kabul early in the morning. they could choose between two men,

its husband and i was doing all she could to reach him when the fighter jets dropped they did the congo. a summit but usually for the part about the technician i wanted to run to my husband but people were asking for help i couldn't look for him at the moment to help whoever we cood i found him last i understood that i couldn't help him i was standing next to him his death was terrible but i hope that he didn't suffer and xander was forty nine years old and a pillar of his community he devoted his life to helping the unfortunate the homeless drug addicts and alcoholics stanislav was one of the thousands of children he rescued from a life on the streets one note human has written on the taught me how to live i loved him or tried to do everything not to let him down the sirens and the planes reminded afa massena of seventy three years earlier. there was i was four years old but it still remains in my head how ran into the basement the same basement we used in one thousand nine hundred forty one is the one way you can today after their strike went out and looked at the sky all the time wor

another group of rebels in the democratic congo are surrendering. more than 300 fighters for thedrant ic forces have announced they will hand over their weapons. rebels are accused of widespread rights abuses. life in tans an e a. catherine run, the government has disarmed recommends before. what's different this time around? >> this is very significant. before i answer that question, let me just tell you, the sanely moth moan e here is about to begin. there has been a lot of fanfare, enthusiasm, dance and music. the men behind me there are some of the rebels who have laid down their weapons. this is a process that is being let's by the southern african area. how significant is this? this is a very important step forward. there have been giovanvery many attempts over the years to neutralize. this is a group that sprouted from the genocide two decades ago. it's predominantly rundon who escaped when the genocide was ending. this is a very important milestone really. they have been accused of serious atrocities including mass murder, rape, abductions,

. >> at least 33 have been killed in an attack in the democratic republic of congo. it happened on friday in the mineral-rich region of south kidal. the victims, mostly women, were stabbed, shot and burnt. it's believed the attack was part of a dispute about cattle. we have more from goma. >> reporter: what we are hearing is that most of those killed are women praying. the attackers surrounded and started indiscriminately. some of the people were killed in their homes. the cause of the attack is not clear, but i have been talking to human rights groups saying that this is a conflict, an ethnic conflict between sunnis, and farmers. this has been an ongoing conflict of land. this is not the first time. 14 people were killed. they are saying also that this is politically motivated, that some politicians have been stalking ethnic tensions in that part of south kidal. the police told us that they are investigating this incident. they do not know the cause, and have not made any arrests. >> the u.s. government says nigeria must take the lead in the fight against boko haram