i wanted to see the congo. for my sins, they let me.ness" joseph conrad writes of his alter ego -- when i was a little chap, i had a passion for maps. at that time, there were many blank spaces on earth. but there was one yet, the biggest, the most blank, that i had a hankering after. this then is the congo. the size of all western europe combined. it should be africa's wealthiest nation. but people forget, or never even knew, that the 20th century's first holocaust happened here when belgium's king leopold managed to bamboozle the world into giving him personal title to the congo. leopold's agents of whom the mythical kurtz was one, raided, slaughtered, mutilated and pressed into forced labor much of the population, in a bloodthirsty quest for first ivory and then rubber. when independence finally came, the belgians trashed what they could, and left behind a completely unprepared tribally divided and largely ungovernable land mass, filled with stuff that everybody in the world wanted. and things pretty much went downhill from there. ♪

, democratic of the congo. i grew up with single mom. my dad left us when i was very very-- i was two years old or close to three years old. told my mom i was a mistake. i was-- he just wanted to have sex with my mom and move on. when my mom got pregnant he was like i have nothing to do with this kid. we live-- we couldn't afford to live and we moved to the east coast congo gold mine in a small town, very small town. we lived there until it was like before nine and half and then there was a war happening in the congo and are part of town so me and my mom and my sister we had to run. it was like one night-- one day she came to the house and it was like we got to go. that was the beginning of our journey. i try to package is like no we have no time to pack. we have to go. we cut out of the house and a lot of people were running in one direction. we got in and we start running that was the beginning of our journey. took us 18 months to reach the west coast of the congo. 15 and a half through the jungle : the congo

if i can survive the congo. the thing was going through my mind, i walked close to 500-miles through the jungle and congress goa nothing like there is happened to me. played basketball, pretty much barefoot in 110 degrees and nothing ever happened to me. and used toalk 14 miles so why just now? i'm flag the u.s. think most beautiful stadium in the world, and so why now? and it was very, very hard moment for me, but -- and so i had to decide what am i going do? like growing up in the congo, i been that kind of kid, always dream big to do big things. never wanted to do little things. i'll try something big that people will be like, wow, so i thought now basketball is over. what can i do? okay, i'm going write my story and i'm going inspire people. and i'm going learn -- go back to theater, so i pretty much thank peggy, that girl back in the congo, because of her that it kind of like fell in love with theater. so, after my injury, let me go back to theater and i went back, and i was double major, business and theat

refugeeed to and displaced persons camps in the ethiopia, the congo, turkey, and jordan. we have used america's voice and vote to defend human rights at the u.n. every day. we will continue to do so even as we end our membership in the human rights council. we will keep trying to string entire work of the u.n. engagement on human rights issues and we will continue to strongly advocate for reform of the human rights council. should it come reformed, we would be happy to rejoin it. as aca has a proud legacy champion of human rights. a proud legacy at the world's largest provider of humanitarian aid and a proud legacy of liberating oppressed people and defeating tyranny throughout the world. while we do not seek to impose the american system on anyone we do support the rights of all people to have freedoms distilled on them by their creator. that is why we are with trying from the u.n. human rights an organization that is not worthy of its name. thank you. >> [indiscernible] ♪ >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and alice issues -- policy issues that imp

year, the democratic republic of congo was elected as a member. the drc is known to have one of the worst human rights' records in the world. even as it was being elected to -- continue tos be discovered. what happened? the council would not have a meeting on the human rights' conditions in venezuela. why? because venezuela is a member of the human rights' counsel as is cuba as is china. the council failed to respond in december and january when the uranium regime -- iranian regime killed hundreds of citizens. when a human rights council cannot bring itself to adjust abuses in venezuela and welcomes the democratic republic of congo as a new member, the council ceases to be worthy of its name. such a council damages the cause of human rights. the biasthe matter of against israel. the united states made it clear we would not accept the continued existence of agenda item seven, which singles out israel in a way no other country is singled out. year, the human rights' counsel passed five resolutions against israel. more than the number passed against

chopping down the world's second largest rain forest in the democratic republic of congo. environmental campaigners say millions of trees are being shelled illegally. syrian government forces say they have taken control of two towns of bursar all harir and. in the eastern darracott countryside state media showing troops believed to be iranian backed militia entering the town earlier on tuesday however the rebel free syrian army says fighting is ongoing in the area first of all her rear has come under heavy air and ground attack in recent days as part of the government campaign to retake the northeastern province the u.n. says forty five thousand people have fled the violence that are heading towards the jordan border the capture of bursa harir is the first major government advance and that offensive it cuts off a k. rebel supply line into a province allowing more pro-government troops to move in retaking the entire province of to give the government control of all the way up to the border with jordan all the way to the israeli occupied golan heights are in carb want to spe

and they all try to work together to defeat these to defeat these groups the democratic republic of congo's health minister says the country is just weeks away from being declared ebola free this will happen if there are no new infections in the next three weeks the latest outbreak has killed twenty nine people a government says vaccines given some more than three thousand vulnerable people have been very effective in twenty fourteen and the bowl the epidemic killed nearly eleven and a half thousand people across west africa the local government says it will introduce new safety measures after an oil tanker fire in the nigerian city of lagos at least nine people were killed when the vehicle crashed and exploded on an expressway on thursday operation to clear the scene is still ongoing. thailand's prime minister has visited the site where twelve young football as and that coach missing in the flooded cave complex. tell the families to keep faith as a search effort and says a six day the rescue mission now involves more than a thousand people including british and american teams from china ri

scientists say the congo rainforest is a source of food and water for tens of millions of people it's also home to six hundred types of trees and ten thousand animal species including endangered ones they say these trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide but their ability to reduce greenhouse gases and regulate the climate is decreasing. by example here for example the rainy season normally starts in mid august but now sometimes it begins in july and sometimes in september and when it comes sometimes the water does not rise steadily and then they suddenly recede there's a disorder in the cycles despite existing national and international laws designed to protect rain forests global witness says companies like timber seventy five million hectares of rainforest in the d.r. see global witness demanding all those involved from governments to importers and buyers to stop being complicit in the destruction of d r c's tropical rain forests and the impact it's having on the planet's climate. john al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and for fuel. when the news breaks. on the main man city and the s

that's the case in eastern parts of the democratic republic of congo. that militias have terrorized civilian populations for decades according to one study over a thousand women are raped there every day. the city of bukavu on the banks of lake kivu looks tranquil but in eastern congo scenes like this can be deceiving in this conflict zone rape has been systematically used as a weapon of war. the worst thing was that they treated us like animals. it wasn't just one minute. it was all of them it was so painful they beaters and abused as like cattle my family had stayed behind which was awful. my children were suffering at home while i was being raised in the forest you. can't close women have suffered the same way that full seen sinead dared to have my mom and penzias a trauma therapist who frequently travels to the villages around to cover to help survivors of mass rape. the roads are in poor condition the region has been destroyed by more than twenty years of war. the women here have suffered horrific ordeal holes. when you're a victim your heart is da

and in the democratic republic of congo we need swimmin and children traumatized by civil war. in the twentieth century alone an estimated two hundred million people were killed in wars more exact figures are hard to come by partly because of the chaos surrounding conflicts what is clear is that the proportion of civilian deaths has risen dramatically in one hundred years. in the first world war civilian deaths accounted for just five percent of all fake tallaght. today that figure is more like ninety percent. and the instrumentalist sexual assault of women has become a common feature of many conflicts to. that's the case in eastern parts of the demo. pratik republic of congo that militias have terrorized civilian populations for decades according to one study over a thousand women are raped there every day. the city of bukavu on the banks of lake kivu looks tranquil but in eastern congo scenes like this can be deceiving in this conflict zone rape has been systematically used as a weapon of war. the worst thing was that they treated us like animals. it wasn't just one man using

importers of failing to prevent the harvest of pristine rain forest and democratic republic of the congo. reports. in the heart of africa the congo basin is home to the world's second largest rain forest but a new investigation accuses timber companies of endangering its existence second in size to the amazon the congolese rain forest to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest the nonprofit global witness says the d.r. she's biggest timber company north to timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north timber which is portuguese owned denies congolese subsidy ery sort of force is breaching its contract it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action the organization says it's not surprising that the law's flouted in the r.c. but it is shock

plus the fight against the abode of virus democratic republic of congo. welcome back to a look at the americas this time we have a very active cold front stretching always down across canada and through into the mid atlantic region of the united states is active all the way down so some severe storms particular across more northern areas and see the change in wind direction the southerly ahead of it the northerly behind it and the frontal system itself will head towards the eastern seaboard as we head on through into monday and you see a big drop in temperatures for new york highs which is fifteen degrees or quite a change there compare with recent days largely fine across the florida peninsula some of thirty one in miami and it should be fine across much of the west coast with eighteen the high in san francisco down into central parts of america we still have this massive cloud extending all the way from the isthmus through towards western parts of cuba and the bahamas still a chance of few showers here but generally weather conditions improving many of

live from but it still to come skin break bleaching remakes of women in the democratic republic of congo we're willing to risk that health for light skins. i guess is here with news of brussels taking aim at u.s. exports that's one of the us taking a rather hard line in response to the new us terrace the block will impose import duties on a raft of u.s. products beginning in july the new penalties were announced today and come in response to increased u.s. duties on imported steel and other media that took effect this month about three point four billion dollars worth of u.s. imports are expected to be hit by the new measures ranging from agricultural products to steel and bourbon whiskey list could also be expanded with time e.u. officials have said. now following the story for us from frankfurt is our financial correspondent. we still gloat about the threat of tariffs on the state and big business level but will the average person on the street be impacted and how. for example in the united states still tariffs are used by the steel companies and the car companies to pass the higher co

last stepping up the fight against the a bowl of virus in the democratic republic of congo. and it's. the weather sponsored. welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia there is a frontal zone which is pushing through kazakhstan and is becky stan so we could see some showers in both our marty and tosh count also the risk of showers on the southern side of the caspian sea so tehran may see the odd shower during the day temperatures not too bad pretty hot in baghdad elsewhere some very heavy showers across central eastern parts of turkey sending into the caucuses a chance of thunderstorms here i mean some flash flooding around the eastern side of the mediterranean generally this is certainly one of two showers around but we are family to bright weather pleasant in beirut once again with highs of twenty six it's fine here in the arabian peninsula obviously pretty hot with temperatures in the forty's in many areas but up to forty four in riyadh i would not far behind here in doha the fact that we've got very high humidity at the mome

opposition supporters in the democratic republic of congo have declared that backing a movie's cut to me and the exiled opposition leader is seen as the main rival to president joseph kabila his seventeen years in power could end in the presidential election june december fintan monahan reports. thousands gathered to hear the man they believe is the democratic republic of congo's best hope for change but moyes could tumbi hasn't set foot in the country for more than two years in this video message sent from exile he promised to unite the opposition and bring an end to the rule of longtime leader joseph dabo two movies that i believe that this was a demonstration to everyone showing that moyes is alive and he's preoccupied with the situation of all congolese and also to say that we have a project which can properly resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo and restore was quite nice but also we want to unify the congolese people the support today about people is showing that we will overcome. the fled the d r c in two thousand and sixteen when prosecutors accused him of

rate environmental campaigners are accusing the largest timber company in the democratic republic of congo of illegally cutting down millions of trees paul chatter jan reports. in the heart of africa the congo basin is home to the world's second largest rain forest but a new investigation accuses timber companies of endangering its existence second in size to the amazon the congolese rain forest to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest the nonprofit global witness says the d r c s biggest timber company north through timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north timber which is portuguese owned denies congolese subsidy sort of force is breaching its contracts it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action researchers are trying to learn a

a glencore has really been in pickle in the congo this year. be interesting to see how the u.k. bribery investigation plays out, what happens with that. it is safe to say that we just don't know. mark: and glencore is doing well? >> it has underperformed its peers. the fourne less than mining majors this year, and that is probably due to their problems in congo. you think that investors would see this as a step to fixing that, but in a sense, they are also obliging themselves to pay someone that is sanctioned, so that is a big risk for a lot of people. on thend very quickly whole terrace thing, how is the mining industry playing into that right now? what are people drawing conclusions from the tariffs to the miners? >> i think it is hard to tell at this point. a lot of these miners are global company that it will be interesting to see how that plays out, but at this stage, we are not eating an effect on the miners. mark: lynn thomasson. vonnie? ofnie: time for our stock the hour. shares for luxury park a maker canada goose are soaring. abigail:

battle to convince people of the threat of a democratic republic of congo. china has issued a warning to the united states if it goes ahead with imposing trade tariffs then any agreements to end their dispute will be void u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross has been holding talks with chinese leaders in beijing he said the meeting so far have been quote friendly and frank the two countries of threatened to attack tariffs on goods with up to one hundred fifty billion dollars each on slowing is live for us in beijing so the talks have ended and i believe that not much has been achieved is that correct. that would appear to be correct jane the u.s. command secretary will but one of the main goals of his visit of his the objective was really to persuade the chinese to buy more u.s. products and this will perhaps this will reduce the trade deficit with between china and the u.s. but not only was he not able to pin the chinese down to give a firm and specific figures to how much the chinese would purchase from the u.s. or even a commitment to enter into longer ter

a loud cry goes out for the return of an exiled opposition leader of the democratic republic of congojust months before a presidential election that. in sports sebastian vettel will start the canadian grand prix in pole but there is a name that surprisingly missing from the front of the grid will tell you more later. the battle to control the besieged city in eastern libya is intensifying machine guns and heavy artillery a pounding force is facing for the renegade general after entering the coastal city from both the east and the west they're trying to oust militias some of them linked to al qaeda which have controlled for years the largest number of refugees are fleeing the city since fighting escalated two months ago more than three hundred families who feared revenge attacks of the city falls to have to us forces have been rescued by the red crescent volunteers the aid groups appealing for safe corridors to be set up to move others to safety after serious behold up to what is following the story for us from libya's capital tripoli bring us up to speed with the latest developments o

scientists say the congo rain forest is a source of food and water for tens of millions of people it's also home to six hundred types of trees and ten thousand animal species including endangered ones they say these trees produce oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide but their ability to reduce greenhouse gases and regulate the climate is decreasing. here for example the rainy season normally starts in mid august but now sometimes it begins in july and sometimes in september and when it comes sometimes the water does not rise steadily and then they suddenly recede there's a disorder in the cycle despite existing national and international laws designed to protect rain forests global witness says companies like. seventy five million. flu will witness demanding all those involved from governments to importers and buyers to stop being complicit in the destruction of tropical rain forests and the impact it's having on the planet's climate. and sports. hopes. with. just a few minutes. july on al-jazeera. in a new series of head to head maddie hasson tackled the big issues with hard hitting quest

and a big show of support for the democratic republic of congo's exiled opposition leader ahead in an election shuttle for december in support sebastian vettel takes the lead in formula one championship after winning his fifteenth romper on stage. hello there are a few pretty big storms in the u.s. and they haven't used in the white top class but they are by no means gathered together making a bidding big impression this is a frontal system you can draw in there which means to the south it's probably warmer and indeed for overlay the temp should you'll see it is twenty five plus from d.c. down to florida and back through texas and that warmth of the tongue the western side of the plain states as well as cold air coming in across the rockies where the two meet usually get some pretty big showers that's the case and we've gone to monday here from the dakotas northward into canada and again eastern sides a dusting of big showers around in georgia is cooled down with more persistent rain really answers the northern oblations back to the great lakes and through washington d.c. but i'm sort

to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congo where it's shrinking the fastest the nonprofit global witness says the d.r. she's biggest timber company north to timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north through timber which is portuguese owned denies congolese subsidy ery sort of force is breaching its contract it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action there are some plans on the books being negotiated between france and norway which if approved or triple the area large from one hundred thousand square kilometers to three hundred thousand square kilometers. researchers are trying to learn about the forced unique ecosystem before it's too late. these forests are under pressure from humans so we scientists want to categorize the fauna and the birds the only thought of

today we are responding to a much smaller ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. during a health emergency, the cdc communicates. for example, during the 2000 nine -- 2009 h1 n1 response, the cdc held press conferences and television briefings. 51 articles made sure that the public health and healthcare professionals have the latest and best information. being able to prepare, detect and respond to public health or -- threats is a top priority for us at the cdc. our preparedness and response capabilities are brought on -- are built on broad and deep scientific medical and program expertise. our long-standing partnerships with state and local pelt -- public health authorities make sure that there are better public health outcomes the -- that means better protection for the people we serve. >> the chair will recognize dr. anthony fauci for five minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you for giving me the opportunity today to present to you the role of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases in addressing bias -- bio defense. our role in the states

today we're responding to a mump smaller ebola outbreak the democratic republic of congo. during haven't innings cdc communicate. during the 2009 ah 1n1 response cdc healed 39 full press conferences and 21 telebriefings during the seek seek response we published 51 weekly report articles to make sure that public, health, and healthcare professionals hey the latest and best information. being able to prepare, detect and respond to public health threats is a top priority for us at cdc. our preparedness and response capabilities are built on broad and deep scientific medical and program expertise. our long-standing partnership width and it's local public health authorities ensures an integrated approach wherever that approach is needed, resulting in better responses and better public health outcomes which translate to better protection of the people we serve. thank you and i'll be happy to answer questions. >> thank you, dr. schuchat. she share will now recognize dr. fauci. >> duvery much. for give neglect opportunity today to present to you the role of the national institute

two un refugee and internally displaced persons camps in ethiopia congo turkey and jordan and met with the victims of atrocities in those troubled regions we have used america's voice and vote to defend human rights at the un every day and we will continue to do so even as we end our membership in the human rights council we will keep trying to strengthen the entire framework of the un engagement on human rights issues and we will continue to strongly advocate for reform of the human rights council should it become reformed we would be happy to rejoin it. america has a proud legacy as a champion of human rights a proud legacy as the world's largest provider of humanitarian aid and a proud legacy of liberating oppressed people and defeating tyranny throughout the world while we do not seek to impose the american system on anyone else we do support the rights of all people to have freedom spaced out on them by their creator that is why we are withdrawing from the un human rights council an organization that is not worthy of its name thank you. right so we've been listening to the u.s. se

the world health organization says the break in the democratic republic of congo is stabilizing director general. says he's cautiously optimistic. after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than eight hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to be used in the event of a future break. the u.s. special forces soldiers one of two military personnel killed in somalia after an ambush by the armed group al-shabaab that happened in a joint somalia military outpost in the town of jamais are four other u.s. soldiers and one somali were injured roslyn jordan has more from washington d.c. . on friday a u.s. soldier was killed in the southwestern part of somalia during an operation where u.s. forces were providing logistical and aerial surveillance support to somali and kenyan troops trying to clear the area of al shabaab fighters the military is saying that the combined forces came under attack at about two forty five pm local time in th

today we're responding to a much smaller ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. during health emergency c.d.c. communicates. for example, during the 2009 h1n11 response c.d.c. held over 30 television conferences and briefings. 51 morbid and mortality articles to make sure that the public health and health care professionals had the latest and best information. being able to prepare, detect, and respond to public health threats is a top priority for us at c.d.c. our preparedness and response capabilities are brought on-- are built on broad and deep scientific medical and program expertise. our longstanding partnerships with state and local public health authorities ensures an integrated approach wherever that approach is needed resulting in better responses and better public health outcomes, which translate to better protection of the people we serve. thank you, and i'll be happy to answer questions. >> thank you, dr. schuchat. the chair will recognize the doctor for five minutes for your opening statement. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. chairman harper, ra

today we respond to much smaller evil outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. cdc communicates. for example, during the 2009 h1 and one response cdc held 39 press conferences in 21 tele briefings. we published 51 morbidity and weekly report articles to make sure the public, health and healthcare professionals have the latest and best information. being able to prepare, detect and respond to public health threats is a top priority for us at cdc. our preparedness and response capabilities are built on broad and deep scientific medical and program expertise. our long-standing partnerships with state and local public health authorities ensures an integrated approach wherever that approach is needed resulting in better responses and better public health outcomes which translate to better protection of the people we serve. thank you and i will be happy to answer questions. >> thank you doctor schuchat. the we now recognize the next doctor for five minutes for the opening same. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. thank you very much for giving me the opportunity toda

who's just acquitted of war crimes dominates headlines in the democratic republic of congo but for many in neighboring central african republic bemba's acquittal is disheartening. to benbow committed crimes killed looted implemented from this is acquittal is humiliating to us international justice has failed us two years ago the international criminal court convicted bemba for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by a private army he commanded inside central african republic. my daughter was raped and she tried to flee with me i was horrified the former vice president fought hard to overturn the conviction and earlier this month after examining new evidence the i.c.c. ruled bemba had had limited ability to control his troops and he could not therefore be held criminally liable. bemba should have stayed in jail for the rest of his life we a really disappointed and frustrated by the decision. has always maintained his innocence as he told al jazeera in two thousand and seven. of course in any of these things. member was also convicted of fraud and will be sentenced next month

the world health organization says ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is tabel izing director general teds was at home on says he's cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than one thousand eight hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to be used in the event of a future outbreak now u.s. special forces soldier has been killed in somalia after an ambush by the armed group al-shabaab it happened at a joint u.s. somalia military outpost in the town of jim ami four other u.s. troops were injured along with another soldier now levanon has ordered a freeze on the renewal of residency permits for u.n. refugee agency staff is accused the u.n.h.c.r. of spreading fear among syrian refugees about returning home as in a harder reports. seven years in exile in lebanon mahmoud i use is now getting ready to go back home from the syrian town of moto in the khaled region can't go back because he's

us the latest alex thanks for being with us how are the authorities of the democrat republican of congo handling this of all outbreak differently than they did just a few years ago. you know horrible disease and let's have a little bit of a reminder here of what this disease is actually all about we're going to bring up a graphic from the world health organization just to remind us just how horrible horrible this thing really is so between seven to nine days you get headaches fatigue fever sore muscles the next day day ten already high fever vomiting blood passive behavior day eleven bruising brain damage bleeding you nose mouth your backside and day twelve loss of consciousness seizures massive internal bleeding and of course death now in this round we've seen more than twenty seven people die in the world war health organization is warning that digges could get worse they can go to from at a regional level to a national level and of course to an international level this thing has spread before and they can spread again the good news is reaction time has been very very quick this time

the world health organization says ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo is tapper lising director general ted ross says he is cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than eighteen hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries bordering the d r c to be used in the event of a further break a u.s. special forces soldier has been killed in somalia after an ambush by the group al-shabaab it happened at a joint us somali smily terry outpost in the town of jim ami four other u.s. troops were injured along with another soldier rawson jordan has more from washington d.c. . on friday a u.s. soldier was killed in the southwestern part of somalia during an operation where u.s. forces were providing logistical and aerial surveillance support to somali and kenyan troops trying to clear the area of al shabaab fighters the military is saying that the combined forces came under attack at about two forty five pm local time in th

say that we have a project which can properly resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo restore its greatness but also we want to unify the congolese people the support today about people showing that we will overcome. all the one hundred thousand supporters of the roumanian government have held a protest in bucharest routing social democratic party alleges that prosecutors have too much power and accuse them of tapping phones illegally and unjustly targeting officials as part of an anti corruption campaign critics say the government rally is designed to intimidate judges. supporters of the british far right activist tommy robinson of march to london calling them to be released from jail robinson his real name is steven yaxley lennon is setting thirteen months for contempt of court and critics have accused him of encouraging islamophobia as many bomb reports. with a crowd of several thousand supporters of the man known as tommy robinson former founder of the english defense league made their way from safaga square in the heart of london to ten downing street the official

as part of a series of modernization reforms there have been rallies in the democratic republic of congo in support of exile the opposition leader morsi khartoum be cut to be as the former governor of the country's katanga province is seen as the main rival in the upcoming election against president joseph kabila. but as fintan modern reports many questions remain over the future votes. thousands gathered to hear the man they believe is the democratic republic of congo's best hope for change but moyes could tumbi hasn't set foot in the country for more than two years in this video message sent from exile he promised to unite the opposition and bring an end to the rule of longtime leader joseph dabo the movies that i believe don't have all this was a demonstration to everyone showing that moyes is alive and he's preoccupied with the situation of all congolese and also to say that we have a project which can probably resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo and restore was quite nice but also we want to unify the congolese people the support today about people is showing t

to some two million square kilometers it covers six countries including the democratic republic of congowhere it's shrinking the fastest. the nonprofit global witness says the d r c s biggest timber company north through timber is illegally harvesting trees at nearly ninety percent of its sites with impunity north through timber which is portuguese owned denies this congolese subsidiary sort of force is breaching its contracts it says the accusations have no basis it acknowledges some management plans may not be in place but that it's talking with the ministry of environment about them global witness is also accusing importers such as portugal and friends of failing to take action researchers are trying to learn about the forced unique ecosystem before it's too late. these forests are under pressure from humans so we scientists want to categorize the fauna and the birds the only thought of this forest before it is destroyed and that scientists say the congo rainforest is a source of food and water for tens of millions of people it's also home to six hundred types of trees and ten thousan

now with more crimes charges for the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo. it may have changed the complexion of the country's upcoming presidential elections last week an appeals court judge at the hague of a tent his conviction for atrocities committed by his militiamen who'd been sent to the central african republic to stop a coup attempt that the judge said could not be held criminally responsible for their crimes and that. clears the way for another presidential. the political future of former vice president. who's just acquitted of war crimes dominates headlines in the democratic republic of congo but for many in neighboring central african republic bemba's acquittal is disheartening. to bend a committed crimes killed looted implemented from this his acquittal is humiliating to us international justice has failed us two years ago the international criminal court convicted bemba for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by a private army he commanded inside central african republic. my daughter was raped and she tried to flee with me i was ho

say that we have a project which can properly resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo and restore was quite nice but also we want to unify the congolese people the support today about people is showing that we will overcome. the fled the d r c in two thousand and sixteen when prosecutors accused him of hiring foreign mercenaries one month later he was sentenced to three years in prison for real estate fraud he denies all the charges against him as promising to return for a presidential run. president joseph kabila has ruled that the r.c. for seventeen years his term in office officially ended in december twenty sixth dean but elections have been repeatedly delayed was brought out of the protesters are accusing him of trying to hang on to power the constitution bars him from seeking a third term but could be still hasn't confirmed that he won't run again elections are now separate december but whoever emerges as leader will have major challenges to deal with more than a million people have been forced from their homes in eastern province as the military battles armed gr

has overturned the war crimes conviction of the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo. a majority of judges family could not be held responsible for the horrific acts of his militia which he sent into neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two but again the hold has more from the moment well crimes allegations were liberal to gainst him jumpy have been better insisted he had done nothing wrong he maintained that stance even in two thousand and sixteen when the international criminal court unanimously found him guilty of two charges of war crimes and three of crimes against humanity he was seem to eighteen years in prison the longest ever handed down by the i.c.c. that court decision has now been overturned the appeals chamber by majority reverses the convicts in of mr bin bin but showed little emotion as the presiding judge delivered the appeal ruling but the public gallery reacted enters and it quits all because the errors found with respect to necessary and reasonable measures extinguished its responsibility in full the judge was forced to pause. th