i wanted to see the congo.> in "heart of darkness" 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. the 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 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

presidency hundreds of rebels lay down their weapons is it a new door in the democratic republic of congo. then a fishing sandal will take you to the people causing out the gun and funeral tradition that's one of extravagance. and pristine window welcome to news africa i'm glad you did what happens when development is concentrated in the cities and excludes the rural areas in the if you know pia one of the anstice to that question is visible in the capital addis ababa the city has seen an influx of more than two million people in the pos twenty years and the meaning its size has almost doubled but infrastructure like housing and schools and the number of jobs on offer have not grown according to the result children many of them a fulsome live on the streets here's a report my twenty funniest compiled. the youngest children are not even six years old this boy is begging for anything just to survive he sniffing glue it beats the pain of hunger a common sight in the capital's main square. they try to escape poverty in the countryside or problems within their families but very often these chi

then we'll see how some pioneering wind pro is in the democratic republic of congo making the most of the first sure those soft lake evil. i'm christine one welcome to news africa i'm glad you're in the island off medigap sky has some of the richest fishing stocks in africa and for good as this maritime wealth has been the main names of subsistence full small scale fisherman but now there is a new player competing for the catch last year the government signed a billion dollars fishing deal with china which will see more chinese vessels like the fishing on the western coast slide off madagascar now local fishermen all worried for their livelihoods they say they are already challenged by a change in where the passions and that they caught competes with chinese. fisherman in a cow holds in his net the small community in southwestern mother has been fishing like this for generations. but now their way of life is under threat several huge chinese fishing trawler started casting their nets off the shore of i'm a cow last year the local fishermen with their small wooden boats can't compete w

and any bold outbreak in the democratic operative congo is showing no sign of the bank experts have already warned it may never be brought under control of one of the organizations on the ground. then we go to serve a school in cape town that's looking to give disabled people the chance to enjoy the ocean and ride the waves. of christine one girl welcome to news africa i'm glad you're today in nigeria's president mohamed dubois hardy is seeking a second to in the country's election this weekend when he took office and twenty fifteen he made corruption a priority taking steps like improving transparency in government deals now reporter. a public servant who said bihari is missing encouraged him to become a whistleblower but as you'll see in the next report that cost him. the fight against corruption features large in nigeria news papers it's also a huge part of aaron cass's life the civil servant walks for a supervisory body in the police force three years ago he watched his boss embezzle funds earmarked for advanced training the experience turned him into a whistleblower. i was encouraged b

nearly sixteen thousand people have fled across the congo river into the neighboring republic of congo since the massacre. while the survivors wait in line to receive tens from doctors without borders the task of slowly rebuilding begins in this remote corner of the democratic republic of congo. zero. now in nigeria unemployment and poverty are forcing many young people to turn to crime and they're tapping quite literally into the country's rich resources of oil africa's largest producer of crude is losing millions of dollars because of it bothers her much also reports from the niger delta locals say only way they can survive. it's about a thirty minute boat ride from the nearest village past a dead or dying man girls of the niger delta oil polluted creeks. hidden inside the mangrove swamps become across this and illegal refinery. one of many illicit operations in this part of nigeria some of these men say they have college diplomas and university degrees but they can't find work. after. living. in the villages. village most of the stolen crude oil is shipped offshore is refined locall

do you trust the authorities in congo? no. to treat anything that is brought back with the care it deserves? at this moment, no, absolutely not. i wouldn't trust any of the people that are currently in charge. not that they are of bad will, but just they don't have the facilities. there is no security system. a lot of these objects are worth a lot of money. people are paid very badly. what would you do if you were paid, you know, not even $100 a month? but african voices are insistent, change must come. in the democratic republic of congo we visited a fledgling museum in kinshasa that combines old colonial sculpture with this storehouse of congolese art. professor washna acknowledges the worries about corruption in congo. but a new national museum has been built with south korean help. a place that could provide a congolese home for looted treasures. translation: during colonisation belgium, england, america, unfortunately took a lot of the art. this is only a small portion of what can be found in europe, so we should claim th

nearly sixteen thousand people have fled across the congo river into the neighboring republic of congo since the massacre. while the survivors wait in line to receive tents from doctors without borders the task of slowly rebuilding begins in this remote corner of the democratic republic of congo. zero. a group of un human rights experts have condemned egypt's execution of nine men they say the evidence used against them was obtained using torture or were found guilty of taking part in a bombing that killed a top prosecutor and twenty fifteen the government blamed the attack on the muslim brotherhood and gaza based hamas but both have denied any involvement u.s. forces have carried out air strikes against targets in the somalia there where the u.s. military says a group of thirty five fighters were killed as they move between locations in a rural area the strikes are part of a larger effort to support the somali national army as it faces increasing threats from the armed groups. this is from president bashar assad has met with iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei into iran said

attacks in the democratic republic of congo. executioner for the state of virginia the form the execution. of the death penalty why. hello you know welcome back we have process of the parts are australia we're looking at temperatures that are still into the mid to high thirty's in many locations now the break that we need is a frontal boundary that's back here towards the west but we don't expect to see much of a change probably until we get towards the end of the weekend until then temperatures are going to be into the mid thirty's here for adelaide thirty seven degrees is going to be high here on friday over towards melbourne about thirty five to thirty six degrees there not really changing by the time we get towards saturday here towards east it's going to be a mostly cloudy day for brisbane with some showers in your forecast as well as darwin some rain as well well for fiji over the last couple of days you are seeing a lot of that rain begin to dissipate all due to a tropical system making its way down here towards the south

democratic republic of congo's main opposition leader. urging supporters to embrace what he calls peaceful resistance a rival colluded with the former president to still december election which i guess in the reports. show support for martin for you live by those who believe he is the democratic republic of congo's legitimate president his message is a rally in the capital kinshasa was uncompromising and. nothing can work when they've tried to steal victory from us we will peacefully continue with our resistance without end you voted for me and this is your victory. last month the highest court in the democratic republic of congo dismissed in a pill by for you live he said the december thirtieth presidential election was rigged for you argued that felix. had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. the message of martin fire president is very clear we must resist peacefully until we get back our victory our country must be controlled by someone who is voted in by a nomination. the lead up to

he spoke as well and this is of some significance it was announced over disputed election in congo. just a few weeks ago last month in january those results disputed initially the african union cast doubt on the credibility of that election congo refused to budge it didn't agree to a recount and now just spoken to the opening session of african leaders that's widely going to be seen as an indorsement by many people as a failure of the african union to address the questions over congo's december election iran says it's going to expand its missile program in spite of warnings from the united states the announcement was timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the islamic revolution that toppled the shah and ushered in decades of all still it tween the two countries then the harder ripples from. it has been forty years since the revolution that changed the face of this nation iran's pro he policy was reversed little has changed since opposition to the u.s. and israel are still very much part of iran's foreign policy. we shouldn't have a relationship with the us and israel we

six months on from the latest about a virus outbreak in the democratic republic of congo in the world health organization says four hundred sixty people have now been killed have been seven hundred forty three confirmed cases since the virus returned last august making it the worst outbreak in the nation's history response efforts continuing are continuing to be hampered by violence and resistance from some traditional communities there's no cure for the virus yet but the w.h.o. says it might have turned a corner in stopping the spread with a vaccine this particular vaccine. has been proven in west africa to be effective in trials so and we are seeing that same process on hold in congo where using a strategy of lexan is in the long social networks contacts of cases contacts of those contacts so we're tracking the virus along the route which it spreads in the community and using that targeted approach and using intense community engagement over ninety eight percent of people who are eligible for the vaccine are willing to accept it that's a very very high vaccine coverage and the most

nearly sixteen thousand people have fled across the congo river into the neighboring republic of congo since the massacre. while the survivors wait in line to receive tents from doctors without borders the task of slowly rebuilding begins in this remote corner of the democratic republic of congo dorset al-jazeera. let's speak to for richer andrea alone is the emergency team coordinator in the democratic republic of congo for doctors without borders is joining us on skype from kinshasa thanks for speaking to al jazeera so we know that m.s.f. doctors without borders responded within a week of that massacre as it's being described describe to us your operation right now in the area and what you're doing there. all this exact we we were there just a couple of days after the fight began and we started by taking care of the wounded people and we're right there we found over sixty people in the hospital so we took care of the of the wounded people in the morsy that warrants were referred. to in places where they could have where they could be taken care of and then since then so it's two mont

do you trust the authorities in congo to treat what is brought back with the care it deserves? this moment, n absolutely not. not that they are of that wil but they don't have the facilities. there is no security system. oa lot of tects are worth a lot of money. people are paid very badly. what would you do if you are paid on even $100 a month? fergal: but african voices are .istent, change must come in the democratic republic of congo, we visited a fledgling museum in kinshasa that combines colonial sculpture with this storehouse of congolese art. this professor acknowledges worries about corruption in congo, but a new nat bnal museum isng built with south kore help, a place that could provide a congolese home for looted treasures. belgium, colonization, england, arica unfortunately took a lot of the art. itha small portion of what can be found in europe. we should climb them back. it is bette that it is here for the good of the congolese people. fergal:fr there is ina and the west a growing view that collaboration is the way forward. tiexhibitions ro between continents, like

can tell it's extremely rare for ebola survivors to transmit the virus but most people in eastern congo don't know that and adopt the stance of better safe than sorry. for decades this region has suffered under a brutal conflict raging between rebels and government soldiers this made controlling the disease extremely difficult in addition most congolese have little faith in their government which poses a serious obstacle to education campaigns ebola is yet another burden in what is one of the continent's most dangerous regions in neighboring south sudan fear is growing that the disease could soon cross the border possibly by way of infected refugees with the support of the world health organization its ministry of health has launched a vaccination campaign the ebola vaccine has not yet been officially approved but it's the best hope of preventing the viruses spread. the serum is only effective if continuously cooled which makes it even more difficult to distribute in conflict zones the country plans to vaccinate health workers first doctors and nurses are most at risk we also supported

we saw an example of one of his weaker moments just a few weeks ago in the democratic republic of congo the elections in december results announced in january felix just a carry was announced the winner but that's widely disputed in the african union time cast doubts on those election results congo reseated any calls for a recount felix just security was here today just a few hours ago he was addressing at the state the second vice chair of of the union so that counts as one of the week a moment of the african union a lot of people were wondering or expecting it would step in and try and intervene in this highly controversial election with a lot of questions around it in the end it back down and just to carry giving a speech today will be seen indorsement of his presidency by the african union thank you very much for that malcolm way of reporting there live from anything at malcolm web on twitter the african union fulfilling its mandate this is an interesting piece just published on our website by hans and mohamed he looks into whether african leaders have been successful at keeping the

do you trust the authorities in congo... wouldn't trust any of the people that are currently in charge. not that they are of bad will, but just they don't have the facilities. there is no security system. a lot of these objects are worth a lot of money. people are paid very badly. what would you do if you were paid, you know, not even $100 a month? but african voices are insistent change must come. in the democratic republic of congo, we visited a fledgling museum in kinshasa, that combines old colonial sculpture with this storehouse of congolese art. professor bwatshia acknowledges the worries about corruption in congo, but a new national museum has been built, with south korean help, a place that could provide a congolese home for looted treasures. translation: during colonisation, belgium, england, and america unfortunately took a lot of the art. this is only a small portion of what can be found in europe, so we should claim them back. it's better that it is here, for the good of the congolese people. there is, in africa

and trying to protect its interests in the congo africa and the u.s. deployed troops to go beyond because they were trying to make sure you know the outcome was favorable to them and they didn't want the people rising up in this and disrupting their and then right now the outcome they created made the outcome favorable to them and so the similarity again where you see them declaring someone president m. bennis well if this is the same thing that they actually done in the congo with the current person who really did not win these elections is is being supported by the united states in western powers is interesting in the it's interesting seeing those parallels because it's kind of like you know different faces different places but very similar techniques that you see used over and over again you know the pentagon you know they'll justify that the argument for africa was always well it's vital to you know strengthening our partnerships and you know fighting terrorism and all of that. my quest to that kind of argument has our common anyway been successful

do you trust the authorities in congo? no.bsolutely not. i wouldn't trust any of the people that are currently in charge. not that they are of bad will, but just they don't have the facilities. there is no security system. a lot of these objects are worth a lot of money. people are paid very badly. what would you do if you were paid, you know, not even $100 a month? but african voices are insistent, change must come. in the democratic republic of congo, we visited a fledgling museum in kinshasa, that combines old colonial sculpture with this storehouse of congolese art. professor washna acknowledges the worries about corruption in congo. but a new national museum has been built with south korean help. a place that could provide a congolese home for looted treasures. translation: during colonisation belgium, england, america, unfortunately took a lot of the art. this is only a small portion of what can be found in europe, so we should claim them back. it's better that it is here, for the good of the congolese people. there is,

then across the republic of congo's main opposition leader must. supporters to embrace what he calls peaceful resistance he believes a rival committed with the former president to still december's an election a reports. show of support for martin for you live by those who believe he is the democratic republic of congo's legitimate president his message is a rally in the capital kinshasa was uncompromising and. nothing can work when they've tried to steal victory from us we will peacefully continue with our resistance without end you voted for me and this is your victory. last month the highest court in the democratic republic of congo dismissed in a pill by for you live he said the december thirtieth presidential election was rigged for you argued that felix chase a key day had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. the message of martin fire president his very clear we must resist peacefully and till we get back out victory our country must be controlled by someone who is voted in by a nomination. t

nearly sixteen thousand people have fled across the congo river into the neighboring republic of congo since the massacre. while the survivors wait in line to receive tents from doctors without borders the task of slowly rebuilding begins in this remote corner of the democratic republic of congo dorset al-jazeera. cubans have voted in a referendum on a constitution which the government says offers new freedoms while staying true to the island's communist system and offer two options yes or no but opponents are questioning if there is really any choice at all ariana sanchez reports from have. a mobilization in old havana more than one thousand volunteers are promoting the referendum. that you have to tell people to come down and vote united behind them and also useful when they encourage people to go to polling stations. from house to house and last call before voting closed and. there's been a lot of negative campaigning against the proposal so we here to explain the truth . the draft constitution recognizes limited private property opens the cuban economy to international markets and

but also european union but also in that in america to freeze the assets that any soil has in the congo all countries to prepare separate bank accounts where the money of the venezuelan people will be out of reach from the government of nicolas motherhood and this is certainly going to complicate motherhood us economic situation and the country's economic situation we know through a tweet by senator marco rubio that there's an oil tanker from saudi arabia coming to venezuela in order to assist the ongoing situation and this is just one of the measures we're going to see by the government asking for help from their allies russia china probably saudi arabia and also trying to find alternative markets where they can sell the all without being sanctions thank you very much with all the h.s. from inside venezuela in the capital caracas to rise above. it with the news hour live from london well still ahead at least thirty nine people die off to drinking cheap contaminated alcohol in northern india also. believe in still going to the beach to see this in the. democratic senator elizabeth warre

the democratic republic of congo's main opposition leader must invite supporters to embark on what he calls peaceful resistance he believes a rival committed with the former president still december's election. reports. show support for martin for you live by those who believe he is the democratic republic of congo's legitimate president his message is a rally in the capital kinshasa was uncompromising and. nothing can work when they've tried to steal victory from us we will peacefully continue with our resistance without end you voted for me and this is your victory. last month the highest court in the democratic republic of congo dismissed in a pill by for you live he said the december thirtieth presidential election was rigged for you argued that felix. had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. the message of martin fire president is very clear we must resist peacefully and till we get back out victory our country must be controlled by someone who is voted in not by a nomination. the lead up to the pulse of violence and controversy

proven in west africa to be effective in trials so and we are seeing that same process on hold in congo where using a strategy of lacson is in along social networks contacts of cases contacts of those contacts so we're tracking the virus along the route which it spreads in the community and using that targeted approach and using intense community engagement over ninety eight percent of people who are eligible for the vaccine are willing to accept it that's a very very high vaccine coverage and the most high risk people. the un refugee agency is called on the u.s. back syrian democratic forces to help civilians access medical care the s.d.f. has been asked to designate a transit site in northeast syria where people who are fleeing war in harsh winter conditions can get life saving a this comes after twenty nine babies and children died from hypothermia at the whole refugee camp over the past eight weeks more than twenty three thousand people including many women and children have arrived at the camp since the end of november senior figures in turkey's ruling ak party have met the un huma

just three days an ebola treatment center has been attacked in the eastern democratic republic of congo the latest attack targeted a center run by the french medical charity doctors without borders in the eastern town of temple armed attackers set fire to the building before being fought off in a gun battle with security forces four people with confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus fled the scene and are still missing well on sunday the brother of a patient was killed when another treatment center was burnt to the ground just a few kilometers away in cap well it's not known who is responsible but several armed groups operate in the volatile border region and there is some mistrust of foreign health workers well since the current ebola outbreak began last august there have been five hundred fifty three confirmed deaths and another three hundred people believed to be infected. once in a poignant point. this is the first time anybody the outbreak has happened in such an unstable and insecure area like eastern congo it's a challenge for us on a daily basis for all the team to answe

democratic republic of congo's new president felix she said katie has invited all political exiles to return home he made the announcement during a visit to the neighboring republic of congo where tens of thousands of people fled during former president joseph kabila seventeen year rule many of the exiles belong to the party founded by she's a katie's late father she said he was four sworn in last month marking the first peaceful democratic transition of power since independence. on monday iran will mark the fortieth anniversary of its islamic revolution in the lead up to the anniversary we've been reporting on the changes iranians have seen in that time when i had to when i had toller ruhollah khomeini returned from exile in one nine hundred seventy nine he'd been living in france and since then the french government has had a complex relationship with tehran the talks about that takes a look back. it was a turning point in the iranian revolution ayatollah khomeini arriving in tehran in february one nine hundred seventy nine after fourteen years in exile in iraq and france with khame

the kid born in wartorn democratic of congo following his passions to play soccer.fter many challenges and trials in his life he was scouted by akron university in ohio, that led him getting the attention of the seattle sounders, which in 2009 drafted him as their number one pick in the super draft. in his second season with them, he led the team in goals and >> a coes flyg in.rst eversounds you caniding >> even after multiple surgeries, he had complication, and eventually endured something called compartment syndrome, which meant his muscles also began to deteriorate. this story is being told in a documentary titled unbreakable. it was produced by steve and dan price. to tell us more, we have both of them via skype "right this minute." welcome to the show. >> hey. >> so the movie premieres this saturday, february 9th in seattle. tell us what it's like for you to be able to tell this story. >> just finding a way to tell an inspirational story that shows my journey. and it all comes together really well. >> is it hard to retread and go back over the ? >> it's very ha

in the areas concerned we've also worked very closely with the fork in the surrounding countries to congo and specifically the four countries that share the common border today to the east and those countries have ramped up there for paired innocent preparing a solution units in facts and i think health workers in creating community alert systems etc so we believe that surrounding countries are really engaged in active preparedness we are very engaged in containing the disease in situ and ending in breaking the chains transmission so at the moment there's a huge global team on the ground supporting our congolese colleagues in and doing that and we are quietly optimistic that we're beginning to turn a corner but there is no room here for complacency we must be vigilant and we must act very intensively specifically in areas like qatar where the battle is not yet won and you mentioned the vaccines a moment ago we know that a major drug maker has said that will set approximately one hundred twenty thousand doses of an experimental ebola vaccine to the congo by the end of february how effectiv

last month the highest court in the democratic republic of congo dismissed in a pill buy for you live he said the december thirtieth presidential election was rigged. argued that felix chase a key day had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. the message of martin for you president is very clear we must resist peacefully until we get back out victory our country must be controlled by someone who is voted in not by a nomination who's. the lead up to the pulse of violence and controversy over the decision to delay voting in some areas for health and security reasons which in effect meant that more than one and a quarter million people from an electorate of almost forty million were excluded the african union as well as the french and german government raised doubts about the outcome of the election. as the people around the country voted for for you the result is clear he is the winner people who have rigged this election will be responsible for what happens next we will not accept a victory that was stolen from us she said he was sworn

dangerous virus brian reports this is all that's left of an ebola treatment center in the eastern congo town of. attack is set fire to the building on wednesday before engaging in a gun battle with security forces for people with confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus fled the saying still missing. with this not forget a lethal disease and extremely contagious illness entire families in north have been dismay to entire villages in west africa disappeared because of the epidemic so the health workers are here to avoid a big tragedy. it was the second such attack this week on sunday and now the treatment center just a few kilometers away and was burned to the ground the brother of a patient was killed as he tried to escape the blaze. that fires two areas that were not for treatment like the changing in utility rooms which were burned down in any case the treatment center is no longer operational. this is outbreak began last august and is the worst in the country's history it's believed to have killed more than five hundred fifty people so far and infected about three hundred other

last month the highest court in the democratic republic of congo dismissed an appeal by for you live he said the december thirtieth presidential election was rigged the you argued that felix chee sickie had made a power sharing deal with outgoing president joseph kabila a charge both men deny. the message of martin fire president his very clear we must resist peacefully and till we get back out victory our country must be controlled by someone who is voted in by a nomination. the lead up to the pulse of violence and controversy over the decision to delay voting in some areas for health and security reasons which in effect meant that more than one and a quarter million people from an electorate of almost forty million were excluded the african union as well as the french and german governments raised doubts about the outcome of the election. as a people around the country voted for for you the result is clear he is the winner the people who have rigged this election will be responsible for what happens next we will not accept a victory that is stolen from us. he was sworn in as presid