is news africa coming up on the program un peacekeepers under attack in the democratic republic of congo that was treated as the inventor much in protest the argues the u.n. mission of feeling that and c.b.c. had been made that by militias. in uganda an eco friendly business has found the natural alternative to plastic drinking strollers they have made from the traditional local plant used in the country. if you let me. get. a little something. you can clean it instead. and anything. michael jr you're welcome so the show we start off in the eastern city of beni where police fired tear gas to protect the u.n. stabilization mission in the democratic republic of congo locals marched on that when you still have cortez demanding that the force for take them from the few. afflicting they are part of the country they see that if their mission cannot protect them properly then it should get out of congo. and the rights of the protesters say they're being left to fend for themselves. in the last 2 days alone militias have killed 7 people and mark disappear at just the latest incident since massac

peacekeepers under attack in the democratic republic of congo demonstrators marching protest the argues the u.n. mission that and c.b.c. have been met by militias. in uganda an eco friendly business has found a natural alternative to plastic drinking straw they are made from the traditional local plants used in the country. if you think that. if you read. them and think. you could clean them. and anything. you're welcome to the show we start off in the eastern city of beni where police fired tear gas to protect the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo locals marched on the new school headquarters demanding that the force protect them from the militia attacks afflicting the of the country they say that if the mission cannot protect them properly then it should get out of congo. and right the protesters say they're being left to fend for themselves. in the last 2 days alone militias have killed 7 people and disappear at just the latest incidents since massacres began in the region 5 years ago. people in the remote east congolese province have given up hope that that is never g

matches with the parents that we found in congo and it gets that are in belgium. they are as i know now they are trying to close down the the investigation and go to trial with at least one of the responsibles a woman that's that lives in belgium. woman that has the belgian and congolese nationality and that was traveling around from belgium to congo and dock with. a while to prove to arrange all these adoptions at least she will be on trial or that . that is the expectation and probably they will also. find some other people or. what will close by might have given her help that's the legion legal thing the other thing is of course. the what will happen to the children they know for for a few years so that's another. procedure that's ongoing all right so it's just to say if the if the children will be returned to the democratic republic of congo to their parents. yes it's too soon to say. at this moment it's very difficult of course you have the biological parents in congo that really want their children back and you have on the other side the parents in belgium t

mission in the democratic republic of congo locals marched on the new school head cortez demanding that the force protect them from the few militia afflicting the out of the country they see that if that mission cannot protect them properly then it should get out of congo. and right the protest being left to fend for themselves. who in the last 2 days alone militias have killed 7 people and smart disappear at just the latest incident since massacres began in the region 5 years ago. people in the remote east congolese province have given up hope that the army is ever going to protect them and they're demanding that the u.n. mission will most schools step in. the world of what will we see in other provinces that there's been a reintegration of the local people after the war but in our region there's no end to the war the killing goes on why are we being killing 2 of the. thought that a muslim militia group operating from nearby uganda is responsible for the string of attacks the group cause itself like democratic forces and it's been accused of killing many hundreds of civilians. in an at

goma a city in the east of congo. has a population of 2000003 quarters of whom are refugees in 2013 staff on travel to go for the 1st time in search of aid workers he has betrayed 3 of them in his film congo calling what brought them here amid so much poverty even if they at least are protected in guarded how do they cope with the situation he made to. the spanish conducts research on behalf of harvard university in 2 rebel groups that spread fear and terror in the region the locals call him the professor. peter eyes from germany and works for an aid organization for 30 years and and law is belgian she works in p.r. for a large music festival in the city she quit her job as an aid worker and stayed for love. drives with his employees to a rebel group. you know. nothing to do about. more than $130.00 groups are active in the region that insists they want to advance the country's development but they can be very brutal it would do a good get it will be looted it was mostly the moon. in the. deep you. were out or is fire

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for years eastern congo has been wrecked by war. peacekeepers from the united nations with their distinctive blue helmets on the ground they don't need to could use to get around but scooters painted in the un kindness can be found this one's own public seed claude giovanni he and his 2 could do are a familiar sight across the city and not bother underway at all much ado like this because the area of trouble through is home to many rich people from the u.n. . he makes a roll of not transporting objects that might make his brilliant scooter dirty but his work is the same as it is for all other to put in the driver's transporting heavy objects to customers. because i want to build us on a bus i would send a cousin i'm going to my job i don't have any other than my chick who helps me feed my family and thanks to this work i can afford to send my children to school boy. and when the route goes downhill even the heaviest load is easy to transport. alexy has been memory alive for his victories in the city's annual 2 could do race he's pro

curable after a drug breakthrough in the democratic republic of congo. and we'll see how old farming practices are offering solutions to the modern problem of climate change. hong kong authorities says it secured an injunction to stop protesters from disrupting operations planes are flying again after demonstrators flooded terminal buildings for a 2nd day causing mass cancellations things turned violent on tuesday when brought police moved in with batons and pepper spray meanwhile the u.n. human rights office wants hong kong's leaders to look into whether police have broken international law in the way they've dealt with protesters. yes very concerned because the violence appears to be increasing. and. certainly segments of the population appear to be getting angry and this is one of the reasons why we call for prompt impartial independent investigations the office urges the hong kong authorities to act with restraint to ensure that the rights of those who are expressing their views peacefully are respected and protected when china's admission to the un

just over a year ago able to help organizations in both cases have reached nearly 3000 in congo with 2000 deaths struggling to contain the outbreak raging in the east of the country and that has neighboring one day and uganda on high alert. to get an update i'm joined by days every journalist julius mogambo he is in kampala hygiene is good to see you what do you know about this latest case of ebola in uganda. i've just heard an interview with the district health of the so this is the senior medical personnel who is managing the outbreak on the ugandan side of the border and he told me that god the god they're collaborating now with the medical teams that video recording go supposed to come and pick the body and bury the body on saturday he says they are intensifying the screening and the vigilance is we high they're trying to make sure that most single case goes past the border unnoticed. ingenius as you mentioned this the case was discovered at a screening say to talk to us about how how those screening sanchez are actually working. according to dr buss to the d.h. will he told me e

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crossing into neighboring uganda officials have saved the young girl's body will be repatriated back to congo the child who was traveling with her mother was identified at a screening in the town offices say at the uganda darcey border on wednesday ugandan help authorities believe the girl had no contacts with any ugandan because she passed through an official entry point this is the 3rd ebola death in uganda since the status of break started just over a year ago the boat health organization says ebola cases have reached nearly 3000 in congo with 2000 confirmed deaths congress. struggling to contain the outbreak raging in the east of the country and that has neighboring one day and uganda on high lives. to get an update i'm joined by julia gumbel he is in kampala hygiene is good to see you what do you know about this latest case of ebola in uganda. i've just had an interview with the district health of the so this is this senior medical personnel who is managing the outbreak on the ugandan side of the border and he told me that. the god they're collaborating now with the medical teams and vid

so ahead doctors declare a bowler curable after a drugs breakthrough in the democratic republic of congo. why asylum seekers deterred by mass shootings and racist remarks in the u.s. we report from sea without risk across the border from el. and how the u.s. china trade war is undermining latin america is most stable economy. hong kong's airport authority says it's secure what an injunction to stop protesters from disrupting operations or planes are flying again after demonstrators flooded terminal buildings for a 2nd day causing mass cancellations protests turned violent on tuesday when. the battens and pepper spray now the u.n. human rights office wants hong kong's leaders to look into whether police have broken international law and the way they've dealt with protesters. yes very concerned because the balance appears to be increasing. and. certainly segments of the population appear to be getting angry and this is one of the reasons why we call for a prompt impartial independent investigations the office urges the hong kong authorities to act with restraint. to ensure that the rights

the city of more than 2000000 people one year since the government of the democratic republic of the congo declared an outbreak of ebola in north kivu province and yesterday in goma a martyr working in the province of each word became the city's 2nd case of a bowl of surveillance at all points of entry and points of control in the area are being stepped up this latest case in such a dense population center underscores the very real risk of a spike in disease transmission perhaps beyond the country's border and the very urgent need for strength in global response an increased donor investment i'm joined now by dr the maximum and epidemiology just doctors without borders and the sherry tay hospital here in berlin welcome to the africans so we've heard the u.n. spokesperson calling for more controls the government briefly shut the border was that the right move. yeah thank you christine for having me on this dramatic question and dramatic development that we see and those 2 days no actually. the new 30 minutes ago that maybe the glow in the board is not closed but whatever the reality let me

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south africa democratic republic of the congo where i was a peace corps volunteer hundred years ago when it was practically before building congo days and also that nigeria so between these kids six countries we have nearly half of africa's rep ovulation represented. a fair amount of helpful notes as well. no one is going to say is going great but we thought it was a useful way of bringing together a potential framework to talk about some countries to have promises on the democracy front and more broadly even though of course they all struggle and any progress is still fragile. with that i am going to and the baton to suzanne maloney or deputy director of the foreign policy. so she thinks about this continent herself and she is going to be a moderator today. >> thank you for all of you for coming out on this monday morning in august, glad to see is a packed house and i look forward to a really interesting and inspiring conversation. i like to start with professor garrett and udo. if you could give us kind of the historical sense and situate this moment over the course of history. where d

christine wonderwall come to africa i'm glad you're tuned in a year off to a bowl of 1st broke in congo the spread of the disease of his unchecked almost 2000 people have died making this the 2nd worst outbreak on record one that closed its frontier with the democratic republic of congo off to a 3rd case of the deadly virus was to takes it in the border city of gold in north keevil that province has borne the brunt of the outbreak together with neighboring . but 15 people also in quarantine in south keevil which was previously unaffected the confirmed case is the baby daughter off a minor who traveled from the north of the d.r. sea to goa this is the 1st instance off direct transmission off ebola inside the city of more than 2000000 people. one year since the government of the democratic republic of the congo declared an outbreak of ebola in north kivu province and yesterday in goma a minor working in the province of each area became the city's 2nd case of a bowl of surveillance at all points of entry and points of control in the area are being stepped up this latest case in such a dens

in the democratic republic of congo women do twice as much work as men on average. but they have no opportunity to earn their own money or to acquire property. i was it. i think. that led me. to look. at. how i. thank you maybe i husband and i had nothing yet yeah for me now but i got some food every once in a while while we slept on of affluence. as soon as he come home he'd start beating me and yeah especially when he wanted to sleep with me and i didn't feel like it. was like if i had sex with him one day and then the next and then i'd say i'm tired he beat me on the 3rd day that's right. just. who i am which i will have to know whenever i saw him i panicked. you're so afraid that your heart races and you bang your head against the wall. why does myself who you are really afraid of almost all you seem not to have me i wasn't allowed to talk to anyone else behind me didn't i couldn't have fun with anyone old would go i couldn't go outside to talk to people and that's what he kept threatening me and then he beat me you know he was violent we got people really we go

to you live from berlin sounding the alarm over the spread of ebola in the democratic republic of congo confusion at the border with rwanda as authorities try to stop crossings after another death in the city of goma fears from an epidemic are growing also coming up the u.s. said to abandon a key cold war arms control treaty why the end of the intermediate range nuclear forces agreement raises concerns about a new global arms race. uses a rally to push his aggressive china trade policy but the u.s. president stopped short of doubling down on racist attacks on the democrats. hope singer adding a touch of glamour to the hong kong pro-democracy protests how denise ho is putting her own career at risk with her outspoken attacks on china. hello i'm terry marchin good to have you with us here's a growing of an escalation in the a bold break in the democratic republic of congo the wife and child of a man who died earlier this week have been confirmed as new cases of the infection authorities are most. turned about and knew it boulder cases in go this is a city of 2000000 people directly on the

m majors raised that the ebola epidemic in the democratic republic of the congo could end soon.wo new treatments have provenen highly e effective. hello and welcome back to the "france 24" newsroom. aire pryde.fo monday's cancellation of all flights was unprecedented and came after violent clashes between protester and police. i it will "pushsh hongg kong to the e point of no retur. the e u.s. human rights chief is concerned. 's" charles is in hong kong. get inside theou therefore, there are a lot of protesters at the front of the handing out leaflets about what the demand czar, there are five major demands, but when you get to the departure gates, where it gets very interesting, about 100 or more, definitely more than 100, hundreds of protesters are stepped down in front of those gates where you show your passport, behind the advocate of luggage carts. they have been, for the past five minutes, 15 minutes, sitting in silence. have been chanting slogans, this one that they are currently chanting as "free hong kong," i believe. and they are definitely making a stand here, hoping

august 2018, the congo's health ministry declares four cases of ebola. it m marks the start o of cong's tense ebola outbreak -- 10th ebola outbreak. the virus is still spreading and has claimed ovover 1800 lives.. >> the role of the population is crucial. we cannot do a anything withouta committed population. that is why we are trying to depict -- detect suspicious cases at a committee level. >> the ebola virus has spread through blood or bodily fluids and it is not airborne. to avoid getting infected, it is recommended to stay away from wild animals and avoid contact with infected people. despite a cacampaign backed d be u.n. a and i international dono, local authorities have been struggling to contain the epidemic. health centers and medical staff have come under attack from various militia groups active in the region. there has also beenen widespread mistrust among the local population, some even denying that t the diseasese exists. >> i think therere was more than 1800 dthths, it is crucial to give people a reality y check. people who lost family mem

congo appeal for an international borders to remain open. at some front pages from around the world. the japan times has this picture of two recently elected politicians. they are the country's first lawmakers with severe disabilities, both of whom had been pushing for changes to welfare services that aid people with special needs. meanwhile, the south china morning post reports that the hong kong justice secretary pushed police to charge protesters with writing offences this week. the newspaper describes the move as a eagerness by the authorities to send the message to demonstrators. and finally, the philippine star which leads with a multibillion—dollar corruption scandal that hit the country's gambling agency. the paper asked that president duterte will be naming 11 officials that are allegedly involved. the bank of england has cut its forecast for growth in the uk for the next two years and also predicted a one in three chance of the uk economy shrinking at the start of next year. the announcement came shortly after the british governmen

being identified. 7 relatives of a gold miner who died of a bone and eastern democratic republic of congo have been placed under surveillance the family calls a scare only this week after they traveled from the city of goma. to a neighboring province. joins us live now from nairobi malcolm so the government is struggling with this latest a bone outbreak what more has this official been saying. all the head of the government's about a response dr john spoke just a short while ago that estimate of the outbreak lasting 2 or 3 years was based on an estimate that he said that there were only identifying half of the cases or half of the cases that are going on identified those people didn't even know where they are or who they're coming into contact with so he said that a change of strategy was necessary now he himself with any taken over the government's response just over a week ago taken over from the ministry of health and he himself is a veteran of a bowler research he was among the scientists who 1st discovered the virus in the democratic republic of congo in the 1970 s. is now seen widel

this is a typical road in eastern congo the government is doing nothing to improve infrastructure . lawyer florence for her is on her way to one of the region's many small called 10 mines. she works with the catholic commission for peace and justice she comes here every week to improve working conditions for the women they pleased to see had they know she cares about their plight. but. that is what the women are looking for this black substance here is called 10 florence explains. how cell phones would not work without the minerals extracted from culture and it brings an enormous profits worldwide but there is very little left over for the people who actually mind the culture and. the men who work here for what has rebels but returned exhausted by war. like you know well it's only i'm jack you know the war was particularly devastating for the women. you can imagine life was terrible here until recently the enemy rebels would come at night and all we could do was run away and when we returned they had plundered everything and i put it when i. know things are a little better. the rebe

of a cease fire after only 4 days preventative action at the border with the democratic republic of congo as rwanda sends doctors to treat a bowl of patients on the other side. hello thank you for joining us the crisis in kashmir could explode into an all out war that's the warning by pakistan's prime minister who has condemned india for stripping the region of its statehood and revoking special rights granted to its citizens kashmir is split between india and pakistan of though both sides claim the entire territory as their own streets are empty and shops are shot on both sides of the cease fire line that divides the region as tensions rise between the nuclear rivals will some of been divided begins our coverage of. in pakistani administered kashmir. our fight will continue that's the message from these protesters in was in pakistan administered kashmir if you 100 gathered to watch their anger against the indian government's decision to abolish its special status of kashmir the himalayan region disputed the pakistan i met you i know this is. my appeal to the united nations to resolve thi

controls at the border health officials of rwanda and the democratic republic of congo are meeting to decide how to stop the spread of ebola. hello pakistan is vowing to exert maximum pressure on india over the crisis in kashmir that's after new delhi stripped and been administered kashmir of its autonomy pakistan's prime minister imran khan called on the world to take notice of india's moves to change the status of the disputed region. india went against the 17 resolutions of the united nations security council she went against the united nations general assembly resolution and they went against the agreement they have taken a decision in which they want to change the demographics of kashmir meanwhile in the lower house has pushed through legislation to split indian administered kashmir into and indian troops. as you can see internet and phone lines are down curfews are in place and local political leaders are being detained come on haidar has more from. pakistan administered kashmir. after a strong statement by the pakistani military which had an important meeting by the chief of th

in goma in the east of the democratic republic of congo's so-called. king off the road the homemade wooden scritches how transport goods around the city at breakneck speed and some of the drivers of local heroes. there are many ways to transport. this one in the democratic republic of congo is unique. power made of wood. and they used to carry everything.