intervention in the democratic republic of congo failed. well you know we do understand the frustration of the civilian population we do understand the silly though the frustration even along countries that are paying for the u.n. mission but we do want to emphasize that when the u.n. going 20 years ago and this is not to exonerate ourselves from from our responsibilities but when the u.n. came the country was under verge of explosion there were. several national armies fighting on the ground and there were big armed groups groups that have now. exploded in very small armed groups that don't have any political agenda anymore and there are more you know trafficking and and. and common criminals i would say and to address this threat we obviously need military operations to do you know towards the main groups but we also need the restoration of sleet with already everywhere we need police we need justice and we need the state of the dearest to be able to establish its authority all over the territory we are making progress we understand the f

i never return to congo. papa wemba and numerous other african musicians left the continent in search of a better life the family. moved to paris. unfortunately i was born here the congo is known to be a complicated country it's been at war for many years because of its wealth it's a great misfortune. since. when you come from a country like this that is in a civil war it's always very complicated because everything is out of balance. people are forced to leave the country to seek happiness elsewhere to be. or you. see. many turn their backs on the african continent but one remained until his death. defied adversity in his native nigeria the eccentric king of afrobeat was constantly at odds with the frequently changing military dictatorships. he was a great political mentor despite all the talk about him precisely because he kept coming back to the fact that africa has to take responsibility for itself that it is rich enough to develop its own cultures and development models on its own. they did not. do. you

risking it all congo is up next next watching scene of it. camino is a ghost station in the south of the democratic republic of congo. there's been no train service for 5 months but now it's running again. the train left lubumbashi the 2nd largest city 5 days ago. no one knows one little arrived. the train everyone is waiting for has a surprising name lee holland bell or the swallow. he. runs. news of the swallows arrival spreads like wildfire by the bush telegraph all word of mouth. it's the cheapest rail service in the deol congo like a local bus it stops a virtually every station and drools huge crowds. half of them a street vendor has a day every stop even in the remote villages the station becomes an instant market . the. ambassador c. i don't know rendered i don't mumble grab jaros that there are several. there are no. doubt but good. part but there's not much time for selling. the train is already packed. passengers clamber for remaining seats. like. this. has been riding this train for 20 years and knows what to expect. from sea but i

congo. as dawn breaks free men are preparing for a long journey. they're traveling salesman training in kosov or flowers and home oil in the villages they work for smile. before going on a mobile version you should know the only year what it was you were doing here enjoy what you do does your mom was. off before you were no one was to give them all so much do you go one on one o one your food food food. man and his companions a setting out on an arduous 160 kilometer journey through villages in the country south. it will probably take them around 4 or 5 days in. new york for the little. fish. and. most of the villages are in the middle of nowhere and reaching them means travelling on dirt tracks so the congolese improvise. they converge and reinforce their bicycles to withstand the poor conditions and up to 300 kilos of merchandise. if you'll live the son of. a walk into the market if you know school you know him be sure to put a foot or put a foot in the kitchen learn what you need. to know my name was difficult to speak. to food. it takes remarka

s the armed forces of the democratic republic of congo. was lucky to survive the attack. rebels shot to people when the man of this house heard the shots he fled under his bed they hacked him in the head and they shot him. now the companies amit is in control here is estimated the army is fighting around 100 different militias in eastern congo. some 6000000 people have died in the last 30 years making it the most deadly conflict since the 2nd world war. the reason for the fighting always the same it's all in the power land ownership and access to the region's huge mineral resources. full from local and regional players take advantage of the situation rather than stopping it and the people the victims. in this one child is being kidnapped by the rebels and you don't village i'd left my daughter with the neighborhoods i don't know where she is now. president felix she is a key to came to power a year ago promising to ease the tensions instead of the violence has escalated in more than 400 killed in the last 3 months. from on that let me bring in on the international crisis

is a ghost station in the south of the democratic republic of congo. there's been no train service for 5 months but now it's running again. the train left lubumbashi the 2nd largest city 5 days ago. no one knows when it will arrive. the train everyone is waiting for has a surprising. named lee hall and bell or the swallow. news of the swallows arrival spreads like wildfire via the bush telegraph all word of mouth. it's the cheapest rail service in the d.r. congo like a local bus it stops a virtually every station in drills huge crowds. of them a street vendors a day every stop even in the remotest villages the station becomes an instant market. the. arab 'd or muslim. look i don't know nor would any idea of home where i've yet are over that there are several. that i know. about but the good. part but there's not much time for selling. the train is already packed. the passengers clamor for remaining seats like i. said. clement has been riding this train for 20 years and knows what to expect. from c. but he got there i think because the self-employed say

from one of the most violence places on earth the new castrato in the double cross of republic of congo is threatening to destabilize the region on who can a fresh security crisis growing in several countries also coming out. a golding of what you did to all the green dream analysis from the media content by general hospital as well as it's something to be celebrated by the author can countries help in the street. eddie mike a junior now welcome to the program it's good to have you with us the international crisis group is sounding the alarm over developments in the eastern democratic republic of congo they say growing hostility between countries in the region is threatening to provoke a new security crisis brewing rwanda and uganda i'll say it to be backing different groups of insurgents in the east india r.c. now the president felix to security is considering inviting the armies of these countries to conduct joint military operations in the d.l.c. something critics say will destabilize the whole region. they companies ami taking on the ripples near the town of beneath the area known a

algunos llaman el vÍnculo. >> a estos chimpancÉs les hablan en francÉs, viven en tres islas en el congo. despuÉs de todo este tiempo los grandes simios siguen en peligro de extinciÓn. >> si las policÍa le ve confiscan al bebÉ chimpancé, a la persona la meten en un proceso judicial y el bebÉ chimpancÉ lo traen acÁ. >> volamos mÁs de 16 horas para llegar a la ciudad de punta negra de allÍ emprendimos una expediciÓn por tierra y por agua. navegamos rÍo arriba hasta llegar a nuestro destino, el santuario rebeca trabaja allÍ para el instituto desde hace 13 aÑos, es veterinaria y no tolera ver a los chimpancÉs enjaulados. >> son tan cercanos a nosotros como pueden estar en esta situaciÓn, yo quiero darle la libertad a ellos. >> cuando rebeca llegÓ la situaciÓn con los simios era crÍtica, los huÉspedes duplicaban la capacidad del albergue. >> habÍa que pensar rÁpido lo que se debÍa hacer, una de las opciones nos habÍan hablado de unas islas. >> ella recuerda cuando encontraron las islas donde podrÍan regresar a los chimpancÉs a la selva. >> increÍble, no lo puedo creer es el sitio donde debemo

on behalf of the families of children till they're injured while mining in democratic republic of congo this is apple google microsoft dell and tests are all accused of knowing that the cobalt metal used in their products could be linked to child labor support from out of metals. in the mining town of cool ways the dispersed and poor looking for cobalt it's a vital component in batteries used in goods ranging from electric cars to phones and laptops more than half of the world's cobalt is produced in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of children are estimated to be used to dig for the toxic metal without protective clothing. they are here with their parents who say the whole family has to work to survive. we are here because we are suffering we have nothing to eat therefore and mining companies won't give us jobs they are getting rich from. poor. illegal complaint the nonprofit organization international rights advocates accuses some of the world's largest companies of being involved in a system of forced child labor in congo the group says some children have died minin

i remember being in congo.ne of my first trips ther there, these women are so traumatized they cannot even say their names out loud. think about that. they cannot even say their name out loud. to be in the environment to actually talk and speak to tell your truth and your story okay we have two minutes. so i will ask a simple question. so you say in here that clearly this is important for to enhance our understanding of the world. but also you say in the book crucial to development and stability in a country to have women, have a voice and choice. >> there is a lot of data that shows countries that have greater adjudication where women are engaged in those that more gender equality or sustainable so that when women are working it is more positive and that economic growth that women that are educated to earn an income is better for climate change. there are positive effects that come with women being educated and to earn an income. it's not just good for women or even good for the family. there is a lot of data

places in asia you're looking at places further south in africa like the democratic republic of congo or the cells you did. 5 years later we're back and this time we're allowed in congo kenya sudan mayan mar and yemen whenever beluga planned an arms transport this port was always involved. secret service boss malam us had promised to ring up those in charge of the court perhaps that is why we were allowed to simply drive through in fact we were even given a musical reception. the poor bosses welcomed us on the left the director of security the great eminence on the rights the union leader kind of laid. the director and in the middle of watchdog 1st we was served the then we engaged in small talk. at the press spokes person explained the regulations we would have to observe afterwards in the court then the labor director indicated that it was time to get going as he still had things to do he wouldn't be accompanying us. so the security director became our guide at 1st it wasn't quite clear whether we would be able to film from our vehicle the situation was tense after all we were the 1

who is an activist and spokesman for friends of the congo which is an advocacy group thanks for your time. going after 5 huge tech companies it makes a big statement but i wonder how practical it actually is because i'm sure the companies would just say well anything that might be happening in the minds of d r c is way further down the chain and actually not to do with us. yes indeed i mean they can abilities and parts and i think the positive thing can look up when it comes to this case is that the as raise awareness around the resource exploitation in the r.c.c. and as you clearly pointed out that they may be far removed from the supply chain directly on the ground for extractive industry i mean specifically from the piece that you just showed you spoke about who is the we know what the corporations they're you know glencore at the moment is being investigated by the u.s. justice department for how they are supporting those workers from congress congress resources that then go out there and so on so we know what will make an impact but the fundamental question for the community is

that's why mining for cobalt in the democratic republic of congo comes at a high human cost. a very warm welcome to the program we begin in baghdad where thousands of people are attending the funeral procession for those killed in the u.s. air strike targeting major general kassab solomonic on friday the formal funeral for the top arabian commander as well as the our 100 s. the deputy commander of the iran backed popular mobilization forces is a bomb to get under way beyond this will later be buried not from saddam on his body will be flown back then to iran. well so money's assassination has inflamed already tense relations between the united states and iran president donald trump said the order was made to stop a war with iran and not to start one he added that the u.s. is prepared for any reprisals solemn 80 has been perpetrating acts of terror to destabilize the middle east for the last 20 years what the united states did yesterday should have been done long ago a lot of lives would have been saved just recently solemn 80 led the brutal repression of protesters in iran wh

and the high cost to children of paying to mine cobalt in the democratic republic of congo we have a special report. and i will begin in iraq where reports are coming in of multiple attacks across the country just a day after the assassination of one of iran's top commanders a same sort of money as his funeral took place in baghdad iraq's prime minister declared 3 days of national mourning to mark his death they just violence comes as diplomatic efforts are underway to try to resolve the growing crisis cost us foreign minister had been there when i funny as met the iranian president hassan rouhani in tehran he's called for a peaceful solution or some binge of aid is live for us in baghdad and some of what more can you tell us about the latest attacks we're hearing. well in the last few hours the silence that we saw and come in baghdad has been broken by multiple attacks that are predictable that have landed in the green zone in at least one of the neighborhood but there's been no material damage so far we've heard from iraqi security forces confirming that these projectiles have land

why mining for coal bolts in democratic republic of congo comes at a high cost for many all that more when we come back. however we got the usual scattering of crusts southeast asia still pretty heavy there but just around indonesia that's where the largest thunderheads remain hopeful that over the next couple of days the rain won't quite be as intense as it has been recently but it's still there nevertheless the north while it's driving their way into the philippines will sunshine as and shouts in the shallows extend their way a little further west was into malaysia northern parts of kuala lumpur northern areas will see some showers along the specified tolerance generate dry pushed out across border back down into more lively showers but the west weather is nothing a little a further east which is joining up with showers that we have just around the far north west australia just up towards broome a developing system here in mableton it to topple saddam certainly keeping an eye on this one and it shows up with that west of weather the welcome by that we are now seeing pushing its way

by mining for cobol in democratic republic of congo comes at a high cost financial. and a cleanup begins in indonesia's capital after some of the worst flooding in this. the weather still pretty quiet across the good parts of here bad biologic is on the mild side that's because we are continuing to drag in that from the atlantic so always a mild direction quite a cloudy direction having said that was a fair amount of class pushing into those western parts more thorough westerly winds starting to push in so they'll just bring the temperatures down a touch into those central areas but still getting at sixes and sevens not too bad at all moscow still on the mall side one celsius you must see a flake cool to the snow it's also some snow too down towards the southeast corner over the turkish mountains and some rather large the snow is continuing course at least in sort of the mediterranean cyprus could see somewhat by the thought of much of the made this fight and dry with some pleasant sunshine central areas we'll see some rain perhaps some snow just pushing out of that

congo the group says some children have died mining coal belt and others have been seriously injured. many are physically and sexually abused. with their younger. it's hard to keep exact number but. you can tell they have been abused in their behavior. some aren't even 14 years old. doctors say the number of people getting sick is disturbing it isn't for many young boys and girls coming into us sometimes it's injuries from when the mines collapse sometimes it's sexually transmitted diseases people don't be a protective clothing and so in women we see birth defects and miscarriages from exposure to the middle. human rights with the say a lack of political will is partly to blame. there is a lack of leadership of foreign companies get away with a lot of things sometimes they treat local communities on a fairly they get away with it because of corruption in this country changed then our people will grow from the resources of. the government says it's putting in place monitoring and tracking mechanisms to tackle the exploitation of children in mining but international business is using co

and how our music group was formed in congo thanks to. south africa's western cape is home to stunning plants some of them found nowhere else and on a recent report so the pool this is experiencing the 2nd highest rate of plant extinction in the world did in large part 2. and hospitals we met up with some new scientists to investigate the region more closely. with. this rubble and is part of the famed both biome a naturally occurring community of flora and fauna in the region around cape town in south africa it's home to almost $10000.00 species of plant many of them endemic as part of the efforts to preserve this unique ecosystem volunteers come here regularly to photograph and document the plants they watch. custody ends of rare and endangered wild flowers also known as crew. so the reason why we have this program is that just the sheer numbers of written plans that we have it's not enough for a group of scientists to go and monitor those species so in the country we have over $3000.00 written plans and so that's a massive undertaking.

we've reported extensively on this program about the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo which is the world's 2nd deadliest strong record but it's another if you david is raging in the d.r. sea nasals the country is desperately vaccinating children as it suffers the world's largest outbreak off the infectious disease mol than $5000.00 people died of measles in congo in 2019 most of them were children and at the age of 5 i'll be talking to a health official on the ground in kinshasa after this report. inch a cop a village in the west and deal c. families wait for potentially life saving measles vaccinations health officials are scrambling to treat vulnerable children as the epidemic spreads measles can spread quickly in the deal because not enough people vaccinated ongoing conflict put infrastructure and attacks on health centers how vaccination if it's. the main reason for failure to vaccinate against measles is families communities are not having access to the vaccine the inability of that same program and the health system to provide vaccine to everybody everywhere when

it's getting the congo to the capital is an even more dangerous challenge. risking it to libya. on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the wound is another matter when you call will be the news and current affairs that matter to you. so today on the floor will pass a resolution naming the managers as they mention appropriating the funds for the trial and the transmitting the articles of impeachment in the next the u.s. house could vote to allow the senate to begin a historic impeachment trial against donald trump. oh i very unforgiving this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a shakeup in moscow russia's prime minister. resigned.

tembo yumbu t hair for 14 years in his native democratic republic of congo. aw, he's transformed this patch of pavement intooutdoor barber shop. >> ( translated ): most of my clients are congolese, cameroonian, angolese, guinean and malian bthers. >> reporter:umbu's razor and pair of scissors have given him ans to subsist and carry on the long journey from congo. it's tan him seven months so far. >> ( translated ): but this is the kd of trip that never ends. in order to not overthink and eel a lot of pain, that's why i'm here and doing this. but we hope that one day, we will find so open doors. >> reporter: extra-continental migrants trying to resolveheir status say they come up against administrative delays and confusion at the immigratione cer. >> ( translated since we've been here, migratioid authorities they had no solution for us. >> repor ater: the few interpreters, meaning they often can't understand their options. so, they're shfled, week after week, month after month, from one government office to another. >> ( translated ): you think that thewill gi

i'm currently in but congo which is about 40 or 30 kilometers away from the volcano but this is an area or a province that has been declared under a state of alert because this is where a lot of the evacuees have been transferred to these are in that residential all areas within a day and a nearby house so we're actually going to different to check on the people in the evacuation center it looks like they're going to have to be in evacuation that this for an indefinite period of time when you knew you from its creator but knowledge the 3rd thing that instead of looking up at what we should look at and. there is therefore if we're out there ground and well breaking which is an indicator that. you have and again another indicator a possible or both of it so that at this point the government cannot or cannot even . read it exactly when you know it's going to have on the bank how it's pressure for that. one it sorry ok you know under these conditions with this great uncertainty about when will or might explode what are the people you're talking to saying about how they're coping with being

on the ground, in the democratic republic of congo.ast night, six democratic candidates for president met on the debate stage in iowa, the last debate before the iowa caucuses. it was the smallest, and it was the whitest group of candidate so far. our amna nawaz brings us this report. >> nawaz: the debate ended on an awkward note, wit massachusetts senator elizabeth warren seemingly rejecting a handshake from vermont senator bernie sanders. that was after moderators brought up a disagreement between the two over a privatenv coersation in december of 2018, in which sanders reportedly td warren he didn't believe a woman could win the election. >> why did you say that? >> well, as a matter of fact, i didn't sayt. in 2015, i deferred, in fact, to senator warren. there was a movement to draft senator warren to run for president, and you know what, i stayed-- stayed back. senator warren decided not to run, and i then-- i did run afterwards. hillary clinton won the popular vote by three million votes. how could anybody in a million yes not be

to the democratic republic of congo now where many children working in mine so they are physically and sexually abused the force to mine a cobol to metal used to make everything from batteries to mobile phones now in a landmark suit lawsuit a nonprofit organization is accusing 5 of the world's largest tech companies of exploiting child labor i don't want asa has more. in the mining town of the dispersed and poor looking for cobalt it's a vital component in batteries used in goods ranging from electric cars to phones and laptops more than half of the world's cobalt is produced in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of children are estimated to be used to dig for the toxic metal without protective clothing. they're here with their parents who say the whole family has to work to survive. we are here because we are suffering we have nothing to eat therefore in mining companies won't give us jobs they are getting rich from our main roads but recently poor. illegal complaint the nonprofit organization international rights advocates accuses some of the world's largest to compan

also from democratic republic of congo to silicon valley why a rights group is suing california's tech giants on behalf of child minors and peta has english f.a. cup action sports putting the holders manchester city reached the final. to both france and australia now and people of work into more blood red skies after bushfires brought further destruction and death on saturday 2 men were killed on a highway on south australia's kangaroo island when flames engulfed their car further east fire in victoria have been threatening dozens of communities and strong winds whipped up the flames in new south wales as well the supporters from jessica washington. to these fire crews conditions are bad and quickly getting worse thousands of firefighters are on the ground battling unforgiving weather. the extreme heat and volatile winds make a deadly combination as bush fires burn at emergency levels in 3 astroland states in new south wales one local government minister described it as like an atomic bomb hitting the region is already caused major devastation here on new year's eve they making a frigh

more than half of the world's cobalt is produced in the democratic republic of congo tens of thousands of children are estimated to be used to dig for the toxic metal without protective clothing. they're here with their parents who say the whole family has to work to survive. we are here because we are suffering we have nothing to eat therefore and mining companies won't give us jobs they are getting rich from. poor. illegal complaint the nonprofit organization international rights advocates accuses some of the world's largest to companies being involved in a system of forced child labor in congo the group says some children have died mining coal belt and others have been seriously injured. many are physically and sexually abused. their younger. it's hard to give exact number but. you can tell they have been abused by the change in their behavior. some aren't even 14 years old. doctors say the number of people getting sick is disturbing. many young boys and girls coming in to us sometimes it's injuries from when the mines collapse sometimes it's sexually transmitted diseases people don

from the democratic republic of congo to silicon valley why rights group is suing california's tech giants on behalf of child minus. and a big upset for the stars. in sport. breaking news now libyan medical sources say at least 20 students at a military academy in tripoli have been killed in an asteroid by forces loyal to warlord holly for have to use the latest attack and have to as ongoing offensive to seize the libyan capital from the un recognized government after us forces a backed by egypt. and saudi arabia a correspondent to one doctor will head joins us live on the phone from tripoli what more can you tell us about this attack and the one official here who would be a government of national accord describe. that guard commuted by how sort of warplanes we have been just denied access to just military college worst at least 20 minutes to students who were killed and to them others wanted health sources here to last that they're still counting but is the body collecting the body parts from location it's hard for them to count how many dead they say that they have been calling on people

and paris focused on artworks from congo. paintings that depict scenes of everyday life known as pent up popularity that tracked a lot of attention. to the axis put to death most of the artists of a kind your poker player were. in advertising and their paintings became well known through an exhibition that was held in kinshasa in 1988. these works were inspired by the lives of average people particularly city residents who could. then you. have to let. go and take. on the tech their works often integrate commentary texts that address issues of congolese society or politics. and make that seem easy to poke at the time the term banter a properly or didn't really exist these works were simply called naive for pictures for the un educated. in. african art has since conquered the global art market previously mostly found in ethnological museums the works began to reach a wider public in contemporary galleries including tend to of popular these paintings often address social themes of congolese urban life and politics. believe him