does that mean in congo we don't have problems? you know.at would be lying. >> it's sunday in rubaya. a day off, and a chance to go to church. the day is sacred for mathis too. it's the only one in the week where the miners can pray and rejoice without fear. doing something to resist violence and giving the democratic republic of the congo a chance, certification appears to be at least one effective first step towards justice in the minerals trade. >> and now to our global ideas series, where we meet people committed to preserving our planet's climate, flora and fauna. islands that live off tourism often lack the resources to meet their own energy requirements. grenada in the caribbean wants to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels, and promote renewable energy. our reporter katja dohne took a closer look at biogas production there. >> richmond-hill prison in grenada. some 450 inmates are incarcerated here. a few are allowed outside; the biogas plant needs a new load of liquid manure. the prison has been producing its own biogas for several

congo a credit for sixteen thousand three hundred seventy refugees then syria twelve. iraq somalia and over the past decade the largest number of refugees that actually come from burma iraq burma fifty one hundred fifty sixty iraq one hundred thirty five of those congo has had a civil war for years millions have died and no one talks about it because guess what it's not right next to the oil center of the middle east so it's not as exciting or our newscasters to focus on and the military industrial complex can't make that much money off of it apparently there's not as much to it or not there yet as it went out there they've got a plan there's a business plan around is about to go it's going to say one quick quote by former secretary general of the u.n. a nobel peace prize winner kofi annan he wrote a piece called why are only poor countries taking refugees. and time magazine and he says around the world the plight of the operative is also driving thousands of acts of solidarity from the ugandan farmer sharing their land with their. playing famine and violence in south

other than the congo crisis. the other you an official from scandinavia, they are not really players in this, and you would expect them to pop up, given the sort of foreign aid traditions of these places, especially the high levels of donation and development aid. especially because usia kept pretty careful tabs on what countries were helping places with their own media establishments, right? first of all, the british and french never really leave in media terms. they are sort of ubiquitous before independence and after, but when the independent governors -- governments want to compete with them and their neighbors, become to the usia -- not this building, but this agency, and they ask for help, and they also do the same thing in eastern europe. every once in a while, there would be a scorecard the usa would include in its annual report saying that east germany helped the togo to build a printing press and czechoslovakia helped cote d'ivoire or whoever to build a radio station. you have interest in the infrastruc

now we turn to our second case study, the congo and africa. at the founding of its movement at belgrade, nonalignment was a more inclusive uniting principle than afro asian identity, it was almost far from certain at the time that it would eclipse its competition, not just recent years identity but poverty and underdevelopment. race and anticolonialism preoccupied the belgrade party at least as much as the cold war or nonalignment issues did. contemporary u.s. observers like african-american robert brown said the same. the tremendous block, newly independent or uncommitted ations are primarily concerned about one issue -- the assertion of the equality of the white and nonwhite races. in comparison with this objective, all other issues -- communism, book, even a third world war, shrink in significance. so nonalignment could theoretically appeal to anyone. it could be eclipsed by passionate calls to solidarity across the broader range of hat some call the decorations. for many, race and africa were the far more pressing factor. these are photos

from the congo, pakistan, everywhere. as the united states exerts its influence in the world and we take a broader view of human rights, these are interlinked because we see in our country just as you are describing this, the police are expanding their powers. when people protest, we have increased incarceration populations. we have police using military equipment to control protest. we have the atlanta leader of the blackley -- black lives matter. we see all over the country, standing right. there is a rising movement. interlinked. when these policies leave people behind and people riser, even in the united states, we heard today heartbreaking testimony from india. even in the last two or three years, we think of india's a great democracy, that is going away. you cannot even protest anymore. how can we use our influence in the world -- this question is for you both -- president carter, you put human rights at the center of our foreign policy. it was a difficult time. the cold war. it was not easy to do that. and senator

they were protecting the people on the ground or like you just saw in congo you have all these these -- of children happening by the troops. you have to hold those troops accountable and we just basically said you can't have this happen. those congolese troops that were there are gone. we moved them out. >> is there one peacekeeping mission in the world of an example where is actually worth? >> i can honestly say without the renewals we have done they are all willing to start to work to the ones that are difficult south sudan, congo. those are the ones are really concerning that you almost wonder how are we going to fix a? >> one of the areas that i know there has been a lot of conversation about is the human rights council and you have received a lot of criticism because they focus on a constant singling out of -- so when you countries like cuba and saudi arabia and other habitual violators of human rights i guess the first question would be how does that impact the credibility of the human rights council whose very members are serial violators of human rights? >> the united states

like you just saw in congo you have all of these rapes of children happening fwi troops. one of the things we said you have to hold those countries accountable. we made -- we basically said you can't have that happen and the troop that is were there, they are gone. we moved them out. >> is there one peace keeping mission that you can say that's where it's working? >> i can honestly say they are all going to start to work. the ones that are difficult, south sudan, congo, those are the ones that you almost wonder how are we going fix this. >> one of the areas i know there has been a lot of conversation is human rights council. so how does it impact the legitimacy of the human rights council whose very members are violators of human rights of their own people? >> the united states has always care about human rights. we see it that it generally is related to peace and security. if you go back in history and time you see that the worst conflicts all came from governments not taking care of their people. human rights has to be very important. the reason why i didn't just make a

>> we have already done a that through our diplomatic mission in the democratic republic of congo and called for a full investigation. to the extent we are able to gain information on their investigation, we certainly will make that available to you. but yes, we have called for that as well. >> and what's the response of the government? have they cooperated? is there results that -- >> my understanding is that investigations are under way, what an investigation in the democratic republic of congo may entail versus the way we carry out law enforcement is something we're trying to at least monitor and make sure we're asking all the right questions. the investigatory role is being carried on by the democratic republic of congo. >> this is not by anyone representing the united states? >> we've not -- i would say been able to put in place, independent investigative authority there with the democratic republic of congo at this time. we're working with them. >> one of the concerns i have with this budget is this we don't operate in a vacuum. as i talk to our military leaders, certainly terro

and in the congo, you have all these rapes of children happening by the troops and one of the things we said is that you've got to hold those troop contributing countries accountable. and we made an -- we just basically said you can't have this happen. and those congolise troops have been removed. >> can you say that's one area where that's actually working? >> with all the renewals we have done, which is four or five, they're all going to start to work. the ones that are difficult, south sudan, congo, those are the ones that you are concerned, that you almost wonder, how are we going to fix this? >> one of the human rights council. the constant singling out of israel, when you have countries like venezuela and saudi arabia and other habitual violatorins human rights, how does that question the legitimacy of serial violators of the rights of its own people. >> the united states has always cared about human rights, we don't see human rights as a fluff issue, we see human rights that the generally is related to peace and security. when you go back in time, the worst conflicts came from

or, like you just saw in congo, you have all these rapes of children happening by the troops and one of the things we said is you have to hold those troop contributing countries accountable and we made -- we just basically said you can't have this happen and those troops -- the troops that were there, they're gone. we moved them out and we're moving new ones in. >> is there a peace keeping mission where you say that's an example of where it works? >> i can say with all the renewals we've done, they are all going to start to work. the ones that are difficult, south sudan, congo, those are the ones that are really concerning that you almost wonder how are we going to fix this. >> so when you have countries like cuba and venezuela, saudi arabia and other habitual violators of human rights, how does that impact the credibility or the legitimacy of a human rights counsel whose very members are serial violators of human rights and their own people? >> the united states has always cared about human rights. and we don't see human rights as a fluff issue. we see human rights that it generally

he's a refugee and the democratic republic of congo. >> i left my country in 2012. his mother is dead or alive on foot and ended up living in this children shelter which offered swimming classes. i remember the first time i went to a swimming pool, it was like a new planet. it is something that i can do in the process of healing. >> swimming gave arafat a new purpose. he was named swimmer of the year by the cape town association. >> i feel like that's when life is becoming like a mix, my focus is to try to keep as much hope as i can and challenging me. >> arafat's next challenge is a 2.5 kilometers swim, of water bay extreme. >> i don't compete with anyone when i am swimming. i just competed with myself. what makes the race so challenging is no t the distance but the frigid 55 degrees weather. he does it without a wet suit. the cold water proves too much for some swimmers. arafat was able to finish. >> i don't want to be seen as a homeless boy, i want to be seen in a different way, i keep on swimming and it changed everything in which i do. umbrellas!! you need one

live in kansas, michael sharp, was killed along another american in the democratic republic of the congo. last week, ambassador haley called on the u.n. to investigate the murders of those two individuals. would you find it appropriate to join ambassador haley in insist ing that the perpetrators be determined facts be discovered and we do everything we can to see that justice is met? >> we have already done that through our diplomatic mission in congo and have called for a full investigation to the extent we are able to gain information into the gags, we certainly will make that available to you. yes, we have called for that as well. >> what's the response of the government? have they cooperated? are are there results -- >> my understanding is investigations are underway. what an investigation to congo may entail versus the way we carry out law enforcement is something we're trying to at least monitor and make sure we're asking all of the right questions. >> the vest ga torre role is being carried on by the democratic republic of congo. not by anyone representing the united states? >> we

i should say the human rights struggle in the congo, not the projects. i would just like to recognize and it's a pleasure to get to ask you this because you're in such a position of power, as an ally on the hill we can all s recognize that as democracy in the us is threatened we sort of see it echo around the world. this is something we've been talking about all throughout this forum and so, particularly in the us, as democracy is compromised, as it deteriorates, you see that women and girls and especially women and girls of color feel it most strikingly. that threat and economic threat -- every facet of life, will women and girls of color -- i'd like to ask you how, in your position of power,. >> i'm not quite as powerful as you think i am. if i was, this country would not be quite in the straits. >> let me put it this way, i read everything you post on facebook, all of my friends do when you say something, people think about it and they prioritize. [applause] spec that makes me very happy. >> they really do and they talk about it. i would like to appea

baby gorilla's name came from young people in the conservation club in the democratic republican of congo. they take naming gorillas seriously at the zoo. >> i was there feeding the penguins. it was a perfect day to be at the zoo. things are heating up for the weekend. action cam taking a look up. a great looking shot of the waxing present moon. you can see it's blurry. we have high thin clouds out there. we have high temperatures to the west. today, 81. the high in philadelphia, five degrees below normal. if you look across the plain states, temperatures in the 90s. that heat and humidity will be building as we head toward the weekend. 71 in philadelphia. notice the dewpoint in the 50s. it's rising. the past two days, we have had diewchtdewpoints in the 40s and. now, temperatures rise to the 60s tomorrow, 70s for the weekend. that's a humid air mass, winds out of the south at 10 miles per hour. pressure right now high as it movemoves offshore. day planner tomorrow, notice an increase in the heat. 8:00, 69. 11:00n the 80s. should reach a high of 89 at 5:00, 81 at 8:00. more humid but a go

the former high school teacher fled persecution in the democratic republic of congo. >> the situations not good there, no peace or freedom of speech. >> at 24 years old, he supports his entire family with the job, the former dental student escape syria, leaving his possessions and dreams behind. >> we were driving and hearing from two sides, and hearing, shots, bombs, rockets. >> everybody has a heartbreak. everybody comes from something that is unimaginable to me. >> it was in the late 1980's that the small city of clarkston was targeted as a refugee resettlement area. the available transportation and proximity to atlanta made it ideal. as did the large number of multi-family apartment buildings, left empty as suburban american families moved further away. once a site for kkk gatherings, today, about half of clarkston is foreign born, some 1,500 refugees arrive every year. we are part of the united nations treaty and willing to take in refugees who through no fault of their own have been displaced from their homes, clarkston will continue to welcome them. refugees,on and its even the

in suez, in korea, in the congo, in cypress, in the first gulf war, in the balkans, in afghanistan up to and including today in iraq among many other places. canada has been there. that's the prime minister has often said that is what canadians do. we step up. today it is worth reminding ourselves why we step up, why we devote time and resources to foreign-policy groups and defense and development, why we have spent canadian soldiers, sailors, aviators, diplomats, aid workers, intelligence officers, doctors, nurses, medics and engineers into situations of danger, disaster and chaos or disease. there were times when the canadian territory was not directly at risk. why go into defensive player not immediately threaten? some countries the answer is self-evident. countries that face a clear and immediate -- no they need spend on military and they know why. for a few lucky countries like canada and to the states they feel protected by geography and good neighbors. the answer is less obvious. indeed you could easily imagine a canadian view that says we are safe on our continent and we have

he's a refugee from the democratic republic of congo. >> i left my country in 2012 when they were broke my mother. >> reporter: unsure if his mother was dead or alive, he fled to cape town on foot and ended up living in this children's shelter, which offers swimming classes. >> i remember the first time i went in the swimming pool, it was like you were in a new planet. i realized swimming was something which i could use for the process of healing. then i kept doing it. >> reporter: swimming gave arafat a new sense of purpose, and he began training for long-distance swims. in 2016, he was named open-water swimmer of the year by the cape town long-distance swimming association. >> the moment i stop, that's when i feel like life is becoming like a mess. my main focus is to try and give as much hope as i can through the challenges which i'm going. >> guys, what's up! go south to finish this swim! >> reporter: arafat's next challenge is a 2 1/2-kilometer swim called the high-tech walker bay extreme. >> i don't compete with anyone when i'm swimming. i just compete with myself. >> reporter: wh

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i won't go to south sudan or congo anymore and amal won't go to iraq and avoid places she knows she's not welcomed. george: it will change a lot of things but that's life and what it's supposed to be. adrianna: congrats to them. still to come on abc 7 news at noon, cloudy and cool with spots of rain but the sun is peeking in and out. fi doug: tomorrow 72 and 60's today, 80 friday and 85 on saturday and low humidity and heat and humidity, 90 or higher starts sunday. adrianna: riding that heat wave. thanks for watching. see you tomorrow. have a great day, everybody. you'busted tail.rd. and impressed the boss. maybe, it's time to be your own. transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it, america. duke's is the perfect companion for so many things. it makes a tomato taste more like a tomato. it makes bacon taste more like bacon. it's a unique flavor. the texture is incredible. duke's is smooth and creamy. it has a lemony edge. it's not sweet. it tastes like real ingredients because it's made with real ingredients. i don't think there's another mayonnaise

support for intervention in the congo, and elsewhere. competitionm of that i write about in this book, economic petition. this, the first question that people ask, how could china have possibly competed with united states economically during the 1950's and 60's? and i was in desperate his time.r part of of course, the great weight forward had been a horrific failure. during the 1950's-early 1960's, you have as many as 40 million people starving to death. source china get the money and resources to compete with the terms ofates in economic aid question mark i argue in the book, china was actually highly strategic about it aid, and also surprisingly successful. in fact, i would say china's economic aid programs were significantly more successful than its diplomacy and support for revolutions. -- a lotused its paid of its paid on poor countries in africa. these are not well understood united states. the chinese believe -- they were chinese aid projects would be more than just a project. they would be models. aid would show how chinese was m

support for intervention in the congo and elsewhere. a final form of competition that i write about in this book, economic petition. -- economic competition. the first question that people ask is how china could have possibly competed with united states economically during the 1950's and 60's? china was in desperate poverty for part of this time. of course, the great leap forward had been a horrific failure. during the 1950's-early 1960's, you have as many as 40 million people starving to death. so where does china get the money and resources to compete with the united states in terms of economic aid? i argue in the book that china was actually highly strategic about its aid and also surprisingly successful. in fact, i would say china's economic aid programs were china focused a lot of it stayed on poor countries in africa. there were not well understood by the united states. where the chinese believe that they were in a position to really have an impact. the idea was that chinese a project would be more than just simple in project. it

support for intervention in the congo, and elsewhere. a final form of competition that i write about in this book, is economic competition. when i talk about economic competition between the united states and china, the first isestion people ask how could china have possibly , competed with united states economically during the 1950's and 1960's? china was in desperate poverty for part of his time. way forwardhe great had been a horrific failure. during the 1950's and you have 1960's, as many as 40 million people starving to death. so where does china get the money and resources to compete with the united states in terms of economic aid? i argue in the book that china was actually highly strategic aid and also surprisingly successful. in fact, i would say china's economic aid programs were significantly more successful than its diplomacy and support for revolutions. china focused its paid -- a lot of its paid on poor countries in africa. these are not well understood united states. and where the chinese leave that they were to really hav

a lot of experience dealing with refugee influxes from its neighbours, the democratic republic of congowhich could allow people to stand on their own two feet. this is bidi bidi refugee camp. in less than a year, it's become the biggest in the world, with over a quarter of a million people. what's unique here is that each family is given a plot of land to build a home and grow food. businesses and schools have flourished. this is one of the biggest. it caters for south sudanese and local children, and the headteacher is a refugee himself. life in uganda is fair. when we arrived, we were given refugee status. we were given food. we were given non—food items, and the schools were opened. with the life, there is nothing bad except at present that the food we are receiving will not be enough for us. grain supplies for refugees have been cut in half, another sign that uganda is struggling to cope with the crisis. the long—term solution is to stop the fighting in south sudan. but so far, regional and world leaders have failed. catherine byaru hanga, bbc news, northern uganda. prince harry has

countries in the past to make real progress on ending the use of child soldiers the democratic republic of congo is a perfect example when the u.s. said that it was going to cut back on military assistance the government really started making progress to end its recruitment of child soldiers and there's been no new cases reported for several years now but by leaving burma afghanistan and iraq off the list altogether the u.s. is losing its leverage and these countries have no incentive to address this problem. to avoid is being listened to joe in any way would you feel a bit powerless when they come out. well until you know in the past with felt that the listing was pretty good so we are very disappointed this year at these big missions and we hope that secretary taylor soon in the state department will pay attention we have also been in communication with members of congress to raise questions about the listing this year and i hope that in the future these our missions will not occur and that the u.s. will use all of its leverage to influence governments and their recruitment and use of children

ground what are its textures and histories and you went to various places to expose that pattern the congo india afghanistan brazil tell us what it's going to look like well state failure is one of the hallmarks and part of why i wrote this book was because i didn't like that whole discourse around state failure was dominated by the right and that the solution was always the same more militarism and and i felt that there had to be a progressive left critique of that so. you know it looks like sometimes bread riots and we saw that in the arab spring which happened just after the book was published where you know food prices spike for the second time in a decade with basic grain prices because we should be a player that for every degree rise there is a ten percent drop in crop fields. yeah and so what happened there was you had the black sea drought in affecting the grain harvest in russia and ukraine in kazakhstan this ripples through world markets bread bread prices spike in tunisia and egypt people are out in the street protesting this mahabharat state they've lived with the thirty years

vast african rain forest spanning three countries -- rwanda, uganda and the democratic republic of congoory on "60 minutes," the doctors were trying to free a gorilla caught in poacher's trap. >> you've got a 10 cc? >> reporter: with the wounded gorilla close by, the gorilla doctors prepped their medical gear on the floor of the forest. >> martin, if you could get betadine ready too. >> reporter: finding her had not been easy, and t her. >> and you're going use that volume. >> reporter: dr. mike cranfield has been running gorilla doctors for 18 years. dr. eddie kambale is his right hand. and dr. martin one of his newest field veterinarians. >> so right now eddie is getting the anesthetic ready. because we know we're going to do a knock-down, he'll dart the first chance he has. >> reporter: are you a good shot, eddie? >> he is an excellent shot. >> reporter: eddie grabbed his shotgun that was loaded with anesthetic and went with the trackers to find the wounded female, who had hurt herself when she picked up a snare poachers had set for a smaller animal. they had to cut a path through the

and you're absolutely right that once they get them to something the program is the congo at the out and we have seen at them to get all that they crossed for example you know when the. took place for a few weeks after that has been seen. fight and fight in isis now with the same story with again he's saying we're not fighting also well the terrorists are on the whole war and it's going to last me before two or three weeks you know just like with the law and it's lost and i think for about three or four weeks the problem is that the european union and then i just state have become ideological state ideological but i do you want to start what should it is which here's a little bit here we still have this. standoff here and the ultimatums are being mentioned deadlines. right look to the end everyone's scurrying around looking for allies and all this. this is the end of the gulf council as we know it if he continues to be there they came out with a list to kuwait which passed out to qatar thirteen points was to. close down. all the others and all the other networks cut off ties with ira

goes on or not it's the same the french there and the dutch and and then the belgians you know in the congo and. how do we get people to kind of recalibrate their understanding of this that this is an occupation and not a war that you can't win an occupation that there has to be a completely different strategy to rebuild a country and bring them back into you know the norms of civilization as opposed to simply dropping depleted uranium on them and contaminating their their country and i think that's a perfectly. good question and and you know from the point of view of people in afghanistan they see the u.s. as an occupying force in their own country and the the reality is that the that the u.s. has not successfully been able to create in another country a political system that is going to meet the needs of the afghanistan people and the afghan people but i think one of the ways that we make that case is actually to listen to the military themselves the commander of africa the u.s. forces in africa said in a hearing in march i think it was of this year that the u.s. could eliminate al qaeda