the offerings in this market are as diverse as the people in darfur. voters will decide between two options, keep darfur carved up into five states as the government wants or make this area the size of france one region. >> long ago, we had one region and we didn't have any services. since we had the five states established, the services are better. >> this will not rupture the people. it will bring people together. >> in 2003, armed rebels from no one arab tribes said they were fed up with the more ethnically arab federal government turning its back on the area and neglects its development. the violence became a genocide. the u.n. estimates as many as 300,000 people may have died, including from disease and malnutrition. more than 2.6 million people have been displaced. since 2011, darfur has been comprised of five states in a temporary compromise between the government and rebel groups. now the people will weigh in. walking around the market, it was hard to find someone who wants darfur to become one region. >> for security reasons, for our welfare,

natasha gname reports from north darfur state on the way farmers are learning to cope. >> reporter: these 20 hectares are being cultivated with grit and devotion passed from father to son. but following the previous generati generation's way of farming is no longer an option. a cycle of drought disappointing harvest and an infestation of insects has forced adam alali mohammed to adapt. >>reporter: we work hard. we do our best. the new techniques have changed and that's why we have managed to cope. >> recognizing the threat facing farmers due to drought and conflict, the group practical action is sustained. >> he is learning diversity of crops he grows and planting in rows. he has learned how to make a more eive fertilizer. this water-spreading dam has hemmed farmers like mohammed enormously. since 2004, 11 dams have been built to help cope with the chronic drought and control the flow of rain when it does come. farms in the area have doubled their agricultural output. one of the flash points of the conflict in darfur is the tension between farmers and those rearing animals. acmad tells us

happening we are seeing republicans changed their explanation for their inaction they're grasping in the darfur an excuse. several weeks ago you heard speaker ryan say there is plenty of money in the pipeline to go to zika. earlier this week he said funding should go through the normal process considering that today is the deadline and they will not meet that, i am not sure pursuing a the normal process given congress's ability to handle the budget is a good idea. that is why that now saying they have enough information >> it is getting warmer by the data you confident? >> our success, let me say it this way public-health professionals is seems like a while ago that they are not doing everything that they should be doing right now to protect the american people from the zika virus. the other core priorities been trying to extract but there is important work being done at the national institutes of health and cdc in to try to protect the american people we should not do everything we should be doing with these health professionals have the resources they need to protect american people. this is

senator corker and i went to darfur and senator coons and i went to the congo.f the many things i learned is rate is a military tactic in africa. it's not a violation of the law. they teach it. when we went to darfur you didn't see a man younger, i mean older than 12 or younger than 72 because they fled. everyone had a baby. i'm talking when you're 45, 50, 60 years old, or at least endured so much been it looked like they were that old. the armies.com in, it's an ongoing process. this is a big practice on not just take it on africa but it's one place i know where it takes please. unless the with significant consequence of united states funds, despite address your organization, general, you're working on, we are just whistling in the wind because these people are talking. i just want to make come to wasn't a question, that was kind of a statement of where's which brings me to the question. general, is there any status of forces agreement you know that is required or otherwise put on the verge of any country that supports peacekeeping troops to those countries? an

natasha gname, north darfur state. >> bernie sappeders has won the presidential caucus in wyomings. it is the latest nat string of victories for the vermont senator still trailing his party's frontrunner hillary clinton. per you'veians go to the polls onsurd. the frontrunner is unlikely to win in the first round, 40sing a run-off election later in the year. many peruvians are still undecided as maria sanchez reports from lima. this month, 38-year-old was standing outside his home. a young man walked up to him and shot him twice in the head. his family said he died a victim on a rising wave of violence. >> there are seventeen to 18-year-olds who walk around armed and they have become more aggressive. there has to be a new strat degree to change this. >> reporter: crime in peru is getting more violent. shootings and armed robberies happen in daylight. police say one in every three murders is committed by a hitman. solana says she goes to the market carryingote only the money she will spend. she doesn't trust there are enough police to protect the population. >> you go out in a terribl

senator isakson: when we went to darfur, we do not see a man younger than 12 or older than 72.hey had all fled. the women had fled. they had weathered and in due endured much pain. they look like they were that old. the army that came in raped the women to break the family. the son is conscripted to the family. this is an ongoing practice. i am not just speaking of africa. but it is one place i know where it takes place. and unless there was a significant consequence of the united states funds, and this may address your organization we are just in the wind. the wind. these people are talking to us. i want to make that -- that was not a question, more of a statement -- which brings me to the question? general, is there any burden on countries, any status regarding accountability to which those peacekeeping troops will be, in the event they create a felony or a crime? general: thanks for the question. i will have to defer. i know there is a memorandum between the country and those countries that go to a mission and the country they're working in. but i do not know the details of

darfur, in work in africa. it is a very intoxicating kind of forum, and if you have a profile, by one means, you might want to use it in the political realm as well. kanye west, whether it is deranged or not, he is talking about it for a reason. though.teresting, when al franken entered the toate, he assiduously tried tamp down his celebrity profile, and to stop acting like a celebrity, like a comedian. he became studious and serious and took his place in the back of the line of the u.s. senate, which is a strict seniority system. i do not know that that is what celebrities have in mind, to gain political power. i do not know that that is what they would be doing it for, to become someone other than themselves. draw, is a very powerful so i would not be surprised to see more going forward. on our republican line, we have lisa calling in from new york. you're on with mark warren. guest: i actually -- caller: good morning. i think it is the 24-hour news cycle that caused this. i was watching a movie yesterday wit

if you look at the calendar, this is the last stand on the calling darfur ted cruz to break through withq#u go to new jersey, we go to new york. weorxo go to other northwestern, manhattan states, then we go to the west coast. california evangelical vote are only about 20% of the vote. if ted cruz is going to stop trump's momentum and do it with the evangelical vote, wisconsin is where he has got to make his stand on tuesday. thanks for joining us, i'm sorry about the audio at the start of this. >> quite all right. thanks, greta. >> and senator ted cruz and governor john kasichhv are making their pleas%>> the primary fight is on and governor kasich hitting pennsylvania to speak to glorts first of ay=fuu me give you a tip. as a#]k mod accurate democrat you switch your registration and come over and vote for me in the primary. okay? [ applause ] and then what you can do is want to. i don't care. okay? [ laughter ] as long as i get your vote in the fall, too. but i will settle for one. okay. one out of two. look, the problem is not related to just republicans. the admini

. >> angela kitchens talks to us about her latest al burment "e" she has seen in darfur's camp.he b 52 singer champions causes ♪ sister, you have the world on your shoulders, and as you, you play with toy soldiers. >> peter gabe reel, most know him for his music but he is the kobe founder of the human rights organization: witness. he e quips and trains people tom use video to document abuses. he spoke to ali vel. >> he was watching you deliver a ted talk where you talked about an incidents when you were a child and you really, you enjoyed trees and bushes and foliage but you were taken there against your will. >> no. i was bullied by a group of kids. i don't know. i can't remember how old i was. it was probably 7, 8, something like this. and they took all of my clothes off and mucked around and these were people that i thought were my friends. so it was shocking on a number of ways, you know. it wasn't too bad at school. it was a school i went to later which was worse but it was still a traumatic event for me. and when i try and sit with people who have been tortured or loved on

when senator corker and i went to darfur and senator koonce and i went to the congo, one of the many things i learned is that rape is a military tactic in africa. it's not a violation of the law. they teach it. >> that's right. >> when we went to darfur, you didn't see a man younger than -- older than 12 ore you younger t2 because they all had fled. every woman had a baby. 45, 50, 60 years old, endured so much pain they looked like they were that old, because the armies that come in to invade the towns rape the women to break up the family unit, the men leave, they take is son with them or the son is continue scripted into the army. it's an ongoing process. this is a big practice. i'm picking africa but it's one place i know it takes place. unless there was a significant consequence of united states funds -- and this may address your organization, general -- we're just whistling in the wind, because these people are taught to do it. i wanted to make a statement of awareness, which brings me to the question -- general, is there any status of forces agreement that you know that is requ

senator isakson: when we went to darfur, we do not see a man 12 or younger than 72. they had all fled. the women had fled. they had weathered and endured much pain. they look like they were that old. the army that came in raped the women to break the family. the son is conscripted to the family. this is an ongoing practice. i am not just speaking of africa. but it is one place i know where it takes place. and unless there was a significant consequence of the united states funds, and this may address your organization , we are just in the wind. in the wind. general, is there any burden on any status enforcement regarding legal accountability to which those peacekeeping troops will be, in the event they create a felony or a crime? general: thanks for the question. i will have to defer. i know there is a memorandum between the country and those countries that go to a mission and the country they're working in. but i do not know the details of that, to be able to unwrap that further for you. i don't know if i could turn it over to you, ambassador? isobel: there is a memo

if you look at the calendar, this is the last stand on the calling darfur ted cruz to break through withweeq#u go to new jersey, we go to new york. weorxo go to other northwestern, manhattan states, then we go to the west coast. california evangelical vote are only about 20% of the vote. if ted cruz is going to stop trump's momentum and do it with the evangelical vote, wisconsin is where he has got to make his stand on tuesday. thanks for joining us, i'm sorry about the audio at the start of this. >> quite all right. thanks, greta. >> and senator ted cruz and governor john kasichhv are making their pleas%

. >> i look at somalia, sudan and are for -- darfur. again.at the congo first a look at rwanda in the way the genocide in rwanda played into the subsequent contact in the congo still going on to this day. i look at liberia and sierra leone. chapter on the arab spring. looking at a little bit on egypt andocusing on libya. the fallout of the arab spring from libya and a chapter on what andened in malley -- mali boko haram in nigeria. one thing i didn't mention is a lot of boko haram trained mali after al qaeda and the islamic state came in when the weapons and the fighters came in from libya. to northernead now nigeria. there are all these connections. that is the focus. >> i'm a retired u.s. army. -- iked for five years will make a quick statement of the previous question. it's an overstatement to say we have militarized our foreign policy. the amount of money compared to usaid is a miniscule. funding some training effort, which is what i did and africa. activity isng soldiers andrain their leadership in the right ways. we don't always s

i look at somalia, sudan and darfur. of southendence sudan. i look at the congo again. first, i look at rwanda in the way the genocide in rwanda played into the subsequent contact in the congo still going on to this day. i look at liberia and sierra leone. i look at cote d'ivoire. then there is a chapter on the arab spring. looking at a little bit on tunisia, focusing on egypt and libya. the fallout of the arab spring from libya and a chapter on what happened in mali and boko haram in nigeria. one thing i didn't mention is that a lot of boko haram trained fighters in mali after the mali afterined in the overthrow of the democratically elected government, after al qaeda and the islamic state came in when the weapons and the fighters came in from libya. that has spread now to northern nigeria. there are all these connections. that is the focus of the second book. >> i'm a retired u.s. army. i worked at africom for five years in the strategy division. i will make a quick statement of the previous question. it's an overstatement to say we have militarized our foreign policy

darfur, in work in africa. it is a very intoxicating kind of forum, and if you have a profile, by one means, you might want to use it in the political realm as well. kanye west, whether it is deranged or not, he is talking about it for a reason. though.teresting, when al franken entered the toate, he assiduously tried tamp down his celebrity profile, and to stop acting like a celebrity, like a comedian. he became studious and serious and took his place in the back of the line of the u.s. senate, which is a strict seniority system. i do not know that that is what celebrities have in mind, to gain political power. i do not know that that is what they would be doing it for, to become someone other than themselves. draw, is a very powerful so i would not be surprised to see more going forward. on our republican line, we have lisa calling in from new york. you're on with mark warren. guest: i actually -- caller: good morning. i think it is the 24-hour news cycle that caused this. i was watching a movie yesterday wit

in april 2003, innocent civilians in sudan's darfur region were attacked, killing more than 400,000 and displacing 2.5 million in a conflict that continues to this day. this past month the state department announced that the united states has determined that isis actions against the shiite muslims constitute genocide. secretary kerry noted that in 2014 isis-trapped yazidis dndz killed thousands of yazidi women and girls destroying the communities in which they lived for countless generations.. i rise here today in april not only to commemorate international genocide awareness and prevention month and pay respect to the innocents who were slaughtered but also to speak about what the united states can and must do to prevent atrocities and genocide. the commitment to prevent acts of genocide and mass atrocities has been a centerpiece of policy by consecutive administrations of the united states government. the united states was the first country in the world to sign the convention on the prevention and punishment of crimes of genocide signed at paris in december 9, 1948, and president rona

darfur, in work in africa. a very intoxicating kind of forum, and if you have a profile, by one means, you might want to use it in the political realm as well. kanye west, whether it is deranged or not, he is talking about it for a reason. though.teresting, when al franken entered the toate, he assiduously tried tamp down his celebrity profile, and to stop acting like a celebrity, like a comedian. he became studious and serious and took his place in the back of the line of the u.s. senate, which is a strict seniority system. i do not know that that is what celebrities have in mind, to gain political power. i do not know that that is what they would be doing it for, to become someone other than themselves. draw, is a very powerful so i would not be surprised to see more going forward. on our republican line, we have lisa calling in from new york. you're on with mark warren. guest: i actually -- caller: good morning. i think it is the 24-hour news cycle that caused this. i was watching a movie yesterday with rona