they come from all over the world from the central african republic afghanistan and the democratic republic of congo where in the east of the country two million minus extract the precious metals by hand thirty percent of them a children under the age of fourteen it's estimated that the democratic republic of congo is sitting on an incredible twenty four trillion us dollars worth of metals. yet the average salary there is just two hundred fifty dollars a year. and the country might be commodity rich but its people a desperately poor. swished stated direct to meal how was here in the east and democratic republic of congo researching a project three years ago when a massacre took place in a village. in disability this is morbid with. thirty six people were killed the youngest victim was a two month old baby. girl you. know i've lost my children. the country has long been mired in violence the civil war which ended in two thousand and three claimed six million lives one in three women here have been raped the country has enjoyed horror upon hora all because of its vast natural wealth tin coltan copper

the paradise papers focuses on the company's operations in the democratic republic of congo why this country in particular well first of all that the democratic republic of congo is one of the typical examples of a country that stuff is the result scarce meaning despite its reach it is the population states very very poor and what happened with business in that year see is that they worked with a very dodgy door opener that was already involved in arms stealing and i'm and dealing and through this door open it had direct access to president and the number two in congo they achieved to get mining licenses at the price that was four times lower than what the other mining companies paid at the loss of four hundred fifty million dollars for the congolese population so you're saying from the paradise papers what you're saying is that it's clear that they're involved in corruption now glencore isn't here to defend themselves they would probably say that they are

into glen cause part of the paradise papers focuses on the company's operations in the democratic republic of congo why this country in particular well first of all the democratic republic of congo is one of the typical examples of a country that stuff is the result scarce meaning despite its riches is the population states very very poor and what happened with glencore business in that year see is that they worked with a very dodgy door opener it was already involved in arms stealing and i'm and dealing and through this door open it had direct access to president and the number two in congo they achieved to get mining licenses at the price that was four times lower than what the other mining companies paid at the loss of four hundred fifty million dollars for the congolese population so you're saying from the paradise papers what you're saying is that it's clear that they're involved in corruption now glencore isn't here to defend themselves they would probably say that they are not to be involved in corrupt practices have you talked to them what is going to have to say to you. well we heard their

where powerful they were in a democratic republic of congo. when our protest as of clash with police in sydney of the australian government's treatment of asylum seekers. was. two hundred demonstrators rallied outside a fund raising event for the conservative liberal party washout in shame on you and free the refugees more than four hundred asylum seekers remain inside australia's decommissioned immigration camp on guineas nine a silent saying they fear for their safety if they leave well in all the developments the australian government has lost his parliamentary majority after another politician was forced to quit because he may hold dual citizenship conservative m.p. john alexander resigned after discovery might also be a british citizen making him ineligible to sit in parliament former deputy prime minister barnaby joyce was disqualified last month under similar circumstances that will now be by elections in both seats. my right to remain in parliament depends on my belief that i am soley australian. given what i have learned about the cons

in a democratic republic of congo. president. has extended the state of emergency in the country for three more months to say the measures he was first occurred in november twenty fifth in after a series of attacks and gives police more power to ban strikes and public gatherings the extension follows a stabbing death of a police commander into this earlier this month. now the international community has gathered in germany for twenty three climate summit saturday's focus is on the health of the world's oceans which are becoming increasingly polluted jessica bordering has been to the southern english coastline to look at the scale of a regime there. rising water levels and more and more extreme weather are eroding coastlines around the world progressively over the next hundred years places like this across the going to disappear it's not just happening in the tropics low lying pacific islands it's happening in places like. busy international ports in europe. erosion is not the only problem facing these coasts plastic that takes dec

narcan where powers were carving in the democratic republic of congo. to the us now a new york is known as the culture capital of the u.s. with its world class museums and broadway shows the city spends more than one hundred eighty million dollars on cultural programs and institutions every year but not everyone has equal access to the arts supported by public funding kristen salumi reports on how the city is trying to change that. in a low income neighborhood known more for its problems than for its art this outdoor festival speaks to the community. this morning and. from poetry to painting local artists have an audience here in east brooklyn that appreciates their work like stephanie fatha roy draws women of color. i feel like it's better for my art to just be here like young girls could see a representation of them as a positive rather than of themselves the festival is organized by katherine green of arts east new york under a new cultural plan new york city is targeting programs like this one for funding increases we want to make sure that every com

they were in the democratic republic of congo. u.s. republican senate candidate roy moore has denied allegations of sexual misconduct and his first on camera parents since the allegations were made the phone with josh has been accused of initiating a sexual encounter with a fourteen year old girl in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine when he was thirty two to be attacked for allegations of sexual misconduct contradicted by an car career in law i want to make it clear to the media present and to the people present i have not provided our call beverages alcoholic beverages beer or anything else to a minor i have not been guilty of sexual misconduct with anyone these allegations came only four and a half weeks before the general election on december twelfth why now the world's biggest online shopping spree singles day has come to a close in china the total takings are still being tallied but economist giant ali baba says sales topped one point five billion dollars in just the first three minutes of the shopping bonanza or opening set la

and the democratic republic of congo has some of the highest rates of rape and sexual assault in the world and the problem is perhaps worse in the east of the country where many armed groups are accused of widespread sexual violence but many women are now taking action now come way it has been to a martial arts school in the cover which is helping survivors recover and protect themselves. the seeker not her real name says she was raped when she was sixteen years old she is an orphan and her guardian and uncle struggling to pay her school fees she says a neighbor offered to give her some money but instead lured her into a bedroom in a guest house nicky sim money. if i shouted for help people would have asked me what i was doing there so i decided not to shout and to just allow him to do what he wanted then he did what he wanted and to me i left with a lot of anger. and i was right. but not anymore he says his cry. classes helped turn her life around part of a program for rape survivors. here at the panzi foundation in the town of in the democratic republic of congo the foundation's at

confidence women fight back against sexual violence in the democratic republic of congo. hello there is sending call in now for some of us across europe there in the feeding down from the north you can see them all working their way down behind this area of low pressure there and as they do say they're bringing in that cool and fresh air and there's more still to come so four degrees is the maximum temperature there in stockholm and only around five in warsaw towards the west is mild if a now but it's a role of a dump and if this cloud of rain swings down towards the south it'll turn cooler behind it as well so london on monday will only be getting to eight and for paris will only be getting to knowing that area of town around hasn't moved very far it's here stretching across the alps and all the way up towards moscow there and many of us are going to see a fair amount of snow on that northern edge to the south that's where we'll be seeing the rain but again some of that is going to be very heavy somewhat weather

their confidence when in fight back against actual violence in the democratic republic of congo. while champion crashes out on first lap of qualifying for the brazilian grand prix joe will have those details in sport. now iraqi forces say they captured one of the last remaining areas under the control of iceland a country to iraqi infantry divisions and sunni tribal forces carrying out the operation in anbar province it's believed eisel fighters are holding ten thousand civilians hostage in the town of our iran can has the latest from baghdad. the operation began early on saturday morning as iraqi forces went in to the town of ramadi is described as a town however it's a series of small villages where eisel fighters i have been holed up after they fled operations against them in ramadi and fallujah now this is on the border the border crossing with jordan which has been a strategic stranglehold for isolate managed to stop traffic coming in and out of that border crossing so this is quite key although we're not expecting huge amounts of i saw fighters to be in the area the fact tha

into glencore's part of the paradise papers focuses on the company's operations in the democratic republic of congoy this country in particular? guest: first of all, the democratic republic of congo is one of the typical examples of a country that suffers resource scarce. meaning despite this, the country stays very poor. what happened in the doc's they worked with a very dodgy door opener already involved with arms dealing, and through this door opener that had very -- had access to the president and the number two in congo, they achieved to get mining licenses at a price four times lower than what other mining companies paid at a loss of $450 million for the congolese population. daniel: what you are saying is that they are clear -- it is clear they are involved in corruption. glencore is not here to defend themselves. have you talked to them? what has glencore had to say to you? guest: we heard theire and they are just saying they actually got the mining license ahead of working with the controversial door opener. but what we see in the papers, this is just not true. he got credit from glencore

they were in the democratic republic of congo. protesters have clashed with place in sydney over the australian government's treatment of asylum seekers. two hundred demonstrators rallied outside a fund raising event for the conservative liberal party are shouting shame on you and free the refugees more than four hundred asylum seekers remain inside australia's decommissioned immigration camp on papua new guinea's man are silent saying they fear for their safety if they leave. as the camp continues to dismantle refugees say they think even two further days to leave yeah rabu mel hamm hostilities from sydney. day by day what little is left of the now closed camp is being removed here papa new guinea authorities dismantle makeshift tents water tanks are being taken away in the rubbish bins the men had been using to collect water emptied the camp officially closed last month leaving the six hundred refugees and asylum seekers who were there without water power or sanitation pain jay police have reportedly said at least two hundred of

and still to come here and al-jazeera democratic republic of congo announces new presidential polls two years after widespread protests broke out against president joseph kabila and hundreds demonstrate in madrid against treatment of catalogs the train coming to shreds. it's looking very disappointing if you're in melbourne or in canberra anywhere really in victoria or a c.t. the temperatures have been a bit on the disappointing side but there is also just to add to your misery rain once more in the forecast not immediately on monday melbourne looks fine sunshine and certainly can bring that rain heading up towards sydney where it's considerably warmer but fifteen degrees is the thing to watch and in contrast to the breeze out the interior to twenty eight or twenty nine in person the next two days but if anything it gets colder and more disappointing in melbourne and probably onshore showers to boot with a bit of a chill running up to sydney knocking five degrees off your maximum as well so active weather still in this part australia because across the tasman sea we had clouds streaking

the democratic republic of congo's shadrack a coalition made in one nil to the hosts after just five minutes. just what was my daughter thinking. roman burkey given no chance by his defend. we got a stupid goal against us. you can you can say miscommunication as president happens in for. mistakes it's what makes us human there's no need to point think it's happened. to him and had no plan going forward either but now that it's time for. certainly no that pressure. no party. only on three young milenko looked capable of filling the obama young void but skill is one thing goals are another. try as he might he couldn't emerge from the strike his shadow. all right hope finally came courtesy of us took the elbow. penalty for dortmund. in obama's absence hundred showed us that. the goal arrived at the second time of asking. maximilian fellow tank game six goals second top scorer behind the missing mr obama i'm. told the new boy with a simple trick. first to make a move first to the ball. to learn from it's not about stop i just want to help the team got a bunch of if somebody else goes bec

in a democratic republic of congo. faces pressure from world leaders at the epic summit in vietnam canada's prime minister justin trudeau spoke with suchi about the military crackdown in iraq and state that has forced at least eight hundred thousand ranger to flee to neighboring bangladesh trudeau's government is facing calls to strip the nobel laureate of her owner a canadian citizenship so dan is hoping to rebuild its shipping fleet after it was devastated by twenty years of u.s. sanctions has now been a month since the sanctions were lifted but recovery has been slow and reports from support so that whenever he looks at the port hasn't says he remembers the days when his import business was still up and running but that was before the united states slapped sanctions on sudan. i used to bring in clothes for people to design and customise now the ships have to stop at other ports the goods are unloaded there and then we ship here that has increased the cost of shipping so now i've been forced to close my business. as

they should be aware of and the human rights risks and of usis and co but mining the democratic republic of the congo has been well known for many years and with amnesty populist a previous report addressing the very same companies two years ago so now it two years later still none of the twenty nine companies is carrying out human rights due diligence in line with international human rights standards and many of them are even failing to ask very basic questions about where their kobach comes from and the batteries so if amnesty international research as can investigate these supply chains we are sure that these powerful companies can do it too and however what you're exposing right now are these big companies but is that the right level to address this because i imagine that a c.e.o. of one of these companies would probably tell you well you know look at the mining companies or at the governments that are more directly involved with the production of cold. these companies so we are talking about they belong to the biggest and wealthiest companies in the world and their consumer facing kompany is at

one more year that is what the democratic republic of the congo's electoral commission has demanded to prepare an election that was already a year overdue the opposition had merely rejected the process in the face of this relentless abuse of power joseph kabila and his servant the country's electoral commission have declared war on the congolese people. president joseph kabila was supposed to step down in december after fifteen years in power his refusal to go provoked months of violence and protests in the capital kinshasa which killed dozens the catholic church brokered a deal could be look at stay one year more organize elections and never hold power again now the combined opposition are blaming both the president and the electoral commission for the delay it's going to come up to the are we saying there won't be an election no but we have to find mechanisms that lead to these elections and that is what we're trying to do night and day seventy million congolese live in a nation almost the size of europe with poor roads and little power to run registration machines the commission say

the democratic republic of congo was supposed to conduct elections one year ago this month. in order to achieve the required transition by december 19th, after years of stalling on making preparations for elections, the government of the drc failed to hold elections last year. and relied on a constitutional provision that joseph kabilla could not step down until an election was held to select a replace. both the chairman and i and others have had ongoing meetings with the officials, including high level people who have flown here to washington. time and time again we have admonished them stick to the schedule and hold these elections. the interpretation of the constitution is an apparent contradiction to other constitutional provisions requiring elections to be held on time. and limiting the president to two terms. the election commission has just announced that elections cannot be held until late 2018. we were told by nikki haley, they're talking about december 2018. how often have we seen those time lines slip? and then we would be in 2019, i think she made it very clear,

then now in rwanda after a stint in uganda and we'll also be performing in kenya the democratic republic of congo zimbabwe performing and also doing workshops with other musicians. compiled a varied program which will enable the two germans to get an insight into a very different well. it's really interesting it's different here from kampala for instance that's really a cultural hub one of the best places for going out in africa. and the best. gali is a bit different. at least as my first impression. excited about what else we're going to see during this trip. today's workshop takes place at the music high school in he endo three hours away from he going. but what was organized by concertina hay the head of the current institute. megalo got to know the students a bit talking about all sorts of things from the difficulties musicians have in germany to family problems and record companies. finally it was time for some music. then megalo showed the music students what he could do to with a spontaneous fall to run king and to rhyming. i am. the one. thing we don't want to turn up here like agree with

we're talking about here is what it's done so that's ok then if they came from the same democratic republic of congo or with a fine and was in its eyes it's not they're not i'm saying it's not our responsibility is to use money to investigate things that happened in the congo when it's not as well as the man in the congo if there most anybody because the accusations are not on when and where they are when i'm out in. multiple corporations the many governments organise many governments so let them investigate mr mann ira do you expect zimbabweans never mind the international community simply to gloss over all this instead of seeking a detailed accounting of what took place or don't you care or don't you simply don't care or don't you see the router as the rose petals which are which mr man under way in the in the generals are being thrown i mean. fitted with have been fitted with rose petals right now they are heroes including the generals are talking about all were involved in all of this that you're talking about so it means muslims are happy with that situation the people that i would have if you

ranking member bass, congressman donovan, thank you for invietding me to speak about the democratic republic of congo. it's always an honor to have an opportunity to discuss our work with supporters of africa and for me it's a pleasure to be back testifying before this subcommittee. u.s. aid has maintained a long-term relationship with tdrc and its people since the country became independent in 1960. with its vast mineral wealth, the country has tremendous opportunity for economic growth that could lift citizens out of poverty and propel the country if had to middle income status. instead protracted political uncertainty is fuelling vile ole and instability and prevents the country's full potential. the reality is they're teetering on the brink of a crisis such as it has not seen since the formal end of the second congo war in 2003. due to the political crisis and continued electoral delays, the mandates of all elected government officials have officially expired. while an election alone will not solve the drc's many challenges, credible inhad clusive presidential and legislative elections are kritdi

election officials in the democratic republic of congo say a long overdue presidential election will finally take place in december twenty eighth seen the country seen widespread anger president joseph kabila his refusal to relinquish power his term and that in december twenty sixth seen reports. one more year that is what the democratic republic of the congo's electoral commission has demanded to prepare an election that was already a year overdue the opposition had merely rejected the process in the face of this relentless abuse of power joseph kabila and his servant the country's electoral commission have declared war on the congolese people. president joseph kabila was supposed to step down in december after fifteen years in power his refusal to go provoked months of violence and protests in the capital kinshasa which killed dozens the catholic church brokered a deal could be look at stay one year more organize elections and never hold power again now the combined opposition are blaming both the president and the electoral commission for the delay it's going to come up to the are

in the democratic republic of congo and the peatlands of central africa, there is an issue.ars ago and it has been locked safely in the soil for thousands of years. we estimate we have a map of the central congo peatlands for the first time this year, the shows it covers around 1a5,000 square kilometres. that is an area a bit bigger than the size of england. we think its stores about 30 thousand tonnes of carbon, more carbon than the emissions from fossil fuels and humanity globally for three years. but with more intensive farming and destruction of the forest, there is concern. sig green peas and sciences are monitoring the levels. the ra i nfo rest monitoring the levels. the ra i nforest is monitoring the levels. the rainforest is the second—largest in the world and we know that it is critical for biodiversity. with this discovery we also learned that it is critical for the climate. so far, the vegetation remains largely undisturbed campaign groups say there is absolutely no question of expelling forest people. in fact, those who live and depend on the forest, a re those w

just take the democratic republic of the congo, which produces more than half of the world's cobalt,e of which is mined by children. it is used by smart phones, tablets, and electric cars. amnesty has singled out microsoft, the leading chinese smartphone maker, and a french carmaker, as doing little to ensure their gadgets are not the product of child labor. earlier, i talked to lena rohrbach from amnesty international here in berlin and asked her if she believes these companies are really aware of where their cobalt is coming from. lena: we can of course never be sure of what these companies are aware of, but we can be sure what they should be aware of. and the human rights risks and abuses in cobalt mining in the democratic republic of the congo have been well known for many years. when amnesty published a previous report addressing these very same companies two years ago. two years later, still none of the 29 companies are carrying out human rights due diligence in line with human rights standards. many of them are even failing to ask very basic questions about where their cobalt

projects focus on violence and international intervention in the eastern part of the democratic republic of the congohere she traveled v regularly since 2001. her fieldwork is analysis cultivated in trouble with condo, local violence and the failure of international peace building. published by cambridge university press in 2010. then we will hear from either sawyer, who is the africa director for human rights watch. she's in congress since january 2008. into 2011 and in the capital. in august 2016, sshe continued her work in the country. following a series of human rights publications on political repression. she is now based in brussels where she oversees and rights watch working condo, rwanda and baroody. miss sawyer has conducted research in areas of northern congo and in neighboring countries afflicted by the resistance army and her research has been integral to numerous human rights reports and has informed the world about what's been going on. mister dizolele, if you could begin.>> thank you mister chairman. thank you for the invitation and i'm honored to testify before you. mister chairman, r

the plant is supposed to provide electricity to this remote region on the border to the democratic republic of congo but the local residents aren't yet linked to the power grid so for the time being they won't benefit. what we tell them that will. tell them that i think. you know we are not happy but you know just to get on with it but what you can do you need to intercede with the saudi. government or the media to bring up the i think no one has to know what the plan for them to know that it will be. this still will be used to make a wedding cake it's all part of the cookery course for local women. then you can use your hands so you need to wash. your hands. two hundred thirty eight families have been affected by work on the power plant so the company has to give back to the community in other ways really to is in charge of the course she has also set up lessons in beekeeping and arable farming if you do them i think like backing they will produce a product and send it off they could be able to sell them some. basics they don't they don't have to ask for their men everything. back to the seven only

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warmer as well the heavier rain is further north we have got some showers there around the democratic republic of congo towards angola some pieces of cloud out towards a southeastern corner but warm. they are going to a lot of top stories when i was there more protests have been taking place against zimbabwe president robert mugabe as the ring party instructs the chief whip to go ahead with his impeachment. kenya's opposition has dismissed president hurricane yet as election victory is illegitimate despite the supreme court upholding the results of last month's vote. and i'm going to macros for time as german chancellor is in jeopardy of the talks to form a coalition government down. the international committee of the red cross says the yemeni cities of santa ana beta and now without clean water a shortage of fuel caused by the saudi led blockade has caused pumping stations to shut down some yemeni ports have reopened to an hour and desperately needed food and aid but critics say it's not enough when general report. in yemen where a humanitarian catastrophe continues unabated anger rises as supplies wi

sixteen million cases of malaria nigeria is the worst affected country followed by the democratic republic of congo the number of infections last year was a million higher than two thousand and fifteen although that's a lot lower than it was five years ago james have been ron is the global technical director at malaria consortium a nonprofit organization that works to prevent and control the disease he says money isn't the only issue people also need better treatment. job you chose modeling of the occurrence of malaria as well as the cause of death is improving and because of that they able to correct some of the missing information they had in the past so i think there's an element of how the data is being collected i also feel that the number of people who access treatment is not as high as it should be we have made certain assumptions and yet almost forty percent of children under five who should be getting treatment are not getting it at all for example we assume that a large proportion of the children will be accessing treatment through the public sector but in a country like nigeria used to f

sixteen million cases of malaria nigeria is the worst affected country followed by the democratic republic of congo the number of infections last year was a million higher than two thousand and fifteen although that's a lot lower than it was five years ago james to vent iran is equal technical director at malaria consortium and he joins us now from london we appreciate your time so this this increase did it surprise you all that it catch you off guard. yes it did catch us off guard although we have noticed an increase for the last three years we thought that the increasing use of insecticide treated nets as well as the increased use of tests for malaria would decline would cause a decline but it's a consistent increase and certainly eighty surprising so what if some of the tactics you just described aren't working what is causing the increase what is missing. i think it's a combination of things i think the first. i think w. chose modeling of the occurrence of malaria as well as the cause of death is improving and because of that they able to correct some of the missing information they had in the

he was named in a un report for looting diamonds from the democratic republic of congo. the brutal theft of the 2008 presidential election. he has a long and very unpleasant record. i will say this, i think he will differfrom mugabe will say this, i think he will differ from mugabe in will say this, i think he will differfrom mugabe in one respect. he is much more of a pragmatist, much less of an ideologue and he understands the need for economic reform. he is business savvy. when i interviewed him for the new statesman magazine last year, there was one sentence statesman magazine last year, there was one sentence thatjumped out. he said capital goes where the weather is warm and welcoming. if it is cold, it flees to another country. he understands that zimbabwe has to have foreign investment. it has to have foreign investment. it has to have western bailouts. mugabe would never have uttered words like that. he understands, i think, the need to restore the rule of law, to encourage investment. in that sense, typical change. i don't think there will be any political refor