let's hear from our correspondents in uganda, the drc, zimbabwe and kenya. in uganda, the drc, zimbabwend ken a. . . , , kenya. uganda is entering the second wave of the pandemic _ kenya. uganda is entering the second wave of the pandemic will _ kenya. uganda is entering the second wave of the pandemic will suggest - kenya. uganda is entering the second wave of the pandemic will suggest a l wave of the pandemic will suggest a day ago, he recorded its highest average number of positive cases nearly 1500. there are concerns that if cases keep rising at this rate, hospitals might run out of oxygen. amidst the rising cases, the president last sunday announced a partial lock down, closing down schools and restricting travel between districts. the country had received nearly1 million doses of the oxford vaccine in march. these are fast running out with authorities saying earlier this week that a new consignment would arrive within this week. but that has yet to happen. within this week. but that has yet to ha en. , within this week. but that has yet to hauen. , within this week. but that has

describing the horrific violence in drc. we are pushing the u.n., one, to engage every peacekeeping force there. the peacekeeping forces need to be addressing these protection issues of this community. and we need to engage with -- with the current government. there is a new -- well, it's relatively new president. he is now head of the african union. and we need to encourage him to, also, address this issue. which is on his watch, as president of -- of this country. but it's an issue that is on -- pretty much, on -- on my agenda because everybody thinks africa is my agenda. and i am hearing about it, and i'm engaging with the community. but i am, also, engaging with the united nations to encourage more -- more proactive protection regime. >> and you, better than i, of course, know that the drc has just seen decades and decades of devastating violence. and the violence, i believe, has been fueled by large corporations. in part, by large corporations' demand for the mineral wealth of the drc. >> they have minerals, whose names

at least 50 villagers were killed in two attacks in the drc last week.rol of much of the province of cabo delgado. in nigeria, there has been a power struggle between the islamic state west africa province — also known as iswap — and thejihadist group boko haram. the bbc�*s chris owokor is in nigeria's capital — this is his assessment of the islamic state's growing popularity. what they are doing is trying to fill this vacuum of governance. they can take over a community, and then sometimes provide some amenities, like digging wells, in some of those communities, providing security for some of the people, even the people themselves are said to be happy to pay tax to them to allow them economic or commercial activities within their area, and these, many feel, not available even from the government themselves. i'm joined now by our security correspondent, frank gardner. thanks forjoining us. i suppose, as ever, it is easier to identify the threat than to respond to it, so i'm curious as to what these 40 countries who have come together are proposing they d

and finally can i askj you why some countries like the drc are seeing such high numbers at the momentpoor vaccination coverage. secondly, the measures. and now the prevalence of the variance of concern in all these countries contributing to this high number of cases that we are seeing across the continent.— across the continent. doctor, thank ou for across the continent. doctor, thank you forjoining _ across the continent. doctor, thank you forjoining us. _ across the continent. doctor, thank you forjoining us. thank— across the continent. doctor, thank you forjoining us. thank you - across the continent. doctor, thank you forjoining us. thank you for i you for “oining us. thank you for havin: you forjoining us. thank you for having me- _ let's turn to hong kong. the news outlet apple daily is promising to continue publishing despite the arrest of its most seniorjournalists. they were detained during police raids this morning, and live footage of it was broadcast on its facebook. here's some of it. over 500 police officers entered the building at around 7:30am. they confiscated boxes

my office matt with people in the drc. the individuals who were met with have been burned to the ground. their lives are in danger and they need help right now. how does the administration plan to address this at the united nations level? i get a lot of e-mails where the community describes that horrific violence and pushing at the un for the peacekeeping force. the peacekeeping force needs to be addressing these protection issues of this community, and we need to engage with the current government. there is a new wealth he is now head of the african union it's an issue everybody thinks africa is my agenda and i'm hearing about it and engaging with the community and the united nations to encourage more proactive protection regime. the drc has seen decades and decades of devastating violence and it's been fueled by the corporations. i hope that with your help and leadership and that of the biden administration they will commit to bringing together a coalition to address these issues and will formulate a credible plan as a m

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was the first first lady to get a radio address that wet national, that was on the dedication of the drc, convention hall. a famous one that she gave -- while we are on the subject of, speeches we will elaborate on the first of our channels, public speaking at the turn of the 20th century, several public address and rhetoric scholars were asked to identify the top 100 clinical speeches on the 20th century, on that list which was headed by martin luther king's i had a dream, or 21 speeches by 17 different women. four of those were by first lady, to buy eleanor for the vault after she left the first lady ship. barbara bush is 1991 -- and hillary clinton's speeches delivered and beijing to the un fourth world conference on women. in 1995. i can't speak for 50 minutes on all of these speeches. but, i don't have that much time. briefly, let me talk about where their power came from, why they are important. and barbara bush's case, it was with the use of humor to deflect a very uncomfortable situation that, if you remember, she was not the first choice to be the speaker a wellesley. there was

the and drc, the economic planner , said they are-going- the ndrc, the economic planner, said they'reo see that coal prices are going to fall, and keep a lid on other prices boosting factory gate prices. if they are successful they may be able to keep prices rising further. one of the things driving rising prices is how well china's economy is doing and how other economies are doing. global demand for chinese goods and demand in china for industrial goods, is one of the things driving that inflation. it is a bad thing to be unhappy about, the economy is doing so well is driving up prices, but china's economy is definitely doing better. we are on track for the best growth we have seen in a decade, so overall, it looks --but it looks -- there are a lot of issues. but it looks to be doing ok. rishaad: macquarie group fx strategist, thank you for joining us. give us a sense of how you are interpreting all of this. who goes first and what are the implications for this part of the world of u.s. taper or anything else taking place with regard to regional fx? >> thank you for having me on the

i would ask for your commitment to continuing american assistance to the drc and in pursuit of that justicend ask you to keep me informed of developments or how i can help? >> you have that commitment. >> thank you. mr. chairman, thank you. >> thank you. senator schultz is next, but i am turning the gavel over to senator coons. >> i want to talk about global press freedom, it's on the decline and the pandemic has made this trend worse. reporters without borders found journalism is completely or blocked in 73% of countries. can you talk about what the state department is doing about that? >> yeah. i share your deep concern. this is, i think, further evidence of the broader democratic recession that we are talking about, and that's usually often a leading indicator of that backsliding -- of that recession. we are doing a number of things, many of which are reflected in the budget. we have very active support programs for and protection programs as well for journalists, for those who are working to provide citizens of the countries they are working in, and basic information that they need. i'm