the new and rejuvenation occurred again in east africa this time through technology. some say the internet revolution is underway in africa as its coal is a broadband internet than centered on kenya. i know. ms joker fee places but the stuff because broadband them. it's indian ocean city of mombasa. his links to the various submarine internet cables that connect africa to europe and asia. the johannesburg based development bank of southern africa specializes in financing africa's information communications technology sector. memphis old as the ict sector the cables and does dishes and devices that connect people to the internet and tv that the us we are out of box experience that admission that the next six. if one looks at the underwater sea cables sequel money to ease the table and east coasts of africa. and the envisaged that includes mental cable she makes is that exists for that occasional of ict products the bed as a result of the set and watch the sea cables and the auntie and set to rights arguments and if they meet the cats in the next two years the african co

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. ♪ >> i been coming here to uganda in east africa since 2007 when wine to water started. all over uganda from the capital to central and north of gulu near the south of the sudan border. for the last two years, i viewed east africa as a second home to me because of how much i changed as an individual. it made such an impact on me. right here, we are standing over top the beginnings of the river here in uganda. it's weird to be here because this is the most mighty river in the world, yet the biggest need, the mightiest need for water is here in the same country. right now, there's one in three wells in uganda that are not working. it's expensive to redrill. we can rehabilitate them and teach the locals how to maintain the well. >> clap your hands. >> this school had a well put in quite a few years ago. it's been broken for some time now. >> this place is a simple school. >> i met gilbert in 2007. he's been helping us with water projects all over uganda including well rehabilitation. you were a teacher here, correct? >> yes, i was a teacher. we have 597 pupils. half of them

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vatican from the balcony he offered wishes for a better world and a call for peace in the middle east and africa>> translator: prince of peace, and every place turn hearts aside from violence, and inspire them to lay down arms and undertake the path of dialogue. >> as christians gathered for the pope's message, christians from around the world have travelled to bethlehem to celebrate where many believe jesus was born. nick what is it like there? >> reporter: richelle it is really relaxed. you can see the tree right there, and that's the church nate tiffty where it is believed that yes s-- jesus was born. there is a real celebratory atmosphere here. they are all come here to celebrate this day, and the turnout has been higher than normal. that has boosted hope here for peace. there are a lot of people here praying for peace right now. the israelis and palestinians are currently negotiating, and right here in this town where jesus was believed to have been born, a lot of people are hoping that peace can come so more tour uses can come in. >> nick let's talk more about that that. are there any conc

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the summit in nairobi east africa need is at scrabble come unto thee at the time to make the same commitment is his rightful president celtic at accepting an immediate ceasefire and the state is in the prodigal son to die. we're going to the amusement by the government of the time of such a dumb to lie in the immediate cessation of hostilities i'm calling no wonder the city and much of it and not that hard just to make it silly to call me months if austin is two months he is always in four days of disco reading it the senate where the coral sea to taking her to the measures. it's the same entity with the bbc and mentally that did not specify what they can accept the case the request to delay the fountain right to a ceasefire. he can fend teen political prisoners had been freed and demanded the release about this. since the fifteenth of december south sudan has been torn apart by intense i think the concrete is sensitive and too many presidents of the key at a key says his former vice president react which i tend to do. it's a common struggle which has resulted in him to take clients to keep

militias and a rewarding news also reported to be attacking opposing ethnic groups western thousand east africa besides i've tried to be vip twinkie a hunting cap and revelry that much up in your both men say the conflict is political not tribal. china's south to north water diversion project has made a significant step the completion of the massive politics of middle line. the fourteen hundred kilometer plus middle line originates from the dungeon carl reservoir in van province and heads north parallel ing debate jean wong chau right away. eventually ending the of ageing and tension. and of the line project kicked off in two thousand and three with an investment of over two hundred billion yuan. once the project is operating is of diverse as much as none of the hopping into the faces of war to two arid regions in northern china including beijing and tianjin effectively saving water shortage as they are. china's famous high lake is on the road to recovery. after years of constantly high pollution levels. the work of local volunteers the scene of these levels drop in dolly says he ends up with c

collapsed began to be sold on the cheap throughout latin america the middle east africa and in some countries by drug gangs and anti government militants. on al qaeda videotapes osama bin ladin is often seen with a kalashnikov rifle nowadays the gun is believed to be responsible for a quarter of a million deaths every year to make our kalashnikov often said how upset he was by that grim statistic and called for tougher u.n. measures to halt the illicit distribution of small arms. weapons should alah be in the hands of those people who defend their country that is to defend not attack i designed the rifle not for international conflicts but to protect the borders of my homeland kalashnikov design different variants of the gun but what unites them all is their simplicity and reliability. the assault rifle even became a cultural icon it's depicted on the flag and coat of arms of several countries and organizations kalashnikov has many honors including the highest state award the golden star of the hero of russia presented to him on his ninetieth birthday we're none other than the president but d

mad and therefore no need for pc usage in the script the lady of east africa's leaders in nairobi determined that the facilities to deal sees within four days time the summit will consider taking fed the unspecified majors. perhaps a clear indication of just how we'll see who is delusional leaders of being the situation in south sudan. the move has been hailed in some quarters full probably force holding that the escalation of violence and containing an unfolding humanitarian crisis see especially if it takes to tread the line. you see the scale isn't. if somebody shoots the computer these. to be disastrous. to be disastrous not only for you god. firefox was sent to the sudanese to be disastrous for all of my blog and cheese if it hadn't been as committed as i was watching all of that showing initial success is following the release of the age of eleven politically this idea detained by the tortillas in juba the time and money they need to be too depressed and solve the cat and the former vice president rick musharraf may just see a return to peace in africa is the youngest nation. cctv of t

in east africa from investment companies and individuals. by doing so can reducing emissions and the oceans become possible being that cctv camera although that is changing policy that i'm tied to the weather itself in yemeni province of the spin of the snow hold true today the strong winds and temperature drops of prop up to stop and open traffic with a bit. the provision is also warning center has issued an alert for icy roads as many as six times wednesday night as a result which ten highways have to be either completely all coffee shop on a bus services in and out of downing been suspended. a warning for strong siemens was issued just this morning and falling back of the dolly and passenger paul says that most batteries from a border been canceled for today. so hasn't snowed and ageing actor despite winter what one off months of winter already the service is up in with the show again in ninety minutes of o'clock local time eighteen one the bars. you often hear the stories in a way to visit our website or leave a comment on our hands you

there are secret bases in saudi arabia, oman, in east africa. my understanding is there also is a facility inside of yemen and, of course, in afghanistan drones are being flown across the border into pakistan. for some time there was also a drone base in pakistan that blackwater, the mercenary company, worked on as well and, of course, i wrote a book about that. it's a pretty large program. and to me, one of the things that's fascinating and devastatingly awful about the whole thing is that you can have guys who are trained drone pilots, you know, it's not true that they're unmanned. they very much are manned, but they're manned remotely. you can have a drone pilot sitting in a trailer on a military base in the southwest of the united states, and he is ening in a -- engage anything a bombing in pakistan or yemen, and he gets in his suv at the end of the day, and he passes a sign saying buckle up, this is the most dangerous part of your day. meaning that you're in a war zone theoretically, and you're dropping actual bombs on people, but you have

he had a special connection with east africa during apartheid he did his military training in uganda, regional leaders have been sending their tributes. the president did send a televised present. nelson mandela was here in 1998, e visited, and this is part of what he had to say. >> we will all miss a true president nelson mandela lived an extraordinary life in a very his legacy equips the story of now and tomorrow. south africa and indeed the whole world is witness of his goodwill. >> he has declared three days of ll be flying at half mast on gs those three days honoring a man everyone here is saying should be emulated by african leaders, especily when it comes to d.c. democracy. >> katherine many thanks. >>> there have been tributes pouring in from world leaders. here is what liberia's president had to say about mandela when she spoke to us a little earlier. >> his humility is something that i admired. opportunity to meet with him more than once. i have sat at his luncheon table and this was someone who -- all he could think of was how can we make a better life? make life easier for

i spent two years in east africa, working with refugees in the 1990s.o it's not as if the church has suddenly discovered his commitment to the pour. but pope francis is trying to remind us of what has always been there. >> do you think he will be a transformtive pope? u.s.? >> i think he already is transforming things. i think just the fact that people are delighted with him, and people come up to me and say they are coming back to mass and the church because of him. so something like that, i think is transformational. he is welcoming people back, or people feel more welcome back who felt welcome in a long time. >> we really appreciate your time and wish you the merriest of christmases. thank you. >>> straight ahead, not everyone is thrilled this time of year, but we'll have the best way to beat the holiday blues next. >>> and why are christmas trees such a big tradition. and when did gift giving become such a huge part of the holiday. >>> and hunger games lit up we box office in 2013. we'll have a look back at the biggest films of the year later on. he

europe --ales in >> more than doubled, for europe, middle east, africa. we see the region turning the corner. not only luxury names but other companies as well. clearly, a lot more optimism buying into investment in the region. ipo's have double this year. >> caroline hite, thank you very much, indeed. moving on to germany. the nation has a government now. gave its overwhelming support for the grand coalition, joining chancellor angela merkel's party in government. last night, the ministers were divided up. david tweed has more from berlin. merkel comes out in a nice position but in some ways the spd does as well. run is through what post they got. comes ony merkel strong. uble, it was my guaranteed he would get the post but he certainly gets it. he is, after all, the seco- most popular politician in germany after angela merkel. the other one to watch is sigmund gabrielle, the chairman of the spd. he has reinforced his position as leader of the spd party. he becomes the vice chancellor but he also gets a very interesting ministry because they will be felt

africa? the middle east? canada? or the u.s.? the answer is.... ♪ most of america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> you know the ipo market has been red hot this year. we're always on the lookout for the overlooked deals that manage to slip through the cracks. that's what happened on november 20th when navigator holdings came public at $19 a share and popped 5.3% on the first day. not bad. but not like the huge spikes we've seen with so many other recent deals. navigator is a wilber ross backed shipping company that transports liquefied petroleum gases, lpg, like propane and butane, along with petrochemical gases, like ethylene and this is a strong business. demand for liquefied petroleum gas is rising worldwide at the same time we're producing a heck of a lot more of the stuff domestically here in the u.s. eight more on order, so the growth here is very real. the stock's giving you a nice 18% gain since i recommended it two weeks ago as an overlooked ipo. can it keep roaring? let's take a closer

he's an illegal alien who shouldn't have been elected in the first place and should be deported to east africa or somewhere more distant. we have a wild and wooly right wing out there that cares nothing about facts, only the need to strike a blow for benghazi, birtherism or bingo. yesterday the republican led house judiciary committee held a hearing called the president's constitutional duty to faithfully execute the laws. dana milbank is with us right now. this was an impeachment hearing. time and again, the red hots on the far right blew the bugle for driving the president from office. >> what can you do. you got to go up there and you impeach him or you go up there and you just cut funds off. you shut everything down. >> if a president is ignoring entire categories of the law, whether it be immigration, marijuana, mandatory minimum, the aca, what is the remedy for the legislative branch. >> the next recourse, the word that we don't like to say. >> we've also talked about the i word, impeachment, which i don't think would get past the senate in the current climate. am i missing anything? is

he offered wishes for a better world and called for peace in the middle east in africa. >> reporter: prince of peace in every place turn hearts aside from violence and inspire them to lay down arms and undertake the path of dialogue. >> many are filled with joy today in bethlehem as many come to go to celebrate christmas. but some deal in a land with cone fronttationwithconfrontati. >> reporter: from the little town where tradition has it where jesus was born, there are 200,000 christians in the holy land these days and many here in bethlehem say their christmas is not as merry as spelled like. >> reporter: this christian palestinian family does not need to be reminded that they live in occupied bethlehem. the israeli wall that separates the west bank surrounds their home on three sides. and every time their mother, claire, walks out their front door, this is her view. the wall is 30 feet tall. on this christmas morning her son did some last-minute decorating. they try and have a normal christmas, but their thoughts are always on that wall. this wall is ten years old. it was built af

place under the intergovernmental development authority which is an eight-country trading bloc in east africae this fellow machar the lead of the forces opposing the forces in the government. he will not join peace talks until his colleagues are released by kiir. kiir said he would attend talk but was not release allies of machar. i think until that's bridged, you won't see the peace talks which are necessary to sort of head off larger fight organize even regionalization of the conflict. >> ambassador, representatives from the u.s., russia, syria, u.n., all meeting today in moscow, trying to figure out how to safely remove syria's chemical stockpile. syria, middle of the brutal civil war, what do you see is the biggest concern regarding syria in 2014? >> first of all, humanitarian catastrophe that spilled over and affecting so many syrians, you can't imagine the pictures coming out from refugee camps at this point. secondly, the spillover into iraq and the sectarian strife that al qaeda's now resurging as a result of the violence, and let's remember, syria's on the verge of now being split in

offered wishes for a better world, praying for christians under attack and peace in the middle east and africa. >>> a bay area woman is sharing her love for the holidays in oakland through a song. we found it online. the attention it is getting. >> we know oakland mayor has heard about this video. the singer describes herself as a jazz, soul, spoken word artist and has plenty of good things to say about oakland. set to a series of photos around the city, let's take a holiday in oakland may sound like marketing. lisa says the lyrics come from the heart. >> let's take a walk around the lake with the runners and lovers and kids of every color. >> a poet she recorded holiday in oakland as part of a holiday cd. she put out the homemade video two days ago. i love this city,is a great place and needs celebrating. >> we played it for people. it struck a chord. >> i would love to sew that to my students. there's wonderful things come out of oakland. >> a different tune than the violence many are used to. >> oakland is a gritty place and that's real. all the more important to continue to celebrate and t

the middle east and africa are also at the center of the deal. the long-awaited agreement allows governments to send them across illegally to turkey. an two sides also signed accord to open talks on dropping the visa requirement for visiting the eu. chile, a socialist was elected to her second term as the country's president. she served her first term as president from 2006 to 2010. election does not allow back-to-back presidential terms. >> i am proud to be your president-elect today. wem proud of the country built but i'm even more proud of the country we will build. campaign, she promised a major overhaul of the education system. she also wants to legalize abortion, a controversial issue in chile's catholic society. despite her popularity, it will be no easy task to address the seat divide between the poor and rich in chile. >> nearly three months after having held elections, the new government was sworn in on tuesday. chancellor merkel now heads germany -- ballots, 462 voted yes. do you accept the vote? >> mr. president, i accept the vote and

when you look around the world today whether it is asia, the middle east, or africa, there is the anti-mandela forces that are dominant. why is there no mandela today? >> i think it is important that we actually use his passing as a way to try to teach that lesson because i think it is so easy to develop that animosity and to keep revenge and polarization. i do hope that we can use this as a teaching moment because he actually used it as a teaching moment. we need to look at local interests wherever it is and a real sense of the globalization which has had an opposite effect of making people identify more with their own group because they feel so lost. they are proud in their own identity but when it curdles into hatred of the next people, then that develops this poisonous atmosphere that mandela did not put up with. >> let?s turn now to n the uncle was kind of put in there as regent in order to watch over him. there was also a military contingent that was part of that. i think that we don't know what the affect of it is and they have a tendency to do something to distract. on the other hand,

and why the city has become a base for a host of aid agencies working across east africa.ut all of this international engangment has also worked in the favor. the u.n. and other organizations have been keep to protect their investment and try to help resolve the crisis. >> according to one former diplomate, it has become a kind of virtuous diplomatic circle, staying out of trouble by helping the neighbors get out of trouble. >> you can see that's happening on the part of the kenya, quite effectively, by resisting any temptation to intervene militarily, in the conflicts that have been proven in our maying states. >> in late 2011, kenya's patience snapped the government orders it troops after somalis remember movement kidnap several tourists. the government sold the invasion as a way of securing the country's boarders. >> but after the attack on the western shopping mall, killing more than 60 people, the policy in the affairs of the neighbors is starting to look like a wise approach. al jazeera, nigh robe by. >> all right, let's get more news from europe now. here is marian

embassies in east africa.the attack, libyan islamists are threatening kidnapping. >>> just before his killing, there was -- it was a call for revenge for al libi's capture. a similar threat came to just before the attack that killed chris stevens from al qaeda leaders amar al swirli. but no one zawahiri. so at this point, they don't believe so far that al qaeda directly ordered it, the libyan government says it's still investigating the attack. the white house appears to be changing the story about whether president obama met the uncle who lived in the united states illegally. >> this is about a relative of the president who's gone through legal problems, and it's about an impress that the white house has given that it's keeping the uncle at arm's lengths. >>> the man in -- the boston globe previously cited the white house as saying the president and his uncle had never met, but the white house press secretary now says this -- >> the president said he in fact had met omar obama when he moved to cambridge for l

one was the situation in the middle east, and africa, where russian role is more active and it's making really visible impacts on global politics. regionally ukraine is very much dominating our screens. also, president putin managed to expand his project in building customs union, failing a way to economic space. and to the process of some kind of economic and social integration. >> you started by saying that local issues he's dealt with and is currently dealing with at the moment. what are the domestic issues for mr putin and russia? >> first big domestic issue is russianisation. if we look at modernization as a tech knoll ogeiccal thing, there's -- technological there has been a big investment, trying to build russia's society. we also see that there is not that much more progress on a political and structural modernization and reforms. they are weak personnel potential there. this is the problem how to do this governing elite. which is competent and professional. the other domestic issue is still this lingering problem with the position who are in prison after the protest of the elec

when you look around the world today whether it is asia, the middle east, or africa, there is the anti-mandela forces that are dominant. why is there no mandela today? >> i think it is important that we actually use his passing as a way to try to teach that lesson because i think it is so easy to develop that animosity and to keep revenge and polarization. i do hope that we can use this as a teaching moment because he actually used it as a teaching moment. we need to look at local interests wherever it is and a real sense of the globalization which has had an opposite effect of making people identify more with their own group because they feel so lost. they are proud in their own identity but when it curdles into hatred of the next people, then that develops this poisonous atmosphere that mandela did not put up with. >> let's turn now to north korea. there were reports of internal strife. kim jong un sacked his uncle and mentor. what does that mean? might they try to get militarily adventuresome? >> they are hard to read. he is clearly trying to prove that he is in charge. the uncle was kind o

christmas message hopes for a better world and asked for the end of fighting in egypt, middle east and africa> christians were targeted in three separate bomb negotiation baghdad. most of the deaths were in front of a catholic church. the catholics have been a common target for al-qaeda militants.

it's algeria second successive world cup finals the only side to north africa the middle east to reach for sale with the right second of africa at the end of twenty twelve but were forced to be told that the african cup of nations in january in the asian champions japan with the first side to qualify for the finals in brazil with the fast flowing football head coach bill bridges aka red meat among the toughest friendly fixtures to get ready for the finals of the team certainly delivered. factor in the house the tactical know how to on the talents needed to give his team into the final sixteen in brazil the trio will play at their eighth consecutive world cup finals next year. a one nil one last to arrive in the final qualifier demand side to it grab the last ball so much that place on goal difference. the qualification campaign ended with the team coach twisting of the consent of the team are ahead for embarassment and brazil site korea reached the semi finals in two thousand and two. or i'll just go for the fourth round of asian qualifiers but really came to life at the emmys with thr

what we know now is that the government in east africa particularly ethopia, uganda are on a footing because they share a very long borders with south sudan and they fear that if the conflict here spills over the borders of this country it could effect their stability. they are still thrown their weight behind the government of the president. but what they have not been saying is there is no clear timetable for the talks and not announced a venue. we know for example there is a mediation committee which includes the general, the kenya general who negotiated the comprehensive peace argument which resulted in the referendum that saw south sudan separate from the rest of sudan but we don't know about venue and don't know anything. the officials of the government here of south sudan have no timetable or anything to show where the talks will be held, who will be attending and negotiating teams and brought forward. it's still up in the air. >> reporter: certainly, for now the fighting continues and mohamed thank you. the sectarian conflict in iraq between sunni is worsening and dozens have

christmas message hopes for a better world and asked for the end of fighting in egypt, middle east and africa. >>> christians were targeted in three separate bomb negotiation baghdad. most of the deaths were in front of a catholic church. the catholics have been a common target for al-qaeda militants. edward snowden's christmas message was a call to end all surveillance. it was ran counter of the message made by the queen. >>> migrant's boat capsized about. 38 people were reportedly rescued. the boat capsized while being towed to docks. and they were assisting in the search of additional bodies. for more on the headlines throughout the day about "g" too www.aljazeera.com. >> the epic battle of david and goliath is depicted here in the recent series, the bible. and every child knows how the story ends. the stone from the shepherd's sling strikes the phi philistine in the head. perhaps david wasn't the underdog we all thought it to be. it is the author's third book, since the tipping point and blink. i talked to him about his unconventional families and his upbringing in a biracial family. >> m

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with the united states and that this new engagement with brazil, whether it was in the middle east, africa, asia, or in the americas, it meant that the united states had do -- had to understand brazil in a different light. brazil also had to rethink its relationship with the united states. that whilenoted grenville -- brazil in the united states had historically been friendly, there was a polite distance that we had gone about our business. increasingly, we have seen more connectivity between our thatties and our peoples was going to affect our diplomacy and foreign policy towards each other. with time, our people and werety were be going -- going to become the drivers of our relationship and not our government. i would argue that i was right in all of those assertions. else, my four years in brazil have convinced me that they are still valued. id.val its own brazil has seen fair share of internal political with the many demonstrations we saw across brazil, this is evidence of the health of brazilian democracy. there is broad public space for citizens to demonstrate and protest and make th

peter's basilica he called for peace in the middle east and africa. >> prince of peace in every place turn hearts aside from violence and inspire them to lay down arms and undertake a path of dialogue. >> many are filled with joy as people come together to celebrate christmas. some are de dealing with the day realities of living in a land of conflict and separation. thank you for joining us in te telling people's personal stories and what they're doing on a day-to-day basis, nick, tell us more. >> reporter: absolutely, richelle, good afternoon f the little town where tradition has it jesus was born. there are 2 hyundai a-league "h" >> they don't need reminding that they live in occupied bethlehem. this wall surrounds their home on three sides. every time mother, claire, walks out her front door she has this view this 30-foot wall. her son did last-minute decorating, they try to enjoy their christmas, but their thoughts are on this wall. it is ten years old. it was built when palestinian militants fought israeli soldiers. for the last decade it has brought incredible hardship. >> this

if you go in the middle east and north africa and down in the sub saharan africa, people being murdered and driven out of the place where christianity was born. >> prince charles says muslims are driving christians from the middle east through persecution. he's even said -- this is a quote from prince charles, it seems we cannot ignore the facts christians in the middle east are increasingly being deliberately targeted by fundamental islamic militants. that's prince charles. >> they're being murdered and massacred in syria and iraq. the cops are being persecuted in egypt in the sudan, they have been after the christians a long time. this whole battle in the central african republic which is deeply christian. it's a militant islam all around its borders is attacking everywhere on its borders and predominantly now attacking christians if you deal with north and central africa and the middle east. >> why did any suddenly turn on the christians? >> it was written in 1938 the year of munich when everybody was talking about the east/west and nazis, he said we'll see another rising of this gre

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began to be sold on the cheap throughout latin america the middle east and africa where they were used by fighters in ethnic conflicts and in some countries by drug gangs and terrorists on al qaeda footage some of the london was often seen with a kalashnikov rifle nowadays and the gun is believed to be responsible for a quarter of a million deaths every year this always upset me. call for tougher your measures to halt the illicit distribution of small arms. weapons should either be in the hands of those people who defend their country that is to defend not to tack i designed a rifle not for international conflict but to protect the borders of my homeland designs different models of the gun but what unites them all is their simplicity and reliability. the assault rifle even became a cultural icon is depicted on the flag and coat of arms of several countries and organizations mikhail kalashnikov had many honors including the highest state award the golden star the hero of russia. but despite such astonishing fame and respect unbelievably he didn't make a penny from the sale of his weapon