authorities in east africa are racing to counter swarms of gracious locusts have been eating their way through the region including kenya ethiopia and somalia locusts are not uncommon to the horn of africa but the recent surge is the worst the region has seen in decades the rise of these insects have been attributed to warmer temperatures if left on tracks the locusts could multiply more than 400 times by june united nations has warned that this would decimate crops in a region already struggling with food insecurity officials at the u.n. food and agriculture organization because are known as fat are sounding the allow it is a big city does it because that much as we say drought is a threat not just resave that floods can be a threat but if you're trying to drink a beer i think we're all for it but does it look as if richard is in i'm pretty good for it what's a good joining us to discuss the locusts for 2 or 3 hours a tumour is the if you know be representative of the united nations food and agriculture organization for to me this is fascinating our audience around the world have been

>> after years of drought, two cyclones hit east africa in as many years. influence phenomena filled the rivers. the heavy rains made the wet earth ideal breeding ground for locusts. >> it's really -- not hopeless. but disparity. we intend to control it. maybe in two, three months. >> despite the challenges, they've killed as many as 17 swarms in a day. a medium size swarm being 30 to 40 million insects. for those on the frontline of the locust invasion, like 47-year-old herder chris, the future is full of doubt. >> big locusts. they're just covering the whole sky. there was a kind of a cloud. >> having lost all of his 25 cows in the devastating drought last year, he's worried about what these locusts and pesticides will do. >> it will even complicate our livelihood in the future. if they're going to stay and multiply here or they make their home, their home. >> caught between the climate crisis and the locust invarks they hope to beat the odds they're facing. cnn, kenya. >>> those pictures. >> it's both fascinating and horrifying. >> at the same time. >> i

repeated its warning that some countries are not doing enough to fight the virus uganda in east central africa has stepped up precautionary measures in the hope of protecting its people and sluggish economy it attracts considerable foreign capital from china. the riving is and to have a international effort in uganda is not the end of your journey next you have to traverse the medical screening process that's been put in place to keep coronavirus out of the country. hundreds of people have already been put into isolation after passing through the checks some of them within moments of landing everyone isn't a road has to act fast even the airlines normally somebody living a fluke of their lives in 4 months and it begin from the airport but all it's done some taken form and all negative. so as we talk in uganda we still don't have anybody for an avowed off to keep it that way the uganda north or it is sipping extra cautious this group has a right from south korea the country with the 2nd highest number of coronavirus cases of the 700 people have been isolated since arriving in uganda almost 500

. >> it is a locust invasion of epic proportions swarming east africa right now. >> the united nationsay these insects could decimate the region's food supply and it's concerned it could become a full blown playing. >> three months, swarms of locust have been eating through east africa. people bang utensils to ward off an increasing menace to their livelihoods. to no avail. the locust eat their own equivalent of their own body weight in a single day. beans, maze, for these. nothing stands a chance. >> corona, locust? hope we're not see a reboot of the old testament because as firstburn sons we will have to worry. trump will be, like, can we do second born this time? go with jeez, eric. he's a nice man. go with him! ( applause ) this is one of the things that's sad about climate change, although it's affecting everyone, the effects are felt in different ways in developing nations. in a first-world country a lot of climate change is abstract -- did you hear aspen may not have the best snow this year? in africa, it's i can't hear you over the locust! it's a lot harder to deny climate chan

climate change is already a reality in east africa and it's endangering the livelihoods of herders in the region. if there's no water there herds die after a scout is an app which helps africa's herders track down increasingly rare sources of water using the latest satellite data. climate change is also affecting africa's farmers extreme weather such as long periods of drought entrenched storms are causing damage like they've never seen before. that's where the agric sap comes in it helps farmers recognise pests and plant diseases early so they can save their crops the app uses ai so every time it's used its database expands and its prognoses improve. in south america the destruction of the rain forest is a major problem now a digital warning system should help brazilian environmental research institute. fire clearing. not only can smartphones warn about these fires they're also a weapon in the battle against deforestation because the quicker the fires are reported the quicker they can be put out. sharing is caring can sometimes apply in the digital world to every piece of information

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let's take you over to nairobi seller who is standing by for us is the richest country in east africa and as i mentioned a hub for global companies what would a shutdown there mean. well i mean we're not seeing a shutdown yet but we are seeing a slowdown already in business i mean there has. already a week ago conferences international conferences were halted and so people have not been traveling in and out of the country for international conferences and and as you said now public sporting events any kind of political rallies everything has come to this world to a standstill event basically so that is something that that is already happening at the moment and also flights for examples to china and also can airways has also halted flights to italy so that is something that's also affecting both trade and tourism in the countries and it's and as china has also basically kenya's strongest trading partner that has of obviously affected that has obviously affected the economy here and it's also got investors very worried as well as of course in the countries in landlocked countries in uga

innovation hub in east africa that's why the sector is so attractive to the younger generation the government wants to make sure the countryside doesn't get clogged up with abandon the waste as a result of the boom so it's imposed regulations. as it was set up to be a horrible. technology we want to see does developing in the. technology because we want to see our countries developing but with minimal impact in council environmental consequences. back in school the laptops are given to pupils for free. since you started using it. many things has changed so students have started to think that. information is and is not on a day to day dave graney. they can no longer imagine life without them and they know these laptops won't goes away so the movie recycles so most students can benefit to the. business with it. costs the economy. sure for cars. trucks top entertainment and the top masks clinched the box cox 60. dollars. secrets behind the discover new adventures in the 360 to. explore world heritage sites. d.w. world heritage 360 good p.r. now. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minut

early signs of the virus continue to spring up in africa and the middle east cameroon and senegal join nigeria and south africa in registering their 1st cases this week the head of the un's will program sounded a stop warning if coronavirus continues or create panic around the world and as an economic downturn i've been telling the european leaders and leaders around the world you don't have enough money set aside to address the needs in africa east africa west africa and the middle east right now and if there's a neck an economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exists now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning old exports jonah how al-jazeera. well in the united states at least 15 people have died from the virus the number of confirmed cases on the rise in more

to address the needs in africa east africa west africa and the middle east right now and if there's a next economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exists now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. well italy is the worst affected country across europe almost $200.00 people have died there is 2nd only to china where the virus of course originated and there be more than $4600.00 confirmed cases in italy there right across. says it's receiving 500 calls a day from people with symptoms or concerns about infection. chinese citizens living in italy and calling us because they're a fright and requested by the counselling or medical advice whether corona virus outbreak is china's exports and imports hard causing severe disruption to ma

early signs of the virus continue to spring up in africa and the middle east cameroon and senegal join nigeria and south africa in registering their 1st cases this week that is the head of the un's will program sounded a stop warning if coronavirus continues or create panic around the world it is an economic downturn of until the european leaders and leaders around the world you don't have enough money set aside to address the needs in africa east africa west africa and the middle east right now and if there's a next economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exist now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation and there was more bad news for the airline industry already operating on margins with losses across the industry from travel restrictions of canceled bookings estimated to top $100000000000.00 the german carrier lufthansa announced plans to scale back up to 50 percent of its services worldwide now this may suit follows suit. al-jazeera well more deaths have been reported from the virus in iran with a 1000 new cases in the s

and leaders around the world you don't have enough money set aside to address the needs in africa east africa west africa and the middle east right now and if there's a next economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exists now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. well south korea is reporting $174.00 new coronavirus cases bringing the total number of infections to more than 6 and a half $1044.00 people have died from the virus so far of people there have been frantically buying masks. and stocks are running low and that's prompted the government to limit sales to 2 per person each week let's speak now to robert bright who joins us from seoul south korea's capital and rob people's fears it seems spreading faster than the virus itself an

to address the needs in africa east africa west africa and the middle east right now and if there's a neck an economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exist now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation but european health ministers meeting in brussels have problems of their own there are concerns about a shortage of medicines and protective equipment because of disruptions in the supply chain from china not helped by larger countries like france and germany banning all exports jonah how al-jazeera. prices plunged by more than 8 percent on friday as the world's biggest producers failed to agree on how to deal with the impact of the virus outbreak opec has been pushing for production effort to stabilize prices but russia has refused to support the move the development came as major stock markets in asia europe and north america all recorded losses on friday in the u.s. president trump assigned a bill providing more than 8000000000 dollars in emergency funding for corona virus visited the centers for disease control and preventio

by the early 1990's, hiv related tuberculosis, particularly in east africa, was threatening to erasell efforts of the previous several decades in getting tb manageable. susan: our time is running out and i want to bring this full closure. to know that your book is widely available online. if they want to read more about the diseases we have talked about and get a deeper look at them. to bring it to current times, if you are looking back at all of the lessons we have discussed, what is most important for people to think about with the current pandemic as the world approaches it? citizen, ofs a course, and i have a family and at my current job, we are trying to manage how to get all of our classes online and take care of staff and students and faculty. the best thing to do is to listen to the identified experts. in this case, the who and cdc. , closing downing public gatherings, and doing these things now and taking them seriously, and doing them for -- you know, do not relax the vigilance. do not take good news as a sign that it is time to stop being vigilant. all of the lessons from

we are in 92 countries, but in east africa, we haveve only barefoot college, zanzibar. [woman speaking native language] favdi: here we are receiving traineeees from different countries. tanzania mainlanand, kenya, uganda, and malawi. they come here. they stay here for 5 months without going home to learn about solar engineering. woman: this is battery and that one is panel. this is system of homome light system. favdi: the village needs to meet our criteria before our selecting them. it has to be far from the main road and then also the village has to have more than 100 households. each member o of the households has to pay $3.00 per month. by using this money, they can pay their salary or they can help the village. for now, we have 8 villages who have solar, so, we have a lot of villages ahead of us. [woman speaking native language] have you s seen this wire? good or no good? some of student, they understand swahili, and some of students, they understand in english. so, when i teach my student, i like to speak two language-- swahili and english. [speaking native langua

early signs of the virus continue to spring up in africa and the middle east cameroon and senegal join nigeria and south africa in registering their 1st cases this week that is the head of the un's will program sounded a stop warning if coronavirus continues or create panic around the world it is an economic downturn of until the european leaders and leaders around the world you don't have enough money set aside to address the needs in africa east africa west africa and the middle east right now and if there's a next economic downturn on top of the economic downturn that exist now in syria and lebanon it absolutely could be a catastrophe i mean absolute devastation and there was more bad news for the airline industry already operating on margins with losses across the industry from travel restrictions of council bookings estimated to top $100000000000.00 the german carrier lufthansa announced plans to scale back up to 50 percent of its services worldwide others may soon follow suit jonah al jazeera in all the headlines a fragile ceasefire in syria's last rebel held province it live app

innovation hobby in east africa that's why this sector is attractive to the younger generation it attracts people like that it we're all eric. he left school early but begun collecting electronic was 2 and he was 17 now he has his own company employing 35 people. to get a good we buy these electronics from different places and from people who don't need each year to but for us these electronics are valuable after collection we saw the electronic equipment to separate the ones which can be reused and resold after being repaired. if you take on the market the government wants to make sure the countryside doesn't get clogged up with abandon in west so it has imposed strict regulation. as it was set up to be a horrible. technology and we won't see duce developing in this as a level where we're the cream of his. bread offender technology because we want to see our countries do. looking but with minimal impact in terms of environmental consequences back at school the laptops are given to pupils for free. but since you have started using it. many things has changed this shouldn't have started to

now, to east africa's first community—owned elephant sanctuary.s one of the few reserves to employ women as keepers, helping to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned elephants. rich preston has the story. 280 km north of the capital nairobi, welcome to the red elephant sanctuary. meet naomi, one of the many female keepers here. elephant sanctuaries are normally run by the state, but this one is owned and run by the community. amongst can you's second largest elephant population. it's not easy for an elephant to abandon a baby, but sometimes it already become sick and is not able to work with the mother —— walk with mother. so the mother decides to leave the baby behind. sometimes they are eaten by predators and the community sees happening. that's where naomi and her fellow keepers come in. raising, feeding and nurturing the babies. then... we return them back to the wild after. being owned by the community means they can bond between the locals and the animals and what's not always been an easy relationship. years back, it was challenging. now we info

we make sure that we think how much said the women that have been victimized in this area to let east africa this know that we're not going to take it any more. my tika several of the women here have been forced into prostitution during their teen years. they've come today to tell their stories. so listen to me the truth i've heard some people say. it's a tea pot because it's not play like it's not. my mother she told me i was 14 when she told me to go and still display this woman that i would like to change out to the young madam over minutely useless syllabi and one kind of cool so that means so many. jews as a whole slew of stay safe thank you. despite the efforts made by authorities the sexual trafficking of minors continues to grow in the united states here in the most economically powerful country in the world it's estimated that 300000 children are involved in sexual slavery. the atlantic alliance the bedrock of the post world war 2 global security order is slowly but surely unraveling more and more often washington and brussels by virtue of important foreign policy issues today europ

s are in the internal displaced persons and they all are focusing concentrated in the middle east africa europe asia pacific and the americas just just in the in the middle east so alone you have the concentration the palestinian refugee camps that have been there forever in jordan west bank gaza syria lebanon. and you know there are about 1500000 of these camps just in that region. officially but i'm officially you just double that 3 to 4000000 so what we're talking about here is are areas in concentrations of people. that are already are living in very squalid conditions they have no access to medical hardly any medical care whatsoever they're in very crowded and densely populated areas so that it's impossible to do any kind of spacing out as socially distancing yourselves from anybody and and the fact that they cannot get these these vital necessary personal protection equipment. let alone ventilators tells me that if this if the if the virus is to hit these areas these concentrations it's going to be kind of catastrophic but cataclysmic catastrophic cataclysmic you did me one better

these remains are in the collected site and yet this is where the destinies of africa the middle east and the mediterranean converged some 1400 years ago. in $641.00 a game changing event would occur with their vast conquest campaign underway the arab armies established a junction between africa and the middle east their expansion into egypt would change the continent's entire economy and intensify the demand for slaves. slavery was crucial to the concourses self and it was crucial to d. systems of these empire and its expansion from the concourses self captives where turned into slaves and those lows were recruited in da to me that conquered basically the world at that time. it was 1st and foremost a trade with economic and political stakes. the slaves were the essential source of energy. back then there was no oil. they were in effect the driving force behind these emerging empires. the arab troops pressed ahead as far as south of egypt all along the nile stretched the christian lines of. their arabs found provisions. who they would enlist in their armies to pursue their expansion i

between china and east africa including people stopping following years of strong economic ties therend working in this part of the continent, but with the outbreak of the coronavirus there have been reports of chinese people being shouted at and restaurants being deserted. however the continent's largest airline, ethiopian airlines, still goes to china. a lot of the forecast has been on direct flights from china and the fears that it could be imported from china, however many of the confirmed cases so far have been imported from europe. many are hoping it will remain small—scale, because many health systems on the continent would struggle to cope with a large—scale outbreak that needs many critical care patients, so the advice to them has been detected early, isolate the cases and limit local transmission of covid—19. is a correspondence based in sub—saharan summing up what is being done at. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm marc edwards, here is your thursday sport briefing. in the english fa cup, manchester city and leicester city are throug

course, reviewing and discussing sections that really talk about malcolm x's views on africa and even the middle east, and of course we read a few of the letters that he sent home when he was traveling in 1959 as well as 1964, in africa as well as the middle east, as well as a few speeches that he made, one in 1959 and another in 1965 before he was killed that really talked about his viewpoints on africa, and then also a very critical interview that he gave when he attended the organization of african unity conference in late july of 1964, in which he sort of discussed his strategy and the reason why he came to that conference and was appealing to these african heads of state. so hopefully everyone has read and listen to these speeches so we can really get a sense of malcolm x's viewpoints on africa. but really, in order for us to really understand why malcolm expressed some of the things he did in these letters -- because in many ways we see he is arguing against particular ideas within the black community that were right spread -- widespread. it is critical for us to have a very good vantage point