you can feel it, you can touch it when you are in gambia.really are scared about talking, about thinking different than what the government is saying. >> reporter: away from gambia and no longer afraid, rapper ace is looking for a safe place to express himself. he has been refused a visa entry into the united states. but he has not lost hope, determined more than ever to make his music heard. nicklas hawk, al jazeera, senegal. >>> peru is the world's top cocaine producer. the government has stepped up efforts to clamp down on drug-smuggling flights. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: the move is swift and calculated. in just over five minutes a small plane lands on a clandestine airstrip, on average, 300 kilos of coca paste or cocaine are loaded. there's hardly an exchange of fire with police or the army. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: for the most part traffickers ship the drugs out by plane. and it mainly comes from this region, a production area the size of puerto rico. the fight against the drug trade is tough. the government says by 2013

. ♪ find out about the music gambia's government doesn't want its people to hear. ♪ the only way to getis to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >> the show's called "third rail". we'll be talking about topics that you wouldn't ordinarily touch. people are gonna be challenged, we're not gonna take sides... an approach that treats every single player in a particular story equally. it's something fresh and something new. ♪ hello again, i'm marteen dennis and the top stories at al jazeera, hungarian authoritys stopping all trains leaving budapest's main train station part of an effort to prevent refugees going on to austria and germany and people are outside and security guards are blocking all

>> the few gambia's government doesn't want people to hear. >>el australia's government is being urged to remove children from its detention center on the pacific island of nauru. welfare groups wants allegations of abuse to be investigated. the pitch was built by australia to house eye sigh lem seekers. 30 allegations of child abuse have been made against them at the center. there have been 15 allegations of sexual assault or rape or four allegations relate to the exchange of sexual favors for prohibited goods. the private company, trans-field services, should be disqualified from doing so. th.access has become exceedingly difficult. >> i went to nauru three years ago when the catch was first built. the government at that time was very keen to advertise, to publicly size the fact that this camp was being built, they wanted it to act as a deterrent. in a sense it has worked. the boats have stopped coming. when the government changed a year later to a more right wing hard government, they kept it ke camp open but closed down access. now they ha

after being involved in gang violence, his family sent him back to gambia.w what he calls the biggest gangster of all. the president. human rights organizations have accused him of being a ruthless dictator. the threatened to slit the throats of all homosexuals. this is when killer ace released his song, although the song wasn't officially banned, his family started getting threats with his wife, daughter, and manager, he fled the country by road to senegal. >> looking at what happened to other people such as journalists who went missing, nobody knows where they are at for a long time, or getting tortured, my song is probably bigger than what anybody else ever did, i believe my situation would be even worse. i believe they would have used me as an example. >> reporter: thousands have made senegal their home, but here too they fear the gambian security services. we have spoken to a number of artists and social activists, none of them would speak to us on camera. too scare of the repercussions it would have on their families back home. gambian officials have s

plus, the music gambia's government doesn't want people to hear. but first, australia's government is being urged to remove children from its detention center. welfare groups want allegations of abuse and rape to be investigated by a royal commission. the center was built by australia in 2012 to house asylum seekers. but allegations of abuse have been wide spread. a new senate report says that 30 allegations of child abuse have been made against staff at the center. there have been 15 allegations of sexual assault or rape. and four allegations relate to the exchange of sexual favors for prohibited goods. >> the committee recommended that the private company which operates the facility should be disqualified from doing so. we can speak to paul reynolds who is ceo of save the children. he join us on skype from melbourne. thank you for joining us. save the children has been closely involved with a lot of these allegations of atrocities being carried out. this report is being welcomed by you, but what stands out as the most important recommendation mad

. ♪ and find out about the music gambia's government doesn't want its people to hear.of pakistan cricket are back and we will have all the details in sport. ♪ hello again, let's have a look at the top stories at al jazeera. hundreds of refugees and migrants being barred from budapest's main train station as they try to get on trains to austria and germany and criticized for the treatment of refugees. australia's government is being urged to remove children from a prison holding asylum seekers on the pacific island of malu, that parliamentary report says the camp is unsafe and inadequate. thailand's prime minister says the suspect in last month's deadly bangkok bombing has been arrested and foreign man detained at a check point on the cambodian border. a second ukrainian policeman died from injuries he suffered during fighting outside parliament on monday. now these pictures appear to show a suspect hail agree grenade which killed a man. at least 90 others were hurt. and the violence all began when lawmakers began to vote to give more autonomy to rebel-held areas in the

. ♪ the music ga mark bia's -- gambia's people to hear. ♪ so first to hungry where officials have closedrail way station in the capitol budapest to stop refugees traveling to austria and germany and it has been like in the last few hours and hundreds of migrants and refugees there are calling on police to let them board trains so they can leave hungry. security forces have been blocking the entrance to the station crossing over to andrew simmons who is there to talk us through exactly what is happening there and why the authorities took this step now. >> reporter: these people have feared something like this would happen. they were so under confident during monday's opening of the train service to austria and germany and they were flooding on the trains and police were standing back but early on tuesday morning the police were not standing back and they were throwing them out of the rail way station and forming a solid line, stopping them from entering. the station was closed for a time and then later they were stopped still stopped from getting into the station but some passengers were

the lyrics denounces gambia's lack of freedom speech.on and rampant corruption. >> after being set up and seeing my people be quiet and not being able to speak out against police brutality, not being able to speak out against corruption, not being able to speak out against people going missing for no reason, not being able to speak out about the level of hardship in this country, as an artist and rain are i believe that i am the voice of the people and being the voice of the people i have this responsibility which is on me to actually speak out against what's going on. >> reporter: behind these lyrics is young rapper killer ace he grew up in harlem, new york. after being involved in gang violence his family send him back to game gee be gambia. there he said he saw the biggest gangster of all. the president. human rights organizations have accused him of being a ruthless dictator he hit headline correctly when he threatened to slit the throats of all homosexuals to celebrate his 21 years in power following eye coup he freed hundreds of pe

the lyrics denounce gam gambia's freedom of speech and [ inaudible ] >> after being fed up and seeinget and not able to speak out against police brutality. against corruption, not being able to speak out against people going missing for no reason. not being able to speak out about the level of hardship in this country, as an artist and rapper i believe that i am the voice of the people. and being the voice of the people i have this responsibility which is on me to actually speak out against what is going on. >> reporter: behind these lyrics is young rapper killer ace, he grew up in harlem, new york. actual being involved in gang violence, his family sent him back to game bee a there he says he saw what he calls the biggest gangster of them all. the president. human rights organizations have accused him of being a ruthless lick tater, he hit the headlines recently when he threatened to slit the throats of all homosexuals. to celebrate his 21 years in power following a coup, he freed hundreds of people from prison. there is when killer ace released his song. although it wasn't banned hi

haw moon rights are under attack in gambia. anyone with a descenting voice is being targeted. and artist are being forced to flee. >> it is a song they won't put on air, and yes, sir it is going viral spending online throughout the country. >> the lyrics denounce the freedom of speech. arbitrary detention, and rampant corruption. >> see my people be quiet, and not being able to speak out against police brutality, not being able to speak out against corruption, not being able to speak out against people going missing. as an artist i believe that i am the voice of the people, and being a voice of the people, i have this responsible which is on me to actually speak out against what is going on. >> behind these lyrics is young rapper. he grew up in harlem new york. after being involved in gang violence, his family sent him back. there he says he saw what he calls the biggest gangster of them all. president dr. yaya human rights organization have accused him of being a ruthless dictator. he hit the headlines when he threatened to slit the throats of all homo sexuals. he frees hundr

[chorus singing] (narrator) in the countries of mali, senegal, and gambia in west africa, musicians knowngriots have traditionally played an important role in society as storytellers and historians. the griots sing songs and proverbs accompanied by an instrument known as a kora, a spiked harp with a gourd resonator. (brown) in many african cultures, there aren't written traditions. i mean traditionally, there weren't books, there weren't forms of writing and people needed ways of remembering things, of preserving their history and culture and values. and one of the ways in which they did that was through song. one example can be seen in the kora and the tradition of music that surrounds it. the kora is always accompanied by song, and those songs recount the deeds of heroes and kings, and these days, merchants and traders and other important people in the society. it's a repository of historical knowledge and also of cultural values. the kora tradition goes back several hundred years in west africa. it basically comes out of the old mali empire. the mali empire was founded in 1235 by sunja

miners in gambia say a slump in prices could cause them to lose their jobs. we go to where thousands of families are not sure how to make ends meet. >> reporter: thousands of family in this northern city depend on the local copper industry. this is it one of those families. he lost his job after the copper prices hit a slump. as a family man i have children going to school. it's hard for me to survive at the moment. >> he's now looking for temporary work, but that does not earn him as much as mining. >> this is a mine are, most people here depend on the mine. before the market, they were running small vessels. the initial period is from the miners. >> reporter: the price of copper is the lowest it's been in six years, and the slow down in primary consumer means a drop in command for the metal. the president says it needs to adapt its policies. if it wants to increase income. what makes zambia vulnerable is it's a commodity country. we depend on one mineral, which is copper, fluctuations do have deep implications for the economy in general. they do have deep i

reporter: he is an orphan from gambia, who arrived in germany after a sea crossing to italy. he learned the language, but working at the butcher took some getting used to. >> starting so early in the morning was difficult, and i did not know how to operate the machinery. now, i can start them myself. to beg the meat, i used afraid, but not anymore. now i know how things work. arrived back in february. they believe work is crucial for integration, and they are keen to hire more refugees in the future. >> i think we need to rethink things here in germany. we should not see the refugees as a problem, as a flood coming here, because they are probably the future for us here in germany. we have such a skills shortage, and we have to make sure that the new arrivals get to work quickly and integrate into germany and find work as soon as possible, and get the training and strengthen the german economy. reporter: everyone we met along the road two germany said how keen they were to work. they have artie shown entrepreneurial spirit in making the journey. let's bring you an update on th

asks.y per project is teaching teenage girls in the gambia have a start photography businesses so they can earn money to stay in school. youasked on "shark tank", measure roi, but how do you measure the social good? mr. cuban: roh, return on your heart. what else is there. there is no i, it is about heart. .t is something special she madeked about how her product personal. and i think that is the roh, making it personal. another question from a scholar in the chartered school network. dallas-fort worth whose project is -- she asked, how do you find the time or just the mental space to think? you are a big idea guide, how do you think? mr. cuban: there is not a lot of mental space there so it rolls over very quickly? everything is a progression. i forget the exact steve jobs quote where everything is a remix. the more you learn, the more door open to learning, the more ideas you have. i will put it in a different way -- and i say this to dirk and other mavericks players. the most competitive sport there is is business. it is incredibly competitive because you are competing 24/7/365/fore

the representative of gambia to the united nations. a member of the u.n. population fund. assistant secretary-general for [indiscernible] the undersecretary for unicef wife.d nations, and his permanent representative of indonesia to the united nations. permanent representative of peru. peru. members from unicef. abc news. walters from abc famous person for the news around the world, ms. barbara walters. [inaudible] undersecretary general for special political affairs. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] u.s.e pope's visit to the desk sees ben live coverage from washington, d.c., today beginning at 3:45 on c-span. we live with the president and mrs. obama to meet the pontiff at andrews. the welcoming ceremony of the pope as the obamas officially welcome him to the white house. at 4:00, the mass and ofonization at the silica the national shrine of the immaculate conception thursday morning at 8:30 c-span is a live cover

we've seen our students arrested in the gambia.e actually just learned about one of our students being beaten up by police in ethiopia, just a couple weeks ago. simply for holding an event to discuss these ideas. but, inspiring thing is that, students like jorge and others are not backing down in the face of these thugs. they're continuing on. john: fortunately most of you are from america. you haven't had this happen. you have questions for alexander or jorge, come up to the microphone. >> john, i'm from bristol, virginia, go to university of virginia. my question for who are say. i had cousin not recently, last year was protested in venezuela put in jail. what do you think the future for central and south america is moving forward? john: south america has the same resources we have but it stayed poor when north america got rich. do people have a sense it was government that did that? >> i don't think they did. all the history and sociology teachers give a marxist view of history and tell us how america became rich by exploiting l

the easterly winds driving the showers across central africa, big rain into the gambia, and heavy rain over the next couple of days. >>> thank you >>> still to come on al jazeera, the u.n. warns of a lot of generation, children from conflict zones who are not getting an education. plus... >> i'm an lake erie, where experts say it could be a bad year for pollution on the great lakes >>> in sport, the gift the syrian football team hopes to give to the people enduring the conflict back home. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >>> thanks for watching, a look at the top stories, hungary's prime minister urged refugees not to come to europe. viktor orban says it's

pope john paul ii: [indiscernible] >> the representative of gambia to the united nations. from the human population fund. the secretary-general for -- [indiscernible] the seÑora. >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] the undersecretary for unicef. and his wife. -- from indonesia, your holiness. and the representative of indonesia to the united nations. the ambassador from peru. from peru. mr. and mrs. egget from unicef. >> abc news. >> from abc news. mrs. barbara walters from abc news. >> barbara walters. >> the most famous person for the news around the world. >> [indiscernible] barbara: [laughter] i was hoping that you might -- [indiscernible] have a wonderful stay while you are here. thank you. >> the undersecretary general for special political affairs. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [crowd noise] >> c-span has live coverage from washington dc, the popes first data. presidente with the and mrs. obama to greet

she is originally from club gambia but lived in philadelphia for 14 years.ntire group with me, they have come from -- they are from argentina, from colombi sachla. vanessa, tell me, initially, just give me your reaction to what pope francis had to say? >> it certainly is a call to action for all of us as immigrants coming from different parts of the world. this is a call to individuality. to not be ashamed of where we come trans, who we are and to speak up, you know. it's like he said to not forget the mistakes of the past, to learn from them. >> we did hear the pontiff say never be ashamed of your originalins. don't forget where you came from. he also said he pointed out the sanctuary cities and thanked them for their service in providing a safe haven for immigrants and the underprivileged. what did that message mean to you? >> it definitely calls me to not be ashamed of who i am, where i come from, to voice it out loud, you know, as an immigrant. it's very difficult sometimes so to not be ashamed really, to speak up and i don't know what else to say. >> th

but she's also, her project is teaching teenage girls in the gambia how to start photography businesses so they can earn money to stay in schools. >> oh, wow. very cool. >> she asks on "shark tank" you made your roi when making a decision, but how do you measure the social good or the ways an idea would help a community when deciding on on idea. >> with roh, you turn on your heart. you know, what else is there? you know, it's not easy to get people to believe, you know. but, you're not there to -- there's no i, it's really about heart. so thank you. it's nothing special. you know, i don't know what else i can say about it. >> we saw a product was made personal, how it could specifically help you and i think that that's the roh, is making it personal. another question from a scholar, ceo of uplift education and charter school network here in dallas-ft. worth whose project is developing scholarships for north texas urban principals. >> cool. >> very cool. how do you find the time as busy as you are, just the mental space to think. you're a big idea guy. >> there's not a lot of mental spac