at melt water, i witnessed what the future of ghana and the entire continent of africa will look like. if we do everything we can to support young entrepreneurs and continue to build lasting partnerships. these aspiring entrepreneurs are living proof of what robert f. kennedy described nearly 50 years ago at the university of cape town, they represent ripples of hope. indeed, every entrepreneur in ghana, nigeria, angola or elsewhere who starts a business and embraces a new idea represents a ripple of hope for the prosperity of a community. every student in morocco, ethiopia or elsewhere who earns a degree and joins the work force represents a ripple of hope for the future of a family. every business owner in kenya or elsewhere who decides to reach new customers by exporting more goods represents a ripple of growth for the growth of a country and every african leader who embraces greater transparency and market access speeds business processes and roots out corruption represents a ripple of hope for greater prosperity for their people and for ours. so, together, these ripples of hope w

. >>> i'm emma in ghana, and i'll be reporting from a liberian refugee camp where people are grieving silently for those they have lost at home to ebola. >> so we begin in yemen where renewed fighting is raising fears of a sectarian conflict in the country. 20 people have been killed in fighting in the central province of ibb south of the capitol of sanaa. houthi fighters have stormed the headquarters and the clashes have begun in the mostly sunni province where they have set up check points to stop houthi rebels from entering. >>> they say they've been marginalized. their heartland is in the north of the country. in 2004 they began an armed rebellion, but they aren't the only group with influence in yemen. they have a presence to the east and south. >> the town o in ibb there are houthi and tribal fighters. both from the two sides were killed. in the city of ibb people are angry. they're angry over the recent takeover of the city. no to armed political shahs this banner reads. >> they should all leave. we don't want them here. the city is peaceful. the fighting has terrorized people.

and we trust like, you know, like the government and the pension fund in ghana. and nigeria starting to invest in the infrastructure and those patient fund are not doing it because they are just african but also you know, inasmuch as like anything, they have to look after the future. so therefore they have to do the right thing. so they do it for the -- and get both benefits out of it. >> thank you very much. >> exactly. >> we have just a few minutes left. so i wanted to spend the time that remains on a theme that everybody has touched on in one form or fashion. which is africa's human capital and what some might call soft infrastructure. and without that, everything else is secondary. and with that, africa's potential is limitless. and each of you in your own ways have not only emphasized that but invested in real terms to develop that human capital. i would like to just invite your thoughts and comments and just in the private sector and government might take our partnership to develop africa's human capital to another level and to hear from friends and colleag

that's ethiopia, ghana, kenya, liberia, nigeria and tanzania. the u.s. government and the world bank group are working now on specific tasks and milestones for projects that if implemented would achieve one-quarter of power africa's goal of generating 10,000 mega watts of new power in subsa heroin africa. while our financial and technical support will hope move the projects forward what we know is that we need much, much more funding. now, the world bank is a 70-year-old institution. we just had our 70th birthday in july. we have done wonderful work in many african countries. but we knew and i knew as soon after i arrived at the world bank group that we were not structured in a way to have the kind of impact that we knew we could have in tackling problems like power in subsaharan africa. so, we rearranged everything. we changed just about everything at the world bank group. we increased our financial capacity. we're now able to provide a state-of-the-art solutions, not just data and analysis, but solutions from all over the world. we are now a global kno

the giants saving the best to last bringing madison boon ghana on to the mound. >> bon ghana adds another image. >> strike three. edging the giants closer to glory. then in the ninth a royals foul flyball gave san francisco what they had been looking for, a third world series win in five years. >> a world series win for the san francisco giants. 3-2 the final score with pitchen booung arna awarded most gradual player. >> it's definitely emotional. it's been an unbelievable year for us. we faced a lot of adversity. there's a lot of guys that couldn't deserve it more than i do. i'm thankful for them and it's an honour to be a part of the team, organization. >> the san francisco fans celebrated on the streets it was heart break for kansas city, who thought this game would be the one to end their m.l.b. post-season misery >>> it's been 40 years since boxing heavy waits mohammed ali and george foreman fight in the fight of the century. the rumble in the jungle in democratic republic of congo, was paid for by then president mab auto. >> the fight that stands out in my mind are all the ali fight

now they have to go back to ghana and get me another one.? they want a drum. tell us a little bit about the drumming. we do have drums. we actually brought drums from africa. >> wow. >> yeah. so we have drums in oakland. somebody interested in having their own drum. >> tell us that address again. >> 3278 west street. that's in oakland, 94608. so we have the drums. but i will share with you during the break, reverend, that in toed's world, modern world, with all the division and all the diversity, the best strategy for team building is through mindful drumming. >> cooperations? >> cooperations. even small organizations or small businesses that do have diverse staff. if they want to have increased productivity, one way to do it is practice mindful drumming. for example, last year i was invited by a big company in mountain view. we did mindful drumming for 15 engineers. 14 men and two women. it was very, very powerful. for three hours. and so people can go on our website www.ahc-oakland.org for inquiries or call (510)652-5530 if they have quest

some want to stay on in ghana as refugees. jefferson wants to go back, and prays that ghana remains stable so that he'll raise funds to fulfil his dreams of opening a college back home. >>> i'll show you live pictures from rome. catholic bishops scrapped a planned change to homosexuality. the bishops meeting in the vatican failed to agree on a watered down version on how to treat gay men and women. pope francis is leading a ceremony, a step to make pope paul vi a saint. we'll go live to rom, to claudia ley advantagea. to what extent is this marring what was supposed to be a celebration today? >> well, let's put to this way. it was a controversial pope. he is credited with opening up the church to the modern world in the 1960s. but also he was criticized for reaffirming the ban on birth control within the catholic church. 50 years on the change is hard to come by. this mass, as you said, concludes two years synagogue of bishops, and how they tackle modern issues like remarried divorcees, unmarried couples and homosexuality. lis

but some want to remain in ghana. he wants to be able to raise the funs and fulfill his dreams of opening the college back home. al jazeera, ghana. >> france has become the latest country to start screening passengers arriving. >>> meanwhile president obama is resisting calls of travel bans. he said sealing off a part of the world will only make things worse. >> if we're guided by the science, facts, not fear, i'm confident we can prevent a serious outbreak here in the united states and we can continue to lead the world in this urgent effort. >> now plenty still to come on al jazeera. after journeying across the world we meet the syrian refugees welcomed into a new life in uruguay. >>> and inside the secret state we report from a school in north korea where people share their hopes for the future. >> america votes 2014 on al jazeera america focusing on what matters to you >> what are the issues that americans need to know about? >> everybody needs healthcare... >> lower taxes... >> job opportunities... >> reporting fr

jut ask my name, everyone nose me. >> reporter: that is an example of directions in ghana. there are plans to bring an end to the confusion. in accra scenes from the government groing from street to street identifying buildings as part of a country wide programme of naming streets and numbering properties. it's a huge task. all the data has to be entered on to a mapping system. it's a huge task. >> i signing a name to a certain street, they'll tell you no, based on the historical background of the area, this should be the name. names are not easy, notwithstanding, we have been able to name more than 4,000 streets, lanes and allies. >> reporter: the protest is more than putting up signs and numbing whys. having a proper address system can have an impact on the way many services are delivered. one governmental organization has done research on the economic developments. >> they have targeted levels of taxes and identified enhanced everyone now. we argue in this way. we expect it. in accra, some signs are in place. the majority are yet to go up. progress is mixed in the rest o

. >> from ghana in west africa. liberia, are close by and that's reason enough to put off any planned trips to ghana. >> people are putting off traveling to west africa. >> yes, because of the fear of ebola. although it's not in ghana, we don't know when it will get there. >> according to the census bureau, the washington, d.c. area is the second largest for african immigrants. many from west africa. 10,000 from cy year ray leon. >> the number of people flying to the u.s. from the three ebola stricken countries has been cut by half say officials. those that do come will now be required to enter the country through one of five airports and that's a good thing, according to west africans who live here. >> the government is trying to be proactive and make sure we don't get it. smart move. >> liberian-american. the granddaughter of liberian president who was assassinated in a 1980 cue. >> what would your grandfather say? >> i think he would be absolutely devastated. >> she says a relative who visited liberia at the star

ghana is safe. we in ghana know it is safe to be anywhere. but people out there don't know.he rich natural resources we have. we can sell it to other people. >> reporter: but businesses at the higher end of the market are afraid that won't be enough. like this beach resort in the western region. >> we are mostly into beach and nature. if you go around here, you're not going to see a single tv, for example. and this is not something really which most local customers are attracted to. >> reporter: with the ebola epidemic far from over, the tourist businesses may have to down scale their operations or even lay off staff, and until the spread of the virus is halted, the whole region will suffer as ebola continues to have an economic impact far beyond the directly affected countries. >> let's turn to the markets. the expression tgif i think is particularly pertinent today. thank goodness it's friday. after a week of market volatility, the global indices are going to be glad to have a couple of days trading free for the weekend. millions have been lost over the last few weeks of t

>> when i got to ghana. when i got to ghana. when i was entering ghana. when i left and came back to the united states. they didn't do it as the i was entering the united states. >> that's interesting. the protocol typically has been countries in west africa, three countries where ebola is endemic, guinea, sierra leon, liberia, they're screening before you get on the plane. the goal its to not let somebody who is sick get on a plane. they might have ebola. you are right though, i don't know what the protocol has been in other places. in the united states, it's surprisingly been a little bit fragmented. elizabeth and i were talking. i was in guinea earlier, couple months ago. when i got off, there was no screening whatsoever. when elizabeth got off with her team, each member of her team got different questions. different sorts off proe approa. the united states is not consistent. critical part is when they're getting on the planes in west rave catch. most important thing right now to make sure sick people aren't getting on those planes. >> mary, an aviatio

at melt water, i witnessed what the future of ghana and the entire continent of africa will look like. if we do everything we can to support young entrepreneurs and continue to build lasting partnerships. these aspiring entrepreneurs are living proof of what robert f. kennedy described nearly 50 years ago at the university of cape town, they represent ripples of hope. indeed, every entrepreneur in ghana, nigeria, angola or elsewhere who starts a business and embraces a new idea represents a ripple of hope for the prosperity of a community. every student in morocco, ethiopia or elsewhere who earns a degree and joins the work force represents a ripple of hope for the future of a family. every business owner in kenya or elsewhere who decides to reach new customers by exporting more goods represents a ripple of growth for the growth of a country and every african leader who embraces greater transparency and market access speeds business processes and roots out corruption represents a ripple of hope for greater prosperity for their people and for ours. so, together, these ripples of hope w

ghana is the place where the u.n. has its logistics base, so that's why i'm reporting from here.ly in the three countries concerned, there is now some empirical evidence. there's been lots of people saying that farms are being abandoned. it's a disaster. crisis arising, etc. i think some of that's been slightly kpexaggerated. we do know they've done some surveys by text messaging of hundreds of people and they've discovered, no surprise, that in the ebola-hit areas, people's income definitely has been hit badly. people are beginning to not have three meals a day, perhaps two, perhaps only one. maybe they've lost a family member. maybe as a trader, they've been quarantined and they can't go to markets and sell their goods and so on. so ebola is definitely hitting the incomes of the people in the three countries. >> mark doyle, who's in ghana for us. and you can keep across all the latest developments with regard to the ebola outbreak by visiting our special section of our website. there you'll find features, analysis including details of our new ebola public health information ser

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i seriously doubt the tournament will be postponed. >> briefly you are in ghana what are fans tellinge they worried about going to matches? >> well, no. people are not worried because, i mean, even though ghana is about three blocks away to put it that way from the nearest country that has ebola, that is liberia, people are not really scared because, you know, inasmuch as the borders are not 100%, even the united states are having problems with people coming into their country, people are generally feeling cool about it and any time there is going to be a qualifier or something common sense asked it be move like the game against guinea today will be done and people are not terrified of it but national level there is a lot of chaos to people coming from countries such as guinea and sierra leone and things like that. >> that is african football gary smith talking to us from ghana and gary you mentioned, well, moving on to cricket now and it's a nation known for football, sorry, known for its cricket of course india but on sunday they will launch a brand new competition, the indian super

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and we trust like, you know, like the government and the pension fund in ghana. and nigeria starting to invest in the infrastructure and those patient fund are not doing it because they are just african but also you know, inasmuch as like anything, they have to look after the future. so therefore they have to do the right thing. so they do it for the -- and get both benefits out of it. >> thank you very much. >> exactly. >> we have just a few minutes left. so i wanted to spend the time that remains on a theme that everybody has touched on in one form or fashion. which is africa's human capital and what some might call soft infrastructure. and without that, everything else is secondary. and with that, africa's potential is limitless. and each of you in your own ways have not only emphasized that but invested in real terms to develop that human capital. i would like to just invite your thoughts and comments and just in the private sector and government might take our partnership to develop africa's human capital to another level and to hear from friends and colleag

. >> finding your ways around ghana's cities can be a tough task. there are barely road names. now there's a campaign to map the capitol's streets. >> around 5 million people live in ghana's capitol. the city is growing rapidly, but there are few street signs, so trying to direct someone home is a challenge. >> hmm. it's too much for me. >> you take a right and the 10th house is my house. >> to take you to my house in this country. [ laughter ] >> a typical example of directions in ghana. there are plans to bring an end to the confusion. teams from the local government have been going from street to treat identifying buildings as part of a country wide program of naming streets and numbering properties. it's a huge task. the data has to be entered on a mapping system. the man in charge of town planning said even choosing the street names has been a process of negotiation with traditional chiefs. >> a sign with the street name, knowing the historical background of this area should be the names. agreeing with a name is not an easy thing, but notwithstanding, we've been able to co

jefferson wants to go back, praying that ghana will be stable and raise the funds to fulfil his dreams. opening the college back home. >> ov -- moving to the arabian peninsula. where the president has been meeting in sanaa. yemen's ambassador to the united nations returned back from new york. in what could be an important intervenge, iran gave public backing to the houthi rebels. spokesman for the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei said: pash . >> he is the former advisor, and joins me from london. nice to have you on the programme, sir. the new prime minister ashed. he's speaking to the president. if you were in his position or vizle him with the country in turmoil, what advice would you give him, in terms of finding out what the main priorities are for him to deal with? >> his first main priority is to inform the government as soap as possible, and to have competened, you know members of the government built on worthiness and capital people who could help him in going through the dangerous waurds which is passed through. the other thing is to stake to the point that everybody should r

. >> around 5 million people live in ghana's capitol. the city is growing rapidly, but there are few street signs, to trying to direct someone home is a challenge. you take a right, the third house is my house. >> no, no. >> all the way to where i get to my house. >> yo starting with a different gate that's where i live. that is a typical direction of directions here. there are plans to bring an end to the confusion. the local government has been going from street to street identifying buildings as part of a program of naming streets and numbers properties. it is a huge task, all the data has to be entered on a mapping system, the man in charge of town planning says even choosing the street names has been a process of negotiation with traditional chiefs. assigning a specific name, they will tell you no, we have been able to name more than 4,000 streets. would be able and importantly, identify or enhance collection, because they know everyone now. the criteria of where we are, we expect that the increase of 50%. >> it is going to take tim

jefferson wants to go back, and prays every day that ghana will be stable so he wan raise the funds - he can raise the funds to fulfil his dream >>> at least 22 people have been killed in an attack in a veil aim in the democratic republic of congo. many victims were children, it's the second mass killing in the area. malcolm webb is there and met some of the survivors living in fear near the town of beni. >> what happened to my mum, aunt and sister - this girl cries. more than 20 were killed in a night-time attack near the town of beni in the democratic republic of congo. the government says a rebel group, the allied democratic forces, or adf, is responsible. they heard screaming in the night. like many, she hid. >> translation: in the morning we found a lot of people dead. my in laws and child were killed. >> reporter: under the blanket are the bodies of five small children, the youngest of whom was two years old. survivors are among the people that live in these houses. rebels came out of the bush, pulled everywhere into the courtyard and killed them with machetes and axes. people i

, so we don't know if he will stop there or continue to ghana. >> who is in charge of the country right? >> right now we are waiting for the military to make that declaration. we don't have any names. the military are still in a meeting and we are still waiting. >> so would you say that this is a coup then? >> well, some people say it's a coup. some people say it's not a coup because it's something like the people protested and the president left. >> and speaking of the -- right, we just lost you there for a moment, but you mentioned the process, speaking of the protesters, what it is like right now on the streets? >> the protesters are still in the streets, and the group of the protesters are in the -- it's quiet near the camp, and they are waiting for the declaration of the military. so the problem isn't that [ inaudible ] we are waiting for the military declaration. if they are not satisfied they will go to the [ inaudible ]. >> we are hearing also -- we're get l reports that the speaker of the parliament may now be in place and in charge of the country. what can you tell us about hi

today, the united states will sign a $500 million millennium challenge corporation contract with ghana to strengthen its energy sector. let me give you an example of u.s. efforts to help power africa look like in practice. last week the u.s. export/import bank authorized a loan guarantee to support long-term financing at azedu, the power plant on the ivory coast. the country is just emerging from a civil war. the commercial banks weren't ready to offer long-term financing, but america stepped up to fill the gap by guaranteeing a loan for the west african development bank. and in so doing, we are helping azodo upgrade that facility to increase its output by nearly 50%. american jobs manufacturing steam turbines for export are from ska neck tany new york and maine. this is one project expected to increase the overall supply of electricity in the ivory coast by as much as 15%. and create one of the most efficient power plants in west africa. as much as we hope to accomplish in partnership with you, we also know that nothing would be more consequential to african future than the steps nati

we are seriously in a problem. >> reporter: ghana has had no case of the disease.en though it does not share a border with any of the affected countries, the fact that this movement of people from the epicenter of the outbreak means it is at high risk, so any hint of being unprepared is worrying. anne soy, bbc news. >> i want to give you the latest on the situation in sri lanka. heavy rains have disrupted the search for scores of people feared buried in a landslide in the central of the country. it's thought 100 people are still missing. hopes of finding them alive, though, have faded. some survivors are living in refugee camps. >> reporter: this is a classroom in one of the schools that's been converted into a temporary shelter for the people affected by the landslide. there are people here who have lost their loved ones. people here who have lost their homes. all around me, you can see stacks of clothes, pillows, mattresses, bags. anything that people could pull out of their homes before they were buried under the mud. now, i've met a little boy and girl who have

al jazeera's anna buwati has more from ghana. >> he escapes war as a young boy.pent time in ivory coast before arriving here as a teenager in 1998. he managed to go to school and had plans to return to lineria in september to set up a management studies college but ebola has changed all of that. >> in a lot of ways, i see it like a stalin wall. after fourteen years of civil war, trying to recover from everything we lost, the destruction of life and property and then this sad incidence of ebola, this disease has come. >> he doesn't know when he will be able to go home. he started his college here his family in liberia is constantly on his mind. he lost cousins to the disease and is sfraed for his wife in the east of the country. there are more than 10 line booerningz in the settlement . so many liberians have been personally touched by ebola but the stigma associated with it is it is just not something people want to talk about openly. it's home to thousands of other west africans and began ians. the only non-governmental organization says it's running out of fund

ebola hub in ghana. >>> also mexico's missing students. police are now following a new lead after the arrest of four members of a drugs gang accused of abducting them. >>> thanks for joining us. the turkish prime minister says he is shocked at western criticism of his country's approach towards the so-called islamic state militants in syria. ahmet davutoglu says it's wrong to expect turkey to send ground troops to fight i.s. in the border city of kobane if western governments aren't prepared to do the same thing. he's been speaking exclusively to the bbc's chief international correspondent lyse doucet in istanbul. >> retaking kobane, in some area around kobane from isis. then there is military operation. who will be doing this military operation? this is the question, i am really surprised and shocked, expecting turkey to do something should define what turkey should do. if turkish military intervenes kobane, i am sure many of these media or international parties will criticize turkey. the only way to help kobane since other countries don'

anne is in ghana.we just focus on the situation in mali now, a 2-year-old girl contracting the virus. do we know how she got it? >> reporter: we understand that she lost her mother a few weeks ago to ebola. her samples transported more than 600 kilometers from the west. the country, for testing. that's when it returned a positive test that was announced by the government on thursday evening. some people are trying to stop shaking hands, trying to, you know, wash their hands frequently. the government has been giving basic information to their people about basic hygiene. but the reality is it has now hit home, and i challenge you to try this today, not to shake anyone's hand. it isn't easy. >> that is an interesting challenge there. obviously huge worries for mali in particular at the moment. anne soy in accra. >>> do stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come on the program, eight months now after kiev's so-called independence square erupted in violence, our correspondent returns as ukraine p

. >> thousands of liberian refugees living in ghana's capitol are worried about their relatives back home. the stigma attached to the virus is so great that people are not willing to onlily admit that relatives have died from it. >> jefferson carr escaped war in liberia as a young boy. he moved here in 1998. he managed to go to school and had plans to return to liberia in september to set up a management studies college. but ebola has changed all of that. >> after going through civil war, recovering everything that we lost, and then now ebola, this disease has come up again. >> reporter: he doesn't know when he'll be able to go home so he started his college here. his family in liberia is constantly on his mind. he is afraid for his life in the east of the country. there are more than 10,000 li 10,0010,000 lie beer10,000 liberians. but it's not something that they like to talk about openly. >> they are close together. it's a place where there is a fear if ebola erupts here it will spread like wild bush fire. many people move out and come back. >> but the borders are closed? >> yes, t

>> well, as i said, right in that region, you have ghana. setting up thee orchestration center in setting up this thing. outlyer.is a positive in fact, the amount of money some of the poor systems, like the nigerian system, is every bit as much as goes into the better systems. so understanding how you spend track the how you activity in those systems, we understand that fairly well. stop ebola, when it's just these three countries, populationing about of about 22 million people in the three countries -- building primary health care in those three countries should be fairly straightforward. very highbe a priority. as i said, more kids, even in will dieee countries, because the health system is fromdown than will die ebola, and so if you hesitate, even a few months, to get it so feel like, yes, i should go and do safe delivery or i and get malaria medicines or antibiotics for the --ia, that will be it will be very tragic, even though it's not as explosive, garnering the same type of attention that the ebola attract.emselves >> i think the sena

we talked to several passengers that were coming from the african countries like ghana and nigeria. none of them are being questioned at all. that's not where the outbreak and the epidemic is running rampant. having them fill out that questionnaire and taking their temperature. they would be transported to the hospital. no one transported from that screening here today, but there's a side issue. a side story that has come out of their airport yesterday before this enhanced screening started. and the customs people, they took a woman who traveled from west africa into custody. because there was a warrant for her arrest. she was taken to the jail an then experienced that low grade fever as they took her to the hospital where she was tested for ebola. we have learned from their friend that she does not have ebola. but the news, of course, concerns many people and now it has lead to the congress -- the congressman to call for a travel banned from those countries as their feelings are mixed. here is what some had to say. >> it is among the life form from liberia and sierra leone to guine

. >> given morocco's stance on the tournament, guinea will play ghana in cass had casa blanca, and group leaders congo are in action against second place south africa. hosts of the last caf nation are visitors, who lead 2-0. an >>> it's a nation known for its love of cricket, but on sunday india will launch football super league. >> big football names have signed up for the tournament. they will line up for the deli dynamos. former france arsenal footballer features the came coached by siko. and mumbai has signed up footballers we have reports on whether football can really cope in a cricket-mad country. >> this is a rare sight in india. in mumbai, this is the only dedicated football field, but these kids might have a head start. badge fans want football. >> many of the international players, including world cup winners are no longer in their prime, but the head of the league say they will help in creating a support in india. >> that's where we want the clubs, we want the fran cheesees to concentrate on the grassroots. that's what we were lacking at. >> it will be challenging to build th

then, he left the city, apparently heading toward neighboring ghana.s had erupted in recent days, against compaore's attempt to seek another term. yesterday, mobs stormed the parliament building and set it aflame, leaving windows shattered, and burned out cars. with word of the resignation today, the head of the military announced he would assume power, for now. >> ( translated ): people of burkina faso, today, october 31, 2014, the armed forces have noted the resignation of the head of state. it has been decided that i will take on the responsibilities as head of state. we expect to hold without delay consultations with all the vital forces and the components of the nation with a view to return to normal constitutional life. >> reporter: the turmoil is being closely watched in washington because burkina faso holds a strategic place in a turbulent region. it's been a u.s. military ally hosting a base used by american drones to track insurgents. to the north lies mali, a hub for al-qaeda-linked militants and to the east, nigeria, where the islamist "bok

so yeah, seriously a problem. >> reporter: ghana has had no case of the disease.ugh it does not share a board we are the affected countries, the fact that this movement of people from the epicenter of the outbreak means it is at high risk, so any hint of being unprepared is worrying. anne soy, bbc news. >>> for any syrian fleeing the war is a pretty traumatic experience, of course. but for gay refugees, it's especially harrowing. many have had to run away from groups like islamic state and the syrian regime. many are also on the run from their own families. without networks of family and friends, the refugees sometimes have to turn to prostitution to survive. and when they arrive in a new country, they often face discrimination there as well. james longman went to beirut the hear some of their stories. >> reporter: beirut. famed for both conflict and success. now a magnet for those made h homeless by war. the turmoil in syria has produced the biggest refugee crisis of the 21st century and more than one million refugees have swelled lebanon's small population. amon

. >>> i am joined via skype from accra, ghana, with dr. dan berry, and was the w.h.o. unprepare unprepared? i know that the w.h.o. is looking back to see what happened and what did they miss, and you know, what part of this could they have dealt with rlier, and i know that there is going to be after action reports, but what part of this were you unprepared for? >> the world was not e prepared for an outbreak of ebola like this nature. we have never seen it before spreading in wide geographical areas, and spreading in urban e areas and widely densely populated areas, and the the travel patterns in western africa are different than eastern african. there it is spread fast, and here it is not. but the world, and the u.n. and the populations were not prepare and now we catching up. >> you have a goal of 70% burials isolated and safe, and 70% of isolated cases in a clinic, and that is a goal set 30 days ago and is it going to be set? >> that was set in the beginning of september, and the target has to be met by december, and that is how we bend the curve and are relieve the

some want to stay in ghana as refugees. jefferson wants to go back. praying that he'll be able to raise the funds of full offing the dream of raising the funds back home. >> rescue workers say hope of finding survivors from nepal is fading. villages have been asked to join the search. a cyclone that hit neighbouring india caused the blizzard conditions. >>> in india more than 150,000 people that rely on free medication to face hi and aids could go -- h.i.v. and aids could go without the drugs they need, despite many of the drugs meaning manufactured in the country. >> reporter: this daily dose of tablets means life and death for 2 million indians. they are one of hundreds of thousands relying on a programme to get the jobs. an outcoming shortage worries them. after getting my medicine i went back and only got enough for 10 days. that's a shortage, and after 10 days there's no guarantee if the drugs will be there or not. >> i'm upset because of this. i say give me 20 address supply. we are poor, and can't come back and forth leaving my children and job

i am grateful to the government of ghana for hosting ummer's headquarters in akra which has fas ittated at a time growth. i have visited the three most affidavit countries, liberia, sierra leone and guinea for three days each. i went on the trip to listen to learn and to identify areas where unmeer can be most helpful and find ways it can accelerate the response to the crisis. i met with the president of leipbiera and president of sierra leone and of guinea t i also met with government ministers and officials, with civil society, actors -- civil society actors, women's groups, ngos, the country ce teams and diplomatic community. i had the opportunity to visit two ebola treatment centers, one holding center for patients as well as the who training center. my first impressions have were vivid and deeply worrying. we saw how brief, tired and immensely dedicated national and international health workers are carrying on, under he knew tremely difficult circumstances. over 230 of these health workers have died in plybiera alone. we saw people and resources stretch stretched to the limit with

well he is thought to be heading to the southern town of po, very close to the border with ghana.s one of the long serving leaders in africa. he came in power after the then president was killed in a coup. he plans to amend the constitution to allow him to run again, triggered all of this unrest in burkina faso. now in recent years he became a regional mediator, getting involved in peace talks in ivory coast and guinea. >>> we can talk to the political analyst who joins us on the line from the burkina faso capitol. now the general, the head of the arms forces has promised an immediate [ inaudible ] to back to constitutional rule within 90 days. are you confident that that is going to happen? i'm afraid we don't seem to have our guest there live. ah, we do. let me try again. i'm just wondering if you can hear me. >> yes. not very well, but i can hear you. >> okay. just wondering if you can give us the very latest then on what is happening there right now. >> well actually people have been -- for the past two or three hours, just after the president announced his resignation, people

our correspondent mark doyle is at the bbc's new ebola hub bureau in accra in ghana. he's been speaking to the head of the u.n. ebola response agency. >> our mission is simple in terms of its objective. stopping ebola. achieving that is going to be very complex. it's very complex crisis management, where we have to make sure all the elements of the response are put in place everywhere. wherever there's a gap, we will fall short, and ebola will be able to remain in that area, or spread from that area. so we have to kill it everywhere, putting in place that response is going to be extremely difficult. >> how long is it going to take? months? years? >> it can't take years. we have to get at it much faster than that. we are moving now as fast as we possibly can. in about 20 days, we've gone from no mission to about 100 people on the ground. helicopters flowing in. vehicles flowing in. we have a presence in all four countries. the headquarters in ghana where there is no ebola, as well as our operational activities in the three infected countries. we're every day getting st

people traveling from infected countries pose major risks to places like ghana.hospitals are seriously underprepared to cope with an outbreak. >> hello? >> the megaphone has seen better days, but it is all the refugees here have. has an announcer. the gates, the guard keeps a buthful eye, that he is -- he is not able to tell who was arriving from countries of the center of the outbreak. >> i do not know who is who, who is carrying the disease. me now, maybe i have the disease and you don't know. >> they have been learning how to deal with ebola. they are concerned about new arrivals from affected countries. at the moment they are monitoring 11. >> we are monitoring most of the liberians, those living here and those in liberia. people coming and going out to liberia. >> they do not have personal protective equipment, but they have improvised. gloves, boots, and raincoats. this is what proper protective gear looks like, but in some cases health care workers have become infected while treating patients. >> the fastening, the exposed these are not manufactured with a