is the son of the leader of equitorial guinea he also happens to be the country's vice president in 2017 accord and france where his 4th of board property with misappropriated state funds handed him a 3 years suspended sentence and a fine of 30000000 euros for embezzlement today as he lost the appeal against the verdict under the quarter also remove the suspension this case has cast a renewed spotlight on corruption in africa over the past few years many of the continent's leaders have vowed to tackle the issue but critics say the results have been on the well meaning claims of bribery and areas like the issuing of passport and licenses or access to education and even water remain widespread the. corruption perceptions index that came out last month presents a pretty bleak picture of the situation in sub-saharan africa in particular if authorial guinea south sudan and somalia have shown the least progress in the fight against corruption and now i'm joined in the studio by mcafee qubit regional coordinator for southern africa at transparency international the organization that publishes t

these are turbulent times in guinea they are just days left before the west african nation votes in a constitutional referendum and now it's 81 year old president afrikan day has suggested that he could run for 30 m. an office the main opposition coalition says it will no longer recognize him as a legitimate president it wants people to boycott sunday's vote. if indeed he carries the aspiration of the people of guinea and have decided not to recognize mr conti as the president of the republican guinea in the months his immediate and unconditional departure from power. more than 30 people have died in months of often violent protest against condé whose mandate ends in december protests to say the referendum is just an excuse to hold on to power this assignment from this week until monday leaves power we're going to fight him because he's no longer the legitimate president he violated a co us which prohibits a coup d'etat and he made a constitutional could a thai army has been deployed across the country ahead of sunday's vote condé is guinea's 1st democratically elected leader since hi

months of violence in guinea will come to a head on sunday when a referendum is held over whether to allow the president to run for a 3rd term of a condo. the constitution but the main opposition coalition says he's just trying to hold on to power and it's urging voters to boycott it as the story was a turbulent times in guinea they are just days left before the west african nation votes in a constitution referendum and now it's 81 year old president afrikan day has suggested that he could run for 30 m. in office the main opposition coalition says it will no longer recognize him as a legitimate president it wants people to boycott sunday's vote. if indeed he carries the aspiration of the people of guinea and have decided not to recognize mr conti as the president of the republic of guinea and demands his immediate and unconditional departure from power. more than 30 people have died in months of often violent protests against gandhi his mandate ends in december protests to say the referendum is just an excuse to hold on to power this is cement from this week until alpha condé leaves.

dysfunctional is guinea-bissau now. key but i guess it was but i wish things would be better and that we would have more hope not because in our politics things don't go well it's all good or for instance we start classes and all of a sudden a strike strike strike and then we lose the school year and then the next year the same thing happens when we. but he's determined to forge ahead with his plans to make a better life aim self in his family but he says it would be easier if politicians radically change their behavior. they should start thinking about others and not just themselves but they should start working for all going to why the back of the building is. what it comes to the direction the country should be going has a clear message to president mubarak. he must improve to schools and offer children new schools different than the ones we have now to give the children a motivation for the future of their school and foremost. teacher says his dream is to finish his studies and to get a job in 2 or ism. and then one

but protesters fear it may push guinea into political uncertainty priyanka gupta on 0.nd this international says at least $210.00 people have died across the americas during a wave of protests against inequality and corruption last year a report by the rights group says haiti have the most casualties followed by venezuela bolivia and chile uses violence and militarized tactics were used to stop people from protesting venezuela the response was considered particularly severe on the sea international says security forces carried out executions illegally detained people and used excessive force. months of often violent protest amman's in an overhaul of lebanon's governing system have lower so winds olds in recent weeks the new government is putting together an emergency economic plan that needs to win international support and action on the streets could return if things don't get better soon senhor reports now from beirut. lebanese are becoming poorer there doesn't seem to be a clear way out of the country's worst economic crisis in decades shortages of dollars have drive

equitorial guinea says it was an attack on its dignity the french seized a paris property linked to the african nations vice president in a 2012 raid defense lawyers insist it was protected by international law on the 1st day of hearings before the international court of justice equitorial guinea argued the 6 story magine was a diplomatic mission and not the home of vice president theodore and obiang is the son of the country's leader and is accused by friends of misuse of tens of millions of dollars in public funds. in other business news from around the world a jury in the u.s. has ordered germany's bya and b.s.f. to pay a peach grower $265000000.00 he says the weak kill or die cambo which they make seriously damage his trees biases it will appeal. and a german court has hoped to test the clearing of a forest for an electric car factory neighborly in environmentalist's feed deforestation will endanger the region's water supply the american company wants to see half a 1000000 cars roll off the german assembly line every year. forest in kenya is beautiful i was there just recently it's

led war on terror violence guinea-bissau not so much violence in the us but is a us client stays and although as it has an experience the kind of violence the other similar states has it has been politically unstable since independence essentially for 45 years since line $74.00 and the effect of that on the ground is the if you go there looks like a tropical paradise on the one hand on the other hand you have the military and various elements of the state allowing themselves to be used and abused by south american drug cartels there's also libya of course which is now increasingly and on cipro which was the. french united states about bombing so i mean quite apart from we're trying to prevent drugs i should say we invited all the commissioners the best is rule these nations who refute allegations that they're in any way knowingly responsible for the drug trade. i mean you're saying that foreign policy has been at the core of in the billing address wrote us from policy and i'd argue u.k. foreign polls in particular the us and again this is not just about trump people miss the point of

and guinea bissau is not like honduras in the in the way that it's not as violent but it is a lot of the poorest countries in the world its main export is cashews and i want to go there again because most people realize the drug exactly in a day and most people i think when i think about the drug supply chain never think about places like these and we know that the victims of what the drug war actually means are you could i mean certainly the. u.n. will do drug report says 2 thirds of cocaine from. the u.s. proxy that the american mission to binny cape verde gone or morally needs year to go and that's what's ending up here in britain it's political vulnerability in countries that have been usually the victims of colonialism are often are the victim of u.s. led war on terror violence guinea-bissau not so much violence in the us there is a us client stays and although as it has an experience the kind of violence or the similar states has it has been politically unstable since independence essentially for 45 years since line 74 and the effect of that on the ground as you go there looks

guinea's army out in force with the opposition calling for a ball we caught of sunday's referendum. was. an through the children a sneak peek at 2 critically acclaimed works debuting at the berlin film festival. and in sport rivington is the tennis jobber clinched the biggest win of her career in doha ranked 44th in the world and jabber stand at 30th carolina just about 3 support the finals of the qatar open. the syrian government has launched a cancer offensive to recapture the town of sana keep in the province. but was taken by turkish bank rebels overnights to turkish soldiers were killed or airstrikes jury that fights now here's why sort of keep this in. oughtn't sits on the junction of the m 4 and m 5 highways whoever controls the highways gains considerable military and economic advantages the m 5 links aleppo with the capital damascus in the south the growing raids in areas you can see are controlled by the governments the shrinking green are rebel territory or yellow in the north and west is controlled by the kurds let's get more now from our he's in a in syria and turkey ra

scuffles broke out once again on the streets of guinea's capital as a national strike became the latest weapon to be used against president alpha condé protesters in conakry have been demanding revoke his plans to seek a term led by a coalition of opposition groups calling itself the national front for the defense of the constitution people threw rocks and barricaded roads. white police fired tear gas and used slingshots to try to push the crowds back. we've put as you can see very strong security measures since midnight from the 8th november bridge to cut been learned covering every kilometer with the help of other security departments the situation is under control. the riots resulted in many shops being closed residents say the protests are affecting daily life so that when i come out to do business if there's peace it's better there's no peace in the country i have 2 children to feed it's not. we have very tired there's no business and no money all shops are closed most shops are becoming empty without food our children are not going to school we want peace. demonstrations began aft

on june 29, and then on july 2, they departed new guinea for the next refueling stop. it was supposed to be about a 2556 mile flight. they estimated somewhere around 20 hours would be the time of the flight. there are reports the airplane could fly a lot further. a lot of these reports have to do with the best type of -- the best climb, or the best crews, the best of fuel consumption, all these things that never really happened in a regular flight. something is always degrading the best mileage estimate. so she hit squalls, she had it headwinds. the folks in new guinea heard her call out her radio signals as she went further east. but then they couldn't hear her anymore. and this is kind of the map of here of where she is flying. and then, no one heard her. there were a couple of other ships out there that were stationed that were hoping to hear her and her transmissions. but most of them didn't quite hear her. and then she was finally heard on the morning of july 2, now that she has crossed the international date line, it is now still july 2 where the island is. they

well russia's biathlete says that a lot of the slip and say you have guinea have been both handed to you you're banned from sport despite the fact that they have already been retired for several years by the way these to athletes they have won olympic gold medals during their careers now this is the 2nd. pair have been accused of doping violations and they were cleared back in 2018 on the same charges however the case was reopened in february this month here's an official statement from the international biathletes union the anti duping hearing at the international last known union has issued its decision in the cases of russian bashfully who are charged with anti doping revile asians based on analytical findings recorded in the most credible or a tree information management system database in respect to sometimes connected from them in 2013 you get used to go for was found guilty of using as steroids in the season 2030 minutes once a year for its even you will now have to relinquish his olympic gold medal that he won in tsotsi in 2014 now with this new ruling russia lost its 1st pla

is what you concentrate on rather than through the the commonwealth caribbean i do that so guinea-bissau is a small country in west africa and i wanted to investigate where most of the cocaine coming into europe and then the u.k. goes via west africa from south america goes from south america by boat or by plane just to west africa. ivory coast countries like that it depends on where the law enforcement is most effective and these countries the transit countries for cocaine and then it goes up africa crossings a year and then is distributed by variety of different groups often albanian gangs across europe and into the day and guinea bissau is not like honduras in the in the way that it's not as violent but it is the are the poorest countries in the world its main export is. and i want to go there again because most people realize the drug non-drug exactly and most people i think when i think about the drug supply chain never think about places like these and we know that the victims of what the drug war actually means are you could i mean certainly the. u.n. will do drug report says 2 th

warranting government protests are expected in guinea on thursday against the referendum to change the constitution opposition parties are threatened to boycott the votes they fear president's office condo will use the changes to extend his mandates more than 30 people have died since demonstrations began in october where he'll mom and house war. scuffles broke out once again on the streets of guinea's capital as a national strike became the latest weapon to be used against president alpha condé protesters in conakry have been demanding revoke his plans to seek the term led by a coalition of opposition groups calling itself the national front for the defense of the constitution people threw rocks and barricaded roads. white police fired tear gas and used slingshots to try to push the crowds back. we've put as you can see very strong security measures since midnight from the 8th november bridge to cut been learned covering every kilometer with the help of other security departments the situation is under control. the riots resulted in many shops being closed residents say the protests a

guinea has delayed a constitutional referendum time for sunday because of concerns about the electoral roll president also qantas says the vote will take place 2 weeks later if passed it would allow the 81 year old to stay in power for another 12 years earlier this week an organization of french speaking governments withdrew its poll monitoring mission . israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has pledged to annex every israeli settlement in the occupied west bank he's hoping to use this to win voters over the head of a 3rd election in less than a year on monday i foresee reports. in the last week of the israeli election campaign a visual reminder to voters of prime minister benjamin netanyahu has pledged to annex every illegal israeli settlement in the occupied west bank while you go really do you remember. who was joined by u.s. ambassador david friedman and the rest of the joint american israeli committee he chairs mapping out exactly where the trump white house would recognize permanent israeli sovereignty i mean for you to move to the mapping is on its way in order to allow the

from germany as maritime safety is important to us about the body of countries here in the gulf of guinea as . you know recently this region has been threatened by maritime piracy yes. people tell me about it you. know your economy is struggling because of the law of price you're trying to die 1st day versified of the economy but you also try to privatise state business some people are skeptical that this will draw bias from outside the usual elites because they are the ones who have the money to invest in it how are you trying to avoid that move. that we will take the necessary precautions in the process of privatizing the big companies were. going to embrace these muslim if you could. that doesn't mean exchanging one a league for another by means of the same so-called regime material capital accumulation as happened with the current elites. or somebody of a crappy doc morcombe so was that ways in which. we want to create leagues every country has elite. but they must work honestly and what they do in an honest way. going at a form that. will see them that. they must be capable of creati

russia's presidents have spoken by phone to try to find ways of easing tensions in syria as northwest guinea has delayed a constitutional referendum planned for sunday because of concerns over the electoral roll president's alpha condé says the vote will now take place 2 weeks later if pos that would allow the 81 year old leader to stay in power for another 12 years at least 30 people have been killed and many others injured after a passenger bus was hit by a train in pakistan the accident happened near the town of rai in pakistan sindh province medics of started rescue operations in an effort to free those trapped in the wreckage emergency procedures have been activated at local hospitals with some of the injured passengers in critical condition. several actresses have walked out of the french film awards after roman polanski won the says our award for best director is wanted in the united states for the statutory rape of a 13 year old girl 1009 $177.00 alone ski did not attend the event because a protest against him taking place outside those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera up next

contract ran out last year, after he's led great britain to a 4—0 series defeat in new zealand and papua guineawane — who guided wigan to three super league titles — is currently working for the scottish rugby union. great britian‘s goalkeeper maddie hinch has criticised the rules that saw australia awarded a win for today's pro hockey league game, despite gb leading 1—0. anna toman had scored from a penalty corner to put gb ahead, but then at half time, a storm in sydney saw the game called off. the rules state that, because australia won yesterday's game yesterday, they get double points and so were awarded the overall win. that's not fair, is it? reacting to the decision on twitter, maddie hinch wrote... before the women played, great britain's men were heavily beaten by australia. they lost 5—1 in their second match, having drawn 4—1; in the first. both men and women play new zealand next weekend. it's super bowl 5a tonight. the san francisco 49ers take on the kansas city chiefs in miami. the chief's haven't been to a super bowl for 50 years, but they have the best quarterback in the league

find them anywhere and so one of them is a 1912 is refuted roosevelt said he had the brains of the guinea pig and so the great memorable line, but it's still nowhere to be found at least that i can find. >> you have roosevelt talking about william howard taft. where do you find that? >> i think it was in a newspaper clipping from may of 1912 and both taft and roosevelt were making swings through ohio and the newspapers were reporting on what they say. >> you used a lot of quotes from richard nixon in his conversations. >> yes, and i think that this is after the presidency though nixon is a little bit more unfiltered perhaps and we are getting a window into some of his thing in and finding us. >> what are the more unusual relationships, mr. purdy is jimmy carter and gerald ford. a very bitter campaign and 66. >> it was incredibly better. they hated one another, and yet, when they both went to the funeral after the presidency is, spending a lot of time realizing they didn't like each other, and of course at gerald ford's funeral, jimmy carter spoke and said probably no two presidents had en

receive the reactions needed to conduct tests by the end of the week airports in gambia cameroon and guinea a screening passengers for viral symptoms kenya tanzania and rwanda have all suspended flights to china the democratic republic of congo is barring its citizens from flying there and picking a fast chinese citizens to stay away. preventive measures have been stepped up in brokers port city of 10 geas the country's health authorities have set up procedures to monitor travelers arriving through airports and the seaport moroccan hospitals are also being ready to receive any suspected coronavirus patients. those wishing to go ashore in tangiers harbor must undergo a medical screening especially passengers arriving on ships from china thermal cameras monitor body temperature medical staff question tourists and business travelers morocco wants to stop corona virus from entering the country at any cost . little is coming directly from china a check for medical issues and there are special measures in place for other travelers more generally conditions a stricter for travelers returning from

water in a failed state we speak to a teenager determined to make a go off life in the impoverished guinea-bissau. hello i'm christine will go well come to deeds every news africa it's good to have your company but always presidents people with that it has been dealt another blow the constitutional court has dismissed his appeal off a courtroom ling that an old he's may election win last week judges ruled that the 2900 had been mocked by irregularities and nominees which they described as being so widespread and systematic that the integrity of the results had been seriously compromised now it's the 1st time a presidential election has been challenge on vehicle grounds since malawi gained independence in 1964 and it's only the 2nd time and election has been nullified in africa the 1st was kenya in 2017 now thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to celebrate the decision by the courts they are also calling for the head of the election commission chain to be fired they accuse her of failing to ensure the election was fair and credible. let's go over to the malawian capital where our r

and all the largest land based presence on the planet when they're born that about the size of a guinea pig. almost make you blind and deaf and without the support of the mothers they can't survive. but just a few months later they develop into a really handsome but i have to think on and they could. stop here bill. only 26000 polar bears are left in the wild scientists say they warn that 2 thirds of them might disappear within this century if the earth continues to get warmer if governments don't take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions these magnificent animals could even become extinct. sports now and it was a night of upsets in the champions league leone beat eventis one nil in the 1st leg of their last 16 tie while in the pick of the games manchester city shocked real madrid to one disco gave ryall the lead after a mix up in the city defense but the english side hit back through gubbio his toes and they completed their comeback 5 minutes later man of the match kevin broad scored from the penalty box penalty spot rather added to rebels problems sasha ramos was shown a red card

contract ran out last year, after he's led great britain to a 4—0 series defeat in new zealand and papua guinea scottish rugby union. great britian‘s goalkeeper maddie hinch has criticised the rules that saw australia awarded a win for today's pro hockey league game, despite gb leading 1—0. anna toman had scored from a penalty corner to put gb ahead, but then at half time, a storm in sydney saw the game called off. the rules state that, because australia won yesterday's game yesterday, they get double points and so were awarded the overall win. that's not fair, is it?

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especially with the papa new guinea government.line now allows us time to have informal discussions and to try to bridge the gap between expectations. we are confident that gap can be bridged. paul: do you have a sense that maybe the exxon-led side might be prepared to make a few concessions? keiran: it is a matter of understanding and listening to the key issues from both parties to make sure there's a mutually acceptable arrangement for these projects. this is a 30-plus year project. we need to make sure the government is totally satisfied with the benefit distribution. talk about the confidence in being able to move these projects forward. they are the operators of these projects. our role is more in a facilitating discussion. so people do listen to the concerns of all parties. haslinda: for the expansion, would you consider evelyn down, -- doubling down on retaining a bigger stake? keiran: it is a good question. they have surprised us on the upside in regard to resources within essential part of expiration, and also we have bee

soon we invited our friends and actually used them as human guinea pigs. vice they always received 2 steaks one had been treated the other was normal. they didn't know which steak was which the recognition rate was over 95 percent both it's true there's something about this treatment and as a scientist it gave me the necessary security to get started on this project you display. the fragrance in the cooling chamber containing the moldy meat is reminiscent of a forest full of fresh mushrooms depending on the particular cut the meat ages with the help of natural edible mole it takes about one to 2 months. old fungus grows on the me homogenously it takes a certain dampness for it to grow the whole box comes. to it has 8 the mold is simply cut off and the meese is exposed across europe mark and look as have painted then well the aging process. snap frozen and vacuum sealed the delicacy arrives at the plot and can no. other christian love the us not the chefs who want to try something new and are always looking for new ideas and new products marked comin to som

more anti-government protests are expected in guinea in west africa against a referendum to change the constitution opposition parties have threatened to boycott the vote they fear president condé will use it changes to extend his mandate more than 30 people have died since demonstrations began in october mohammed has more. scuffles broke out once again on the streets of guinea's capital as a national strike became the latest weapon to be used against president alpha condé protesters in conakry have been demanding revoke his plans to seek the term led by a coalition of opposition groups calling itself the national front for the defense of the constitution people threw rocks and barricaded roads. white police fired tear gas and used slingshots to try to push the crowds back. we've put as you can see very strong security measures since midnight from the 8th november bridge to cut been learned covering every kilometer with the help of other security departments the situation is under control. the riots resulted in many shops being closed residents say the protests are affecting daily life