indeed horn of africa becoming hope of africa while all these major steps towards silencing the guns in our region is taking place it is equally important to extend the process to promote a framework for regional economies integration to fight poverty. equality regional economy corporation will make a real contribution to help provide of course violence and walk as well as promote deeper regional and continental integration in line with i joined twenty two twenty three sri in light of the challenges we face together as a region the toys we have is very clear that is to work together for the collective distin of our people they story cultural social and list the link is that by and our people from a proper basis to strive for common prosperity we believe regional integration which benefits all countries of the horn is the only viable option we have for many of whom live element we are already seeing the evidence regional integration projects we are now working to accelerate such if if out of this building on what we have

national security interests in the horn of africa. ethiopia is a key partner to secure u.s. interest. i am aware of the current optimism about its trajectory and want to show that optimism but it must raise reason for concern. there is a risk that local and regional conflicts excess of it but you destabilize ethiopia and exposed the weakness of partner relied u.s. strategies. direct u.s. interest art risk in the horn of africa including the fight against al-qaeda and isis and freedom of movement in the red sea. ethiopia faces a rapid political transition and ethnic conflict that could escalate and challenge its stability. much of the unrest is on the border of the somali region state where prime minister abiy faces resistant to his consolidation of power. sifting conflict could mobilize ethiopia is ethnic somali population potentially creating an opportunity for al-shabaab to recruit or even attacking ethiopia. the government approach which includes mass arrest and in blackouts could exacerbate rather than solve the problem. instability in ethiopia would undermine u.s. effort

interest rate risk and the horn of africa. lude the fight against al qaeda and dices and freedom of movement in the red sea. ethiopia faces a rapid political transition and ethnic conflict that could challenge to build up your much on the board of the somali regional state where the prime minister also faces resistance to consolidation of power. sustained conflict could mobilize ethiopia is somali publishing potentially a opportunity for all shabob to recruit or attack in ethiopia. the government approach that includes internet blackouts can exacerbate rather than solve the problem. instability in ethiopia would undermine u.s. efforts of the affiliates and reverberate regionally. ethnic violence or resurgence of officials would draw the regime focus inward affecting regional peacekeeping and diplomatic effort. american somali and african union forces have disrupted all shabob in central somalia and approved security and mogadishu peer but not yet broken the hold on large areas in southern somalia. this will evaporate if ethiopi

direct risks are in the horn of africa. ethiopia faces rapid political transition and ethnic flgt that could escalate and challenge its stalt. much of the unrest is on the border of the somali regional state where the prime minister also face reese sissance to his consolidation of power. this could create a opportunity for al shabaab to recruit and attack in ethiopia. the government approach which includes mass stress and internet blackouts could exacerbate the problem. persistent ethnic violence or an insurgentency from anti-abbey officials would affect regional peacekeeping and diplomat efforts. american somali and other forces disrupted al shabaab but haven't broken its large hold on areas of southern somalia. these moves will evaporate if other areas faulters and rehe deemploys troops home. the problem of al qaeda and isis must be considered alongside issues of human rights and democracy. these groups gain strength by defending and governing sunni populations made vulnerable by conflict and societal disruption. situation

we have come one step closer to a peaceful regional order in the horn of africa thanks of the. prime ministership but also we also have to consider you know the role of external middle eastern actors in this region and also you know the somaliland somalia problem and there are loads of variables and factors that are sort of outside of. its control. and influence so there are limitations to the sort of. conclusions we can draw from. the things that have been happening in in the last few months or i going to mention you did mention though there goes that some of these dynamics preceded me becoming the prime minister let me take this question to a will in adam a ethiopia how much of the change is going on whether we're talking regional or the domestic changes going on within ethiopia are a result of the prime minister's personal vision and initiatives and how much backing does he have he's in the romo how much backing does he have from the establishment from the to great people and so on i think a significant part of course the changes that have been taking listening to pierre . d

looking at the rise of china in particular in the horn of africa, this week we had china refinancing thiopia's debt, for example. the u.s. needs to be aware of competition in the face for other states may be gaining influence. i don't see the u.s. relationship to be particularly at risk at this time, but there are more people bidding for thought than there had been previously. >> thank you. mr. badwaza. >> thank you, mr. coughlin. i would say from government to government relationship, and has been strong. as much as the ethiopian population looks out for the united states and the type of freedom people have here in the democratic process, there is also a sense of disillusionment in some occasions, for example, that comes in recent years, that relationship being overly focus on counterterrorism and also humanitarian development support for ethiopia instead of publicly supporting to advance democratic freedoms when it is much needed in many instances. i would like to say there is a sort of sentiment when it comes to assessing that relationship [inaudible] is concerned. >> thank you, mr

first time since a full twenty years ago the border post is on the main road linking the two horn of africa. in the same border area that killed tens of thousands of people the move a peace deal. that there's been a cholera outbreak in the capital harare health minister says at least twenty people have died in two thousand. from her. recent outbreak started in harare last week monday it's the people who were in the chapel at that time some of them travel to other parts of the country and that the are quick to wade through a lot of the problems in the. areas where people had been quarantined are they or they're not even in to the bobbing problem if you have innocent and very sick to go to the nearest house of syllabi the part of the probably because of poor sanitation for twenty years or the lack of money and economy has been in decline so the council the urban council haven't really been able to clean running water at many houses in harare and also here are not been able to buy chemical disappear or five water to clean the water. the number of people in the while suffering from hunger is ri

and they are so elated so the horn of africa can participate. so that initiative that the leaders of the united states and the republic of korea with the two korean leaders in pyongyang with the possibility of the korean peninsula. i was impressed which is now reaffirmed by president lupe. after news pakistan went through and macedonia resolving their differences. in the first peaceful transition in west africa. it still has a long way to go with a legitimate interest of state. as millions of people are unleashed from poverty and those that were affected over the last two years. in to show the potential to use their voice from violence or those expectations from decision-making. and for the first time in united nations history and we are committed with equality and empowerment everywhere. ladies and gentlemen kofi anon once reminded us we are sharing a common destiny and that my friends is why we have the united nations. for solidarity looking at the multilateral project for one and for all. thank you very much. [applause] >> i think the secretar

fragile state and we were asked to develop a comprehensive strategy with a focus on missile and the horn of africa. we are enormously grateful that governor king and congressman hamilton once again answered the call for public service and really saw this as the completion of an arc from their very important work on the 9/11 commission. and they are joined in this effort by a very thoughtful bipartisan task force. a number of whom are here with us today. could i ask you to stand or commission members, task force members, senator a.i., ambassador eikenberry, ambassador dabrowski, board chair steve hadley. thank you, thank you each of you. ambassador johnnie carson. [applause] the task force is further supported by a group of senior advisers, many of whom are also here with us today and we thank you all for the idea and the energy that you are putting into the task force. so our program tonight gives us an opportunity not only to reflect don and honor the legacy, but also to look forward to the combination of their efforts through their work with the task force today. under their leadership, the task

spoke at the general assembly on the importance of improving relations between countries on the horn of africa ethiopia and eritrea have opened a new chapter in their relationship ending two decades of conflict we have not in my lazing relations and charting a future in which our relationship with truly reflect the longest standing ties between out two people whose somaliland attitude i have to console the difference in the established diplomatic relations early this month we held it trilateral summit of your band somalia anathema. oh dear let's go to a school whose far hasn't thank you so much girls biggest team tournaments the ryder cup is underway between the usa and europe and paris usa are the defending champions and they're bidding to win the event away from home for the first time in twenty five years and they've undoubtedly been boosted by the return to form of fourteen time major winner tiger woods who won his first tournament in five years on sunday he's playing alongside masters champion patrick reid in his first ryder cup since two thousand and twelve here's a quick recap of the ry

instead of going around the horn of africa through the suez canal, you can go directly over the pole.hat's a lot of shipping time saved. the potential is enormous. maersk is sending container ships over the pole right now, you've got lng terminals shipping more to asian markets and european markets through that route. you are having some cruise liners talking about running cruises up there, even to the north pole. the potential is absolutely enormous. alix: good perspective. thank you. let's get into the ring, three charts, three trades of the week. i am joined by alan in washington. he covers agricultural products for bloomberg. the u.s. may be close to solving its trade problem with mexico and canada, but farmers can no longer depend on china. we have a chart that shows shipments to china will plunge 37% to $12 billion next year. walk us through the damage we could see. >> this is an interesting case of the market working out a political problem. you saw the usda make its first quarterly export forecast for the next year yesterday. they said that overall agriculture exports would go

howell on the horn of africa. e are enormously grateful that governor kane and congressman hamilton once again answered the call for public service and really saw this as the complete completion of an arc from their very important work of the 9/11 commission. they are joined in this effort by a very thoughtful bipartisan task force. the members here with us today, could i ask you to stand our task force members, senator -- ambassador johnnie carson. [applause] the task force is further supported by a group of senior visors, many whom are also here with us today and we thank you over the idea and energy that you're putting into the task or spirit our program today gives us an opportunity not only to reflect on and honor the legacy, but also to look forward to the culmination of their efforts through their work with the task force today. under their leadership, the task force has produced an interim report. you'll find it at your seats. in this report serves to underscore the interlocking nature of the challenges pos

the country but we see that in australia canada throughout europe we're seeing it now in the horn of africa and this really this rush back to nationalism and in ninety nine ninety ninety one when the cold war collapsed i said that the countries which go back to their national core first will be the ones which move fastest toward strategic dominance and the russians did that when they finally were able to overthrow the soviet union and the chinese themselves reinvented themselves as having actual so we're looking at this incredible movement and this is the pace of this movement scares people it scares or people in cities particularly in another state it's certainly scares the elites ok i steve you know i you in a number of these races to hear that all the time in liberal media but. you know he's a dog whistle but it seems to me that you know liberal media is a dog whistle the everything is raises rates of rates of phrases i mean it i am dumbfounded by that is that because they have nothing else to say go ahead steve. race is not see or thora tarion you name it that's what donald trump is and

we were asked to develop a comprehensive strategy for tackling extremism, with a focus on the horn of africa. we are enormously grateful that they once again answered the call for public service and really saw this as a completion of an arc from their very important work on the 9/11 commission. they are joined in this effort by a very thoughtful bipartisan task force. the members who are here with us today, can i ask you to stand. our task force members. senator izod, our board chair, steve hadley. thank you. thank you, each of you. [ applause ] the task force is further supported by a group of senior visors, many whom are also here with us today and we thank you over the task force is further supported by a group of advisors, many of us -- many of whom are also here with us today. we thank you all for the energy and commitment you are putting into the task force. our program tonight gives us an opportunity not only to reflect on and argue -- reflect on and honor the legacy, but also to look at the culmination of their efforts with the task force today. under their leadership, the task force

through it is the not only trade but also military interests for example in she booty in the horn of africa there is a first military bases overseas base of china so this is also very important in this bigger picture. and but what about the band of. it stands for african nations . i mean of course undoubtedly there are benefits five thousand kilometers of roads have been bit by china six thousand kilometers of railway if you have just seen it in the report the railway from nairobi it's almost or from this of about to djibouti all of this has been bit but the question is what is going on in the future. for all of this how can it be paid back. too much in depth if you see that for example in sri lanka chinese companies of course there and sri lankan government was not able to pay back the debt so china reprocessed this port so is that problem is a huge topic. in beijing thank you very much. now imagine your alarm clock going off sending a signal to turn on your lights opening the curtains and brew your coffee automation to make your warning less stressful for many of us it might be a vision o

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these efforts will continue to consolidated so that the people in the horn of africa can finally turn the page on war and conflict. the initiative at the singapore summit between the leaders of the united states in the democratic people's republic of korea, along with the recent meeting of the two korean leaders in pyongyang offers hope for the possibility of a full and viable denuclearization of the korean peninsula in the context of regional security. in my recent visit to colombia, i was impressed by the people's strong commitment to peace, now reaffirmed by the president. in central asia, i personally witnessed cooperation among states after uzbekistan went through a peaceful political transition theory yugoslavia, macedonia, they have taken major steps toward resolving their differences. our peacekeeping mission in and now,nd in a decade we witness the first peaceful democratic transition, adding to peacekeeping efforts elsewhere in south africa. it represents signs of hope, even if there is still a long way to go to reconcile full was that for the likes of people on the move wit

since they fought a war twenty years ago now this border post is on the main road linking the two horn of africa nations ethiopia and eritrea went to war in one thousand nine hundred eight in a dispute over this same border area and tens of thousands of people were killed when the move follows a peace deal in july that restored diplomatic and trade relations following the election of ethiopia's new prime minister in april trying as president xi jinping is meeting russian president vladimir putin in vos talk during the easton economic forum the three day meeting brings together the leaders of russia china japan and south korea as well of as well as five thousand delegates from sixty countries it will be the two leaders third meeting and comes amid an escalating u.s. china trade war and a u.s. led sanctions against russia or a challenge as the latest from vote of a stark. opening his meeting with cheating paying putin said that the two countries were working together in a spirit of trust and that they had much that they call could cooperate on politically economically and militarily as well now th

political science at georgia gwinnett college and the political analyst on political issues about the horn of africa with a particular focus on ethiopia he joins us now by skype from atlanta good to have you with us sir how historic moment is this for ethiopia. it's definitely is historic you know since he came home or prime minister. has been really making sure that the promises of broadening the political space. and this political reform is that they they were really probably see have been very much. being implemented and this is just one to be signed that the country democracy is really moving in the right direction and the fact that mr doubt lives or in their product fighters that have been in exile and struggle against the regained for the past twenty six on the seven years out of now. heroes just saved a lot about how my views counted in this very short period of planning the state of emergency exits to prisoners have been freed now this is the country firmly on the road towards other democratic reforms would you say or is it too early to make that judgement call. i would definitely say that a

at the general assembly about the importance of stabilizing relations between countries in the horn of africa. resident really my prime minister and the president of any science if it is a comprehensive corporation argument in saudi arabia. and president of anything you would check. in being a decade of dispute in light of this important and positive developments it is only about what it and timely is the security council now she initially can see that it's without the law lifting the sanctions imposed on everything. u.s. secretary of state my thumb palace says sanctions on north korea must be vacuously and forced had told the u.n. security council that he's concerned by reports that some member states are undermining the sanctions by employing north korean workers the path to peace and a brighter future is only through diplomacy and only denuclearization that means any other path north korea may choose will inevitably lead to ever increasing isolation and pressure. it is imperative for members of the united nations to take that to heart enforcement of u.n. security council sanctions must con

agreement imo prove that these efforts will continue to be consolidated so that the people of the horn of africa can finally turn the page on war and conflict the courageous initiative of the singapore summit between the leaders of the united states and the democratic people's republic of korea along with the recent meeting of the two korean leaders in pyongyang of there's hope for the possibility of a full and verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula in the context of regional security in my recent visit to colombe i was impressed by those people strong commitment to peace now reaffirmed by president. in central asia i personally witness strains and cooperation among states after those becky stan went through a peaceful political transition greece in the former yugoslav republic of. yugoslavia macedonia if taken a major step towards resolving their differences our peacekeeping mission in liberia ended the decade and a half of work this year following the country's first peaceful democratic transition having to peacekeeping successes elsewhere in west africa. the approval of a compact

went on to and the message to the people of djibouti eritrea and all in the region is that the horn of africa is heading towards peace in the two decades of tensions between the two countries it nearly led to war in one thousand nine hundred ninety six and twenty ten cats are acted as a mediator and there was a peace deal but it never really settled down there were still strained relations up until now really this all follows on from the entirely separate peace deal between ethiopia and eritrea in july this year after two decades of cold war that followed two years of full border war and so reproach small maybe in the air in this region but the border dispute between djibouti and eritrea isn't over until there's a full demarcation deal but things do appear to be moving in the right direction. welcome if you're just joining us you're watching al-jazeera let's just recap your top stories the presidents of turkey iran and russia have now all arrived in tehran for what could be a decisive summit on syria the focus is italy but that's the last rebel held province the u.n. is urging diplomacy to av

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since they foresaw war twenty years ago the border post says on the main road linking the two horn of africa nations the conflict began in one thousand nine hundred eighty over a dispute in this same border area tens of thousands of people were killed the move follows a peace deal in july that restored diplomatic and trade relations after ethiopia's reformist prime minister came to power. iraqi armed groups in vassar have vowed to track down protesters who set fire to the offices in the past week prime minister hyderabadi visited the city where people say corruption and neglect ruining their lives from madison has more from the capital baghdad. under pressure to resign the prime minister hide the body or arrives in the southern iraqi city of basra where protesters say his government is to blame for much of the corruption and neglect which have destroyed their water and power supplies and left thousands without jobs . what happened in a bathrobe was one hundred percent true to a political conflict unfortunately some political blocs have military wings and some of them wanted to burn down powe

shadwell province most of those on board were somali like humans the narrow waters between the horn of africa and yemen are a popular migration. as cities around the world struggle with air pollution hundreds of campaigners and scientists have gathered in south korea to find new ways to tackle the crisis while the spotlight spino on cities like new delhi in beijing hong kong is also suffering high levels of pollution but as pride reports a group of activists are trying to find new ways for people to reduce their exposure to pollution. and awareness event by air pollution campaigners in a city that is becoming aware of the growing danger. this hong kong like much of mainland china has been experiencing record levels of ozone a complex mix of pollutants from vehicles and industry that's made worse during heat waves and a problem not helped by climate change. has the highest level of home for the last two decades and right now we do not know how to do without and it is a problem for hong kong and thai china polluted air has long been in the necessary cost of rapid economic development that's onl

nine million refugees currently live in the horn of africa sudan has been instructed to prevent them from setting off for europe. we have an appointment with the local police chief. what i learned of you has a record of gold in the i've always maintained that as long as european nations other refugees destination and suffer from illegal migration they have to pay in the shape of transport modern surveillance equipment modern vehicles even airplanes that can monitor the long borders into ethiopia and eritrea. because. the police chief of claims representatives of the e.u. and individual member states had promised him more than. just something. to me and were owed well or they made a lot of promises wholesale i can't say nothing has arrived but what we've received doesn't suffice given the current number of migrants. but all that comes to mind right now are a few motorcycles. motorcycles or other boats that you didn't with us like us i think that it would grow. takes time we want to know what happens to the people detained at the border and are granted permission to visit one of the big

represented a man who was detained and abused i fbi agents abroad, three different countries and the horn of africa . the panel refused to say he could seek a remedy in court because they said it was in the context of a counterterrorism investigation overseas. judge kavanauaugh went out of hs way to write a separate opinion saying there should not be a remedy recogognized for any kind of these investigations overseas. so that in itselelf is a problemamatic opinion. nermeen: can i ask about one of the cases you raise in your case? you 2010 mention international law, his position on the jurisdiction of international law in the u.s. if you could speak spepecificaly about what the impact of his position was on the aumf, the authorization use of military force, saying it was not limited by principles of international law? and in other case cases, what judge kavanaugh has town is his hostility binding international law, including the geneva conventions , as a constraint on government action, whether by president or congress. and in his view, courts should congressional statutes, for example, with a refer

military returned to the horn of africa with plans to state they established their first military base in djibouti at cambria money a former french foreign legion fort. rudolf a talent directed counterterrorism efforts in africa for the u.s. department of defense. the cell played a key role in looking at the movement of weapons the movement of potential foreign fighters organized crime during that time period you also had an influx of cocaine flowing in through the sale so all of this was was of primary interest and it in a continued to grow. because the series of maps in two thousand and two marking off this whole part of africa as a terrorist court corridor of terrorism and of course the official narrative from the that. penton why is that these terrorists that come from afghanistan they've been driven out by american forces you know they went that time was they've crossed through bin laden country i.e. sudan they're linking up with terrorists in north africa they've come through this sort of belts this but on a shaky area. jeremy keenan a british professor and author has spent. the

in the horn of africa, ethiopia and eritrea have reopened the border after 20 years, following the two countries' signing of a historic peace deal in july to . hundreds of people have gathered at the two reopened border .rossings this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from san francisco, the site of this week's global climate action summit. we begin today's show behind the scenes of california's raging climate-fueled wildfires, with the hidden men and women on the frontlines of the state's ever-growing fire season -- prisoner firefighters. of the 13,000 firefighters battling blazes s across california, , more than 2500 are incarcerateded. while salaried firefighthters en an annual mean wage of $74,000 a year plus benefits, prisoners earn $1 dollar per hour when fighting active fires. according to some esestimates, californiaia saves up p to $100 million a year by using prison labor to fight its bigiggest environmental problem. in august, c california governor jerry brown thanked the firefighters on the front lines, inclu