6700 peace keepers in south sudan and they want 5 1/2 to reenforce them and they will be in drc, liberiand ivory coast and sudan and more equipment could also be transferred and helicopters and one military transport aircraft are plained and we are in duba joining me and i don't believe people are arriving where you are but in the capitol and across the country and do you know if the u.n. can take people who are fleeing from the violence or whether they had to shut the gates? >> well, they are stretched to capacity. some places they did shut the gates because of too many people and trying to run away and get to u.n. bases just for safety and in duba there are two bases and a lot of people are in there and one base is 10,000 and another base is around 10,000, the fighting is taking its toll on civilians and women and children and everyone is invited and effected and i'm joined by the doctor a unicef chief of staff and this is a plight affecting children i suppose and what impact has it had on children? >> all we know is with the conflict escalating, the lives of children are in danger. th

7,000 to 12,500, with reinforcements coming from other missions in the democratic republic of congo, liberia and ivory coast. >> the first of the extra forces, a detachment of police officers have arrived. they are from the u.n. mission in the democratic republic of congo. trained in crowded control that would be spread across the country and assigned to uncamps overflowing with displace. >> the need nor additional peace keeper troops and u.n. advisor is critical. we have something of the order of an estimated 63,000 civilians housed at a dozen locations of the peacekeeping mission around the country. >> u.n. officials say with additional capabilities, they will not be able to protect every civilian in south sudan. it will be effectively policed by 12,500 troops. >> south sudan became independent in july 2011 after a lengthy war with sudan, that killed more than 2 million people. >> protesters in ukraine are in their second month. it was hoped that the demonstrators would be driven away. opposition leaders are not ready to back down. >> as the opposition tries to put pressure on the ukrainia

from there they were independent on scholarships to liberia, to east germany, ultimately to the united states. to lincoln university, which educate add lot of south african exiles. and that was their purpose. to get educated. my tag came here with the pup of becoming a political journalist. and he was not able to get -- maybe he would have been hired. but he was not hired by anyone and eventually ended up working for the united nations at the apartheid division in the antiapartheid radio. and he had three degrees. a bachelors and two masters. one in library studies and one in communications. it was -- he died right -- his death coincides with my going to south africa for his funeral, and it was then that i realized that i was walking in his well, thomas, i am interested what did you learn in in the making of the film, and the, cans what were the things that you learned in those conversations that will never leave you? >> the persistence of vision. that even when things look the most dire, that justice can win out. that i want to come back british prime minister is speaking now. a man w

for the child armies of africa, in sierra leone, liberia and uganda, turning children into killers. four years ago, the russian leadership celebrated mikhail kalashnikov' 90th birthday. awarding him a hero of the russian nation. i'm sad that it's used by terrorists. i would have preferred to have invented a machine people and farmers could use like a lawn mower. peter sharpe al jazeera moscow. >> let's take a look at our top business headlines right now. holiday cheer on wall street. investors picking up where they left off last week with more buying. right now dow is up almost 72 points. the blue chips are on track for their fourth, fourth straight record. apple is getting access to more than 700 million potential customers. it reached a deal with china mobile the world's largest cell phone carrier, the deal could add billions of revenue, to apple. >>> lawsuits in response to target stores being hacked affecting millions of credit and debt card holders. chase bank is now limiting how much its credit card customers can spend in the final days before christmas. al jazeera kilmeny duc

commission because santa all it is this a moto moto for the photo that would mean we have that on liberia in kenya and other countries even include tomato and confiscate it. so i think this is a little bit of monday thus the vacancy will be seen as a coaster. mom can come together and to shake hands of god ahead of d that is africa department best insights. well we turn our attention now to ukraine where there is still no let up in anti government protests of thousands of demonstrators facing off with police in freezing temperatures to protest the president's decision to forgo a trade pact with the european union in favor of closer ties with russia ah president viktor yanukovich has been holding high level meetings today on the crisis but protesters say they'll still put until he resigns. we got on with protesters are standing their ground in independence square the atmosphere is tense police gave them an ultimatum to clear the area by tuesday. bet they're refusing to leave. do not put it on the authorities try to remove people by force that causes more people to gather here. that's becau

sort of have a tux an air force base in liberia at least twenty four gunmen and three guards have been killed during the bottles but no but more casualties among personnel on the base of the it authorities have imposed a twenty four hour curfew around the site and in nearby city time comes a week after the military bombarded. hideouts on the border with cameroon. afghanistan has accused the u.s. of forcing it into an unfair contract with nato by cutting all fuel supplies to the country's security forces present recently rejected washington's dual to lead alliances troops stay out to twenty fourteen and now says pressure is being applied to drag him back in this account from the false now on why i cobbled refused to sign the deal in the first place. in the war getting out as often harder than going in and nowhere does that hold more true than in afghanistan president obama promised to would draw combat forces by the end of twenty fourteen. responsibility for their security. come to a response. but the two countries have been at all odds over a deal that would keep some u.s. troops past

the same phone liberia and sierra leone. these were rebel groups that were funding civil wars with the help of diamonds. now ten years later if you're looking at. violence in the diamond zones you're more likely to see either state actors or private security companies who are responsible for those those human rights abuses so one thing that is being calling out for the last several years is this broadening of what the conflict diamond definition is. is that the kimberly process night of nations considered to be a conflict diamond right now all the cells with our views was perpetrated by by rebel groups. certainly that is something that should be continued to be part of the definition but i think that it's. you know more responsible thing would to do would be charging to do. and respond to rights abuses by private security companies and. state security forces good point i think that's something that i take into account when i look at the conflict diamonds are often called a resource curse can you talk about why despite the gr

and then liberia is a perfect example.hey not only moved to democracy where they elected the first woman president in an african country, but they had no mental health care. now with the cadre of nurses they developed over several cycles of that, most of the country is now covered with basic professional help. so when you start -- i'm just scratching the surface, when you start to see all of it going around the world because they can open the door as ex-president and ex-first lady, it's still going on, it hasn't stopped. president carter is in nepal last week for the elections there. >> he is now 89 years old? >> correct. >> and the first lady is 86, i believe. >> yes. >> lauren is elizabethtown, north carolina. hi, lauren, you are on. >> caller: hello, good evening. i wanted to know the relationship that ms. carter had with the late betty ford? >> well, they became very good friends. and they worked on the era together as we mentioned. and they communicated a lot -- worked on projects together. and as i mentioned earlier,

here is what liberia's president had to say about mandela when she spoke to us a little earlier. >> hisility is something that i admired. opportunity to meet with him more than once. i have sat at his luncheon table and this was someone who -- all he could think of was how can we make a better life? make life easier for others? his experiences, his leadership, but he spent the time asking what is happening in your country? what can you do to make things better, to make your society a better one? that kind of humility is very rare. it's -- it's hard to find that in people, and that's why he is so exceptional. >> as we said many world leaders have been responding to mandela's death. here are some of their thoughts. >> the day he was released from priso, gave me a sense of what human beings can do when they are guided by their hopes and not by their fears. ♪ >> [ inaudible ] in determination. we must [ inaudible ]. >> and we are not likely to see another of his kind for a long time to come. that we can change the world. we can change the world by changing attitudes, by changing perceptions

for the child armies of africa, in sierra leone, liberia and africa, the ak-47 was the weapon of choiceurning ten-year-olds into killers. the ak-47 was also preferred by drug cartels. four years ago, the russian leadership celebrated mikhail kalashnikov's 90th anniversary, awarding him the highest honor, hero of the federation. but he had some regrets. i'm proud of my invention but i'm sad is used by terrorists. i'd prefer to invent something people or farmers could use like a lawn mower. >>> two members of the group pussy riot were released, charges against jailed greenpeace demonstrators will also be dropped in russia. >>> a major water main break in philadelphia, dozens of schools closed early as water filled philadelphia streets this morning. dozens of memos and businesses are without water. crews from the city's water department are looking to fix the problem. look at that. >>> oil will start flowing through section of the keystone xl pipeline to carry oil from the canadian refineries to the gulf of mexico. reporters say it will help reduce america's dependence on foreign oil but i

. >> for the child armies of af ka in sierra leone, liberia and uganda, the ak-47 was a weapon of choice, turning 10-year-old said into killers. it was favoured by drug dealers and cartels. it was an icon for violent in the 20th century. >> the russian leadership celebrated mikhail kalashnikov's 90 birthday. he was awarded hero of the federation, a high offer. mikhail kalashnikov had some regrets: >> now to a bit of basketball diplomacy featuring dennis rodman and kim jong un. unlike previous strips rodman did not see leader kim jong un. a man he called a friend for life. rodman is planning an exhibition game for kim's birthday in january, involving a dozen n.b.a. veterans and players. the heat is on. n.f.l. head coaches are feeling heat. ross is here to explain the carousel begins now. a week today. pink slips are handed out. eight firings last year. this year the same. simply maths. you're in the play offs. if not, your season is over and jerie jones expected a clean house. tony is done for the season with a back injury. kyle was in his place. what do you say. >> i don't want to get in

back home, in liberia where i am from, i worked ten years as a police officer.t to you take my experience and use it that you can better yourself. >> the deputy is convinced he reached some inmates. daniel has been a work in progress for 15 years now. sutu was assigned to the juvenile facility when he first came in as a team. >> been going to juvenile a long time. gus used to work there, he had a strong accent, we made fun with him sometimes, mess with him, always in good humor. >> people know you're a good guy. thing is you get caught up with peer pressure. being around the wrong people. you got to make a future for your little daughter and the one on the way, too. so it is like two kids you got going to depend on you as a parent, as a father for tomorrow. now you're languishing in prison. what have you set for the kids that are going to go about -- >> doing the same thing that my parents did to me by not being there. i have to change something. >> he was recently sentenced to three years. he is awaiting transfer to prison. >> got a job at a factory. >> how com

for the child armies of africa, in sierra leon, liberia and uganda, it was the weapon of choice, turning ten yeerlsdz into killers. the ak was favored by drug dealers and drug cartels. a weapon that became an icon for violence in the 20th century. four years ago, the russian leadership celebrated his 90th birthday, awarding him the nation's highest honor, hero of the russian federation. but looking back on his life he had some regrets. i am proud of my invention but sad that it's used by terrorists. i would have preferred to invent a machine like people and farmers could use, like a lawn mower. >> in 20 minutes time, one of europe's maritime disasters, we return to lampedusa, to see how people are coping. >>> a palestinian man who went on a 260 day hunger strike against his detention by israel has been freed. he was captured in 2002 and released in 2011. he was rearrested the following year for violating the terms of his release. hunger strike began in august 2012 and ended in april of this year after a deal with the israelis. >>> in jerusalem for us, nasreen can you tell us more about u

to try to request troops from the neighboring areas such as democratic republic of congo and from liberiaas well. already in the area, such as india, nepal and bangladesh. they are looking at passing this resolution tomorrow morning our time. >> this is interesting because you're talking about how slow things move in the halls in the united nations. compare that to how quickly things are generating. one wonders if the extra troops can really make a difference, given how quickly things have gone downhill there. >> good question. it has been a surprising move of speed here and i think that the u.n. officials here have watched increase being horror just how quickly the swais in south sudan -- situation in south sudan has deteriorated. when the troops get on the ground the u.n. has made it careeclear that this is a reacto the violence, their mandate to protect south sudanese civilians. this is not a solution to the violence, this is just a way to protect civilians. they are still going through the formal channels are trying to get diplomatic solution. this is really just to try to protect tho

a woman in liberia says to me, we have these rice wars, i knew the price of a bag of rice.one of the men did. a woman in darfur gets into the peace talks. they're stymied, and she comes in at the seventh round, they are arguing about where the river should be. who gets the river, the different warring factions, and she listens and finally she says, that river dried up years ago. [laughter] i will never forget -- i will never forget when blanche lincoln from arkansas said, when congress reconvened after the summer, they were talking about minimum wage and she said, i went to target and i bought shoes for my twins to go back to school. i bought the notebooks and i bought the pens. you could not have bought those on minimum wage. i know the price. that to me is critical. >> so, practicality. >> women are introducing more laws and work hard to get them passed. they care deeply about content. it springs from that reason why they got into the government in the first place. they are committed to projects and have a passion for policy work. that is something that women bring to gov

out a way to get the troops in and considering pulling troops from neighboring areas like congo and liberiand india, bangladesh and napole and they say this is not the solution to the fighting and not end the crisis and this is a reaction to escalating violence and the only way this will end is through political dialog and they are still pursuing the diplomatic channels. >> reporter: and kath turner at the u.n. and talking about increasing troop presence in the region this afternoon. let's turn to al jazeera's with the latest from south sudan's capitol duba. >> reporter: more u.n. troops will go a long way, and the u.n. needs all the help it can get in trying to protect people who fled fighting and thousands of people are hiding in u.n. bases across the country and there are still diplomatic to get the two sides to sit down and talk and agree to peace talks. for example the delegations and flying in the capitol later this afternoon and hear both sides they say they are willing to talk but there are conditions and the former vice president said he wants it to take place in ethiopia but there

the problems i'm seeing in malawi are the same problems i'm seeing in liberia and nigeria and uganda. to the world, little one. and the lights just went out. i don't think that we should stand by and just allow health centers around the world not to have something as basic as light and electricity. so the little step we're taking is a bit of power in a yellow box. this is called the solar suitcase. >> very, very nice. >> the solar panel takes the sunlight and it changes it to electricity. the solar suitcase is really rugged, simple to use, portable. perfect. turn this on. wow. >> thank you so much. >> you're so welcome. >> we include a series of phone chargers. we also provide head lamps. we include a battery charger. and finally because our focus is on maternal health care, we provide a fetal doppler. perfect. that's it. you can move the light where you want it. one of the most beautiful outcomes is that it's just shifted the morale of the health care worker. >> i will be able to give good deliveries. suturing will not be a problem for me. resuscitation of a baby during the night wil

so it was george schultz who first of all called me in liberia when i was on my first ambassador yellship ask permission from me to send my name to president reagan. >> now, when you arrived in south africa, you met with the white president, a man described by many who didn't like people who looked like you. he described a lot of people who looked like you to be the enemy. that what was your reception? >> my reception by the president was decidedly unfriendly. as a matter of fact, he had thought about -- >> did he shake your hand? >> he did not shake my hand when i first met him. >> unfriendly is a dep low mattic term. tell me what it means to americans, real african-americans. >> first of all, he wanted to receive my credentials on the steps of the union building, where the president is lying in state now, and he demanded of his people that i stand one step blow him. below him so that i would have to look up at him? >> did you? >> i did. he was standing one step higher. then, when i handed him the credentials, he had to look down, he had to look at the credentials and then he had to look