but let's go back to liberia. was it 200a? go back to liberia. was it 200mm was 200a.ly my first job. i was excited and grateful. i had been out before previously on trainee positions in sudan. but this was my first real job trainee positions in sudan. but this was my first realjob after graduating and is doing a masters. i'd been working in development and human rights. they really want to get into human rights— the humanitarian assistance sector. i got a job with miller, an agency in britain. -- merlin. how old were you at the time? i was 24 at the time, i think. so you go out and meet your collea g u es think. so you go out and meet your colleagues from merlin. what they generally older, and where they generally older, and where they generally male? not all of them, but the senior management team absolutely were. but not all of them. there were other female staff, others in my age group, as well, but i was others in my age group, as well, but iwas in others in my age group, as well, but i was in the mostjunior position. i had gone out after having been briefed in lo

i heard a few whispers of things happening in liberia.those chats that that wasn't something that i would be ok with if it happened, and if it was to do with sexual misconduct. but i went out, and was met by this individual at the airport. and i think we — we need to name him. he is a belgian national, he's called roland van hauwermeiren. right. now, it was he the director of operations in liberia at the time? no, he was the country director. myjob was partly to be his assistant, but also to be a grants manager. and i shared an office with him, and so i knew his schedule and so on. he picked me up from the airport, which i thought was a little bit odd. but um, but it was a nice chat and so on. but i remember clearly that he had a phone call, and took a phone call from someone that he obviously knew. i felt that they were talking about me, very quickly. and, um, there was something said about a green light. um, i didn't reflect so much on that at that particular moment, but i have since. i felt that he was checking out, seeing what kind of

great great great grandson who's turned this story on its head he fled wall to liberia to find freedom in america his name is. that i want to say i want to start in liberia i came to this country and it was just a shift as an honest and in my own country's history that i spent hours in the library just trying to find out the history of the mississippi to liberia and then i define oh yes there was a ship there was a ship manifesto and a longer ship me out for. great ground bothers me his name was like man ibrahim sorry he was one of the sons of. remodel or was and was a prince but also clearly by his name a muslim a muslim was very important to realize that. you on astute son's. medicine and that for me was like winning the lottery or mazing. in reverse to come from africa. from africa. refuge in a. place to a place for me is spiritual home for me in above all it has one of the largest collection of books in africa one norway in africa it's right here in chicago how importance was that. your relative was a muslim this country has to understand its roots especially when it comes to afric

the history of the mississippi to liberia and then a defined oh yes there was a ship there was a ship manifesto and along the ship's name all of great ground by this name his name was. he was one of the sons of. remodel who was and was a prince but also clearly by his name a muslim a muslim was very important to realize that your own astute son's. medicine and that for me was like winning the lottery on the rare amazing. reverse here to come from africa. here have the come from africa. refuge enough for chicago us a place in the lead to a place for me is spiritual home for me in above all it has one of the largest collection of books in africa on norway in africa it's right here in chicago how important was it that up to you relative was a muslim this country has to understand its roots especially when it comes to african-american is an islamic groups african-american shoe not seen as just a religion it is a heritage and a good thing about it people respect each other here you know in the midst of all of this is diversity so that's something that you've got what has that we will say s

million dollar award recognizes her efforts to rebuild liberia following two civil wars a confidence first elected female leader left office last month after serving two terms. by russian investigators searching for clues about the cause of an airplane crash on sunday outside moscow killing all seventy one people on board the subtleties of airlines regional jet disappeared from radar screens about four minutes after takeoff russian president vladimir putin has ordered a special commission to lead the investigation. they're battling the biting call to find answers to want to brush his worst ever plane crashes but what the site covered in six no is like looking for a needle in a haystack. nearly one thousand people as well as drones and snowmobiles have been deployed to comb through the icy fields. we plan to continue the main stage of search and rescue operations fist seven days. the wreckage is scattered across a very large area the snow is heavy and the terrain is difficult it was very nearly a year for. the plane came down just outside moscow minutes after taking off for the southe

as director for operations for oxfam in 2011, and with a british different charity in 2004 in liberiand exaggeration. he spoke about how in the last week since the allegations his family hadn't spoken to him. he also posted an open letter to the media today, he went through detail by detail how he didn't believe any of these allegations from liberia onwards, specifically in haiti saying he was involved in a sexual relationship with a haitian woman but didn't pay for prostitution and she wasn't a victim of the earthquake. we are hearing that high—profile figures including the south african archbishop desmond tutu has left the organisation and said he was disappointed with the allegations. thank you. members of british steel's pension scheme were the victims of a "major mis—selling scandal". mps on the work and pensions committee say the scheme's members were targeted by "vulture" financial advisers, who encouraged them to transfer their savings to "unsuitable funds. " it happened when the pension fund was hived off in order to keep the uk company, owned by the indian firm tata, afloat.

liberia is one of the poorest countries in africa and relies on funding from the united states. france is planning to provide additional development aid to the country. antonio guterres is calling for an immediate end to the violence in a rebel held suburb of damascus where 400,000 people are living in what he calls how on earth -- hell on earth. syriaghting in must allow humanitarian aid to reach all in need, including urgent medical treatment. this is a human tragedy that is unfolding in front of our eyes. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julia: let's move on that coming kashkari helps decode the fed's language. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ lisa: this is "bloomberg markets ." julia: let's get a view from minnesota now. michael mckee sat down with neel kashkari. he weighed in on the wording from the fomc january statement. >> we debate each word change in the statement. a lot of debate goes into those. yurther is intended to sav furthering the path we are on. j

her country after two civil wars africa's first elected female head of state became president of liberia in two thousand and six and served two terms a coveted five million dollar prize only had a doubt if there's deemed to be a worthy candidate the british foreign secretary says he thinks myanmar's leader isn't fully aware of what he called the horror in northern rakhine state first johnson visited muslim villages there as well as refugee camps in bangladesh the housing some of the seven hundred thousand people who fled the military crackdown the u.n. says maybe a genocide portrait of jan reports. the u.k.'s foreign secretary came to see the situation with his own eyes boris johnson to door hinge a refugee camps and bangladesh and met with villagers who remain in me and marjorie kind statement he thinks myanmar leader aung san suu kyi does not fully understand the crisis i don't think she's been in a helicopter to see what we have seen today i don't think it has come through to have the full extent of the horror of what has happened the horror johnson is talking about is what the u.s. c

liberia's former president ellen johnson sirleaf has become the first woman to win the most abraham prize for african leadership sirleaf was recognized efforts to rebuild her country after two civil wars she was africa's first elected female head of state and served two terms as liberia's president. the us vice president says that washington and seoul have agreed terms for further diplomatic engagement with north korea mike pence told the washington post that could possibly lead to direct talks without preconditions between the u.s. and north korea and made the comments as he returned from south korea where he avoided direct contact with the north korean delegation attending the winter olympics. u.s. president donald trump has questioned israel's commitment to making peace with the palestinians he made the comments in an interview with an israeli newspaper owned by american billionaire trump baca sheldon adelson in a rare rebuke of the israeli leadership the u.s. president says he isn't necessarily sure that they're looking to make peace he warns israeli settlements are quote something th

liberia's former president ellen johnson sirleaf has become the first woman to win them over to whom prize for african leadership sirleaf was rich recognized for her efforts to rebuild her country after two civil wars she was africa's first elected female head of state and served two terms as liberia's president the coveted five million dollar prize is only handed out if there is deemed to be a worthy candidate oxfam is facing new allegations that its staff use prostitutes this time in the african nation of chad in two thousand and six a follows growing criticism for the way it handled accusations of sexual misconduct by its aid workers in haiti where the charity was working after the twenty ten earthquake its investigation led to the dismissal of four people and the resignation of three others the u.k. government is now threatening to withdraw funding from the organization. of human rights activists known as the iron lady of pakistan will be buried on tuesday usma john geer suffered a heart attack and died in lahore on saturday she was sixty six years old john geer faced death threa

the area security forces said their latest airstrikes have destroyed dozens of militant targets liberia's ex president ellen johnson sirleaf has won the mo ibrahim prize for african leadership the five million dollar award is a recognition of her efforts to rebuild the country following two civil wars the continent's first elected female leader left office last month after serving two terms. in the us the state of new york has launched a lawsuit against hollywood mogul harvey weinstein and his company that alleges that he has a brother robert broke the law by failing to and protect employees from pervasive sexual harassment intimidation and discrimination harvey weinstein is facing accusations of sexual misconduct from dozens of women and the travel frenzy is well underway in beijing and other parts of china as people head home for the chinese new year most will be taking the train to join their families for celebrations nearly three billion trips are expected this year alone it is the world's largest movement of people within a short time span. to south africa in our top leaders of the r

now to some of the other stories making news around the world liberia's ex president ellen johnson sirleaf has won the abraham prize for african leadership a five million dollars award recognizes her efforts to rebuild the country following two civil wars the continent's first elected female leader left office last month after serving two terms. in the russian investigators have recovered the flight data recorder from the wreckage of the plane that crashed near moscow on sunday it may offer clues as to why the satava airlines jet came down after disappearing from radar screens about four minutes after takeoff all seventy one people on board died. egypt's army says it has killed twelve islamist militants and detained about ninety others after gun battles in the northern sinai region the operation was part of a government campaign against insurgents blamed for a string of attacks in the area security forces said the latest airstrikes destroyed dozens of militant targets. a top executive of the british charity oxfam has resigned over allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff in ei

it's let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world liberia's next president ellen johnson sirleaf has won the most ybor heene prize for african leadership a five million dollar award recognizes her efforts to rebuild the country following two civil wars the continent's first elected female leader left office last month after serving two terms. egypt's army says it has killed twelve islamist militants and detained about ninety others after gun battles in the northern sinai region the operation was part of a government campaign against insurgents blamed for a string of attacks in the area security forces say that their latest air strikes just story dozens of militant targets. a train crash in the central austrian town of nicholas stores has killed one person and injured more than twenty others police say that one train hit the side of another in the train station the cause is being investigated. in her first interview since clinching a deal for a new government germany's chancellor has quashed rumors that she will step down early to make way for

. >> my mommies collecting shoes to send back to a country in liberia in africa. it is liberia.e to it little kids around the area. >> that is great. >> elementary school kids coming up with great ideas to help the community, come on, everybody, give it up, holy cross in the house. good job, everybody. back to you guys in the studio , mike and alex. >> yes. >> it is impressive there. >> they are all having a great time. >> my goodness. >> i may have found one of the best sushi places i have ever eaten in my life. i have eaten so much fish when i shake somebody's hand it kind of wiggles. this is in olde city. >> wow. >> it is called tuna bar, come how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would last them. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped! you're gonna leave me back here at year 9? how did this happen? it turned out, a lot of people fell short, of even the average length of retirement. we have to think about not when we expect to live to, but when we could live to. let's plan for income that lasts a

i read the will and it says, yes, i want to free my servant , and iff he is willing he will go to liberia, i will give him $100. that is a lot of money in those days, not an insignificant sum, but it is not going to last long in liberia. of course, robin is elderly by this time. he may be african-american, but he is not african. he has never been to africa. he was born in the american colonies. his parents were probably born in the american colonies. his grandparents may have been africans. my grandparents came from holland and ukraine and what is today mold audio -- moldavia. he is going to send robin back to africa with $100, or if robin is willing to go to another state, he can have $50. so robin can take $50 and moved to philadelphia. that my last and 3-4 months, and then what is this elderly man going to do? or he can remain in virginia, but not get any money. i am thinking, this is a very wealthy man dying, and he wants to do something nice for his loyal servant robin. why didn't he give him a couple hundred bucks to stay enrichment -- stay in richmond? furthermore, what he does not

years of the two civil wars africa's first elected female head of state sirleaf became president of liberia in two thousand and six and served for two terms coveted five million dollar prize is only handed out if there is deemed to be a worthy candid the us has denied claims by israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu that he has discussed an unexceptional plan for the west bank prime minister netanyahu told a faction meeting that he had been talking to the americans about sovereignty over settlements for some time now in the last few hours the israeli parliament has approved legislation that extends israeli law to academic institutions in the west bank. yes present all trump is questioned meanwhile israel's commitment to making peace with the palestinians he made the comments in an interview with an israeli newspaper owned by american billion antrim back sheldon adelson in a rare rebuke for these radio leadership the u.s. president says he isn't necessarily sure that they're looking to make peace he warns israeli settlements are quote something that very much complicates and always have

in a four-page document, he described how he handled the situations in liberia, chad, and haiti. he denied paying for sex, and says an event he attended in haiti was not, as alleged, a sex party. the nato military mission in ghanistan has rejected a offer from the talibano d throur in the country talks. it was made in an open letter. the agency said that recatt tacks on civilians said that -- showed that the taliban is not ready to negotiate in good faith. nesouth africa'president, cyril ramaphosa, has found to -- vowed corruption a day after his predecessor jacob zuma was forced to resign. mr. zuma faces numerous allegations of improper dealings, which he has long denied. the new president is tasked with rebuilding his country's economy and uniting a fractured political system. our africa editor fergal keane has more. fergal: in the place they call the mother city of the republic, exultation at what they felt was nothing less than liverance. and inside, the words that a newled the arrival o and very different order. >> i declare that cyrilma osa, duly elected president of the re

. >>> tonight, survivors of the church massacre in liberia are seeking justice in our area new lawsuit is accusing a delaware county man of war crimes, "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden tracked down the man accused of directing the atrocities. >> reporter: neighbors say moses thomas, man men to help out at this liberian restaurant, is a good guy. >> he was a nice man. >> reporter: thomas, at 64 came to the u.s. almost 20 years ago, they could in the find him at southwest philadelphia restaurant we have learned owned by his girl friend, accord together federal lawsuit filed this week thomas has a terribly disturbing past, it is claim he was a colonel with liberian special forces, tactical june that it massacred 600 men, women and children in 1990. the bloody attack unfolded behind the walls of the lutheran church in monroevi. >> twenty-eight years have passed since the church massacre and in one has been held accountable. >> reporter: thinks lead counsel for center for justice and accountability, she spoke to us from san francisco, about their lawsuit aiming to tie thomas to war cri

. >> reporter: 24 years ago collins fled liberia's civil war escaping with wife, maddie, and thousandssperate refugees. >> we were dying of starvation. i'm sorry. one time we found toothpaste and that's what we ate. >> reporter: toothpaste. >> toothpaste for lunch. >> reporter: eventually they got to america, settled in montana where maddie had been a high school exchange student. early on, vandals painted "go back to africa" on their home. his neighbors washed it away. >> not in this town, they said. the community, that's what kept me going. >> reporter: collins, 55, father of 2, works as a state child protection specialist and serves in the navy reserve. he defeated a popular 16-year incumbent by less than 350 votes. >> you need to give back. if i can give back half of what this community has given me, i'm complete. >> reporter: the new mayor, very much at home, in montana. ron allen, nbc news, helena. >> the american dream. alive and well in montana tonight. we appreciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this wednesday ni >>> now on "extra." days

roland van hauwermeiren describes how he handled situations in liberia, chad and haiti.r sex and said an event he attended in haiti was not — as alleged — a sex party. south africa's new president, cyril ramaphosa, has vowed to crack down on corruption, a day after his predecessorjacob zuma was forced to resign. mr zuma faces numerous allegations of improper dealings, which he's always denied. the new president is tasked with rebuilding his country's economy and uniting a fractured political system. our africa editor fergal keane has more. in the place they call the mother city of the republic, exaltation at what they felt was nothing less than deliverance. and inside, the words that signalled the arrival of a new and very different order. i declare the honourable cyril ramaphosa duly elected president of the republic of south africa. he knew this moment was coming, but he had seemed abashed. in his first words as president, the tone was consciously humble. when one is elected in this type of position, you basically become a servant of the people of south africa, and i'l

liberia's x. president ellen johnson sirleaf has won the most ybor him prize for african leadership the five million dollar award recognizes her efforts to rebuild the country following two civil wars the continent first elected female leader left office last month after serving two terms. and a train crash in the central austrian town of nicolas storm has killed one person and injured more than twenty others police say that one train hit the side of the other near the station the cause is being investigated. a top executive of the british charity oxfam has resigned over allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff in haiti deputy chief executive penny lawrence said that she was taking responsibility for the organization's failure to react to internally raised concerns the allegations center on seven oxfam employees said to have used prostitutes including some who are under age while working in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake concerns about some of the staff members were raised even

liberia's ex president ellen johnson sirleaf has won the most abraham prize for african leadership the five million dollars award recognizes her efforts to rebuild the country following two civil wars continents first elected female leaders left office last month after serving two terms. london city airport has been closed after the discovery of a world war two bomb in the nearby river thames parts of east london area have also been cordoned off as the navy and police deal with the unexploded device and police are being asked to stay away from the area. for a very turbulent week on the markets so how are they doing today back and pretty much call it a roller coaster ride hasn't stopped it's going up and down like nothing on earth unless you're investor of course roller coaster rides aren't that much fun the last couple weeks or new york stocks down ten percent and officially entering a correction amidst wild volatility this week trading got underway with the dow jones on wall street leading by three hundred points at the start this is all back slightly to about three thirty points and

opponents of liberia putin would want to hear from a russian presidential candidate to embrace nato this is the right a goal for russia often called russia's paris hilton for her well documented social life and reality t.v. shows her father was one of lattimer putin's mentors. but in twenty eleven she joined opposition protests and this since emerged as a government critic with millions of followers on social media however she's only polling around one percent since leading opposition candidate alexina valmy was running questions have been raised as to whether she is a kremlin plans or the very least a useful distraction to give legitimacy to forthcoming polls that president putin is expected to win by a landslide she rejects that when alex enough. my colleague on opposition movement went also to take part on the elections wooded legitimated putin why no one said that it was. legitimate putin so that's in kind of absurd thing it's either we all legit to mate putin or not does she says not even a putin presides over a corrupt regime and her economic prescription is based on privatization

the treasury department says the sanctions target a network of companies in liberia and elsewhere linkedminent hezbollah operation. the millionss all of dollars every year. the flu outbreak shows no signs of slowing down. the center for disease control and prevention says one out of every 14 infants were for flu symptoms. that is the highest level since the swine flu pandemic in 2009. experts and thought this season will be back, but it's intensity surprised most health officials. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. the seventh round of nafta negotiations are due to begin later this month in mexico city. there are still more difficult items to resolve, and wendy cutler spent 30 years negotiating complex trade agreements. including acting deputy director , she is now vice president and managing director -- and joins us from there. good to have you. yet been around a lot of these negotiations. looking from the outside, it doesn't look like it is going very well. to the are saying

you have a business say in lebanon or ghana or liberia was mentioned and they are acting as a friend? is that usually how it is. a false business and we are going after those people. >> that's exactly what it is. these are what trade are as legitimate companies who use finances and basically operate through the international financial system. but basically they are friends for hezbollah. they move money for hezbollah. this is how they launder money that may be coming from what could be the sale of drugs. has below, which presentsitself as a pious party , a party of god. as basically a shia organization but party, here it is engaging in these activities that obviously run completely and counter to what any religious party should be associated with. >> do notice a difference in approach, these are obviously new sanctions from the trump administration. is there a difference of approach or a continuation of our previous policy? >> it's an interesting question because designations are something the obama administration did through the treasury department as well. i think this is more of a

in liberia, back in 2004, she walked in on a senior manager with a local girl.senior managers were dismissed. one of them was the man at the centre of the 0xfam scandal roland van hauwermeiren. amira malik miller was asked on the bbc‘s hardtalk programme if she was surprised that 0xfam tried to cover things up. it doesn't surprise me. it exposes a very strong weakness in the system and our hr practices, absolutely. i think roland van hauwermeiren is a particularly interesting case study. he has been able to manipulate the system for a very long time. he has chosen to move around from different countries. between organisations. he knows that it has not been tracked properly so he has manipulated that. still to come on the programme, we find out about the soaring rate of measles in europe. we will speak to the who about what is causing that. jeremy corbyn has accused papers of lies and smears. these papers allege thatjeremy corbyn did meet someone from the czech embassy several times. that story has been picked up and pursuit in various forms by newspapers in rece

--was allowed to resign from which is now part of save the children in liberia in 2004. he joined oxfam in 2006 in chad. again, there were concerns about what oxfam calls in its report "gender issues" which is management speak, i guess, for misconduct against toward women. despite those issues, he was allowed to move on to the congo and then to haiti him and those investigated that he admitted to were that he was having sex with women, paying them for sex. i have seen the transcript of his interview with the oxfam investigation. he admits in their that he had, what he calls, prostitutes visit him on two or three occasions at his home, which was i believe aste a luxurious place known the eagles nest where he lived alone surrounded by security guards. he could live a very private and secure -- six included life. he also talks about young mothers coming to him, visiting him, and he is giving them baby milk, diapers, goods come in a basically essentials, that they are living on. and implies that he is doing that in return for sexual favors. has trackedlleagues down and inter

country not to civil wars she was africa's first elected female head of state and served two terms as liberia's president. forests across the world are under growing threat of destruction according to the world wildlife fund which says that an area equivalent to twenty seven football fields is lost every minute to logging and agriculture but in costa rica environmental asked activists are fighting back as andy gallagher reports. few places in the world can boast the kind of biodiversity found in costa rica's forests you'll find unique species and unique climates but deforestation is taking its toll over the last seventy years about eighty percent of costa rica's forest has been lost. the clough bridge nature reserve researches and volunteers of fighting back we've got to remember that in just a few short years they've replanted and we grown large parts of this rain forest and the result a promising when we finally captured a jaguar on the camera trap he was hired by big cat that was a huge step for us when we walk through the areas that we planted in and you see the tree is large enough to make

in 2004 while working for an ngo in liberia, she blew the whistle on a senior staff member who she witnessedher people were around as well but i went into the kitchen and found one of the senior staff members there with a quite young liberian girl. i do not know what age she was, 16, 18. but what i saw was something i was not comfortable with and which i deem to be inappropriate. i confronted that person right there and then. sexually inappropriate? yes. there was a lot of touching and so on. i certainly felt it was inappropriate and went against our code of conduct. that is why i confronted that man straightaway and why i then the following monday morning went to head office and said this has happened, i'm not comfortable with this i do not think it is according toa this i do not think it is according to a code of conduct and someone. and i would expect you to do something. amira malik miller talking to stephen sackur for bbc hardtalk. and you can watch that fascinating interview in full here on bbc world news on wednesday at the times in gmt you can see on your screen now. the us and uk ar

department says the sanctions target a network of companies and lebanon, donna, like beer -- ghana, and liberias hezbollah sense them $700 million a year. s.e flu outbreak in the u. shows no signs of slowing down. the center for disease control and inventions as one out of every four visits to doctors and clinics last week or for flu symptoms. that is the biggest since the swine flu pandemic in 2009. experts thought the season might be bad, but the intensity has surprised most health officials. global news 24 hours a day. powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. julia: what'd you miss? deflating, bubble is falling below $8,000 for the first time since november. it drops issues in the cryptocurrency. by rob irving. look over the last week in terms of the new slow. rob: one thing i find fascinating about this is.it fast forwarded everything is moving so quickly . i cover the mortgage crisis and the housing boom followed by the bust, which was eight years. this is on the space of a few months. there are a lot of things. t

director at the time since emerged that he had been the subject of similar allegations in chad and in liberia where he was dismissed by the british charity money in two thousand and four and then today. has revealed that one of the men who was fired in haiti was rehired as a consultant later that year in ethiopia. well alice evans is a lecturer in aid and development to king's college london she joins me now in the studio thanks very much for coming in to speak to us and so just running through some of the latest developments there allegations of sexual misconduct and exploitation a troubling enough but then for those at the center of some of these allegations to have not only been rehired in a different role but also survive within a charity or an ngo is perhaps more wiring how is it. you know how does it come to this is really shocking and horrifying and i think what we've seen with me too is that social harassment is global it's across all industries across all sectors and organizations always try to cover it up they will rehire people they will question reports of abuse to preserve their

country director at the time it's emerged that he'd been the subject of similar allegations in chad and liberia where he was dismissed by the british charity bernard in two thousand and four and now oxfam has revealed that one of the men who was fired in haiti was rehired as a consultant later that year in ethiopia it's really shocking and horrifying and i think what we've seen with me too is that sexual harassment is global it's across all industries across all sectors and organizations always try to cover it up they will rehire people they will question reports of abuse to preserve their good names whether it's a university a political party a church they'll try to cover it up and so we don't see. well chinese people across asia and the rest of the world are ushering in the year of the dog on the eve of the lunar new year thousands of malaysian chinese celebrated with press and worship but his temples. or similar scenes furthered all that whole call where the most important holiday of the year begins with a visit to the wall tyson temple but they dream brown of course in beijing not everyone

a detailed open letter, roland van hauwermeiren describes how he handled difficult situations in liberia with me now. what's been said? quite a lengthy letter. he begins by praising 0xfam's work and says it should not be targeted. he says, it is not because a —— the fault of the organisation that a few employees did not follow the code of conduct. he then goes on to what he calls the main issue, haiti. 0xfam sacked three members of staff and allowed four others to resign over claims of six parties and prostitution. it is now underfire six parties and prostitution. it is now under fire for not fully disclosing what went on at the time. in this letter, roland van hauwermeiren says there were no six parties at all. but he says he did have intimate relations with the women in haiti. he says she was not a prostitute but in his words, amateur, honourable woman. not an earthquake victim but someone who 0xfa m earthquake victim but someone who 0xfam held. he went on to say... the final reason he gives for resigning is that he had a long—standing dispute over strategy with 0xfam and adds that was

over the next few years in kenya, liberia and sierra leone, he focused his lens on women-- heroes, heho are often treated as second-class citizens. he photographed women's faces, and placed them where they could no longer be ignored. a kenyan woman named elizabeth kamanga asked jr to paste her picture for all the world to see. >> jr: the woman ask me, "make my story travel." >> cooper: have my eyes, my story travel around the world. >> jr: they want someone that they never heard of to hear, like sending a bottle in the water. >> cooper: her story did travel, thousands of miles around the world. jr pasted her eyes onto a container ship called the "magellan" that spent months at sea. ( dogs barking ) in 2008, he ventured into providencia, the oldest favela in rio, a slum perched on a hillside controlled by a well- armed gang of drug dealers. jr photographed an elderly woman whose grandson was murdered by a rival gang. she agreed to let him paste her image on the stairs leading into the neighborhood. did you have permission from any-- from the gangs, or... ? >> jr: no, from nobody. from

that are some of the other stories making news around the world liberia's x president ellen johnson sirleaf abraham prize for african leadership the five million dollars award recognizes her efforts to rebuild the country following two civil wars continents first elected female left office last month after serving two terms. egypt's army says it has killed twelve islamist militants and detained about ninety others after gun battles in the northern sinai region the operation was part of a government campaign against insurgents for street attacks in the area security forces. strikes destroyed dozens. of militant targets. a train crash in the central austrian town of nicholas stuart has killed one person and injured more than twenty police say one train hit the side of another in the station the cause is being investigated. a top executive of the british charity oxfam past resigned over allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff in haiti deputy chief executive penny lawrence said she was taking responsibility for the organizations failure to react to internally you've raised concern

the only two places left, actually, that offer bear shares are the marshall islands and liberia which run out of the united states, actually offices in new york and in virginia. but you would see in the data where one jurisdiction say the bbi would tamp down on bear shares and then there would be a spike of incorporations in pan la where they still offered them. so, it's sort of this thing that evolves and mutates to continue to be the, you know, do the same kind of behavior. >> sure. >> i was wondering, have you been to the island northeast of new zealand? and how did you feel when jenkins' lieutenant committed suicide in argentina, i think it was last month? >> i had not been to new zealand and i would love to go. fonseca said to me, he obviously went and beautiful, and the most stars in the sky that he'd seen in his entire life. there was a funny story, and i talk about this later in the book, eventually new zealand just got really frustrated with the bad trust with newy. and we'll up the stipend if you agree to quit this business. we'll give you the $3 million, whatever fonseca is

country after two civil wars africa's first elected female head of state senate became president of liberia in two thousand and six and served two terms the coveted five million dollar prize is only handed out if is deemed to be a worthy candidate india's defense minister has warned that pakistan will pay following an attack on an indian army camp at least one paramilitary soldier was killed after a fight has opened fire near the camp in indian controlled kashmir the attack happened just hours after government troops ended a two day gun battle at a separate army camp where five soldiers and one civilian were killed imtiaz tayyab reports. smoke rises above a paramilitary camp in indian administered kashmir is largest city srinagar police say two fighters started shooting from a nearby location several buildings were evacuated and the area has been cleared of all civilians investigators say they are in control of the situation than going to start their own one of the rules they have been for not that the congress will think what is in them but it will be on the expected to do good things will

liberia's ex-president ellen johnson sirleaf has won the most ybor him prize for african leadership the five million dollar award is in recognition of her efforts to rebuild the country following two civil wars the continent's first elected female leader left office last month after serving two terms. in the u.s. the state of new york has launched a lawsuit against hollywood mogul harvey weinstein and his company and alleges that he and his brother robert broke the law by failing to protect employees from pervasive sexual harassment intimidation and discrimination harvey weinstein is facing accusations of sexual misconduct from dozens of women and london city airport has now been closed as a safety precaution after the discovery of a world war two bomb in the nearby river thames parts of east london have also been cordoned off as the navy and police still with the unexploded device officials have asked people to stay away from the area. russian investigators are searching for clues as to what brought down an airliner on sunday outside of moscow killing all seventy one people on board th

slave cannot live peacebly in the united states and should be removed voluntarily to places like liberia. he is a catholic living in maryland and i think most important thinking about credit -- dred scott, before we get to 1857, it has beenal question on his mind since the 1820's and 1830's when as attorney general, he had begun to work out his theory about black citizenship, and we know his conclusion that black people cannot be citizens of the united states. >> but give some background to tell it's a bit more about the united states. >> the total population in the 31 million plus people and there were about half a million free blacks in the united states. and today, the free blacks live in a certain part of the country? >> free blacks, there were free blacks in the south and the north. a lot of times after emancipation, if a slave was emancipated, they would leave the jurisdiction, but they had family that kept them in the same place where they were slaves. it was not uncommon to find free blacks in the south and the north. >> in urban centers like st. louis, like baltimore, we have ac

crimes against humanity, and i am reflecting on some of the victims of charles taylor's activities in liberia and in sierra leone. we saw young children who had had limbs amputated at the hands of the revolutionary united front, supported by charles taylor. we have met with children whose by nts have been murdered the perpetrators of violence, who believed that they were beyond justice. and the concept behind having the department of state rewards program serves such an important purpose when we consider that it has helped bring to the bar of justice around this planet those who have been involved in war crimes. it has turned the table on dangerous foreign terrorists and criminals. and this bill of virginia foxx's and eliot engel's, continues to expand that very -- engel's continues to expand that very effort. to help ensure that they face justice, but just as importantly that others message in the future who contemplate behaving like a charles taylor or committing this kind of mayhem will also face the bar of justice. and encouraging, encouraging those who are working with them to turn them

of the haitian operation, who resigned from oxfam for himself using prostitutes, had lost a job in liberiaerent british aid agency on similar grounds. roland van hauwermeiren reportedly denied the allegations, but did resign. what this latest news does, perhaps, is simply harden the suspicion that oxfam is just the tip of an iceberg. i'm joined now from boston by diane mazura na, from massachusetts tufts university. she has conducted a major study of sexual assaults in the aid industry. and in the studio we have bocchit edmond, the haitian ambassador to the uk. if i can turn to you diane, there a difference between sexual assault and using prostitutes. but what did study find? what we found in the study was sexual assault and harassment of humanitarian aid workers was pretty widespread. the most reliable numbers we have is about 24% of aid workers, women aid workers, reported being sexually assaulted while on a mission. and we found that the primary perpetrators are other men who are humanitarian aid workers who are their colleagues and usually people in a position of power, more higher ra