frank kalinzinje is a tax official back home in malawi. londiwe khoza works in the south african finance ministry. today they're tourists. but actually, they're here in the german capital to study, chosen by a panel of judges. frank kalinzinje, tax official from malawi: it's a dream come true. and for my specialty, for me, it's the first time to get out of our country. and of all places, coming to berlin in germany. it was one of the best things that has ever happened to me in my life. reporter: they're in berlin for a year and a half on a postgraduate course in tax law. it's been something of a culture shock. londiwe khoza, financial analyst from south africa: i think, today, is a bit of, like, a coldness. maybe i just don't have the right word for it. 'cause, like in africa, we're just jolly. we're loud, we're warm, you know. and here it's keeping to yourself. and sometimes it's not that easy, i think, especially with the older generation. reporter: the next morning at the berlin school of economics and law, 27 africans from 13 countries

malawi this president unfortunate passed away and he's probably now he made the decision and he set free i was a successful but in some other countries when i raised this issue, of course con trags television station but i've listened to my appeal i'll continue to help those people being discriminated dear friends i have a year and a half to go before i step down as unsecretary we have a gratefully to get done i know all right. when the time comes to look at my 10 you i'll feel an enormous pride i've been the first unsecretary general to push hard for equality rights for lgbt around the world (clapping.) for me as many people who have come to this course later in their lives it's been a journey growing up in korea in the 1950s and 60s i didn't know anyone that was lgbt or at least i didn't knows i knew anyone. (laughter) sexual orientation and gender identities were about not issues we spoke about they were tab bus korea as know it is constitutional itching i learned to spoke out when i realized that people's lives are at stake it is isn't that simple millions of people in every corner o

in malawi, she had an enterprising project teaching local women how to produce and sell tomato sauce. and i was dealing with a pesky backache. i had trouble just trying to pick something up. for weeks on end the pain wouldn't go away. orthopedists i saw thought it might be arthritis or a minor spinal problem. and, let's just admit it, old age kicking in. but longtime friends noticed something was wrong. doug campbell manages our montana ranch. >> he seemed like he had aged quickly in a short amount of time, and he quit doing his morning swims and, you know, was slowing down, i guess you could say. >> then in august, i flew to rochester, minnesota. i'm a board member at the mayo clinic, and we had a meeting. it was also a time for a checkup with my doctor, andrew majka. dr. majka, when i came to you and said i've got back pain and the orthopedist said you've just got to do more stretching. you wanted to do a blood test even though i'd had one just nine months earlier. what caused some suspicion in your mind? >> you're not one to complain. 90% of back pain gets better in a month. and i

we have been able to disseminate it country-wide throughout malawi. >> reporter: mortality rates have fallen sharply. with 287,000 mothers dieing, the demand for more solutions is still pressing. >> plenty more on our website. the address is www.aljazeera.com. and sara hoy considers the high cost of a gunshot. >> reporter: what would you say at the end of the day was the total bill, from start to now? >> almost $10 million. >> reporter: $10 million. >> on a lot of drugs, machinery, health care nurses. >>> also, highway robbery. alone. >> he said "what are you doing with this money?" i said we are going to vegas to together. >> lisa fletcher, with the rules letting police take cash and

to determine the origin of the 6 and a half tons of ivory seized in singapore and shipped out of malawi. it all came from a neighboring country, zambia. wasser's team had made a discovery that would revolutionize law enforcement's approach to poaching >> basically this study debunked some of the assumptions that you and interpol had about how these activities were working? what were those assumptions? >> so there were assumptions that law enforcement in general had and one was ...when you get a big seizure, they were cherry picked from all over africa, and what we showed was that is not what is happening. that there are poached in the same area over and over and over again. >> the plight of the african elephant has been well-documented. these heartbreaking images were shot in a sanctuary for elephant orphins in kenya >> from before, the biggest enemy of elephants... >> this two year old being bottle fed stood by his mother's body for three days after she was murdered for her tusks. >> first you kill the bulls then they kill the matriarchs so now you are destroying the leadership in your

are used in high resource settings, and we've been able to disseminate it countrywide throughout malawi. >> infant and mortality rates in the developing world have fallen sharply. but with 287,000 mothers dying and more than 5 million neonatal deaths and still births each year, the demand for more solutions are still pressing. tom ackerman, al jazeera, "w." >> sport is just ahead including hungry for victory. he's the man to beat in budapest. we'll have more on that and more. >> mental health problems cannot easily treated. now doctors and computer developers are creating new treatments. >> deep in the research lab at university college landon, scientists are exploring the mysterious relationship between the brain and the body. for this experiment i'm the guinea pig. >> look at your in the mirror and say hello. >> i'm standing in front of a virtual mirror. i can see the virtual version of me. i'm then confronted by a crying child. what's wrong? are you feeling sad? >> i'm asked to do my best to console him. the roles are then reversed. i become the child and a virtual government towers

. >> it was tested in 11 different countries across africa including malawi and ghana. most of the children that die each year from malaria are in africa. so far in this ward there have been 64 cases. the "world health organization" still needs to review the data on the vaccine before making its policy recommendations later this year. analyses say there are still many questions to be answers. >> this vaccine is starting to show its effects for the first time a lot of questions of how much will it cost, how will it be delivered, and how long will it last? >> this baby's condition is improving, but the malaria preventions are not enough. that's why this vaccine is an important development. >> explosions at a wire forks factory has killed at least five people. it happened in the southeast of the country. an aircraft was called in to fight the fire, which had spread to a nearby forest. the police say the cause of the explosion has yet to be determined and two people with serious injuries are in hospital. >>> months after airplane's earthquakes tens of thousands of nepal nep

. >> reporter: the vaccine was tested in 11 different countries across west africa, including malawi and ghana. this is peak season for moorl malaria. they have seen 60 case he. the world health organization has to review the vaccine before making its policy recommendations later this year. still more questions to be answered. >> this vaccine starting to show an effect for the first time. lot of questions, how much is it going to cost, how is it going to be delivered and how long will it last. >> her condition is improving but be doctors say current malaria prevention efforts are not effective enough. that's why researchers say this vaccine is an important development. al jazeera accra. >> 2013 they show that case of malaria were diagnosed in 97 countries worldwide, in the past 15 years advances in prevention and treatment have occurred somewhat but 3.3 billion people remain at risk of contracting malaria. 1.2 billion are considered at high risk. 198 million cases of malaria were diagnosed worldwide 97% of those confirmed cases were in africa. the virus killed 584,000 people across t

melinda: in the last two weeks, our son who is 16 state in a malawi household. couple left them live with us for a couple of days and they knew we were friends of the ngo who was there and it was amazing to see. they were diversifying their diet and have learned a needed to eat something more than maize so they took their little bit of money and invested it in chickens matt allowed protein for the family that they were selling chickens on the market and selling eggs to their neighbors and getting a little more income. then there were starting to diversify into pigs. they had three small pigs and i said what will you do with them? i thought they were going to beat them and they said that as a high school education for our daughter. that is part of the school fees. when they can start to make those diversification's, it not only helps nutrition but it helps their livelihood which then helps the family. there is not a family i have not met around the globe and asked them what their hopes and dreams are and they say i want to educate my children. charlie: do they be

daughters my wife, michelle is helping to lead a global campaign, including a new effort in tanzania and malawi, let girls learn so they grow up healthy and strong and that will be good for families and they will raise smart healthy children and that will be good for every one of your nations. africa is the beautiful strong women that these girls grow up to become, the single best indicator of whether a nation will succeed is how it treats its women. when women have health care, and women have education families are stronger, community are more prosperous children do better in school, nations are more prosperous. look at the amazing african women here in this hall. [ cheers and applause ] >> if you want your country to grow and succeed you have to empower your women. if you want to empower more women, america will be your partner. let's work together. let's work together to stop sexual assault and domestic violence. let's make clear that we will not tolerate rich as a weapon of war. it's a crime. those who commit it must be punished. let's lift up the next generation of women leaders who can he