to supply mauritania senegal gambia and mali with fresh water. it devastated the natural environment. the construction of the dom completely destabilized the ecosystem it was destroyed. the natural balance was destroyed the balance between sold water and fresh water. that wasn't the freshwater was blocked and couldn't reach the national park. years later the problem was addressed with the construction of these locks built with the help of the german k f w development bank and the german development agency. as gates had here that these guys can be what it does is imitate ebb and flow salt water and fresh water are combined here so it's a perfect habitat for fish to spawn in perfect and. it's a protected area because these are three flood basins. so it's a perfect spot for resting and breeding not only for this but also for birds. thanks to. the park authority has demarcated fishing zones and make sure the fishermen respect spawning seasons. for fresh water in the basin has helped revive the local fauna to. lotus's have begun thriving again. local

the instability in south sudan following the collapse of the ceasefire leaders meeting here in mauritania are going to put more pressure on the south sudanese president silva care and here's why of all rick must charter trying to contain the crisis and push for a road map that would and civil war in south sudan there are also other issues like the dispute between morocco and the police over the future of western sahara african union is a pan african organization a mean to speed up a little girl and economic integration they hope to be able to have their own single market single currency and central bank but many say this is going to take some time unless african union's tackle first of all regional conflicts the need to and armed conflicts for them to be able to pursue their political agenda how al-jazeera washout. another issue african leaders will be tackling is corruption and how to fight the growing problem in kenya farmers a struggling following a series of multibillion dollar scandals catherine sawyer reports. mesha kiplagat spam is one of the largest maize farmers in the rift valle

after mauritania i then went to mali. my live in mali i earned a bit of money and i went back to mauritania. and then to morocco. morocco wasn't easy so i went back to mauritania. and then i went back again to mali. mali algeria jury of morocco morocco algeria. morocco morocco algeria algeria libya libya tunisia. after that i went back to algeria and then back again to tunisia and then back again to libya and now here seven years in all and three years since i last called my family. keep it but you know they tell you there's the boat in the water i don't know the water so it was my first time in the water very few so you force yourself if you go under it's over you drown and it's over why sydney you've got to go so far away yes it's far away and you have to swim out to it. just for yourself because there are lots of people who grab you like this they grab hold of you to pull you want board . well because with lots of people die trying to get on the boat it's a war try to get on the boat. to to get into a war a war. with m

on the final day of the african union summit he was greeted by his mauritania counterpart to general mohamed or would abdel-aziz security issues will be high on the agenda especially the challenges facing the french backed g. five star health force which has been tasked refighting the hardest insurgents and criminal groups in africa saeed region. iran's president has done rouhani has arrived in switzerland for talks on the future of the iran nuclear deal between his country and international powers the u.k. france china russia and germany have tried to salvage the agreement after the u.s. pulled out in may and of the deal iran promised to curtail sensitive nuclear activities in return for an easing of economic sanctions the e.u. has launched legal proceedings against poland that could result in the country losing its voting rights in the bloc brussels says reforms to poland supreme court undermined judicial independence and the rule of law on tuesday a low comes into effect forcing the early retirement of multiple supreme court judges. the neighbor was brazil's star as they beat mexi

five in savory in mali g five is a task force which comprises troops from mauritania book enough fossil charred news share and its goal is to defeat groups are related with al-qaeda of the islamic state and. and inspired the assistance that the five has been getting from the international community of the u.n. and france it seems that this is going to be a long battle to be able to contain the rise of those groups the african union also is concerned about the instability in south sudan following the collapse of the ceasefire leaders meeting here in mauritania are going to put more pressure on the south sudanese president said by care and here's why of all rick must charter trying to contain the crisis and push for a road map that would and civil war in south sudan there are also other issues like the dispute between morocco and the over the future of western sahara african union is a pan african organization a mean to speed up political and economic integration they hope to be able to have their own single market single currency and central bank but many say this is going to take some t

sudan's rival leaders to stop fighting and pursue dialogue in the civil war they are meeting in mauritania of sunday's summit which has been overshadowed by an attack in mali on friday. has more from new york short. african leaders are concerned about the growing instability in the sahara region particularly following the deadly attack targeting their headquarters of the g five in in mali g five is a task force which comprises troops from mauritania book enough fossil charred and somali and its goal is to defeat groups of related with all kind of the islamic state and. and the spine of the assistance that the g five has been getting from the international community of the un and france it seems that this is going to be a long battle to be able to contain the rise of those groups the african union also is concerned about the instability in south sudan following the collapse of the cease fire leaders meeting here in mauritania are going to put more pressure on the south sudanese president silva care and here's why of all rick must charter trying to contain the crisis and push for a road map

african heads of state and government will gather in mauritania for the thirty votes december the of the african union ongoing conflicts in the final against corruption will take center stage al-jazeera will bring you extensive coverage of the summit and its outcomes the african union summit on al-jazeera. and the hardship. we're awaiting well this idea. that when they're on line it's undoubtedly a chief goal. of again inequality in society today or if you join the sunset criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like bring you to go back for the first time everyone has a voice and allow refugees to be the speakers verjee joining the conversation on our . hello i'm maryam namazie and london he is around up of the day's top stories now tens of thousands of people are protesting across the united states against the trumpet ministrations controversial migration policy more than two thousand children remain separated from their parents despite president donald trump signing an order reversing a policy as well as a quick reification of familie

it was created here in the atlantic off the coast of mauritania in west africa by cold water corals. silly minutes they live in great depth in absolute darkness they rely on currents to deliver tiny particles of food for them to. often when those particles are plankton which drift like snowflakes through the oceans the supply at those depths is meager so cold water corals grow slowly not more than fifteen metres in a thousand years. still the team have discovered astonishing coral formations. harm sions aphelion found very many reefs especially in the atlantic with coral mounds some more than three hundred meters tall. and that's as tall as the eiffel tower all the t.v. tower in berlin that's really big. absolut course a he will leave it in to find out more about how the reef may mauritania developed cloudier v.m. back and her colleagues collected samples of fossil coral from different layers they determined that it had been growing for a million years but then it stopped. side to begin. the end of the ice age ten thousand years ago there's been no new coral growth in this area off a

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as more from mauritania's capital no showed. french president in manuel would like to see african leaders play an active role in clamping down on smuggling in africa but this is an issue related to armed conflicts and instability about a few days ago hundreds migrants were reported to have drowned of the coast of tripoli and for many leaders here as long as the issue of libya is not solved as long as instability continues in the same region networks will continue to be active in smuggling of migrants into europe the second issue that michael would like to address with the african leaders is the fight against groups are fully answered with. these learned states in the whole region yesterday to french soldiers were killed in gaza and about a week ago an attack targeted the headquarters of the g five in civil. g. five it is the task force that comprises soldiers from mali in the child mauritania and broken up faster and despite the fact that they have been active launching attacks against the armed groups over the last few years th

african union leaders have plenty to discuss as they meet in mauritania's capital right now particularly worried about south sudan where fighting has thrown the latest cease fire into. just hours after it was signed off on the main theme is corruption which according to estimates cost africa twenty five percent of its g.d.p. . a corruption is a big problem in kenya where a series of scandals has left farmers struggling catherine soy has that story from ben in the rift valley measure kiplagat spam is one of the largest maize farmers in the rift valley but this has not been easy no we're stuck with this maze thousands are struggling to sell their crop government warehouses are for the cereals but has run out of money to buy more grain and private millers are buying cheaply families accuse boat officials of fraudulently importing maize from uganda and mexico instead of buying locally it's a nineteen million dollar corruption scandal implicating senior managers and politicians do you think corruption is the biggest problem for you this year corruption is the only problem. because you find th

capital which attracts young tourists in droves and this man shows them around me one of the global mauritania's darling national park is a wildlife hopscotch but it didn't used to be like this we find out about its transformation. but first we had to india to learn more about.

union has asked south sudan's rival leaders to end the fighting and pursue dialogue they met in mauritania ahead of sunday's summit which is being overshadowed by an attack in mali on friday. has more from the washout. african leaders are concerned about the growing instability in the sahara region particularly following the deadly attack targeting their headquarters of the g five in savory in mali g five is a task force which comprises troops from mauritania book enough fossil charred news share and its goal is to defeat groups of related with al-qaeda of the islamic state and. and inspired the assistance that the g five has been getting from the international community of the u.n. and france it seems that this is going to be a long battle to be able to contain the rise of those groups the african union also is concerned about the instability in south sudan following the collapse of the ceasefire leaders meeting here in mauritania are going to put more pressure on the south sudanese president silva care and here's why of all rick must charter trying to contain the crisis and push for a ro

on things quite likely to be some thunderstorm activity into southern parts of mauritania akron ghana not looking too bad lagos in nigeria where you see one or two showers here of twenty seven the weather sponsored by catarrh. with a lot of chess. after years. he has to be strict to stay out of prison with these friends. he's planning his next move to get back to society. that saved his life discovering new filmmaking talent from around the globe. latin america. good to have you with us on al-jazeera and these are our top stories as well has passed a controversial law that for the first time declares the country to be the nation state of the jewish people the legislation also makes hebrew the only official language downgrading the status of arabic and it encourages the building of jewish communities. has been accused of committing crimes that constitute genocide against the community a new report is calling on the international criminal court to arrest a twenty two officials in myanmar for making extensive and systematic preparations ahead of the military crackdown on the hand in two

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i think they have a good life, better than children here in mauritania. i'd like to become president of my country, because there'e'a lot of poverty here. i'd like to make a difference. i would really like to be president. our generation has more opportunities than our parents and ancestors, because we can go to school. host: this week in global ideas, we are off to the forests of serbia, home to -- wait for it -- pigs. common, domestic pigs. the animals play an important role both in the local ecosystem and in local tradition. but as our colleague holger trzeczak, , who travelled to te region aroround morovic report, this tradition may soon be a thing of the past. reporter: a puddle means it's time for a paddle. although these pigs are a regular domestic breed, they live freely in a forest in northwestern serbia. it looks like a pretty good life. and their presence is good for the soil here, too. their owner, milutin ajvazovic, is relieved the puddle hasn't dried up this year. if it had, he'd have had to provide them with more food. in the olden days, fo

close to fifty degrees celsius for the south central circulation giving some lift to dust from mauritania western sahara into central parts of africa here we've got a lot of showers quite a long way north sudan chutney share mali all seeing isolative a very heavy shower is chairman across west africa heavy showers are likely i think for both akron ghana and lagos nigeria will be some heavy downpours during the day the highs in both cities expected to reach twenty eight. it's a long journey from home in haiti to school in the dominican republic. national borders and cultural barriers to tennis on. the town and. discovering filmmaking talent from around the viewfinder latin america follows a young man who will stop at nothing to secure an education. the crossing on al-jazeera. a nation where corruption is endemic now embroiled in a battle to hold the power to account. how has this radical transformation occur though i mean to know about it i mean if you were shedding light on the romanians pressing for change on the unconventional methods to eliminate corruption remain people. on our. comba

instability in south sudan following the collapse of the cease fire now leaders meeting here in mauritania are going to put more pressure on the south sudanese president because i care and here's why i've already much chance to try to contain the crisis and push for a roadmap that's good and civil war in south sudan and there are also other issues like the dispute between morocco and the police are we are over the future of western sahara african union is a pan african organization a mean to speed up political and economic integration they hope to be able to have their own single market single currency and a central bank but many say this is going to take some time unless african union's tackle first of all regional conflicts the need and conflicts for them to be able to pursue their political agenda. oh yeah it's not. zero. zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero zero zero s. . where ever you are. and this is difficult not to say whether someone is going for someone's favorite it doesn't matter we may try to think it's how you approach an individual and i think it is a certain way of doi

new leader needs the opiah but you know the africa union yes had a some need to know our short mauritania and their cryptic summary of what they said about south sudan was also actually a vild warning to the two leaders and i can tell you that even though the us africa is no high on the us mr trump's i gained in my view his boss of the united nations has been very strong so i think that the world is really pushing these two leaders to say you need to stop terry are part your country because of personnel and bishan. haiti has suspended a proposal to raise fuel prices after violent protests that left three people dead the people say they can't afford the increases of up to fifty percent cut here not as whole diane reports. the outrage was immediate fires set roads blocked protesters say they can't afford haiti's new fuel prices with chaos out on the streets of the capital port of ponce several people decided to spend the night at work many businesses close their doors this is your backyard when i was just going to deliver a baby she needs a syrian every hospital we go to that we can't find

otherwise it's all fine weather conditions but strong winds giving some dust across algeria more mauritania maybe into western sahara but otherwise fine conditions for car that thirty nine degrees into central parts of africa and we've got a lines of showers across parts of west africa those that we particularly heavy elsewhere a few showers still left coming through south sudan into congo otherwise gerry not looking too bad for southern portions of africa some showers for mozambique but most areas like to be dry and fine twenty in cape town. welcome back to the top stories here on al-jazeera the syrian government is back in control of southern province after rebels agreed to surrender as part of the deal more than two weeks of fighting it's forced at least three hundred thirty thousand people to flee many to the border with jordan. historic flooding has left at least sixteen people dead and more than forty five missing in japan the heavy rainfall has triggered landslides more than one point six million people in western and central regions have been ordered to leave their homes almost fift

african union leaders are meeting in mauritania fighting corruption is top of the agenda now the u.n. says the continent loses one hundred forty eight billion dollars a year in dishonest dealings in kenya the series of multi million dollar scandals have left farmers struggling catherine soy reports. mesha kiplagat spam is one of the largest maize farmers in the rift valley but this has not been easy now we're stuck with this maze thousands are struggling to sell their crop government warehouses off for the cereals but has run out of money to buy more grain and private millers are buying cheaply families accuse boat officials of fraudulently importing maize from uganda and mexico instead of buying locally it's a nineteen million dollar corruption scandal implicating senior managers and politicians do you think corruption is the biggest problem for you. here corruption is the only problem this is. because you find middlemen kimmie. imported maize. and sold it to the cereals board now when us genuine firmus. we're told by the syrians bodies food. they have now reduced by half the amount

five sawhill which includes a number of states including mauritania is absolutely key i mean put it another way if you're looking at france seven percent of france's energy supply comes from uranium out of nis yes so this is truly strategic for france right and that fuels the french nuclear energy industry because the french economy is based on nuclear energy and unlike the united kingdom that is more fossil fuels for ok now you mentioned this issue of free trade and we always hear of africa's enormous potential which is remains in many ways unrealized but there is great potential there's a lot of effort to try and make it happen. how important is a free trade agreement. this is really important i mean think of it this way only about sixteen percent of trade happens internally in africa so it is about really unlocking that africa is the youngest continent in the world if you can get really scaled up internal trade bringing down barriers and tariffs that will have a real multiplier for the continent so it's pretty impressive that since march fifty african countries of signed up were forty ni

better than children here in mauritania. i'd like to become president of my country. because there's a lot of poverty here. i'd like to make a difference. i would really like to be president. our generation has more opportunities than our parents and ancestors because we can go to school. this week. we're off to the farmers. to. cakes and domestic pigs the animals play an important role based on the local ecosystem and a local tradition that. traveled to the region around more of it trip this tradition may soon be a thing of the past. a puzzle means it's time for a paddle. although these pigs are a regular domestic breed they live freely in a forest in northwest. it looks like a pretty good life and that presence is good for the soil here too. there are no. relief hasn't dried up this year if it hot he'd have to provide them with more food. in the olden days farmers toiling pigs in sabby i would always find enough to eat now it's harder. still man and beast get by i get along. about some have to know your pigs well. that's smart you wouldn't believe how special they a

more than forty african leaders are gathered in the capital of mauritania for the two day african union summit items on the agenda include south sudan where fighting is throwing the latest cease fire into jeopardy and calls to promote free trade across the continent but the main theme is corruption which according to some estimates cost africa twenty five percent of its combined g.d.p. . has more now from the summit. south sudan poses a real challenge for african leaders meeting here in the mauritanian capital shot and the reason why they are concerned is that they would like to show the world they take greater ownership of their own problems the african union remains divided about how to move forward when it comes to south sudan some say that diplomacy should be given a last chance and the last president and his rival rick must agree on a roadmap to and the civil war tougher sanctions should be imposed on both leaders but this is not the only problem topping the agenda of the african union summit there is the need to tackle corruption which has become pervasive across the continent but

african union leaders have plenty to discuss as they meet in mauritania's capsule particularly worried about south sudan where fighting is trying the latest cease fire into jeopardy just hours after it was signed off to the main theme is corruption which according to estimates cost africa twenty five percent of its g.d.p. sweeping canadian tariffs on dozens of u.s. imports came in to come into effect on sunday as also his response to the top administration is tariffs on steel and. experts are warning that an escalating trade war could damage the global economy. those are your headlines we're back with another news update after al-jazeera wild seven days in beirut stay with us. my name is kid to stephanie and this is much of. the man's begun to see tina verse to fall on. hearing the words apartheid. oppression. it may have begun with my readings and study of the policy and strong. words from china about their dispossession and those. who saw the sun shine out seventy years i. guess this ongoing process of this session and i think she asked me anything but my journey actually begins with

and african union leaders have plenty to discuss as they meet in mauritania's capital particularly worried about south sudan where fighting has strained the latest cease fire into jeopardy just hours after it was signed but their main theme is corruption which according to estimates robs twenty five percent of africa's gross domestic products you are now up to date with all the headlines daryn as the news grades on the thirty minutes that's after listening post every year in pakistan hundreds of women are victims of so-called honor killing one on one east searches for the truth in a case that exposes the growing clash between old beliefs and modern life on al-jazeera. president carter watches on june twenty fourth of march when you will be watching me. until the president. has. a. question i want to ask yourself what the president did executive. hello i'm richard ginsberg and you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week turkey president party wins the election with more than a little help from their friends in the news business the challenges and

mauritania in addition to anti corruption efforts the leaders are also discussing upcoming elections in zimbabwe in cameroon mali and the democratic republic off congo they're also grappling with a host of humanitarian and security crises across the continents other items on that agenda include south sudan where the latest cease fire was violated on saturday just hours after it began reconsolidation efforts between ethiopia and eritrea which are moving forward after two decades of strained relations political instability in libya which has made its a primary transit point for people smuggling to europe security in the where the french president to call hopes to assemble a security force to battle people smugglers and armed groups at least two french troops were killed in mali as that summit was beginning how some how about a covering the summit joining us from mauritania is capital and having said all of that has him in all the items on the agenda corruption is the main theme there what can you tell us about how the day has gone. well african leaders say that the i committed to imple

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joining us from mauritania is capital and walks out to tell us what was accomplished today at the e.u. summit has some. during the wide range of issues and the african leaders say that they would like to tackle them at once solve them go forward remains to be seen whether they would be able to do that first of all the president in many ways mccrone is still meeting with members of the g y which are. charged and working up are so these are lies of the french troops fighting groups. then either now the americans or the french have tried everything drone attacks intelligence gathering major major operations but these armed groups are still active and operating across the sahara and we are looking for different ways to try to defeat them there are other issues now which are of major concern for the international community the migrant smuggling networks active in libya and the sad region the europeans would like to see the african leaders take tough measures to counter the networks but you know with instability in libya with lawlessness in many african countries invade to be seen what kind

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pushing close to fifty degrees celsius for the south until circulation giving some lift to dust from mauritania western sahara into central parts of. africa here we've got a lot of showers quite a long way north sudan chad mali all seeing eye slates of a very heavy showers german across west africa heavy showers are likely i think for both lagos nigeria will be some heavy downpours during the day in both cities expected to reach twenty eight's. when diplomacy fields and fear sweeps in our borders are wide open wide open to drugs terrorists we've proven the barriers are built to impose division and it's not a sixties instead of being an obstacle to a job wastes into became another obstacle to peace in a four part series al jazeera revisits the reasons for divisions in different parts of the world and the impact they have on both sides walls of shame on al-jazeera. back a quick look at the top stories now two teenagers have been killed in the gaza strip as israel carries out the largest daylight attack on hamas into the gaza war in two thousand and fourteen. eritreans president says history is be

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