>> it is common knowledge amongst not only somalis in mogadishu, but most people who go through mogadishus present exists and there is clearly, a multi-lateral detention operation going on in somalia that involves secret detention of prisoners. the only. -- the only person who said he did not know anything about it. situationn abdallah's now? he has gotten no compensation for his years of unjust and jailing? >> he is struggling against the odds of rebuilding his life after what his been through. u.s. torture is totally unravelling people. people tried to put themselves back together, rebuild their lives. suleiman abdallah is doing extremely well, but it is very, very difficult for him. >> clara gutteridge, thank you for joining us, human rights investigator. her recent piece for the nation is called, "how the u.s. rendered, tortured and discarded one innocent man." we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] i am sorry, we're going to stick here. no more breaks in this segment. we're going to go to amy. we end today's show with amy goodman. she is in spain. 75 years after the historic bo

country that hasn't got a sports team we had no right to run and train except on the streets of mogadishu at a time when you finally was at its worst you had to train in iran did not very early in the morning running pass through the x. men and great armor and militias sometimes the soldier on guard would mistake rice for being so he said. and order us to start or they would shoot sometimes the slaughters would stop nice and then detain us crawl and here which really affected our training schedule. an amazing story now elsewhere america's basketball players are about to kick start the european leg of their prelim pick tour the defending olympic champions are due to play host great britain in manchester on thursday before moving on to barcelona for two more exhibition matches but before leaving home they beat brazil eight hundred sixty nine in a friendly to send out a signal to their rivals at the london games however the us are writing off the south american side adding that other opponents too could also cause an upset. i think brazil has a great chance to be in contention for a gold med

the bus with the camel milk has arrived at this somali slum, nicknamed little mogadishu. this is where the trail goes cold on the hunt for camel's milk. even aid organizations have little idea where it ends up. it's sold in the blink of an eye. it seems the road to a hygienic product, suitable for export, will be a long and bumpy one. >> berlinda mkangawi is part of a new generation of entrepreneurs in her native zimbabwe. a year ago she accepted the opportunity of a life-time when the kofi annan foundation offered her a chance to study business administration here in berlin. not an easy choice to make for the mother-of three. when she returns home she hopes her new skills will allow her to make a real difference in the family business. we followed berlinda throughout her studies and hear about the risks and opportunities as she sees them. it may be graduation, but there's one more thing to learn: the final photo shoot. berlinda is skeptical at first, but in the end she's satisfied with her result. the working mother arrived in berlin a year ago. berlinda was still brand

country that hasn't got a sports team and we had norah to run and train except on the streets of mogadishu at a time when a friday was at its worst we still had to train in iran did not fear early in the morning running past rude x. men and great armor and militias sometimes the soldier on guard would mistake rice for beans so he said bombers or attackers and order us to start where they would shoot sometimes the soldiers would stop ice and then detain ask wrong period which really affected our training schedule. in an amazing story now all the athletes are dreaming of getting their hands on a medal but there's little chance of that happening before the games start because they are being kept in a very safe place at the tower of london in fact it's being used for over six hundred years the high is the prime jewels and seemed like the perfect place to put the three hundred teeth sets of medals before the olympics begin in just nine days time. is the safest house in london it's iconic it's looked after precious jewels in the crown jewels for many many years and of course it's one of our host

we can look at what happened then in mogadishu. it is not an attractive place to live, but northern somalia is certainly a lot better. the astonishing violence in mogadishu was largely what were called the technicals. that is what these gangs are called. they have a pickup truck with a machine gun on the back and they've terrorized neighborhoods and extract resources from people. that was technical assistance to foreign aid delivery. we pay for that. with all those trucks and mounted those machine guns on them, and then it turned out renew the of a young guy 50 caliber machine gun and a truck, he becomes a pretty important person. so we effectively armed are turned out to be these horrific gangs. when the u.s. intervened, you may remember black hawk down and so on. it was a disaster not only from the perspective of american soldiers but the people there as well. local stable equilibrium cannot emerge when you always fear an outside power with the enormous firepower of the u.s. or nato can come in and disrupted anytime they want. pe

the astonishing violence in mogadishu was largely what were called the technical, a funny term, tacticals. that's what these games are called. they have a pickup truck, big .50 caliber machine gun on the back and they terrorize neighborhoods, extract resources from people. that was technical assistance to foreign aid delivery. we paid for that and we bought those trucks and we mounted a .50 caliber machine guns on them, and then it turned out we give a young got a .50 caliber machine gun and a truck, he becomes pretty important person. and so we effectively armed what turned out to be these horrific, horrific games. when the united states intervene, you may remember "black hawk down" and so on, the u.s. intervened, it was a disaster and it was a disaster not only with respect to american soldiers but people there as well. the reason was, local stable equilibria cannot emerge when you always fear that outside power with enormous firepower from united states or nato or other major powers can come in and disrupted anytime they they want. people won't make local agreements and then create ins