including the oil-producing what they call the niger delta. part of biafra.rian: did you live there? okey: yes. i was born in the northeastern part of nigeria. the is where boko haram, islamic terror group that has been active. that is where i was born. it was the precursor to the civil war. the be offered more. my father sent us home with my mother. he had to stay back. and so i lived there during the duration of the war. i was a child. i have vivid images of that war. yes. brian: what happened and what was the issue? okey: the war was in 1967 and it ended in 1970. there were calamitous consequences. many people died, mostly civilians. a lot of them children and women. from starvation. i thought they were speaking about the war. actually, it is one of those sharply divided memories that we have in nigeria. there is no agreement on who won the war. one way of explaining the war is that it was a consequence of the failure of nigeria to achieve a sense of nationhood. so, there was a coup d'etat in which aof 19 six in military officer staged a coup. most of the

nigeria is an oil country that has been spoiled by oil will stop and by the massive pollution in the niger deltaone of the things that needs to happen in a country like nigeria is a cleanup and shall needs to take responsibility -- shell needs to take responsibility for it is stored role in that. amy: jeffrey sachs, thank you for being with us. any final comments as you head off to the final days of the summit, what you want to see happen and what you want to see when you return to the united states? >> the world is moving forward. the technology is moving forward. decarbonization is having ford. when i'm home, i'm going to make that clear. when i talk to people across the united states, people may have to be out in the street if he tries to pull out of the paris climate agreement. i think it will be the biggest political issue of our time if he tries to pull such a stunt. it would be the worst mistake at the start of a presidency -- i think it would basically end the agenda of the presidency. amy: and finally, your message to the democratic party? >> my message is, stand up. come on. this is yo

and bille people, who allege shell has poisoned their water during decades of drilling in the niger river delta. in peru, authorities have declared a state of emergency in seven districts in the north amid raging wildfires. scientists say the fires are fueled by less rainfall due to climate change. the fires are threatening indigenous land and crops in the peruvian amazon. this is peruvian prime minister . in the first place, because of the magnitude of the fires reached, the government has declared a state of emergency in the zones affected by the greatest intensity at risk. this will permit the national government to continue mobilizing people, resources, and diverse agreement in order to confront these fires and attend to the population that has been affect. nermeen: pakistan says indian army shelling into kashmir has killed at least nine civilians and injured nine more after an artillery shell hit a bus wednesday. the pakistani officials say the indian army also attacked the ambulance that arrived on site. fighting between pakistan and india in the disputed kashmir region has been escalatin

biafra is the southeastern part of nigeria, including the delta wasing niger also part of biafra. brian: did you ever lived there? okey: i was born in the northeastern part of nigeria. has been most active. that is where i was born. moment, the precursor to the civil war, my father sent us home. he had to stay back. warved in biafra during the . i was a child. i have images of that war. brian: when did it happen and what was the issue? 1970 withwar ended in calamitous consequences. to 3 millionon people died. a lot of them civilians. a lot of them children and women . sharply of those dividing memories that we haven't nigeria. there is no agreement on what or who caused the war. one way of explaining the biafran war, it was a the failure of nigeria to achieve nationhood. there was a coup d'etat in which military officers staged a coup. most of the casualties were politicians from other parts of nigeria. there was a kind of reprisal in june of 1966 when more than officers staged a counter coup in which they targeted ibo officers followed by a series of -- people froms the southeast

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