afghanistan south sudan congo nigeria rwanda and bosnia.nd it just struck me that my job was to take down women stories and i had notebooks full of them over ten years and that was for purposes of writing success stories and also of how you do your work. so you live with them they don't go away. they stay with you and i have all of these stories but then there was my story i had not told and it felt disingenuous to write a book of other women stories and not putting my own alongside that page. >> so tell us a little bit of your story personally that you felt that you had to work through as you are working with women in crisis. >> i grew up in portland oregon a pretty typical childhood but my father was abusive to my mother and to the children. it's interesting growing up i identified with my father versus my mother and i carried that with me for a long time. i could not understand the mother's relationship in the family and her missing voice. why she would stay in a marriage that was abusive. and it really wasn't when i rise in rwanda and s

it can be just a as devastating for countrieses like rwanda, where rainfall is plentiful. this tiny country is grappling with the problem of growing popopulation trying to eke out a living on a finite amount of land. as in china and d ethiopia, over-farming on the hillsides caused serious erosion and a decline in fertility, forcing pooror farmers to move into protected areas, such as the rugezi wetlands, a wwildlife e site of intntnational importance. when farmers drained thiis marsh to try toto grow m more food, they not only damaged an important wetland ecosystem, they also had a significant impact thrree hours drive away in kigalali, the capital city. the water that pours from the marshlands is a vital source of hydro power for rwanda'ss capital. as t the wetlands began to dry out, power stations below couldn't generate enough electricity. the r rwandan government rentedd diesel-powered generators to make up the shortfall. doctor rose mukankomeje took me to see them. >> so what is happening here is that those generators... we are renting them from this company, and we a

appeared in numerous films including hotel rwanda and half of the yellow sun and here with us on set in washington d.c. heather harris is a professor at stevenson university and author of a new book race realities in the obama era welcome everyone so there are 2 parts to this harriet control they say hello i guess paul. is the actress and her tweets and part 2 is her heritage where she from let's let's tackle the tweets because they're controversial screengrab because as most people know if they get into trouble in line to me it tweets but somebody somewhere has them so let's just have a look at this this is cynthia in a conversation referencing ghetto american accent i have to remember i'm taking it out of context. again another conversation where people are saying well we don't think you represent african-americans and then cynthia says oh darling all of these presumptions it is you please you are the representation for all americans that is incorrect and i give you one more the african african american is the thing i understand more fully that most if you think that a black and th

china's iron hold on the market the dubai based american or peroration opened factories and kagawa gali rwanda and durban south africa just a few months ago. well africans pay a premium for a smartphone produced on the continent the $130.00 mera phone is the 1st smartphone to be wholly money factored in africa the main factory opened in kigali in october and the goal is to produce a 1000000 and a half smartphones for africa every year it uses the android operating system and many see it as fitting into rwanda's ambitious plan to transform itself into a nation of rising incomes through digitalisation the mara phone if it takes off could be a turning point for the whole continent he says something that makes which real to reassure the global market that you guys with can actually be a producer and what are you sure does the 1st thing that you have to foresee does the uniqueness or the other thing to consider say insiders is that a locally produced phone will encourage locally produced apps a potential boon for africa's fledgling tech sector. we have our friends we've got the videos because we go

hostility between countries in the region is threatening to provoke a new security crisis brewing rwanda and uganda all said to be backing different groups of insurgents in the east india our seat now the president just a k.d. is considering invites in the armies of these countries to conduct joint military operations in the d.l.c. something critics say will be stabilize the whole region. the congolese army taking on the rebels near the town of pinney the area known as the triangle of death. this is the town of 6000 people used to live here and now a ghost town it's not the 1st time people here have been attacked this time it was the islamist a.d.'s the armed forces of the democratic republic of congo. was lucky to survive the attack. rebels shot to people when the man of this house heard the shots he fled under his bed they hacked him in the head and they shot him. now the companies amit is in control here is estimated the army is fighting around 100 different militias in eastern congo. some 6000000 people have died in the last 30 years making it the most deadly conflict since the 2nd w

alarm me city of 11000000 people long logged out chinese authorities scrambling to quarantine in rwanda metropolis at the very center of the corona virus outbreak but health officials report the 1st deaths from the disease outside of the city also. a matter of survival that sounds just un-american describes the climate crisis at the world economic forum in davos merkel tells the world's rich and powerful to climate activist seriously. great to have you along everyone well we. to our coverage now of ceremonies at the memorial in jerusalem to honor holocaust victims and survivors all this is the 1st in a series of events marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp which is commemorated at international holocaust remembrance day 6000000 jews were killed in the genocide during world war 2 dozens of international has of state and government joined israeli leaders at the ceremony they gathered to remember one of the world's darkest chapters and vowed to fight anti-semitism in their countries in the 1st speech by a german president and yet russian conquered to st

, and somebody wa nts to somebody in rwanda, and somebody wants to do something about that, apart from can they do? big things are changing diet, eating less meat and dairy, flying is possibly the most important one. switching away from driving to taking public transport, more active transport. we did some polling in the uk that showed that four out of five people in the uk, is a new year's resolution, one of a number of actions to reduce their carbon footprint, they would take one of those, but it is putting more pressure on the government to take more action and two thirds of people in the uk have called on the government to do more. thank you for coming in. fascinating to speak to you. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: we look at the life of one of the great wine merchants of the 20th century, georges duboeuf, who has died at the age of 86. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans arou

this week, in rwanda. >> w what's your name? >> my y name is mutoni favour. i am 17 years of age. live in rwanda, musanze district. ♪ >> i do have two siblings, all girls. ♪ >> my daddy is a driver, and i lost my mom when i was young. ♪ >> i love going to school, and it's a real good thing to me. i love studying and to know about ththe world. because i'm doing tourism and travel management and i need to know more about it. i need to explore and gain much knowledge. ♪ >> i love reading novels, i love listenening to music.. and i love being alone. it helps me think more about my future. it gives me time to think about my own life and how i'll reach my goals. ♪ >> for today, we have internet. it helps me learn more about what else is outside my country. by seeing some videos of girls who have passed through some problems and overcame them. it gives me the lesson that i am not the only one in the woword who has that problem. ♪ >> in today's "global l eas," we head to the rainforests of brbrazil, home t to a rather d lookining fruit, but one that really packs a a punch. guararana conta

like many parts of rwanda the region isn't on the national power grid but now the children have light to do homework in the evening. as a result fewer students are dropping out of school overall grade civil so improved . in the past they only had kerosene lamps which are unhealthy and dangerous now little sun makes doing household chores safer too. it was all the brainchild of danish icelandic artist. he joined forces with a german startup to distribute the lamps thank you for now to african students for free but sold elsewhere in the well to finance the project the initiative also how sponsors we had to deliver these lambs for school kids we have to look at these labs for refugees for example in settings of migration and forced migration we had to deliver our mobile phone chargers to community health workers and we aim to empower will enter printers and small businesses as much into the ring energy. the little sun project was 1st launched 7 years ago. it's now lighting up the lives of schoolchildren in 15 african countries. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us abou

let's go to rwanda where more than 80 percent of the rural population still live without electricity that means that in the evenings a lot of school kids are left in. that's why i. give a foundation hopes to support students and teachers. the idea is to bright. light peers are doing your best this week. even after dark the some lights the past the children in come on you district it's all thanks to solar powered lamps. like many parts of rwanda the region isn't on the national power grid but now the children have light to do homework in the evening. as a result fewer students are dropping out of school for old grade civil so improved in the past they only had kerosene lamps which are unhealthy and dangerous now little sun makes doing household chores safer today. it was all the brainchild of danish icelandic artist all of us on he joined forces with the german startup to distribute the lamps they given out to african students for free but sold elsewhere in the world to finance the project the initiative also how sponsors we aim to deliver these lessons for school kids we have to look

and these are three of the five animals that are going to be taken to rwanda for the reintroduction.esent all the countries these animals come from, from denmark, the uk and the czech republic. also in 2019, we discovered this rarest and oddest of all living sharks, living somewhere unexpected. scientists thought that the angel shark could only been found in the waters of the canary islands, but the discovery of a hundred—year—old book has changed that view, as helen briggs discovered. this is the book that started the search. evidence shows sharks like this are still living off the coast of wales. the question is, how many and where? staying under the sea, this sub has gone where no sub has gone before — to the very bottom of the sea, the pacific 0cean's mariana trench. adventurer victor vescovo set a new record for the deepest ever dive, seven miles down. he lands with a thump. at bottom! it seemed a bit like being on the moon, but a wet version of it. there were small craters here and there. there were slight undulations. there weren't rocks until you got to the southern or northe

used to help us as we have seen in that nigerian school but its paws can also be destructive and rwanda heavy rains often make farmers lives a misery leading to flooding and erosion streets are submerged villages are caught up on a tower harvest are lost and climate change is making things worse now in the north of the country a co-operative is taking measures to reduce the effects of flooding in this hilly country. you know how all the families of the could teemu co-operative distraught what looks like a lake kids actually potato in cornfields everything's under water the harvest is lost and that shouldn't have happened measures had been taken to protect the valley against floods. first of all a project manager from the out of titian fund came to see us this and found that other people came to prepare the construction work and to get an idea of the terrain. once they were finished with their work we were finally able to plant up the whole of the valley with crops eating. in there they dug drainage ditches everywhere. then the project was over. but not long after they left we realized t

of the special charter flights bringing $368.00 south korean citizens a total of $700.00 plus in rwanda expressed a desire to leave this it means about half of those citizens have now returned this friday to gimpo airport in seoul we've been in touch with one of the people on that flight have back and forth through social media he says it has been an exhausting night of screenings leaving the blue hand certainly screenings on the way into south korea but certainly i think a sense of relief to be out of hand and also gratitude that this flight has been laid on we know last few minutes of her that of the 368 people on board this flight 18 of them do have fever symptoms and then not been taken off to medical facilities in seoul now the rest that 350 will be coming south of seoul to 2 specially set up quarantine facilities this is actually a police training center where we'll right this is at one of these centers it's a couple of hours drive south of salt we know that the coach is already on their way in the special police convoy and this is where basically they will be quarantined for the

themselves they find a way to connect and of course a lot of that's happening now through social media in rwanda which is the epicenter of the crisis of people in a tenement apartment buildings some are are getting together now on their balconies and singing together at night singing together and chanting and fights of spirits be the course of filming these for social media. and see even little kids are getting involved and this this family here they posted this video of a traditional chinese game that usually is played in the streets during new year's celebrations of course they can't go in the street so they recreated it at home yeah and people course are finding ways to muses of boredom inspires creativity and this this is something like they must online for posting videos of how she's coping you know what my favorite is this one how she's your freezer. ok well boredom does create creativity as you say let's talk about cultural industries in china which are huge what's the impact going to be on down i mean it's already been quite severe we'll see how long the crisis last of course but you men

kenya airways and rwanda as the latest african airlines to announce they've stopped all flights to and from china until further notice kenya railway said on twitter it's suspending its sole chinese destination of gong show effective immediately kenya's health ministry says a suspected case of coronaviruses turned out to be a false alarm but of which i was monitoring 13 african countries which have had to read flights arriving from china including kenya south africa ethiopia and nigeria transport links between africa and china have been in the past 20 years in tandem with the growth of trade social and economic times. united states is advising against all travel to china germany has launched an evacuation mission to bring back. the states where the virus broke out in beijing some foreigners a stock a few flights available cost a fortune is how the airlines are flying all their employers want them back right now. is one of them head of the e.u. chamber of commerce in china. one of the core of the no fun 1st of all the airport is primarily tools move more international time spent you have

mosques or that the prices have shot up the news that 15 medical workers were infected by the virus in rwanda as a front to some to question the government this year was a rights why was the situation of the epidemic every demick story made public why one day an effective controlling measures right at the beginning the epidemic is not scary what's scary is that government officials book covering it up in order not to lose their jobs another user says i'm curious if mosques can prevent the virus from spreading why did 15 medical workers get infected i'm scared. many others probably share the same feeling especially after the video event wattle on social media it was of renowned scientist john not shawn speaking to state media outlets c.c.t.v. confirming what many had suspected. we considered human to human transmission a risk before but now evidence has confirmed that it is definitely contagious among humans we have such evidence collected and will hunt to patients from the city guangdong had not been to hunt but they caught the virus after their family members came back from. the double scien

1st transmitted to humans from snakes now we know that it emanated out of a particular market in rwanda in china where they so live exotic animals and suspicion 1st centered on bats but chinese research is of just published a new paper where they conducted genetic research genetic sequencing and they found that snakes of the most likely source now what we don't know is how the virus moved from the snakes to humans and in any case it doesn't actually need snakes to continue spreading now because it has become a human to human virus transmitted via the respiratory system and of course that is the worrying development and we have seen the world health organization sitting down discussing that what have they had to say so far so those meetings are continuing for another day the w.h.o. is as not yet ready to declare this a public health emergency of international concern doing so would unlock certain funding and other measures but it might not even be necessary for it to make that declaration because countries are already reacting very rapidly russia for example has instituted health checks

they're the subject of another series children. 1904 was another turning point for us i gotto in rwanda he witnessed the aftermath of the genocide it was carnage millions of displaced people bodies heaped by the side of the road the stark evidence of what humans are capable of doing to another made him sick psychologically physically. so i got to return to his parents abandoned farm in the brazilian rainforest to his horror little remained of the lush landscape he'd left behind. the trees he remembered were almost completely gone. his wife nearly a proposed to be able to land and replant the forest the couple founded the instituto terra and with the help of experts and local workers they replanted nearly 3000000 trees over the next 15 years. the restored forests include 290 different species while over 170 bird species of returned along with pumas and leopards. the land made a miraculous recovery. and so did so i gotto. but the rain forest is purging. almost 500000 hectares were destroyed in august 29th dean many deliberately ignited to clear the forest for farming and cattle ranching.

officials say it can spread between people before symptoms show which can take up to 14 days the city of rwanda the center of the outbreak is expecting a 1000 more patients. though the results suggest italy's right wing leader potato salvini has failed to win an important regional election votes are still being counted in the traditionally leftist a media romagna region but projections put salvini lead party several points behind the center left democratic party those the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after one hour what americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting trampy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on us politics and policies on the reflect on the world. calling the tradewinds of the 8 she'd still pro the belt and road initiative is china's ambitious plan to link the country to the rest of the world. because of the high. value of the game the polic

citizens were evacued wednesday telling reorters they feel relieved to be home adding that the situation rwanda is china has dispensed medical teams to the front lines of the outbreak of a prodts. >>state media shows the fist of 2 hospitals going up they will hold a combine2600 patients, this as chinese statmedia is airingvideo of great irish patients that they say have been successfully treated and discharged as for those still and will peop scare he it scares care people get angry scared pele. >>in the lancers and the and sometimes we at the moment, they n't have an answer. >>purcell and her daughter hoping for a way out. >>we would really appreciate a way to get her an emergency passport. >>that was david de cover reporting for us tonight in an automated ail response the us state department sayshat they're working on other ways to get americans out of work on includingby car. but they have not yet to finalize to any of the details. >>tonight at 5.30 kron 4 is always tracking local stories, here's a look at what's going on in your neighborhood right now in the east bay, one person has been en

china and there's no end in sight for quarantines across several cities in china we ask a teacher in rwanda how people are handling the long wait. as global fears rise over the outbreak germany confirms its 1st case of the corona virus it's also the 1st suspected person to person transmission outside asia but if ice from health officials present infection. past present trump gets set to unveil his middle.

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young ladies has regulars from rwanda go but also feeds lots of truckers who stop for a meal each corn cake cost the equivalent of $50.00 euro cents not exactly cheap for colombia but for the customers it's worth every penny. and. down the stretch between. the stone is known for its. especially for. what we believe taste delicious really delicious. now what i mean i also i love my business i'm a. no i am it's such a good feeling when a customer comes i'm really pleased and i like this. and they had that i mean they were. yemenis will be spending many hours cooking today here in our apricot has been officially named part of the regional cultural heritage. this weekend label idea as we look at one of the most pressing challenges facing how to deal with all the rubbish we create in our reporter. visiting indian capital and discovered some enterprising solutions for the waste problem. as india prepared for its annual republic day festivities with a big army parade a layer of thick smog hung over the proceedings no surprise and. just 10 kilometers to the waist in the present. environmental

from the rwanda genocide, the bombing of u.s. embassies in africa, syria, benghazi and more. she gives a clear eyed insight into these and other national security moments. she was in the room at the table and even in the crosshairs of american political discourse. what i like most about susan's book is not just the foreign policy discussion. it is also her personal story. which is really just as fascinating and captivating as the moments in the situation room. i think she really sums that up, she says i am to to share what i learned along the way the importance of always doing your best. picking yourself up, dusting himself off, and running down the court to the bucket while maintaining grace under fire. that is susan. of course there is no one better to interview susan rice then susan page. we have a lot of susan's here today. [no audio] >> the award-winning bureau chief of usa today, she has covered six administrations and reported from six continents and dozens of foreign countries. an author herself, she is about nancyur book pelosi. please help me welcome susan rice sens

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introduced to combat deforestation many producers are turned their attention to markets in uganda and rwanda but others like cite we're making charcoal briquettes from other materials instead here's this week's doing your bit from mombasa. charcoal briquettes from coconut waste. the huge need for wood fuel for cooking purposes has contributed to deforestation in kenya. now the government has banned the unlicensed production of charcoal. this is left to millions of people without a reliable source of energy for cooking. the award winning startup can cocoa in mombasa came up with an alternative coconut shells and husks are the basis for their charcoal briquettes. first corn starch and water are added. to burn shells and husks or ground. this mixture is then pressed into briquettes the briquettes burnt harder and longer than charcoal made from wood saving households a lot of money. to start up produces 2 tons of coconut charcoal a day. in the future the team wants to work with other war again equates to such as sugar cane. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit

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