region south of the sahara to the point where. and they can benefit from the slum the compiler. which is access to that big market that was controlled by the islamic empire. in the islamic community 6. inversion of people in the sun hell region because of humanity. they don't really see them as humans they consider them to be cannibals. if this is the thought their lawyer logically that they love the thought of the. dog you know for some of these descriptions show that reducing them to slavery was not really a problem from a theological or moral point of view one of more than food mantle and this column here. and you can use the difference in skin complection difference in religion. in the transfer heroin trade both both were combined. the history of timbuktu is intertwined with that a slave that is slavery. according to legend the city took its name from an old female slave who would watch over the well where the. manes a caste based society in timbuktu ancestry determine the rags former of former warlords descendants of slaves w

about this issue in the sahara region they predict it was in the situation in the sahara region i think for me i think they're thinking about the budget and all. that needs to be all the investment that needs to be put into this are here and they think that this is another afghanistan this is another type of iraq. or so they're kind of afraid that's why they want france and e.u. members to take a mish it if so even even african union see of course on all hands should be on board this one but the other question is to counter terrorism i should say rather is on the rise even with involvement of us choose another international troops on the ground what is happening to these groups that makes it seem like the actually getting stronger in the beginning when the terrorism started in the sahara region there these terrorist groups were walking individually individual groups but now they have been working together they started working together. is working with the al qaeda something that had never happened before so because they have different ideologies but they have decided to put their ideolo

thanks to this means of transportation the arabs were able to cross the daunting sahara barrier. so heroin in some ways is a barrier but so are the oceans and in some ways are you after developer technology on ability to cross that it was always a barrier. a political issues of movement of people. trade routes formed between the north and south of the sahara to connect both ends of the desert merchants had to follow the caravan route right along babbar territory and pass through the sea. down this. siege of massa before arriving in timbuktu the deserts last stop and the gateway to the mali empire. heading this immense empire was in john talk asia king of kings and its founding fathers. victory in the great battle of 2 rina in 1235 enabled him to unite all of the regions peoples and form a massive commercial network along the banks of the niger. martin. arabs and barbarous established a trading post in timbuktu from where they maintain trade relations with this centralized empire. they bartered salt fabric jewelry and mediterranean dates in return for ivory copper slaves and most

michael like so many others got stranded in libya because of the war returning to ghana through the sahara was unthinkable so the only option left was to try to make it across the mediterranean sea. it's not easy by yourself i am from libya it's what we do you know it's more it's you join us sometimes you. put money on you until you find money to clear them you're not leaving you. with almost $300.00 refugees aboard the ocean viking is that over capacity. with nick's approval the volunteers improvise creating extra space for the rescued it was. thought. to get a raise we felt 270 people pulled off such a god little bit shell say yeah but say that we have to get it done today that we have 3 events we didn't have time right. now it will be quiet. there are warm meals every morning and midday and as much drinking water as anyone wants most of those rescued hadn't brought any with them but only. was. at the back of the ship everyone can wash their clothes. captains told me our water level is a bit load so i'm going to have to be a bit careful with how much words we use ok so if you're waiting

michael like so many others got stranded in libya because of the war returning to ghana through the sahara was unthinkable so the only option left was to try to make it across the mediterranean sea. it's not easy by yourself i am from libya yes we do you know as well as you did us some time dukakis you did put money on you until you plan money to clear them you were not near you. with almost $300.00 refugees aboard the ocean viking is that over capacity. with next approval the volunteers improvise creating extra space for the rescued. because it's going to raise the 270 people off the street so you got a little bit shell say yeah i think it's ok that we have today the funds that we have 3 events a few times. out of it quiet. they're warm meals every morning and midday and as much drinking water as anyone wants most of those rescued hadn't brought any with them but over. the long. run. at the back of the ship everyone can wash their clothes. the captain's told me our water level is a bit load so i'm going to have to be a bit careful with how much water we use ok so if you're waiting and you

michael like so many others got stranded in libya because of the war returning to ghana through the sahara was unthinkable so the only option left was to try to make it across the mediterranean sea. it's not easy. firing from libyans but we did you know it's more due to us sometime do you do put money on you until you plan money to clear them you are not near you. with almost $300.00 refugees aboard the ocean viking is that over capacity. with next approval the volunteers improvise creating extra space for the rescued oh . i. thought. because it's going to raise 270 people on the site everybody got a little bit shell say yeah i think it's ok that we have to get it done today that we've got 3 of us didn't have time right. now we've got a little bit quiet. there warm meals every morning and midday and as much drinking water as anyone wants most of those rescued had been brought anywhere from the building. that was right. at the back of the ship everyone can wash their clothes. captains told me our water level is a bit load so i'm going to have to be a bit careful with how much words we use o

being carried out at ports of entry but that's not been enough the 1st coronavirus case south of the sahara was in nigeria an italian citizen who flew in from milan he has since infected a 2nd person and all. such secondary cases could pose the biggest threat particularly if they spread undetected. correspondent for it takes us to the streets of lagos way of people don't seem to be very. valid one of these yes markets. yes well 1st people outside fairly so there's a lot of money xchange on physical contact nothing seems to change in spite of to call from kids off who are now back and many people here tell me that they are no one we are told have it about. and i you worry that it's going to be a problem. because you will for. whatever us all know 6 me because. i just knew they would survive this. did i was it that we're in this. so. one of the reasons why most nigerians are not is because nigeria is no stranger to this craig zone 2014. is a city of 20000000 people it could have been an epidemic. and now nigerian health authorities are receiving praise from around the world including the worl

that is a major hub in the south of morocco and just a few hours from the sahara desert. the provincial capital is famed for its impressive today at. the citadel enveloping play rules was built by the elder. who ruled southern morocco in colonial times. little firm is based in where there's a new town area here is where he set up his solar business. morocco is blessed with 3000 hours of sun a year and natural resource in abundance supply. the 28 year old technician now has 4 employees his sector is booming. that's also thanks to how heavily the moroccan state has been investing in renewable energy of late. where is is that is no home to one of the world's largest solar power farms some things though it is proud of. it has become something like the world's solar energy capital. it's an excellent project. and of course it's helping make renewables and solar power in particular more popular in morocco. you know. the power plant is colossal even from across the city you can see the tower at the center of the new a facility arabic for light. with very few field deposits of its

the sahara legion and so many others who go to the terms we care a. quarter of its population into quarantine to contain the coronavirus should all the countries follow suit or is it too little too late to stop the spread this is inside story. playing. hello i'm james is with the number of dead rising fast the 3rd highest number of cases worldwide and 16000000 people forced into quarantine italy's government has ordered some of the harshest measures outside china to try and contain the coronavirus it's in his economic heart is under strain the financial and fashion capital milan resembles a ghost town or weddings funerals football matches and other large public gatherings that counselled everyone's been banned from leaving 16 provinces in the north many flocked to train stations and airports before the lockdown came into force it's at least until early next month right now because that's a change in an enemy action than what is happening in my city is worrying me and it's also a saddening because milan is a lively city and see it like this today is al

dancing of the calling it the koroma i don't know if we have a name yet but we can probably call in the sahara fuel and as they're imposing these videos to boost morale this one even shows you how to wash your hands if you follow if you follow those high movements so we should all probably pay attention to that was right wash your hands. full as always thank you thanks. we want to take you now to northeastern india the remote state money for is said to be the birthplace of modern polo the sport there was traditionally the domain of men but the number of been playing has dwindled since an insurgency which began in the 1980 s. now it's money poor women who were challenging stereotypes to revive in the city. nice round readies has self a battle between many ways she and her teammates have already won in the sport of kings these queens have broken the mold. if when the lama if men can play polo why can't we do it too. we want young female players to think like this they watch us play and ask us how to play we tell them don't be scared you will also play like us this is how we encourage young girls

influence away from libya temperatures here will start to rise you've got 31 down in the heart of the sahara 35 across in us wrong. christian priest you are a friend of the palestinians is it true i am a friend of everybody and champion of the palestinian cause. an activist who is willing to sacrifice his freedom. for his beliefs. al-jazeera world tells the extraordinary story of the archbishop and the p.l.o. . all. of the market what we all deserve means the whole rob a reminder of our top stories the world's largest lockdown is under way in india 1300000000 people have been told to stay home for the next 3 weeks to contain the corona virus. in china many restrictions have been eased a problem is the initial epicenter of the crime the virus most are being allowed to leave for the 1st time in nearly 2 months but the law remains in the provincial capital. and the u.s. senate leaders have agreed on a 2 trillion dollars package to combat the covert 99 break it will provide funds to help frontline medical workers that economic rescue package to keep the economy afloat. a lockdown in bangladesh i

of 12 centuries an estimated $9.00 to $12000000.00 african captives were transported on the trend sahara and eastern brutes from $1516.00 onward in 3 and a half centuries $13000000.00 men women and children were deported to the americas amidst the pillaging abductions famines wars and epidemics this globalisation of violence caused the death of an estimated 15000000 africans direct and indirect victims of imperialism historians are still evaluating the demographic economic political and social impact of this human tragedy this criminal enterprise unparalleled in scale to this day. i think will truly be making progress when we all accept the history of slavery as all of our history so this through slavery is not black history and it's not just the history of white colonization but the history of human equality is the legacy for all of us and it's a legacy we all must contend with right not a white person only thinking about themselves as the decision of a slave holder but the white person thinking of themselves the descent of a slave to the black person the you themselves a sons of slaveh

family's wishes he went on to bring a fresh perspective to orientalism painting falling in love with sahara and culture making his home and converting to islam. and his dear world tells the story of nothing and his unique artistic work. the french oriental is. an al-jazeera. one. of the. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour across the virus pandemic has dealt another blow to global stock markets on friday major indices in tokyo seoul and home called all plunged by around 8 percent within minutes of opening that was off to wall street suffered its worst single day losses since 987. the record spread of the virus has caused cancellations and the perspiring mint of sporting events around the world that includes all made just for the north america league and spain and be a straight line drawn free. brazilian president's press secretary has tested positive for corona virus just days after meeting donald trump in florida he's pictured standing next to the u.s. president at his mar-a lago resort on saturday trump says he isn't concerned that he won't be tested. for th

we have been worrying about economies in sub sahara africa they just do not have the capacity we are turning to britain and to see if we can help them deliver without conditionality that will require them using unconventional tools going through playbook mechanisms will not get us there. we have to find ways of untaping this flow of funds right now already in bangladesh, we are seeing something like 3 million workers lose their jobs because of the collapse of the garment industry stepping in to work with new and unusual partners to help linking up with the business 20 to get off the call this morning with the apex business advisory council and they are happy to do so my sense is a lot of good intentions we need to make sure the application is real and we can help create new mechanisms to provide support to not just smes but billions of workers that rely on those. how do we get these workers in a situation where they have funds available? >> john, in the icc's open letter to g20 leaders, you express the importance of maintaining a base level of activity how important is technology in

alan it was at the sahara is gene the country health minister confirmed today that 238 new coronavirus cases have been registered among residents you mix with the free cases announced positive last sunday as they all live in the same compound the ministry of health made it clear that a new confirmed cases have been subject to quarantine as part of the precautionary measures since the discovery of the 1st 3 cases still ahead here on al-jazeera taxing times once ignited farmers anger and argentina. and fueling of frustration a shortage of petrol is not the only crisis confronting saddam. hell if the next day or so most of the rabid and instead will be quiet but look what is coming in over egypt that developing storm will be a pretty nasty things 1st of all it's got a cold wind with it and then it's got the potential to live 800150 minutes of rain in 24 hours that will produce flooding in maybe cairo alexandria anywhere really as a flash flood in north and egypt and it will spread its wings further east to 1st a few showers in jordan and north and saudi a strong southerly coming up to me

making sure that you're hearing the stories from people in places like dallas by the young man the sahara legion and so many others who go to the making up for we care. it's really puts a quarter of its population into quarantine to contain the corona virus should all the countries follow suit or is it too little too late to stop the spread this is inside story. following james by the number of dead rising fast the 3rd highest number of cases worldwide and 60000000 people forced into quarantine italy's government has ordered some of the harshest measures.

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clearly hit on one of the real concerns in sub sahara africa, in general, how immune compromised will react to the virus. one would predict it would be more likely to cause more severe illness. and in africa that obviously causes the other problem because more severe illness needs greater likelihood of dependency on oxygen. and many of the nations don't have that capacity to the degree they may need it. we have from the beginning, as you know, because of the pep far program, cdc has country offices all through sub sahara africa and have them providing assistance and the cdc africa is a cdc colleague gone on loan to -- he's now hired by the african union and one of the best and we'll helped him building testing capacity and there is testing in west africa and in the african cdc in south africa. but africa is a great vulnerability. it is one of my biggest concerns on a global scale because if this virus gets into africa like it is into italy, there is going to be a lot of casualties. >> mm-hmm. let me yield to my ranking member. >> thank you, madam chair. obviously we've talked a great

you are walking, but the sa ha ra places you are walking, but the sahara desert must have been prettyree guides, so we were co nsta ntly. .. walked with three guides, so we were constantly... in the back of your mind it was always, we have enough water? it was very difficult. was it dangerous? there were dangers involved in this expedition. in the quicksands we almost lost the camels and that would have been the end. if we hadn't been given water by nomads on thejourney, we we hadn't been given water by nomads on the journey, we would have either to abandon the expedition or die.” don't mean this in a disrespectful way, but just listening don't mean this in a disrespectful way, butjust listening to the way we we re way, butjust listening to the way we were talking, was it not a bit irresponsible? no! people all... as long as we have existed as human beings we have always roamed the earth, and! beings we have always roamed the earth, and i think it is not irresponsible. it is the opposite because what i am doing is bearing witness to what i'm seeing with my own eyes and telling people

cairo was just sahara is virtually nothing. cairo wasjust on sahara is virtually nothing.s, about 70 millimetres out. more usual to get 30 or a0 in march here but double that in a day, not good. it will affect northern parts of the middle east over the coming weekend which could have impacts here is. what has happened as the jet stream, all to do with that which we talk about a lot here in the uk, but didn't talk much about it across egypt and africa, we have the warmth across seville, record—breaking earlier this week, the negative for that is the cold air is not particularly cold but the sprayjet, sung air is not particularly cold but the spray jet, sung south air is not particularly cold but the sprayjet, sung south and we get the intense heat over the desert. that cold i warms up at the surface and we get the parry of low pressure forming which has given us a proper area of low pressure with strong winds around. just not used to coping with it and who would be with two years of rain forming in a very short period? two years of rain forming in a very short period ? tell

there's a warm for the sun in the sahara desert and of the colored clothes of the blue solder people. there's the warmth of the pain called the tops of the mountains at sunset of the sun and the rocks. all looking to imitate life in a realistic way. his work is the opposite of condescending no mysterious sense. or belly dancers but rather algerian daily life however tough it may have been. dina's work captures many facets of north african life but with telling details sometimes almost hidden. this is his famous terrace of like what with children playing in the hot sun. this is all good era but it has a definite human dimension with the tense of the nomads outside the wall of the city. in the 2 dancing guns you have to look very carefully to spot a man wearing a red card in the back row. and in apricot collector's hungry children rushed to grab falling apricot pits but higher up in the shade is another boy behind the fruit straight from the tree. today's act is the city book club on keepin on their new gadgets the sick if you don't. want to show me now. that's a question this is the ye

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he made a march across the great sahara to mecca, took thousands of people with him. carried a staff of gold. he devalued gold across the great sahara to the mecca for 10 or 20 years because everybody had gold. i pour out love for mansomuta. there are people here that are part of the black legacy. the only place to find black people is in america. in cuba you see black people they are cuba. nigeria they are nigerians. in america we are the descendents of kidnapped kings and queens from africa. black people. we went into ourselves when we were told not to speak our language. you cannot practice those cultures. we went into the blackness and created black history. what black history is what? american history. come on, be good students. i an am not just talking for my health. this is to take something home to your children. a little love for hai hair harrt tubman, denmark. the truth. there was a man, white from kansas. one of my favorite. john brown. john brown said there will be no slavery in kansas. he was deadly serious. if he rode on your farm and you had a slave he

during the address, he recounted the glorious history of african kingdoms below the sahara desert for upwards of 1000 years before the slave trade. so he talked about these classical kingdoms like ghana. dubois later wrote in one of his books, i was too astonished to speak. he talked about boas as suddenly awaking him from the paralysis of the commonly held judgment talk to me in high school in two of the world's great universities that africa had no history. those two universities were harvard, where he earned his bachelor's and phd, and the university upper then, which in the early 1900s was the preeminent university in the western world. so he, deemed the greatest and most educated african-american in the country, had no clue about africa's history. so for him, he viewed africa like african-americans generally viewed africa, as this place of barbarism, this place where civilization was never really known. and he also wrote in his reflections that, i came then and afterwards to realize how the silence and neglect of science can let truth other lead to severe -- let truth utterly dis