he had h helped run his family' supermarket back home in senegal.n he came to china to procure cheaper goods, he was amazed. as he bought good all over china in areas, he felt potential in yiwu and decided to launch a business here. >> he is rarely in his office. he used to be a buyer, but got into temporary storage of export goods during his spare time. he assists african buyers who aren't fluent in chinese. his name is known by every african buyer in yiwu. on this day, he received a visit from one of his clients. >> he says that he takes on these stressful tasks for the future of africa. >> he began importiting african food two years ago and his annual sales increased by $14 mimillion. hearing of his success, some monitoring groups visit him. on this day, he was visited by a trade merchant from the ivory coast. the seller wants to importt ligt industrial goods into china. >> he holds strong ties to yiwu city administrators, believing there are plenty of chances for success. he decides to go ahead with the deal. >> more and more foreigners visit yi

such a good job he believes that's because of this tree planting project in 2007 senegal was among 11 african countries that pledged to plant trees and what they called a great green wall from the east to the west of the continent but 10 years on most of the countries involved have dropped out because many of the trees have been killed by drought termites and increasingly inhospitable climate temperatures are rising in rainfall dropping. experts say that if all the trees that were planted for the last 40 years had survived then this would look like the amazon forest well instead it looks more like this the aim of the program is no longer to build the great green wall because the desert is moving forward but rather to find a solution so that the communities here can adapt to the changing climate. for senegal this green wall is a long term investment for future generations achieving success now depends on finding species of trees that can be adapted to this environment. polluting countries are investing in the green wall to offset their carbon emissions under climate marketing schemes b

such a good job he believes that's because of this tree planting project in 2007 senegal was among 11 african countries that pledged to plant trees and what they called a great green wall from the east to the west of the continent but 10 years on most of the countries involved have dropped out because many of the trees have been killed by drought termites and increasingly inhospitable climate temperatures are rising in rainfall dropping. experts say that if all the trees that were planted for the last 40 years had survived then this would look like the amazon forest well instead it looks more like this the aim of the program is no longer to build the great green wall because the desert is moving forward but rather to find a solution so that the communities here can adapt to the changing climate for senegal this green wall is a long term investment for future generations. acacias are being planted as they can withstand the harsh conditions and thrive every part of the tree can be used achieving success now depends on finding species of trees that can be adapted to this environment look

i just came from senegal, i would put this country in, senegal, kenya, everybody else around, but it's a teeny tiny country. we do see two vul nerkts in the world that we have not seen actually in our october forecast. one is india slowing down a little more than we anticipated. and two, unrest. very clearly people on the street means that economies are slowing down. that is happening in obviously in hong kong, in chile, in colombia, in lebanon. and whether this unrest momentum would be sustained is also a downside risk to that forecast. >> let's go to the dragon in the room, china, the second largest economy. what are you expecting to see there? as you know, a lot of economists have astributed the global slowdown this year to china's slowdown. china alone during its big, it's double-digit growth years contributed a lot to the global economy. so do you see it stabilizing or slumping more? >> you're absolutely correct, china contributing one-third to the global growth, the numbers slowing down. we expect them to grow at 6.1%. this is still within their forecast. their projection was 6%

senegal, kenya, everybody knows about them. we do see two vulnerabilities in the world that we had not seen actually in our october forecast. one is india slowing down a little more than we anticipated. and to unrest. it's very clearly people on the streets need the economies slows down. they are thinking of this in hong kong, and chile, and in hong kong, and lebanon. and whether this unrest momentum would be sustained is also a downside risk to that forecast. >> let's go to the dragon in the room, china, the second-largest economy. what are you expecting to see there? as you know a lot of the global slow down to china's slowdown. china alone has had a big broom it's double digit growth years contribute a lot to the global economy. do you see it stabilizing or something more? >> you are absolutely correct. china contributing one third of global growth slowing down, that affects immediately the numbers. this year we expect them to grow at 6.1%. this is still within their forecast and projection was 66.5. but on the lower end of

investments, the way growth is 7%, 8%, 9% to reform their business environment, the country makes senegal, and that country. we do see two vulnerabilities in the world we have not seen in our october forecast. when is india slowing down more than we anticipated and very clearly people on the streets means economies are slowing down. this is happening in hong kong, chile, colombia, lebanon. whether this unrest is sustained is a downside risk to that forecast. >> host: let's go to the dragon in the room, china, second-largest economy. the global slowdown this year, china alone its double digit growth years contributed to the global economy. do you see it stabilizing or slumping more? >> global growth slowing down. we expect them to grow at 6.1%. it was 6.5% but on the lower end, and we project china to grow 6%. it is partially because the natural process of shifting from high-speed to high-quality growth, to more domestic consumption of growth. if you look at the numbers on how trade tensions affect the world's economy china has more of that impact because it is more export oriented and the

innovators are meeting out of the car digital show in senegal not just to discuss ideas for the future but also how to finance. yes it's good to have you with us on business the so-called digital tax forces new fiscal regulations for companies like google amazon and facebook u.s. treasury secretary steven. the organization of economic cooperation and development o.e.c.d. against overhauling existing international taxation rules but france sees that very differently. right now global giants like amazon and google or facebook can decide themselves in which country they tax their profits or regulation the u.s. in particular would like to preserve paris wants profits that are made in friends to be taxed in france and it's determined to enforce that. the american proposal for a solution in which companies choose whether to be taxed or not does not convince me if i haven't seen a lot of companies that freely accept being taxed level is counted on everyone's philanthropy but i'm not sure that with regard to public finance it goes a long way so an optional solution obviously will not be accept

and we'll go to senegal for startups in creative solutions are center stage at the car digital show now they just need someone to back up. this is your to do. business africa report i'm stephen beers in berlin thanks for watching the opec oil cartel and its allies have agreed to cut production by a further half a 1000000 barrels a day that's the equivalent of half a percent of global output the aim is to bolster prizes as the global economy slows the compensate for higher output from other producers if the existing cuts were already hard for many smaller opec members and the new ones don't appear to be going down easy. saudi arabia and russia call most of the shots when it comes to opec and its allies it was their oil ministers who opened friday's meeting calling 48500000 barrel production cut despite plenty of disagreement from some smaller producer nations the big players got their way in the end. all opec members want to see high prices for their oil but there are regular disagreements over how to distribute cuts between producer nations some countries like iraq and nigeria are alrea

such a good job he believes that's because of this tree planting project in 2007 senegal was among 11 african countries that pledged to plant trees and what they called a great green wall from the east to the west of the continent but 10 years on most of the countries involved have dropped out because many of the trees have been killed by drought termites and increasingly inhospitable climate temperatures are rising in rainfall dropping. experts say that if all the trees that were planted for the last 40 years had survived then this would look like the amazon forest well instead it looks more like this the aim of the program is no longer to build the great green wall because the desert is moving forward but rather to find a solution so that the communities here can adapt to the changing climate. for senegal this green wall is a long term investment for future generations achieving success now depends on finding species of trees that can be adapted to this environment. polluting countries are investing in the green wall to offset their carbon emissions under climate marketing schemes b

my name is more do far, i am the president of clean senegal, and iam here the president of clean senegal was trilogy is having its european premiere in leicester square in london —— final in the trilogy for the star wars series. it has been hotly anticipated all over the world. our reporter was on the red carpet. i'm here with the director of the movie, jj abrams. you had huge success when this verse came back with the force awakens in 2015, what made you think you would try and stop that —— the force awakens. it was an opportunity to finish the story that we, with the force awa ke ns, story that we, with the force awakens, but also with george lucas and a new hope, it was an opportunity to good to pass up and too tempting. how do you feel about the responsibility taking on the most beloved movie series of all time? i think we all take this on as a responsibility and only want to tell a story that is meaningful to people. of course, with anything like this you know going in it will bea like this you know going in it will be a divisive being. any choice you make will be someone else's nig

sign can't go back to senegal his family is depending on the money he regularly sense home. and then the meantime good news for our son who's been granted a residency permit in spain which of course opens up all sorts of new opportunities now what i wonder do you do with books that you no longer want to read or even keep on apparently a lot of people simply chuck them away into the next rubbish bed but that was breaking the hearts of refuse workers in the turkish capital ankara so given archaean and his colleagues decided that it was time for a different approach. the refuse workers in ankara turn up at 7 am every morning whatever the weather. building aachen empties every garbage can but he also checks each bin bag carefully looking for books. he doesn't think the books belong in the trash. for years now he and his colleagues have been bringing them back to the garbage depot. stopped little as a child i would have loved to have but we lived in a poor district and not there weren't any school books and sale there not that we could have afforded them. all when i was at the. n

she was in senegal for conference on sustainable developmentt and dad. the imf president applauded the continent's declining rate of extreme poverty and its growth. although while encouraging countries to be smart about how to borrow money. the president of senegal was also in attendance and he sounded an optimistic tone take a listen. yes ma'am. africa is in the process of developing. everything remains to be built. not the continent is like a plane at the end of the runway ready to take off remember. and finally the holiday shopping season is kicking into high gear after black friday lasast week today marksks the cyber monday a day of deals offered by online retailers sales are expected to reach a record nine point four billion dollars in us corn to one survey. it's actually more than black friday which raked in for its part of me here seven point four billion dollars course markets a little different picture here in france black friday on the rise but cyber monday still not so on on here for now. come go thank you as the goal of the business thank you

is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the arid so i have the stretches from senegal to chat temperatures rising and rainfall as fluctuating this is us in the raising the spread of that and the drying up of wetlands and leaks in mali lake veg and its marshes are designated as a wetland of international importance not only do crocodiles what are bad and fish called the lake home it's also in life source for about 12000 people it's now under threat. more just toddle the is continuing a family tradition as fisherman they've always lived off lake when you know but these days it's getting harder to get a big catch even worse the lake is a vast parading faster than it can refill by one of the problems that the lake is shrinking and the water doesn't stay long enough like it used to it becomes completely dry at one point in the year which makes us very worried. rising temperatures and even rainfall and soil erosion mean it's tough to farm. and the fishermen have to settle for smaller and smaller catches. like this i don't think our children can become fish out and personally

migration and now those people are being moved and are going to be also moved to their countries senegal and the gambia to a new one of the international media is being kept away from the migrants. well that's an unusual situation and mauritania authorities have in the past been very cooperative with the media they even invited the international media and the local media to see how they treated the migrants so so the n.g.o.s the u.n. 'd agencies of every interest in showing that they are dealing in a very good way with these migrants they that situation now the new situation the obscurantism and the lack of access for the media has given rise to some speculations about why this time around this iteration has been blocked from the eyes of the international public speculations talked about but that perhaps the facilities were not up to standards when those people suddenly. showed up on the shore but also the authorities here and the ngos are saying that that's not the case are the speculations you know or so you guys do because these are the people who died were buried very quickly with co

to senegal now where the 4th annual dakar digital show is underway the event gathers startups and innovators with clever solutions for business and the african countries but as always one ingredient will be key to development investment. to the car digital show is brimming with ideas and creative solutions africa is in the process of developing into a global hope for startups entrepreneurs find plenty of opportunity to fill the gaps in public services with their ideas and projects people like maxie mandy was exhibiting a lamp apparent by solar a chargeable recycled computer batteries that. they're courting to the world bank $1300000000.00 people don't have access to electricity and at the same time $14000.00 tonnes of batteries are produced intro into the environment so we designed a solar lamp which would allow young people who live in areas with no electricity to do their homework after dark. the poor fellow devout and fall under don't be africa's future belongs to the startups something western investors have finally woken up to last year and vestments in the sector quadruples to almost $

we went to mali and congo, to senegal, south africa and to ghana. over several trips we visited aids or fan ajs, water purification plants, and compact trips. we saw on these trips -- excuse me -- the material impacts of terrorism and grinding poverty in countries like nigeria and mali but he enjoyed some pretty good times, too. seeing the fruits of the best pineapple plantation i've ever been on and enjoying a beautiful vineyard in capetown, south africa. but johnny didn't just go because it was an assignment. he went because it was his passion, even his calling. the first trip we took together was to a tiny impoverished country in west africa that hfnts had two -- hadn't had two senators visit. we went because a young peace corps volunteer from georgia had been murdered. tragically and senselessly murdered because she tried to report child abuse back to the capital. we had a remarkable and memorable seerries of meetings there that i won't go into it. the thing about johnny is not just he persuaded me and others to join him in the quest for justice

the people who died were buried very quickly with coordination between the 3 countries mauritania senegal and the gambia they were buried outside the city in a matter of they are even less than dot. not clear why this time around they are being secretive about it for more on this we can speak to our chief of mission for the international organization for migration in mauritania she joins us now live from the capital via skype thanks very much for coming into our festival just pick up on that point the mohamad vall mentioned that the media are not being given access to the survivors being brought back i understand your chain has had some direct access any idea why they're being kept to paul. well i cannot comment on that honestly we've had an excellent cooperation with the mauritanian authorities from day one of the shipwreck we've been able to access directly to the place where the migrants have been brought to the survivors so really for us it's been a very good cooperation experience with america and for those families in gambia and indeed senegal that are concerned that their relatives

and it's a backyard in senegal indycar and this was the result. of. the sounds of africa a continuous source of inspiration for you caught on. the continent is abuzz with music it's not a cliché but reality as we discover in the canadian capital accra. in the district of jamestown a different tune reverberates from every street side stall. we hear every pub and afrobeat as well as contemporary hits created on computers just like songs anywhere else in the world and yet there's something quintessentially african about them. oh my god. africa doesn't just inspire through its music this is an artist and scores where yasser likes to buy fabrics she finds ideas for his stage shows and music video costumes here. all. the other. oh. today she's looking for fabric for a head scarf. to suit my fabric. and. my psyche you put. it to 3 yards what can we do. she has never turned her back on africa she still feels at home his she says and is more relaxed here than in europe. in ghana she tells us she never feels misunderstood never out of place will stand out and i

will of the town, we were invaded by a myriad ofs, nationaliteople cong from ghana, ivory coast, senegal, that is from countries where there aren't any wars. economic migrants. citizens here felt abandoned. >> reporter: at a local cafe people told us they felt overwhelmed by the number of migrants. >> ( translated ): that's an invasion. because of the numbers, even if you ask the left, "how many migrants dwe have to host?"el they don't tyou how many. are we supposed to get all ofca afri >> reporter: riace also elected a new mayor, league-backed antonio trifoli.ca he replaced who's being investigated for mismanageme of the refugee program funds, charges lucano's supporters say are politically motivated. with lucano gone, the refugee ogram collapsed and the migrants moved away according to the new mayor. >> i think an integration project for migrants makes sense, but only with a limited number. at times we had 500 to 600 migrants here. >> reporter: now how many migrants are here? >> ( translated ): now there are only a few families, those who were truly able to integrate. 10 to 20 families

an advocate of culcha over color i de about face between senegal and franz is an unrelenting champion africa on t the world stage. the only issue the founder of dhaka fashion week and the federation of african fashion these days she's also the brains behinind black fashion experience herere in paris formally known as black fashion week. this powerhouse it's all about celebrating black designed in old it's divest de. on december come up quickly use tashen as a way to bring people into this experience we really want to share it with them. it's fashion but seen in a different way it's fun and theatrical them all as there's a real confidence there none of the design is that you see here are just following trends. and that's what i love. this is a gym. do you think there's such a thing as black fashion. what part of a good now i don't think so at least not put like that. i think that t there iss such a a thing as a fashion that's's being informed by black culturure. that's our slogan. this isn't about cololor it's about cultlture and that's's an evolution. useragent i'm not looking for val

the people who died were buried very quickly with coordination between the 3 countries mauritania senegal and the gambia they were buried outside the city in a matter of they are even less than dot. not clear why this time around they are being secretive about it and the report has warned that the world's oceans are under threat due to loss of oxygen caused by climate change and pollution very poor says the increase in carbon emissions has led to ocean water warming which means it can carry less oxygen fish such as china marlin and shocks particular risk scientists released a report of a cop $25.00 summit in madrid where representatives of conscious have gathered to discuss the climate say they called it a wake up call for humanity when the director of the global marine and power program at the international union for conservation of nature she says the changes will be home full to biodiversity and natural habitats. what we're seeing what we've seen is actually a decline in 2 percent of the global oxygen level they have been reduced by 2 percent and it doesn't sound like a lot but just th

the people who died were buried very quickly with coordination between the 3 countries mauritania senegal and the gambia they were buried outside the city in a matter of they are even less than that. not clear why this time around they are being secretive about it. thousands of probating protesters have rallied in hong kong one china districts calling for an investigation into recent local elections where pro-democracy protests won and general say tensions in the region have been high since june when pro-democracy protests began over an extradition bell they've since turned into a wind that anti government and and t. china and mint. and in lebanon thousands of women have marched in the capital beirut to protest against sexual harassment women are fighting to change a system they say has been unjust to them and they know how the reports from beirut the protest movement has also given them a new platform to raise their voices again sectarian politics. well they are speaking out in solidarity with those who recently gathered the courage to do so a flash mob was organized by lebanese women to

the edge of death thank god we are risky by the mauritanian authorities i am from the republic or senegal i was on my way to spin for better work it was a cruel journey and we were deceived. deceived too where these families back in gambia who thought the smugglers could help their relatives reach europe. this woman in the town of bar lost her 17 year old grandson in the boating accident good guy put it on you we don't really know him they went the migrants and by monday those who perished many others drowned on that board i know about it from my family in gambia no one deserves that. on friday and other boat carrying 192 migrants also mostly from gambia was intercepted by more routine of course. compared to the relatively short voyages across the mediterranean sea the atlantic route from gambia to the nearest spanish source is about 1600 kilometers trying to make it on a smuggler's boat is seen by some as an act of suicide yet hundreds on this voyage every year. the i.o.m. says up to 158 people have died so far trying to reach the kind of islands. that tom was 43 the current surge is cau

the people who died were buried very quickly with coordination between the 3 countries mauritania senegal and the gambia they want to buried outside the city in a matter of they are even less than. not clear why this time around they are being secretive about it. a 3rd successive day of nationwide strikes in france is causing weekend travel chaos public transport flights hospitals or disrupted again protesters around the area president emanuela from his plans for pension reforms the government insists the strikes there won't stop the changes from happening in the news ahead education under occupation authority forces move against students in the occupied west bank. i'm catherine sawyer the home of the royal drums. i'll be telling you about a culture that has been going on. however whether it's set fire across much of china at the moment in largely 2 into the philippines places a little more clout there in between the 2 but generally the fair weather friday might catch one or 2 light showers into type one over the next day or so but as you can see the sun's pretty much out every 19 cell ju

the people who died were buried very quickly with coordination between the 3 countries mauritania senegal and the gambia they were buried outside the city often in a matter of they are let even less than that. so not clear why this time around they are being secretive about it. well nurul murat is from the international organization for migration she says incidents like the one on wednesday can be avoided. this route is quite well monitored at least in front of america in your thanks to the excellent cooperation between the moderate in authorities and the spanish ones. obviously there are various various factors that could decrease those tragedies one big area of work should be the increasing of the legal pathways to allow people to migrate regularly and legal any and in a safe way that would reduce of course in a significant ways those barriers joining us that people turn to try wanting to possibly leave poverty or inequalities or marginalization. funerals have been held for a group of protesters who rallied against the president of guinea despite the killings opposition leaders say demo

you have a little bit of a break from your stay in senegal. you're in london.ut how the visit has been going. >> thank you so much for having me. it's going really well. we completed 14 weeks of surgery. we have been doing all sorts of things. plastic reconstruction, and we are really making it different sensing lives transformed. we are fortunate to be there. >> dana: what do you make of the people who come from all around the world? many americans and brits and people from europe of people from all over the world volunteer as part of their mission to give back and they are on the ship full-time. >> we have over 1,000 people come during a ten month stay while we are in one country. we have over 46 different nations represented that any one time and it's incredible because the thing that makes it, makes a difference is community. everyone works together. everyone talks to each other, communicates. we have a shared common goal which is we want to bring hope and healing to the people of west africa. that's ultimately what we are therefore. it's a joy to be around

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