one-year since the shutdown in south sudan. of kosovothe capital where the and young best country is celebrating their fifth anniversary of their self- declared independence. >> here's a look at the international forecast. plenty of showers across australia. some showersees affecting the east coast of queensland over the next few days. that certainly has the potential to bring some flooding gulfl the way down to the coast. 23 degrees celsius. no. when picking up the temperature once again in mel boring to about 35 degrees. 27 for perth. staying dry and pretty quiet there in new zealand. getting up to 20 degrees. dry weather making its way across india over the next couple of days, but in the south and was still a few showers there and to china. some showers pushing into the far south of the country and also went to sri lanka. a chance for some drier weather coming through. a very pleasant 25 degrees celsius in doha. acrossking to about northern parts of the middle east. clouds and rain making their way area and rain for beirut.

nancy, you're in the south sudan, you're pregnant, the plan was to get you back to atlanta to have thishappen. >> no. >> what happened when you started -- where were you when you started having contractions. >> we lived in ye, south sudan. we were home, early one saturday morning, scheduled to leave three days later to come back to atlanta and woke up with contractions about 6:00 a.m. >> what kind of medical equipment, i presume there are no major hospitals in the south sudan, tell me what you had to go through. >> we were extremely fortunate in that there is a hospital that opened the first month of our pregnancy, started by a couple coming from colorado, specifically to focus on maternal and child health, about two miles from where we are. so we went to that hospital, took us 45 minutes because the road is very bumpy and we were having contractions, but we were very grateful to be able to go to that hospital. >> so you have this little one, in this clinic, that had just been built, right? and how early did he come? >> he was seven weeks early. and when we got to the hospital they told

and south sudan was born out of that act as a free nation. securing its future and peace for all of its citizens will take continued diplomatic efforts alongside partners like the african union. we can develop the capacity of the african union, the less the u.s. will have to worry. i've stood in south sudan. they still face the world's newest country and its government. those challenges threaten to reverse hard-won progress and stability. that's why we are working closely with that nation to help it provide its own citizens with essential services like water and health and education and agriculture practices. we value health and nutrition and the principle of helping people gain strength to help themselves the cornerstone initiatives like feed the future. we help countries not only to plant and harvest better food but we also help them break the cycle of poverty, of poor nutrition, of hunger. we seek to reduce maternal mortality, eradicate polio, and protect people from malaria, tuberculosis, and pandemic influenza. i will tell you probably t

the conflict between sudan and south sudan. troops from the two states are involved in violent clashes -- clashes over an oil-rich border region. there are also domestic conflicts in the states. there are other conflicts that receive less attention like in burma. fighting between rebels in the north and government troops has killed hundreds and caused tens of thousands to flee. there were no wars in europe in 2012, but the fallout from the syrian civil war is being felled -- felt as the number of refugees increases. >> sports where giant nike said all endorsements of south africa's blade runner, oscar pistorius, will be put on ice while the athlete is on trial for murder. it is just one more twist in this case. there is already a new head investigator in the murder case. he pushed to have premeditated murder charges pressed against pistorius and is now off the case because he is facing murder charges himself. >> south africa's police commissioner was under attack. she put a new detective on the case after day three of the bail

program that has some and the sanctions could have come at a worse time a loss of production in south sudan in yemen in the will see now in syria has been driving prices higher for the reigning queen still in demand in asia with the u.k.'s problem with millions of home struggling with fuel poverty being echoed all of course the european union right now is it the european consumer has been hardest hit by these sanctions we've been speaking from industry insiders to find out what they think so obviously you've got the private companies then sort of carrying out political decisions are having very tough economic as they say today looks like they all will and gas companies sort of in bed with the government i don't i don't see that we are taught i think the politicians around the world have to make the decisions companies have to get on with business technology business commercial business and now we see with that with iran oil being used as a political weapon i wouldn't use that sort of phrase i mean i think it's always the case through as years go by governments around the world seppala says

is part the terrorist group that goes far beyond originally in uganda and spread to south sudan and intohe eastern. it is widespread and it is a serious problem. i would like to get your commitment to stay involved in that and recognized it for the problem that it is. >> yes sir and if confirmed i will continue to watch connie and the lra and the entire negative impt it has on the region as a whole. >> there are so many areas that people are not aware of right now. one of the things i would like and we made a good decision after 9/11 when we decided as a policy for this country that we would recognize africa and as the squeeze takes place in the middle east in the terrorism goes down through djibouti and the horn of africa that our idea was to put an five african brigades to help hem, not us, but to help train the africans who are very receptive to do the id so that when that happened down there we wouldn't have to use ours. that is kind of floundering and i would like to ask you to make those five african brigades a top priority during the time that you a spending down their >> we will

and south sudan was born out of that act as a free nation. securing its future and peace for all of its citizens will take continued diplomatic efforts alongside partners like the african union. " we can develop the capacity of the african union, gillespie u.s. will have to worry. i've stood in south sudan and tax in the talent district and. they still face the world's newest country and its government. those challenges threaten to reverse hard-won progress and stability. that's why we are working closely with that nation to help it provide its own citizens with essential services like water and health and education and agriculture practices. we value health and nutrition and the principle of helping people gain strength to help themselves the cornerstone initiatives like feed the future. we help countries not only to plant and harvest better food but we also help them break the cycle of poverty, of poor nutrition, of hunger. we seek to reduce maternal mortality, eradicate polio, and protect people from malaria, tuberculosis, and pandemic inf

is part the terrorist group that goes far beyond originally in uganda and spread to south sudan and into the eastern. it is widespread and it is a serious problem. i would like to get your commitment to stay involved in that and recognized it for the problem that it is. >> yes sir and if confirmed i will continue to watch connie and the lra and the entire negative impact it has on the region as a whole. >> there are so many areas that people are not aware of right now. one of the things i would like and we made a good decision after 9/11 when we decided as a policy for this country that we would recognize africa and as the squeeze takes place in the middle east in the terrorism goes down through djibouti and the horn of africa that our idea was to put an five african brigades to help them, not us, but to help train the africans who are very receptive to do the idea so that when that happened down there we wouldn't have to use ours. that is kind of floundering and i would like to ask you to make those five african brigades a top priority during the time that you are spending down their >>

is part the terrorist group that goes far beyond originally in uganda and spread to south sudan and into the eastern. it is widespread and it is a serious problem. i would like to get your commitment to stay involved in that and recognized it for the problem that it is. >> yes sir and if confirmed i will continue to watch connie and the lra and the entire negative impact it has on the region as a whole. >> there are so many areas that people are not aware of right now. one of the things i would like and we made a good decision after 9/11 when we decided as a policy for this country that we would recognize africa and as the squeeze takes place in the middle east in the terrorism goes down through djibouti and the horn of africa that our idea was to put an five african brigades to help them, not us, but to help train the africans who are very receptive to do the idea so that when that happened down there we wouldn't have to use ours. that is kind of floundering and i would like to ask you to make those five african brigades a top priority during the time that you are spending down their >>

we also recognize from his repeated aggression against his own citizens and against south sudan that there is no prospect of a lasting negotiated settlement with the current leadership in khartoum. and that ultimately, the only way to establish peace in sudan, and peace in the region, is for there to be a change of regime in sudan. we also have to be very candid about recognizing that there is no appetite in the united states right now for military action. we just now are getting out of a decade-long war in afghanistan. iraq was a long national nightmare. there's no appetite in the national security council, as we saw with the testimonies around recent confirmation hearings for intervention in a place like syria. and certainly not in sudan. so the we are appalled, the genocide of darfur and the aggression in blue nile and cortisone and south sudan, we need to be created -- creative about finding other ways of assisting victims and putting pressure on the regime. i think part of that come and these are conversations that we've had, how do you mobilize greater awareness about what's hap

now it's spread throughout eastern congo that through the car in south sudan i might add that it's connected together and it is a serious problem of you're going to have to deal with. it is the smallest of the combat commands with less than 5,000 troops on the continent and that's a huge continent so your. we've talked about that in my office in some detail so on the challenges you face are very daunting i am confident that the two of you are up to the task. but it's going to be heavy lifting. as i said to you, general austin, are you sure you want to do this and you said yes. thank you mr. chairman pete >> general austin and general rodriguez we are ready to hear your opening statements and testimony. again we appreciate you being here and we will begin with general austin and rodriguez to follow. >> good morning sir, ranking member inhofe, distinguished members of the committee i want to thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today and i also want to thank you for the steadfast and the strong report that you have shown and continue to show our men and women in uniform, our civi

unwilling or unable to rein the militias in another problem is the south in december libya closed off its borders without niger chad and sudan citing a deterioration of security and declared the region a military zone well recently a video has emerged of representatives of the south libyan tribes declaring independence for the region the federation of south libya they claim the government has failed to secure the inside of the country and borders and this is a result of stalled economic activity and discontinue a. and other essential infrastructure projects that have been driven by international partners well it's still not clear how that news is being taken in tripoli but it cambodia well for any chance of stability and finally who is reaping the fruits of this revolution well some analysts say it's an economic powerhouse putting lots of money into the region that the west just doesn't have while at the same time benefiting from their military efforts it's china the chinese have no boots on the ground they have no army use their. military. so two years after the revolution for libya the only certainty is still gadhafi is go

unwilling or unable to rein the militias in another problem is the south in december libya closed off its borders without niger chad and sudan citing a deterioration of security and declared the region a military zone well recently a video has emerged of representatives of the south libyan tribes declaring independence for the region the federation of south libya they claim the government has failed to secure the inside of the country and borders and this is a result of stalled economic activity and discontinue a. and of essential infrastructure projects that have been driven by international partners well it's still not clear how that news is being taken in tripoli but it cambodia well for any chance of stability and finally who is reaping the fruits of this revolution well some analysts say it's an economic powerhouse putting lots of money into the region that the west just doesn't have while at the same time benefiting from their military efforts it's china the chinese have no boots on the ground they have no army use their. military. the west countries like france so two years after the revolution for libya the only cert