there are still banks dealing with sudan. and there are still some banks that are continuing their relationship with sudan. that would be adequate for the exports. >> not everyone is as optimistic though. >>. >> translation: the situation is bad. it will be impossible to attract investors. no one can trust money or bring it in. investors will have to rethink their presence here. >> sudan's economic problems have been increasing since 2011, when south sudan separated with the bulk of the oil. sudanese have weakened. the increasing isolation of sudan by international or financial institutions a affecting private and government transactions. government officials say the import of critical medical supplies is jeopardised, causing stoppages. they are now increasing calls for a change your in policy. if sudan is to survive the impact. >> unless we have a change in government policy, putting the interest of sudan first, they will not be resolved. >> the u.s. imposed economic sanctions on sudan in 1997 over charges of terrorism and h

enforced sanctions in sudan, i mid charges of terrorism and human rights abuses. >> the move reflectsurbs attitude towards financial institutions. >> local media reports in pakistan that at least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured in a road accident. it happened when two buses and an oil tanker collided in a roundabout. >> a social worker is making history with a woman's right's campaign in pakistan, accusing the justice system of ignoring domestic violence. we report from swat valley. she is dealing with violent cases and murder. you may find some images disturbing. >> a sick woman mourning the loss of her daughter. >> her son tries to comfort her. he, too, is overwhimmed. his sister was 12 when she was married. 10 years later, she's dead, the victim of an acid attack at home. it was a slow, painful death. she made her bother make this recording on his mobile phone, before passing away. she accused her husband, mother and father of attacking her. >> i want them to be banned in the same way i have been banned. >> it was her dying wish. she wanted justice. in this country, h

sudan's economy has been hurting since south sudan split. now people there are getting desperate. >> scared as hell... >> as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan get a first hand look at what life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken to a place, where they're going to make plans for an attack. >> the only thing i know is, that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> then, immediately after, an america tonight special edition for more inside and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition, only on al jazeera america >> on wall street stocks are on the rebound. investors shrugging off the tension necessary ukraine, concentrating on business at home. , dow off 58 points. markets were given a boost today, more problems for general motors, gm is recalling suvs because of a

they spoke of -- in south sudan. they spoke of intimidation and a government-backed media campaign against u.n. troops. >> at this point i need to raise a series question. there has been a campaign against the leadership in south sudan. it's been systematic and unorganised. there has been an unsuccessful vilification of the united nations by local and national officials, with public demonstrations, media articles, and harassment of u.s. pacial, including to the -- personnel, including to the point of putting their life in danger. under the conditions we need to consider the drawing down our staff and limiting activities to the minimum related to protection of human right monitoring and support, to oouman tarian assistance. >> 77,000 civilians are living in eight overcrowded u.n. bases across south sudan. the u.n. plans to move most of the refugees to suitable locations, but there are logistical concerns. this report from juba. >> this piece of land used to be used for storage. it floods when it rains. the peacekeeper

they put on a brave face. >> there are some banks meeting with sudan. and that would be enough for the export. >> not everyone is optimistic. >> the situation is bad. it will be impossible to attract serious investors. even existing investors will have to rethink their continued presence here. >> sudan's economic problems have been increasing since 2011 when south sudan separates it with the bulk of the country's oils. now the sudanese pound has weekendeweakening. the continuing sanctions is affecting private and government transactions. the medical supplies is also jeopardized causing shortages in hospital countrywide. they're now increasing calls for a change in policy if sudan is to survive the impact of the sanctions and economic meltdown. >> unless we have a change in government policy and put the interests of the people of sudan first these promis problems wile resolved. >> reporter: the u.s. put i sanctions in place after terrorism. al jazeera, khartoum, sudan. >> in pakistan two bus us and an oil tanker have collided. 40 people have reportedly b

to south sudan's former vice president. and while a cease fire was declared more than a month ago, human rights reports that a human massive destruction and widespread loading have emerged in this conflict. for more i am joined by preston lyman, and via skype from northhamton, massachusetts, researcher and honor of compromising with evil, an archival history of greater sudan, 2007 to 2012. eric i'll start with you. i know you've been in touch with people in south sudan. what do you hear about what's going on in malakol? >> sadly, malakol is not alone. we have reports from bor and juba although not on the same scale. what we have to watch for is exactly what human rights said, displace people, it is difficult to believe there are fewer than 1 million people internally displaced or refugees. how will we provide humanitarian assistance to them, before the rainy season begins in may? >> even though this country has oil 90% of people are reported to survive on less than $1 a day. and ambassador a cease fire was called in january

there's a major food crisis in south sudan. we go to the cap tall juba. >> since her husbands died feeding her family has been hard. in december last year it was harder when fighting in south sudan pushed the price of food for her family beyond reach. >> translation: since the problem started food is very expensive. sometimes shops are not open. we have to eat less because we can't afford to buy enough food. >> south sudan produces little foot, so relies on imports. foreign traders were drown to juba by the promise of a large profit. since december many residents fled and a combination of fewer customers and higher prices are making life hard for the traders. >> before christmas things were moving well. i was making good money, enough to support me and my family. since the conflict started, things are bad. goods are expensive. life is becoming very hard these days. >> this used to be a thriving marketplace. traders came from all over the region. many have closed up their jobs and gone home. right now the government is receiving

now sudan exports electricity other areas.l live in the dark like this family. >> translator: the problem is very complicated in sudan. if if you can pay for a subscription and live in a city, you should be able to get the service. >> translator: the required equipment to reach all of those who need the service is very expensive. it's a huge industry where the state pays for all of the infrastructure. >> reporter: sudan says it is building more hydro electric dams to meet the power needs. but the weak economy and rapid population growth are making the problem much more of a challenge. >>> it's time for the sport now. >> thank you very much. we'll start with tennis. raphael has suffered his just second defeat of 2013. he was knocked out in the third run. >> reporter: raphael has beaten alexander in the final of the open just a few weeks ago, but faced immediate pressure from the ukrainian. [ cheers ] >> reporter: he has jumped 26 spots in the world rankings since the start of the year, and he looked unstoppable taking the first

south sudan 98% of the budget comes from oil. so by those opposed taking over and destroying the source of oil also destroys the source of income. so now it is becoming a matter of concern, it is not at the root of the problem. >> eric, what has to be done? u.n. is there on the ground and human rights groups are there and doctors without borders and people trying to help out are attacked and what can the international community do? >> well, the u.n. authorized mixes in sudan. it is deploying at a terrifying slow pace. unless we increase the amount of secure area that civilians can retreat to and receive aid in we are going to have a disaster in the rainy season. we need more boots on the grounds, more logistics and transport and better communication. they are not supplying the security that is essential for the displaced people. >> ambassador, you wrote in january is report for the united states institute of peace you said that the crisis and opportunity to put south sudan back on the path of good government and peace, how can th

to be effective in south sudan is at risk and the government is not helping with that.is contributing to this idea that the u.n. is not being a good actor. the reality is the u.n., without the u.n., over the last few years, south sudan would be even worse perhaps than it is now. >> the main opposition party in berundi has been suspended for four speaking with pierre, the head of next year's general e legislation >> reporter: he wants to change the constitution and run for a third term in 2015. he has been in power for nearly 10 years. he says he will do whatever his party decides. >> when we are chosen to represent the party, it is the last approval is done by the court. >> that's why i can say in our political party, when they say we want to present it, they can't say no. but they must. the conditional court, the commission which are go to go say, this candidate is fair >> reporter: it's been a tense few weeks. opposition supporters concerned the president is trying to hang on to power have been protesting. shortly after this incident, the main opposition party, the mo

this is present kiss first attended his own cinema chains or since kara started in south sudan. ollie this year expressed his sadness over the baby of all cells in his aunties and respect the cessation of hostilities deal signed last month. so now doubtful tries the ministry mission to softer than most on top of the three dead with their folks to support that of us wanted to have that issue mechanisms. the department of the profession. and it said false pdf as part of the modern derivative is a mechanism for a picture later now they've stuck two thousand and thirteen e doug heads of state appreciated the efforts of uganda in protecting the infrastructure in south sudan despite its request that we ugandan troops to leave the country faced by faith. it's my hope and expectation. we see god from our sources so the need for the parties to proceed reason with the spirit of negotiation. and in this day gets a piece the international community including china and expressed it continued support for the peace process. i knew that. moore. and there. so cheesy. the heat. a god speaks to ol

. >> problems for the u.n., trike to move thousands sheltering at its bases in south sudan. >> and the fishermen caught in the rivalry between india and pakistan. >> ukraine's navy headquarters in crimea has been overrun by pro-russian forces. hundreds of men barricaded themselves in the building in sevastopol. no shots have been fired, but a russian flag has been raised outside the base. on tuesday a soldier was killed in an attack on an army base at simferepol. russian soldier were blamed, accusing them of a war crime arseniy yatsenyuk said the conflict had moved to a military phase. >> the shooting happened hours after russia's president signed an agreement to make crimea part of the russian operation. the u.s. and e.u. accused the russians of a land grab. in a phone call to the secretary of state john kerry, russia's foreign minister warned against sanctions, saying there'd by be consequences. jennifer glasse joins us from sevastopol, at an army base. >> this happened a little over two hours ago. the base was surrounded and overrun. the ukrainian naval officers have been barricaded

living in the dark, 60% of people in sudan don't have access to electricity. ♪ one of the two men travelinga stolen passport, on a missing malaysia airline plane was a 19-year-old iranian seeking asylum in germany and giving an update on investigations in the past hour and meanwhile rescue teams are searching to find the aircraft and the plane vanished on saturday with 239 people on board. no trace has been found yet and this is the latest from the police chief. >> he is 19 years old and he is an iranian, and we believe he is iranian and we have been checking his background. we have also checked in with other police organization on his profile. and we believe that he is not likely to be a member of any terrorist group. and we believe that he is trying to migrate to germany. >> reporter: scott hidler is here and police saying terrorism an unlikely cause for the plane's disappearance so what are they focusing on? >> well, they are focusing on a couple different things and everything from investigating thoroughly what was in the cargo hold of that aircraft and any hazardous materials that coul

we have to eat less >> south sudan produces little food, so relies on imports. they were drawn to juba by the promise of a large profit. sips december many of the residents fled and fewer customers and higher prices are making life hard. >> translation: before christmas things were moving well. i was making good money, enough to support me and my family. since the conflict started things are bad. goods are expensive. life is becoming hard. >> this used to be a thriving marketplace. so much so traders came from all over the regions. since the crisis began many closed up their shops and have gone home. right now the government is receiving enough oil revenue to function and pay salaries. the rebel forces made it clear that their goal disrupts oil production and it will leave president with little income and no reserves. >> if the oil is shut down there'll be a serious problem, it will not be like the first shut down. also, it was focussing on one particular challenge. but here you have so many challenges. >> for susan the challenge is finding enough money to feed

. >> people in sudan have been suffering since south sudan became an independent country in 2011.he economy has shrunk, the value of the currency has fallen and unemployment is rising. we have reports from khartoum. >> reporter: sudan is facing difficult times. no one knows this more than khartoum skilled labors armed with their tools. carpenters, plumbers, they gather here every morning looking for clients. most will leave empty handed. >> getting work has become difficult. i can't rent a house for my family here. i have to move them to the village. life is difficult. >> reporter: with mucthe pricess continue to increase many people are finding it harder and arrester to make ends meet. according to the u.n. warning system, 735 million sudanese don't have enough to eat. for the past three years she prepared meals for these traders in the market. she said she has had to raise her food prices because of the rise in the cost of food. >> the government must do something to bring down the high prices. the situation as it is is unsustainable. >> but the government itself is blamed for t

sudan? yes, we did. let's, you know, let's be just in our criticism. yes, putin should not have sent in those troops. but this was a -- and again he should not have had the right -- he shouldn't have had the wording they had on their referendum in crimea. they could have had an adequate wording on the ballot. and yes they should have had the osce in to determine what the people of crimea want officially. but in our heart of hearts we know that the people of crimea, especially those of us who have been there, ten years ago i visited crimea, they all spoke russian. now, what is that? it's an historic reality unfortunately, because stalin murdered so many people there, and ethnic russians moved in. we know that. and we're sorry about that. but self-determination is based on people who live in a given territory, determining their future. and in this case the russians are supporting the people of crimea's right to determine where they want to go. and we are opposing that, and making it sound like

. >> two american missionaries fled south sudan to help nine orphans to make it with safety. now they've been reunited with those children. that's next. and the supreme court debates whether private businesses can refuse to provide contraceptives to employees. we're bang in a moment. blank >> the u.s. supreme court heard arguments build companies should be required to provide contraception even if it goes against their religious beliefs. >> reporter: the case centers whether private for-profit corporations have the same religious protections that religions do. hobby lobby said they're religious in nature and they should not have to cover contraception for their employs. the kinds of contraceptions they're talking about are i.u.d.s and the "morning-after pill." the companies say they are morally and religiously opposed to them. >> we didn't choose this fight. our families would have been happy to just continue providing good jobs and generous healthcare benefits. but the government forced our hand. we hope and pray that the supreme court will uphold the religious freedoms of a

anna cavelle, juba, south sudan. >> you are watching the newshour. more to come. on the campaign trail, we will meet the candidates hoping to go win colombia's congressional elections. and we meet the doctors work to go change lives in bangladesh. >> i am daniel lack and caltec. h western alaska as the ididarod enters the final stages of the 1600 kilometer odyssey. i will be reporting on who is leading and who eventually lowi win. >>> welcome back. time to remind you of the world's top stories if you are just joining the newshour now. 35 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in hillah after maliki accused qatar and saudi arabia of supporting rebel groups in the country. >>> demonstrations are taking place across ukraine. tensions are high ahead of next sunday's planned referendum. the prime minister is due in washington later this week to talk about the crisis. relatives and the passengers on board of a missing malasia airlines flight have been told to prepare for the worst. investigators say the plane may have turned back. because of that, they hav

and southern sudan for its became a genocide. we haven't had significant research on lebanon before the assassination. we had a lot of stuff on the arab-israeli conflict on the issue unless all of that indicates that there should be a better balance in how we advise on the foreign-policy and i do claim that there is a pressure group that focuses on one of you. now in the conflict everybody knows all of the organizations that's what they do and in the organizations that's what they do. middle eastern christian groups on the that's what they do but it's not that these groups exist. it's about our foreign policy should listen to more than one. the air of worldview hasn't been shaped also by the representatives of minorities and by the representatives of the other opposite. we haven't heard a lot about them because the lobby would block them from getting their opinion into the outcome. >> host: i want to get back to the region, but one point that you made that i found that's not about america or the region but as a kind of global poi

the president's troops are battling rebels loyal to south sudan's vice president. it's been nine years since the end of a 12-year civil war in a poor country. tens of thousands of refugees are returning home. many are finding that other families who - other families have taken over their lands. we have this report from abunda and fears are that violence could escalate with elections due next i don't remember. >> jean claude was born in barr undera when his family fled. they moved to the democratic republic of congo. fighting brought him back to burr undy, a kundy still recovering from the war. the conflict ended nine years ago. and 3,000 people, mainly civilians, were killed. they worried that a new cycle of violence could be triggered. >> i'm afraid. everyone is afraid in burundi because they don't know which is - or which will be in their direction. another concern for refugees returning to burundi is land. they set up a community. sometimes they come back from exile, ask them to move or share, causing tension. >> i have been told i don't belong here. my family w

the ship left from iran and was headed towards sudan. israeli leaders suspect the rockets were destined for gaza. they say the iranians may have been planning to smuggle them over land. >> while iran is conducting their talks smiling to the international community, it continues to arm terrorist groups, continues to perpetrate terrorism around the world. >> the islamist militant group hamas controls gaza. its leaders denoid any voft. >>> people in venezuela marked the anniversary of the death of president hugo chavez. some took to the streets to krit zit size the man who replaced him. they were among those who attended a ceremony in caracas. venezuela president nicholas madura praised him as a symbol of south american unity. he was continued to continue its predecessor's policies. many venezuelans are unhappen in what they say are failed economic policies. the protesters staged repeated rallies over the last three weeks. local media says 19 people have been killed. opposition leaders want international officials to interview. members of m

sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism. could you provide an update on the efforts to capture his killers either verbally or through writing? >> yes. the two individuals who were alleged to have carried out this attack or carried out the attack have been designated by us as specially designated global terrorist designation. they were -- they have been fugitives since the june 2010 escape from prison in khartoun and despite interpol notices and efforts, they've not yet been captured. we want to encourage their re-capture and we want to designate to everybody everywhere that we're going to purr seem people and justice will be done so we are committed that they be returned to prison and serve out sentences, and that's what we're trying to do. >> okay. we go to mr. joe wilson, south carolina. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for taking the time to speak to us today about the president's budget for the department of state. clearly this is a chaotic and dangerous time for the department as america faces many

. >> picking up the pieces we report from south sudan where conflict has separated children from their families and derailed their education. and problems brewing while sri lanka tea industry profiting some. and getting on the grid for the grand prix. we'll have the latest on sports including rugby. >>> the u.n. security council has to vote on the resolution of ukraine's political crisis on saturday. it's almost certain that the resolution of the vote will be condemned as illegal. the mood inside ukraine is tense. thousands of pro russian supporters are rallying and there was some violence yesterday. signs of support for crimea inside russia, but thousands of supporters are rally at the capitol to show solidarity with ukraine. >>> holding a peace rally to express their stance on russia's involvement. ukraine's prime minister said russia needs to stop meddling in its politics. >> our position is that russia's foreign minister should not interfere with our internal affairs. that's what russia does. they interfere with our internal affairs. they conduct provocation and intend to conduct m

is serious about dealing with this region, it would increase its presence in south sudan and the centralratic republic. >>> south american foreign ministers are set to meet in the hopes to find a solution to the turmoil there. the venezuelan government has threatened to charge with her treason. more than 30 people have died since demonstrations began six weeks ago. many people are unhappy about high inflation and food shortages and the soaring crime rate is also a growing concern. >> reporter: it's lunchtime and bodyguard larry reese paces up and down outside of a posh restaurant, waiting for his healthy client. the street is usually full of armored cars and bodyguards, a sign of the times. >> translator: before there were areas that were more secure, now nowhere is safe. >> reporter: not even for him. reese explains that killing bodyguards and taking their weapons has become a status symbol for criminals. i'm invited to follow the heavily armored car, his job is to confront the criminals while the would-be kidnap victim escapes. >> translator: we repelled an attack recently but just bar

and eleven to create the world's newest country south sudan. the realisation of this historic day is a testament to turns out fruits of the people of south sudan in the search for peace the u.s. set up its embassy in the capital of juba that very same day. just last year off the coast of argentina the people of the full planned islands voted overwhelmingly to remain british here's david cameron consoling the argentinian president i want to raise it specifically with the argentine president and say it's important that everyone pays attention to this referendum so that was the right thing to do. again in britain over three hundred years of union could all end this september scotland's being allowed to vote on whether to leave the union the prime minister says it's up to scots to decide their future yet for all the talk of self-determination crimea's referendum has been denounced as illegal by the g seven group of the world's biggest economies the us has sent fighter jets closer to russia deploying them in poland and lithuania it's also preparing

attacks in the country on to some other developments knowledge to accounts operated by focused on sudan agency agency the isi operating freely in box tunnel by kashmiri fire away from international scrutiny. the kashmiri be this kid is in a plot from geneva and was often about the cap it off. i could cheer this journal to play just me don't you. he was sitting on the deal pinching off on some tangent agencies for something mom. the cabbage and some from out of the game including defendants all focused on hunting and its means by the agency the isi and the monday too. she designed the human tumor and rights commission in sydney was sent off to sunny support it didn't outfits of promoting anti indian groups in peel peaches for that it's forty one is seo tactics then they got what i did to promote him what i can definitely an art than these give up giving pets to get it giving us the good people of latina be picking up stitches for them. noel was speaking against a good idea to keep them from their fun the mechanism. tentatively to the deceased artist and it seems. the photo for the studen

in north and south sudan and he can help me with those. we're getting ready to train hundreds of thousands of health workers in sudan. when i go he to meet with a sheer for instance i get requests for carrying information to him from the u.s. government and i give the u.s. -- >> rose: you ought to be viewed as an asset. >> i think that's true. i want -- status. >> rose: you have assets. you don't negotiate with your friends you negotiate with your enemies. >> that's what the carter center does. i go where i wish and say what i choose and i say what i really believe. i feel at ease with it because i've gone through public office again. i've got secret service. i try not to burden him with some of the positions i've taken from him. >> rose: do you think, i'm going to ask you this out of i hope you won't be angry with me. >> i won't be angry but i may not answer. >> rose: do you think it has to do with personality or i mean that there's some sense of, president carter feels so, you know what i'm saying. you know exactly what i mean. >> i thin

while and it would retaliate against any assault on the memorial turkey's possible intervention in sudan could be to the involvement of its name to anais and antiwar activists eugene for ye be if they would not think twice before we the nato countries will soon learn is in no certain nato countries the united states england and other conditions. the single statement backing the rebel forces in syria they tried to use this civil war as an instrument of regime change which in itself was unbelievable that the people that just make it to the government and so there's no space between turkey and other nato countries on this though is that back there was a patch of forces that were looking for a provocation but also wind up with was the united states and also in europe who are increasingly more like who would like to see more of a the west and nato intervention inside syria. we know that the one hundred forces have been continually agitating all across the united states and in europe and certainly other forces in turkey to feel the same way. syria is not raising a un probe into texas unless th

in sudan. yes said the day. almost everyday people who have a white slacks and bank warned us everyday. do i send them are of portuguese origin everyone has some timely hits becomes tight and knocking out to banks the permanent positions prevalent in the nineteen seventies it is only two week all month long contracts. new arrivals can at least i'm on the support of the new migrants. here the entry of portuguese karaoke night the jobs. the vessel and exhausting. scrapbooking community. and we try to stick together. i needa buy some here. what's with this miles. they bring the sunshine with them. this blog are welcome but what a friend and countryman many migrants are riding in luxembourg with a doctorate in to the portuguese sunshine imports climbed to its new guest in the program calls for less likely to get my affairs and remember all the european parliament from the greens are not very lucky with the weather today it's been raining a lot but not have to say you have a very beautiful city. this is history be th

not only with kosovo but also with south sudan and a number of other instances where the united states when it serves their agenda supports on self determination and god is not particularly interested in the sovereignty of nations that oppose its policies however in the case of crimea of course washington has already dismissed out of hand the notion that crimea has the right to self determination the crimea has the right to independence. so it is correct to say that there is a certain conflict not only with international law but with the precedent has been established by the united states in the western powers and of course it is utter hypocrisy for obama in washington to deny the right of crimean people to determine their own future while having a vociferous lee argued in favor of the right of kosovo albanians to determine their future of the people of south sudan to determine their future. again this comes back to the question of is the united states truly interested in democracy or does the united states only use democracy is a convenient pretext to further its geopolitical agenda c

if i meet with the leader of sudan, because we have many health programs.e can help me with those. we are getting ready to train tens of thousands of health workers in sudan. him, i geto meet requests for caring information to him from the united states government. you ought to be viewed as an asset then. >> i think that is true to some degree. [laughter] i would want to exaggerate my status. [laughter] >> you do have access. you don't negotiate with your friends. you negotiate with your enemies. >> i go where i wish. i meet with whom i choose. i say what i believe. i fill -- i feel at ease with it. i try not to burden them with positions i have taken publicly. >> i hope you'll be angry with me. you think it has to do with personality, that there is some sense that president carter you'll strongly. you know what i mean. president reagan, during the eight years he was in office, his national security advisers called on me regularly. there were a number of countries who didn't have good the bill isaac relations. syria was one of them. i went every year. i wou

held hostage in tripoli by at least four major death squads including those which who kidnapped mr sudan and also held them hostage briefly by means of a grenade and hand gun in one of his own offices and also the dart he's fled but it does it doesn't and his allies and nato allies who put into power in tripoli various death squads whose idiology is very similar to what we can be called broadly either so really missed as a diana and the rest of the people who have come to power literally on the wings of nato seem just ridiculous that on the one hand they allied with these death squads and then they flee because of these death squads threaten their lives. i doubt that ukraine's radicals take root across the post-coup ukraine i hear analogy international we take a look at whether the west can contain the monster it helped to unleash that's what the rest of monday some headlines in just a few minutes here on the part of. the russian federation cannot be at the must see a list. whether it will stay there long it will stay the age of the obviously question of a possible black. we speak your l

when south sudan separated with the bulk of oil. the sudanese pound has weakened. inflation is increasing. creating social pressures. >> includingizelation is affecting private and government transactions. the import of supplies is jeopardised, causing shortages in hospitals. they are now increasing and calling for a change your in policy. >> unless we have a change in government policy and put the interest of the people of sudan first, the problems would not be resolved. >> the u.s. enforced sanctions over charges of terrorism and human rights abuses. the movements by the banks expressed a cautious attitude. they department want to risk violating u.s. sanctions. >> it was once the largest lake in the middle east. >> the lake dried, people stopped coming and we lost our income. >> a body of water up and vanishes - leaving economic problems in its wake. >> plus, earth, wind and fire wrapped up into one. a natural phenomenon you don't want to miss. >> we are used to seeing them in captivity. >> what happened when this panda wandered i

we report from south sudan where conflict has derailed children's education. >>> also we have all the latest results with robin. >> there has been a confrontation between ukraine and russian forces on the border of crimea region. it took place on a trip of land between crimea an and russia. tensions are running high because crimea will veto whether to split from ukraine and join rush. what more do we know about this confrontation, paul. >> reporter: well, details are slowly emerging. the initial details were a bit misleading. it initially said that russians had landed and then returned to its original position within the crimea self--autonomous region. now they're accepting that the russian troops have doing in. it if i could explain this to y, it's not a narrow strip of land but strips and islands joined by bridges, and this is a very long narrow split of land on the east of the isthmus. the russians are there. they're not withdrawing to their original positions. as far as the ukrainian ambassador is concerned that piece of land is not within the crimean self-autonomous region, and f

african union mission face challenges because of instability in the central african republic, in south sudan, and this is an effort to say, "well, you know, let's deal with the instability issues, but act on some of the reports that we are getting about where koni is." they have that capability, there are a number of different helicopters. i think it's more than symbolism. >> you mentioned that koni's number two has been killed. how significant of a blow is that? >> it's significant. >> the person killed is the person that culled the alawite's previous number two, and in charge of abducting thousands of children and going to khartoum and sudan when the peace talks failed a couple of years ago. that is significant. this is also a nice victory for advocates and activists. enough project, visible children, resolve have been calling for additional assets to be deployed, and act on the intel gens. we are -- intel gps. we are seeing -- intelligence. we are seeing the fruits of that. >> has pressure been placed on the americans to send more assistance because of that video. >> kony is a household n

. >> sudan is cracking down on the media. the secured copies of the media. >> there are more 50 daily newspapers in sudan and what is sold on the street is is decided by the government. the government stepped up the censorship in recent months. one day last week it seized ten thousand copies of the newspaper and arabic daily. >> security officials came to take all copies of the newspaper. the following day they asked us to come and collect the papers from their offices. >> it is a practice condemning the newspaper industry to financial agony. the confiscation of the newspapers is showing how the government is becoming in the censorship and preventing them from the media. last week the national security services suspended a journ journalist. >> all my articles are factual and you will see i didn't cross the red lines. >> including not reporting on anything touching on the president, his deputy and the government officials. >> this law is serious and needs to be followed. >> workers throw away the confiscated newspapers. the fl

. >> if we go to south sudan and it is the world's newest country. so we get there and 98% of south sudan's revenue comes from oil and the government has basically cut off the pipeline. so they basically have no money for roads or police force or nothing. and what do they choose to do? spend their entire time and we enjoyed devices and asking if we could debug maps for them. priorities. [laughter] >> one of the things that the rebel president. >> it's unclear if he still involved in government. >> asked about what i wanted to do. and i said i wanted to write about or it it turns out that the foreign-policy people who understand technology and they don't understand foreign the foreign-policy. and i certainly don't understand foreign policy you would be shocked at how miserable most people's lives are like. >> be right about how the internet is one of the few things that the humans have developed humans don't understand. i know i don't understand it, that, but i felt certain that you did. and to be honest, if you don't understand the internet, i'm pret

. >> three months of fighting in south sudan's forced over a million people to leave their homes. the united nations estimates a further 5 million are in need of aid. the president's troops are battling rebels loyal to south sudan's former vice president. >> so somalia, the government is reaching out to moderate members of ago shabab aiming to end the conflict in the country. the plan is to engage with the group. >> ethiopian troops patrol the streets in southwestern somalia. in january, they joined the african union mission and alongside the army have been pushing al shabab fighters out of strategic towns in the region. the group still holds sway over much of the countryside and has cut supply routes to some of those towns. somalia's prime minister told us that his government priority is to get food to the affected people. >> the plan is to fix social services. al is that bonn destroyed the infrastructure, and now we are focusing on alleviating that problem. >> the problem is not just the infrastructure. al shabab is leaving behind a political vacuum. many are closely watching ho

studies and then force one of you, we haven't seen a lot of research in american academia about southern sudan. we haven't had a significant research on the occupation of lebanon before the assassinati assassination. we had a lot of stuff on the palestinian and israeli issue, so also that indicates that it d be a better route better balance and i do claim that there is a significant pressure group that focuses on one of you. now in the conflict everybody knows that's what they do and the organizations that's what they do. in these groups that's what they do. but it's not that these groups exist it's that our foreign policy should listen to more than one. the worldview hasn't been shaped also by the representatives of the minorities, by the representatives of the secular opposite. we haven't heard a lot about them because that level would block them from actually getting their opinion. >> i want to get back to that region but the point that you made that i found one of the interesting points in the book that isn't about america in the region but kind of a global point is you tackle the subject

had the first draft passed uganda would have joined company with southern somalia, sudan, northern nigeriand mauritania, places where homosexual offenses carry the death penalty. while that clause was dropped, another survived, making it illegal for ugandans to promote homosexuality without promoting it. the dilemma is how is it possible to have a debate about homosexuality when it is illegal it. >> when it comes to promotion of homosexuality the media comes in, because you cannot promote it unless you have a medium. we have a problem there as a media. talking about it may not necessarily imply that you are promoting it. >> if i'm generous and i interview a source, i cannot determine beforehand what the source will say. it's too much responsibility on the shoulders of journalists. it's ridiculous. also the conversations that people have, in bars, taxis, how do you regulate that? >> informing those discussions have been tab lloyd newspapers like red pepper. the paper paid a name with sol ashes coverage of homosexuality and its editor is uncompromising about the editorial line. >> the editor