it is story on sudan.the atm card and internet access are pretty much everywhere but sudan, it's pretty tough to convert american money or use an atm card issued from an american bank or even an international bank. so i was challenged with how am i going to get money to make my way through the seven days going through there? i called jonathan and i said are there any thoughts? he had been to sudan on two or three different expeditions i guess and he had left in a safe in a hotel in khartoum some money that he had forgotten when he checked out of that hotel and believe it or not this is what is so amazing is the sudanese still had his money. .. [applause] [applause] >> good evening everyone, thank you for coming out. what a fantastic crowd and you are also wise to be here. i am one of the co-owners of politics and prose my husband and co-owner and bu

i flew to sudan to his house. slept on his floor and ate his food and we spent six straight nights 24 hours a day just going, going going. testing hands, testing arms. learning how to work with prosthetics. i had never successfully 3d printed until that point. we basically came to the end and successfully made a prototype. and i bid his family farewell and hopped on a plane to juba and then a prop lean to the refugee camp. it was there that i met daniel for the first time. our plan was to meet daniel. it was a nervous experience because the whole thing is called project daniel. i never talked to the kid. i didn't know what we were going to do. we were dealing with other people. i wanted to look him in the eye. we got there and the plan was to load up the trucks after meeting him and start our journey. it's about a nine-hour journey from the refugee camp across the border of sudan. we'd be going under the protection of the rebels spla and we'd cross under the cover of night to get to dr. tom where we would start ou

at dinner, he told me about a doctor tom __ he is a doctor in the mountains between sudan and south sudan. he is only doctor in that area, he does everything. we're talking about him. and i did what a curious person does, i flipped open my laptop, and open up an article about him. i come to learn about his situation. this situation is this __ the government of sudan is running a campaign of terror on the nouveau mountains. he does this as a means __ a military tactic __ if you drive the people out, when the military comes in, it is easier fight. the people are used to this. the story went on to talk about a young man named daniel. daniel was out tending to his goats, he heard the military coming, he went out __ a bomb went off not far from him. it blew off his arms. he finally contacted doctor tom, doctor tom stitched them up. when he finally awoke, he said, if i could die, i would have because now i will be such a burden to my family. so, i am sitting at my kitchen table, i have my laptop, i am looking down the hallway where these two knuckleheads sleep. i couldn't imagine if i were a pa

somehow after three visits to the embassy in sudan they decided to grant me embassy. but here is the catch they only gave me seven days to get through it. a transit visa basically. same thing in syria. as manan american you are supposed to acquire your visa at washington, d.c. before you go there. they don't grant visas to anyone with diplomatic relationships. when i got to the border they had go to washington to get it. i have been on the road for two years plus and the visas expire in six months. so here i am stuck at a border and we are talking politics and diplomacy and how do you get into syria? i can turn around and go back through jordan which is where i was or try to go through israel in a lebanon but i wanted to see syria. i camped out at the border between jordan and syria and waited until i finally convinced somebody to call damascus and get in. it was one of the best countries i visited. i never had to pay for a tank of gas and even at the border with all of the stamps to get this visa into the country and i had to get one for my motorcycle as well. i had

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says girls are also being used as child soldiers in south sudan. >> thank you and we have a south sudanicy analyst for the enough project and she is in our studio tonight, welcome. >> thank you. >> reporter: what do you think of the move? how significant is it? >> the real significance of the move is the opportunity that these young men are going to have to pursue an education, hopefully reunify with their families from whom they have been separated and in some cases for three or four years. and maybe reintegrate with their own community. >> reporter: how does unicef for governments be sure this is going to happen? >> it's hard to place an assurance on something like this. but what we do know is that the first step to getting kids out of fighting forces and helping them put down their arms is giving them alternate opportunities and the education piece to this is going to be crucial, letting these kids go back to school as they said some never had a chance to go to school and to learn something and envision an all nipt reality for themselves. >> reporter: you point to the real problem an

you can look at sudan, south sudan. hopefully the current secretary general mandated examination of peacekeeping will do that. whether those nations with more capable military's then most regional forces they will support to establish those peacekeeping operations and do more to contribute to the financing. finally, weak and corrupt states continue to set the stage for internal wars. while this is often portrayed accurately as a lack of capacity, it's usually a portion -- question of political will. you have the list in front of you. i'm just going to talk about one. i think it's crucial to u.s. national security and international stability, and that ukraine and russia. from the standpoint of the administration, it's one of the most dangerous situations in the world and it's coming to a head this spring. what i mean by that we published a report just a few weeks ago the report ascribes a way forward to avoid that class. since the beginning of this year, there have been 5000 deaths. you have more than 540,000 displaced p

because the conflict in south sudan, is directly linked to sudan's supporting the rebels in south sudan and sudan's own internal violence against in darfur and blue nile and we see that level of violence increasing during the year, unfortunately. so it is a matter of looking at this coming year, where do we see the likely hood of greater deadly violence, greater impact on, in this case, my looking at it was u.s. national interests and in the case of the crisis group as a whole, was the focus on overall instability and deadly violence globally. >> great clarification. >> we i think the potential from spillover from mexico was classified as a tier 2, second level priority in our survey and i think what, as you alluded to jeanine, ath thlot of people have a hard time grouping what is essentially criminal violence that we see related to organized crime in central america and mexico, with more political violence and sort of more identifiable type conflict and where does that fit? i think the number of people affected and killed and so on, criminal violence is extremely costly. and the number

. >> we sent 13 million of them into south sudan.ave one. >> jon: is this what has-- was this done the job to eradicate guinea worm. >> absolutely t has a filter cloth on the bottom. >> so the you suck that the and it tacks out the eggs and you won't have a worm this long in your body a year after you drink the water. >> jon: how many cases of guinea worm have you, are there now? is it -- >> well, we started out with 3.5 million in 20 countries 23,600 ville ams and now we have 126 cases in the world. >> jon: 126 cases. >> yeah. (applause) >> jon: hold on a second. i am announcing a program tonight that saves the endangered guinea worm. there are only 129 left. >> is 26. >> jon: 6. you're incredible. obviously the events in the world this week were tragic. president obama taking lot of schtick for to the going to paris to mark in solidarity when cheeto died in juing slav ya you also took a fair amount of heat for that it what does it feel, and what is the decision-making process to say i'm going to g i'm to the going to g is it lit ca

coming up next, laying down their arms, a group in south sudan. releasing thousands of child soldiers. plus seeking shelter in the storm. how many are struggling to survive. >> the release of child soldiers in south sudan. they laid down their arms today and they're part of what the u.n. is calling the demobilization of child soldiers. roxana saberi is here with more on this. roxana? >> a rebel force cobra faction recruited the children to fight. they'll release 3,000 of them to the u.n. some of them as young as 11 years old. [ singing ] >> they children are the same age as middle school teenagers. >> this really means that their childhood has stopped. they are now at the forefront some of them, likely to face the risk of severe disability or death. >> the rebel faction recruited them in the campaign against the south sudan government. but now they don't have to fight any more. the group handed over 3,000 child soldiers to unicef. the first of 3,000 kids freed by a piece deal with the government. this 13-year-old said that he joined voltairely. th

. >> they are the boys soldiers of south sudan. the rebel fighters of the cobra faction. children who struggle to hold their rifles. we cannot show you there faces. we can bring you the stories. we have changed their names to protect their identities. i had an ak-47 he told me. he says, i have not see my family in years and i have seen many killed. what did you see and what did you do? >> i was scared for my life and my sisters were murdered. i would like to go to school now. today, they are all free. they have signed a peace deal that means that children can finally put down their weapons. there is a celebration here and the children carry the weight of men. for many young boys, the conflict is all they have known. the brutal civil war has taken 50,000 lives and the future of the soldiers depend on those who sent them to fight. >> to you promise to never use them again as soldiers? >> that was an environment of war. >> it is a promise that child soldiers depend on. >> you are not afraid. what do you want to do now? >> i want to get on the bus. >> 3000 child fighters will

says girls were recruited as child soldiers in south sudan >>> thank you. now to utah.he mormon church extended an apparent olive branch to the gay community. leaders say they support the rights of those who identify as l.g.b.t. but others suggest the endorsement comes with strings attached. >> reporter: mormon leaders announced nuanced support of new gay rights laws at a news conference in salt lake city. while they say they support legislation to protect the rights of the gay community, they say the rights of people with different religious believes should have legal protection. >> for example, latter day saint physician who objects to performing abortions or artificial insemination for a lesbian couple should not be forced against his or her conscience to do so. >> reporter: the change in tone goes beyond the mormon church but part of a discussion about bridging the gap between religious freedom and civil rights. there's backlash against businesses rejecting services based on orientation. >> a neighbourhood catholic pharmacist who declines to carry the morning after

it's also pushing for a power sharing deal between south sudan's president and its vice president. >> peace and security definitely dominating this year's summit. a lot of countries are in crisis we have conflict in south sudan they have been holding direct talks to move forward the peace talks that have taken way too long. since january last year, there is still a lot of contention on power-sharing. the peace and security council also had a meeting last evening they discussed ebola ravaging some of the poorest countries in the continent. they also discussed boko haram its threat to niecialg n and nigeria. calling for forces of 7500 troops, there is also talks of the political issue in libya central african republic still remains fragile. the democratic republic of congo, huge humanitarian crisis in the country. on top of all this, this is an election year, a dozen or so countries are scheduled to hold elections. others that are bound to arise in the year. >> the government in the central african republic has rejected a deal. those responsible for more than a year of violence. it also

have the countries of north africa, of southern africa, the sub-saharan africa, niger, mali, chad, sudan, you have north africa, from morocco to egypt and the mediterranean basis and southern europe. places. speaking about destabilizeing, you mentioned people have been stepping up. a youth has been stepping up and this is a quote: even that - there has been pushback, here is an 18-year-old, stepped up and was assassinated. you see his photo on my screen. speaking about the youth, you short shabab libya, the youth of libya, what should they do in this situation where they are being targeted and as sass nated to bring back civic dialogue and country. >> i mean, that's the million dollar question, how we can continue to be involved in the process simultaneously avoiding being killed in the process. so it's something that the civil society and youth continue to struggle with, how to strategise and be involved, and not put our lives at stake. one of those approaches, and i think that's what in this twitter contributor was saying, in the dialogue process, that the u.n. special envoy is trying

and that's very important, because the fighting is still continuing in south sudan. is fresh hostilities against the backdrop of a continuingly deteriorate humanitarian situation. >>> there have been demonstrations in the democratic republic of congo. at least 42 people were killed in the capitol, most of them in running battles with the police. but that figure is disputed by the government. there have also been studented-lead anti-government demonstrations taking place. >> reporter: crowds of angry people on the streets of congo's capitol being undeterred by a continued police crackdown on protests. they are demonstrating for plans of a census that could delay elections. they think it's an attempt for the president to extend his rule beyond the constitutional limits. down the road we see protesters carrying a body. our cameraman was hit on the leg by a rock. the crowd shouts at the man who through it. many are angry, but they want journalists to hear their message. >> reporter: the modification to the law is not a good thing, because the census will take three years

nakatani also visited south sudan to observe ground self-defense force personnel who are helping to improve roads in the capital juba. >> translator: i hope they will faithfully carry out their missions as a member of the united nations. they have a lot to do. >> nakatani suggested that he will prepare bills to allow the personnel to use weapons when coming in the aid of foreign troops or non-governmental organization members taking part in peacekeeping activities. he also indicated that the government will extend the sdf's mission beyond february at the request of south sudan's government. >>> foreign ministers from around the european union are joining forces to fight terrorism. they met face to face on monday in brussels, and they're now calling for an international conference on how to stop the flow of funds to terrorist organizations. eu high representative for foreign affairs and security policy federica magorini says they see the importance of the cooperation and they agree that terrorism is a common threat for europe as well as african and middle eastern nations. >> i have to say th

the african union has joined regional and international organizations so fight south sudan's sanctions if they don't get together and resolve their conflict. another big concern how to deal with the democratic forces for the liberation of rwanda. they're located in the democratic of congo. we're speaking with malcolm web who is in the eastern part of the dlc. but let's go to our correspondent who is at the summit and clearly katherine this is a conference that was slated to deal with the issue of female empowerment gender issues on the continent but that's all fallen away give the security concerns that have overshadowed everything. >> absolutely. they have dominated the summit. the leaders are still meeting to discuss what is on the agenda. they expect major security issues affecting the continent. >>> number one, boko haram a big major threat, and the leaders will be expected a proposal for these regional force, and this regional force calling for a 7,500 strong regional force to help fight boko haram. another country that has been top of the country has been south sudan and conflict

international medical organization says one of its hospitals in south sudan has been bomb and attackin the village in the south quarter of sudan last week and hospital operated by doctors without borders has stopped treating patients saying it's not safe because of increasing attacks in the area and the hospital was previously bombed in june last year. first ebola vaccine shipment due to arrive in liberia and the first batch by glaxo smith kline is in the state and the british company says the shipment of 300 vials of vaccine the first to arrive in the ebola effected countries and the latest on that story and everything we have been covering head to our website and the address is al jazeera.com. there you will find the latest comment analysis and video demand and the latest on the death of king abdullah in saudi arabia. we are expecting his funeral to take place some time in the next hour and we will stay with that and bring you more as leaders around the world go to riyadh to pay tribute to him. ♪ boxes in and fight against terrorism. yemen is teetering on the brink of security, eco

equally important and another topic of discussion here focus is south sudan and the peace talks there that have taken so long. the heads of state meeting yesterday, as well and it was postponed at the last minute, because the leaders said that they wanted time for the other two leaders to cult some more. joining me to discuss about the south sudan issue is ambassador. >> the full summit discussion took place in closed session but they decided to postpone the plenary session to which they will eventually decide to make the decision, set today at 4:00 p.m. that's tomorrow. >> what do we expect from this summit any good news? >> i'm sure there will be good news. yesterday's session no single issue was rallied heads of states together at much. >> there are still a lot of contentious issues especially when it comes to power sharing. run us through this contentious issue. >> the issue of power sharing has been a big issue governance issues security arrangements, a couple of small things that have taken time for the parties to agree, but yesterday there has been some kind of discussions and

the food cries in south sudan was called the worst anywhere in the world. third ceasefire signed in november broken, last week, both sides sign ago deal that is meant to be used as a roadmap to end the conflict. >> we are joined now from ethiopia's capitol catherine what's new about this try? >> this time, it's just about to start. they are waiting for the heads of state so that they can continue this meeting. basically, it's supposed to be putting more pressure on two leaders to sign this deal, to make compromises on this political settlement, as well. people are saying that because of all the pressure that is now the chinese are involved in the negotiations that perhaps there is hope, but a lot of people who are pessimistic about any deal being signed soon, the leaders say they are committed to holding direct talks since yesterday, wednesday and saying that they are committed but there are those like i said, who are -- do not trust the leaders. now this meeting has put back more pressure and we are just waiting to have an end of it all. >> i'm afraid the

. >> in southern sudan an agreement aims as reunifying the ruling party. tell us more about these talks and how they could potentially end the fighting there. >> this is very much about signing an agreement within the ruling party. this is a very young country with a young political protest with little opposition. if you're involved in politics in south sudan you're probably part of the group. it was the party that track further as much as anything else so what talks hope to do is bring back into the government a very influential set of 11 politicians who didn't join the former president in opposition but who left the ruling party. there are these 11 very influential parties who the government want to draw back into the government. the idea being that at the next round of peace talks in addis ababa, the president will have more leverage over the rebels, because they have the 11 influential people back in the fold. >> the idea is that leverage can be used to try and bring a built more stability to the area. what about the situation right now? has the fighti

and the pace of peace talks that started in january last year both sudan's president and rebel leaderen holding direct talks to move forward, the peace talks, still a lot of contention on past sharing but a lot of pressure as well on the two the eu have threatened sanctions, ebola ravaging the poorest countries in content has been on the agenda and something elsworth noting is push for eu for funding and the organization almost entirely depends on foreign funding and good will of member states and some are unwilling or unable to commit resources and makes it very difficult for it to do its work and respond to situations as soon as they arrive. >>> major battle between chad and boko haram in northern cameroon a the army said it killed 120 during the confrontation and soldiers and military vehicles sent into cameroon from chad to help deal with the growing threat from the armed group and chad is struggling to cope with influx from nigeria and the attack in the northeast earlier this month forced thousands of people to leave their homes and cross the border and we report now from chad's

tom is a doctor which is an area between sudan and south sudan.nd he is only doctor which he does everything from delivering babies to pulling teeth to appendectomies, he's it. we're talking about him and so i did what a curious individual does after he gets home after having a couple glasses of wine and i went home and flipped open my laptop and opened up about an article about him and i come to learn about his situation and his situation is of wine and i went home and flipped open my that the government of sudan led by president boo sheer is running a campaign campaign of terror. he flies turbo prop planes over this region and rolls 50 pound drums with jet fuel over them. if you drive the people out when the military comes in there is nobody to fight. it makes it an easy war to fight. the people are used to this and the story went on to talk about a young boy named daniel and daniel was out tending his family's goats and he wrapped his arms around a tree and the bomb went off not far from him and the tree protected his body but it blew off his a

they also threaten sanctions against south sudan if warring parties fail to resolve their differences. isil says its retreating from the border down of kobane because of shelling. it is saying that it does not see it as a loss but as a precaution. they have been targeting isil for months. >> we've started retreating. this is not a loss. it is because of the loss of our brothers. this is a precaution. >> many from kobane are going to their homes finding little of their town and infrastructure. the battle to rebuild it will just be the beginning. >> it's only been a few days since the streets of kobane have went quiet. another months of combat has taken a huge toll on the town and those who have remained here throughout. >> i was terrified. i'll never forget the moments. they'll stay with me until i die. >> our fighters gave us food and water. there was no electricity. the children were very scared. >> it's been months since they have been able to walk around their hometown. they have stayed in kobane moving around as the fighting spread from one area to the next. this is the first time

called the food crisis in south sudan the worst in the world. the third ceasefire was signed in november. that was broken. last week both signed a deal in tanzania. for more on this let's speak to douglas johnson, the former international member and specialist. he joined us from southern india. so there has been many effort to broker peace in the last few months between riek machar and the former president. do you think efforts will succeed? >> there has been small steps. some of feeling is that it's been cautious optimism. right now the two leaders are supposed to be talking about the formation of the government but they are really talking about their own positions within it. they are supposed to be talking about a ceasefire. right now. they may not put too much on internal problems and maybe they are not focussing on the country as a whole. the conflict has gone beyond the spln in the way the fighting has gone out of control. >> riek machar seems to be in a weaker position militarily. why is he unwilling to compromise. there's a great deal of

the conflict in south sudan salva kiir and riek mash mashar, many such agreements have been made before and broken. there is also the election of the zimbabwe's president robert mogabe, been met with a lot of people's concern he has a right, he has a right to be the next chairperson adrian. >> katherine many thanks, katherine soy there in addis ababa. >> negotiations trying to bring an end to a cycle of religious violence that has killed and displaced thousands of people. a report from ali mastasa. >> they have been negotiating in kenya since december. >> the next step will involve a frank discussion with all political actors and civil society in the central africa republic. >> general am amnesty for the fighters. replace in from the president katherine samba panza. it's not areal accord, rather it's a series of grievances from the two parties that hold the country hostage. hundreds of thousands fled leading to a backlash from a christian armed group calling itself antibalaka. before france intervened. france has also rejected the militia agreement and but the militia groups in nairobi

before the creation of sudan, the government fought a movement.fter they became independent, mostly spla became part of that country's regular army. then there's boko haram which has been active in northern nigeria since 2009 but its fighters have also launched attacks in neighboring cameroon. we are joined by the professor of african renaissance. thanks for being with us. so you were listening to our reporter reporting from niger, and the meeting takes place, saying that really there hasn't been enough coordination to fight boko haram specifically. why is that, do you think? >> well i think first of all, boko haram started fighting in northeastern nigeria, and when it started, it looked as if it was really within nigeria only. so that nigeria was giving the impression it could deal with the situation, but slowly boko haram already showed quite clearly when it abducted 200 schoolgirls, and they are supposed to have disappeared, but it's quite clear they may have been taken across the border either to cameroon or to chad and even to niger. so i thi

. >>> now an army convoy has been ambushed in south sudan.e has claimed responsibility but the killings are set to be similar to operations that have been carried out in the area by the lord's resistance army. we're speaking to the military spokesperson, thanks for being with us on al jazeera. can you tell us whether you have heard of any claim of responsibility as of now? >> yes, [ inaudible ] on base [ inaudible ] of civilian convoy [ inaudible ] committed by nra. [ inaudible ] appeal to the nra [ inaudible ] south sudan, more than ten years ago. >> so are you saying that there has been a claim of responsibility once again? >> there is no climb of responsibility. but definitely we are sure that [ inaudible ] of nra based. at the same time [ inaudible ]. the army group [ inaudible ]. [ inaudible ] >> can you tell us more about the security now in the area that -- that's been deployed? >> forces of [ inaudible ] trying to locate the target. and the target in this case was a convoy of the commissioner of [ inaudible ], where there was only [ i

. >> sudan yah's new president is being inaugurated. stay with us if you can. >> the only way to find out is to see it yourselves. >> which side of the fence are you on? borderland, tomorrow at 9 eastern, only on al jazeera >> we're off to zambia in just a minute after the headlines. >> fighting members of the armed group of boko haram in the town of midugery. snap election in greece could change the direction of the company. currently ruling new democracy party greece says it syriza says it will end austerity practices if it wins. >>> zambia's edgar lungu will be inaugurated. haru matassa joins us. i would imagine the new president i think he's talking now is saying what he plans to do for the future of his country. >> reporter: exactly he does. he started off by saying he knows opposition parties says he stole the election, and he says that wasn't true. but forget about it let's move on as a country. understand zambians suffered, a few months ago acting president hand over power to edgar lungu let's hope the president focuses on the n

other issues are sudan's care and leaders have moved peace talkstalks to move forward on peace talks. the ebola epidemic some of the poorest countries on the continent are also on the agenda. the push to find alternative sources, this organization depends on foreign findings and the good will of member states many of whom are unwilling or unable to find resources. this makes it difficult to respond to situations as soon as they arise. >> we'll speak to the founder and publisher of the africa briefing magazine. welcome to the program. from ebola to boko haram these are precisely the kind of events problems and conflicts that the africa union was designed to tackle. how successful has the africa union been? >> well, it has not been so successful so far in view of the many constraints that the a.u. faces. number one the like your reporter said, the a.u. is funded by donaries, and it receives money from member states based on their good will. so the political will to do things is there, but the wherewithal that's what makes a.u. as a body. >> that's all very well wanting to be independent

thousands of boat people undertake a perilous journey in an attempt to reach australia from afghanistan, sudanbangladesh. often, they only get as far as an immigration detention facility. the advocacy group refugee action collective says that conditions in these camps are appalling. activist mark gillespie says their overcrowded and outbreaks of violence are commonplace. >> as a form of torture, you know, i've seen young girls suffering from depression, young boys as young as 10 who get a frown on their face when you talk to them about nauru. >> australia has traditionally been a country of immigration, but not anymore. the government recently sparked criticism with a controversial anti-immigration ad, aimed at discouraging asylum-seekers from traveling to the country illegally and stressing that they will be dereported back to their home countries regardless of the circumstances there. violence on the street in cambodia. when textile workers protested because they haven't been paid, many were injured and some even died. the country has enough on its plate with poverty, unemployment, and corru

. >>> rival factions in south sudan have made initial steps towards brokering a lasting peace deal.sident and his former deputy signed an agreement. but it's not a final resolution. he was fired as vice president after being accused of trying to stage a coup in 2013. forces loyal to them began fighting with south sudan's military the conflict has displaced more than a million people. >>> hundreds of people living in the northern mali part of the country have been forced to leave. they are angry at the u.n. after attack helicopters bombed rebel forces in the north. u.n. peace keepers are helping malian forces secure the northern regions. >>> the senate in the democratic republic of congo is set to consider new controversial law that could dely next year's presidential election. there have been three days of violent demonstrations. malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: following days of anti-government protests in congo's capitol, ruling party politicians are trying to assert themselves. here the city's governor speaks to his supporters. thousands have demonstrated. they say the presiden

south sudan's president and rebel leader expected to attend talks in ethiopia. it's backed by the regional bloc, held on the sidelines of the summit. in the world's newest nation displaced by fighting between rebels which began more than a year ago. >> malaysia's civil aviation authorities declared the missing flight mh370 crashed. it was improbable that anyone on board survived. it went down in southern indian ocean from kuala lumpur it beijing. the search is a priority. >> we have concluded that the aircraft has lost fuel over a defying area of the southern indian ocean and that the aircraft is located on the sea floor close to that area. this is a remote location. far from any possible landing site. it is also an area with worst sea conditions with known depths of more than 6,000 meters. >> mean looking into airasia, the co-pilot was said to be at the controls. indonesia's national transport committee said the data recorder provided a clear picture before crashing into the java sea, killing up 162 on board. >> reporter: one month after the airasia, a prelimin

. >> we escaped from dark for, sudan, from the war and misery.e expect to be treated here with human rights. as you can see, things here are very basic and we are suffering more and more. >> he was among the 44 migrants interviewed by human rights watch. like him, many say they were beaten up by police. >> one police, with a stick beat my nose. one police beat my legs. >> the ngo's says that such abuses cannot go on punished -- unpunished, and calls for an independent investigation. >> the french government must send a very clear message to police officers that they cannot harass migrants and asylum-seekers and the use of force must only be when justified and precautionary. >> the french government denies any wrongdoing. >> migrants often hurt themselves when they tried to sneak into ports or climb over barb wire. the police have used tear gas, but it is always when they have to do with violent grounds. >> the french interior minister urges human rights watch to come up with concrete proof before paving the way for an investigation. >> french pro

afghanistan, somalia, iraq sudan, and many others have created the largest number refugees since thend of the second world war. >> welcome back to inside story on al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. the worldwide refugee crisis this time on the program, we've been focusing on the exodus from syria after four years of civil war. now we'll take a broader view. an estimate from the united nations puts the number of people forced to leave their country or leave their homes inside their country at more than 50 million. that's the largest group of displaced people since the destruction of europe and asia after world war ii. joining us now to talk more about the reasons, the impacts and possible solutions, leonard doyle, spokesperson for the international organization for migration. thanks for joining us on "inside story." up until now we've been talking specifically will syria. why has the world not been able to shut down the drivers of displacement from syria? >> well, the drivers are isis and fundamentalists and if a natism, and it's very hard to shut it down. the world has tried. but si

vivid there were a few places they really didn't want me to come into one of them was sudan. we definitely have not had good diplomatic relations so when i got to the border between ethiopia and sudan on my own diplomacy to convince them to let me begin but it gets study because i was on the internet with people in cairo and americans were trying to get a visa amazon and southern europe as well and they're all turned down by the city's the busies so now what do i do? so sad how they decided to grant a visa but there was a catch from the geography point of view is the largest country in africa so they only gave these seven days to go through it and i had to time that very carefully. also with syria. you are supposed to have an opportunity even at the consulate you are supposed to go there because they don't grant them to anybody who lives in the country with diplomatic washington and i got to the border they said go to washington and now i could have got that first and i was on the road at two points it is of the good friday days and expires and six months and i am stuck atta

reluctant to help foreign troops and also high on the agenda is the issue of the conflict in south sudan the country's insult and peace talks that have been going on. this conflict and this president and south sudan president and the rebel leader have been holding direct talks to try and move this peace process forward and try to move the stock forward, the au piece of security council issued a communication and threatening sanctions against a group who derails the process, the sanctions have been threatened before so people are just waiting to see what will happen and no one is holding their breath on any breaks really any time soon. ebola is high on the agenda this disease that has effected some of the most poorest countries in the continent and something elsworth -- else worth noting and african union depends on foreign funding and good will from member states and makes it difficult for it to do its job, there is an au foundation that has been launched prior and assaults for funds raised especially with the private sector we are waiting to see how this is going to go. but officials sa