he lives in uganda. that he says the dangerous. >> you don't know what's going to happen to you next. you're more careful. instead of living freely as a ugandan you're cautious of place as you go to, who you invite to your house. >> this is also an active in the gay community. he's extremely careful. >> many know my face. i actually don't go to the city. i've been attacked on the streets many times. >> attacks are sometimes lethal. this man was accused of being gay. he was beaten to death by a mob. others have been rounded up by police and arrested. >> there is no use for man to live with the same man. god doesn't like it. even the bible say. it's not good. >> a very tough new law has been passed in uganda. the antihomosexuality act calls for harsh sentences. the death penalty was proposed but dropped. instead offenders convicted of aggravated homosexuality will face life in prison. >> what parliament has done passing this law is that people now reflect that hatred because they know this is a government

well, the impact of sexual violence in yo uganda, especialy northern part of uganda is still evidentt of the communities we walk in. we have worked with girls who have come back from cap till at this. many came back with babies. >> the lord's resistence. >> exact had, yeah. a lot of them came back with babies, young children who are now growing up and that impact is there h the stigma associated to having a child bon in captivity from a rebel leader is there. still needs to be work with the community. and the survivers come back, yes, some of them came back four or five year ago but recently they received two survivors that just returned. we are still seeing a stream of people coming through, particularly girls and young women. the impact is is there, there need to be a lot of community awareness for them to be accepted back but also a lot of support for those girls and young women to be able to better reintegrate in to their communities. >> i suppose i should have, does the sexual violence end when the conflict, the war itself end? >> absolutely not. and i think that's really an imp

is cutting aid to uganda, restricting visas and cancelling a planned military exercise.rah is with an organization that has been at the forefront in the battle against discrimination, pushing the administration for a forceful response to uganda's recent political steps. sarah, nice to visit with you. >> i want to put up some of the new measures on your screen. announced by the white house in response to this law and hope that you can give us a better understanding of the kind of intolerance and discrimination that lgbt ugandans are facing right now. what are they up against? >> for a long time it's been a problem for lgbt ugandans to be open and honest about who they are. but the government recently took steps to make it a lifetime sentence in prison for lgbt ugandans. >> lifetime sentence? >> lifetime sentence. so you are put in jail for the rest of your life. it applies not only to lgbt people but affiliations that associate with lgbt individuals. >> they said uganda is a sovereign country and can never bow to anybody or be blackmailed by anybody on a decision it took

we are preparing for alarge field testing in uganda.really exciteabout this. 6.7 million hours of the patch, with real people, one of three districts we'll be testing them, all of which have exceptionally high mal malaria rates, as well as mosquito born diseases. >> ceo amra albana is responsible for this technology in order to get to people who need it most. >> it's very difficult to take new technologies and furnish them into tangible products that were ready for the marketplace. we are excited about it and the promise for the technology but we also knew we had a long way to actually get it ready. in the last 60 years, we haven't really had any break through in technologies that could help in mosquito-borne diseeses diseases. three and a half years ago we had the potential of saving many, many, many lives around the world. >> this one is definitely getting a lot of attention and so for that reason a lot of entomologists we've been kind of talking about it and we are a bit skeptical but also hopeful. testing it in the lab is quite diff

he has for years been foreign minister of uganda, a country with a patchy human rights record. signature visits point to a home homophobic law. there are allegations of corruption swirling around him. he may have a conflict of interest. the newspaper black star drew up an on line petition opposing his selection. 13,000 people signed it. >> i think it's a tragedy for the u.n. it really diminishes the credibility of the u.n. this vote will go down at history as one of the worst votes in terms of electing a president of the general assembly. >> given your government's position on guy rights and the allegations that have been swirling about corruption concerning you personally, do you think you are the right person for this job? >> first of all, let me tell you this, that i have had a conspiracy by members of the opposition in our country both inside and outside who have tied to malign my name. i've never been found corrupt. i believe that i should lead this organization for the next session. >> even countries vocal on the issue of human rights and corruption aren't speaking out mu

the report from uganda describing that east african crackdown against homosexuality.s week obama administration announced it's trimming aid to uganda and imposing a travel ban on some ugandan officials. it called the ugandan law, quote, counter to universal human rights. >>> the rubik's cube turns 40 this year. now a new exhibit is proving time is only adding to the mystique of the cultural icon. jeffrey brown reports. >> reporter: i couldn't be simpler, or for most of us more difficult. 26 cubes designed to interlock and rotate around an axis that can be shuffled 42 quintillion ways. yet a rubik's cube can be solved in 20 or fewer moves. it's puzzle delighted millions from young children to this robot. the robot is part of a new exhibit cald beyond rubik's cube. it happened in new jersey to celebrate the 40th birthday of the cube. in a rare public appearance, inventor rubik was on hand to meet fans and talk about the impact of his work. rubik was a 29-year-old architectural professor in budde pe -- budapest when he created the tool in 1964. what began as a spatial to

she raised enough money to pay the tuition for the girl in uganda and many others, as well. these are photos of some of the girls mary grace's handiwork has helped to educate. >> and i started going into retail stores, and now i'm selling in eight different states, and so it's grown a lot. >> hi, sweetie. >> hi! how are you? >> good. how are you? >> good. thanks. all right. >> bring me some goodies? >> yep. here's some new bows. >> great. >> yeah. let's just open this up. >> oh, look at that. it's like spring in a bag. >> [ laughs ] >> don't you love it? >> so, why did you decide to carry mary grace's hair accessories? >> i was walking down the street for the sidewalk sale one day, and i came across her display and her bows, and i had to have them. i totally fell in love with them. i love the concept. i love the color combinations. i love the fact of what she was doing benefited so many other people, and it was just -- it was the perfect fit for our store. they're incredibly popular. people love it. what do we say? you look fabulous, sweetheart. >> so, what do you think abou

thought recent ukrainian people displaced or into the real stoff province of russia no that's the uganda speaking that's not the kremlin that's the uganda you know yes good where sort of sort of are you saying there's others saying there's a lot they're saying there's eighty thousand people have moved across the border and become refugees since the ceasefire was proclaimed. it will at least seven thought this week seven four isn't this week that's what the u.n. is saying top all the other. previous weeks. ok when i put in a ten meter or let me jump in here ok let me jump in jonathan. i find it really perverse in a way that. the people in the european union they want to sign an agreement with this regime in canada probably going to happen on on friday of this week here but they have i hear no words of discussed about the atrocities that are being committed in eastern ukraine and we can talk about the scale but they're certainly there but i hear no voices talking about the humanitarian situation in ukraine and i'm not trying to take sides here i'm reflecting on what you said well i mean i

our global health correspondent examines this issue starting in central uganda. >> reporter: death isiness here. coffin shops are nestled in streets leading to the main hospital. life expectancy is just 57 years. betty was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. she couldn't afford treatments and the tumor grew to the size of a football. she was in agony for a year until she was found by a volunteer from hospice africa uganda. >> translator: the pain was too much before when i wasn't getting any medicine. it was excruciating. i had given up on life. i wished i was dead. >> the charity arranged free chemo therapy and access to the powerful painkiller morphine. betty says her sufferg is now manageable. that morphine is homemade by the hospice here using cheap kitchen utensils and simple mix of morphine powder and water. one and a half thousand bottles are currently packed up into boxes. they'll be put in the big ministry of health van waiting outside and taken to community health centers and hospitals around the country. morphine is a controlled drug also used to make heroin. doctor

in uganda where gays and lesbians faced life imprisonment. small group of people have gathered for the last two years to celebrate gay pride. as one woman said this is who we are and we're not going any where. that's it for this week's second look. i'm frank somerville. we'll see you again next week. . >> hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. get ready for great stories and the stories behind them. "right this minute." >> incredible new video of a nebraska tornado. >> before you know it the camera is right inside the storm. >> now see how outlaw storm chasers stay a step ahead of dangerous twisters. >> have you to really play it right to get many front of them. >>> a dad takes his daughter on a boat race. >> this should be fun for them. >> see why it is until it isn't. >>> an abandoned dog is found under a trailer. how a little

greece or uganda. maybe sitting there to make sure that. it is and you need you know you need that you couldn't i couldn't agree more but i think that we need we need to make friends wherever we can china is building up its nuclear arsenal if i was i would say all right let me and and korea to believe the rising you don't want to be friends it's another thing to say there are powerful forces in the world coming up and america. will resume on monday that a version of d.-day member variable over the years will. you call the one of the triumphs of america's so-called greatest generation to write the produce another great generation will i was it supposed to do that well it was in response a buddha produce another general will then though i wouldn't say it was its responsibility to me what i what i love about the greatest generation wasn't just a one world war two it's because lots of people would have fought world war two the japanese attacked us it's not surprising we got it and germany after the war that is unprecedented the romans would nev

>> the conservation farming unit has opened offices in malawi, uganda, kenya, and tanzania. this revolution in farming is already creating sustainable livelihoods for farmers in africa and is a working model for the world as it begins to adapt to climate change. >> here in the dramatic valleys of the baviaanskloof mountains in the eastern cape of south africa, climate change is a reality. the whole southern african region is warming up and drying out. according to the best scientific data, this trend will become much worse if nothing is done. >> over the last many years, there was a lot of changes which actually could pick up from environmental point of view, so a lot of erosion in the area as well as a drop in the ground water table. we used to plant vegetable seeds, but it's totally dried out now. we can do nothing with this land, and also from a farming point of view, we have less water available for irrigation. >> here, environmental destruction is compounding the effects of global climate change. like a green skin covering bones and muscle, spekboom thicket used to shel

the military has pushed them 350 kilometers from the border town closest to uganda and their main supply root. the rebels are said to be good marksmen, and bolton wanderers sides have suffered serious losses. they know it won't be easy getting rid of rebels in the east. >> many armed groups, they have a strong connection with the financial base they have in the area. >> reporter: manyvillthis is one of the many villages that was under the control of adf. they come here at will and abduct young men, women, children, to use as fighters and wives. 800 people have been abducted. in the last five years only a handful managed to find their way home. but she sifts will you her 16-year-old's clothes. she was abducted a year ago. >> the rebels started beating us. we were at the farm when they came. my sons and i managed to escape but my daughter did not. >> next door six-year-old continues to wait for her father, who was abducted two years ago. almost every family here has a missing relative. the government may be gaining ground, but the rebels are still bringing distress to many in this region.

the adf seen here, started the rebellion in uganda in the 1990s. they reason hiding in congo. they believe in islam. here are the replans of an adf base. there was a primary school here, several like this. there's a blackboard down at the end. taking advantage of the lawless innocence in democratic republic of congo in trying to create a little state hit ep in a state. it seems brutal. here is an underground cell where prisoner could have been detained. it's hard to imagine if anyone sends time in there, they would have come out alive. in a nearby down jean paul runs an office, documenting 400 people abducted by the adf. some have been found dead. >> they committed a lot of crimes, crimes against humanity. things that shouldn't have passed unminutesed. therefore we think -- unnoticed. therefore one day the justice system will have to take notice. for congo justice is rare. those missing are three priests and four staff from doctors without forces now that the ad will be defeated, people wonder if they'll be seep again. they will be gone, but the facts about what happened here

internet access is driving all sorts of innovative developments in south africa, nigeria, tanzania, ugandaand kenya, in particular. we look at what's cooking in africa's i-hubs. ♪ >> this is the i-hub in nairobi, a creative workplace. young i.t. entrepreneurs, programmers, designers, and technology fans exchange ideas here. >> hi, my name is juliette wanyiri, and i'm currently the lead of gearbox, which is the maker space, which we are excited to set up in nairobi. and the need for this is that there is a growing hardware community in kenya. >> and at gearbox, they can run riot. they work with mini computer modules, such as raspberry pi. properly combined and programmed, these small computers can control almost anything from a distance. >> if we have a product in africa, it should come from africa. but, yeah, i'm definitely excited to see how things go. and being here, i have realized that a lot of people's ventures depend on the internet, and so, we will be helping their ventures run better, and so we will also do some final mail solutions. >> tanzania is still far from having comprehensi

four years ago, almost to the a crowdshabab attacked in uganda that was also watching international futbol event. the attackers vanished just before dawn. arrested. been al-shabab is becoming bolder in it carries out attacks. kenyans no longer feel safe, villages.eir >> four decades ago, not far our studio in washington, was, orlando littier assassinated in broad daylight, ofled by the secret police the chilean dictator. takeover inlitary chile, he was a critic of the regime. one man who worked closely with him at the time was juan gabriel valdez. he's returned to the city to become, as fate would have it, ambassador to america. he spoke to us about the memories of those years ago. the left wing salvador elected as president to he appointed littlier. >> i was an assistant to former littallier. a in 1976, littallier was leader of the opposition against the junta and critic of the secret police. to be an ambassador of chile in washington means to me not representing my country but it brings back to me the memories of somebody else who was ambassador of chile to washington and was killed 100

. >> reporter: most of the problems on the eastern border with rwanda and uganda and seems securing thatarticular area and that expanse is a very difficult job to do, it's a huge area. >> reporter: well, it's definitely a huge area and there are many armed groups than the f.d.n.r. but f.d.n.r. are actually very important in the situation right now because the u.n. and the brigade say they are to neutralize the armed groups and what was next after m.-20 that was neutralized last year what is the f.d.n.r. and so for the moment there has been diplomatic pressure on f.d.n.r. but not much military pressure so we are going to see how many are going to surrender of those surrendering are not only the sick and the weak, basically the fighter and if they are really fighters so for the moment it's quite unclear to know the p.r. exercise by f.d. nfrn.r. to del the military operation or a sign of good will. >> if this is a sign of good will we see f.d.n.r. hand in their weapons, which is the next group in your opinion to follow suit if they do at all? >> reporter: well, there are a lot of groups, me

. >>> how a new law targeting gays in uganda has some fleeing the country. >> people now reflect that hatred because they know this is a government stance. >>> next on news hour weekend.

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community to be able to be reconstructive really if it's a long-term conflict such as in northern uganda i think the scale of sexual violence is what becomes so shocking, but also so familiar. one of the things that is odd about rape and sexual violence in conflict is that it is such a daily experience, and yet accountability and responsibility for it is so exceptional. i think that's about a balance we want to reverse. >> before we go i want to talk to you about what role economics plays in this. a lot of men who are doing this, this is the only part of their life that they feel empowered in, rightly or wrongly, they're often degraded because of the economic circumstances they live. >> i think that's often the case, but i don't think we want to confuse the issue by saying that rape doesn't happen in the higher income population. there is no question, but in times of stress, economic or otherwise, this is going to increase. and certainly economics is part of the solution. we know that when women have money not only do their children get educated and healthy, but they are protective of th

as in uganda a couple of months and during the time this is going on i read about it in the context ofbeing one of those classically cynical political distractions. this is a place where you have young people without jobs, a president that's been there since 1986 in people who are not aired with homosexuality per se as much as these other things. this is something that's been used as a wedge issue, has been used as a crude ploy by politicians in that country to distract from other more complicated issues in the political scene. more broadly however, in africa is quite real and it's quite dangerous to be out. defense in the country or city, and a place like nairobi, cop car, cape town commandos are different in rural areas. i did note that uganda had its first pride parade this week, which is remarkable given the danger involved in that and we could quibble about whether what the nature of the danger is, whether it's the population that is feeling animosity or whether it's political class. either way it's a big problem. i point to my discussion community norms in the boat. family is an

this one woman from neighboring uganda continues her battle to break the cycle of abuse of south sudanesels hoping they one day will keep their youngsters safe from harm. anita mcnaught, al jazeera juba. most trapped are construction workers. at least nine people have died. police have arrested two directors of the construction company building the tower. in hong conk, polls have closed on the day of voting on democratic reforms. around 800,000 people are thought to have cast their ballots over the 10-day poll. far exceeding the organizers' expectations. the vote is part of a civil campaign that has angered the chinese government. adrian brown has the latest from hong kong. >> it's almost 17 years to the day that this former british colony was handed back to china. the showdown with beijing at the moment is really very much a test of china's promise to allow hong kong a high degree of autonomy. >> promise was made during the negotiations with britain before the hand over in 1997. the issue at the moment is the election of the city's top official, the chief executive and the method that sh

in uganda. this is an international project. this is also about hardware. they have android tv. software to put in hardware devices. they are offering it for free. it is open source. they have teamed up with sony, sharp, lg. there were updating the smart watch they made with lg. you can talk into it and request pictures. you say, ok, google text mark barton. and you read out what text you want to send. it will ink up -- link up to your phone and sent a message. they want it all to work seamlessly together, whether you are just on your phone or down the street or in your cart or t home talking to your thermostat. therein lies madness. talking to your home appliances. maybe that is a feature. they are looking to push into emerging markets as well. >> interesting, because we know the second dominant pair up is apple's ios. apple makes luxury products. it has not gone with the cheaper phone. whereas google has. they have htc making cheap phones that managed to penetrate emerging markets. they want to do that more. a dominant force. and they unveiled this new android one. it is all a

teen pregnancy costs india a mammoth 12% and uganda 30% >> in most of the world no place is less safe for a woman than her own home. 80 nill i don't think women have pregnancies that were unintended the vast majority wanting to delay or not have at all. in developing countries pregnancy related issues are the largest cause of death among high school aged girls. >> the report makes the case for legal reform, but only as part of the solution. ending societal and cultural norms like gender-based violence, child brides and maternal mortality are key to lasting change. >> the laws help to delegitimize certain behavior not that it eliminates it. very often those laws are not enforced, they're not implemented and they don't reach norms. you cannot change norms if you're only talking to women and girls about changing the norms that restrict their voice and agency. >> un women launched the he for she campaign online to try to mobilize a billion men to take stands. >> we ask men to upload themselves on a digital media explaining what they understand by gender inequality and what men should do.

how much money were we willing to spend when we sent boots on the ground in libya, in uganda in, mali, in chad, to help assuage the nigerian -- you're exactly right, it's a much bigger problem. i'd like to break it to everyone at this table, we will have troops on the ground in iraq, mark my words. mark my words. and it's a shame that the president has tied his hands. >> i think you will be right and i think they'll fail. nobody is going -- there may be other ways to solve it. troops on the ground are not going to defeat isis. they may protect baghdad, they may push them back a little bit. you look at the scale of what knees guys now control and how much money they now have, this is a really big problem. >> it is, it is, i'm sure we'll keep talking about this. >>> all right, next, the self-proclaimed poorest member of the senate takes aim at hillary clinton. not that he's in the senate anymore nor exactly poor, which brings us to today's crossfire quiz. how much does the vice president make? doesst $95,000 a year, $174,000 a year or $231,000 a year? we'll have the answer when we get b

in uganda people eat 500 pounds a year. they would starve without bananas. pounds..s.e eat 25 more than apples and oranges combined. it remains the cheapest, most important fruit in the supermarket. >> if this is such an important piece of the food chain i hasn't more been done to eradicate this and create a new banana? >> the answer is monoculture. we have to keep bananas cheap. the cheapest fruit in the supermarket even though it should not be. it is imported from great distances and it is very parish will. they pretty much focus on this one variety because that is the one they know how to grow cheapest. until recently they have not had to worry about whether it will go away. to change for righties will require a massive retooling of the industry. from growing to shipping to marketing. >> what about the color and taste? consumers expect something pacific --specific. will they have to change as well? tasted over 200. the cavendish can -- is very bland. in india where they grow more called the hotel banana because it is served to tourists. means to to develop grow them

i had seen an old newspaper while i was in the district in uganda. it was many the old newspaper, maybe the london times or "new york times" or something. it had a picture of what was happening, the violence in 1963 earlier that summer and this was maybe a month later. i said, man, i should have been there. if i had been home i would have been there. so that's how i -- that was my introduction to snick. all those little pieces, and of course, charles people became a part of snick. that's when snick formed in raleigh that same year. so that's what that was all about. >> i wouldn't guess that day, you would not have already been attentive to these tensions emerging in the movement between say kings faction and the younger folks who were getting john lewis and snick and getting pretty frustrated. >> not at that time. i read about it and talked about it and people have told me things about it since then. >> tell me a little more about mid-february of 1965 you convened and organized a very, very large conference. can you talk about how it all came into be

. >> this one woman centre uganda continues a battle to break the cycle of abuse of south sudan girls, hoping they, one day, will keep their young sisters safe from harm. >> al jazeera america presents the system with joe berlinger >> new york city has stop and frisk >> some say these laws help serve and protect... >> we created the atmosphere that the policeman's the bad guy... >> others say these tactics are racist >> discrimination is wrong >> 99 percent of those arrested in drug free school zones... we're not near a school at all! >> are they working? >> this time i'm gonna fight it. >> the system with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america >>> n.a.s.a.'s test flight yesterday was a success. the newest spacecraft might look like something out of a science fiction movie. it was developed to land an mars. it was hauled into the atmosphere by a ball joon. it's known as a supersonic decelerate. it splashed safely in the pacific ocean. >>> it was 16 years ago that a tornado ripped though nashville. the country's economy was suffering before that hit, but the community banded together

he's not trying to destroy america he's just trying to make america a normal country like greece or uganda one country at the big dining table of nations now to me that's bad because i like america to be the sole superpower i don't see the commerce of the world's oceans travelling smoothly without the u.s. navy sitting there to make sure that pirates don't get on board. that way you're going to have the world disliking you and of the world dislikes you you don't get support when you need support it's a small world it's a small little need you need to china's and you need you need the you need europe you need asia you need that you couldn't i couldn't agree more but i think that we need to exercise both soft and hard power and what that means is we need to make friends wherever we can but we also need to be tough so for example china is modernizing its military china is building up its nuclear arsenal if i was america i would say all right let me make friends with india and japan and korea to block the rising power of china so it's one thing to say we all want to be happy friends it's anoth