we perceive more applications from uganda and anywhere else. it is interesting that 60% of people living in uganda are 35 and under. the unemployment rate within about group is 60%. it is a very large population. that does not have a job market. we worked a lot with them, and they are doing the same thing as other fellows. we worked a lot with them because it's more of a society of others using the public narrative framework to figure out how they can use their voice to affect, change and do it in a positive way. their president is, i want to say 85 years old. he does not get elected anymore. all of our fellows feel a huge disconnect between themselves and the issues that people in power care about. but they have not had opportunities to explore their voice and advocacy. where i see a huge potential for impact we haven't fellows in uganda who are connected to 450 other fellows. they are building advocacy campaigns where they have a lot of voices. there is safety in having a lot of voices together. that is one thing that is cool. in addition, ou

and 60% of people living in uganda are 35 and under. and the unemployment rate within that group of people is 60%. it is a large population in the country that doesn't have a job market. so they are working every single day on these issues. we worked a lot with them because it is using the framework to figure out how they can use their voice to affect change and delete in a positive way. they are 85-years-old. while past. he doesn't get elected anywhere. and so they make a huge disconnection between themselves and the issues people in power care about and yet they have not had a lot of opportunities to explore how to use their voice and advocacy. where i see the huge area for the potential impact is they are connected to 450 other fellows and they are building advocacy campaigns where now they have a lot of voices behind them. so that's one thing and in addition it is so global that we could look up and see what is going on right now on the internet if we wanted to so it is much easier to understand issues and other parts of the world.

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where i see huge potential impact we have 90 current fellows in uganda.re connected to 450 other global health corps fellows. they're building advocacy campaigns where they have a lot of voices behind them. there is safety having a lot of voices together. so that's one thing that's cool. in addition our world is so global that, we could look up and see what is going on in uganda right now on the internet if we wanted to. it is much easier to understand issues in other parts of the world. for us we're really excited, one of our people training at beginning of the year with all of our fellows before they start their year, we do it in new haven at yale, two years ago one of our fellows who is nigerian and stood up, it will be so convenient when i'm the minister of health in nigeria and minister of health in uganda and they are running gates foundation and we know each other and we have shared interest in health equity. it was a cute moment. she is getting her phd in harvard paid for by ministry of health in nigeria with stipulation she returns to nigeria and

. >>> gunmen in uganda -- accused of organizing bomb attacks that killed dozens of football fans five years ago. he was shot dead by a man who followed her on a motorcycle. she drove home with her three children on monday. the children were unhurt. they described the death as a big loss to the country. a possible link with a trial of 30 men belonging to the militant group al shabab. >>> speeding up the path of trying to identify victims. the co-pilot who crashed the plane had been treated for suicidal thoughts. we have the report. >> reporter: a week on from the germanwings crash that killed 150 people and slowly meticulously the teams in the french alps continue to go through the wreckage. there are no bodies. red flags mark where remains have been found. the authorities say it could take four months before all are identified. the identification work is being done at a specialist laboratory near paris. 400 samples have been taken here where the pain staking process of matching dna of the victims to families are under way. >> translator: we are working quickly to return the bodies of

. >> a senior prosecutor in uganda has been shot dead in what police say could be a targeted assassination. shot dead late on monday, she was leading the prosecution against those accused of organizing two bombings there in 2010. 79 people were killed in the attack on screenings of the soccer world cup final. the trial has been postponed. >> the co pilot suspected of deliberately crashing 150 passengers and crew into the french alps had been treated for suicidal tendencies. he was in soak co therapy. investigators say his motive is still unclear and are searching for more clues. they are building an access road to reach the remote crash site. >> the head of the french forensic team said it will take time to identify the crash victims. there is a huge amount of analysis to do. it takes time to get it done. families must give samples to compare with the victims d.n.a. fingerprint comparisons take time because the conditions of bad. the samples and pieces of body are not in a condition that would allow an immediate interpretation. i will remain cautious towards families. i will under no circu

we have 90 fellows in uganda. they are connected to another cohort.dition, we can look up and see what is going on in uganda right now on the internet if we want to. it is much easier than in other parts of the world. for us, we did this at new haven and what of our fellows, and nigerian stood up and said it is going to be so convenient when im the minister of health in nigeria and diego is running the gates foundation because we all know each other and have a shared vision. it was a very cute moment and it's even cuter now because she is getting her mba at harvard paid for i the health ministry of nigeria with the stipulation that she returns to nigeria and helps them. but there is a difference between using your voice responsibly and knowing how to speak to power and then figuring out everything you have to do if you are in that position, what skills you need to be effective. jake: i just want to do a time check. how are we doing? >> one or two more. jake: one r two before -- one or two more. you were waiting. >> thank you. i actually represent a pr

is warning of possible attacks in uganda. the u.s. embassy says there's threats to an area of kampala where westerners are known to stay. they have cancelled all nonessential events in the area. >> in libya fighters loyal to the islamic state of iraq and levant have taken on rival government forces in two major cities. in cert five were killed when a suicide bomb detonated near a power station. fighters loyal to the government set up checkpoints in the area i.s.i.l. carried out a suicide attack on an army post. >> sri lanka's president is on his first official visit to china. they are trying to renegotiate $5 billion of chinese deals. we go to colombo for more >>> a visit by the sri lankan president cams at a time when china expressed concerns regarding an investment in sri lanka, which saw the coming in of a new government. china, the biggest project has been suspended pending review. it led to concerns. a sri lankan team of journalists have been sponsored by the chinese government. some of the key messages coming out has been overal

s warning of possible attacks in uganda. the u.s. embassy says there are threats to an area of kampala when westerners are known to stay. they cancelled all nonessential events in the area. >> in libya, fighters loyal to the islamic state of iraq and levant have taken on rival government forces in two major cities. in sirte, five people were killed when a suicide bomb detonated near a power station. fighters loyal to the tripoli based government set up checkpoints in the area and further east in benghazi i.s.i.l. carried out a suicide attack on an army post. sri lanka's president is on his first official visit to china since taking office in january. the city center is trying to renegotiate more than 5 billion worth of deals. his predecessor signed with china. the president wants to strengthen relations and coin a beneficial relationship. cage fighting is controversial known for violence. it's banned if some countries, attracting millions of fans including a growing number of women. >> is mixed martial arts too violent for women. >>

a nonprofit called project 41 are gathering pool pumps many of them recycled and sending them to uganda and kenya. >> a farmer now is taking buckets from a river and moving buckets all day long. they can barely irrigate the field or waiting for the rain. >> using a bicycle attached to the pimp farmers can transfer 50 gallons of water a minute from rivers and lakes to fields. this is another volunteer from gonna ma -- dawn flaw who has seen this increase the wage each month from $200 a month to $800. >> can you now send a child to school and hire someone to do what the child did and you can buy things you can grow. >> unlike traditional aid organizations that focus on donations project 41 helps farmers purchase the pump to help build self reliance. >> you increase the of efficiency of a system you help people do more create more and everyone does better. >> so far 600 pumps and bicycle stands have been assembled and sold to >> the a's and giants square off in arizona today. >> got my dvr set. oakland will send chavez to the mound the giants first home game of the spring with first pitch

the program is meant to reduce number of girls dropping out of schools and rolled out in ghanna and ugandaogram in the united states is waiting to give kids from low-income families a chance to get out of poverty through education, the focus is a children's command of words as tom ackerman explains. >> reporter: it's graduation day for these children aged between 1-3, accompanied by proud parents the first too take part in a learning program that relies on their mothers and fathers to boost a crucial element in their future. it's the size and variety of the children's spoken vocabulary extensive research has shown the more parents talk to their kids the faster the children's vocabularies grow. and the higher their iq test scores. but on average the poorer the family the sparser the child's word count so the city of providence, rhode island is trying to even the odds for these low-income families. >> poverty is not destiny and what we are looking for is language environments and those environments we can nurture with better feedback of what is going on because of the importance of the first

a senior prosecutor in new in uganda has been killed in what police say could be a targeted assassinationhot dead late on monday and investigating if it was because of her work and she was prosecutor in those with the attack in the soccer world cup title in 2010 and the trial has been postponed. signed up to join the china-led investment bank and this is seen as a challenge to the existing financial institutions like the world bank and international monetary fund which the u.s. has a lot of influence. those who joined include uk, a close u.s. ally of course as well as rising asian powers and others like brazil russia and germany have applied for membership. the bank is designed to target infrastructure projects that are not being currently funded by the world bank and imf and hopes to fill a funding gap of $800 billion a year but the u.s. says the initiative will fall short of international banking standards. in a moment we will hear the view from beijing and dakarta but first we will hear from tom in washington d.c. >> reporter: the chinese initiative is not seen officially as a competit

his older brother jonathon, lead and died in the raid in uganda. he himself was a commando. he knows this is the greatest threat to the state of israel in the 70 years of its existence. he knows that history for whatever reason has chosen him to be the one to try to save israel in this circumstance. and that's why he thinks and he is risking a lot. he is risking his relationship with the united states. risking the prime minister ship. this is probably hurting him in israel because he knows he has to make the case and he wants israel to hear what is wrong with it before it is produced and he will have lost. >> you can see harry reid and patty murray next to him and shaking hands. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy are walking in behind the prime minister. for these politicians who are there this is also a big deal. >> it is a big deal and this is historic. this is the third time before the congress but the situation has never been as tense as now. this speech was scheduled to be more than a month earlier and it is bumping up against the elections. p

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. ♪ >>> in uganda, a top prosecutor may have been killed in what looks like an assassination.es as she was driving near the capital city. >> she was the lead prosecutor in the ongoing trial of men in an al shabab bombing. they're looking into whether her murder is connected to her prosecution. >>> the conclusion of the state's case in the dzhokhar tsarnaev case was emotional for many in the courtroom. >> reporter: jurors had tears in their eyes. they had their heads lowered as the prosecution brought its case to a close. the last thing though heard, graphic details of martin richard. they saw a jersey he had been wearing and a pair of pants melted nearly beyond recognition. the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on the boy. he told jurors that nearly every part of martin's four-foot frame had been covered with injuries. the autopsy photos were too graphic to be shown in open court. but martin's family were in the courtroom, hearing the details of the autopsy report. his father keeping his eyes closed for much of that testimony. >> just heartbreaking. and more than 90 w

the israelis conducted a rescue in uganda. the israelis are prepared to do it.ey are asking is for a green light that america won't turn against them as europe will if they launch an attack. and to apply sanctions. >> the couple of questions if there is no deal will europe stay strong in the sanctions regime? that is one of the reasons it is lasting so far. we hear from military experts that even if israel did launch a strike and got the help it needed from us or from the saudis it could only setback the program by a year. it would have to continue to do it over and over again. >> when israelis attacked in 1981 the estimate was they would have to redo it a year later. the israelis cannot live on promises and hope. if it means returning the israelis will return. the israelis have to think in one and two year increments. it's not like the united states with a 200 year history. israel lives on the edge every day. it needs something and what the negotiations offer is worst than nothing. >> last word? >> the united states december 11 leon pan eta said if we believe i

his brother jonathan, led and died in the "raid on entebbe," the rescue in uganda. he himself was a commando. he knows this is the greatest threat to the state of the israel in the 70 years of its existence. history, for whatever reason has chosen him to try to israel in this circumstance. that is why he thinks. he is risking a lot. risks his relationship with the united states. risks his prime ministership. this is probably hurting him in israel. he knows he has to make the case. he wants the world to hear what is wrong with a deal before the administration produces it fait accompli, a great achievement, in which case he will have lost. >> you see senate minority leader harry reid and patty murray, next to him, shaking hands. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house majority leader kevin mccarthy walking in behind the prime minister. for these politicians who are there, this is also a big deal ab. >> it is a big deal and charles is right, this is historic coming the his third time before the congress. but it never, this situation has never been as tense as

within south sudan, another 640,000 people have left the country all together traveling to ethiopia ugandaudan, or kenya, we're joined by a south sudan organization that works towards ends genocide and crimes against humanity with a focus on the conflict in south sudan. thanks so much for joining us this evening. what kind of atrocities are innocent peopling seeing in south sudan? >> south sudan has been suffering for 15 months of terrible conflict, and human rights investigateors have documented mass rapes, the burnings of scores and scores of town and villages and ethnic cleansing as well. >> who is responsible? >> unfortunately both the sides the government side and the rebel sides have both been implicated in these kinds of abuses and they have always both been responsible by using hateful rhetoric and relying on people's ethnic identities. >> so they are playing tribes against each other, essentially. what has the international community been able to do beyond sanctions? >> the international community have stood in strong solidarity by providing billions in humanitarian aid and assist

so we see that in many countries, we're working right now and moving into kenya, uganda, and angola and other places. but the u.s. government's investment and time and energy there has been central to creating the kind of dialogue that allows us to leverage what somebody like we can do. senator daines: thank you. mr. ford, given your background as well as in the private sector and jumping into what you've done, any thoughts on that as well, other barriers we could work to remove, incentives to create to foster what you're doing? mr. ford: it's a bit of a stretch but the u.s. banking system from what i can see, i know a lot of bankers, we did the largest l.b.o. that had ever been converted to a sale in the history of the u.s. in one check. i knew about every banker in the country. none of them would go with us to africa and they all pointed to the regulations facing them that caused them to say we don't know how to comply and so we don't know what they are and we're withdrawing. i had them tell me that face to face, one after another after another. how that factors into what we're talkin

it's run out of garner and uganda. >> meanwhile, in the united states, a new programme is working to give kids from low income families a chance to get out of poverty. the focus is the children's command of words as tom ackerman explains. >> reporter: it's deprad use day for the -- graduation day for the children the first to take part in a learning programme relying on their mothers and fathers to boost on element in the future. it's the size and variety of a child's spoken vocabulary. expensive research shows the more parents talk to the kids the faster the vocabulary goes on average, the poorer the family the sparser the word counselled. the citizens are trying to even the odds for the low income families. >> what we are looking for is impoverished language environments. they can nurture by having feedback. the importance is the first three years of life. >> that feedback provided by miniature voice recorders worn by each toddler. every week or two they capture conversations between parents and children. through algorithms they analyse the talks. the goal - to prod parents to maxi

. >> reporter: a senior prosecutor in uganda has been shot dead in what police say could be a quote targetednation. joan was shot dead in campala late on monday and leading the prosecution against those accused of organizing two bombings there in 2010. 79 people were killed in the attacks on screenings at the soccer world cup final, the trial has now been postponed. coming up, on the al jazeera news hour we will count the numbers of the deadline expires to see who has joined the new asia bank set up by china. why doesn't the united states government think e cigarettes are a good idea? and in sport we will hear from one of new zealand's world cup cricket heros as he decides it's time to quit the game. ♪ but first three journalists have been arrested in malaysia on suspension of edition and tmi were detained after news reports on discussions about punishments given out under islamic law. they are expected to be released soon. and two company executives were also arrested and they do remain in custody. crossing over to tell us more about that story and we are joined from kuala-lumpur and what i

we are also seeing companies come out of places like uganda and south africa. recently for example nigeria is reported to have hired 300 private military contractors in its -- for boko haram in south africa. security can generate its own demand. mercenaries demand 5000 pounds of gold this month and we will be back next month. out of work mercenaries can create wars. they can elongate worse. they can become bandits. this is a problem. we are also seeing proliferation out of four of the five demand worse. we have seen land private security companies but we are seeing private babies up with coast of new guinea. they have arsenal ships with contractors and armaments and they will fly to a tanker and they will harden a tanker with wire is a tanker moves the waters and want to stop the powered waters the contractors returned to the mothership. contractors are also eight x. -- experimenting with drums and easily turning them into, cause he drums. the third trend is that the industry is going native. so we have private military companies selling their services for exam

back in uganda we didn't vigil this morning the choir sang and danced in front of philadelphia schooln. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: tonight they will play another show at 7: 7:30. >> kids come from poor families but they got so much hope in them for a better life. i hope people can see that. >> reporter: many of these children are also orphans. the goal of the choir is to raise awareness about the need of orphan children in africa and raise money for education programs on their home continent. >> i was a kid, if it wasn't for the choir i wouldn't be here. i wouldn't have got an education. >> reporter: these kids are just like most kids. they have their favorite subjects. >> english. >> math. >> math. >> reporter: but they also have a special mission, to help raise money to give children just like them an education in some of the neediest areas of africa. >> it's fun. it's fun. they are so jolly. they tell so many stories. >> reporter: in university city, eva pilgrim channel6 "action news." >> nice story. >> that's our next generation, should be a lot of hope absolutely. >> sure

that is when israeli troops went to the airport in uganda and they rescued hostages. only one israeli soldier was killed in that operation neared that was benjamin netanyahu older brother. netanyahu has a clear stake in this. great feeling for this. it is likely to be a very impactful speech. it is possible that prime minister netanyahu will offer new details about what is going on in the talks between iran and the united states. if he has some kind of revelation about what has been going on, it would clearly be a block buster. we do not know what he is going to say. is this speech being watched closely? almost universally by the moslems of this world? >> absolutely. the saudi newspaper had a column yesterday congratulating the u.s. congress for listening to the prime minister and taking in the facts and realities of iran. you will see many of the arab leaders and also reformers beginning to say we are sick and tired of the islamists getting the megaphone. reformers that really have the future of the middle east that heart. i think that it is very interesting. >> i be

>> you can definitely be more nimble in nigeria then you can be in a uganda.l or turkey, it is liquid. you have to put it in relative terms. when you are talking about frontier markets nigeria does present a big enough market to be nimble. we made the decision to get out well ahead of the election noise. i like to say we were smart enough to call this big drop in oil prices but that would be disingenuous. without the currency was starting to get expensive and oil fell sharply -- we thought the currency was starting to get expensive and the oil price fell sharply. we are waiting for the central bank to further adjust the currency weaker at which point we think it will be an attractive trade opportunity. guy: how do others see this? >> what i did at the end of the traveling was go back to all 10 fund managers and say which one of those countries do you favor? nigeria did come out on the top in a long-term perspective. people are looking at the long-term demographics of nigeria. by 2050, nigeria will overtake america as the world's third biggest nation. there is

uganda tanzania, those have been strong areas of growth for us.n pretty good growth, well above 20% in countries like zambia mozambique etc., all showing positive growth. francine: are you expanding in any new countries or do you want to beef up your operations in countries where you are already present? >> we definitely think we are below scale in countries. for us, the core market that we think we should increase will be countries like nigeria, ghana, angola, kenya, mozambique. we have a focus on trying to increase our scale in that. we have a representative process in ethiopia. the banking industry there is foreclosed to foreign banks. we think being underground will prepare us, or when it does open hopefully in the next year or two. we would hope to expand in the west african region as well over the next year or two. guy: on number of european and global banks are being forced to offload assets at this stage. some people are being forced -- some people are hoping to take advantage of that. do you think this presents an opportunity? >> we've be

al-shabaab has broadened its operations to attempt to conduct attacks against uganda ethiopia, and especially kenya. libya-based threats are growing rapidly, including an expanding isis presence. if left unchecked, they have the highest potential amongst security challenges and africa to increase risks to u.s. strategic interests. boko haram threatens the ability of the nigerian government to provide security and services in large portions of the northeast. boko haram has extended its reach beyond nigeria's borders to cameroon and chad. in somalia, libya, and nigeria the international community is challenge to implement the comprehensive approach is necessary to advance governance and development. declining resources will make this more difficult. to mitigate increasing risks africa command issue of getting our priorities and improving the alignment of resources to strategy. we are correlating with international and interagency partners to harmonize our efforts. we are seeking to increase operationa and programmatic flexibility. we continue to provide our best military advice to policymakers

so we see that in many countries, we're working right now and moving into kenya, uganda and angola and other places. but the u.s. government's investment in time and energy there has been central to creating the kind of dialogue that allows us to leverage what somebody like we can do. senator daines: thank you. mr. ford, given your background as well as the -- in the private sector and jumping into what you've done, any thoughts on that as well, other barriers we could work to remove, incentives to create to foster what you're doing? mr. ford: it's a bit of a stretch but the u.s. banking system from what i can see, i know a lot of bankers, we did the largest l.b.o. that had ever been converted to a sale in the history of the u.s. in one check. i knew about every banker in the country. none of them would go with us to africa and they all pointed to the regulations facing them that cause them to say we don't know how to comply and so we don't know what they are and we're withdrawing. i had them tell me that face to face, one after another after another. how that factors into what we're t

you are in uganda. you were blessed by a witch doctor. how did it go?an doctors. seeing how these belief systems are so important. >> you also were joined by a couple of journalist who is came to be part of your adventure. one died of heat stroke. such were the conditions you were dealing with. how did you pick yourself up and continue with the journey after something like that happened? >> when mike died, it was a terrible tragedy. it brought home how dangerous a journey like this can be. i had to make a difficult decision whether to give up or carry on. by giving up would be a disservice to him. i wanted to carry on in his memory. >> you walked into south sudan. if i'm planning that trip i say there is a problem. it's a country that has been torn apart by civil war. what were your fears? >> civil war erupted and i didn't have any idea before this was going to happen. it was a dangerous place. i had to walk through the mine fields and she got surrounded by gunmen. there were a lot of things that could go wrong. >> didn't you have to fly over an area? >