west africa from most stable democracy. -- west africa's most stable democracy. the protesters are demanding the president stepped down after serving a maximum two terms in office. there is a constitutional loophole to run for a third term. it is being called a constitutional coup. >> everyone knows he does not have the right to a third term. it is not because it is validating that the opposition falls. quite the contrary. >> popular frustration is being fuelled by signs of growing authoritarianism. among those challenging the president come up a world music star. -- challenging the president, world music star. for now, the protests are relatively small. it is not clear how much momentum has been gained. united states and united nations are sounding worries and some are discussing a sub-saharan version of the arab spring. bbc news. >> four men have pled guilty to plotting to bomb the new york stock exchange. the men, of pakastani origin, were arrested in 2010 before they were able to execute their plan. they had been under surveillance for weeks. more than 700 ch

>> in the sahara region of west africa we have a recurrent food and nutrition problem on going all year round and over the years. we have different types of malnutrition. stunting is a type of malnutrition that affects the quality and quantity of food children receive. this is something gets a problem -- that is a problem in 2012 that we were expecting an even more of a problem in this crisis. children under the age of five, this will have a long-term impact on their development and mortality of children. >> in a general sense, you don't think this report is in any way alarmist? you think it is well-founded? >> in this context when you have so many children and studies that have been done on the impact of stunting on the children, it is important to note this will have a long-term impact and it's a large majority of the children in the sahara region and throughout the world there are many areas that have high stunting rates. in 2012 where we have food security and nutrition crises, we have high levels of wasting, which is when there is immediate lack of access to food for children and t

and sending african-americans somewhere else, perhaps to latin america, nicaragua or perhaps to west africa. he hoped that he wouldn't have to confront a biracial society. i think he grew and realized that the biracial society had to work and he, before the end of the war and before the end of his life was counseling people in places like louisiana to make sure that african-americans, the new friedman had full civil rights and suffrage voting for anyone observed in the army and people to a certain educational standard. now about lee. lee had -- i think in a way a social darwinist, believing that human society is sort of a pyramid and upscale white folks like himself were at the top and african-americans were somewhere down the scale. not as low as native americans, perhaps and mexicans were in there somewhere, but lee had racial assumptions, but was -- much of this was intellectual. you show him a human being and lee was very humanitarian. for example, he paid and he hired his body servants during the war and he was the guy that sort of took care of his equipment and he had paid them a grow

. >> the building is inspired by matisse from west africa and also fused with the african- american traditionof. >> some of the things inside will include michael jackson's famous hat, a check of barry's cadillac, and an air man trainer. toseveral dignitaries were there including laura bush appeared the u.s. labor museum has filed a bankruptcy reorganization plan. they owe creditors about $7 million. organizers hope to raise $900,000 in the first year. they expected nations to increase by 50% in subsequent years. >> at the thought of losing your cell phone are being in an area with the reception makes your heart drop, you are certainly not alone. a survey by the british company found that 66 term of responders summer from nomophobiam the fear of being without a mobile phone. nomophobia at that 61 some of men and 70% of women. >> i use it for my being. i buy bills. i use the metro maps several times today. >> people between the ages of 18 and 34 are most likely to become anxious that they do have their phones with them at all times. >> the most shocking part is only 66% of us. >> where are the

communities struggling to eak out a living in a harsh unforgiving landscape, in this case, north west africa. the climate change threatens more of them. and the food insecurity and the poverty that goes along with it. as many would see it, it powerfully makes the case for encouraging much more agricultural investment in africa, neglected for far too long. and in the last two years that investment has been increasing rapidly. here in saddam b.a.e., bidders compete for land. this report says 2/3 of all the land and resources investors are acquiring in the global land rush are in subsharron -- subis a heroin a.f.c. -- africa. the government signed deals for control of 9% of the new nation's lands even before its independence. it argues that they respect their customary land rights to be recognized. anything less could jeopardize the already fragile peace. the report is that foreign investors have been able to snap up some of south africa's valuable resources because most customary land is so weakly protected. while indigenous communities are generally not opposed to economic development, condit

west africa's most stable democracy is suddenly on edge. this is in the capital, dakar. protesters' demand the president stepped down after serving a maximum two terms in office. the 85-year-old is using a constitutional loophole to run for a third term. his critics are calling it a constitutional coup. >> everybody knows he does not have the right to a third term, not because the council delegates it. we are even more determined to see the law is respected in our country. the law is the constitution. >> the demonstrations have been fuelled by high unemployment and science of growing authoritarianism. -- signs of growing authoritarianism. his opponent had his eyes on the presidency, but was disqualified from running by five constitutional judges. for now, the protests are relatively small, but it is not clear how much momentum they will game. the united states and united nations sound were read. some are talking of the sub- saharan version of the arab spring. bbc news, south africa. now to one of the most highly anticipated public offerings in history. facebook has chang

cocosupplies from west africa are expected to fall copper is close to its highest price since september with its 3% rally today, and cotton futures jumped thanks to the jobs report and worries about a flood-damaged crop in australia hurting supplies. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: more than 100 million people are expected to watch the super bowl on sunday, but they're not just tuning in for the football. according to a recent study, 25% of viewers watch the event solely for the commercials. so, advertisers are going all out to make sure their spots are memorable. erika miller looks at whether the multimillion-dollar efforts are worth it. >> reporter: they come from outer space... ...and the north pole.. >> the last living munchkin. >> reporter: yes, even oz. there's quite a cast of characters starring in this year's super bowl ads, including some favorites from the '80s. >> life moves pretty fast. if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you might miss it! >> reporter: mathew broderick pays homage to ferris bueller in a honda commercial, but this time he's driv

chaplain, includes organizing and directing missionary efforts in the united states and ghana, west africa. the recipient of this year's award goes to chaplain captain karen army reserve. chaplain. >> hold this. now let's get everybody in the picture. move over here. >> you may be seated. >> no, don't be shy. come up here and join me. members of the association, it's with great honor that i'm about to announce to you that our outreach, our congressional outreach, this year has borne much fruit as it relates to our strategic partnership with the united states house of representatives. for the first year, all of our schedules have aligned to where when our members are on the hill visiting with their legislators, chap tin hallet who has been chosen to be the guest chaplain for the house of representatives by congressmen, the honorable scott garrett from new jersey. and with that note, i would like to encourage all members and anyone who will be in the vicinity of the house of representatives on wednesday to pl or their aides if they could escort you to the gallery to show support for chaplain

he took the roots and his inspiration from a tribe in west africa.ost of the slaves that came to this country hundreds of years ago came from this tribe. they say all the african-americans are descend t descendants of this tribe. he's basing this amazing building on the tribe's sculptures of the late 19th century. it's going to be a work of art here in washington. it's going to be the first green building that the smithsonian has built. it will be the groundbreaking tomorrow. it will open in 2015. watch this thing rise. back to you. >> thanks, wendy. >>> it could take ten years to complete repairs on the earthquake-damaged national cathedral. the fix is not a fast process. in some cases, stone masons are having to repair pieces. >>> tomorrow, english will become the official language of frederick county, maryland. county commissioners passed the ordinance just a short time ago tonight after a two-hour public hearing. the move means all official actions by the county will be in english only. there are a few exceptions, such as debt collection, as well

west africa's most stable democracy is suddenly on edge. this is in the capital, dakar. protesters' demand the president stepped down after serving a maximum two terms in office. the 85-year-old is using a constitutional loophole to run for a third term. his critics are calling it a constitutional coup. >> everybody knows he does not have the right to a third term, not because the council delegates it. we are even more determined to see the law is respected in our country. the law is the constitution. >> the demonstrations have been fuelled by high unemployment and science of growing authoritarianism. -- signs of growing authoritarianism. his opponent had his eyes on the presidency, but was disqualified from running by five constitutional judges. for now, the protests are relatively small, but it is not clear how much momentum they will game. the united states and united nations sound were read. some are talking of the sub- saharan version of the arab spring. bbc news, south africa. now to one of the most highly anticipated public offerings in history. facebook has chang

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. >> the global commission report looks at west africa and suggests that it's a place where aid and development could stifle the emergence of the new market. can you say a little bit about this? what are the practicalities of that? >> well, the problem is that western african is now becoming a hub in the international roads between latin america and europe. >> sure. >> and being that, it has also to see an explosion in the consumption. so i mean, what -- >> i understand that, but you refer to the aid and the development being -- offering opportunity to stifle the emergence of the market. how do you see that working? >> we are now under the leader of kofi annan looking to bring together different leaders in the regions to have a better approach of this problem. mainly of the health problem linked with that and to enforce also the police in this country to fight against the corruption, to have better governments. and this is i think what we intend in the development aid. it is in the field of governments fight against corruption and has issue and police enforcement. >> i don't see what you see in

humanitarian efforts meanwhile it's not quite clear exactly what did they mean by that and what kind of west africa as they've been talking about and the raw speculation is the raw fear is growing that it may be military action given the fact that just recently washington didn't rule out the possibility of army in the ravelled meanwhile this out of the league ation walked out from the meeting of friends of syria in tunisia saying that the country will not support the action that will not lead to the quick protection of the syrian people and a saudi foreign minister has also sad that arming syrian opposition is an excellent idea so here on the ground and everywhere abroad actually fears are growing that the military intervention that has been considered as the last option to resolve serious and go in crisis is becoming more a more realistic scenario these days and people here are very much concerned and their fear is not groundless actually we've been recently hearing reports about. about this military possibility and that the western countries are actually planning military action against syria and

spotlight now, with a new hunger emergency feared if aid isn't rapidly stepped up, the region of west africa. children with is he viewer malnutrition being treated in niger, one of the countries hit by a deadly combination of drought, crop pests, and soaring food prices. and it's the record food prices of the past year that this new report from save the children focuses on. it says they've compounded the chronic problem of child malnutrition and forecasts terrible consequences if there isn't more concerted action. >> we've made progress to reduce child mortality because of immunization, for things like diarrhea and pneumonia from measles. but that will stahl unless we deal with this stubborn problem of malnutrition f. we don't, 2.6 million children will continue to die every year. >> in bangladesh, one of the countries where save the children carried out its survey, prices in the food markets are said to have risen by up to 50%. for many, they're now unaffordable. this woman says whatever she gets is never enough to feed her children properly. lessons to help mothers make meals that are as n

i think even in west africa where liberia and sierraleone had have sanctions and in libya the focus haseen on what the protection of civilians of nato accomplish. had there not been the use of military force would have had over time an impact. multilateral sanctions take time. unilateral sanctions take time and what we're seeing with iran where the leaders are admitting for the first time, my gosh, they're hurting, nobody's denying that any more. >> charlie: the supreme leader -- >> and the president. the ambassador also said that and the sanctions are biting and the toughest among them are just beginning to take effect. i think we need to give this process time to see exactly how impactful they are. >> charlie: and realize you will resist this but how much time do you need and ion't want to ask the questions how many sirians have to die before you realize sanctions are not working fast enough. >> are we on syria or iran. >> charlie: we're back to syria. i'm sorry. >> look, there's no formula. too many sirians have already died. one civilian dying at the hands of his or her own governme

. >>> the man who changed the face of budget air travel in europe is about to take on west africa with new low-cost carrier. the easy jet founder is planning on launching fast jet. a new airline to link the capital with six west african countries. it's the beginning of what could be a low cost pan-african carrier. it will start by releasing 15 aircraft. it expects to carry five million passengers a year, pauline. >>> even though he's starting that new business as the global air travel market suffers turbulent times, it's in emerging markets like africa, asia and the middle east that some airlines are extending their reach. cnn's leone la carney reports on the carriers flying into new frontiers. k carney reports on the carriers flying into new frontiers. h carney reports on the carriers flying into new frontiers. a carney reports on the carriers flying into new frontiers. n carney reports on the carriers flying into new frontiers. i carney reports on the carriers flying into new frontiers. carney reports on the carriers flying into new frontiers. arney reports on the carriers flying int

>>> we want to share with you this harrowing story out of west africa.t of cameroon has confirmed that almost 300 elephants have been killed. it wasf. it was from sudan niece -- we're going to air some pretty disturbing pictures. fair warning right now. i want to bring it rob atkin son. for the royale society he is currently ceo of the elephant sanctuary in tennessee. rob, when you learned of this elephant slaughter in cameroon, what was your first reaction? >> it's horrific. poaching is increasing in africa. it's as a consequence of lifting a ban on international trade in ivory in 198. since then poaching is widespread. thee losing 800 of the possible lace every year, the slaughter is brutal, it orphans lots of calves. it's carried out using machine guns, also used in warfare. >> and in terms of the numbers, one wildlife official is quoted as saying this particular slaughter dwarfs previous similar killings. can you see any reason why this would happen on such a scale? >> well, there's war going on in sudan. the guerrillas are looking for money. s in a

seven years ago the industry banned so-called blood diamonds from west africa but up until now it hadn'tone the same for gold. >> banning the gold is a noble goal but one that requires, i think, some thoughtful consideration and a positive engagement between stakeholders, governments and industry to bring to achievement. the industry stands ready to work with stakeholders and with government to achieve that end. >> what's to talk about? why can't the industry cut off the supply from congo and strangle the civil war there? >> there's absolutely no place and no need for debate on the question of whether any illegally sourced mineral ought to be part of the industry supply chain. it should not be. >> walle mart is the largest gold retailer in america. >> i believe that's correct, yes. >> what affect would it have if wal-mart declared that it would demand traceability all the way to the mine for all the gold it sells? >> there's no question in my mind that commercial pressure can and should and must be brought to bear. >> why isn't it done? >> i don't think the question has been put to them,

. >>> west africa. this is senegal on election day.eople are furious that the president, they don't want him re-elected to a third term. senegal's highest court cleared him to seek a third term, despite the constitution's limit to two terms. protests raged across the country ever since that ruling. >>> and venezuelan president hugo chavez is in cuba today, this is his arrival friday night. chavez announced on venezuelan tv he has to have surgery to remove a cancerous lesion. >>> workers with bulldozers and heavy machinery started ripping down a house overnight in northern pakistan. this is what the building looked like earlier today. the walls torn out, the roof collapsed, this is the three-story walled compound where osama bin laden hid from the world and where he was killed by american special forces last may. the pakistani government wants that thing gone. riveting images there. >> absolutely. what the pakistanis are saying that they did this because they wanted to prevent it from becoming a shrine to osama bin laden's followers. th

thousands of miles across the atlantic, a young girl was kid napped and held captive in sierra leone, west africaso forgotten, few people ever travel there. it is literally a ghost town. the impact emotionalen on people who see it is just extraordinary. >> reporter: our guide is historian joe opala. 1796. he spent much of his life trying to learn what happened to that little girl. and so many prisoners just like her. >> negotiations for the purchase of slaves would have begun right here. >> reporter: he took us to a place called bunce island. and the ruins of one of the most notorious slave trading fortresses the worlds a ever known. this is the doorway into the slave quarters? >> into both slave quarters. men on this side, women and children on this side. so we're going into the men's yard here. in the place where we're standing here, it could hold between 200 and 300 men, and that the men were chained together in circles of ten people each to prevent them from climbing over the walls. swalls. >> reporter: tens of thousands of slaves were shipped from bunce island directly to south carolina and

i was on a tour with the state department of 14 countries in west and northern africa, including lebanona great band. i took my son with me, who was 15. we had a wonderful tour. i requested, which ever country we went to, i wanted to be in touch with the traditional music of country. it was a good test for me. you can write music about africa in new york, but the test is when you play it in the country itself. when i played music in africa, i would tell the people, this is your music. you may not recognize it because it came in contact with european languages and instruments, but it is your music. we had a lot of success in africa. not only was it a concert, but having people understand the impact of african rhythms and world music. whether it is in brazil, cuba, mississippi, brooklyn. if you do not have that african polls, nothing is happening. >> you moved to morocco. why? >> morocco was the last country. i wanted to be closer to the traditional people. when you do a state department tour, you have to do a report of what you like, disliked. i spent one week working on this report. one

in west africa. >> i was going to say. >> it's a tiny country but they have oil.have a lot of poor people as well in that country, but the ruling family does very, very well. particularly the ministry of forestry, the son of the president. you think malibu, california, movie stars, charlie sheen. well, the most expensive home is owned by teadoran spaobiyang. >> is that an oval? >> it has its own golf course. $38 million gulf stream jet. he bought michael jackson memorabilia including the glove from the "bad" tour and from the government salary he makes $96,000 a year. in a country where two-thirds of the people live in poverty. people are moving dirty money into this country with lots of help from americans. so we are financing corruption. we wanted to speak with him but he declined. i spoke with the ambassador about how the president's son became filthy rich. there is no dispute the revenue received would have generated income well above and beyond his official government salary and made him a wealthy man. it was essentially given to him. if the people own the re

west. you take a place like africa, the catholic church actually grew by 7,000% in africa during the 20th century. i don't think trying to stem membership loss is the issue. i do think the church realizes it's taken a massive blow to its moral authority and public image. i do think they want to try to turn that around. fundamentally i think the motive for this conference is that church leaders want to try to make sure that the church is a safe place for children, and for everyone else for that matter, and try to put policies in place to make sure, as much as humanly possible that's the case. >> john allen, thanks so much for joining us from rome. >>> and in this country more than half of voting catholics backed president obama in 2008. a new law about birth control might change that this year. details on that next. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water