the others are either in west africa, or left the united states and went to west africa. among the items that we acquired are standalones, items written by people who spoke arabic and they are part of this collection. we are not quite sure how they came to be part of this collection. my guess again is that it probably came from liberia, written by muslim scholars as well. but, this particular item is an example of a common practice. whereas this one, the one on the origin of men is quite a unique document, this one come on the other hand, is a magic square. it is more a talisman. it is written in arabic and it is a square. really, it is a prayer of so is god, so it begins, in the name of god, the merciful and compassionate. basically, it asks god's protection for camels. why camels? well, because west africa is very close to the sahara desert. apart from the shore, you move from west africa in turn of the come inside, and you are in the sahara. great that went on between the north and the south of west africa, but between west africa and east africa, and certainly the mid

financially we have the philanthropist have done quite a number of those people of support that in west africa i think it's time also on the porch for africa to solve these e.q. michael it all. i thank you so much and really interesting playing the context of which you are right now and i'm trying to share the information about what is happening in the eastern part of a particular with the about a crisis as we've been live right now what if you can find in from our online audience i will end with this tweet from howard who says hopefully lessons can be learned from experiences in liberia and sierra leone where local institutions including religious actors played essential roles in overcoming stigma and misinformation in communities that are tackling. and i will always see you online out on twitter. and. victim. being his posture as an instrument of pinochet's brutal dictatorship a father tries to forget. but his son's quest for answers reveals there are often 2 sides to even the dacosta stories witness the cala of the chameleon amount is there. setting the discussions where he had seen was the

to the program i'm in wrong it's the largest ever outbreak of ebola after the 2014 epidemic in west africa and the spread of the virus in the democratic republic of congo has reached a critical point the world health organization has now declared this latest flare up a public health emergency of international concern that rare move could boost global attention and encourage more aid almost one year into the crisis more than 2500 people have been infected in the region and at least 1600 have died the 1st confirmed case in the city of goma it's a major regional hub on the border with rwanda and that's raising concerns the virus may be spreading beyond the d.l.c. as borders catherine soy reports from nairobi. after hours of deliberations by the emergency committee of the world health organization over the status of the born in the democratic republic of congo members have decided it requires a vigorous international response there is concern about spreading them from mom to get away. there's so far no cases were infected in the city. these days a point means that there has been a recurrence o

financially we have to feel we have done good didn't quite a number of those people left supported in west africa i think it's time also on a portrait for africa to solve these issues my call it all our country i thank you so much gentlemen it's been really interesting hearing the context of which you are walking right now and trying to share the information about what is happening in the eastern part of d.l.c. particularly with the about a crisis as we've been live right now what if you've been finding from our online audience i will end with this tweet from howard who says hopefully lessons can be learned from experiences in liberia and sierra leone where local institutions including religious actors played essential roles in overcoming stigma and misinformation in communities that are tackling a boa and i will always see you online ad age eyestrain on twitter. and so on.

franc it was created by france in 1945 and is used by 14 african nations in 2 zones one in west africa including senegal ivory coast and the jets and 6 others in central africa including up on and chat the currency is pegged to the euro and has the financial backing of the french treasury and return france holds 50 percent of the foreign exchange reserves of member countries supporters say it provides economic stability but critics see it as a relic of french colonialism that restricts growth. i did press reports after the . capital. it's definite now leaders somewhat difficult nations using the c.f.a. front the 8 countries in the region under the west african monitoring union have decided to go ahead with the rollout of the proposed west africa single courtesy the aecl they said they are there for decided to go ahead with the process and any other country but wants to join or who are not decided to join can join later so in the next few months we will see the roll out of this currency in west africa that is going to be. legal tender in this region a question was for to president ouatt

there are topics that can both divide and bring west africans together football with the africa cup of nations. how to properly grow a chicken and money that's because 15 west african countries have agreed to create and share a single currency called the fine exterior. it's a great idea if we have the same currency we could be one big country like america big and strong and then we would all be treated as equals. already 8 of the 15 countries use the same currency the african franc or c.f.a. a legacy of french colonialism. france's central bank acts like a manager holding part of their treasury to guarantee financial stability. the 7 other nations often deal with inflation in currency volatility with each of them directing their own monetary policy. i want to see a graduate student trade says he has watched leaders say a common currency is the solution since 1903. but some are playing defensively others are being too aggressive in not thinking of the collective we need to place a team for this to work for everybody to win from it including cynical. while in nigeria is the continent's b

franc it was created by france in 1945 and is used by 14 african nations in 2 zones one in west africa including senegal ivory coast and jack. and 6 others in central africa including on and chat accounts he is back to the euro and has a financial backing of the french treasury in return france holds 50 percent of the fine exchange reserves of a country is supposed to say provides economic stability but critics say it's as a relic of french colonialism that restricts growth i meant address has more now from abidjan ivory coast's economic capital. it's definite now leaders of west african nations using the c.f.a. front the 8 countries in the region under the west african wanted to union have decided to go ahead with the rollout of the proposed west africa single currency the aecl this said there are they have decided to go ahead with a process and any other country but wants to join or who are not decided to join can join later so in the next few months we will see the roll out of this currency in west africa that is going to be. legal tender in this region our question was to president

was made in germany a german family company became the key supplier of traditional clothing in west africa. this is business africa and the. u.s. lawmakers have urged facebook to hold its cryptocurrency plants they want time to investigate the wrists poses to the global financial system regulators in europe also call for closer scrutiny meanwhile advocates say the facebook currency would be a boon for the millions of the so-called bank people across africa but concerns are also growing currency with the power that could develop could easily via rail weak currencies across the continent and denies central banks control over monetary policy. introducing libra a new global currency designed for the digital world facebook has promised finance for the future with its new crypto currency and i'm saying its arrival mark zuckerberg said leave would empower billions of people even those without bank accounts will be able to send money around the world with these what's more facebook says libra will be what's called a stable coin meaning it will have none of the volatility associated with bitcoin an

if you take me back to west africa which was the worst outbreak on record all right and that's the only one that gave these facts so if you can so each week that we would have done. so why it took a while as well why not indeed was the debate that's a question i think the. concerns raised. would provide evidence that this is a trial and we. need to provide. right so maybe we've touched upon something here now in my community have touched on something here and there is a realty page and a fight going on behind the scenes to watch what you know about this. yeah behind the scenes is. there is some kind of distrust now difficulty because people aren't used to it fools that is trained to say we really are you know about see it is a little of the cd it is confusing and from that the local communities here the folks how. this image anybody because this is happening in the 4 decades cold war seemed so many people from the waist coming and you know the knot is the wildest. sort of you know the con interested in the resources of lady gold so that a lot of all the folk also think that maybe that i

west africa country is rich in resources i recall general and mineral but the production is very very slow there will continue to import most of the products that are needed outside what the export actually is raw materials to the rest of the world for processing. zimbabwe is going to raise public sector pay for the 2nd time in 3 months after labor groups threatened mass protests inflation there is running highest 100 percent and the country is struggling with shortages of bread fuel and baths and our image has a has more from the capital harare. it's. traditional charles blunder and his wife glenda both take home $280.00 zimbabwean dollars a month after deductions that's roughly 30 u.s. dollars each combining both they salaries they agree to spend no more than $40.00 on groceries but when they get to the till they realize they've gone over budget things are just too expensive to make things worse some products they really need aren't available because of shortages things that takes. just taking issue as it comes. to this beautiful. truths the government is offering civil servants inc

one in west africa including senegal ivory coast mali and 13 a fossil and 6 others in central africa including japan and chad the currency is pegged to the euro and has the financial backing of the french treasury and return funds home 50 percent of the foreign exchange reserves of member countries are supporters of the same system say it provides economic stability but critics say it's a relic of french colonialism and that it restricts growth well let's get more on this leisure and buy a correspondent with address he is live in abidjan so how are people there feeling about this hour with especially given the challenges of launching a new currency by next year. well for many of the west african leaders there is enthusiasm but a lot of businesses are adopting a wait and see approach basically a lot of them are wondering about whether or not big economies like nigeria ivory coast and ghana will simply join without much hassle and of course they're also worried about what influence the french will try to continue to exert on a single currency are they going to push more west african le

is one of west africa's major caresses it's a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa negotiations for the single currency modeled after the euro has been underway for 30 years and the implementation of the act called west africa for single currency was delayed several times but a recent agreement of an african free trade area is seen by some as incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. while businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade not everyone agrees that all 15 inches of the economic bloc of course have the political will to see it through next year . i'll just. thank you very much there will be a new name on the cricket world cup trophy after sunday's final hosts england set up a date with new zealand that loads off to crushing rivals australia in the same key early wickets did the damage for england at age less than in birmingham australia captain aaron finch out for nought to just archer they were 14 for

a single currency for all of west africa is now closer than ever with it some of the challenges it's facing. more than 120 soldiers and rebel fighters have been killed in syria in the past 48 hours as government forces backed by russia continue their push into rebel held

there are topics that can both divide and bring west africans together football with the africa cup of nations. how to properly grow a chicken and money that's because 15 west african countries have agreed to create and share a single currency called the fine exterior. it's a great idea if we have the same currency we could be one big country like america big and strong and then we would all be treated as equals. already 8 of the 15 countries use the same currency the african franc or c.f.a. a legacy of french colonialism.

is one of west africa's major caresses it's a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa negotiations for the single currency modelled after the euro has been underway for 30 years the implementation of the act called west africa was the single currency was delayed several times but a recent agreement of an african free trade area is seen by some as an incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. while businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade but everyone is hopeful that all 15 members nations of the economic bloc of course have the political will to see through the next year. i'll just. well mediators from the african union say a political transition agreement between saddam's a military junta and the pro-democracy coalition's expected to be signed by saturday the agreement sets up a joint sovereign council which will rule for around 3 years while elections organized a draft deal was reached last week but the detail

share used to have open borders for people from all over west africa. the country belongs to the economic community of west african states or eco as a free trade zone in which some states even share a common currency now the e.u. is deal with is severely restricting cross border trade and free movement of workers. the consequences of which can be seen clearly in places like the capitals bus station. new book our use of hardly sells any tickets to the north anymore since there's been a change the migrants who used to come from other countries are no longer here so. they are living in hiding. we met a 19 year old senegalese who wanted to go to algeria to work he asked us not to film his face. my older brother was in libya then they sent him back when you return the money situation is where everything is very difficult. back so i have to go now he said don't go to libya trial period. when we met the man from senegal he told us he had been hiding in the shack together with the goat for a year because the government has tightened the migration of those the bu

is one of west africa's major caresses it's a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa negotiations for the single currency modelled after the euro has been underway for 30 years the implementation of the eco west africa was the single currency was delayed several times by the recent agreement of an african free trade area is seen by some as an incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. while businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade not everyone is hopeful that all 15 members nations of the economic bloc of course have the political will to see it through the next year or decrease al-jazeera. investigators in argentina are using drones then d.n.a. tests to find and identify the victims of the so-called dirty war of the 1970 s. about 30000 people disappeared when the military joined hunted down political dissidents traceable has a story from bias artists. truth and justice have been for decades the main objective

under the west african monetary union have decided to go ahead with the rollout of the proposed west africa single currency call this said they are they have decided to go ahead with a process and any other country but wants to drawing or not decided to join can join later so in the next 2 months we will see the roll out of this currency in west africa that is going to be. legal tender in this region of course to president ouattara the president of ivory coast and was president of this conference and it went on whether or not the new congress will be a park or the existing currency to which he answered. the exchange rate between the existing front c.f.a. and euro will remain the same with the echo comes on board today the exchange rate is $65.00 to the euro before the heads of state decide to join next year the rates will not be affected immediately we hope when echo is launched others will join us there welcome it will be nice to have 12 as the 50 now basically people in the region will be looking up too big a kind of a slight. nigeria ghana and others are still whether or not they will qu

to the program i'm in wrong it's the largest ever outbreak of ebola after the 2014 epidemic in west africa and the spread of the virus in the democratic republic of congo has reached a critical point the world health organization has now declared this latest flare up a public health emergency of international concern that rare move could boost global attention and encourage more aid almost one year into the crisis more than 2500 people have been infected in the region and at least 1600 have died the 1st confirmed case in the city of goma it's a major regional hub on the border with rwanda and that's raising concerns the virus may be spreading beyond the d.l.c. borders catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. after hours of deliberations by the margin see kmita of the world health organization over the status of the born in the democratic republic of congo members have decided it requires a vigorous international response there is concern about spread of them from mom to get away even there so far no cases were a newly infected in the city. these days and point remains that there has been a r

now pirates are a danger all along the coast of west africa as the number of attacks on ships continues to rise maritime security experts are in garland to work out ways to combat the problem other major problems are also need solving such as people trafficking hostage taking drug smuggling and illegal fishing al-jazeera has been on patrol with the navy and garner to see the extent of the problems. as the story . tucky chicago ship parks story one is more than a week late intended destination. he or she is resting in the calm waters of tema off the coast of god. everything looks alright from the outside but on board evidence of why the vessel didn't make it to ivory coast in time the ship was attacked by pirates in nigeria and waters and 10 of its crew taken away as hostages . the others to stay but was frightened. they told us. if you're. coming to here we are urgent ship and. all my friends are sort of the. similar incidents have been reported 70 times in the 1st 6 months of this in the international maritime bureau says the vast majority of the sailors kidnapped for ransom or taken o

is one of west africa's major caresses it's a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa negotiations for the single currency modelled after the euro has been underway for 30 years the implementation of the act called west africa was a single currency was delayed several times but a recent agreement of an african free trade area is seen by some as an incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. while businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade but everyone is hopeful that all 15 members nations of the economic bloc of course have the political will to see it through next year. al jazeera. still ahead on the al-jazeera news our oysters die and the shrimp are moving out we have wildlife mammals you know dolphins of pat you know dying. extreme weather in the u.s. chris is the mississippi river to record levels taking a heavy toll on wildlife and the german champions at a world cup later to their ranks for who will have the

separately the outbreak in west africa between 20142016 claimed the lives of more than 11000 people back in 2007 more than 180 people were killed 12 years earlier at least 250 died in a major outbreak. let's bring in our guest joining us in geneva she is the international medical secretary and doctors without borders in lancaster derek gatherer a very early just an elector at lancaster university and in beni the democratic republic of congo just plain he was a community organizer and member of a struggle for change and civil society organization welcome to the program to you all i'd like to begin with derrick gather in lancaster the w.h.o. the world health organization have called this a emergency that is of international concern it's a rare move by them but this is now been going on since 1976 and a lot of people have asked me and i'd like to ask you this question perhaps is a little naive but how come we haven't vaccinated this disease a way we've known about it for decades. a vaccine was developed in the 1990 s. it was a lot of concern at that time about the potential use of of a poor

to the program i'm in wrong it's the largest ever outbreak of ebola after the 2014 epidemic in west africa and the spread of the virus in the democratic republic of congo has reached a critical point the world health organization has now declared this latest flare up a public health emergency of international concern that rare move could boost global attention and encourage more aid almost one year into the crisis more than 2500 people have been infected in the region and at least 1600 have died the 1st confirmed case in the city of goma it's a major regional hub on the border with rwanda and that's raising concerns the virus may be spreading beyond the d.l.c. as borders catherine soy reports from nairobi. after hours of deliberations by the emergency committee of the world health organization over the status of the born in the democratic republic of congo members have decided it requires a vigorous international response there is concern about spread of them from mom to get away even there so far no cases were a newly infected in the city. these days and point remains that there has been

all of west africa. the challenge. and most declare across much of the middle east which of course continuing maine in there is a high numbers as we go through the next couple of days now what you can see is and as it's been pushing into northern western areas of turkey sudden friday we can see more of the way of showers but really it is carrying away from ankara really pushing across into georgia as you can see meanwhile in the eastern med a high of 30 in beirut and feeling quite nice for that on shore breeze and then a saturday similar sort of picture but probably more in the way of rain across georgia and spreading further east was towards the caspian sea $41.00 in tehran and we will $38.00 degrees celsius in kabul and then we had a calls the arabian peninsula no rain here but we have a little bit of cloud around we've got a warm days that you know friday in doha 45 degrees celsius 38 in abu dhabi and then at 5 on sunday should be a little bit cooler i say cool 42 is not cool but perhaps i should say feeling at a bi

is one of west africa's major choruses it's a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa. negotiations for the single currency modeled after the euro have been underway for 30 years but the implementation of the i call west africa single currency was delayed several times but a recent agreement of an african free trade area is seen by some as incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. while businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade not everyone agrees that all 50 but nations of the economic bloc of course have the political will to see through all next year. by degrees. mediators from the african union say a political transition agreement between sudan's military genter and a pro-democracy coalition is expected to be signed by saturday the agreement sets up a joint kills a little govern for about 3 years until elections are held. the u.n. security council is in colombia to oversee the implementation of the 26 peace

there are topics that can both divide and bring west africans together football with the africa cup of nations. how to properly grow a chicken and money that's because 15 west african countries have agreed to create and share a single currency called the fine exterior. it's a great idea if we have the same currency we could be one big country like america big and strong and then we would all be treated as equals. already 8 of the 15 countries use the same currency the african franc or c.f.a. a legacy of french colonialism. france's central bank acts like a manager holding part of their treasury to guarantee financial stability. the 7 other nations often deal with inflation in currency volatility with each of them directing their own monetary policy. graduate student trade says he has watched leaders say a common currency is the solution since 1903. but some are playing defensively others are being too aggressive in not thinking of the collective we need to place a team for this to work for everybody to win from it including cynical. while nigeria is the continent's biggest economy sene

pirates are a danger all along the coast of west africa and as the number of attacks on ships continues to rise maritime security experts i'm gonna have to work out ways to combat the problem other major problems also need solving such as people trafficking hostage taking drug smuggling and illegal fishing others has been on patrol with the navy i'm gonna have to see the extent of the problem there just as the story. talk is chicago's ship parks or you one is more than a week late its intended destination. he or she is resting in the calm waters of tema off the coast of god. everything looks alright from the outside but onboard evidence of why the vessel didn't make it to ivory coast and tying the ship was attacked by pirates in nigerian waters and 10 of its crew were taken away as hostages. the others well allowed to stay but was frightened. they told us. if you. don't come in to here we are. shipped. all my friends we are sort of the. similar incidents have been reported 78 times in the 1st 6 months of this yr. the international maritime bureau says the vast majority of the sailors ki

disqualified as a presidential candidate if convicted pirates are a danger all along the coast of west africa as the number of attacks on ships continues to rise maritime security experts are meeting in ghana to work out ways to combat the problem other major problems they're discussing a people trafficking hostage taking drug smuggling and illegal fishing i just it has been on patrol with the navy in ghana to see the extent of the problems as that . turkish ship parks or one is more than a week late to its intended destination. yes she is resting in the calm waters of tema off the coast of god. everything looks alright from the outside but on board. evidence of why the vessel didn't make it to ivory coast in time the ship was attacked by pirates in nigerian waters and 10 of its crew taken away as hostages the others were allowed to stay but was frightened they told us. if you're. coming to hear we are the ship. all my friends we are sat in the. similar incidents have been reported $78.00 times in the 1st 6 months of this year. the international maritime bureau says the vast majority of the s

from west africa to the gulf of mexico. 22 metric tons.hat's equivalent to 12 double-decker buses. in small doses, it provides a lab at the for marine life. but when it accumulates on the shorelines, that's when it's a mess and hard to clean up. what's causing the problem? there's two different inputs. there's upwelling or an overturn of ocean that's happening. but the human track, is back to the amazon river. there's deforestation, and the fertilizers. the runoff from the heavy rainfall, moving into the amazon river. that goes into the ocean. that's providing a nutrient tree point. that's the algae bloom and the explode. it only takes an action in the wind currents or the popular beaches. >> they rely on tourism. and some of the people in miami are worried about their property values at this point. >> it's in their best interest to clean this up and solve this problem. >>> the day's top stories are just ahead. >> we'll be back and continue to monitor what's happening in hong kong. we'll be back. termites. we're on the move. hey rick, all

affiliate or rather the book on faction affiliated to i still in especially west africa called the i swap so we've seen how they have resorted to taking hostages in the past 3 months or so so this is not a new tactic by the way but of course it's another means to apply pressure on the nigerian government and its view services and after bad more details are emerging about the aid workers who were kidnapped on the border in the north east of the country. exactly. the abduction took place just over a week ago and there was a video released yesterday about their captors in especially the islamic state in west africa province in which one of the aid workers was calling on her organization and the nigerian government to rescue them and to free them. a spokesman of the nigerian president in a tweet yesterday said negotiations have been calling on contacts have been made to free these hostages as well as many others who are in book quote unquote. which of course we've seen. another tactic by. over the past 30 or 4 years we know there have been some exchanges between the nigerian government a

pirates are a danger all along the coast of west africa as the number of attacks on ships continues to rise maritime security experts are meeting in ghana to work out ways to tackle the problem they're also discussing how to tackle people trafficking drug smuggling and illegal fishing i just it's been on patrol with the navy in ghana to see the extent of the problems. as the story. talking back sorry one is more than a week later its intended destination. here she is resting in the calm waters of. off the coast of god. everything looks alright from the outside but on board. evidence of why the vessel didn't make it to ivory coast in time. the ship was attacked by pirates in nigeria and waters and 10 of its crew were taken away as hostages the others were locked to stay but was frightened. they told us if you're. coming to here we are. shipped. all my friends we are sort of the. similar incidents have been reported $7.00 to $8.00 times in the 1st 6 months of this year. the international maritime bureau says the vast majority of the sailors kidnapped for ransom watch he can off the cost

they were ranked amongst africa's six west teams just two years ago.ongo could not lay a glove on tunisia. in truth, the tunisians were a class apart. they have got better and better as the tournament has gone on. this was their first win in 90 minutes, thanks to a counter—attack. for the first time since winning the title itself into thousand and four, they are into the semifinals. they will meet senegal on sunday. later that day, algeria will take on nigeria after the north africans squeezed past ivory coast on penalties after the game ended 1—1. the four guys in the shootout for the 2015 champions. it means it is west africa against north africa twice on sunday. it should be some day. we deserved to win this game so we keep our concentration until the end. you have to keep focus until the end to win. because if you lose concentration you miss opportunities and you are out, you are not qualifying. to golf, and there's a four way tussle at the top of the leaderboard heading into the second round of the scottish open in north berwick. matt kuchar is on

that was hit in an airstrike late on tuesday night about 150 main refugees and migrants many from west africa. we. want you. to. know what we all. like. what. the u.n. recognize government in tripoli is blaming rival forces for the attack saying it was deliberate. the situation in libya has become increasingly volatile since april when forces loyal to wall old khalifa haftar launched an offensive to control the capital hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands displaced in the fighting. forces most of whom are part of the self declared libyan national army have carried out several air raids on tripoli in recent days after losing the town of cardiac nearby ellen a head the area before the area has. probably some targets that are of interest. but this is a very. densely populated area. the violence has worsened the suffering in migrant attention centers some close to the front lines which housed those pushed back by the european funded libyan coast guard the un's described the conditions in the centers as appalling with little food and water repeatedly calling for them to be clo

between different regions as well southern africa is best served with 50 percent internet coverage west africa has 39 percent east africans have 27 percent in central africa has only 12 percent. were construction in sub-saharan africa is frequently a sluggish affair high levels of poverty is a cause in some countries but bad decision making also compounds the problems the sectors international association the g.s. m.a. says there's often a lack of network construction right where it's most urgently needed in cities for instance. he joins us now from london paints a fairly rosy picture of sub-saharan africa's growth potential when i look at the numbers are way behind the rest of the world. here thanks for having me ben yes we have seen the last. great improperly in the region and justly it lags the global average growth rate it's coming from in the east mainly because the region has a large proportion of condition in rural areas and many of these people are still very much. not covered by mobile networks you also have the issue of what it believed to be for the poorest people you know in the po

did not declare international public health emergency early enough in the 2014 west africa crisis i heard a very senior w.h.o. official on the radio just one or 2 days ago say that one reason they didn't declare it was because the government of the democratic republic of congo was against it and that was similar in guinea and syrah leone and liberia last time around and in incorporating those kinds of political considerations and not wanting to offend the government is was one of the huge mistakes of the 2014 crisis and it's really devastating to hear that the very same mistake is being repeated in the current crisis what sort of lessons mr bambery can be applied from the 2014 outbreak to what's happening today. the most important lesson is to act early in integrated fashion by integrated i mean across the u.n. system not just w.h.o. doing its thing in unicef doing its thing and some n.g.o.s doing their thing but you need an integration of the entire international and national response and that needs to be done at an early stage and you need very strong political leadership and crisis lea

because to west africa is the most notorious in the world for piracy and kidnapping and as a number of attacks on ships continues to rise in the gulf of guinea my time experts are meeting in ghana for a security conference but our correspondent on that address went on patrol with again a navy to understand the extent of the problem. talking back sorry one is more than a week later it's intended destination. yes yes resting in the calm waters of tema off the coast of god. everything looks alright from the outside but onboard evidence of why the vessel didn't make it to ivory coast in time. the ship was attacked by pirates in nigeria waters and 10 of its crew taken away as hostages. the others were luck to stay but was frightened. they told us. if you're. coming to here we are the ship. all my friends are sort of the. similar incidents have been reported $78.00 times in the 1st 6 months of this year. the international maritime bureau says the vast majority of the sailors kidnapped for ransom or taken off the cost of been in. guinea nigeria and tokyo while attacks by pirates have substant

a driver was killed be attack by a group which calls itself islamic state west africa province local residents say the aid workers and the capt as well later seen passing through the village of gets her thing. thousands of south african miners who are suffering from potentially deadly diseases have reached a historic legal settlements worth $350000000.00 in a class action lawsuit mine workers sued 10 major companies for compensation many have been afflicted by lung disease or other illnesses as a result of a work 6 of the company's accepted a deal which has now been approved by court in johannesburg up to 100000 miners all their dependents could benefit which is spurs a human rights lawyer who's been working on the case for many years he says the court's decision is a landmark in the history of minus rights in south africa well the president was sitting few years ago in the constitutional court for the 1st time affirmed the right of mineworkers suffering from occupational lung diseases to take civil actions to institute proceedings against employers before then there was no such righ

pirates have substantially decreased in some regions of the world they seem to be on the increase in west africamaking the gulf of guinea there was to bury in the world impacted by piracy fishing boats are sometimes targeted but most of the attacks so i carried out an oil and gas tankers experts say that the regional neighbors and coast guards need to coordinate better if they want to control the situation. we set out on patrol with a gun and maybe the gulf of guinea is the most dangerous streets of maritime territory in the world for attacks at sea but garner has seen a decrease in piracy incidents in its waters and that's been put down to sustained operations by its navy and not. make time ships. be fair to we in the what tests of our countries and then when they are called upon to do better than this nations they go there are ships that are attacked by pirates when the are released. defense food that can and what does the citizen and saw that would be the fairest there is no point of calling. the gymnast a war is one of several gunships ghana has on patrol every hour of the day and sometimes

a neighbor chiefs across west africa are calling for more funding to fight rising cases of piracy in the region they've been meeting in ghana's capital acra for a maritime defense conference delegates are looking for solutions to fight piracy in the gulf of guinea they're also debating issues that include human and drug trafficking and illegal fishing representatives from 10 west african states are taking part u.s. chinese french and portuguese delegates are also there and the season around west africa remain the world's most dangerous for piracy more than 80 percent of kidnappings between january and june took place in the gulf of guinea nicolas sarkozy is on board an american ship that's visiting the gulf of guinea. we're boarding the u.s. navy ship to carson city here harbored in ghana it's on a tour of duty in the gulf of guinea after the car jan it's now headed to the coast of nigeria the most dangerous waters on the world there are more pirates attacks there than anywhere else and so commander tyron bruce is getting its crew ready. with their radar system in our lookouts we hav

during the last major outbreak of ebola in 2014 more than 11000 people in west africa lost their lives since then canadian researchers have developed an experimental vaccine that protects against a transmission of the disease after about 10 days it's already been used successfully but is not yet officially licensed. to south africa where the city of cape town is renowned for its dramatic setting and agreeable climate it's one of africa's biggest tourist destinations so people are often shocked to hear that the army is now patrolling the streets of a part of the city the soldiers have been called in to bring order to a district called cape flats where almost a 1000 people have been murdered in gang violence over recent years the dublin correspondent create reports from cape town. i was thinking marching for peace recent years the dublin correspondent adrien creek reports from cape town. i was thinking of marching for peace right in the cape town township of man. in charge. karim adams these daily demonstrations have become a disappointing ritual he's lived here for almost 50 years and s

where people spoke many different languages one of the be do people from the yemen people from west africa and the caribbean and it was really quite excited about course it comes on without me when i was that way whether that be through even just for the media and i honestly like the way they demonize immigrants every day that of course will have its toll not just myself on my family the way they demonize muslims and whatnot so that was a constant pressure because then people reflect when we go outside and i found what i have basically like especially when there is a lot more difficult for women because women visually look different so when my mother says aware of that scarf and they're out and about there is an easy target for them so women always have a saudi they have a lot more tougher than men now how are all these experiences added any value to you as the politician right now. yeah definitely grounded me this is a form of my politics all my struggles all my everything has made me who i am today and of course i reflect on now a lot of times and yes the morals and values of coming from

it a national issue for the thank you very much india is seeking to strengthen trade ties with west africa president. on a week long visit to gambia and guinea. it's his counterpart to sign you are steele's says they'll make india biggest trading partner in the year agreed to extend $100000000.00 line of credit to binion's and james. anybody of hope faded as donald trump took to twitter today top american and chinese trade officials are trying to resolve a year long conflict analysts don't see a quick fix to the u.s. leaders see action on the horizon warning china not to wait to do a trade deal my team is negotiating with them now they always change the deal in the end to their benefit. after months of deadlock the u.s. delegation has arrived in china's financial capital shanghai trade representative robert lighthouses are and treasury secretary steven nugent are due to spend the next 2 days around a table with chinese vice premier li or her trying to find a deal the 2 sides however are as far apart as ever the u.s. is pushing for an end to unfair practices as donald trump likes to describ

is one of west africa's major caresses it's a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa negotiations for the single currency modeled after the euro has been underway for 30 years the implementation of the eco .