west africa correspondent. this is the case. rape sexual slavery some of the most brutal acts of crimes and crimes against humanity these are just some of the charges brought forward against. being tried today at the i.c.c. in the hague now the man himself an alleged member on 13 an extremist group true. the motley fool trying to tell you all until early twenty's 13 this man that the charges are serious enough to be even dealt with at a global 4 witnesses hava say that the man wasn't only a member of uncertainty but i defied the chief of the police that enforce a system of the very strict sharia law now he is not the through suspect to be tried at the school a former rebel and a former member. has been sentenced to 9 years in prison in 2016 but this trial may take a bit longer for very pragmatic reasons due to the global pandemic which is this call trouble from mali to the hague and the entire case may only be a short note here in west africa let alone in mali a country which is currently in the midst of its warm oil and violenc

over many years, there have been wildly varying estimates of how many people were carried out of west africa, really from senegambia down to the coast to southern angola, then eventually, later on, into south and east africa. how many people were carried to the new world? well, it turns out that we know quite a bit about the slave trade because the slave trade was a big business and we have an abundance of business records. those business records, and indeed practically every kind of conceivable record, has now been mined and put together in something called the transatlantic slave trade database, and i would recommend it to all of you. this is a really magnificent scholarly achievement. we now have records of something more than 33,000 slaving voyages, most of which began in europe, some of which began in the united states, some of which began in brazil, but which resulted in this massive movement of humanity across the atlantic. if you want, by the way, that url is slavevoyages.org or go to any particular search engine and type in "slave voyages." you'll go there. this is a website that is

head of the islamic police in timbuktu in west africa.rosecutors allege he was responsible for torture, rape and sexual slavery. it is claimed that he was a key member of ansar deep, with links to al qaeda which ruled timbuktu from april 2012 and january 2013. our west africa correspondent sent us this assessment of the case. reporter: torture, , rape, sexul slavery. some of the most brutal acts off war crimes a and crimes against humanity. these are just some of the charges wrought forward against him who is being tried it today at the icc. now the man himself, an alleged member of an extremist group from 2012 until early 2013, this man says the charges are not serious enough to be dealt with at a global court. witnesses say the man was not only a member, but a defective chief of the islamic police that enforced a system of fear under the very strict law. he is not thehe first suspect to be tried at this court. a former member has been sentenced to nine years in prison in 201616. this trial may take longer for pragmatic reasons. due to t

also coming up is nowhere safe from piracy commercial shipping now finds itself under threat of west africa and the pirates are unafraid to use violence we'll talk to an expert. and what happens when you can't even pretend to get up close and personal or find out more about the film business in the time of growth of others. come to do business i'm going to go to have you with us 27 different people with different needs into a room to talk about money and then come up with a deal that works for all of them that's tricky but after 4 days of intense marathon talks those $27.00 e.u. leaders managed to broker a compromise they agreed to an unprecedented $1.00 trillion euro aid and a budget deal it's aimed at helping the hardest hit bloc members recover from the coronavirus pandemic the package includes a 750000000000 euro rescue fund to be sent as loans and grants as well as a 7 year one trillion euro e.u. budget news of the deal so the euro rise to a fresh 4 months high. now for more let's bring in chelsea delaney from the frankfurt stock exchange jessie 4 days of hard running or was it worth i

and the entire case may only be a short note here in west africa let alone in mali a country which is currently in the midst of its warm oil and violence against the government there mass protests now for weeks demanding the resignation of president the man who's been in office since 2013 but so far wasn't able to effectively contain the violence in the country and bring terrorism and interethnic violence to a halt. the governor of california has ordered thousands of businesses to shut down after briefly reopening includes restaurants bars and places of worship across america's most populous states the decision comes after news reports of covert $900.00 cases across a number of u.s. states last metropolitan areas in california including los angeles and san francisco are among those affected. back to square one california shuts down most of its public life for the 2nd time back in march it was the 1st u.s. state to impose a strict stay at home order even closing down its beaches parks and campsites but now that more is known about how the virus is transmitted the state has shifted its

to the hague and the entire case may only be to a short note here in west africa let alone in mali a country which is currently in the midst of its war moral and violent people against the government there mass protests now for weeks demanding the resignation of president the man who's been in office since 2013 but so far wasn't able to effectively contain the violence in the country and bring terrorism and interethnic violence to hold. the youth banding equipment from chinese. the british government justified the move citing security called it's a major about face by prime minister boris johnson who said in january that cloues equipment could be used on the network on a limited basis the move is also a big win for the administration. speeding up bridges broadband is a work in progress that prime minister barak johnson wants to boost the network while facing u.s. pressure to dish while away tensions between britain and china have escalated over beijing's crackdown in hong kong washington says china could use 5 g. for espionage. so it came as a surprise when digital secretary oliver d

german south west africa was the one colony where germans really settled but in doing so they forced the indigents for control of scarce resources in this mostly arid territory the germans killed more than 80000 herrero and namor people in fact it estimated the 75 percent of the herero were wiped out and victims skulls taken away in a failed search for proof that white europeans was a period. we say we are free to put the years might have passed but the heroes and nam has still won justice i made lengthy talks between the german and namibian governments. apology. and every politician. points 3 points which were demanding from the german government because we can relate if somebody did apologize i think is that the. negotiations between the 2 governments. but. of the enormous in the excluded from these. negotiations this makes things difficult germany has ruled out paying compensation offering to fund development projects instead. there's a great deal of germany's past that's well and publicly documented here and that includes the horrors of it and that in history this for example is

used to talking about some of the toughest areas, and you've schooled me on how to do business in west africa, for instance, or southern africa i was shocked to see how much gold there is in the carla mine in nevada. this is a gigantic field where's it been all our lives? >> well, you know, it is a -- it's the largest gold province in the world today really taking over from where south africa left off quite a few years ago now. and this merger of barrick and newmont has unlocked the gold belt by taking down the fences and putting the real all bodies together and it's been an amazing experience it's just been fantastic, i must tell you then, of course, the gold price has gone up, which always makes gold mining more enjoyable. >> how about copper? we have a big surge in copper. you have a ton of copper there >> yes the copper side of barrick did well this quarter as you would have seen in the preliminary results. despite their low, copper price for most of the quarter, the team did exlemt, both in africa and in in south america. in particular, africa and middle east copper operations did except

william lawrence for us diplomat in west africa will welcome to you all thought him if we can start with you 1st the president is being accused of failing to deal with the economy out of failing to deal with the armed groups in the north he's dissolved the constitutional court is that going to be enough to appease the protesters. that we have and that. they could you bend with us i think that you. know they say that it is a bit difficult i. 2012 might have been going to i love it come up for political instability. issues that always an issue but it's been a lot to handle has a president and looking had so what happened in the north and trying to also sell what is happening. in bamako it's not easy for any any government and looking at right now in 2020 and about the house bill with 45 feet which camelot with the economy called economy crisis and i think that makes the population maybe i'm happy because i can bring a lot of issues already angry about how the present inhabiting the security issue has been not in muddy and how much i say about how the president is handling the political sit

walmart's ark mahmoud's head of the islamic police in the mallee and city of timbuktu in west africa prosecutors allege he was responsible for torture rape and sexual slavery but his defense lawyers say he's unfit for trial you to post-traumatic stress disorder. pandemic safety measures meant al-hassan followed proceedings from behind plexiglass because the international criminal court in the hague charges him with crimes against humanity and with serious war crimes one. in the period between april 28th and january 2030 in or when members of the dean organization forced the people of mali to follow its ideology and committed serious engineman crimes in doing so. as chief of regional police al-hassan is said to terrorize the people of northern mali his atrocities are alleged to have been directed particularly at women torture rape sexual and sleeve meant forced marriage . other accusations include the enforcement without due process of punishments like the public severance of hands or stoning he is also said to have taken part in attacks on historic monuments and religious buildings i

to west africa now where government opponents in mali are stepping up pressure for a change and and to jihadist violence mass protests have seen tens of thousands take to the streets in recent weeks the demonstrators are calling for president ibrahim boubacar to resign violence waged by islamic extremists and ethnic conflict and forced many people to flee their homes more protests are scheduled in the capital bamako by campaigners frustrated by mali struggling economy the slow pace of political reform and widespread corruption. these people have fled a conflict that is tearing apart somalis countryside setting herdsman and farmers against each other a question of survival and prejudice this camp has become home to fuller herdsman mostly muslims they came with what cattle they could rescue the families of victims of tit for tat attacks between their people and the doggone farmers hundreds have been killed on both sides and the hatred runs deep. there was a dispute before the people sorted out but now the evil in our midst has reached the village children of their own parents can no long

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there is still a substantial part of islamic heritage and history that can be found right here in west africa in the ancient city of timbuktu were fewer trying to preserve and protect. this important chapter of both islamic and african history. while all her son's religious police burd 4000 agent manuscripts dating through the 13th century the people of timbuktu many of them women here that are smuggled out over 300000 of these historical manuscripts in a bid to protect the city's history and to defy those who take it over nicholas hall al-jazeera. well still ahead here on al-jazeera. no longer on the same wavelength try the u.k. is a long relationship with the chinese tech giant huawei may soon be over. and we look at steps being taken to protect precious socialize and jail ahead of a court appearance on the sex trafficking charge. but. we've got the weather turning a little more mobile across northern parts of europe more clouds some pieces of sherry right sliding in from the atlantic will be a little breezy as well but come down it's essential it was a certain across the southeast still pl

. >> thank you it is about putting together two strong producers in west africa.ndeavor mining is now the largest gold producer in africa and we believe there is more to come in this region, which is probably one of the most interesting in terms of gold discovery. this will bring the combined group to around million ounce production market cap will be around 4 billion canadian it is attractive as we continue to grow. >> coming into the crisis, there was still appetite for gold. a lot of defenses were inclined to more as et. looking at that gold price around 1,700 what does that trade mean for your organization? >> we are coming back from a period where gold price was around 1,800 and then down to 1,000. the good producers have been operating in the environment and an opportunity to build for the mines. it has been the right time for us getting a strong gold price we are now generating strong rule in the three quarters where we generate 3 million of cash in terms of good assets in terms of cash flow. >> you know a lot about m&a sector what do you think lies ahead f

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the center was opened in 2016 around 2000 scientists mostly from nigeria and west africa have passed through its doors professor happy trains them as top researchers in biochemistry and genomics his aim to catapult a young african scientist to the top of scientific research he wants to develop affordable solutions for tackling infectious diseases in africa and in the rest of the world with under 30 years in the go forward it was a very trying to use the words you know this is an easy on the stand that the guy moved very quickly and that's the focus of happy's team has already set down another marker in the battle against the coronavirus they've devised a fast track test the cost less than $3.00 euros by the end of the year the lab will have moved to a larger building it's set to become the biggest genomic research center in africa and with an ongoing pandemic the world is counting on us. sports now. and the 1st player to opt out of the upcoming n.f.l. season because of coronavirus is from the cancer city chiefs. who plays right guard is also a doctor the canadian made the announcemen

the 20th century it oversaw the killing of tens of thousands of ethnic people in namibia in south west africa talks about how germany can atone for its actions have been going on for years and last month namibia's president suggested there might soon be out apology but berlin says the issue is complicated. german southwest africa was the one colony where germans really settled but in doing so they forced the indigents for control of scarce resources in this mostly arid territory the germans killed more than 80000 herrero and namor people in fact it's estimated 75 percent of the herero were wiped out and victims skulls taken away in a failed search for proof that white europeans was a period. in the image and we say we are free to put the years might have passed but the heroes and nam has still won justice i made lengthy talks between the german and namibian government. apology we got permission any politician these are our main points 3 points we are demanding from the german government because we cannot do recalls really if somebody did apologise or think is that the. negotiations between th

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s harshest critics of the disastrous handling of the ebola outbreak in west africa. i cochaired an international panel that recommended major changes at w.h.o. did w.h.o. change? in some ways, yes. otherwise, no. the response the response to covid-19 has been better. perfect. after china in front w.h.o., th ey alerted quickly and alerted the world. because ambassadors have talked about what they have done well, let me focus for a minute on what they have done poorly. to me, the single biggest failure of w.h.o. in this outbreak has been the excessive praise of the chinese government. the chinese government's response is not worthy of praise. they clearly hid the virus and silence to doctors and scientists are weeks, if not months. they delayed notifying the world. china is a major world power and we should expect better. so, i was disappointed to see w.h.o.'s lavish praise for china. disappointed but not surprised, because w.h.o. is a membership organization. as such, it has had a long tradition of showering praise on governments, even when those governments are behav

then to west africa, and a soldier from the yorkshire regiment who's been there since last year.lights have been put on hold, so i'm afraid my wife has been slightly abandoned with our two young children. and she works for the nhs? she's training nurses and other health care professionals. finally, to a member of the queen's colour squadron of the raf, who has rather an unusual sideline. so i'm the pilot for the jamaican bobsleigh team. gosh! the queen laughs sounds a very dangerous job. it can be quite dangerous. so how do you train? i've been pushing a car up and down the street. i've had to make... the queen laughs. they all laugh. well, i suppose that's one way to train! that's definitely one way to train, ma'am. well, i'm very glad to have been able to meet all of you, and the best of luck. nicholas witchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. grey has definitely been the order of the day for wednesday. the uk stuck under a coherent blanket of cloud. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere in general, making things misty and murky too, pa

then to west africa, and a soldier from the yorkshire regiment who's been there since last year.has meant that the rest and recuperation flights have been put on hold, so i'm afraid my wife has been slightly abandoned with our two young children. and she works for the nhs? she's training nurses and other health care professionals. finally to a member of the queen's colour squadron of the raf, who has rather an unusual sideline. so i'm the pilot for the jamaican bobsleigh team. gosh! the queen laughs. sounds a very dangerous job. it can be quite dangerous. so how do you train? i've been pushing a car up and down the street. i've had to make... the queen laughs. they all laugh. well, i suppose that's one way to train! that's definitely one way to train, ma'am. well, i'm very glad to have been able to meet all of you, and the best of luck. nicholas witchell, bbc news. welcome to bbc news. let's cross now to the white house where president trump is holding a press conference. president trump just announced that he signed into the hong kong act and would now be treating hong kong as p

after the 2014 west africa ebola crisis, that w.h.o. health emergencies program was created and it had some success on the ground responded to complex emergencies like it has not met the goal, the global challenge of covid-19. 14 years after sars, china failed again to provide accurate, timely and complete information to w.h.o. about its covid-19 outbreak and, in fact, withheld information that could've helped countries take actions earlier to protect public health. w.h.o. did not call out the chinese government which we believe exacerbated the pandemic. early statement from w.h.o. leadership praised the chinese government while criticizing others. when missteps of china and w.h.o. became apparent, our team compiled information to identify gaps in w.h.o. outbreak response toolkit to this led to discusss with partner countries about reform of w.h.o. for example, the director general must demand compliance with ihr obligations. the director general and w.h.o.'s health emergency program must be insulated from maligned political pressure. i

long strange spot on the map one of the few preserved primary forests in west africa. it's only 40 kilometers south from the one day before us but unlike the guam debate it hasn't been destroyed by cocoa from yet. however plunder stone farmers are settling in the reserve and start to grow cocoa some of them are even reported to carry weapons a local n.g.o.s fighting against this traffic our forest our future is doing the job of the police they check on the trucks getting out of the fathers what it is. i mean yeah one other thing on this leave it. with. the beef. up with depth and. the. 3 little. thing. they bought out of a tree there's an. alternating weight. and the basic thing for long. months ready ready. we also wanted to know what was going on where cocoa is grown legally since 2012 the ivorian government has implemented a program to fight against child labor they say they invest $5000000.00 euros a year the of verities create a national surveillance network in which local n.g.o.s play an active and probably the most effective part on the field. and so money works

we are about 10 kilometers from liberia this is one of the last protected forests in west africa the ground to be a forest. or what's. left of the. trees stand out like big white skeletons they have been killed to give ground to cocoa old but green underneath the white wood is cocoa. illegal plantation this forest is protected no one can claim property on apostle let alone grow anything on it. in theory access has to be granted by the water and forests department so therefore is the state agency in charge of the protection of forest reserve but the law doesn't apply here. after a 4 hour ride on trucks we reach an ortho launched settlement. this is a lawless. callender stun farmers to cold of a forest that doesn't belong to them we better not say wood journalists in the heart of the forest everyone is suspicious and ivorian angio member 'd is leading. the field. around 40 people live on this camp in hunts men and children only they drink the water from the river and eat the anonymous and custom of they grow in the forest. they pick the cocoa pods and cut them open with a machete back

going to turn our attention now to west africa where west african leaders have called for a new in unity government in mali to get the country out of its political crisis opposition leaders though reject the proposal and insist that president abraham keita must resign well the regional bloc a known as eko us has proposed a 4 point plan to resolve mollies political crisis newly appointed ministers are to implement it within 10 days president abraham backer tito was 1st elected in 2013 but is slumping economy and allegations of corruption have triggered mass protests the un the security council has warned that the political crisis could derail efforts to battle islamised militants who have destabilized the country's northern and central regions. these images bring back painful memories taken on the day their son 1st son died. he had washed himself before prayers he was on his way to the grand mosque when he was hit by the bullets and he died on the spot no one can do anything against the will of god. on friday morning as he was about to leave the house i told him he should stay here becaus

> ships loaded with goods would sail from here down to west africa.uld then be exchanged for slaves, human cargo would go across the atlantic to the caribbean. there, they would bexchanged for cotton and sugar and tobacco , that would then sl back to the united kingdom. a triangular trade from great wealth and it is that wealth that help build citke bristol. >> the legacy of slavery and the ships that sailefrom here. this is true for all british west indians. uhe grewp to be the deputy mayor. >> i need to passn dis legacy to my own children. th are also kind of on me, like we need to kno where we come from so that when ty are ready to have children, they can pass on their legacy. >> now the end of their journey is near. what will they find in the land they regard as el dado? >> n were being encouraged to help create another. asked to rebuild britain, michael was a schoolboy, a little too old to be carrie' over england'threshold when he arrived in 1960, one of the wind rushed generation to be like thisld chi, he was barely out of short pants. >> i was

i helpedead the ebola response in 2014 in west africa, getting testing times down from eight or nines to four hours made all the fference in beating back ebola. we put a plan out there months ago to get america from about 6-700,000 tests a week, up to 30 and we today announced a new approach that will help us actually get to 30 million tests a weekwhich is what we think america desperately needs to avoid and to avert aatastrophe that's even worse than what we're experiencing now this. fa >> reporter: but we are now six months in. again, what? why don't we have this kind of plan? what's stood in the way? coordination at all levels ofand government, and it takes industry working together with the public sector, and because we hav't seen that happening as much as we would like, thefo rockefelledation pulled together industry groups, scientists, investors and public health authorities at all levels of government. we worin more than 30 cities around the country. and what we found is basically people nd protocols for how to use testing much more aggressively, especially foras ptomic testin

alex crawford meets the oil thieves of west africa devastating the environment.an: we're doing it because we have no jobs. stuart: from central a america, the deported american gangs and

that instability could spread to the region with protest movements spreading to the capitals of west africaause there are four presidential elections this year. among those campaigning our heads of state also accused of corruption. keita came to power with the peoplemali first but argue he has left millions in poverty and put his family first. >> if we can resolve this problem, mali will find peace. reporter: protest leaders say they will return to the streets after the eid celebrations. they believe stability in the region is at stake. the protest movement and the government will have to make compromises. havera: dozens of suspects appeared in a south african court accused of killing five people during an attack on a church. more than 200 members of the church just west of johannesburg were held hostage for several hours. the standoff may have been motivated by a feud between church members. the court hearing had been delayed because of the pandemic. now, there are new reports of violence against protesters in baghdad. the city has posted on social -- sums adjusting right police are using

we ourselves, america led the effort in west africa to fight back against the ebola crisis and won.we know how to do this. but it starts th having a data driven, evidence based report approach. and that requires testing. that requires tracing, and that requires behavior chan and it has to be top-down and the federal government has an opportunity.d everyone shove that kind of access to testing so they can go dtheir essential work. and the vernment coue that possible by putting resources into advanced purchase contracts or using the defense production act to make tens ofll ns of additional test kits available, especially these new low cost rapid tests that get yoa result in 15, 20 minutes. so with thatort of mindset of we're all in it together. we'll work together, left and right. public a private. that's what it's going to take to win this fight. heard often over the last six months: we're all in it together. that is drrajiv shah of the rockefeller foundation and author john barry. than so much to you both. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. ze>> woodruff: here to anahe politi