i remember taking the minister guardense of zambia to to -- stuttgart. zambia after that, offered to host our biggest endeavor inside of africa. that happened in just three years. you wouldn't think it, but pepfar was at the heart of that strategic change in diverse areas. it's remarkable. you have spoken before about the role that pepfar has played in efforts as diplomacy a masseter. can you help us to better understand the ways that you can public diplomacy? related to that, one thinks about the improved public perception of the united states that we heard about earlier. do you think that some of these public diplomacy efforts helped to drive that influence of pepfar? amb. storella: public diplomacy involves having a good product to sell and it involves reaching the audience to sell it to. is a good pepfar piece of that. after being in zambia for a while, one of the things that i saw was the political leaders were important and tribal leaders were really important. we didn't have that much access to tribal leaders. one that there was referred to was vo

plants and fruits but the species is under threat that hunted in coal go on the forest habitat in zambia is freaking the migration is a spectacular event even school classes i invited to watch them congregating the idea is to teach the children how important it is to protect this creatures let's take a look. when the quarterback descend on a funk on national paths it's a sight to behold the bats come from the democratic republic of congo other colonies in zambia i come here because at this time of year the fruits. and my me that feeding on the soup fruits and. other other fruits that i just have in the villages such as mangoes and. bananas and any fruit but can find really. much of it it's amazing. i mean it's funny when at the start of the bet season when the bats first started arriving we decided to come down and just have a look to see how many there were and even just coming down right at the start when there are only maybe ten thousand or twenty thousand we were blown away the bad side arrival marks the beginning of high season for park manager deion's caught every year because some

in zambia i come here because at this time of year the fruits of. my meat at feeding. fruits and. other other folks that i just have in the villages such as mangoes and. the monitors and any fruit i can find really. every time i see it it's amazing. i mean it's funny when at the start of the bad season when the bats first started arriving we decided to come down and just have a look to see how many there were and even just coming down right at the start when there are only ninety ten thousand or twenty thousand. the bad side arrival marks the beginning of high season for package manager deion's caught every year because some cop plays host to the wilds biggest moment migration. no one knows exactly why the food that grows here draws in some ten million of the animals many of which flag great distances. but throughout africa. is and the threat the main challenges for the bats are loss of habitat. by roost in forests and through this part of africa in rainforests moment that force itself is very small suddenly about one kilometer long and about four or five hundred metres wide in mi

in zambia pepfar was a game changer to achieve the broader objectives.d a lot of trouble accessing the government he had the opportunity to announce the framework just because of its size has real weight. that opened up doors for us with the government and then said we have more money to bring to the table that we want you to match and it took three meetings with the president. he didn't know we would spend the money anyway. [laughter] but there are other areas that matter. so a big thing we carried the democratic election that had a stormy and difficult history. and it turns out the most important allies in the united states was the independent intellectual mission the three other churches to skip aliens and evangelicals and the catholics they were all partners in pepfar and they trusted us so the same electoral commission we have these church in each day to say we want the commission and the election took place and the president was incumbent friday peaceful transition we were working to have a defense relationship with cbi and they had a lot of troubl

the facts come from the democratic republic of congo or other colonies in zambia i come here because at this time of year the fruits. already there and my me that feeding on the sacred fruits and. other of the fruits of i just have in the villages such as mangoes and. bananas and any fruit but can find really. every time i see it it's amazing. i mean it's funny when at the start of the bet season when the bats first started arriving we decided to come down and just have a look to see how many there were and even just coming down right at the start when there are only maybe ten thousand or twenty thousand we were blown away the bad side arrival marks the beginning of high season for power manager deion's caught every year because some cop plays host to the wilds biggest monreal migration. no one knows exactly why the food that grows heah grows in some ten million of the animals many of which fly great distances. but through all tough rica. is under threat the main challenge is for the bats of habitat. roost in forests and for this part of africa. in in rainforests mainly the bat force

to we are what makes millions of good bad migrate every year from congo or not and zambia. uganda has lost two thirds of its forest cover in the last twenty years much of the forest is in clear to provide charcoal for burning more than eighty percent of ugandans rely on charcoal for their daily cooking needs and that's according to records of figures from the government rolls twining has an innovation which uses volcanic rocks as energy for cleaner cooking and lighting solutions for families while at the same time providing jobs for the women she has built a clean cooking stove to replace the environmentally hazardous and charcoal consuming stove. on for life rebecca to a new car has cooked with charcoal but it's both bad for her health and bad for the environment he's also expensive now she has a special news tove it costs a lot but it can still save her money. i used to use a lot of chapel i calculated. using what one proves two million shillings in this home. but now that the dust i used doesn't even. one hundred. volcanic rock is the key to this new eco stove once they'

vital plants and fruits but the species is under threat that hunted in congo on the forest habitat in zambia is shrinking their migration is a spectacular events even school classes i invited to watch them congregating the idea is to teach the children how important it is to protect the screeches let's take a look. when they descend on a sunken national path it's truly a sight to behold the bats come from the democratic republic of congo or other colonies in denver and i come here because at this time of year the fruits. are ready to rock and my me that feeding on the sacred fruit and. other other fruits that i just have in the villages such as mangoes and. the monitors and any fruit i can find really. it's amazing. i mean it's funny when at the start of the bat season when the bats first started arriving we decided to come down and just have a look to see how many there were and even just coming down right at the start when there are only maybe ten thousand or twenty thousand we were blown away the bad side arrival marks the beginning of high season for power manager deion's caught every ye

zambia and prior to that served as the chief medical officer for pepfar. he was their founding director of the office of research and science. charles? >> thank you, blaise. it's a real pleasure to be here this morning and given the range of diplomatic and public health as well as security concerns and issues that we've talked about already, we really couldn't ask for a better panel here today. i won't go into bios but i will introduce of course ambassador birx, general wald and ambassador storella. i have had the great honor of working with both ambassador storella and ambassador birx in various settings over the years so this is really a special occasion. i'd like to start with you, general wald. as referenced earlier, prior to pepfar societies as we've heard about, particularly those hardest hit in sub saharan africa were being truly ravaged by the hiv epidemic, with sharp declines with life expectancy, rapid rises in orphanhood and faltering economies. the new report finds that pepfar has been successful and other health aids investments have been succ

always fairly late to the party in terms of making the connection between zambia vaca and all the russian players i have to deal with among other things believe violence on the recreational use of marijuana to be clear there was inspired by games that had been born. however as we all know no believe humans should speak for mascots or to the town to anyone at the world cup so for russians older generation folks to be almost immediately thought of another. let's call it russia's tom and jerry but like. this to see a cartoon character. with alcohol and cigarettes this is really the way to go to these kind of things to make you happy. because it was more language related problem the word is that people can go with the proposition in that case that would mean not to care. not good but that was. showing a few instances of. that there's no point in talking about all these associations with foreign fans who've seen. this first of all. one more try. thomas was. well i think you say. it's a bold yeah ok but. i know. right. out of the same name you have the time. but that's interesting about. some o

please leave me alone mr when and why and your zambia people deal with your old man you know you have disappointed him is so disappointing please make your way name your amends with him i have nothing to do with what president mugabe would want to say as a voter is a citizen it is not my duty as a candidate to going to choose voters we're not going to this election to choose what kind it is we are going to be chosen so if someone says they are likely to have a favorable disposition in my favor we're mine to deny that extra vote that will make the fundamental win that we want well might. our ox prime minister has suspended the electricity minister after weeks of protests against power outages poor public services and unemployment and. the demonstrations continued on sunday in a number of southern cities after awadi impose curfews and cut off internet access in some areas human rights watch has accused iraqi special forces of using lethal force against the protesters. and the question is are still underway to form a governing coalition in iraq a party won a majority in may's national el

says monday's vote isn't about the former president please leave me alone mr when and how in your zambia people deal with your old man you know you have disappointed him is so disappointing that please make your way make your amends with him i have nothing to do with what president mugabe would want to say is of what is this it is that it is not my duty as a candidate to going to choose what are we going to this election to choose what candidate we are going to be chosen so if someone says they are likely to have a favorable disposition in my favor why am i to deny that extra vote that will make the fundamental win that we want women. well malcolm webb has been speaking to voters and sent us this report from blown away a second largest city. zimbabweans will be voting in the first presidential election in nearly forty years with former leader robert mugabe on the ballot paper he was pushed out by the military in november his right hand man took over president emerson and god were and he's the presidential candidate for the ruling zanny p.f. party ever since he took over he's been promisi

connection and ancient town in yemen is at risk of being destroyed by an offensive to take a city nearby zambia dizziness go wild heritage site with thousands of his story homes religious institute's and mosques it's south of the data which a coalition led by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. has been fighting to retake from the who thiis the us president has accused his formal lawyer michael cohen of potentially acting illegally after it was reported that he secretly recorded donald trump discussing payments to a former playboy model recording was seized during an f.b.i. raid on cohen's property earlier this year in new york in the recording trunk reportedly discusses paying money to karen mcdougal who says she had a ten month affair with trump. and riot police in the philippines of five water canon demonstrators protesting against the u.s. and china hundreds gathered outside the u.s. and chinese embassies in the capital manila they are accusing president rodriguez or ted tale of failing to uphold the country's sovereignty against the two countries well those are the headlines more news coming up a

>> he leaves south africa and it goes to zambia where they were meeting. 1990. .hat morning, i get upm standing in line to meet nelson mandela. never did i think i would lay eyes on this man, let alone see him in person. i had gone all over the country, free mandela, free my people, free south africa. i get up and one of my colleagues from pennsylvania, he says mr. mandela, i would like you to meet congressman dellums. mandela did this hollywood double take. he has these big hands. impression. he heard my name and he goes ronald dellums. we have heard much of you. you gave us hope. you kept us alive. he hugged me and i broke down and cried. my kids is said -- you actually .et mandela what did you think? i said i think i was in the presence of the most serene human being i have government in my life. he was an incredible person. whenever he would see me, he would say, my dear friend ronald. remember when he came to the united states on his thank you tour? everybody was competing for his time. i leave thisbefore country, i am going to oakland ' constituencyms for their service and suppo

on the coast of mozambique i wanted to showers also possibly affect sea madagascar but across into zambia so looking dry and fine and highs of twenty one degrees expected in the soka. a bit of a strange day to store a decent refuse we just heard today to city of aleppo has fallen. or should we say liberated. one or four astonishing stories tode and their own words how did you know who to trust and who not to trust. a stranger came to town witness on al-jazeera. these are the top stories right now on al-jazeera palestinian factions have agreed to a return to calm with israel after a day of violence along the fence separating gaza and israel a mosque spokesperson says the agreement was mediated by egypt and the u.n. for palestinians and israeli soldier died in the latest violence on friday syrian rebels in southwestern province of crude nature have started leaving the area after giving up their fight against government forces president bashar al assad's government is now close to taking back complete control of the country's south. was president has turned on the catholic bishops who've bee

when told there are twenty degrees celsius and respecting fine conditions to prevail across much of zambia and zimbabwe although a major sea want to show is pushing into the east coast of madagascar. in the wrong waste inefficiencies and a growing population i've learned to do when dealing water since. you've been determined to attract water from any source possible this is what you see as a result now the country's future it's. attitude to change and innovative solutions are being from. people in power in best gigs iran's water crisis on al-jazeera. when people need to be heard. but he's been there a few jomo still his lawyer it's not unknown sure and the story needs to be told we do stories that have impact on society i testified in the court of law to make sure that the bad guys up behind al jazeera has teams on the ground to bring new documentaries and live news on air and on top. of them back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera twelve teenagers and their coach who were rescued from a cave in thailand have been recounting their ordeal at their first public appearance the

to showers fine conditions around the eastern cape and looking great across much as him and into zambia twenty eight the high moussaka for central parts of africa are seeing the old shop pushing across chad for instance further towards the west so west africa seen some heavy rain at times you may see one or two showers affect in bamako in mali. full of struggle the children quarrels of the mother he will then with. the she lived with. full of pleasure. an intimate look at life in cuba today. the thought of course under my boss had on me when i came out of a lot of all the people i've met hang. on al-jazeera. welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories this hour voting has ended in zimbabwe's elections the first without robert mugabe in almost forty years old say the result is likely to be close millions of undocumented muslims in the northern indian state of us some are risk of losing their citizenship after being left off a new government register and another round of diplomatic talks to find a solution to syria's war is underway in the russian city of sochi. while in all the stor

in an escalating war of words of us and with drew the united states twenty fifteen nuclear deal zambia's ravi has more from the capital tehran. donald trump has said over and over again that he's america's man to negotiate a better deal with iran iranians have repeatedly said there is no really go shooting a nuclear deal that they signed three years ago and that is the point it was reiterated by a political deputy a lower level official in the president's office in a tweet tonight in which he basically made the point that if donald trump believes in talks if you believe in negotiations then he has to appreciate the process of negotiations as well and respect the outcome that's already happened his suggestion to move forward on what he called was a rocky path was for the united states to stop all of its hostile rhetoric towards iran and rejoin the twenty fifteen nuclear deal to join comprehensive plan of action at least eight people have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in afghanistan a passenger bus was targeted in google province the police are accusing the taliban of planting the

tell me about the village you adopted in zambia.through world vision, and they had a village of about 1,700 people that got their drinking water, their cooking water, their washing water from this little spring that was where cattle used to go to drink also, so it was semi-polluted. and i adopted the village and we built two school houses, a medical facility, three residences for staff, and we drilled eight wells. tell me about the smile train. when you donate money to charity, quite often you don't know where that money goes or what it does. but with the smile train, when you're looking at kids with cleft palates, and they're like this in the first photo, and after a minor surgery, they're like this and they're smiling. and you say, "yeah, i like that. i can see where my money is being spent," so... harvey: and again, you've changed their lives. you have donated so much money to charitable causes. i know you've given millions of dollars to the university of ottawa. it seems like you're the kinda guy that realizes when it's enough f

share is fine conditions around the eastern cape and looking great across much as zimbabwe and into zambia twenty eight the high moussaka for central parts of africa are seeing the old shower pushing across chad for instance and further towards the west so west africa seen some heavy rain at times you may see one or two showers affect in bamako in mali. the coca plant has long been a pillar of bolivia's traditions but its use in illegal drugs today is threatening the nation's culture not my own and most notorious jews are involved because they received kickbacks while some have made fortunes many others have suffered at the hands of this multi-billion dollar industry malady my mother was strangled with the cable and brutally coupled with a poll it was a huge news crime who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade snow of the andes on al-jazeera we head into jerusalem bureau covered israeli palestinian affairs we cover the story with a lot of intimate knowledge we covered it with that we don't dip in and out of this story we have a presence here all the time apart from being a camer

after mugabe spoke and this is what he had to say please leave me alone i'm going and have a new zambia people do you with your old man you know you have disappointed him it's so disappointing to please make your way your comments with him i have nothing to do with what britain mugabe would want to say that what is this it is it is not made judy is it kind of going to choose what we're not going to this election to choose what it is going to do we're going to be just some would say the are you likely to have a favorable disposition in my favor we're mine to deny that extra vote that will make the fundamental we don't want women. at the rebels in yemen say they've been attacked by dozens of air strikes by the saudi coalition and the targets include the capital sana in this or t.j. port city of who data they follow who is the attack on saudi vessels in the red sea and the alleged drone strike on the airport so now we are going to go to the polls that have opened in mali for voters to choose a new president or re-elect abraham keita is one of twenty four candidates including opposition lea

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conditions are going to twenty degrees celsius and respecting fine conditions to prevail across much of zambia and zimbabwe although we may just see want to show it's pushing into the east coast of madagascar. a remarkable portrait of removed japanese. in the aftermath of the two thousand and eleven earthquake and tsunami. seventy years later how has the community of miyako been able to move on and rebuild their lives. japan aftermath of a catastrophe on al-jazeera. welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera twelve teenagers and their coach were rescued from a cave in thailand have been recounting their ordeal at their first public appearance the boys paid tribute to the diver who died trying to rescue them syrian activists say residents of the rebel held city of now why and there are a province have come under a frenzied attack by government forces and the u.s. president donald trump has again contradicted his intelligence community just a day after saying he has full faith in it he told reporters at the white house that russia would no longer poses a cyber security threa

showers fine conditions around the eastern cape and looking great across much as zimbabwe and into zambia twenty eight the high moussaka for central parts of africa are seeing the old shower pushing across chad for instance and further towards the west so west africa seen some heavy rain at times you may see one or two showers affect in bamako in mali. where were you when this idea popped into it whether online it's undoubtedly chief cool. over the inequality in our society today or if you join us on sat criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like for you to go back for the first time everyone has a voice and allow refugees to be the speakers for change join the conversation on our jazeera every armed attack in europe creates fear and division amongst its citizens with stories of loss no one tone. is sweeping association of islam with the violence. in muslims facing the stock reality of being ostracized by the very communities in which they live love and moon the tragic loss of life. on al-jazeera. and back a quick reminder of the top stori

further south it's looking fine for much of cape town and northwards through the mid be a towards zambia and zimbabwe all looking dry and fine term which is nothing special really for this time of the year and then into central parts of africa a few showers across the central belt but it's west africa where we're seeing the bulk of the heavy showers and see the showers extending as far north as liberia guinea and guinea bissau. expelled from their base in jordan in lebanon last in the political. rebellion was rising in the ring solution imo but was this just another inevitable step on the road to this is a long story just for the conflict that would cost on assad his leadership and life . chronicling the term story and strong from constant. history of a revolution on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for the chance to live out of it but together because you have a lot of people that if i did political

further south it's looking fine for much of cape town and northwards through the maybe a towards zambia and zimbabwe all looking draw and find temperatures nothing special really for this time of the year and then into central parts of africa a few showers across the central belt but it's west africa where we're seeing the bulk of the heavy showers and see the showers extending as far north as liberia guinea and guinea bissau. a new series of rewind a care bring your people back to life i'm sorry and brand new updates on the best of al-jazeera documentaries the struggle continues book from bottom to no use distance rewind continues with the return of the lizard king steve charles and one east upwards of two hundred species are going extinct every twenty four hours and a lot of that is attributed to wildlife trafficking rewind on al-jazeera and monday put it world on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spe

as we travel, i was just in africa the last three weeks countries like zambia, rwanda, botswana, you landing these countries with an airport that the chinese built that have no prayer of getting paid back. the one in botswana, they have worked like today. a spent tens of millions of dollars building it so the chinese and when i run into them, they got kind of a loan to own program where they wantto own their project at the end of the day . so we don't compete on that level with them. the things where we compete is more a profit-making venture. for example in kenya there is a very large tollroad that is bidding, we're up against the chinese on and the price differential between what bechtold is building and the chinese is huge, it's a 25 percent price difference but between the chinese under the table and other things , it's a hand-to-hand combat to win this thing . and if bechtold wins it which they will, we will get paid back whereas the chinese, you have to use chinese companies and chinese materials. they get waivers on tariffs and taxes so when they leave the country's are stuck

africa's biggest model migration around ten million footbaths travel from a sunken national park in zambia. the mammal species considered to be ecological i think canonically import. that's right they fought allies and spread the seeds of many vital plants and fruits but the species is under threat that hunted in coal go on the forest habitat in zambia as franking their migration is a spectacular events even school classes i invited to watch them congregating the idea is to teach the children how important it is to protect this creatures let's take a look. when the quarterback descend on a sunken national patch it's truly a sight to behold. the bats come from the democratic republic of congo or other colonies in zambia i come here because at this time of year the fruits. are ready to rock and my me that feeding on the soup fruit and. other other fruits that i just have in the villages such as mangoes in. the mountains and any further confined really. every time i see it it's amazing. i mean it's funny when at the start of the bat season when the bats first started arriving we decided to co