congolese flee to uganda. and the winner of bhutan's second-ever election. >> after more than two years of fighting, the troops of bashar al-assad in syria, opposition forces turn their guns on each other. the free syrian army has asked for more weapons, to drive out what they call al qaeda-link operation fighters. down byer was shot rival fighters on wednesday and now the rebel leaders threatened to retaliate if the attacker is not handled in. -- and it in. we spoke to a commander who was there and narrowly escaped. >> we want to avoid all-out war, but we demand justice for our killed commander. al commanders have given qaeda 24 hours to hand him over to face justice or there will be an escalation. we will not let this pass without him being held accountable. >> will you tell us what happened? >> al qaeda stopped us at the checkpoint. he said -- you are protecting their regime. your and fiddles and you should not be here. take your men and get out of here. he said -- bear witness, i will kill abu basir. men o

we report from the makeshift refugee camp that has been set up in western uganda. too young to understand what was going on when rebels attacked his village in the dark. his mother grabbed him from his bed and along with her other nine children, they ran for their lives. >> we heard the rebels coming but they -- we did nothing. they caught a person and kill him. we escaped because we ran away. >> this is their new home. this is overrun with congolese who fled the rebels. nearby for this river runs along the border. on the bridge there has been a .onstant stream of refugees ugandan soldiers keep watch over the new arrivals. tens of thousands have crossed since thursday. they just keep coming. just a short distance downstream, many more are crossing but there is no official border post. there is not even a bridge so people are waiting through the water to my carrying their possessions in children and their livestock area they are so afraid of the violence there taking the quickest route they can from get to congo to safety here in uganda. most of these people do not

uganda and congo are right next to each other, but uganda has almost no gold production of its own. in 2007, uganda produced about $500 worth. but in the same year, it exported $75 million in gold. almost all of that is coming from the war zone. >> how much? >> maximum... >> we took a hidden camera into a trader called jit. we offered gold for sale, and we were clear it came from congo. >> he bought our gold. and we got a hold of internal ugandan records that list 228 international shipments by jit and many others. u.n. investigators say most of it is gold from congo relabeled as a product of uganda. after kampala, it heads to refiners in dubai and then out into the world. no one can say how much of the world market is fed by congo gold. the best estimates are around 1%, so it's not likely any particular watch or wedding ring contributed to rape or murder. but we wondered how a consumer would know. matt runci represents retailers as head of the trade groups jewelers of america and the responsible jewelry council. does your certification mean, for example, the gold didn't come from c

in this regard uganda welcomes the u.n. secretary-general's statement made on the 18th of july, 2013, in which he underlined, and i quote: the importance of pursuing a political solution to address the root causes of conflict in the democratic republic of congo, end quote. .. instrumental and the escalating the situation in the eastern region last year and the investment at the talks in the drc government facilitated by uganda's missile defense. mr. president we believe the talks between the government of the drc provide the best opportunity for resolving the crisis. the engagement between a government must be given priority for durable and peaceful solution. the successful conclusion of these talks will no doubt have a positive contribution in the national -- in the drc. we are glad to inform the council that since december 2012 there has been some progress in the talks with two key milestones. first the review of the peace agreement of 2009 between the government of the drc and the cm bp and agree on the status of impleme

he moved from uganda, left his entire family there. he is in pennsylvania to kind of start a new life and go to college, but it has been very, very tough for dennis. >> it is not easy to be away from home far and by yourself. the feeling of my son growing up without me, that was the most difficult part. >> he talks about how he is able to utilize things like skype to stay in touch with his family. this video was actually put together by the folks from skype. you can see he is here talking to his family and keeping in touch and they're crowded around a laptop there which is nice. it is not the family portrait, right, you want the family portrait where you're all next to each other. can't do that until they came up with this idea. >> to stand next to my family, the people i care about, and then i get a chance to stand next to them. priceless. >> looks just like a family portrait. they take a picture. >> wow. >> that's so awesome. >> we saw how excited dennis was when he got his family portrait. this is his family in uganda reacting to th

>> our documentary is basically american actors go to northern uganda to work with 14 teenagers, all displaced from their homes, about half have been former abducted sex slaves who escaped and signed up to participate in a theatre program with a bunch of americans in sharing that with their community. that's what the documentary is. the reason it is called after kony is because they survived the brutality that they suffered, some of them in the bush and all of them in internally displaced persons camps where they were living at the height of insurgency, 80% of northern you on uganda was dispy this rebel warlord. what's really amazing is that it wasn't on the radar, internationally, at all. and you know, there's a lot of controversy about kony 2012 and about jason but ultimately, what i have to say about that is thank you to them for bringing it into homes for, you know, introducing young people to activism and getting involved in doing something. and you know, i am, for one, really grateful to them for all that they've done for this cause and this issue. >> john: how is jason doing?

military advisors who are now in uganda working with the uganda military to capture joseph coney and his top commanders and remove them from the field, and also to encourage on abducted child soldiers to return home. and it has been such an incredibly successful campaign, and it came out of the lords resistance army disarmament northern uganda recovery act of 2010. and it has resulted in -- you know, once the military advisors arrived in 2011, there has been a 63% decrease in killings. >> stephanie: wow. >> the combatants on the field are down to about 150. and two of joseph coney's top commanders have been removed from the field, and that's huge. >> stephanie: right. because you said even if the child solders come home, they will just recruit more. >> exactly. if the top commanders are still at large, these joseph coney can re-up by kidnapping more children and killing more civilians. we have already done a really big investment in this since 2011, and we're so close, that to pull out now, we would lose all of the ground that we have gained, and that would be a tragedy for thousands

about 30 different rebel groups are believed to be active in the area where congo, rwanda, and uganda meet. most are interested only in the region's natural resources, not in the local population. refugees from the fighting include many older people, children, and women. >> nobody cares about us, and it is the women and children who suffer the most. many women have miscarried or given birth to babies with defects or caused by the war. >> the regular united nations peacekeepers are not allowed to intervene, and a special 3000- man unit that was authorized earlier this year to intervene militarily is not yet ready for action. >> formula one boss bernie ecclestone has been indicted. prosecutors say a 30 million euro payment he made to a german banker was a bride linked to the sale and a stake of formula one. >> for his part, eccleston insists he did nothing illegal. >> one year ago, bernie ecclestone get -- gave evidence in a trial of a former banker. at issue was the $700 million sale of the state-owned bank share in a formula one holding company. bayern lb had acquired the stake follow

cross says as many as 60,000 congolese have fled to uganda after a rebel attack on a border town. the group said it needed urgent help to cope with the sudden influx. i have now recaptured the town three days after the attack. malian troops opened france's annual bastille day on sunday. the french president praise his country's achievements in the fight against islamic extremists in the west african nation. troops from 13 african nations marched together with the french military in honor of their role in the conflict. >> france's national bastille day celebrations are always an opulent this play of the country's power and strength that commemorate the french revolution of 1789. today, there were soldiers from molly among the thousands of troops marching down the champs- lyses. called thellande action in molly a victory against terrorism. he said his country was on the way to economic recovery. >> we can rest assured the second half of the year will be better than the first. i don't have to wait. i will prioritize investment. that is what the prime minister has announced. the decis

uganda is facing a humanitarian crisis after 65,000 refugees fled there. a terrorist group attacked their village in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo. the refugees crossed into the remote district of bondo bujio seeking safety. more than 20,000 are in need of food, water, and a place to live. joshua dickinson is an american missionary and engineer who helped provide water to the refugee camp. >> to be honest, it is heartbreaking. it is a struggle to run this refugee camp, but it is the reason i'm here, and the reason i feel god has called me to serve is to be available for tragedies like this. when we first got water flowing in the camp, and, you know, many women and children were coming to collect water. and the thank yous, and to know that i'm here representing christ in a way of providing clean water, that was very fulfilling. >> wendy: dickinson works with a pennsylvania-based world harvest mission. you can learn more about the story, including how joshua sacrificed more than just his time and talent to help these people. just check

. >>> in uganda, mark david of newport beach, california, the family says, instead of a party, let's go on a worldwide adventure and while in africa they took a car ride to encounter 12 gorillas and talking about mamas and babies and silverback and blackback and that is who you will see here in the video. >> this is dangerous. >> way too close. >> and watch how the blackback gives mark david a gift of a lifetime. >> look at that. >> i get that this is a chance of a lifetime, but -- >> it could also be the end of a lifetime. mark said at first he did not look at the gorilla eye to eye, but when he looked at it, the gorilla reached into his ear and then kissed him. >> happy birthday. >> i hope he had a change of underwear nearby. >>> there's a brand new movie about to hit theaters that is sure to scare your britches off. that movie is "the conjuring." this story follows ed and lor rain warren and real paranormal researchers and the grandmother and the grand father of paranormal research if you will, and it follows them as they investigate the perrin family home and the paranormal activ

without the help of uganda. >> the rebels left a trail of destruction when they fled. goats and ducks are left at this missionary hospital. the patients and staff ran away. the rebels broke in and looted. all ofeems they pulled the supplies out of the pharmacy and took whatever they wanted. they left behind a pressure cooker which is too heavy. here's a pair of scales, probably of no use to them. all kinds of medicine. it seems they pulled all of the medicine out and have taken whatever they think they can make use of. >> the medicine is useless now because there is almost nobody here. they are almost too scared to come back. even this family don't dare attempt a burial, so he will be these red cross workers. people who knew him said he did a lot to help his community and his death sends a clear message to them. go away or be killed. >> northern ireland has opened special courts to deal with those arrested as police prepare for a third night of violence. a small group of writers attacked police with petrol bombs and stones on saturday. 20 people were arrested. they wer

about 30 different rebel groups are believed to be active in the area where congo, rwanda, and uganda meet. most are interested only in the region's natural resources, not in the local population. refugees from the fighting include many older people, children, and women. >> nobody cares about us, and it is the women and children who suffer the most. many women have miscarried or given birth to babies with defects or caused by the war. >> the regular united nations peacekeepers are not allowed to intervene, and a special 3000- man unit that was authorized earlier this year to intervene militarily is not yet ready for action. >> formula one boss bernie ecclestone has been indicted. prosecutors say a 30 million euro payment he made to a german banker was a bride linked to the sale and a stake of formula one. >> for his part, eccleston insists he did nothing illegal. >> one year ago, bernie ecclestone get -- gave evidence in a trial of a former banker. at issue was the $700 million sale of the state-owned bank share in a formula one holding company. bayern lb had acquired the stake follow

. >> a former global health corps fellow now runs her own ngo in uganda. >> i thought all right so there's a gap in health promotion education, specifically with male involvement. not only in family planning, but issues dealing with hiv and aids, gender based violence. so that's when i said, alright i'm going to use arts and entertainment. >> the twist is about reversing gender roles and engaging men in the women's health and equality. >> i am going to put up something so much fun, so creative, it's just going to make them go, wow, but at the end of the day, there's a message that is hidden in all that arts and entertainment and it's working. >> it's young advocates who first saw the value of technology as a tool of empowerment. >> we're actually introducing a new mobile phone app for young women who have just had their first child to help them be a better mothers. it's also going to start telling them things they could do to ensure that they're planning and spacing their future families at the rate they want. >> many, many young people are now coming to planned parenthood through their ce

the united nations to deal with the great lakes region, which includes rwanda and the congo and also uganda. she is working on that. she is with us today. she had to leave to go to another meeting. they would be with us today but they have been in russia meeting with the foreign minister to meet and talk about some of the same subjects. our next visit to the members of the security council, that would be going to moscow. that is what we do in general. we have seen with great pleasure and excitement the intense efforts john kerry has made to recommence the peace process in the middle east after five years of a wreck we essence date. no one has known exactly what he is doing because his mission has been very quiet. we also know from the news media, i am not quoting anything john kerry has told us, but we have known netanyahu has a coalition in israel that is heavily dependent on extreme, white -- right wing groups, but one state that controls all of the area, he is quite dependent in his government for their support. that opens up a very good chance that we should include a peace agreement ba

. >> at least 30 people have been killed in a fire after a car crashed into a fuel tanker in the uganda capital of kampala. 20 others are in crit tall condition. many of the dead were thought to ave rushed to the trailer. >> accused of killing thousands of opponents during his rule in the 1980's. humbrek denies the charges. >> after he says being imprisoned in a small, hot room along with 40 people for six months is the worse thing he ever experienced. he toll us he flew to chad but was arrested on arrival and accused of being a spy. he said he was held there with hardly any food or water and saw his cell mates die every day. >> all nigh, two or three people die -- all night, two or three people die. sometimes excellent people go to kill. >> he's campaigned for justice for years an he's clear in his mind about who is responsible. >> only him is fine. you leave, you leave. you sign, you kill, you kill. >> he killed, imprisoned and tortured tens of thousands of people. he was overthrown in 1990 and went to dakar. police arrested him urn the orders of a propertyor of a special court purpos

hasmany years, uganda theed for refinement of causes of the conflict. we seek to be authoritative over the territory. now is the time to redouble our resolve and efforts in addressing the root causes of the complex in the drc. at the summit to be held in nairobi, we will review the initiatives, and the actions being undertaken. thank you very much. very much, your excellency. we appreciate that, and i hope you will convey our gratitude to the president. i know you're defense under -- you're defense minister is here, we appreciate your attendance. am least to give the floor to the foreign minister of affairs in the democratic republic of the congo. mr. president, mr. secretary general, members of the security counsel. like and foremost, i would mr. president to reiterate to you my warm congratulations to your appointment as secretary of state of the night states. -- united states. i am glad to see you preside over the security council at this critical moment in history, and thank you for showing the create thiso meeting. seen cyclical conflict that has t

. ♪ that's bill clinton, president bill clinton, dancing his way around uganda. and it also reminded us of this. ♪ mr. clinton's wife, former secretary of state and maybe democrat nominee in 2016 hillary clinton just last year in victoria, south africa. something about the music that makes them want to dance. >> absolutely. loosens up our politicians when they get to africa. time for a quick break here on "cnn newsroom." ahead, we are live in pretoria for an update on the health of nelson mandela. >>> facing the danger. next, we take a look at the u.s. firefighting squad hotshot. what puts them above the rest? >>> welcome back. we want to take you now to south africa, where anti-apartheid icon nelson mandela clings to life in a pretoria hospital. he has been there now for three weeks with the recurring lung infection. inkapele mabuso is there with the latest on his condition. you've been there as well covering this story for many, many days now. what are you hearing, if anything, about whether he's improving? >> reporter: well, natalie, the latest update we rec

uganda. a tanker explosion killed at least 35 people in the capital city of compala. it tanker delighted with car setting off 00 blast. several people reportedly died while trying to siphon fuel from the abandoned truck. china, torrential rain triggered heavy flooding in the province. the rising waters destroyed hundreds of acres of farmland and damaged homes. local officials say they have stepped up rescue and relief efforts. india. folks in the south camp monsoon season. animals can use special care after a year of hauling heavy supplies. the monsoon month serve as special rest period for elephants which do not work in the stormy conditions. that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. >> shepard: remember the winkle they sued facebook's founder and the twins are are back with a brand new business venture. and it's all banking on a controversial online currency. plus, a mother says child welfare services took away her newborn baby because she ate a bagel. the rest of the story is next. when you experience something great, you want to share it. with

she took a ship to south africa and then uganda when the time that it was not only difficult but dangerous for a black woman to be traveling in colonial africa. spent a number of months there and met with someone about that antiapartheid activist oracle conference in the free state in south africa. that began her internationalism, her emergence as a world citizen if you will and it reminds us all i think of a very rich tradition of black internationalism. the other thing, she also goes to the congo in 1946 after she writes a book and becomes quite a public activist and in congo she is followed by british intelligence. and my five follows her around belgium and the french congo worrying she is going to go into british colonies and write these rather -- and years later they were probably scared that she done at the time -- but to write this chronicle of her travels talking about the incendiary ideas she is promoting like africans being moved by their own kin in the words of one of agents. so she lived a very large life and really forged her own political identity and her identity as a black

incredible news: his mother, perina, was alive, had survived the war, had made it to a refugee camp in uganda. and there was another miracle: skype. so, a few months ago, joseph ironed his best suit and went over to his mentor's house. his mother had been driven three hours to the offices of i.o.m., the international resettlement agency in south sudan. it was the first time mother and son were going to see each other since they were separated by war 25 years ago. ( speaking sudanese language ) >> simon: his mother had thought joseph was dead, had held a funeral service for him. even now, she had no idea what he'd been through. when joseph tried to tell her, he just couldn't get through it. but there were light moments, too, shared memories of joseph's happy childhood in a country village before the war ended childhood and everything else. and, of course, his mother wanted to know why, after all these years, joseph had not married a nice american girl. after almost an hour, their time was almost up. his mother asked joseph what all mothers ask their sons: "when will you come see me?" and josep

they trained forces from ethiopia and uganda in the u.s. is contemplating building another drone-based where they will be targeting a group called al qaeda and you also have a base in ethiopia and the relatively new base on the arabian finance law in saudi arabia. i think we are going to see an intensification of covert u.s. actions certainly in africa. we havarti seen it happen here in yemen. we are living in a the moment where we have a popular democratic president who is a constitutional lawyer by trade in training and who won the nobel peace prize and campaigned to reduce the excesses of the bush era and he would close on time of day, what and torture, which shut down this around the world. but what happened is that many of the most egregious aspects of the apparatus that was built up by bush and their cohorts had been intensified or continued in some of them have been rebranded and there is an attempt to legitimize policies that i think many liberals had opposed to john mccain would've won that election. but because of it being preside

they did it because they built the capacity of the ethopia, of kenya, uganda, of to help us. they cared about somalia being chaotic as well so wasn't like we were just paying them to do our bidding. we had mutual interests. we built their local capacity. and they're doing most of the work. and by the way, this vastly more effective if you have local population do it than if you have the u.s. military officer. so i think that partnership and at the same time military is trained those folk is just mentioned but you also have a ton of development projects in there, in kenya. that mix is working reasonably wellful now we have the great challenge how to make it no, the niger, mali area. and we have nod has had as much success in the eastern drc, but we have seen the model that we can use our elements to build that local capacity and mix defense and development effectively. >> i was in oslo a couple months ago participating in a peace for business awards process and part of this was a seminar where rules -- you can't sigh who was there and who said what but i gave some remarks argu

with the great lakes region which includes, as you know, rwanda, burundi and tanzania, congo and also uganda. so she's working on that. she was with us today. she had to leave and go for another meeting. and kofi annan and -- [inaudible] would be with us today, but they've been in russia meeting with the foreign minister of russia to talk about some of the same subjects. and to make arrangements in a way for our next visit to a member of the permanent members of the security council that'll be going to moscow. so that's what the elders do in general. we have seen with great pleasure and excitement the intense effort that john kerry has made to recommence the peace process in the middle east after you might say five years of an acquiesce sent state. no one has known what he was doing exactly because his mission has been very quiet. we do know also from the news media, i'm not quoting anything that john kerry has told us, but we have known that netanyahu has a coalition inl th is ent on extreme right-wing groups who are not in favor of a two-state solution, but have wanting to move toward one

the united nations to deal with the great lakes region, which includes rwanda and the congo and also uganda. she is working on that. she is with us today. she had to leave to go to another meeting. they would be with us today but they have been in russia meeting with the foreign minister to meet and talk about some of the same subjects. our next visit to the members of the security council, that would be going to moscow. that is what we do in general. we have seen with great pleasure and excitement the intense efforts john kerry has made to recommence the peace process in the middle east after five years of a wreck we essence date. no one has known exactly what he is doing because his mission has been very quiet. we also know from the news media, i am not quoting anything john kerry has told us, but we have known netanyahu has a coalition in israel that is heavily dependent on extreme, white -- right wing groups, but one state that controls all of the area, he is quite dependent in his government for their support. that opens up a very good chance that we should include a peace agreement ba

nations security council to deal with the great lakes region which as you know, tanzania, congo and also uganda. so she's working on that. she was with us today. to had to leave us and go another meeting. kofi annan has been in russia to meet with the foreign minister of russia to talk about some of the same subjects. our next visit to a member of the permanent members of the security council, that will be going to moscow. so that's what the elders do in general. we have seen with great pleasure and excitement the intense effort that john kerry has made to recommence the peace process in the middle east after five years of -- no one has known what he was doing exactly because as mentioned has been very quiet. we do know also from the news media -- i'm not quoting anything that john kerry has told us, but we've known that netanyahu has a coalition in israel with right-wing groups that are not in favor of a two-state solution but move to a one state controlling the area from the jordan river to the mediterranean sea. he's quite dependent on his government for their support. and that opens up a ve

i recently came back from burma and uganda which is the threshold capital. capital. there was an assassination attempt where the eig as north korean agents tried to assassinate a korean official. i wanted to know the burmese didn't know the purpose of such that i knew didn't know the purpose of such an attack was in the korean tourists who i was traveling burma through with had no compassion for the north koreans that they knew in seoul who've managed somehow to much hardship to escape north korean police. they just saw them as rubes and just as inherently lazy and the south koreans that i talked to had no, absolutely no desire for a unified korea. it wasn't like, it wasn't a replay of germany that was divided by cold war or even a vietnam vet was divided. >> what is the question? >> my question is can you provide some insight into why it's south koreans especially the young have no patriotism or a united korea and what is the purpose of north korea agents for assassinating south korean officials? >> that took place in 1983 in rangoon. he was late coming to the templ

they did it because they built the capacity of kenya, uganda, to help us. they cared about somalia being chaotic as well. so it isn't like we just are paying them to do our bidding. we have mutual interests. we have built their local capacity, and they are doing most of the work. by the way, is vastly more effective if you have a at local military that is effective. i think that that partnership, the military has trained the folks i have just mentioned and you also have a ton of development projects in there. so it's going to be a great challenge to try to figure out how to make it work in the mali and nigeria region, we have also not had as much that is successful in other places. but we can see our model and how to build local capacity and it makes sense to build it that way. >> i was participating in a business for peace awards process a couple of months ago, and part of this was a seminar was you cannot say who was there and who said what, but i gave some remarks arguing that internationally businesses need to be more actively involved in trying to purs

the united nations to deal with the great lakes region, which includes rwanda and the congo and also uganda. she is working on that. she is with us today. she had to leave to go to another meeting. they would be with us today but they have been in russia meeting with the foreign minister to meet and talk about some of the same subjects. to the members of , thatcurity council would be going to moscow. that is what we do in general. great pleasureth and excitement the intense efforts john kerry has made to recommence the peace process in the middle east after five years of a wreck we essence date. no one has known exactly what he is doing because his mission has been very quiet. we also know from the news media, i am not quoting anything john kerry has told us, but we have known netanyahu has a coalition in israel that is heavily dependent on extreme, white -- right wing groups, but one state that controls all of the area, he is quite dependent in his government for their support. that opens up a very good that we should include a peace agreement based on anything concerning settlements. form

they build the capacity of ethiopia, kenya, uganda, burundi, to help us. it was their local population. they cared about somalia being chaotic as well. you're not just paying them to do our bidding. we have mutual interests, built the local capacity, and they're doing most of the work. and by the way, it is vastly more effective if you have a population do it than a military officer. that partnership, and at the same time, the military has trained those folks that i mentioned, but you have development projects. in kenya, that mix is working well. we have the challenge of trying to make it work in the mali, niger region. we have also had not much success in the eastern drc, where chaos continues to rain. but we have seen the model that we can use our alamance to buildout local capacity and mix the fence and development effectively. couple ofn oslo a months ago participating in an awards process, and part of it was a seminar where you could not say who was there, who said what, but i gave some remarks internationally, businesses need to be more involved in p