there was a huge distrust in the capacity of mali $200.00 the situation and it was as if. the french troops there were there to to solve their own security issue because when you listen to the rhetoric rhetoric to say we have to be there last time they said maybe 30 years because we have to make sure the jedis are not spilling over to europe which will lead to more migration and more danger to europe so they have appropriated. a problem of ownership of the situation by b. europeans forgetting that in 1st line the africans are the victims and the the 1st people to suffer and to be concerned with the africans so because of that mindset all the problems you can describe or determine are stemming from that hansen in oslo as money says the presence of foreign troops hasn't really improved the security situation in fact the number of security incidents rose 3 fold in the region as compared to previous years this year in 21000 specifically in book enough and in need share why do you think we're seeing this upsurge in violence now and how have armed groups like i saw or al qaeda b

there was a huge distrust in the capacity of mali $200.00 the situation and it was as if. the french troops there were there to to solve their own security issue because when you listen to the rhetoric rhetoric to say we have to be there last time they said maybe 30 years because we have to make sure the jedis are not spilling over to europe which will lead to more migration and more danger to europe so they have appropriated this is a problem of ownership of the situation by the europeans forgetting that in 1st line the africans are the victims and the the 1st people to suffer and to be concerned with the africans so because of that mindset all the problems you can describe or determine stemming from that hansen in oslo. says the presence of foreign troops hasn't really improved the security situation in fact the number of security incidents rose 3 fold in the region as compared to previous years and this year in 21000 in book enough and in need share why do you think we're seeing this upsurge in violence now and how have armed groups like i saw or been able to get a foot

there was a huge distrust in the capacity of mali $200.00 the situation and it was as if. the french troops there were there to to solve their own security issue because when you listen to the rhetoric rhetoric to say we have to be the. last time they said maybe 30 years because we have to make sure the jedis are not spilling over to europe which will lead to more migration and more danger to europe so they have appropriated this is a problem of ownership of the situation by b. europeans forgetting that in 1st line the africans are the victims and the the 1st people to suffer and to be concerned with the africans so because of that mindset all the problems you can describe or determine are stemming from that dance and in oslo as money says the presence of foreign troops hasn't really improved the security situation in fact the number of security incidents rose 3 fold in the region as compared to previous years this year in 21000 specifically in book enough and in need share why do you think we're seeing this upsurge in violence now and how have armed groups like i saw or a

take you to mali where one woman is raising his voice for peace. hello i'm christine one and i am my cat julio welcome to east pressure the addition of africa where we bring you some obama highlights it's good to have you along we start off in south africa an area outside of cape town known as the cape flats it's often associated with crime and violence we've reported on gang related offenses and the data fit that residents are facing but now we have some inspiring news from the cape flats 27 year old teacher of his high school as a uniquely of teachin his students he's got them hooked on this. last. big down to dominance all teacher and the producer gone to this interview i speak i know it will have some sort of the way with a trick in my listening to teach me i keep my ideas on the ground i look at what interests me what suits them and then i try to get the country tempus covered with leaking coffee and then i go do research on 2 things at all in line with the content and it can spy of the. my. music. the side of the song is discussed the. big re

the president of mali w will ben attendance as s well. you cacan see frorom the picturn your screen the bodies of those 13 soldiers have been moving through paris and people have been lining the streets to pay tribute to them. james andre is with o one of the crowds. he joins us live. what more can you tell us? people are flocking now to attend the ceremony itself that will be taking place in this building behind me. been a private ceremony inside the chapel for the families, and for the brothers in arms of the 13 soldiers who were killed. the main ceremony will take place in the other part of the building, where there is a large courtyard. tony 5 500 people are expected attend. emmanuel macron will be speaking at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, expected to give a speech for about 30 minutes in which he should speak mostly about the who gavef these men their lives to protect france. he said he would not be talking politics. is goingdent of mali to be in attendance as well, and francois hollande and nicolas sarkozy will be here. the general publ

as well that suffers from these militants and these nations cope they've been struggling mali now but enough so these countries have been struggling with the problem of these jihadist groups and they've reach out to the outside world calling for help france has led the way france has suffered its own casualties there as well but it's pushing for other countries to get involved the problem though is no one has a solid solution there is an anti french sentiment in this region because people feel france is in there for its own economic gain france has been there for a long time and the problem still exists so it is a difficult situation at the moment both for these countries and for the foreign supporters to get rid of it thank you so much for the update to d.w. reporter tell me all the deeper. well voting is underway in the u.k. stirred general election in 5 years conservative prime minister boris johnson cast his vote early he's hoping to secure a majority to get his brags it plans through parliament the opposition labor leader jeremy corrigan also voted early this party gained ground

take you to mali where one woman is raising his voice for peaks. hello i'm christine one and i am my cat julio welcome to east bestial edition of news africa where we bring you some of our highlights it's good to have you along we start off in south africa an area outside of cape town known as the cape flats it's often associated with crime and violence we've reported on gang related offenses and the data fit that residents are facing but now we have some inspiring news from the key flats 27 year old teacher of his high school as a unique way of teaching his students he's got them hooked on this. lucky. lucky. break down the dominance of all teacher and the producer gone to this interview i speak i know it will have some sort of a way with a trick in my lasix to teach me i keep my fears on the ground i look at what interests me what translates to and then i try to catch the country comes covered with leaking coffee and then i go do research on 2 things that all in line with the content and it can spy of the. mind. the news morning on. the side of t

of boston box can in mali and for other countries in the sahel region. micro place diligent on a metal frarance's hihighest award on each coffin f ththe thirteen soldiers. trick n the red white and blue of the french flag georgian was at the ceremony. in the name of nation genetically in the fall of saigon down to the sacrifice. jamaican badan to the family's pain the volatility for me. to the parents grieving is not a home. people often allies and companions who have lost a loved ones the companion. keep it to the children orphaned by this tragedy the phone is a phone because saddam less often a- does the unborn children whose fathers have been stars in it gave a lot of this war. i promise the support of this entire country to don't today fellow soldiers. lift down then the players in the. present to france my american paying tribute to the thirteen soldiers lost their lives last monday in not molly and i discussed it as it is georgian was at about eight. the solemnity of the ceremony had i'm the lead was very much. in keeping with the scale of the disa

take mali. it's has been mired in crisiss for years. r r report juÜen schchider travelled to the landlocked country in west africa. in fana, he enjoyed the hospitality of the local mayor, who has become an expert on climate change. reporter: there's only enough moisture in the sand for the butterflies, even though the rainy season just ended. abdulaye coulibaly is the mayor of fana, a town in southern mali. mayor coulibaly: it wasn't as dry 10 years ago. now we can't plant rice anymore. if we don't stop chopping down trees, we soon won't have any rain at all. reporter: a few months ago, mayoyor coulibaly gogot a phonel from the capital bamako. it was an invitation to take part in a seminar on climate change, one that the mayor was happy to accept. mayor cocoulibaly: i've been opopposed to the d destructiof our forests for a long time. but thanks to the workshop, i learned even m more about t the consequencnces of deforestatio. it inspired me to do more to protect nature and the environment. reporter: abdulaye coulibaly is one of around

tough grannies removed from kenya to mali where one woman is doing have to make people live lives yet that's because a jihad is insurgency and the country has resulted in a big change in the way of people's lives and musicians have been uniquely affected yes whether it's a ban on music imposed by islamists in territory they control or you ban on public that's almost as bad a government's the result is the same musicians have been silenced in recent years but if a child met with one woman who's determined her voice well be it. the sound of peace and hope. you has wanted to sing all her life but when she wanted to sing the most she had to stop that was 7 years ago when the war started the jihad is to ban music and the money in government still limits public gatherings so no music festivals forbid you could play there this is a must it's not like it was before the war for us artists but we hardly play in bamako. the artists are scared to sing at certain places. this stops us suffer because of. you is singing again in this studio working on her 1st album she does not know where she will p

take mali. it's has been mired in crisiss for years. ourereporterÜrg schneneer travelled to the landlocked country in west africa. in fana, he enjoyed the hospitality of the local mayor, who has become an expert on climate change. reporter: there's only enough moisture in the sand for the butterflies, even though the rainy season just ended. abdulaye coulibaly is the mayor of fana, a town in southern mali. mayor coulibaly: it wasn't as dry 10 years ago. now we can't plant rice anymore. if we don't stop chopping down trees, we soon won't have any rain at all. reporter: a few months ago, mayor r coulibaly got t a phonel from the capital bamako. it was an invitation to take part in a seminar on climate change, one that the mayor was happy to accept. mayor coululibaly: i've been oppoposed to the desestructiof our forests for a long time. but thanks to the workshop, i learned even morore about ththe consequenceses of deforestatio. it inspired me to do more to protect nature and the environment. reporter: abdulaye coulibaly is one of around

clock with idris is in mali's capital bamako he says on groups are not represented at the summit. well basically officially the talks are underway after the been declared open by president bush because. the puppets of peace was to bring. all factions. together to talk about peace rather than fighting each other and that organizers of the summit believe will pave the way for a united front to take to what some of the shows described as external aggression remember the north of the country is still volatile and that is violence in the center of the country due to ethnic violence now the tory rebellion in the north east still simmering as we speak now some of the armed groups. been causing trouble in mali actually not represented at the opening ceremony but the organizers hope that the message or the resolutions of the conference will reach them so that they can lay down their arms and peace is achieved in mali but looking at the wider context the whole region is actually burning they sent up decompilers in most of the countries of the cell in all west african countries affected by b

because in itis is not far away from the border with mali however on the other side of nizkor we also have seen the uptick in violence from boko haram which started in nigeria by the way more than 10 years ago we've seen how they have carried out several attacks in that particular region but what people suspected now are those groups armed groups operating along the mali corridor and they believe that probably they have links to al qaida and other. extremist groups that have been known to have operated in that area over the last 7 or 8 years and that it's also just days before some as in france that's meant to discuss the future of the french military's deployments in the region what's driving the insecurity that. well basically i think the groups from boko haram i swap it in other groups in the region in this house and of course in nigeria they want to make a statement an expert security experts are warning that probably will see more of such daring attacks in the coming weeks or days in the region because there are a lot of. there are a lot of attacks that. we've seen over the last

we have to stay together as mali and nothing is better than peace music is my weapon through music i can talk to the children of mali or speak for them and speak for the women who had vision for the film. aims to restore hope yet she too becomes emotional about the situation around her today she has a very special audience it is public yet hidden from the programmer the temporary shelters for full army people go largely unnoticed in the market. performs for them about 800 people live here they had to leave their village after it was attacked by a rival group they say the children just want to hear be juicing. the lot of. them send them off. you know why not draw. better than one. we should give me it's need leave this is too much one has to help these people here. because you keep singing for them giving them a voice because that is all she can do with her music for now she says. isn't that inspiring and that wraps up this special edition of news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page today will leave you with some images of these great african musician

we have to stay together as mali and nothing is better than peace music is my weapon through music i can talk to the children of mali or speak for them and speak for the women who had visions for the farm. aims to restore hope yet she too becomes emotional about the situation around her today she has a very special audience it is public yet hidden from the programmer to temporary shelters for full army people. unnoticed demarco. performs for them about 800 people live here they had to leave their village after it was attacked by a rival group they say the children just want to hear you sing a lot of. them send them off at a time out. here why not draw. better than only 0. we should get makes me believe this is too much one has to help these people here. keep singing for them giving them a voice because that is all she can do with her music for now she says. isn't that inspiring and that wraps up this special edition of news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page so they will leave you with some images of these great african musicians have passed away th

is the mayor of found out a town in southern mali. and. it wasn't drawing 10 years ago now we can plant rice anymore we don't stop trees we soon won't have any rain at all. to see us and. a few months ago mayor coulibaly got a phone call from the capital bamako it was an invitation to take part in a seminar on climate change one that the mayor was happy to accept. as now for to me any. sort of been opposed to the destruction of our forests for a long time. but thanks to the workshop i learned even more about the consequences of deforestation. it inspired me to do more to protect nature and the environment. that's. what i needed to get us. up to the i is one of around 3500 officials in mali who have taken part in the climate change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. most of foreigners 30000 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them cotton is the most important crop here. but growing it takes a lot of water. the niger river is an important lifeline for mali and su

a solution mali is lost control over large parts of its borders while its military suffers repeated ambushes by armed groups hundreds of soldiers have been killed in the region in recent weeks despite a french led operation with regional militaries to try to counter those attacks while in one incident 71 soldiers were killed in an attack on an army base in asia it was on tuesday the president is to fall off a awarded them the cross of courage the government also declared 3 days of mourning . to commemorate the deadliest assault on the military in living memory and i select group claimed responsibility for that attack on the base in a not as close to the modern border. this is or means that this is i have come here to express my feeling of revulsion on behalf of all my compatriots in the face of a war imposed on us by an enemy who has addressed us with nothing but aggression in a violent and treacherous manner descending we took $71.00 of the nation's valorous children. well the sahara fast to the vast area covering western and central africa the military is a 5 countries in that reg

to attack targets in a share that interest has more from mali's capital bamako. this is a military household for celebrations to mark scheerer street public day. but for the soldiers taking part it's a particularly difficult time. last week fighters are allied with i still crossed the border from mali and killed 7 to one of their. security conditions are deteriorating on the border with mali terrorists are attacking common people and mostly tribal leaders kidnapping in executing them terrorist target army personnel with explosives. at the border between egypt and mali stretches for hundreds of kilometers to long to be protected by the understaffed and ill equipped armies in the region. say it's a situation exploited repeatedly by armed groups with devastating results on one of the poorest countries in the world. insecurity always has a heavy mental toll this is a metaphor they know that a skilled person cannot be productive and that's why education is their prime target. the us economy to is taking a hit these days fewer customers come to the market here into lib

to attack targets in issue with interest has more from mali is capital. this is a military hospital for celebrations to mark the surest republic day. but for the soldiers taking part it's a particularly difficult time. last week fighters i lived with i still crossed the border from mali and killed 7 to one of their colleagues. isn't it levity security conditions are deteriorating on the border with mali terrorists are attacking common people a mostly tribal leaders kidnapping in executing the terrorist target army personnel with explosives. the border between egypt and mali stretches for hundreds of kilometers too long to be protected by the understaffed and ill equipped armies in the region. say it's a situation exploited repeatedly by armed groups with devastating results on one of the poorest countries in the world. insecurity always has a heavy mental toll this is patrolled as a metaphor they know that a skilled person cannot be productive and that's why education is their prime target. the u.s. economy to is taking a hit these days fewer customers co

to launch a national debate aimed at finding a solution mali's lost control over large parts of its borders while the military stuff is repeated ambushes by armed groups as we've mentioned hundreds of soldiers have been killed in the region in recent weeks despite a french led operation with regional militaries to try to counter the attacks the so hell refers to that vast area covering west and central africa the military is a 5 countries in that region mauritania mali burkina faso and chad make up the sahara g 5 joint force it aims to maintain regional control against the fighters well for more on this let's go live to ahmed it rescues in mali is capital bamako for us about how those talks going there and what are they actually hoping to achieve. well basically officially the talks are underway after the been declared open by the president to bring because kater the populace of peace was to bring maybe all functions in mali together to talk about peace rather than fighting the charter and that organizers of this summit believe will pave the way for a united front to try to what som

clock with idris is in mali's capital bamako he says on groups are not represented at the summit. where basically officially the talks are under way after the been declared open by president because. the puppets of peace was to bring. all functions. together to talk about peace rather than fighting each other and that organizers of the summit believe will pave the way for a united front to take to what some of the shows described as external aggression remember the north of the country is still volatile and that is violence in the center of the country due to ethnic violence now the tory rebellion in the north east still simmering as we speak now some of the armed groups. causing trouble in mali are actually not represented at the opening ceremony but the organizers hope that the message or the resolutions of the conference will reach them so that they can lay down their arms and peace is achieved in mali but looking at the wider context the whole region is actually burning they sent up to us in most of the countries of the cell in all west african countries affected by boko haram

is the mayor of a town in southern mali. it wasn't his drawing 10 years ago now we can't write any more we don't stop. we soon won't have any rain at all. a few months ago mayor coulibaly got a phone call from the capital bamako it was an invitation to take part in a seminar on climate change one that the mayor was happy to accept. now for to me any. sort of i've been opposed to the destruction of our forests for a long time. but thanks to the workshop i learned even more about the consequences of deforestation. it inspired me to do more to protect nature and the environment. to get us. up to the i is one of around 3500 officials in mali who have taken part in the climate change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. most of foreigners 30000 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them cotton is the most important crop here. but growing it takes a lot of water. the niger river is an important lifeline for mali and supplies the country with water year rou

is the mayor of a town in southern mali. and. it wasn't his drawing 10 years ago now we can't fight rice anymore if we don't stop jumping on trees we soon won't have any rain at all. to say. a few months ago mayor coulibaly got a phone call from the capitol. it was an invitation to take part in a seminar on climate change one that the mayor was happy to accept. as now for to me any. been opposed to the destruction of our forests for a long time. but thanks to the workshop i learned even more about the consequences of deforestation. it inspired me to do more to protect nature and the environment. to get us. up to the i is one of around 3500 officials in my. ali who have taken part in the climate change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. most of foreigners 30000 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them cotton is the most important crop here. but growing it takes a lot of water. the niger river is an important lifeline for mali and supplies the country w

last week fighters are allied with i still crossed the border from mali and killed 7 to one of their. security conditions are deteriorating on the border with mali terrorists are attacking common people and mostly tribal leaders kidnapping in executing them terrorist target army personnel with explosives. at the border between egypt and mali stretches for hundreds of kilometers to long to be protected by the understaffed and ill equipped armies in the region. say it's a situation exploited repeatedly by armed groups with devastating results on one of the poorest countries in the world. insecurity always has a heavy mental toll this is what perpetrators i met they know that a skilled person cannot be productive and that's why education is their prime target. the u.s. economy to is taking a hit these days fewer customers come to the market here into liberia apart from the shortage of supplies people are to impoverish for the. lack of security into the barriers gravely affected businesses many of the shops have closed down as commercial areas are always targeted how can businesses functi

is the mayor of a town in southern mali. it wasn't drawing 10 years ago now we can't fight rice anymore we don't stop. we soon won't have any rain at all. to say. a few months ago mayor coulibaly got a phone call from the capital bamako it was an invitation to take part in a seminar on climate change one that the mayor was happy to accept. now for to me any. sort of i've been opposed to the destruction of our forests for a long time. but thanks to the workshop i learned even more about the consequences of deforestation. it inspired me to do more to protect nature and the environment. is one of around $3500.00 officials in mali who have taken part in the climate change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. most of foreigners 30000 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them cotton is the most important crop here . but growing at takes a lot of water. the niger river is an important lifeline for mali and supplies the country with water year round. but it

from the sheriff's army near the border with mali earlier leaders in the sun halo region also hold an emergency meeting in asia to discuss the escalating attacks we'll go live to kristen salumi at the united nations for the latest on those talks shortly we'll also be live in mali's capital bamako where but address is standing by for us but 1st he has this report. these are desperate times to africa have we jim armed groups are inflicting heavy losses to armies and forcing thousands of civilians from their homes. leaders of the countries affected nor does g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi to urgently find a solution almost president mohamed use of force says the frequency of sophistication of recent attacks is wars of. the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticated weapons the terrorists have been real war professionals they progress every day on the strategic operative and tactical levels the g 5 chairman appealed for a new strategy to phrase the growing threat. we must work together to ensure victory against terrorism in the

isn't it security conditions are deteriorating on the border with mali terrorists are attacking common people and mostly tribal leaders kidnapping in executing them terrorist target army personnel with explosives. at the border between mali stretches for hundreds of kilometers to long to be protected by the understaffed and ill equipped armies in the region. say it's a situation exploited repeatedly by armed groups with devastating results on one of the poorest countries in the world. insecurity always has a heavy mental toll this is both perpetrators and a metaphor they know that a skilled person cannot be productive that's why education is their prime target. the u.s. economy tonight is taking a hit these days fewer customers come to the market here into liberia apart from the shortage of supplies people like to impoverish for the. benefit of the lot is only lack of security into the barriers gravely affected businesses many of the shops have closed down as commercial areas are always targeted how can businesses function in a situation where security is deteriorating day by day. apar

fluctuating this is us and raising the spread of deserts and the drying up of wetlands and leaks in mali league veg media and its marshes are designated as a wetland of international importance not only do crocodiles what's a bat and fish called the lake home it's also in life source for about 12000 people but it's now under threat. more desk top of the is continuing a family tradition as fisherman they've always lived off lake when you know but these days it's getting harder to get a big catch even worse the lake is a vast parading faster than it can refill by one the problem is that the lake is shrinking and the water doesn't stay long enough like it used to it becomes completely dry at one point in the year which makes us very worried. rising temperatures and even rainfall and soil erosion mean it's tough to farm. 6 and the fishermen have to settle for smaller and smaller catches. like this is i don't think our children can become fish out and i personally i don't believe in it anymore. the entire saheli region emits less than 3 percent of the greenhouse gases produced by the united s

attacks 71 soldiers from measures on me were killed by fight to slick to i still near the border with mali leaders in the sahara region have held an emergency meeting in a share to discuss those escalating attacks well we're live in mali capital bamako where augmented serous is standing by but 1st of all his report. these desperate times so africa's we armed groups inflicting heavy losses and forcing thousands of civilians from the. leaders of the countries affected no one us g 5 scrambled this meeting in yemi didn't find a solution almost president mohammad yousuf who says the frequency of sophistication of recent attacks these wars of. the scale of terrorist attacks are getting larger day after day terrorists are getting more sophisticated weapons the terrorists have been real war professionals they progress every day on the strategic operative and tactical levels. the g 5 chairman appealed for a new strategy to face the growing threat in the foot. we must work together to ensure victory against terrorism in the short middle and long term as the casing of the countries fighting terrorism

on the while they lived in mali springs dramatically villages depend on it for the our livelihood tried to save it from drying up completely. and you welcome to the program it's been 3 months already and zimbabwe's public doctors are still on strike with no end in sight desperate patients are flocking to mission hospitals the care on the mission hospital in mt da in the north is seeing double the amount of every day compared to before the doctor strikes started the hospital is overstretched and the sake of it keep coming to the view correspondent's privilege. tells us more. this teach missionary who has been. injured these leg. does not. he traveled more than 500 kilometers to the car on the mission hospital we are met because stuff money has to say he's late and i threw the book because we're not coming from a need it was people there were no drugs and there was little. question to look for help with someone who told me. the. commissioner was because of our strict wards overflowing with patients in more places than normal trimming through that goes because of the public strike. but med

in mali, there have also been attacks on military bases. it got so bad recently, some of the whites of the shoulders had been out on the streets demonstrating, calling on the authority is not to send their husbands to the front lines, saying it's too dangerous for them to go. it's really a dire situation and, despite the presence of a500 french troops and pointed his armies that are supposed to be working together, at the moment, it does seem to jihadists you have the upper hand. you mentioned the presence of french troops, the french president in the region too, not at this summit, he's revealed a french military operation killed more than 30 militants, as he describes them. what is the french role in all those? the french have been leading the fight against the jihadists since 2012, where for several months, they took over the whole of the north of mali. the french troops are there not only working on their own, with ground troops and fighter jets, working on their own, with ground troops and fighterjets, they're also working with individ

mali are 15,000 troops in alone. andcountries like mali niger continue to suffer from these attacks. much of the concern aimed at french troops, blaming them for not doing enough to protect civilians. elizabeth: shares in boeing have fallen after it suspended production of its 737 max jet from next month. the plane has been grounded since march after crashes killed 346 people. it has cost boeing more than $9 billion so far. records of up to 15 million people in canada have been compromised after a data breach. information belonging to patients of a major left has provider were stolen. they have taken steps to secure the private records and say the breach was limited to patients from ontario and british columbia. pope francis has announced the secrecy policy no longer apply to cases involving the sexual abuse of minors. in the past, the catholic church kept sex abuse cases confidential, saying it was to protect the victims and the reputation of the accused. -- there was a vatican summit in >> >> february. it's a step

isn't it security conditions are deteriorating on the border with mali terrorists are attacking common people and mostly tribal leaders kidnapping in executing them terrorist target army personnel with explosives. the border between egypt and mali stretches for hundreds of kilometers too long to be protected by the understaffed and ill equipped armies in the region. say it's a situation exploited repeatedly by armed groups with devastating results on one of the poorest countries in the world. insecurity always has a heavy mental toll this is patrolled as a metaphor they know that a skilled person cannot be productive that's why education is their prime target. the u.s. economy to live is taking a hit these days fewer customers come to the market here into liberia apart from the shortage of supplies people like to impoverish for the. benefit of the lot is only lack of security in till a barrier has gravely affected businesses many of the shops have closed down as commercial areas are always targeted how can businesses function in a situation where security is deteriorating day by day. a

in 2013 what are the peculiar problems in mali and how can regional forces as well as international forces deal with a problem a time remember the time when the african you know when to 20 that is before the arrival of the of the of the united nations we have problems of coordination which still exist if you remember according to the african peace and security. there is this principle of subsidiarity that is to say when the problem of course the organization or suborganizations that is nearest to the problem should act so it was built on the principle that it was 1st interviewed the litter on the african union took over however among the 1st people that are in mali there was a little problem of coordination and again there was a problem of financing if i could remember correctly a lot of the finances i mean a lot of the contin just could not deploy jealous local finances there was no positive until they were paying union came in with some $50000000.00 what we saw now i will have to stop you the captain said bigger issue and one of the things that were discussed a chile at today's su

is the mayor of a town in southern mali. it wasn't his drawing 10 years ago now we can plant rice any more we don't stop trees we soon won't have any rain at all. to say. a few months ago mayor coulibaly got a phone call from the capital bamako it was an invitation to take part in a seminar on climate change one that the mayor was happy to accept. as now for to me any. sort of i've been opposed to the destruction of our forests for a long time. but thanks to the workshop i learned even more about the consequences of deforestation. it inspired me to do more to protect nature and the environment. to get us. up to the. is one of around 3500 officials in my. ali who have taken part in the climate change seminars these days protecting the environment is on the agenda of almost every council meeting. most of foreigners 30000 residents are poor and subsist on what the land gives them cotton is the most important crop here. but growing it takes a lot of water. the niger river is an important lifeline for mali and supplies the countr

and it was all security conditions are deteriorating on the border with mali terrorists are attacking common people and mostly tribal leaders kidnapping in executing the terrorist target army personnel with explosives. the border between egypt and mali stretches for hundreds of kilometers too long to be protected by the understaffed and ill equipped armies in the region. say it's a situation exploited repeatedly by armed groups with devastating results on one of the poorest countries in the world. insecurity always has a heavy mental toll this is patrolled as a metaphor they know that a skilled person cannot be productive that's why education is their prime target for the u.s. economy to he's taking a hit these days fewer customers come to the market here into liberia apart from the shortage of supplies people like to impoverish for the. benefit of the lot is only lack of security in till a barrier has gravely affected businesses many of the shops have closed down as commercial areas are always targeted how can businesses function in a situation where security is deteriorating day by

area covering the west and central africa the military is of 5 countries in that region mauritania mali became a fossil michele and chad make up the sahara g 5 joint force it aims to maintain regional control against the fight this block with addresses in mali's capital bamako he says armed groups are not represented at the summit. or basically officially the talks are underway after the been declared open by president to bring because kate the puppets of peace was to bring maybe all factions in mali together to talk about peace rather than fighting the charter and that organizers of this summit believe will pave the way for a united front to tycho what some of the shows described as external aggression remember the north of the country is still volatile and that has violence in the center of the country due to ethnic violence now the tories and out of it the rebellion in the northeast still simmering as we speak now some of the armed groups that have been causing trouble in mali actually not represented at the opening ceremony but the organizers hope that the message or the resolutions

concerns about the rule of multinational forces in the region especially the french presence here in mali that is particularly the feeling that the french are not doing enough to cut the violence and a meeting with the g. 5 leaders of 5 civilian countries with their french president which was supposed to start next week has now been shifted until early 2020 but a lot of people in the region i really concerned about why are all these is leading to. now clashes have broken out between protesters and security forces in india's northeast state of us some thousands of troops were sent there following violent demonstrations over a controversial citizenship bill but. hundreds of defied a protest curfew to protest in goa hati where they fear migrants from bangladesh will be made citizens now both houses of parliament have passed the bill which allows citizenship to minorities facing religious persecution in pakistan bangladesh and afghanistan but muslims are excluded and savor as at those demonstrations in goa hati. idea of general just to go i live to the state of assam in india the testers are

violence with groups in the sahara region mali has lost control of a large parts of its borders while its military stuff is repeated ambushes by armed groups hundreds of troops have been killed in that region in recent weeks despise a french led operation with regional militaries to counter those feiss while the cell is a region in western and central africa the military is a 5 countries in that region that's malim are 10 and begin a fast so in chad they all make up the sahara g 5 joint force and that aims to maintain regional control against those fighters well let's go live to on that address who is in mali is capital bamako for us on the talk us through the how the talks are going over there and what are they actually hoping to achieve. well basically the talks just got underway with the arrival of the president and members of his cabinet basically what they want to do is to bring order instructions remember it's not only. the price. or the metallics in the north of mali but malise problem there are also issues such as a need for violence that has killed hundreds of people over the

now it's devastating right i mean and we've had in the last several months mali has been attacked mali in military has been attacked repeatedly somalis lost over 200 soldiers. and so when we share which has not tasted those kinds of military losses now to have been hit in this way. it's really it's devastating and as your report stated there are large numbers of refugees and displaced peoples and it's a real crisis all right suzanne knowing associate professor at haverford college thank you so much for your expertise on this we appreciate it thank you. still ahead on al jazeera yemen says some people on its most wanted list have escaped will tell you it's accusing of helping them get away. by. law i because it's probably the heaviest carbon footprint that we create as individuals i want and staying grounded to help save the planet. in tiger's on top how his latest team to victory in the presidents cup details later in sport. hello i was warmed up a bit stay a bit warm in shanghai for a day more i think as a breeze to barely turn drive the sights but winter settled in so as not to stay

as well that suffers from these militants and these nations cope they've been struggling mali now but enough so these countries have been struggling with the problem of these jihadist groups and they've reach out to the outside world calling for help from as has led the way france has suffered its own casualties there as well but it's pushing for other countries to get involved the problem though is no one has a solid solution there is an anti french sentiment in this region. because people feel france is in there for its own economic gain france has been there for a long time and the problem still exists so it is a difficult situation at the moment both for these countries and for the foreign supporters to get rid of it thank you so much for the update a d.w.i. reporter tell me all the deeper. and back here in europe voting is underway in britain's 3rd general election in 5 years conservative prime minister boris johnson tast his vote early he's hoping to secure a majority to get his brags it plans through parliament the opposition a libyan labor rather leader germy corben also voted

last week fighters are allied with ice and crossed the border from mali and killed 7 to one of their colleagues. security conditions are deteriorating on the border with mali terrorists are attacking common people and mostly tribal leaders kidnapping in executing them terrorist target army personnel with explosives. the border between mali stretches for hundreds of kilometers to long to be protected by the understaffed and ill equipped armies in the region. say it's a situation exploited repeatedly by armed groups with devastating results on one of the poorest countries in the world. insecurity always has a heavy mental toll this is part perpetrators of a metaphor they know that a skilled person cannot be productive and that's why education is their prime target. the u.s. economy to is taking a hit these days fewer customers come to the market here into liberia apart from the shortage of supplies people are to impoverish for the. lack of security in till a barrier has gravely affected businesses many of the shops have closed down as commercial areas are always targeted how can busine

by the day and you when you listen to african leaders the president of the president of mali president of book an apostle talking about these attacks growing in sophistication and. then in terms of the number of these attacks being carried out without hindrance despite the presence of multinational forces remember missler the united nations mission in mali still there out there that thousands of troops there and the pressure president presence there is also something that many west africa's feel that they should be able to control the situation from escalating to this level. in australia homeowners in areas scorched by bushfires are returning to see what's left around 200 fires are burning many of them in the states of new south wales and south australia weeks of bushfires have killed 9 people and destroyed at least half hours and properties one particularly hard hit small community moral south of sydney jessica washington is set for dozens of families here in balmoral this is all they have left most of the town was engulfed in a blaze sophia's it created a firestorm this family stayed

linked to eyesore and al qaeda in the sahara my home pay tribute to $13.00 french soldiers killed in mali last month when 2 helicopters collided. places with french an international presence is not accepted by site clearly we will draw the necessary conclusions because we are talking about sovereign states a sovereign state in the region says i don't need for any international military presence we should not be via. let's speak. in nigeria's capital for us a bridge or. president michael has passed controversy in the past with some of this coming so african leaders how's this latest one being received. well basically this is of the 1st time president mccone is making this statement we go he was saying he was category and saying that african leaders need to tell him exactly whether or not they need french troops on their soil but the recent situation now is such that president mccrone needs to hear from these leaders because of the grow we. voters in the region about french road actual french role in coming tensions and ending the violence in this hell in other parts of west africa because

fighters linked to i saw it and al qaeda in the region paid tribute to 13 french soldiers killed in mali last month when 2 helicopters collided. with french an international presence is not accepted by sight clearly we will draw the necessary conclusions because we are talking about sovereign states a sovereign state in the region says i don't need for any international military presence we should not be via. has more from. well basically this is of the 1st time president mccone is making this statement we go he was saying he was category and saying that african leaders need to tell him exactly whether or not they need french troops on their soil but the recent situation now is such that president mccrone needs to hear from these leaders because of the growing. voice says in the region about french road actual french role in calming tensions and ending the violence in the sahara and other parts of west africa because of al qaeda because of islamic state in that event because of. all these attacks that we've been seeing violent attacks in the recent weeks have been rising and people are w

what address is following the story from mali and he says frequent cross border fighting with groups is an issue for both countries. and i just has always been in the crosshairs of the extremist groups operating along the border but by far this is the biggest in terms of casualty numbers according to sources the attackers numbering in the hundreds at the army post with suicide bombers as well as mortars and by the way you notice has been largely vacated since the last major attacks last year in the area and we've also seen across the region in this hell the uptick of violence carried out by al qaida into sliming state in the west african province and all the fighters in the region and the targets mainly all well military bases that were overrun and equipment being seized now i look to people are warning especially security analysts are warning that we probably will see more violence in the coming months or weeks as the groups there want to establish a full court meanwhile across the region there is anger and concerns about the rule of multinational forces in the region especially the

that killed more than 700 people with have a 1000000 forced from their homes the crisis in northern mali has. security problems with fighters kenya to the i so regularly cross the border to launch attacks. or kill a fossil is due to hold its presidential elections in 2020 and president marco boring ones to restore peace before the vote but is still clear if his army is up to the task of a decrease al-jazeera applejack now this is only the latest in a series of recent attacks on military personnel in west africa region where mali and booking a fossil have faced the most number of attacks earlier this month 71 soldiers were killed on a military base in asia as west and in mali at least 53 soldiers were killed on a military post in november it happened just weeks after 2 other raids on military bases which left dozens of soldiers dead also that month at least 37 people were killed in book enough when gunmen ambushed a military convoy transporting minors to work. is visiting senior fellow at the center for africa at the london school of economics he says the region is being challenged by all

and and visiting french troops without even going to bamako and the french and the mali and president is obliged to go to go to meet him those kind of things that they feel they are doing their own thing in the sovereign countries so. the civil society has been pushing a lot and i would say besides this. zone problem the main information today is that france has decided to end their francey for the colonial currency and is it is part of the protest and the let's see the negative feeling about mounting against french policy in africa but erosion blower thank you so much for joining us from gents. well an arrest warrant has been issued in the ivory coast for sorow a candidate in next year's presidential election the former rebel leader is accused of misusing public funds and trying to destabilize the country he was jus' returned home after spending 6 months of his city's but diverted his flies to ghana for security reasons so who is the 1st major politician to announce his candidacy for next year's vote that could pit him against president assad. says he may run for. now to australia wh

disrupted efforts to contain an ebola outbreak in the region which is killed more than 2200 people mali's government has launched a national debate aimed at finding a solution to the increasing violence by armed groups in the sahara region across the border in 3 days of national mourning has been declared after dozens of its soldiers were killed in attacks linked to eisele this week when idris reports from mali's capital bamako. it's been a tragic week for countries of the central. funerals of taken place of 7200 soldiers killed by fight just leapt islamic state in the. it's a biggest loss ever suffered by the country in a day and its president promised the country will not forget their sacrifice. this is a man that is i have come here to express my feeling of revulsion on behalf of all my compatriots in the face of a war imposed on us by an enemy who has addressed us with nothing but aggression in a violent and treacherous manner this enemy took 71 of the nation's valorous children in neighboring nigeria but quite on fighters executed for aid workers kidnapped in july. in mahler's capita