it's the end of an era in west africa as fronts moves to scrap the currency used by its former colonies say if a friend will now become the. what is this genuine change what is to rebrand and it's really breaking its colonial on the african this is inside story. hello everyone i'm come all santamaria 8 west african countries will soon be using a new currency and it may well be that you didn't even know they had an old one but the 75 years the see if they say i thought it would be said in french has been used as money from senegal tunisia and most places in between but not the french government officially approved the end of the c.f.a. franc it means france will cease to co-manage the west african currency the bank of france will no longer hold hough of the currency reserves and a replacement currency the eco will be introduced while keeping its exchange rate fixed to the euro fronts negotiated with its former colonies for 3 years for reaching a deal last year one of the problems with the c.f.a. was that it has long been seen as a sign of french interference in its former african colonie

it's the end of an era in west africa as fronts moves to scrap the currency used by its former colonies see if a friend will now become the. what is this genuine change what is to rebrand and it's france really breaking its colonial on the african this is inside story. hello everyone i'm come all santamaria 8 west african countries will soon be using a new currency and it may well be that you didn't even know they had an old one but the 75 years the c.f.a. or they say i thought it would be said in french has been used as money from senegal tunisia and most places in between but not the french government officially approved the end of the c.f.a. franc it means france will cease to co-manage the west african currency the bank of france will no longer hold harf of the currency reserves and a replacement currency the eco will be introduced while keeping its exchange rate fixed to the euro fronts negotiated with its former colonies for 3 years for reaching a deal last year when the problems with the c.f.a. was that it has long been seen as a sign of french interference in its former african

see if a friend zone is actually 14 countries 8 in west africa and 6 in central or one. and the proposal only covers the 8 countries in west africa it doesn't how are they central africa i'm quite right and that was something i was going to bring up a little bit later about whether this could actually spread to the central african trees for now though let's focus on the on the west african ones and yet go back to your point about you saying that you think this is just a rebranding. of the c.f.a. francs as you rightly said has its origins in the colonial period 1945. it was meant taking the run the countries gained independence in 1960 it was maintained and it was deliberately maintained because it was a vehicle for french influence in west africa and particularly in relation to the francophone african countries they frank sign has always been 1st and foremost a political entity not an economic and entity it's a vehicle for continuing french influence in that part of the world and now as one of your previous speakers said. francis called the shots traditionally in the c.f

west africa. host: one of the discussions about coronavirus is the idea of contact tracing. talk about its application not only in covid but was it used in the ebola outbreak into what success? when you don't have a vexing of a disease, you use public health measures. for example, you do testing, you trace the contacts, you give them treatment that is available to treat the symptoms of the disease. same with covid-19. contact tracing was one of the key parts of the 2014-2016 ebola outbreak. it can help and covid-19. personsidentify, expose and prevent secondary infection. is one very critical missed contact can keep the outbreak going and going and going. contact, nos, if no further spread of the disease. iss is why contact tracing one of the tools we have in our toolkit. it needs to be used and we can stop covid-19. host: this is our guest joining us and if you want to ask him about contact tracing and other lessons he learned from tracking ebola and how it can be applied to the covid pandemic, y

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frank system in west africa and the system under which these west african countries have to deposit half of their foreign exchange reserves in what's called an operations account which is run by the french treasury as a way of underpinning this whole arrangement that will lend ok but they are just going to jump in there his nose and we're just running out of time as the mayor do apologize but i just want to ask you one final question and briefly if you would does maintaining the french of course in africa does it make the region more stable or unstable. on the whole in recent years it's tended to actually strengthen stability because the crisis with jihadism in the saddle has been seen by west african countries generally as an extension threat to the stability and growth of the region west africa are over the last 2030 years has mostly seen fairly steady growth despite local political problems in some countries and that development progress risks being set back massively if for example mali had been taken over by jihadist groups but it's sometimes very difficult to manage the relationshi

frank system in west africa and the system under which these west african countries have to deposit half of their foreign exchange reserves in what's called an operations account which is run by the french treasury as a way of underpinning this whole arrangement that will lend ok but they weren't going to jump in there was no we just running out of time as the mayor do apologize but i just want to ask you one final question and briefly if you would does maintaining the french of course in africa does it make the region more stable or unstable. on the whole in recent years it's tended to actually strengthen stability because the crisis with jihadism in the saddle has been seen by west african countries generally as an extension threat to the stability and growth of the region west africa are over the last 2030 years has mostly seen fairly steady growth despite local political problems in some countries and that development progress risks being set back massively if for example mali had been taken over by jihadist groups but it's sometimes very difficult to manage the relationship in immed

frank system in west africa and the system under which these west african countries have to deposit half of their foreign exchange reserves in what's called an operations account which is run by the french treasury as a way of underpinning this whole arrangement that will lend ok but they aren't going to jump in there his nose and we're just running out of time as the mayor do apologize but i just want to ask you one final question in briefly if you would does maintaining the french caution in africa does it make the region more stable or unstable. on the whole in recent years it's tended to actually strengthen stability because the crisis with jihadism in the saddle has been seen by west african countries generally as an extension threat to the stability and growth of the region west africa are over the last 2030 years has mostly seen fairly steady growth despite local political problems in some countries and that development progress wrist being set back massively if for example mali had been taken over by jihadist groups but it's sometimes very difficult to manage the relationship in

and west africa is need since. well i think that's what i have to spice up some reality it's up to my time if that's most of the west african cities and. thinking that they have come off h. so if you have to get this you need to be a 100 and get 4 if the kind of security architecture that is being used in our lives not just in west africa not just in mali but india and bob west africa you see i'm lucky in. got it from the outside then little wonder why the issue of celebrity becomes a problem in this instance that is on who is not. in the so regional of musician on call us and the intentions of france and therefore most times it was would think that some of their faults is being sabotaged because some point is difficult for my lips no way that they have a lead just because ought to be governments off the bodies and that's an interesting point i see you know saying that professor owning what are echo of his options here because there does seem to be this this pull as dr as it was saying between you know as our alleg

frank system in west africa and the system under which these west african countries have to deposit half of their foreign exchange reserves in what's called an operations account which is run by the french treasury as a way of underpinning this whole arrangement that will lend ok but they aren't going to jump in there his nose which is running out if i was the mayor do apologize but i just want to ask you one final question and briefly if you would does maintaining the french of course in africa does it make the region more stable or unstable. on the whole in recent years it's tended to actually strengthen stability because the crisis with jihadism in the saddle has been seen by west african countries generally as an extension threat to the stability and growth of the region west africa are over the last 2030 years has mostly seen fairly steady growth despite local political problems in some countries and that development progress risk being set back massively if for example mali had been taken over by jihadist groups but it's sometimes very difficult to manage the relationship in immedi

frank system in west africa and the system under which these west african countries have to deposit half of their foreign exchange reserves in what's called an operations account which is run by the french treasury as a way of underpinning this whole arrangement that will lend ok but they weren't going to jump in there was really just running out if i was the mayor do apologize but i just want to ask you one final question in briefly if you would does maintaining the french of motion in africa does it make the region more stable or unstable. on the whole in recent years it's tended to actually strengthen stability because the crisis with jihadism in the saddle has been seen by west african countries generally as an extension threat to the stability and growth of the region west africa are over the last 2030 years has mostly seen fairly steady growth despite local political problems in some countries and that development progress risks being set back massively if for example mali had been taken over by jihadist groups but it's sometimes very difficult to manage the relationship in immedia

this would include just direct imports from west africa. but very important addition you make to the discussion. a significant number of slaves brought to north america were those reshipped from the caribbean. in fact, south carolina was basically formed as a plantation economy by people who emigrated from barbados. now, it took them a while to find their staple crop, which eventually became rice, but, yes, there are a great many kind of regional slave trades which will augment that number that i gave, which seems rather small. but the other thing to bear in mind is that there is a reproduction process, which causes the enslaved population in the u.s. to grow by leaps and bounds in the 18th and 19th century, thereby providing, in that way, the labor power that the slave trade had to provide in places with different demographic regimes. okay. okay. thanks, everybody. see you next time. [ applause ] >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. c-span3, created by america's cable television comp

they found coastal groups all along west and west central africa who were willing to enter into an alliance with them. and frequently the elements of this trade were the europeans would provide not only textiles and consumer goods but firearms, gunpowder, which this client statewide then use to attack its traditional enemies and then bring those people back to the coast, slave those people to the slave ship captains frequently for more guns and ammunition and gunpowder, so this creates what historians call the gun slave cycle. so i think it's important to realize there is a very powerful african dimension to this, but you've got to bear in mine that it's organized basically through a divided rule strategy on the part of the europeans. they were very good at that. one more question. yes? >> when we talked about the 310,000 slaves that were delivered to america, did that account for africa or also account for trade from the caribbean as well? >> good question. this would include just direct imports from west africa but very important adeposition you niek the discussion. a significant number o

and west africa's biggest when. it surges the nation's electricity capacity but not everyone is happy about it. that's their business as the corona virus spreads well beyond asia the global economic warnings are growing louder officials in europe and the middle east scrambling to limit the outbreak and south korea has opened up as a key front in the battle over an 800 people there have now caught the disease the most in any country outside of china. the cube is as far as the eye can see south koreans have been waiting patiently in their hundreds outside of supermarkets like this one to get their hands on protective masks it's particularly important here in the city of daegu where the vast majority of south korea's instances of coronavirus have been detected. elsewhere public places like this market in solo being disinfected a spike in cases over the past week has driven many people to stay indoors a problem for traders here. i think about 40 to 50 percent of elderly people have stopped coming to the market. i'm worr

so iswap has really given the countries in west africa, fighting drug trafficking. as opposed to boko haram, which is really more of a nigeria and chad problem. not one is better than the other. but the difference in zpeak approach to what they're doing has made iswap more -- than boko haram in recent years. >> why the nigh jeesh security forces, the army, so struggled against boko haram and islamic state? why they not been able to bring in under control? >> so initially, it was an thank you of capacity. so compared to boko haram and nigeria military and even the government had no experience combating militant islamic groups. so just -- a few years after you could see by 2010, 2007 when the attacks started, there was this i would say very slow reaction to how bad this was and then by 2014 the attacks got really, really massive and that incident where about 200 girls were taken from scoop. so if you say why -- they have capacity, acquiring weapons, which they haven't done for many year. you could see that they started making games. because when they declared -- the c

and west africa's biggest. is the nation's electricity capacity. and. as the corona virus spreads well beyond asia the global economic warnings are growing louder officials in europe and the middle east scrambling to limit the outbreak and south korea has opened up as a key front in the battle over an 800 people there have now caught the disease the most in any country outside of china. the cube far as the eye can see south koreans have been waiting patiently in their hundreds outside of supermarkets like this one to get their hands on protective masks it's particularly important here in the city of take you where the vast majority of south korea's instances of corona virus have been detected. elsewhere public places like this market in seoul are being disinfected a spike in cases over the past week has driven many people to stay indoors a problem for traders here. i think about 40 to 50 percent of elderly people stop coming to the market or. i'm worried about the fact that they're disinfecting the place. in the beginning i thought everything would be o

found coastal groups along west end west central africa who were willing to enter into an and engageth them, in trade that would be mutually beneficial. infrequently, elements of this trade were, the europeans would provide not only textiles and consumer goods, but firearms, gunpowder, which this client state would then used to attack its traditional enemies, and then bring those people back to the coast, trade those people to slave ship captains, frequently for more ammunition and guns and gunpowder, so this creates what historians call the gun-slave cycle. african a very powerful dimension to this, but bear in is organized through a divide and rule strategy on the part of the europeans. they were very good at that. >> when they passed the 310,000 to america, where they all from africa, or the caribbean as well? professor rediker: this would include just direct imports from west africa, but a very important addition you make to the discussion, a significant number of slaves brought to north america were those reshipped from the caribbean. south carolina was basically formed as a plant

and we have been watching the rise of west africa. you hear regions where there was nothing linked to these terrorist views. for example, even in senegal, we hear that there is a binary violent -- very violent extremist group rising. we should be prepared to the new ways of fourth generation. allow me to insist, it will be and mayqaeda van isis be other opportunities we can discuss this. the young people are exposed to discourse, andt, a lot of narratives. who should be prepared? families, mothers, but mainly professors. there are different levels, there are programs, curriculums that i recommend. and we have schools clubs, informal activities led by leaders open and generous to work with young people. it is more than informal activities. tunisia, changing the curriculum, it is too much political and it can bring the curriculum to become more conservative. so we used informal spaces. it is very good because i can tell you a very rapid story. we went to a city which is a and theyinalized city brought 25 leaders to isis. it was one of t

africa, central west africa. it does not quite get -- it does not quite ever get racialized in the same way or in a specific group. from pretty early on in the 17th century, europeans recognize that this was a disease that was augmented for people in close quarters. keeping people in unsanitary conditions were regarding what climate or environment they were in. >> thanks for all of that. we have some amazing questions from our audience so i will turn to some of those. we have a couple of different questions that touch upon the issue of civil liberties versus perhaps, or not, public health. so we have a question from mary berman who asks about, you know, was that a factor in past pandemics? the sort of clash between people advocating for civil liberties and those folks on public health? there is also a question from jason mcconnell who asked about the use of quarantine as potentially a convenient tool by which to maltreat minority groups or other, you know, people considered undesirable and the population so i wil

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

people from europe, people from west africa, and people from native america. today, we are going to talk about one of those three pillars, the african slave trade. i want to begin with a quote by a very eminent african-american scholar activist named w.e.b. dubois. here's what he said about the atlantic slave trade. "the most magnificent drama in the last 1000 years of human history is the transportation of 10 million human beings out of the dark beauty of their mother continent and into the newfound el dorado of the west. they descended into hell. it was a tragedy that that beggared the greek, and the french revolution." -- and up people of humanity like the french revolution." i think he is exactly right. this is a stunning drama of human history, the atlantic slave trade. i would ask you to notice his reference to el dorado. the mythic city of gold sought after by the spanish conquistadors when they came to mexico and peru. el dorado was finally found. not the actual city, but a slave system that would produce gold and wealth on a scale previously unimagina

people from europe, people from west africa, and people from native america. today, we are going to talk about one of those three pillars, the african slave trade. now, i want to begin with a quote by a very eminent african-american scholar activist named w.e.b. du bois, ok? here's what du bois said about the atlantic slave trade. du bois wrote, "the most magnificent drama in the last 1000 years of human history is the transportation of 10 million human beings out of the dark beauty of their mother continent and into the newfound el dorado of the west. they descended into hell." he continued, "it was a tragedy that beggared the greek. it was an upheaval of humanity like reformation and the french revolution." well, i think du bois is exactly right. this is a stunning drama of human history, the atlantic slave trade, and i would ask you to notice his reference to el dorado, the mythic city of gold sought after by the spanish conquistadores when they came to mexico and peru. well, el dorado was finally found, not that actual city, but a slave system that would p

community spread, in some very hot countries in west africa. we are very concerned about west africa, countries like burkina faso, cote d'ivoire, senegal, nigeria. we are seeing, after the virus has arrived and got into the community, community spread happening. unfortunately, we cannot get protection from hot temperatures. that is why we are emphasising very much some of the physical distancing, public health interventions, even in hot contexts like our continent. the answer is no, then, from you, tshidi. ngozi? i'm not a medical doctor but it appears that there is no definitive evidence on that. let me just ask you some of the other questions that we have had on social media. i will come back to you on that, tshidi, as the medic. will affect those countries in africa as badly as it has affected other parts of the world because they have a younger population? that's one thing that you hear a lot. somebody else was saying, we are led to believe that it affects people from an ethnic background more — is this false news? we have also had the ot

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ok, well now you've mentioned let's, let's talk about a swap exam ics state west africa. province, vincent i, who is the greater threat at the moment in that part of the world. is it the islamic state or is it boko haram? i think there's no doubt that it's what is the largest larger threat now if you see, you know, since 2017, the largest, the largest attack, some on military the most successful attack on, on the military, especially in nigeria. but also in chad has been you know, carried out by its swap, partly because this was as a result, tactics and that also they have learnt thanks to the stomach state. they have adapted. they have evolved, they are much more astute. they are all going i you know, they are out there, organization has evolved the of a permanent troop of soldiers. 'd rather than the militia kind of system that chicago used to work on so that they have clearly about the most impact on the ground of a great do you see that? do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening? no wire grew as it were just if were present.

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africa and west african states can feel. bad voices can be headed and mean that really that country's future i mean we are seeing some developments as my colleague in paris just described it just incompetence and corruption in getting in bed in and luckily where the shift in how the constitution americanisms are supposed which not just must be tenable in these particular cases so even where france is not where king asked. it or tool as such a is don't trust france and the west itself has a credibility quarter ok we're in the final 5 minutes gentlemen so i just want to get your views on what the way out of this is what the future holds and if it say to bring better governance to mali and a better situation moving forward where does the solution lie in professor ending if you could give us your of these western shawls was small going back to the drawing board is saying how do we fashion out governance of them who which different voices be given this piece and that place contribute to determining and this and yet ones huge ok t

nobody from africa will be allowed in. they don't even know where west or east or south africa is. nobody from africa should be allowed in. and close our airports. i mean, that's a combination of ignorance and arrogance that could create ruination for our economic system, our financial system. >> please be advised that a health care worker that lives in your area has tested positive for the ebola virus. >> today testing confirmed that a patient here in new york city has tested positive for ebola. >> craig spencer treated ebola patients in guinea. >> 12 hours before he detected his fever, he was in an uber car, he was on the "l" train, he was on the a train, weighs on the 1 train. he went to two bowling alleys and he went to a restaurant as no quarantine was required. late this afternoon the governors of new york and new jersey decided to change that. >> after returning from treating ebola patients in sierra leone, casey hickok was forcibly quarantined even though she tested negative for ebola twice. >> we have the legal authority to do it, we're doing it. >> it was pretty clear tha

and west africa is need since. well i think that's what i have to spice up some reality it's up to my time if that's most of the west african cities and. thinking that they have comp of h. so if you have to get this you need to be a 100 and get 4 if the kind of security architecture that is being used in our lives not just in west africa not just in mali but india and progress africa you see i'm lucky in. guy that from the outside then little wonder why the issue of celebrity becomes a problem in this instance that is on who is. beating in the region i love musician on call us and the intentions of france and the uk for most times it was would think that some of their faults is being sabotaged because some point is difficult for my lips no way that they have a lead just because ought to be government off in politics and that's an interesting point i see you know saying that professor owning at what are eco us is options here because there does seem to be this this pull as a starter as it was saying between you know

community spread, in some very hot countries in west africa. we are very concerned about west africa, countries like burkina faso, cote d'ivoire, senegal, nigeria. we are seeing, after the virus has arrived and got into the community, community spread happening. unfortunately, we cannot get protection from hot temperatures. that is why we are emphasising very much some of the physical distancing, public health interventions, even in hot contexts like our continent. the answer is no, then, from you, tshidi. ngozi? i'm not a medical doctor but it appears that there is no definitive evidence on that. let me just ask you some of the other questions that we have had on social media. i will come back to you on that, tshidi, as the medic. will affect those countries in africa as badly as it has affected other parts of the world because they have a younger population? that's one thing that you hear a lot. somebody else was saying, we are led to believe that it affects people from an ethnic background more — is this false news? we have also had the ot

now from if africa to west africa we're traveling to total it's time for our not my. today guy didn't go on. how to always keen to share his passion about the totally capital with us. i'm glad he's so sculptor of giants i'll introduce you to my beautiful city one of my sources of inspiration i hope you like it. at the so i was born into a capital ronnie which is home to more than 1700000 people. voted on the border with ghana of the coastal city horse not only miles and miles of beaches but it's also home to the leading container port in west africa but the city does not profit much from it as it is mainly used for transfer shipments the majority of the population live off from one tree. no man is a police and these sense of transport it is also noticeable in a studio located in the neighborhood of the coming. war this is why i communicate with the would i like to bring new life to the dead my sculptures can be up to 4 metres tall i use my otway it's to talk about a feeling in my heart my goal is to give something new to the world. the 20 year old artist never picks u

africa ind in west guinea in 2014. i was in epicenterer of an outbtbreak providing direct clinical care on a daily basis in full protective personal quip met with doctors without borders. i followed rigorous protocols every single day. my organization had been doing and really hads done a great job in minimizing the risks to the providers and increasing the quality of care we can provide to o our patient. that beieing said, personall prototective equipment is not flawless, not perfecect, even if used pererfectly. at 1.i was infected. when i came back to the u.s., i was thankfully treated here and received incredible quality care and was lucky enough to survive. largely because i w was treatedn really great health h system. i was also really young and did not have any other r medical issues.. atat the only time the o only tg i could think about were my colleagues and princnce back in west africa that did not have access to the same quality ofof care. in w west africa, i took care of about 30 patients,s, myself, att anan

what islamic state, west africa province, vincent i, who is the greater threat at the moment in that part of the world? is it the islamic state or is it boko haram? i think there's no doubt that it's what is the largest larger threat now if you see, you know, since 2017, the largest, the largest attack, some on military the most successful attack on, on the military, especially in nigeria. but also in chad has been you know, carried out by its swap, partly because this was as a result, tactics and that also they have learnt thanks to the stomach state. they have adapted. they have evolved, they are much more astute. they are all. 'd going i, you know, they are out there, organization has evolved they have a permanent troop of soldiers. 'd rather than the militia kind of system that chicago used to work on. so they have clearly about the most impact on the ground of a great do you see that? do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening? no wire grew as it were just if were present. it's a bizarre trip because it stresses broader sense of do grap

ok, well now you've mentioned let's, let's talk about a swap islamic state west africa. province vincent i, who is the greater threat at the moment in that part of the world. is it the islamic state or is it boko haram? i think there's no doubt that is what is the largest larger threat now if you see, you know, since 2017 that the largest, the largest attack some on military the most successful attack on, on the military, especially nigeria. but also in chad has been you know, carried out by its swap, partly because it's weapons as it reached thoughts dicks, and that also they have learnt thanks to the stomach state. they have adapted. they have evolved, they are much more astute. they are organized. 'd you know, they are, their organization has evolved the other permanent troop of soldiers. 'd rather than the militia kind of system that chicago know used to work on so that they are clearly about the most impact on the ground of the equator. you see that? do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening no wire group with the largest

ok, well now you've mentioned let's, let's talk about a swap exam ics state west africa. province. vincent i, who is the greater threat at the moment is not part of the world. is it the islamic state or is it boko haram? i think there's no doubt that is what is the largest larger threat now if you see, you know, since 2017 that the largest, the largest attack some on military the most successful attack on, on the military, especially in nigeria. but also in chad has been you know, carried out by its swap, partly because it's weapons as it reached thoughts dicks, and that also they have learnt thanks to the stomach state. they have adapted. they have evolved, they are much more astute. they are organized. 'd you know, they are, their organization has evolved the other permanent troop of soldiers. 'd rather than the militia kind of system that chicago know used to work on so that they are clearly about the most impact on the ground of the equator. you see that? do you see the islamic state as a greater threat or is boko haram just as threatening? no. our group, it was the largest. it

that is exactly what happened and it west africa as well. it just happened earlier and more devastatingly. but that is just the first part of the equation. case fertility rate is report card on what happens after you get infected. we also have racial disparities and other social disparities, as you have noted, any risk of infection. so all along that noxious path, we have to make interventions that lessen the risk for infection but also lessen the risk for a bad outcome once infected. i think that is the goal before us with covid-19, just as it was a goal during ebola. why am i bringing this up? because if the report card is only about disease control that is stopping in epidemic and not about survival once infected, why is it that people would go to an ebola treatment unit to be isolated if they fear they will not receive care? the answer is, they won't. this was not new. treatment centers and units that were really isolation and quarantine facilities proliferated across the continent of africa during colonial rule and remained a feature th

casamance, in west africa, is the front—line in the fight against deforestation. its foot soldiers are prepared to risk everything. this man is part of a group of volunteers who know first—hand the devastation caused by logging. he patrols his local area on his rickety motorbike, he is searching for signs of loggers. he has been attacked, but is determined to continue. he is one of many local activists recruited by a former senegalese minister of environment. he has dedicated his life to conservation. the northern border lands of casamance and an area he patrols, even though it's a three hour journey. in what used to be a thick forest, this is all there is left. without enough tree cover, the landscape soon turns to dust. we are following him now. intelligence sources have told them there are active depots, we are going there to see what it's like. very soon we spot a blue truck in the distance. it's likely to be a buyer picking up logs just outside a local village. clearly activity is going on. i can hear boom, boom as the logs are being loaded on to the truck.

in the capital lima as it was raided by police negotiator under way in mali between members of the west africa block and leaders of a military coup the delegation is trying to find a way forward after a group of soldiers seize power on tuesday and a go she has met ousted president abraham a cock 8. libyan warlord highly for have to has rejected calls for a ceasefire by the un recognized government is spokesman called it a publicity stunt and says the tripoli administration is planning a turkish backed off offensive on the city of sirte. and the rival parliament in eastern libya have supported the cease fire those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's one on one east obesity china's big problem.

goes via west africa from south america goes from south america by boat or by plane gets to west africa. ivory coast countries like that it depends on where the law enforcement is most effective and these countries the transit countries for cocaine and then it goes up africa cross into europe and then it's distributed by variety of different groups often albanian gangs across europe and into the u.k. and guinea bissau is not like honduras in the in the way that it's not as violent but it is it on the poorest countries in the world its main export is. and i want to go there again because most people realize the drug non-drug exactly and most people i think when i think about the drug supply chain never think about places like these and we know that the victims of what the drug war actually means are you could i mean certainly the. u.n. will do drug report says 2 thirds of cocaine from. the u.s. proxy that the american mission goes to binny cape verde gone immorally knees year to group and that's what's ending up here in britain it's political vulnerability in countries that have been usu

casamance, in west africa, is the front—line in the fight against deforestation. its foot soldiers are prepared to risk everything. this man is part of a group of volunteers who know first—hand the devastation caused by logging. he patrols his local area on his rickety motorbike, he is searching for signs of loggers. he has been attacked, but is determined to continue. he is one of many local activists recruited by a former senegalese minister of environment. he has dedicated his life to conservation. the northern border lands of casamance and an area he patrols, even though it's a three hour journey. in what used to be a thick forest, this is all there is left. without enough tree cover, the landscape soon turns to dust. haidar el ali is a former senegalese minister of environment, intelligence sources have told them there are active depots, we are going there to see what it's like. very soon we spot a blue truck in the distance. it's likely to be a buyer picking up logs just outside a local village. clearly activity is going on. i can hear boom, boom as the lo

let's head to west africa now the government has extended its state of emergency after so expect a terrorist killed 8 people 6 french humanitarian workers along with a guide and driver was shot dead on sunday while on a visit to a nastar reserve in the area. by french have launched the search for the killer. set on fire and riddled with bullets. this is the vehicle that the aid workers and their guards were traveling in when they were set upon. investigations at the scene said the attackers shot dead 7 of the victims one woman apparently tried to escape to court and then also killed. the head of one ngo she was appalled and shocked by what had happened. i would like to tell you that's all off thoughts obviously with the families of the victims and our teams. this is an absolutely unprecedented tragedy this is a couple act which is revolting. the aid workers have been planning to visit a giraffe or is a about one i was drive from the capital. what has taken many aback is that this is an area that up to now had been considered relatively safe. in a region plagued by jihadist violence. france a

could ghana become a car manufacturing hub for west africa the government is hoping so it's trying to lure international car companies to the country to do that it's introducing a ban on imports of vehicles that are 10 years or older it's a significant move used cars make up 70 percent of vehicle imports to ghana date of your correspondent i collect the scent of that for force. just to see fixes salvaged and used cars imported into ghana he works from his base in samara a capital crime. he and his employees fix more than 4 cars and month in almost $1000.00 u.s. dollars in revenue this is his only source of livelihood. salvage vehicles arrive in the country car dealers bring them here for me to work on them and payment is made once i'm finished this is all i do to take care of my family and my workers. and i'm give what a few bats goosey and he simply could soon have very little to do from november 1. from imports in salvaged or damaged cars it's also bans in petition of. more than 10 years as the government wants to encourage big. gone already assembling vehicles in ghana to invest in

led counterterrorism exercise in west africa that. hold a growing extremist threat in the region the security situation there is west and then by today with the hottest staging more attacks and killing increasing numbers of civilians but. also growing over the possibility that the u.s. may be the. numbers in. region. and i'm joined now by our correspondent fred mooney he's just come back from mauritania one of the 2 countries where that realistic in place very much fred thank you for having me here always a pleasure so so tell us more about this counterterrorism exercise and how different really is it from previous ones i mean when it comes to training. all these military shootings it's not different but what was did this time around a tree to focus on activities that touch the lives of ordinary people like in mauritania these days that they had to treat most cutters and cover most for ordinary citizens that way actually they are tackling the military part but also they're carrying. these people that there was something different comp