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

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.

africa is experience in a drug crisis in 2017 west africa counted for 77 percent of all tramadol seized worldwide and the following story right now takes us to liberia where we meet a drug peddler who makes a profit from selling tramadol. monrovia liberia the abuse of the painkiller tramadol is on the rise. officially the synthetic opioid is only imported in $50.00 to $100.00 milligram pills but criminal networks smuggle in tramadol tablets $3.00 to $5.00 times higher in dosage. those pills are then passed on to street vendors like henry kane the 19 year old maker. profit every day. i was and i used to sell electronic gadgets but then my business went down because of the current a pandemic so i started selling tramadol people who have nothing to do people who don't have jobs they all come to me to buy my pills. kane says he's tried the drug and knows its effects but he'll keep selling as long as there's a market. sometimes i think it myself because i want to know what it is like the feeling of it i take it and i like it i see why people come to me and buy a dividend i know it's not food

it was almost as common as circumcision in a lot of west africas. in places like senegal, along the gambia river, the sierra leone river. now, we don't have early documentation saying people from west central africa, what's now angola, that area had this form of practice but they had other public health responses to smallpox. in terms of the differential immunity, europeans didn't believe that africans were more immune to smallpox, but they believed their bodies were somehow hardier and more resistant to diseases and, therefore, be subjected to harsh labor harsh smallpox experiments. there's a few folks, john quire is one of the more notorious ones who did horrible experiments on enslaved africans with combating smallpox inoculations in the late 18th century. because they had this belief that africans could somehow withstand harsher treatments or would experience a less severe form of the disease, they didn't give them the same quality of care that they provided europeans. and once europeans formally adopted smallpox inoculations, they were willing

africa is experience in a drug crisis in 2017 west africa accounted for 77 percent of all trauma or seized worldwide in the following story run out takes us to liberia where we meet a drug peddler who makes a profit from selling tramadol. monrovia liberia the abuse of the painkiller tramadol is on the rise. officially the synthetic opioid is only imported in $50.00 to $100.00 milligram pills but criminal networks smuggle in tramadol tablets $3.00 to $5.00 times higher in dosage. those pills are then passed on to street vendors like henry kane the 19 year old makes a profit every day. i used to sell electronic gadgets but then my business went down because of the corner pandemic so i started selling tramadol people who have nothing to do people who don't have jobs they all come to me to buy my peers. kane says he's tried the drug and knows its effects but he'll keep selling as long as there's a market. sometimes they take it myself because i want to know what it is like the feeling of it i think it and i like it i see why people come to me and buy dividend i know it's not food to peo

more than 18000, people from north and west africa have reached the islands this year. after a hazardous sea crossing more than 10 times as many as last year in the west african nation of burkean, a faso is about to vote in elections overshadowed by escalating extremist violence . more than 2000, people have been killed and a 1000000 more have fled their homes. president rock cabaret is widely expected to win a 2nd term as main rival eddie come boyko has been endorsed by the long serving a former leader blaze. she had just insurgency has left large areas, cut off, leaving many voters unable to take part another day. another early start for bernadette trying to provide for 4. children means spending most of her time here, but there's not much to sell. the main fridge stopped working. so she can sell fish or rice. 8 that just doesn't work. there is no money in this country, and i cannot afford the repairs that either way, there is no guarantee shall have customers. with an absolute militant attacks, people are keeping together what they have their jihad, this is the pover

it's the 1st in west africa. the factory opened a few weeks ago, the manufacturing equipment and components the solar systems are imported from europe. the government waived import duties. the production equipment is the very latest. it's very complex and enables us to make high quality products. the panels we make are basically the same as models that have been certified in germany. certain much of the manufacturing process is automated. but some steps done by hand. 170 people work at the plant. well, over half of them are women. the solis ells have to be sold to the panels manually to create the modules the entire system has to be robust enough to withstand high temperatures. it can be 45 degrees celsius in the shade. so this is where we test the panels. when a panel comes out of the machine, we check all the solders to see if there are any cracks anywhere. if everything's ok, we wire the strings of cells together. finally, we attach a serial number to prevent counterfeiting, because the company has stepped up

it's the 1st in west africa. the factory opened a few weeks ago. the manufacturing equipment in components that the solar systems are imported from europe. the government waived import duties. production equipment is the very latest. it's very complex and enables us to make high quality products. the panels we make are basically the same as models that have been certified in germany. certain much of the manufacturing process is automated. but some steps, a done by hand. 170 people work at the plant. the huff of them are women. the solist cells have to be sold to the panels manually to create the modules. the entire system has to be robust enough to withstand high temperatures. it can be 45 degrees celsius in the shade. so this is where we test the panels. when a panel comes out of the machine, we check all the solders to see if there are any cracks anywhere. if everything's ok, we wire the strings of cells together. finally, we attach a serial number to prevent counterfeiting, because of the company has stocked up on components in case supply chain

it's the 1st in west africa. the factory opened a few weeks ago. the manufacturing equipment and components for the solar systems are imported from europe. the government waived import duties. the production equipment is the very latest. it's very complex and enables us to make high quality products. the panels we make are basically the same as models that have been certified in germany. certain much of the manufacturing process is automated. but some steps done by hand. 170 people work at the plant. well, over half of them are women. the solis ells have to be sold to the panels manually to create the modules the entire system has to be robust enough to withstand high temperatures. it can be 45 degrees celsius in the shade. so this is where we test the panels. when a panel comes out of the machine, we check all the solders to see if there are any cracks anywhere. if everything's ok, we wire the strings of cells together. finally, we attach a serial number to prevent counterfeiting, because of the company has stepped up on components in case supply

affiliated so-called islamic state west africa province operate here. the 2 groups have been blamed for attacks on fallen isn't fisherman, and they accuse of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far, there's been no claim of responsibility. i don't want us. i came down work around it, killed many of our people. we need assistance. we need weapons because we have young men who cannot guard our farmers while they work. please please, for god's sake. the democrats don't like it when the nigerian military has been unable to quell the insurgency in which tens of thousands have been killed or abducted. there are reports that several women may also have been kidnapped in the latest incident. and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise. and it every so west africa correspondent, funny fish are, says this attack follows government airstrikes, targeting the hardest insurgents in the country's north. it remains unclear just how many people have been killed in this horrendous mas

affiliated so-called islamic state west africa province operate here. the 2 groups have been blamed for attacks on fallen isn't fisherman, whom they accused of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far, there's been no claim of responsibility. i don't know what cuts i came with on the work around it killed many of our people. we need assistance. we need weapons because we have young men who can guard our farmers while they work it out. please, please, for god's sake, the kimock, i don't know that it was the nigerian military has been unable to quell the insurgency in which tens of thousands have been killed or abducted. there are reports that several women may also have been kidnapped in the latest incident. and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise. well, these are used to west africa correspondent for the fish are so says this attack follows a government airstrikes, targeting the hardest insurgence in the country's north. it remains unclear just how many people hav

that's a region where two islamist militant groups, boko haram and islamic state west africa, have been fighting the government. over the 10—year conflict, 30,000 people have died, over 2 million have been made homeless. this latest attack is one of the worse in recent months. neither group have claimed responsibility. president buhari's official spokesperson say the president described the attack as insane and said... translation: boko haram killed many of our people. 32 people were slaughtered. we need assistance, we need some weapons and armed men, because we have youth who can volunteer to guide our farmers while working. please, please, for god's sake. those calls for more military assistance are growing. it is not the first time farmers have been attacked by islamist militants who suspect them of passing on information to the military. last month 22 farmers were killed, in two separate incidents, but local media quoting an mp said this recent attack was because farmers had arrested a boko haram gunman on friday. it is one audacious and rather horrific reminder of past attacks, s

north africa, generally a quiet place, showers in morocco, and still showers around in west africa the next day and jump into the stream and join our global community. biodiversity is biosecurity, is that essential for our species to survive? be part of the debate. i know you heard my days and you can be part of this conversation when no topic is off the table, the complaints are not neutral and all of these cases goal here is to terrorize it . here's the other part of this. there's no consequence to this stream. on out is the the older, the world rocking back a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera. civilians are reported to have been massacred in northern ethiopia as fighting continues between the military and local forces in the tikrit region. i missed international, says hundreds may have been killed on monday. as a senior official from south africa's governing party is in court facing corruption charges linked to a multi-million dollar asbestos project supporters of aids margaret. surely, the agency's party secretary general have gathered outside oars in protests and top u.s. ele

affiliated so-called islamic state, west africa province operate here. the 2 groups have been blamed for attacks on phone isn't fisherman, in nature use of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far, there's been no claim of responsibility because i came from work around it killed many of our people. we need assistance. we need weapons because we have young men who can guard our farmers while they work it out. please please for god's sake. the team work, i don't like it like that. the nigerian military has been unable to quell the insurgency in which tens of thousands of been killed or abducted. there are reports that several women may also have been kidnapped in the latest incident. and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise. let's cross straight to lagos, nigeria and our correspondent, sonny. such are who is standing by for us. this is a horrific attack and there's still some uncertainty about the death toll. what more can you tell us from where you are? there are con

africa groups are active. i'm joined now by the bbc‘s chris ewokor in abuja. was this the work of boco her arm, do you think? at the moment, no group has claimed responsibility for this attack, but we do know the group called islamic state west africa province have been active in that region. it is one of the worst kind of attack that has been carried out in that region in recent months. tell us a bit more about the attack and who the victims were. the victims, they were rice farmers. they had gone to their form on saturday morning to harvest their rice, it is the harvest season in nigeria. there were many of them and they had gone in a group to their farms. they were rounded up by members of these attackers, who also came in numbers and tied them up and knifed them to death. they left them there, they also set fire to their rice farm and they burnt the farm. they left them for dead. this morning, the bodies were recovered and they were buried. but members of the community say that although they have recover

west africa are of course, both active in the region. what are you hearing from their at this point, i need a book or any affiliate of isis or of the west. an african i says, group has said that they have done is high level, a local jihadi militant group is saying that definitely this carries the handwriting of boko haram. and given what i've just said, that the military carried out a couple of strikes also within that area where this attack happened in the forest which is called the base, the forests were, is the typical hideout of boko haram. it is likely very much likely that this was boko haram. now to give back again, once again to the frustration here on the ground in nigeria, people are saying that the military should rather be occupied trying to fight terrorism than trying to fight. for example, peaceful protesters that have been taking to the streets over the last months, fighting, or rather protesting police brutality. we all remember that the military was actually deployed here in lagos, just a month ago to try to quell protes

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>> reporter: the woman f guinea in west africa was crying for her six-nth-old son, joseph. they were among a hundred people on board dinghy that cast off from libya. most were saved by spain's pro activa opearms, the only non-profit running a rescue service in the med. pro activa's director riccardo gatti. >> the rubber boat, the at totally divided. the two tubes, the floating other, and all thee fellhe directly into the sea. >> reporter: six people died, including baby joseph. >> the baby was recovered, but after some hours, e baby started to get worse and worse and worse, and he stopped breathing. >> reporter: a similar capsize was capturedn video by the crew of an aircraft operated by the european border agency frontex. again, these people had set off from libya towards italy. frontex alerted libyan coast guards, who rescued 102 people. two bodies were recovered. have suffered the fate of another dinghy, which earlier capsized off the libyan coasts with the over 70 lives. speaking from the libyan port of misrata, steve purbrick of doctors without borders of a shipwreck,

hundreds of migrants die off the coast of west africa on a route that have been largely abandoned. so why are they now risking everything to get them on the site folks in the north atlantic? this is inside story. hello, welcome to the program. and it's a sea journey to europe once shunned by many migrants for being too dangerous, is busy. again, hundreds of drowned this year in the north atlantic ocean. in the latest incident on monday night, at least 80 people were killed when the engine of their fishing boat exploded near cape cod. the vessel carried about 150 people mainly from senegal and gambia. it's believed they were trying to reach the canary islands, a spanish territory, and a gateway to your the north atlantic route became popular after european governments clamped down on crossings through the mediterranean coast guard to say more than $16000.00. people have reached the canary islands this year. but 10 times last year's total, more than half of them arrived in the past month. refugee reception centers are full. some migrants are living in hotels. up before the pandemic w

africa that farmers use the resulting ash as a garden for life. yes. but all too often the bush plan is a get out of control on these halls. hadan disastrous consequences for the environment. the activists, we believe young voices, education foundation, travel to the country. people to change such home food traditions. oh, oh. these young people are willing to act isn't gold in flames. the group is strong to minimize the damage, but it's a losing battle to home began long before the fire. too many trees have been cut down in the area. explains david goyer live from the young voices. educational foundation, harvest is lost. and then students like this are becoming a problem here in ghana. it's a nightmare for the farmers. this is the 1st time i hear you. do you, do you know the cost of the fire and no, but i believe it was said by somebody dug, extend that into my farm and destroyed you back in the town of new barca, david bradley meets with team members to discuss strategy is to tackle widespread slash and burn practices. that is something to talk

it's the 1st in west africa. the factory opened a few weeks ago. the manufacturing equipment and components of the solar systems are imported from europe. the government waived import duties. the production equipment is the very latest. it's very complex and enables us to make high quality products. the panels we make are basically the same as models that have been certified in germany. certain much of the manufacturing process is automated. but some steps, a done by hand. 170 people work at the plant. the hof of them are women. the solar cells have to be sold and to the panels manually to create the modules. the entire system has to be robust enough to withstand high temperatures. it can be 45 degrees celsius in the shade. so this is where we test the panels. when a panel comes out of the machine, we check all the solders to see if there are any cracks anywhere. if everything's ok, we wire the strings of cells together. finally, we attach a serial number to prevent counterfeiting, because of the company has stepped up on components in case supply

once you take office aid organizations are warning of an unfolding crisis on west africa that planned to coast with record numbers of migrants trying to make it to europe last weekend. more than 2600 migrants arrived on the shores of spain's canary islands. al-jazeera as nicolas hot reports from the fishing city of war, incentive gaza, where many young men are looking for a better life. on his journey to europe, shake him back a sensed there would be obstacles. there were 200 people on board, a fishing boat packed like sardines, when the engine exploded. mobile phone footage shows the boat catching fire off the coast of senegal with fishermen trying to rescue those they could. and buckets of people burnt alive. sitting next to him was a 14 year old boy who drowned as other clung to him in panic. when one of the boy that died and i lived for the same reason, to go to him to your fish, the are no jobs, no work in europe. at least there is hope. the father of the dead doof has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter. for sending his son to europe, among the dead was also

in west africa violence has marred the presidential election in ivory coast opposition parties who boycotted the vote say several people were killed in clashes on polling day on saturday police fired tear gas during demonstrations against the current leader and a sign with tara he was running for a 3rd term which the opposition says is unconstitutional. and correspondent funny is in abidjan in ivory coast funny some violence yesterday how is the situation there today. right now here in abidjan the commercial capital of ivory coast everything is quite calm as you can see behind me the in fact is not much going on the roads are more or less empty people are staying at home not only because it's sunday morning but because of this very controversial disputed election that played out quite violently yesterday now there being quite a few disruptions across the country both in the center and in the south 5 laurie coast including the capital what we do not know at this point the exact numbers because there's a lot of conflict conflicting information right now going on the opposition party talking ab

and a presidential election in west africa mobbed by extremist violence. people in bikini faso head to the polls today. but a growing islamist insurgency means many voters want to be able to cost of ballots . a math and how would welcome leaders of the world's wealthiest countries are wrapping up their online g. 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. a virtual gathering has been dominated by efforts to win the coronavirus pandemic, and the global recession. a draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for fair distribution of coded $19.00 vaccines and tasting so that poor countries. i'm not left out. climate change and the environment have emerged as another theme. as the summit draws to a close, and u.s. president defended his environmental record and justified his decision to pull out of the international paris climate agreement. i withdrew the united states from the unfair and one sided powers climate accord, a very unfair act for the united states. the paris accord was not designed to save the environment that was designed to kill the

and a presidential election in west africa, large by extremist violence to people in turkey. now faso, head to the polls today. but a growing islamist insurgency means many voters won't be able to cast their ballots . on a call for leaders of the world's wealthiest countries are meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. the virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end the kono virus pandemic and deal with its economic fallout. a draft declaration shows the biggest economies will pledge to pay for a fair distribution of covert $19.00, vaccines and testing. so that poorer countries are not left out debt relief as also likely to be extended denied the opportunity for face to face pageantry. this was how so dia rebiya opened the g 20 a 7 plane fly over of riyadh to mark the 1st ever summit hosted by an arab country . on the grown king solomon beckoned the world's most powerful leaders, bureaucrats, and despots. to meet the challenge of their generation, it is unfortunate that we are unable to host you in person due to the exceptional circumstances we're all fac

and the west africa correspondent of funny, fisher says this attack follows government airstrikes, targeting the hardest insurgents in the country's north. it remains unclear just how many people have been killed in this horrendous massacre on saturday in borno state in the north east orphanage area. the state governor there speaks of at least 70 people killed. and regardless of the actual death toll, one thing is certain. this is one of the worst attacks in recent years. he nigeria, a country that is suffering because of violence because of jihadism because of the uprising that began in borno state in 2009. now, so far, no group, no militant group has claimed responsibility for this attack, but it definitely does carry to trademark the signature or of its splinter groups that associate themselves with isis. the nigerian army has actually carried out several air strikes in november saying that they do see and observe a resurgence of terrorist activity. and president, who are you seeing that the all me has received all necessary support to protect the citizens, to protect the population of ni

and a presidential election in west africa extremist violence. people in brooklyn, a fast head to the polls today by their growing islamist insurgency, means many voters won't be able to cast their ballots possible in this legal battle . royale in france 1st off the bike and sleep pop live, look to draw level, want points with illegal leaders. no easy task against the fiercely to music side. i'm jared reed. thank you for joining me. leaders of the world's wealthiest countries have been meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. the virtual gathering is dominated by if it's 2 in the coronavirus pandemic, and deal with its economic fallout. a draft declaration shows that the biggest economies will pledged pay for fair distribution of $19.00 vaccines and testing, so that poor countries are not left out. debt relief is also by clean to be extended. denied the opportunity for face to face pageantry. this was how so dear rebiya, open the g 20 a 7 plane fly over of riyadh to mark the fashion ever summit hosted by an arab country. on the gr

in west africa violence has marred the presidential election in ivory coast opposition parties who boycotted the vote say several people were killed in clashes on polling day on saturday police fired tear gas during demonstrations against the current leader and the son of a tara he was running for a 3rd term which the opposition says is unconstitutional. and correspondent funny is in abidjan in ivory coast funny some violence yesterday how is the situation there today. right now here in abidjan the commercial capital of ivory coast everything is quiet calm as you can see behind me the in fact is not much going on the roads are more or less empty people are staying at home not only because it's sunday morning but because of this very controversial disputed election that played out quite violently yesterday now there being quite a few disruptions across the country both in the center and in the south a 5 story coast including the capital what we do not know at this point the exact numbers because there's a lot of conflicting information right now going on the opposition parties are talking abo

it's the 1st in west africa. the factory opened a few weeks ago. the manufacturing equipment and components of the solar systems are imported from europe. the government waived import duties. the production equipment is the very latest. it's very complex and enables us to make high quality products. the panels we make are basically the same as models that have been certified in germany. certain much of the manufacturing process is automated. but some steps, a done by hand. 170 people work at the plant. the huff of them are women. the solace els have to be sold to the panels manually to create the modules. the entire system has to be robust enough to withstand high temperatures. it can be 45 degrees celsius in the shade. so this is where we test the panels. when a panel comes out of the machine, we check all the solders to see if there are any cracks anywhere. if everything's ok, we wire the strings of cells together. finally, we attach a serial number to prevent counterfeiting, because of the company has stocked up on components in case supply chai

affiliated so-called islamic state west africa province operate here. the 2 groups have been blamed for attacks on fondness and fishermen who make use of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far, there's been no claim of responsibility. because i came, come work around and killed many of our people because we need assistance. we need weapons because we have young men who can guard our farmers while they work. please, please, for god's sake, the kimock, i don't have that done. the nigerian military has been unable to quell the insurgency in which tens of thousands of been killed or abducted. there are reports that several women may also have been kidnapped in the latest incident, and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise. let's turn our attention now to some other stories making news around the world. iran has been holding a funeral for the country's top nuclear scientist who was killed in an ambush last week, most then, was credited with a stablish in iran's nuclear

it happened near cape verse of the west, african, sorry, the west coast of africa. tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are rallying in the thai capital, bangkok, cornball prime minister to resign. earlier, a small demonstration was held in support of the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees has warned that it is facing a financial crisis that its financial chief says could lead to disaster employees staged a protest outside on red courtis in gaza. city against a reduction of their salaries, the agency has asked for emergency donations to help make up a shortfall of $70000000.00 to avoid the suspension of essential health and education services. us was the agency's biggest donor until president donald trump cut off funding in 2018. is director of operations at the united nations relief and works agency for palestine. refugees in the near east. he said the struggle to make up for the funds lost when the u.s. pulled out. we have not been able to make up for the big loss from the united states or the united states when they were still giving us money, gave u

africa. the family may have to wait a bit longer to see this dream come true. with your priest is here. this is all it is even these are the top stories. azerbaijan's army says it's entered a district that's been under a minium control for almost 30 years. armenia is handing it over as part of a cease fire deal to end weeks of fighting over the gone akala buck. some of inch of it has more from the very forces have moved into the 2nd ghost town and an area which is almost the size of new gorn a car that is being handed over around to go in a car about there were 7 regions. 3 of them under this deal, going to be handed back over to the, there by johnny military, the russian peacekeeper, they're going to be there. and one of the generals of the very army has told us that it is. they are going to make sure that there are no fighters left in the area as they are handed over. u.s. president elect joe biden has been confirmed as the official winner in the state of georgia. after a hand recount presi

in west africa violence has marred the presidential election in ivory coast opposition parties who boycotted the vote say several people were killed in clashes on polling day on saturday police fired tear gas during demonstrations against the current leader. he was running for a 3rd term which the opposition says is unconstitutional. the situation is chance in ivory coast biggest city where our correspondent. has been covering the story as you can see there is not much to see here on the streets and roads. more or less empty people are staying at home now does that mean that the situation i've already coast is stable. they've been various disruptions across the country during the elections yesterday both in the center and in the south including the capital violent clashes between police forces and people who are trying to prevent the elections from taking place there's conflicting information just how many people have been injured or even killed the opposition talking about 12 people dead while the governments that are on 2 people have died just outside. and the president president ouattara

he proposed troops pulling out from west africa and east africa u.s. troops that are working with those countries to defeat the book on harassment al shabaab which would have been a blow to the war on terror and he even proposed cutting some aid to africa the relationship between africa and america's normally that of trade and aid in terms of aid america has given billions of dollars in aid to africa long before trump was even president and even is helped in things like buying food giving aid to countries in need and also improving the health care system like health in africa fight hiv aids in terms of trade i mean every country has its own trade agreement with america but the issue the africans had is that many felt that these trade agreements tend to favor americans and not so much the africans that's why we seen over the years china making a huge presence in africa coming in more and more each year build again for such a such as roads hospitals and airports and with cars at 19 china has been a lifeline to many african countries who are actually in c

affiliated so-called islamic state, west africa province operate here. the 2 groups have been blamed for attacks on phone isn't fishermen who make use of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far, there's been no claim of responsibility. i don't want cus, i came with come work around, it killed many of our people because we need assistance. we need weapons because we have young men who can guard our farmers while they work. please, please, for god's sake. the democrats don't like it when the nigerian military has been unable to quell the insurgency in which tens of thousands have been killed or abducted. there are reports that several women may also have been kidnapped in the latest incident. and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise. and the did abuse west africa correspondent, a funny for star says this attack follows government airstrikes, targeting geodes, insurgents in the country's north. it remains unclear just how many people have been killed in this horrendou

africa. so, the hold where people were held, how big was that? >> delgado: in terms of where people could actually fit, five feet by about 20 feet. >> cooper: wait a minute. it was only five feet high? so people could barely stand up in this hold? >> delgado: yes. >> cooper: diving on the wreck is difficult. underwater there is zero visibility. you can't even see the ship. delgado's team has only felt it with their hands. they call it "archeology by braille." this is the only image our camera could pick up: a plank of wood covered with what looks like barnacles. delgado, and state archeologist stacye hathorn, showed us some of the artifacts they retrieved. this plank of wood is likely from the hull of the ship. and this iron bolt, with wood attached, shows evidence of fire damage. >> stacye hathorn: you don't see the grain of the wood. >> delgado: it basically makes a briquette. >> cooper: so, this is evidence clearly of, that they tried to burn the ship? >> hathorn: yes. >> delgado: yes. >>

affiliated so-called islamic state west africa province operate here. the 2 groups have been blamed for attacks on fondness and fisherman, whom they accused of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far, there's been no plame affair sponsibility. i don't want us. i came around and killed many of our people because we need assistance. we need weapons because we have young men who can cut off from as well. they work. please, please for god's sake. the democrats don't like it when the nigerian military has been unable to quell the insurgency in which tens of thousands of been killed or abducted. there are reports that several women may also have been kidnapped in the latest incident. and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise assist you're up to speed now where the other world news in the headlines this hour iran has held a funeral for the country's top nuclear scientist killed in an ambush last week was in fact, as the day was credited with establishing iran's nuclear pr

africa. at this market in accra it's easy to see how imports are driving out domestic products translates into job losses only translates destruction of my view. it translates into puppets. and it translates into cash tradition values young people want to get up to this country. the demodex are fast. * changing this this because you have lost control bob was there a while back about 3 years ago and part of stick on food from the us and us could come out of africa and work on opportunities. for us how this shows the response from if you try to change policy to value. free trishna not destroy lives of. the cosmic massage sometimes for the fun top fun stuff because those are the profit but if you. don't use us i meant. to monte a pontiac as an agricultural advisor in northern ghana me at the tomato factory in point that's gone out of business. as a result of local farmers a desperate. many of them leave the region others are experimenting with alternative crops and some still do grow tomatoes bu

. >> reporter: i'm here in liberia in west africa with epidemiologist chris golden. liberia was ground zero for the ebola outbreak. and a place researchers are looking for the source of the next pandemic. if people are coming into contact with bats in this rain forest, they could be exposed to a new strain of ebola or another virus. >> the animals coming from this side -- >> reporter: moses is a ranger whose job it is to stop poachers. he and his team are our first line of defense. >> you're standing at this abandoned mine. you can only see maybe two or three meters in before it's entirely black. but in the kind of haze, you can see the kind of decrepit old bits of previous mining industry. and overwhelmingly, a squawk of all these bats. [ bats chittering ] >> you can see them right here. >> hm, wow. so there's an entire colony in here. >> yeah. >> and people want these bats, right, chris? these are valuable? >> in many places these are a preferred food item, where people will pay almost a premium price. this would be a prime hunting ground. >> reporter: moses and hi

we begin in west africa, senegal, to be precise, where we meet a man who's been fighting for the environment for 40 years. as an activist, as a government minister, and now as the head of a country's reforestation agency. now it's i, we have the conservation foundation in lagos, also coming up, a young woman in kenya uses flies to talk. oh, we just remembered using hyperbole and how villages in south to evolve by class size as our community and our community in mozambique got the recycling box. there are many across the continent who are giving their all for the environment. today we meet one of them. this man, a former senegalese environment minister, is dedicated to read greening this region, not just from his desk as a lobbyist, but on the ground together with local residents. he's been planting mangroves and other trees, even using rather unconventional methods. at times. senegal needs more trees and he does who heads a large scale refer station project is busy getting them planted. scientists say that without major the 1st station sinegal will lose half its arab land within the next 5 y

the showers had disappeared from west africa. they have reappeared out going all the way around the corner. significant showers far north. >> welcome back. voting is underway across the united states in what is expected to be a record turnout. more than 100 million people voted early. it is already the most controversial and most highly anticipated election in recent years. while we are watching all 50 states to discover the election result, it often comes down to a handful. these 21 states including wyoming and alabama are almost certain to support president trump. while these 17 including california and new york are set to vote for joe biden. that leaves these swing states which could go either way. some are more important than others. the election is decided by the electoral college. 270 votes given to either candidate. more populous states have more meaning places like florida with 29, pennsylvania with 20, michigan was 16, and wisconsin with 10 or crucial. let's go to one of those states. we are live in miami, florida. whoev

ghana is now one of west africa's most stable democracies and tributes have been paid to warnings from all political parties. kids take a quick look at the top stories here on al-jazeera. ethiopia's prime minister has claimed that massive victory in the northern region of t. gray with the federal government is battling local forces, says his forces have, quote, liberated the western part of t. . great. the brutal air campaign and land campaign has raised fears of a humanitarian crisis, with hundreds killed. thousands have been displaced across the border into sudan. hippa morgan has more now from get that he found the sudan, ethiopia border. they say hundreds of thousands more are waiting asper their estimation across the border with european border, waiting for 4, weans to be able to come into sudan seeking refuge. this the most of them are women and children, but they're also include former combatants, people who've laid down their arms to seek refuge here in cities, there are 3. so what happens upon arrival? they say is that those refugees are then screened for health reasons, but t

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certainly the trial of some of the ebola vaccines that were conducted predominantly in west africa, have led to some amount of capacity that is more stringent. but certainly that is not as widespread if you like the other types of fridges and freezers that are referred to earlier. i think we need investment, depending on where vaccines are needed for use and to ensure that the systems have the capacity to observe -- absorb. >> i want to take a step back. for those unfamiliar with the technology, i want to focus on two particular things. there is vaccine efficacy and there is vaccine effectiveness. these are slightly different terms when it comes to describing how effective a vaccine could be. could you explain this difference to our viewers and how it applies to the vaccine? >> vaccine efficacy is the ability of the vaccine to prevent the disease and a controlled study. and the effectiveness, when you look at the general effectiveness of the vaccine in the community and its impact, therefore you have to show efficacy in a controlled study in order to license the vaccine and for the fda t

showers through west africa. >> since 2013, wish, the world innovation summit for health, has gathered health care leaders, practitioners and researchers together to learn, interact and engage with innovative organizions. anchor: welcome back. the headlines now. on the eve of the u.s. election, the two men vying to be president are busy campaigning in those crucial battleground states that could secure their path to victory. donald trump is holding rallies in four states while joe biden is focusing firmly on ohio and pennsylvania. in our other headlines, at least 22 people are dead and 22 injured after gunmen stormed kabul university, sparking an hours-long battle with security forces. students were shot in their classrooms and as they tried flee the scene. in tanzania, police briefly obtained opposition presidential candidate over a call for protests disputing last week's elections. his arrest came hours after his party's chairman and other officials were detained on terrorism charges. more on the u.s. election now and the state of texas hasn't supported a democrat for president for m

both the islamist group boko haram and a rival group, the islamic state west africa province, operate here. the two groups have been blamed for attacks on farmers and fishermen whom they accused of spying for the army and pro-government militia. but so far, there has been no claim of responsibility. [speaking foreign language] >> boko haram killed many of our people. we need assistance. we nd weapons, because we have young men who can guard our farmers while they work. please, please, for god sake. >> the nigerian military has been unable to quell the enters and see, and wish 10 -- the insurgency, in which tens of thousands have been killed or abducted. there are reports several women may have also been kidnapped in the latest incident, and the number of men remain missing, raising fears that the death toll from this brutal attack could still rise. brent: beginning tuesday, december 1, there will be no opposition in hong kong's parliament. the resignations of 15 pro-democracy lawmakers have officially come into force. they stepped down two weeks ago, to protest a law passed by beijing