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Stepping it no excusing it
no ignoring it this is not

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a battle between different face different
sex or different civilizations

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This is

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a battle between barbaric criminals who
seek to all be literate human alive and

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decent people all in the
name of religion people

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that want to protect life and want
to protect their religion. This is

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a battle between Good and Evil Mr Trump
urged his audience to drive the terrorists

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out he said there can be no discussion
of stamping out the threat without

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mentioning Iran which he said gives terrorist
safe harbor financial backing in the

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social standing for recruitment and is

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a government that speaks openly of mass
murder vowing that destruction of Israel

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death to America and ruin for many leaders
and nations in this very room the

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u.s.

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And Gulf Cooperation Council announced agreement
to coordinate efforts against financing

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terror groups Mr Trump is in the midst
of his 1st foreign trip he moves on to

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Israel Monday in Nigeria the military
said it killed at least 13 suspected Boko

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Haram fighters in the Lake Chad area Saturday
they also arrested several militants

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and seized weapons ammunition and trucks
in the country's northeast and he Boko

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Haram vigilantes said 4 of their colleagues
searching for food for internally

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displaced people were seized on the outskirts
of the capital city of my degree and

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killed by suspected
insurgents this is v.o.a.

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News North Korea Monday said the successful
launch of the latest medium range

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ballistic missiles Sunday the 2nd in

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a week means it's ready to be deployed for
military action the missile was the song

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to a land based version of a submarine
launched weapon response from u.s.

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Secretary of state Rex Tillerson in Saudi
Arabia where are we in the stages of

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applying the economic pressures well as
the diplomatic pressure to the regime in

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North Korea hopefully they will get the
message that the pathway of continuing

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their nuclear arms program is not

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a pathway to security or surely prosperity
and called the ongoing testing both

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disappointing and disturbing the latest
missile is said to have traveled 500

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kilometers before crashing into the Sea of
Japan it was denounced by both Japan and

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South Korea which called it reckless and
irresponsible the last of hundreds or

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rebels and their families left on. Homes
under an evacuation deal with Damascus the

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Syrian city had been in rebel hands as the
beginning of the conflict in 2011 and

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alist

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a main cycle of the Australian National
University said the war is far from over

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when it is important turn comes off in

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a building that's said to Cian to expand
its control over the territories but that

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does not specifically mean at that stage
just because the rebels have evacuated

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homes and they've moved into other areas
that would mean the end of the conflict in

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Syria despite some of the rebel setbacks
around Damascus and earlier in Aleppo he

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doubts the government has the strength
to extend its control over the entire

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country Egyptian authorities referred nearly
50 people to military trial for their

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alleged involvement in 3 deadly church
bombings Islamic state has claimed

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responsibility for the suicide blast that
targeted churches in December in April

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more than 70 were killed
prompting declaration of

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a 3 month state of emergency Brazilian
staged mass protests Sunday calling on

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President Michel Temora to step down amid
corruption allegations Mr Temora has been

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in office just 2 years since the impeachment
ouster of his predecessor. Myself

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Michael Ball protester Antone on Alonso's
said Mr Terrorist removal from office

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could be the result only call her mother
in direct election he said it's time for

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a direct election by the people the latest
political crisis has sent its currency

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and stocks plummeting and stalled
needed reforms to pull Brazil out of

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a protracted recession. An
American climber died Sunday

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a Mount Everest 50 year old Roland you're
wood from Alabama is the 3rd person to

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die on the world's tallest mountain this
year after reaching an altitude of some

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8000 meters in Indian climber disappeared
Saturday on his down downward move from

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the summit Meanwhile Swiss climber died
in April and an 85 year old man perished

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earlier I'm Victor Beatty That's
the latest world news from b o

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a. Good

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morning Africa welcome to daybreak Africa
from the Voice of America I'm James but

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in Washington today is Monday May 22nd and
here are some of the rich we're covering

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u.s. President Donald Trump calls for

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a united front against global
terrorism. Condemnation

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of this killing.

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By history. That. Has u.s.

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President Donald Trump speaking in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia government says President

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from speech gives hope that freedom from
terrorists is ahead in South Sudan tops

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this year's list of most fragile in the
world and. In Burundi is having an effect

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on individuals and businesses. Has been
compounded by continuing power in that

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country most of business people are
using some of generators to keep their

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businesses running this report says have
the every month. And we were told what

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they found out of the fashion Africa
Conference which opens later this week in

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London for those the response. Sports and
I will is no the day are coming up on

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Daybreak Africa.

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U.s. President Donald Trump called for

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a united front to combat Islamic extremism
speaking in Riyadh Saudi Arabia during

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his 1st overseas trip Mr
Trump told leaders from

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a dozen Islamic countries to take the lead
and join the United States to get rid of

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global terrorism. Every time

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a terrorist murders an innocent person
and falsely invokes the name of God It

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should be an insult to every person of
faith terrorists do not worship God

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they worship death if we do not act
against this organized terror then we

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know what will happen and what will
be the end result if we do not

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stand in uniform condemnation of this killing
the not only will we be judged by our

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people not only will we be judged
by history but we will be judged

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by God This is not

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a battle between different face different
sex or different civilizations

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This is

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a battle between barbaric criminals who
seek to all be literate human alive and

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decent people all in the name of
religion Mr Trump told most of

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them Muslim leaders he did not come to
lecture them but the fighting terrorism

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calls for standing together I have had
the pleasure of welcoming several of the

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leaders present today to the White House
and I look forward to working with all of

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you America is

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a sovereign nation and our 1st priority
is always the safety and security of our

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citizens we are not here to
lecture. We are not here to tell

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other people how to live what to
do who to be or how to worship

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instead we are here to offer

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a partnership based on shared interests and
values but above all we must be united

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in pursuing the one goal that transcends
every other consideration that goal is to

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meet history's great test to
conquer extremism and vanquish the

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fortunes that terrorism brings with
it every single time with God's

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help this summit will mark the beginning
of the end for those who practice terror

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and spread its vile creed President Trump
said in the United States is prepared to

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stand with them in the pursuit of shared
interests in common security but he said

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Middle East nations cannot wait for American
power to crush their enemy for them Mr

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Drum's that

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a better future is going to be possible if
the drive out of the terror is the drive

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of the terrorists and
extremists themselves it's

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a choice between 2 futures and it is

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a choice America cannot make for you

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a better future is only possible if your
nations drive out the terrorists and drive

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out the extremists drive
them out drive them out

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of your places of worship drive them out.
Of your communities drive them out of

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your holy land and drive them out of this
earth President Trump arrives in Israel

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a little today where he will hold talks
with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders

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during the course of his 2 day visit there
Somalia's government says President

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Trump speech on Sunday in Saudi Arabia
gives hope that the day of freedom from

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about terrorist is

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a hand information minister at the right
match last month says if Somalia is at

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peace then the rest of the world will also
be at peace. So Molly is very pleased

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to welcome the seat. Of the
United States as. Family

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in the Arabian Sea and of the unity
that the world has been waiting for

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other than Islamic countries and the
United States to work together in fighting

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terrorism our country has been waiting for
this kind of opportunity the commitment

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to retire from the president of the United
States is one of the themes of our area

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as well as other Arab and Islamic countries
it gives us hope that the money will be

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seasoned stable in the near future relying
on our friends and allies on this front

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Mr Minister you know that the president
called the Islamic countries to do your

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best to make sure that whoever your country
responsible for finance the terrorist

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do your best to make sure that those persons
eradicated from the country many don't

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let the terrorists have hold your countries
in Somalia for the last 10 years you

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have been very successful in combating
terrorism even though we are trying our best

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to level with the support. And with the
support of our allies and friends the likes

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of. U.k.

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And the Nevertheless issue it's

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a global terrorism we need where there
are listeners where there are no stable

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government money to have stable government
and strong that can really bring peace

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to our country is the only way.
That we save our country so

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on one hand we. Have been
brainwashed by terrorist results.

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But we cannot do all that with the capability
of the necessary means to come. And

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that's why 'd there's

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a kind of summit has been in there really
has been not only some money but there

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was some money then the rest of the world
to minister to your country was one of

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the countries. The president travel ban
did you hear anything that the president.

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That gives you any hope courage the travel
ban and other issues all these images

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are in the league or I want to bring these
understand that I'm sure Americans will

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come to some on

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a holiday but at the moment because of
the currents in the country. On one hand

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fighting is certainly al Qaeda and its
supporters. On the other hand we are

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building this as an institution it's

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a democratic government our country is
in need and one of the things that we

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have to tackle. The lines courses
that lead for better reason

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and our young people do not go to school
because of the chaos and some of the areas

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. Do not have the necessary
them to find jobs so they

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can be good citizens our people and our
country we do not have the infrastructure

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that is necessary for our to
build. A time where fighting is

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not only for terrorism but we are fighting
for policy we are fighting for. What our

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. Mind is Somalia as minister of information
he was speaking with me from the

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capital Mogadishu today is Monday May 22nd
and you're listening to daybreak Africa

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and the Voice of America I'm James but in
Washington police and to your comments

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and opinion as to daybreak Africa at the
News dot com daybreak Africa time is 14

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and a half minutes past the hour

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a month long feel schottische in Burundi
is having an effect on individuals and

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businesses Moses havea reminder reports
from. Most of the business is in warranty

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after their regular or indirectly by the
ongoing fuel shortage in the country

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earlier this month there were
only government announced that

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a technical problem at their countries or
of any authority was responsible for the

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shortage the government also say the issue
had been resolved it is one month since

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then and the fuel shortage crisis continues
common man who is the one to Minister

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of Energy Yeah you probably think maybe I
could have gotten him out and said there

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is

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a technical problem which you know the
government is Ukraine to resolve I want to tell

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people that this situation from now on will
improve though it may take some time to

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get back to normal we are going to make
much effort done for the other past few

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weeks to make sure transport get back to
normalcy in the country government for the

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euro station owners and managers have
stayed away from commenting on the ongoing

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for the shortage but some have linked
to their crisis to the lack of foreign

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reserves in the Central Bank taxidriver
is in the country and now I have to go to

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neighboring countries to get
fuel for their current Juma is

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a taxi driver in Bujumbura. Because income.
That is on the phone now we are not

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working as we used to because of this you
will shortage sometimes we queue for 3

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days and still end up without getting fewer
I decided to go to View home which is

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15 kilometers from which That's where I
feel like and come back to work though it

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costs

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a lot but we don't have any other options
if you want to shortage has been compounded

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by continuing power shortage in the country
most the business people are using us

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on a generator to keep their
businesses running Everest is

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a dealer in fresh milk in

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a suburb of Bujumbura you
are that. That's Ok. With

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electricity is really

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a big problem here. Even when we get
electricity turned on the last 410 minutes and

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then goes off and comes back after 24
hours oh I'm merely score burdened with

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horses I used to buy thought meters but
now I have reduced to between $10.15

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according to the World Bank brand is
inflation rate for the 1st quarter of this

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year was actually 8.7 percent
compared to the 2016 is 5.5

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percent and they're trying to 17 focused
is expected to reach Daimler digits of not

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less than 10 percent and Moses have

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a very minor video in Africa
Bujumbura. Some food on top of this

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year's list of most fragile states
across the world according to a u.s.

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Based research organization Fund for Peace
the group says self Sudan's deepening

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food is security and the ongoing violent
conflict make it the most fragile nation

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in the world a government
official denies South Sudan is

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a fragile state but admits the country
faces big challenges including food

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insecurity wackiest Saima Wood who reports
from Juba their fragile state index now

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in its 13th Yeah Associates 178 countries
based on 12 Source on economic

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and political effect us
their Fund for Peace saves

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a fragile state is correct and I stand
by it we can all ineffective central

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government debt has a little practical
control over much of its territory such as

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a failure to deliver the public's obvious
is why despite it caught up some an

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agreement ality an involuntary movement
of populations defined for peace or say

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South Sudan tops the list because all
of those things are happening in their

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country along. We the de government's
decision to suspend elections to yes go

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subsequent Deputy Information
Minister I can point quite

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a bit cons the reports
findings on phone debt and

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a force that have been conducted and consented
government functioning all the dates

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entered and then asked in the order to
please everyone it's being implemented and

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from the level of detail from Bahrain and
have dropped dramatically and cannot

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compare across the country problem or
you're fighting so you wonder what South

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Sudan is it up or about
that are for a while it is

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a senior policy analyst based think tank

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a dispute Institute he to disagree Swee the
decree Tyria define for peace uses Tor

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and fragile states the pool of 1000000
people in by air made sense that we are not

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on the same thing and therefore we cannot
be written on with them but I have in you

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were pregnant from their perspective and
regaining independence 5 years after

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independence what they're done and now
you can bet on the. One cruel similar

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experience I lived in for their independence
then there were nearly different

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illegitimate way or rent. To that but
I wanted to say yes it is clear that

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a South Sudan has

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a big problems politically and economically
into not quarrel deny that are not

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really that many that Somalia top today
list the off must be fragile states their

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countries around King improved to
selectively dear to add drop in

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a bet on related to deaths in the ongoing
conflict we the Alice about the militants

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at a country in the fun for peace 2017
a very high and lot category included

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a Central African Republic Yemen Syria and

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a sword on court of the sense while he
believes South Sudan does not fit into the

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category of must be fragile states he
acknowledges that ongoing fighting causes

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hangup but to blimps rebel fighters afford
to suffering across the country. But we

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are aware of this a curator
who chairs the u.s.

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Was caught by a concentration of
the rebel attacks that have struck

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a humanitarian movement the build banditry
activity that were also being conducted

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by rebels but I think this is. Quite

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a bit denies that tells us of South Sudan
east continue to flee their country

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because of the continuing violence and

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a foot in security in the United Nations
South Sudan is now in the lead in country

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in Africa are we the highest in
number often if you do so in

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a neighboring countries including it
to Apia Uganda and Kenya for v.n.

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Also I'm walking same one would do in Juba
the fashion Africa Conference will kick

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of on Thursday this week in London it will
bring together industry insiders to talk

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about design manufacturing supply side
infrastructure and more founder ducklings

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schol says there is no other event like 8
she spoke to Ricky about why she founded

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the conference 6 years ago and how she hopes
it helps develop the fashion industry

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on the continent. Strategy this group behind
is always kind of remains the same and

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I to create

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a platform where those in the industry
different stakeholders interact is could get

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together and really discuss what is the
situation happening in the continent right

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now in regard to special manufacturing to
help promote the supply chain there and

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to encourage trade but we really wanted
to be like a catalyst always called like

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a catalyst an industry that will help train
perceptions of fashion and textiles and

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Africa that's really the focus of
raisin awareness that there is

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a manufacturing industry in Africa Fashion
and to highlight some of the points that

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are happening on the continent in the
industry right now how does the conference

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hope to reach these goals Firstly just
by happening does raise that interest

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because you know I do get emails from very
interesting people from you know who is

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new to government officials I look at the
International Trade Center. The European

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Commission who are coming to speak and
interested because they may be doing

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projects and they want to know more we
have retailers. Who have an interest in

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coming in because the hair in about the
continent the hair in about country key

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countries that you see a p.r.

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All Rwanda like it's

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a strike by the Senate colleges you know
that they're setting up new manufacturing

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units and they these companies want
to know more so there's not any as

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a conference focused on the African fashion
mother sector in out there or. Because

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oppression supply chains What are some
of the best fashion trends at the moment

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coming out of Africa Africa's

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a very different and unique market you
know the industry the focus on these local

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industry which is generally informal and
then you've got an industry that is export

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in crisis alive through the

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a governor and you're probably aware of and
that's mostly like more basic products

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from the USA market to show your uniform
things like this but when it comes to

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trends it's different it's more about the
need for the constant And then there's no

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this whole new subcultures happening in
different expressions of well I think that

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young African graphic is

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a very young continent has lost different
expressions through the arts or music or

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fashion Oh becoming one right now but
I would just say for the industry as

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a whole I would say the kind of interesting
things that happen is really things

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like online retail really popping up big
for you know Africa itself made in Africa

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people there seems to be

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a lack of pride for that so fashion is made
in Africa especially like you know you

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can you're in Nigeria gone those
kind of markets where there's

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a lot of pride and developing local technique
so you've got designers at the Mother

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who are uses things like it's happening to
you like that you know because Diane all

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the Handley's in. Jacqueline show founder
of the fashion Africa Conference she was

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speaking to reconstruct from London.

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Good Monday morning to you something good
morning Jeems We begin with the results

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of the under 17 African Cup of Nations
currently ongoing in the born following the

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conclusion of all group marches at the
weekend all 4 semifinalists and now known

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New Jersey and Mali secured their
places in the semifinals on Sunday in

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a born to qualify for the fever walk up in
India in October Mali beat Angola $61.00

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in a group b. March artist d m e t is c.

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No in Libertyville on Sunday night Jared
beat Tanzania one meal at the start

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genteel on Sunday night to make it to
the semifinals of the 27th in under 17

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African Cup of Nations on Saturday Guinea
and Ghana booked their place in the

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semifinals of the under
17 African and born after

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a near no draw between both sides
in the final marches in group

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a in liberal Ville The point was
enough advantage to finish as

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a group were honest up
and secure a place at

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a walk up in India in
October in the order group

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a game Cameron beat host gumbo on one meal
in point genteel the result was not good

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enough for Cameron to progress and in the
20 meant in 3rd place in the standings

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ahead of the born who had already been
eliminated and onto the World Cup was

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a 27000 feet under 20 World Cup campaign
off to the perfect start by defeating

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Portugal 21 to World Cup stadium
on Sunday to move top of Group c.

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The Afghan representative Guin itself at

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a 3 node loss to host South Korea on
song today left off for the Zambia is

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a clash against Iran on Wednesday for the
South Africa their campaign got off on

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a losing note as a surrendered

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a long lead and allowed Japan to beat them
21 in Swan earlier on Sunday so Africa

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will now take on the. Way in the next
group demarche on Wednesday with Zambia

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facing

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a run on the same day as but March is
expected to kick off at the same time and to

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Egypt where Egypt national team coach
Hector Cooper has asked 10 foreign piece

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players to join

00:26:54
a close camp in preparation for the game
against Tunisia and the 1st round of the

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2900 African Cup of Nations qualifiers and
on to the performance of some African

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footballers plying their trade in Europe
at the weekend on Star pier Emerick obame

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and scored tries on the final day of the
season to equal Ghana's to New York was

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enviable bonus league record one and on
Saturday because only deception African

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player after 20 year bore to win the Golden
Boot in Germany 2 times elsewhere Ghana

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striker Jordan a you struck his debut
goal for Swansea City who defeated

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a West Brom at home to end the season
on a high note the Swans ended

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a test in Premier League season with
a few 15th place finish as Jordan

00:27:36
a Hughes 1st strike turned

00:27:37
a 21 victory against West Brom at the
Liberty Stadium and that's it for Di brick

00:27:42
Africa's sports I am sums in my leg in

00:27:46
a butcher Nigeria it's back to you James
in Washington thank you something have

00:27:50
a good day briefly before we leave
your summary of Africa news u.s.

00:27:54
President Donald Trump
on Sunday called for

00:27:56
a united front to combat Islamic extremism
speaking in Riyadh Saudi Arabia during

00:28:02
his 1st overseas trip there's
a Trump told leaders from

00:28:05
a dozen Islamic countries to take the lead
and join the United States to get rid of

00:28:09
global terrorism as all Somalia's government
says President Trump speech Sunday in

00:28:14
Saudi Arabia gives hope that the day of
freedom from about terrorists is at hand in

00:28:20
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00:29:06
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It is Monday May the 22nd this is via ways
international edition good to have you

00:29:46
with us coming up could North Korea's latest
missile launch in peace possibilities

00:29:51
with South Korea now I think your president
wants to get back to it for content to

00:29:57
let you in with this group popular with the
broader populace that He now serves as

00:30:03
president to be

00:30:05
a response to bad actions by North Korea
Also ahead President Trump speaking to

00:30:10
Muslim leaders the latest on the
trouble Russia or probe Plus

00:30:14
a new film starring Dustin
Hoffman and Emma Thompson.

00:30:24
Hello everyone I'm Steve Norman We begin
with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo rbs

00:30:29
response to North Korea's latest
missile launch. Attacks and got

00:30:35
a 2nd to kick him off it's obvious voters
reporters in Tokyo late on Sunday after

00:30:41
holding

00:30:41
a national security council meeting in
response to the test he expressed his hope

00:30:46
to discuss the issue of the upcoming group
of 7 that's the g 7 meeting in Italy and

00:30:52
for the international community to send

00:30:54
a clear message to North Korea the North
Korean news agency said Sunday's missile

00:30:59
launch verified the reliability and accuracy
of solid fuel engine operation some

00:31:05
observers believe the frequent testing
of missiles in this the Bourse way of

00:31:10
determining the buy ability of both solid
fuel and liquid fuel use be always Victor

00:31:16
B.D.'s Rand Corp International Defense
scholar Bruce Bennett for his read

00:31:21
a massage idea. What we don't know is
that. They've been talking about doing an

00:31:28
i.c.b.m.

00:31:28
Test this year it appears that the missile
test there last weekend was the 1st

00:31:33
stage of the i.c.b.m.

00:31:35
The one tested this week and they
will be the 2nd stage it could be

00:31:39
a mix liquid fuel solid fuel combination
so I think they're trying to make progress

00:31:45
towards conflict in the I.C.B.M.'s
Kim Jong un's. Years address.

00:31:52
And that's worrisome because they do seem
to be making progress on Monday North

00:31:59
Korea said it had successfully tested an
intermediate range ballistic missile to

00:32:03
confirm the reliability of
a late stage guidance of

00:32:08
a nuclear warhead What does that mean. There
they're looking to try and develop not

00:32:14
only a missile that can deliver

00:32:15
a warhead but liver it relatively accurately
from what I've heard from some former

00:32:22
senior defectors. They apparently
have been using some form of g.p.s.

00:32:28
Potentially u.s.

00:32:29
And Russian and maybe Chinese in their
programs but to make that work they've got

00:32:35
to put together

00:32:36
a system that exploits both the
location information and guidance and.

00:32:43
Claiming that they're getting there we
don't know for sure that that's the case

00:32:47
will prove secretary of state Rex Tillerson
on the political fallout said economic

00:32:52
and diplomatic pressure will continue on
the north quote the ongoing testing is

00:32:57
disappointing disturbing and we ask that
it sees the foreign ministry office in

00:33:02
South Korea said the tests were quote
reckless and irresponsible throwing cold

00:33:07
water over hopes and desires of the
new government to move Jay in and the

00:33:13
international community for denuclearization
and peace on the Korean Peninsula is

00:33:18
the peace effort over before it even begins
as far as South Korea is concerned no I

00:33:23
. I think the president
saying 'd once to get back to

00:33:26
a particular region has got to let you.
In with the South Korean populace the

00:33:33
broader populace that He now serves as
president has to be responsive to bad

00:33:39
actions playing out in these continuing
listlessness alliances constrain him in his

00:33:45
ability to reconcile with the North been
less gotta cut it out or he's not going to

00:33:52
be able to make the progress he would like
to Secretary teller's unworn on Sunday

00:33:56
the u.s. Was still in the early
stages of applying pressure on p.r.

00:34:00
Young Does this suggest that the u.s.

00:34:03
Policy will continue when changed Well I
think actually it will probably because

00:34:08
more stressful on on North Korea I think
there are several things that the

00:34:14
administration hasn't done yet that they
could yet do and presumably they will do

00:34:20
because North Korea continues its bad
behavior what might those things baser I

00:34:26
think President Trump could well announced
North Korea has claimed that it can put

00:34:31
a nuclear weapon on any of its missiles
if that's the case he may need to put

00:34:39
a u.s.

00:34:39
Missile defense ships into the Sea of Japan
where they can defend against any missile

00:34:44
test because North Korea could well launch

00:34:47
a missile out over the Sea
of Japan and detonate

00:34:50
a nuclear weapon on it to claim that it's

00:34:52
a nuclear power and if it does that it
could shoot down airliners it could sink

00:34:58
ships that's not something the u.s.
Would want to have happen so the u.s.

00:35:03
May need to take some pretty strength
strong action to prevent that Bruce Bennett

00:35:07
is

00:35:08
a senior international defense research or
read Rand Corporation he was speaking with

00:35:12
v.o.a. As victor be the u.n.

00:35:14
Diplomats are saying the Security Council
will hold her June consultations on this

00:35:19
latest North Korea missile test the closed
session was requested by the United

00:35:24
States Japan and South Korea and will be
taking place on Tuesday the diplomat spoke

00:35:30
on condition of anonymity because the
meeting has not been officially announced

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Reza Trump is several days into

00:36:44
a 9 day foreign trip his 1st since taking
office in January he began his tour in

00:36:50
Saudi Arabia where he
in King Solomon signed

00:36:53
a nearly one $110000000000.00 agreement
to bolster the military capabilities of

00:36:58
Saudi Arabia Mr Trump also addressed

00:37:01
a gathering of dozens of
Arab and Muslim leaders at

00:37:04
a regional summit in Riyadh this is not

00:37:08
a battle between different. Different
sacks or different civilizations

00:37:15
This is

00:37:15
a battle between barbaric criminals
who seek to liberate human life and

00:37:22
decent people all in the
name of religion people

00:37:29
that want to protect life and want
to protect their religion. This is

00:37:35
a battle between good and evil President
Trump who is seeking to ban Muslims from 6

00:37:42
majority Muslim countries
from entering the u.s.

00:37:45
Did not use the phrase radical Islamic
terrorism as he frequently has and u.s.

00:37:51
Speeches instead he called on the Muslim
leaders to honestly confront what he

00:37:56
called the crisis of Islamist extremism and
the Islamist terror groups it inspires

00:38:02
reaction to the speech has been mixed but
generally praises have come from many

00:38:07
circles and clued in Muslims many Fredy is

00:38:12
a Muslim and assistant professor as well
as director of religious studies holocaust

00:38:17
genocide an interfaith education center
that's at Manhattan College sees weeks now

00:38:23
with international editions Laurie London.
It was really about Islam but it was

00:38:28
about extremism and I just talked
to people back home that I was

00:38:32
a very good speech but it wasn't him they
were kind of surprised by him talking

00:38:37
about you know young Muslim people should
have what they want whereas in his

00:38:40
campaign he was totally anti
Saudi Arabia as well there was

00:38:45
a whole kind of different Tromp and it was
really about we have to squash extremism

00:38:51
and the countries have to do it that United
States we're not going to go in and do

00:38:55
anything about it do you think there were
expectations I think my expectations were

00:38:59
you know very well and I think he did

00:39:02
a really good job in terms of expectations
but you know it was all scripted because

00:39:05
if you listen to trump he really basically
says you know we want to radical Islam

00:39:10
he did not use a terminal during

00:39:12
a speech and when he was talking
about was talking as if Islam was

00:39:17
a valid religion finally which
is great to hear and that it was

00:39:20
a civilization some point but the same time
he was saying that you know you have to

00:39:24
question extremism as she has and within
your own country and in your own context

00:39:29
we're not here to tell you what to do so
I thought there was you know to kind of

00:39:33
speaking at this point and I was 50 head
of states some countries there were

00:39:37
sitting there completely I think amazed at
this speech that he made because it had

00:39:42
nothing to do with Islam it didn't talk
with the phase it in talk about the idea

00:39:45
that we are really Muslim people and what
we believe in but he talked with these 3

00:39:49
great face cleaning Islam the same time
he was just squashing the whole idea that

00:39:54
he banned Muslims from coming to this
country but he did not talk about Saudi

00:39:58
Arabia and therefore he was elected he
made fun of former Senator Clinton about

00:40:03
taking Sather even money for Clinton mission
of so I'm confused as an intellectual

00:40:08
and

00:40:08
a scholar is where is this presidency really
going and the idea that he's going to

00:40:13
create more jobs because it is a
line to Saudi Arabia also kind of in

00:40:17
a sense because other aid is really really
really problematic in terms of human

00:40:21
rights so we talk about democracy or give
young people any kind of opportunity to

00:40:26
really. Dress what's going on in the country
and the people and it's interesting

00:40:29
that you mention that he made

00:40:30
a remark that he was not there to lecture
the Muslim countries and and to tell them

00:40:35
you know basically how to live their lives
what to do do you think that that was

00:40:39
basically we're not going to get involved
with your human rights issues I think

00:40:44
that was a nod to that but it was also

00:40:46
a nod to the fact that you know he's been
so critical of the past and ministration

00:40:50
I think he's saying that you know we are
going to do things differently and he kept

00:40:54
saying that and towards the end he said
that and he dismisses the fact that his

00:40:58
other Rabia very little human rights I
mean in Iran you do too but Iran has been

00:41:02
a prior for him and I believe it's been

00:41:04
a pride because he thinks that the last
administration made the worst deal with

00:41:07
Iran if you look at what's going on in the
Muslim world he doesn't address really

00:41:12
the Syrian refugee crisis he dressed
Syria at once and he doesn't address why

00:41:18
that's

00:41:18
a problem what's going on with with Assad
I mean doesn't even mention that and I

00:41:22
think that's the problem and he's not talking
about what Europeans are doing or the

00:41:27
brunt of these you know refugees are coming
in and he's just basically saying Oh we

00:41:31
want to eradicate extremism and the other
aspect of this this is all top down right

00:41:36
so we were hanging out with
just a film on and you are in

00:41:40
a mill you know that's very different
from the people and there he is getting

00:41:43
a medal from from the shaft and at the same
time he's not really addressing what's

00:41:48
happening to women what's happening to
minorities what's happening to gay people in

00:41:53
that country they just said Ok Now women
can finally set the house without

00:41:57
permission I believe Saudi Arabia was on

00:41:59
a list the 11 countries with the worst
human rights policies violations do you

00:42:04
think that being the
United States it's sort of

00:42:07
a part of who we are to to not just say
oh well you do your thing you talk about

00:42:12
Saudi Arabia being on a list of the worst
human rights problems I mean the u.n.

00:42:15
Just voted them to be on the Human Rights
Commission as if they were the pioneer of

00:42:19
human rights I think honestly has to do
with money we should call them out you know

00:42:23
as we talk about democracy and freedom. And
actually trump did not mention freedom

00:42:29
of speech talked about democracy and talking
about rights for people this is what

00:42:33
you know it means to be

00:42:34
a global leader it means to be somebody who
steps up and says hey you know what I'm

00:42:38
here Ok we can even make

00:42:40
a deal but this is what I need to talk to
you about and I think that's that's the

00:42:45
most important thing we can do as

00:42:46
a democracy in the United States and if
we're going to be the pioneer of democracy

00:42:50
then we need to call people out and I
think that is something that Trump is not

00:42:54
going than I was afraid he is an assistant
professor and director religious studies

00:43:00
holocaust genocide and the interfaith
education center at Manhattan College she

00:43:05
also is author of The Book Show through
Muslim all eyes she was beginning with my

00:43:10
colleague really Laurie London Sunday
gaining Solomon has praised President Trump

00:43:16
for his pledge to be tougher on Saudi
rival Iran than his predecessor President

00:43:21
Obama Mr Trump as said that the Kenyan they
agree on the threat that Iran poses to

00:43:27
the region when they address their fellow
leaders at that gathering in Riyadh

00:43:32
President Trump accused Iran of what he
called destruction and chaos and the king

00:43:36
said its rival has been the spearhead of
global terrorism we have asked Indiana

00:43:42
University scholar Hussein but I was
specializes in Iran's political development as

00:43:47
well as u.s. U.s.

00:43:50
Iran relations just how this might play
in Tehran. Not well I think the foreign

00:43:57
minister Iranian foreign minister already
tweeted right after that basically

00:44:03
mocking Trump making such allegations
on Saudi Arabian soil which.

00:44:10
Has contributed both
allegedly financial and.

00:44:17
Arms armaments to transnational geodes all
over the Middle East and of course has

00:44:23
harbored many of them as well. The
Iranian government has always viewed.

00:44:31
Saudi Arabia as really being the ringleader
behind this kind of characterization So

00:44:37
the fact that Trump was making
this speech in Saudi Arabia at

00:44:40
a conference where other heads of Muslim
countries were present but Iran would

00:44:44
still liberally not invite it
was seen as basically a nod to

00:44:51
a change of policy from the Obama era
to something else the same and I as

00:44:57
a professor at Indiana
University Bloomington.

00:45:04
President Trump is focused on his 5 nation
foreign trip back home the news talk

00:45:09
shows have been dominated by
discussion of his firing of f.b.i.

00:45:14
Chief James Komi and investigations into
Tromp campaign links to Russia 2 key

00:45:20
Trump officials Secretary of State Rex
Tillerson and national security advisor h.r.

00:45:26
McMaster tool interviewers Adam Mayes to
the White House meeting with 2 Russian

00:45:31
diplomats Mr Trump brought up Colby's
ouster the day before in an effort to show

00:45:36
how distracted he had been by Colby's
investigation of possible Trump campaign

00:45:42
collusion with Moscow and their interest
to help him win the election the Senate

00:45:47
correspondent Michael Bowman discusses all
of this in the latest developments with

00:45:52
the always Jim Stevenson.
President Trump may be engaged in

00:45:57
a whirlwind 1st big trip abroad
as president but there are

00:46:02
a lot of questions that continues
to bubble here in Washington

00:46:06
a lot of developments I mean now there
is a special counsel that former f.b.i.

00:46:11
Director Robert Muller who is specially
empowered to lead this probe and will have

00:46:18
access to a great many people

00:46:21
a great many documents presumably all in
search of what exactly transpired during

00:46:27
the campaign and what has transpired since
then there are people asking whether

00:46:32
there has been some sort of cover up there
are all these reports that have come out

00:46:37
suggesting that maybe President Trump
told the Russian foreign minister and the

00:46:42
ambassador that the pressure was going to
be off the Russia probe now that he had

00:46:47
fired James Komi someone he described
reportedly in this meeting as

00:46:52
a nut job there are so many elements
coming out to the story now that as

00:46:57
a poor reporter 11 hardly knows where
to begin anymore you know the financial

00:47:02
markets are often a interesting barometer
of public sentiment on Wednesday when

00:47:07
a lot of this news broke the markets plummeted
and then came back as we heard that

00:47:12
Mahler was going to be looking into this
and that we would hear from James Komi it

00:47:17
was kind of interesting to see the sentiment
turn around as some analysts said well

00:47:22
if it led to a president pence how
bad could that be. Vis leads to

00:47:28
a larger question though and I do think
that the markets are very sensitive to this

00:47:33
sort of question right below the surface
does that mean that this Republican agenda

00:47:39
which was ambitious to begin with which was
not going to be an easy lift under the

00:47:44
most optimistic of circumstances
to what extent does that agenda

00:47:50
become more difficult to enact the markets
do. Would rally right after the election

00:47:56
quite ferociously on the expectation that
a trumpet administration would bring

00:48:02
a batch of tax cuts and
tax reforms and and

00:48:06
a whole host of things that were deemed to
be business friendly no one saying that

00:48:11
there will be no tax reform however the
hill to enact these things becomes

00:48:18
considerably steeper when you have an
embattled president and when you have

00:48:22
a Congress that is focused on an investigation
rather than on legislating and many

00:48:28
have never seen

00:48:29
a White House have so many leaks Well this
is the interesting thing there's sort of

00:48:33
a dichotomy when it comes to the reaction
that you see from Democrats whenever

00:48:39
there is

00:48:39
a leak that seems to be something shocking
Democrats are very eager to point to the

00:48:44
actual information whereas Republicans
tend to be the one saying well yes this is

00:48:49
unfortunate but what about the leak shouldn't
there be an investigation into the

00:48:53
leak how is it that so much of this is
coming to light I will say that Donald Trump

00:48:58
is not the 1st president to have some degree
of frustration by the extent to which

00:49:04
things that were said in
confidence behind closed doors in

00:49:08
a private or classified setting do come
to light in the public eye but the sheer

00:49:14
volume of leaks and the regularity with
which things are given to reporters it

00:49:19
means one of 2 things either reporters
have gotten much better at their jobs and

00:49:24
and ferreting out this
information or there are

00:49:27
a number of people in high places who feel

00:49:31
a sense of duty to divulge this and it may
speak to the gravity of the situation

00:49:37
confronting not just this
administration but the nation as

00:49:41
a whole by extension the u.s.

00:49:43
Senate correspondent Mark Obama in in

00:49:45
a great spot to watch all of it and share
it with us each week Michael thank you

00:49:49
always a pleasure and deeded It's

00:49:50
a pleasure for us to have you on the program
thank you very much gentlemen you know

00:49:55
you can follow my colleagues on Twitter
Michael Bowman can be found at him Bowman

00:50:00
v.o.a. And Jim Stevenson at
v.o.a. Stevenson this is v.o.a.

00:50:06
. This is for you in

00:50:11
a minute. 2 Canadian researchers
say they have constructed

00:50:16
a composite the image of dark matter filaments
that make up what cosmologists call

00:50:21
the cosmic web scientists have been
finding evidence that our universe may be

00:50:26
anything but random and that everything is
actually organized and connected to each

00:50:30
other like an enormous spider web the
researchers from the University of Waterloo

00:50:35
in Ontario Canada use the special technique
called weak gravitational lensing to

00:50:39
make their findings after gathering

00:50:41
a number of gravitational lens images
of more than $23000.00 Galaxy pairs the

00:50:47
scientists were able to create

00:50:49
a composite image they say shows the
presence of dark matter between the galaxy

00:50:53
pair the Canadian duo found that the dark
matter filament bridges are strongest

00:50:59
between galaxies systems that are less
than 40000000 light years apart I'm feel

00:51:04
ways work bantling. This is the

00:51:10
always international edition good to have
you with us Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman

00:51:15
and Emma Thompson along with comedians
been Stiller and Adam Sandler star

00:51:19
a new comedy from director No

00:51:21
a bomb box it's called the mire
with stories and as v.o.a.

00:51:25
Is David Bird tells us now the stories
look at the relationship between adult men

00:51:30
and their fathers and is competing for the
top award at the Cannes Film Festival

00:51:36
Adam Sandler is earning high praise for
his dramatic turn as Danny Meyerowitz in

00:51:41
the morrow and stories Sandler plays

00:51:44
a stay at home dad who never quite had
the success his demanding father Harold

00:51:49
a mediocre sculptor played by Dustin Hoffman
expected Danny's marriages ending his

00:51:55
daughter is leaving home for college and
he lives in the shadow of his successful

00:52:00
half brother Matthew played by Ben
Stiller Matthew lives in Los Angeles and

00:52:06
constantly refers to Danny and his sister
Jean portrayed by Elizabeth Marvel as his

00:52:11
half brother and sister to emphasize their
separation but the siblings are thrown

00:52:17
together when their father
is hospitalized with

00:52:20
a brain haemorrhage the siblings argue
over whether to sell Harold's Manhattan

00:52:25
apartment work together to stage

00:52:27
a retrospective of his work at Bard College
where he was once on the faculty and

00:52:33
try to come to some sense of reconciliation
the film premiered at the con Film

00:52:38
Festival where director Noah Baumbach
said the comedic drama gave him

00:52:43
a chance to explore ideas he had for
years in various ways in my movies I'm

00:52:48
interested in. Sort of. The gap
between who we think we are and

00:52:55
who we want to be and who we are and
and how far that gap is and obviously

00:53:02
success and professional success and fame
and you know the you know and in the arts

00:53:09
is a kind of way to explore that
Dustin Hoffman said that bombard has

00:53:13
a way of bringing out the best performances
from his cast both through his comedic

00:53:18
timing and his dramatic sensitivity and
he's he's quite expert he really is the

00:53:24
best and we do say his dialogue word
for word whether we like it or not

00:53:31
and I think not since the graduate
was required to say every single

00:53:37
word and it pays off because there is

00:53:41
a music to his writing.
I agree with Ben he is

00:53:45
a singular artist British Askar winner
Emma Thompson stars as Hoffman's 3rd wife

00:53:51
Maureen an alcoholic who wears tie dyes
and peace beads Thompson said she had no

00:53:57
real emotional frame of reference
playing someone embroiled in such

00:54:01
a dysfunctional family I made it so I have
absolutely no idea oh well this is going

00:54:08
to be like I know it to be fascinating but
I have no idea at all and then I thought

00:54:14
Well Ok I have been American which is quite
hot and I got up and I and alcoholic

00:54:18
which isn't hot oh I'm so that was the
thing probably the talk to me most is

00:54:24
a wealthy haves relax about paying the
Americans being drunk will make it so much

00:54:28
easier Adam Sandler has earned many
positive reviews for his portrayal of Danny

00:54:33
prove that he can deliver

00:54:35
a strong dramatic performance when he is
asked to Sandler said that he wanted to

00:54:40
give his best because of the caliber of
people he was working with that it's

00:54:45
different for a comedian when he as

00:54:47
a get an offer like this and my 1st. I
thought as I don't want to let anybody down

00:54:54
and I have Orcus hard as I can to make
sure I know you know the material and just

00:55:00
try to be as going to convey the myrow it
story as is one of 2 Netflix entries at

00:55:05
this year's con Film Festival beginning
next year all films will have to have been

00:55:11
released in French cinemas if they want
to be considered for the Golden Palm in

00:55:16
Washington I'm David Bird
many thanks to you Dave while

00:55:20
a judge has confirmed that singer
songwriter Prince's 6 siblings will be his

00:55:25
rightful heirs bringing them

00:55:27
a step closer to collecting the shares of
the music legends multi-million dollar

00:55:32
estate more than 45 people came forward
in the wake of Prince's death claiming to

00:55:37
be is wife is children his siblings and
other relatives Prince Dawud on April the

00:55:43
21st of last year of an accidental
overdose of a drug called Fenton Il It's

00:55:49
a synthetic drug 50 times more powerful
than heroin since his death Prince's

00:55:54
Paisley Park studio complex and home
have been durned into a museum and

00:55:59
a concert venue and this is it Ringling
Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus out of

00:56:04
business final show on Sunday evening after
146 years of wow ing all audiences all

00:56:11
over the world as The Greatest Show
On Earth bye bye to Ringling Brothers

00:56:18
and thank you for tuning into the Voice of
America today for international edition

00:56:22
good to have you with us reminder the top
world news is straight ahead and for our

00:56:27
director Tracy Carter an engineer Chaz
Hall I'm Steve Roman in Washington have

00:56:32
a super Monday.

00:56:50
Next and at

00:56:51
a tour. Reflecting the views of the United
States government the United States

00:56:56
government is saving lives in the Lake
Chad Basin today some 7000000 people are

00:57:01
suffering from severe hunger in the Lake
Chad Basin thousands may have already

00:57:06
experienced famine malnutrition is rampant
and over the past few years the region

00:57:12
has increasingly suffered numerous
outbreaks of contagious diseases such as

00:57:17
hepatitis meningitis measles cholera
and even polio the United Nations

00:57:23
calls the situation a complex
humanitarian emergency

00:57:28
a major crisis that is often the result
of political instability conflict and

00:57:33
violence social inequities and poverty
in the Lake Chad region one of the main

00:57:38
contributors to the crisis is the Boko Haram
terrorist group for 15 years now Boko

00:57:45
Haram has attacked civilians in Chad
new share Cameroon and Nigeria causing

00:57:51
instability and conflict but the crisis
is also caused by decades of neglect

00:57:57
a lack of rural development has left many
communities vulnerable to extreme weather

00:58:02
events such as floods and drought since
1960 Lake Chad has also lost about 90

00:58:08
percent of its water that means disaster
for people whose livelihood directly

00:58:13
depends on the lake such as fishermen
and farmers and of course there is

00:58:17
a considerable ripple effect as people
escaping hunger in one region strain the

00:58:22
resources of the areas to which they
move the United States is committed to

00:58:27
responding to people affected by this
crisis working with our partners we are

00:58:31
helping states and communities prepare for
disasters and to help people with stand

00:58:36
crises we also provide emergency
humanitarian aid so far in fiscal year

00:58:42
2017 with us an idea in the lead the
United States government has provided more

00:58:48
than $203000000.00 worth of humanitarian
aid. To the countries of the Lake Chad

00:58:53
basin this aid includes food nutritional
supplements safe drinking water hygiene

00:59:00
kits and emergency medical services yet
the need is great and growing and in the

00:59:05
Lake Chad Basin people are suffering we
urge our partners and all humanitarian

00:59:11
donors to increase their level of support
during this critical time of need.

00:59:18
But it was an editorial reflecting the
views of the United States government.

00:59:37
Is For why was universal time stay tuned
for daybreak Africa coming up after the.

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