traveled to west africa. ivory coast is one of the world's leading cocoa bean produces some eighty percent of the cocoa found in the chocolate sold in european supermarkets comes from here harvested by child slaves they come from even more. poor countries their neighbor countries like mali been in fourteen a fast so need jack and all the surrounding countries so it's the children comes from countries with which are more poor and this is also the problem. in this area. according to one unicef report some two hundred thousand children are abducted in west africa every year. many become slaves illegal slave markets are held in the northern regions of ivory coast farmers can shop in the new workers. so you can go to a market and you can buy children and you can also go to even go to a plantation where where where where i did i actually did go to cocoa plantations and asking pretending that i want to buy children from my own cocoa plantation and he told me well yes just tell me what do you need and i will get some children from a book enough fassero. and i was hacking ok how much does i

summit of european and african leaders in the ivory coast in response to the shocking reports of slavery auctions in libya the emergency measures will see the evacuation of nearly four thousand people stranded there but the african union says there could be actually as many as seven hundred thousand migrants trapped in libya a good number of them at the mercy of the highest bitter. french president among them are let the way by saying that migrants should be hauled to leave libya as quickly as possible delegates from the african and european union summit an ivory coast agreed on an action plan and a crisis meeting on the sidelines of the summit it involves increased spending i'm setting up a ta schools to facilitate the rapid repatriation of migrants. next year the stimulus we must act quickly we must evacuate those who are willing to help them get back to their home countries. mccall was talking about people like adam from the ivory coast adam was abducted on his way to europe by people traffickers in libya and sold on many times you know often we don't see him is on. the look a

in ivory coast today agreed upon they are calling this an emergency measure to evacuating nearly four thousand african migrants stranded in libya it comes after shocking reports of migrants being sold into slavery in the country the african union says there could actually be as many as seven hundred thousand migrants trapped in libya some waiting for the highest bidder. french president a man on the court led the way by saying that migrants should be hauled to leave libya as quickly as possible delegates from the african and european union summit in ivory coast agreed on an action plan and a crisis meeting on the sidelines of the summit it involves increased spending and setting up a task force to facilitate the rapid repatriation of migrants next year the stimulus we must act quickly we must evacuate those who are willing to help them get back to their home countries will be the reason michael was talking about people like adam from the ivory coast adam was abducted on his way to europe by people traffickers in libya and sold on many times you know often we don't see him is on.

from the african and european union summit in ivory coast agreed on an action plan and a crisis meeting on the sidelines of the summit it involves increased spending and setting up a task force to facilitate the rapid repatriation of migrants next year the stimulus we must act quickly we must evacuate those who are willing to help them get back to their home countries will be diligent mccall was talking about people like adam from the ivory coast adam was abducted on his way to europe by people traffickers in libya and sold on many times you know often you don't seem as though . they look or sound a house which happened more than someone gave me a telephone to call my mother he took a knife and cut my leg. while i was screaming he kept shouting i wanted money i wanted money we cut my leg again and again while i cried cause he pleaded with us. in the end adams family paid a ransom of five hundred fifty euros. two weeks ago he was flown back to ivory coast by the international organization for migration. the organization plays a central role in the new action plan it is tasked wit

union summit in ivory coast agreed on an action plan and a crisis meeting on the sidelines of the summit it involves increased spending and setting up a task force to facilitate the rapid repatriation of migrants next year the stimulus we must act quickly we must evacuate those who are willing to help them get back to their home countries. mccall was talking about people like adam from the ivory coast adam was abducted on his way to europe by people traffickers in libya and sold on many times you know often we don't see ms and. they looked at us and a house was up and then someone gave me a telephone to call my mother he took a knife and cut my leg. while i was screaming he kept shouting i want money i want money we cut my leg again and again want to cried cause he pleaded with us. in the end adams family paid a ransom of five hundred fifty euros. two weeks ago he was flown back to ivory coast by the international organization for migration. the organization plays a central role in the new action plan it is tasked with bringing the migrants home but according to regional director

. he also researched the cocoa industry in ivory coast. when he arranged to meet a source he was abducted and disappeared without a trace his body was never found. i think that we should all be realizing our should be easy to see that if we leave the the world up to to be run by the market it will be run by the people who are willing to be the most cruel and the most brutal. because of course that is the way to make the most money if you don't care about if you don't care about if it's still been making your product of slavery or you know you're ruining the environment or so on i mean of course it's easier to make make a profit from that. we also met up with filmmaker frank pierre sickie polson in copenhagen. another product led him to slavery in two thousand and seven he read in a u.n. report about the links between mobile phones and the war in the democratic republic of congo. it involved call time from african mines which is essential for mobile phones. can make the same kind of film about the shoes that i'm wearing. jeans are the shove the food that we are eating for me this

plan has been drawn up at a joint african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries but the reports from. the theme of this summit was huge but there is no doubt the from the outset it was dominated by the issue of the refugee slave trade in libya and by migration we heard from. the president of the ivory coast in the beginning who said that everyone had a collective responsibility to do something but at the end of the summit leaders decided is that they would try and repatch. migrants and refugees that are trapped in libya and want a task force to try and crack down on people smuggling and we spoke to many people here who said that that is just a case of firefighting and what is really needed is a long term strategy to deal with migration. for anything other than african and european union leaders condemned the refugee slave trade in libya in their final statement they promised a task force to tackle traffickers and urgently repatch rate anyone who's trapped there the fun is on fire. there ar

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drawn up at a joint african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries tasha butler reports from abidjan. well the fame of this summit was huge but there is no doubt the from the outset it was dominated by the issue of the refugee slave trade in libya and by migration we heard from the host of the summit the president of the ivory coast in the beginning who said that everyone had a collective responsibility to do something when at the end of the summit what leaders decided is that they would try and repatch reate those migrants and refugees that are trapped in libya that they had also launched a task force to try and crack down on people smuggling and we spoke to many people here who said that that is just a case of firefighting and what is really needed is a long term strategy to deal with migration. african and european union leaders condemned the refugee slave trade in libya in their final statement they promised a task force to tackle traffickers and urgently repatch rate anyone who's

. these refugees have been flown back to the ivory coast from camps in libya they've got the clothes on their backs and their lives they're greeted by the lead singer of the hit band magic system from abidjan it's good p.r. we have to discourage young people from leaving and make them want to stay we have to offer better living conditions here to remove. job training might be a good start the youth minister visits some apprentice carpenters. he tells them the country needs young people however. at the end of the tunnel after this training there is no follow up guidance or support or we just don't finish what we've started. to become self-sufficient and give young people prospects for a future in africa the training center director says they need loans and investors not handouts helping young africans to help themselves is that a solution. to. some i am gave about what do you think can such programs work even if the follow up is spotty and the prospects for truly. good employment are pretty thin yeah well i think generally i have never seen a country that has been developed through de

and infrastructure agreements with the president of ivory coast he's on a big tour of west african nation senegal guinea. looking to expand economic opportunities with cats are currently blockaded by four arab countries they cut ties with almost seven months ago. a u.s. jury has found two former south american football officials guilty in a case that helped to expose a culture of corruption in the sports global governing body. deliberations about the guilt of another man we'll continue next week gabriel is also reports from new york. jos a media made in brazil won a part of why each was a top football official in their country and each has been found guilty of racketeering conspiracy and other charges for their roles in what prosecutors described as schemes were sports marketing companies funneled hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to dozens of football officials it's been called the deep a trial because both men were powerful figures aligned with football's governing body new peut was a former head of the south american football federation and was found guilty on three coun

for new trade and infrastructure agreements with the president of ivory coast he's on a big tour of west african nations senegal guinea. looking to expand economic opportunities with with cats are currently blockaded by four arab countries they kept ties with almost seven months ago. here with al-jazeera coming up in just a moment delays for refugees waiting to reunite with their families in germany plus no room to move why commuters in manila are railing against the city's a revamped train system. from the waves of the south. to the contours of the east. hello and welcome to international weather forecast never seen changes taking place in the weather across europe we've got an area of high pressure across more southwestern areas so fine conditions here but on the northern flank about high we're getting westerly winds coming in so it is turning moderate across many northern areas double figures there for london on saturday. degrees we saw this weather front across more eastern areas give you some snow across parts of poland if not warsaw with temperatures of six and then heading on

child soldiers, hundreds of thousands of people killed. and in the ivory coast. he kidnapped children from their terrified mothers, his sources went on a raping and killing spree that spared almost no one. once again as they had many times before. it was the liberian women, they became market women travelling by foot to the border to get food to bring back a starving population. they had the babies in the forest and strapped them on their books and went back to their market stalls or sat on the side of the road selling oranges and they bided their time. when the war finally ended, they had made their power play. in 2005, 12 years before a secret facebook group and i'm with her buttons and bumper stickers and sprouted on lapels. they held a master class on how to elect a female president. >> many of these authors appeared on book tv. you can watch them on our website, book tv.org. i want to-- i'm also delighted to be introducing jeff from nomad land and told in an incredible way. jeff goes with-- goes out with the people who are really the untold story of the great esession. p

partnerships to mean been hammered assignee signed for new agreements with the president of the ivory coast is on a tour of west african nations looking to cement relationships and expand economic opportunities with senegal guinea mali bikini and ghana. twenty five people have been killed by a strikes in yemen according to local officials or planes reportedly targeted a protest rally in the district of our north of the capital sana thought some of the dead were pro who the tribal leaders who had organized the demonstration reporters without borders amnesty international and human rights watch are all calling for the immediate release of al jazeera journalist mahmoud hussain it's now been more than a year since he was arrested and jailed in egypt and then rights watch says hussein's detention shows egypt's deep rooted intolerance for free expression is accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al-jazeera strongly deny saying has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail the conflict in iraq and syria is leaving behind an entire generation of children who know

emerged three weeks ago the shock waves also reached the e.u. african union summit in ivory coast on the spot european and african leaders agreed a nine point plan the libyan government promised international access to the camps while europe pledged more funds with french president emmanuel mccall going as far as suggesting military action. visiting german chancellor merkel to discuss the details libya's prime minister fire seraj was quick to rule out any european boots on the ground. not them i say we discussed this with my call and i was on but we don't see that there could be a military solution to this it's a more fundamental problem but it. libya's prime minister stressed that he would not tolerate the abuse of migrants but he admits that his government only controls part of the country the german chancellor says she's committed to improving conditions while keeping a firm on europe's borders. there's a lot that needs to be done to improve the humanitarian situation in libya. but one precondition for us is helping train the libyan coast guard and that we can save migrants rescued in