drawn up as a joint e.u. african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back mainly to their home countries the touch about to report from abidjan. well 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 the bia 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 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 repatc

with morocco and ivory coast meeting in a winner takes all affair in. the ivorians have been to each of the last three tournaments well the moroccans have not qualified since france ninety eight lead the group standing so a draw will be enough for them but if ivory coast win then the team known as the elephants will be on their way to russia. it doesn't matter how morocco plays whether they attack or defend that's not what we're focusing on we're focusing on ourselves i think that if we prepare well we have a team that can beat any team in africa and we know that so it's in the training that we'll see how well when the ball work together be united with each other that's what's going to allow us to raise our game in front of our fans and. had that we're focusing on our goal which is to qualify for the world cup her bernard knows the team very well and he is well aware about the responsibility in the coming match i hope that the players as well or where their responsibilities for god willing we're going to qualify in abidjan ivory coast and morocco one of five matches in total in afric

ivory coast to discuss possible solutions the talk about live reports from abidjan. it was the host of the summit the president of the ivory coast who set the tone allison what torah said it was totally unacceptable that in this day and age refugees were being traded as slaves in libya. this is disgraceful drama reminds us of the darkest hours of humanity i call a collective sense of responsibility to take urgent action many refugees in libya are in detention centers where conditions are appalling others are bought and sold by those with little respect for human life the slave trade in libya has shocked and embarrassed leaders in both africa and europe and it has injected a sense of urgency into this summit so we have to think there is a very critical issues and across this like in libya and that's why i want to finalize before the end of this summit and very great initiative between the african union and european union. leaders on both sides are expected to launch a plan to address the situation by the end of their meeting but the united nations secretary general issued a warning that

leaders from europe and africa hold their first joint summit in the ivory coast with migration topping the agenda they report from the greek island of last boss where thousands of refugees are facing a harsh winter. and asia's top footballers a crowned we'll hear from them in sport is just. now pope francis has urged but it's leaders in myanmar to tackle prejudice and hatred jaring his visit to the country's largest city a pontiff again avoided using the term ranger to refer to the muslim minority from rack and state but he did preach a message of forgiveness in his first public mass warning followers a guess the temptation for avenge scott either reports from young on. the people of myanmar we're finally able to get a good look at pope francis this time more than a quick way out of a window his popemobile is built so he can be seen unlike his convoy of vehicles that have been traveling through the streets of yangon since monday on the sprawling grass fields of the checkers and grounds in the city's center. the part of hell the mass for an estimated one hundred fifty thousand catholic

coming from nigeria eritrea guinea ivory coast gambia senegal sudan and somalia and the power vacuum in libya after the fall of moammar gadhafi has made human trafficking and people smuggling smuggling a booming trade and the you're opinions new strategy to stop migrants and refugees traveling across the mediterranean has led to more people being stuck in league libya without money or food when a smith reports. this is not where these migrants want to be heading back to the african continent thanks to aid from the italian government to reinforce libya's coast guard. it's helped cut the number of migrants arriving in italy two hundred twenty two thousand in the last three months it's the lowest total for four years but people trafficking networks in libya continue to flourish because of government chaos as rival groups battle for power. these are repatriated to the ivory coast from libya so they risk being sold into slavery. they sell africans over there in libya they sell men even fifteen year old libyans are there in a car they're armed the coming kidnap you and the so you've heard sev

in detention camps the scandal a big topic at a summit of un african union leaders in ivory coast by the french president emmanuel micron follows an outcry over a video apparently showing african migrants being sold as slaves in libya so let's talk. about the she is in is there some sort of official statement or communique expected from this conference. expecting at the end of this. joint statement and that would announce the creation of an anti slavery task force now what we're told is that this task force would basically try and save and protect refugees as they travel along those migratory rates in africa and it would also speed up the voluntary return of refugees to their countries of origin and trying to identify asylum seekers there is no doubt that at this summit here in abidjan the capital of it is this slavery the issue of slavery and migration that have really dominated. it was the host of the summit the president of the ivory coast who set the tone. acceptable that in this day and age refugees were being traded as slaves in libya. this is disgraceful drama reminds us of th

. needs to work more closely with africa to address illegal migration or ivory coast leaders says urgent measures are needed to end migrant slave trading but at a butler has more from a summit in absentia. migration has really dominated the first day of this summit in abidjan i think the sense of urgency was really underlined by the fact that all of the leaders where they spoke in the opening statements each of the mentioned migration and the time was really said earlier on by the president of the ivory coast where this summit is being held because he talked about libya and the trading of refugees various slaves and he really said that this is totally unacceptable and everyone here has a collective responsibility to do something about it just a bit earlier i spoke to the french presenter man or michael and what he told me was that leaders here wanted to try a north an initiative a strategy to try and tackle the situation in libya and help evacuate some of those refugees that are trapped but it is interesting also that earlier we heard from the u.n. secretary general and what he said is w

originate in countries like nigeria eritrea guinea ivory coast gambia senegal sudan and somalia power vacuum in libya after the fall of moammar gadhafi has made human trafficking and people smuggling a booming trade and the european union's new strategy to stop migrants and refugees traveling across the mediterranean sea has led to more people being stuck in libya without money or food we have correspondents tracking this from three countries along. the dangerous route migrants and refugees have been taking amitie address is in the nigerian capital abuja where many of them come from but let's go first to mahmoud where head live in the libyan capital tripoli so mahmoud just give us a sense of how bad the situation is there for people and how things got to this point. well has in the situation of migrants is so miserable here in libya as you know that these migrants the. poverty unemployment and wars in some cases in their own country countries and they take advantage of the power vacuum the security and financial collapse in libya and they get abused by people a smugglers they wa

fi for world cup in russia they beat ivory coast to know in a straight shootout for the place from africa group c. and it sends them to their first final since one thousand nine hundred ninety eight and they were the only ones to qualify from africa because tunisia also sealed their place after twelve year absence thanks to goalless draw at home to libya well those are the last two teams to qualify from africa and that means we all know the five continents representatives nigeria were group the winners senegal qualified on friday as well as a group d. and egypt sealed their place at the top of proof last month now the republic of ireland have held denmark to a goal a straw in copenhagen as they aim to reach their first world cup since two thousand and two things is a two legged play off so it will come down to what happens in dublin on tuesday that will decide who progress is from that time and they'll be everything to play for when new zealand's qualifier against peru moves to lima on thursday that's after a goalless draw in the first leg in wellington it was a near disaster for t

repatriated to the ivory coast from libya so they risk being sold into slavery oh it's not forget about this all africans over there in libya they sell men even fifteen year old libyans are there in a car they're armed the coming kidnap you and the so you've heard seventy to one hundred fifty dollars and then others will resell you i think they're going to leave the ship as soon as you arrive in libya the first thing that happens is that you are taken away and sold our black brothers from west africa wherever you are from a million a cynical ease or any other nationality from the west even ibori and you are sold and for what seven hundred dollars but these moderates will tell you that life is so hard in their home country that it's worth almost any risk to make a new start in europe now with the advent of the smartphone and with facebook and others pushing into africa a youngster can meet a smuggler in two seconds on the phone now that nothing is being done to challenge that they think they're following a dream to europe they end up in the mall in the grip of these repay shoes smuggler despi

first joint summits in the ivory coast they say the meeting will herald a new partnership based on equality but there's growing concern that the e.u. and africa is being used to block refugees and migrants instead of for development and sasha butler reports from. in a park in brussels not far from the headquarters of the european union volunteers help dozens of refugees to find shelter from the cold sudanese eritrean ethiopian most say they've endured terrible journeys to reach europe like daniel he's been here for three months fighting for. nowhere. as refugees continue to arrive on their doorstep european leaders scramble for ways to stop more coming their latest strategy is to offer african countries more development aid if they crack down on migration and when i talk with african partners about the future it's not development that comes up often it's either towards investments and secure it. the e.u. is the biggest donor of aid to africa given twenty billion euros a year but some members of the european parliament all frustrated that some of the money is being used to manage eu

one hundred caps zero for the ivory coast and in twenty fifteen he won the africa cup of nations before stepping away from the international state last year he said a four year old concerned his decision on twitter saying i love my country and i am available for national team selection i want to help the next generation and use my experience to make all ivorians proud. over the winter olympics just weeks away ice hockey teams are still trying to figure out their roasters after the n.h.l. declined to release the players for the games canada is using the ninety first edition of the international ice hockey tournament in spaniard to help decide their team of chunk the two time defending champion to open the tournament with a victory against czech side field s k five three canada face host of us next. what was another drama filled night in the n.b.a. as the phoenix suns beat the memphis grizzlies with less than a second left in the game take a look at this shell martin's shot for the grizzlies a tie the game up at ninety seven with zero point six seconds left in the game but we just

scandal was a big topic at a summit of african union leaders in ivory coast by the french president emanuel follows the outcry over a video apparently showing african migrants being sold as slaves in libya. from the summit in. the end of this summit we are expecting a joint statement by europe and african leaders that will announce the creation of an anti slavery task force and i want. this task force will be used to save and protect refugees as they travel to tree roots in africa and in particular in libya would also be used to speed up the tree return. to their countries of origin and help identify possible asylum seekers there is no doubt that the issue of slavery and migration absolutely dominated the agenda here at the summit in abidjan but there is a lot of concern amongst those who say that perhaps the approach that leaders are taking is not the right one that they are favoring quick fixes over a long term solution and more needs to be done to really address the root causes of why people. leaving home in the first place. just going to check in with the british prime minister

enough for morocco to book their place over the ivory coast and they currently lead that three points going their way will some of those fans have been celebrating their first appearance in the final since two thousand and two they qualified with a win over south africa nicholas haq reports from. joe send a go go just one of many happy for the country and celebrated into the night as the team known as the lions qualify for the world cup for the first time in fifteen years we're going to. be using that when you know it's not just a victory for senegal but for africans we will beat the european teams in russia mark my words we will beat them for ninety minutes senegal was at a standstill the streets of the capital deserted people watched the game at soup stalls in their homes and at barber shops. there are a few close shaves but less than half way through the first half senegal. scores the opening goal. moments later midfielder said your money score senegal second goal number one. the world cup qualifier was a rematch the game was first played a year ago the referee awarded south africa

taking place in the ivory coast they say it will herald a new partnership but there is growing concern that the european union aid to africa is being used to block refugees and migrants instead of being used for development let's get more on this now from the tasha butler who is in abidjan for us so. first off then is it fair to say that migration will be at the top of the agenda at this summit. but i think the feeling is here that migration is set to dominate this summit because it comes at a time when so many people are still trying to absorb the fact the refugees are being treated as slaves in libya and what you and african officials say is that they plan to launch a new initiative a new strategy to try and tackle the situation and help those that are trapped now what's interesting is that linked to this issue is the question of the e.u. aid and how it is being used because there are many people who say this is increasingly it is being used to try and control borders to try and stop migrants rather than alleviate poverty in one of the problems of that is that it is perhaps i

signed in ivory coast last month at a summit of african and european union leaders the agreement followed revelations that african migrants trying to reach europe were being sold as slaves in libya. in . what to. get go to get this article start of something in nigeria because you. want to start a new life in the india. was to fight you do some harder is director general at the national emergency management agency joins me now from the nigerian capital abuja good to have you with us live on al-jazeera how long has the government been aware of this major migrant problem that nigeria faces and how have you been trying to tackle it. truly this. says twenty one in collaboration with international organization for migration. which is a united nation body. stated was made in flight of two hundred twenty alone and subsequently subsequent years also it work continuous but did. it last year where it hundred and six or so and where created but this year we had only escalated. i said today six. hundred has been created by a. collaboration. emergency management it is a. large so it's a large