eight pregnant women and ten children have so far returned to lagos it's part of a deal signed in ivory coast last month that summit of african and european union leaders now the agreement followed revelations that african migrants trying to reach europe were being sold as slaves in libya now these ambien president has called on the military to help fight a cholera outbreak that's killed at least forty one people in the capital lusaka. says the emergency measures are needed to try to stop the epidemic from spreading including closing some markets more than one and a half thousand people have contract with the disease since september. in the third her vassar is looking ahead to twenty eight teams who we report from zimbabwe voters will head to the polls after a series of extraordinary events all the military force long time leader robert mugabe to resign many hope the outcome of the election will help improve the economy and boost zimbabwe's standing on the world stage or will toss a has more from harare. after decades of economic stagnation high unemployment and a shortage of cash peopl

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 at the statistics an

is one of the biggest stars in the history of african football he got 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 se

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 tatar butler reports from abidjan. the message should fit on a similar 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 repatriate anyone who's trapped there the fund it is on fire just on those units you just there are women and children living in inhuman conditions we have agreed along with the e.u. and the un to set up a task force for repatriating at least three thousand eight hundred people the. leaders say there are more than forty refugee camps in libya where people are bought and sold by those with little respect for human life. well the leaders here have committed to helping refugees in libya there were very few details as to exactly how and when they will repair create them and they were also very very good about the new task force they say they'll put in place to combat people smuggling. that there was also no

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 tatar butler reports from abidjan. the ministry issued for that and i worked on 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 repatriate anyone who's trapped there the fund that is on fire just on those there are women and children living in inhuman conditions we have agreed along with the e.u. and the un to set up a task force for repatriating at least three thousand eight hundred people the. leaders say there are more than forty refugee camps in libya where people are bought and sold by those with little respect for human life. well the leaders here have committed to helping refugees in libya there were very few details as to exactly how and when they will repair create them and they were also very very good about the new task force they say they'll put in place to combat people smuggling. there was also no mention

african union summit in ivory coast is not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries the saudi led coalition says it's intercepted another ballistic missile fired by who the rebels in yemen it was reportedly shot down near the southwestern saudi city of hama sma shade earlier who said they'd hit a military target it's a second missile fired from yemen in less than a month one was destroyed near riyadh's international airport on them but the fourth. zimbabwe's new president. has named his new team cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party and members of the military who ousted former leader robert mugabe no opposition figures have been included in the government but it was sworn in a week ago. more from harare. to people who hope that this cabin where more inclusive they may be disappointed the cabin has some soldiers and members from the military it has a lot of the old guard it doesn't have anyone from the opposition so some people who hope that prison and go would be a different kind of leader from a may be disapp

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. the saudi led coalition says it's intercepted another ballistic missile fired by who the rebels in yemen it was reportedly shot down near the southwestern saudi city of hamas' machine eight but earlier who said they'd hit a military target is the second michelle fired from yemen in less than a month one was destroyed near riyadh's international airport on november fourth zimbabwe's new president. has named his new team the cabinet includes politicians loyal to the ruling party and members of the military who ousted the former leader robert mugabe no opposition figures have been included in the government but i gather was sworn in but we could go. on pope francis is leading an open air mass for around one hundred thousand catholics in bangladesh's capital dhaka these are live pictures coming from there now france is the first pope to visit the mainly muslim nation in more tha

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 are women and children living in inhuman conditions we have agreed along with the e.u. and the un to set up a task force for repatriating at least three thousand eight hundred people. leaders say there are more than forty refugee camps in libya where people are bought and sold by those with little respect for human life while the leaders here have committed to helping refugee

african union summit in the ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced though but bygones are expected to be sent back to their home countries with reports from. 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 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. for. 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 are wome

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. russia has accused the u.s. of doing everything it can to provoke north korea on wednesday the u.s. warns pyongyang that it will be utterly destroyed if war breaks out after its latest missile test russia says that cutting diplomatic and trade ties is not the answer. there's been plenty of condemnation directed at u.s. president trump after he retreated videos from an anti muslim group on his twitter feed but so far there's been no apology the white house press secretary defended trump's actions saying she doesn't believe the president was aware of the group's anti islamic views. the nobel peace prize is due to be awarded on december tenth picking up the award this year the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons or i can the campaign group is dedicated to creating a world without nuclear weapons in the days leading up to the award in oslo will be taking a look at the nuclear status of countries worldwide our series begins in the us w

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 natasha butler reports from abidjan. well the frame 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. for. 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 are

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 from it is on fire. there are women and children living in inhuman conditions we have agreed along with the e.u. and the un to set up a task force for repatriating at least three thousand eight hundred people. and all the top stories the u.k. prime minister to resign may is again condemned the us president donald trump for sharing anti muslim videos on twitter speaking on an official visit to jordan may said she should be free to criticize one of her nation's major allies it comes after trauma told her to focus on tackling terrorism in her own country. after north korea's latest listed missile test russia has accused the united states of doing everything it can to bring vote on moscow also insists that cutting diplomatic and trade ties isn't the answer a missile is said to be able to reach any targets on the u.s. mainland. syria's u.n. mediators to found the mr as health separate meetings with government and opposition delegations in gene

ivory coast when are the headlines the u.k. prime minister trees amaze again condemned the us president donald trump for sharing anti muslim videos on twitter speaking on an official visit to jordan may said that she should be free to criticize one of the nation's major allies comes after trying toller to focus on tackling terrorism in her own country. a turkish iranian gold trader has pleaded guilty to helping iran of a us sanctions as told a new york court that turkey's president. approves the transaction and was prime minister at the time. is the key witness in the trial of turkish banking official metuchen attila the un humanitarian advisor for syria has called on well powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including a hundred sixty seven children from a besieged damascus suburb. and said that humanitarian supplies are not being allowed to reach eastern ghouta nine children have died in the last few weeks. after north korea's latest ballistic missile tests russia has accused the us of doing everything

ivory coast. still to come on al-jazeera syrians are already struggling with a lack of fuel and. have another harsh winter. pakistan's very party comes under criticism for its handling of protests against a minister accused of blasphemy. hello again as we look at the weather across the levant and western parts of asia we have got some snow in eastern areas but otherwise weather conditions pretty quiet at the moment one of two showers in the southern side of the caspian sea. back there just knowing degrees the weather around the eastern side of the mediterranean is looking more settled now we've got sunshine and twenty one degrees in beirut and find conditions expected to prevail through the course of saturday now set down in theory be employed so there is a frontal system which is working its way southwards getting into parts of saudi arabia so that through fine temperatures dropping away as we head into friday i think here for doha probably going to stay dry throat you might see some patchy cloud around but you know since the temperature read only twenty one degrees for saturday

african union summit in ivory coast has agreed to a plan for the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in libyan detention camps libya's u.n. backed administration has join you grammont but has only limited control over the territory where the migrants are being held pope francis is demanding the international community takes decisive measures to resolve the cause of the mass exodus or henge of muslims from myanmar arriving in bangladesh pope francis broke his silence over what the un has called a textbook case of ethnic cleansing. the un humanitarian adviser for syria has called on world powers to help arrange the evacuation of five hundred people including one hundred sixty seven children from a besieged damascus suburb and said that humanitarian supplies are not being allowed to reach eastern ghouta. bosnian croat have held candlelight vigils for convicted war criminals love them after he committed suicide in a dutch court investigators in the netherlands are trying to find out how i probably managed to smuggle poison into the war crimes court i had just lost a

african union summit in ivory coast libya's un back to ministration has joined the agreement but has limited control over the territory where the migrants are being held it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back mainly to their home countries. we took firm decisions on the immediate evacuation of refugees setting up a committee led by the african union's commission on human rights assisted by the european union pursuing smugglers of human beings and we consider this smuggling a crime against humanity also the various countries must put in place special forces to fight against smugglers of human beings many of those refugees gathering in libya are trying to find their way to europe with those who do manage to make it across landing in greece a surge in the number of people arriving on the island of lesbos is severely straining emergency facilities the conditions are so dire that some refugees are resorting to self harm in the hope of being taken out as jenna hall now reports in the third part of our series from that's false. in a busy cafe

african union summit in ivory coast libya's u.n. backed administration has joined the agreement but has only limited control over the territory where the migrants are being held it's not clear how the deal will be in force but most migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries. we took firm decisions on the immediate evacuation of refugees setting up a committee led by the african union's commission on human rights assisted by the european union pursuing smugglers of human beings and we consider this smuggling a crime against humanity also the various countries must put in place special forces to fight against smugglers of human beings. pope francis is demanding the international community takes decisive measures to resolve the cause of the mass exodus of revenge of muslims from myanmar arriving in bangladesh pope francis broke his silence over what the u.n. has called a textbook case of ethnic cleansing he also called on world governments to immediately provide assistance to the bangladeshi government but while his

coast the announcement by french president emmanuel micron follows an outcry over a video apparently showing african migrants being sold as slaves in. the reporting now from the summit in abidjan. well at the end of this summit we are expecting a joint statement by europe in an 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 will also be used to speed up the voluntary return for refugees 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 their leaders are taking is not the right one that they are quick fixes over a long term solution and more needs to be done to really address the root causes of why people are leaving home in the first place. but the new president of zimbabwe has announced plans to revive t

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 terrorism oh here is another man jordan being asked questions about this twe

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 the darkest hours of humanity i call on our collective sense of responsibility to take urgent action many refugees in libya are in detention centers where conditions are appalling others a 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 fix a series of very critical issues and across this like in libya and that's why i want to finalize before the end of this summit a very good bridge 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 unless new ideas of found to deal with migration human rights abuses will continue. we will not

and african union leaders in ivory coast outspent by french president mandela follows the outcry over a video apparently showing african migrants being sold as slaves in libya. the handover of power in gaza has been postponed a rival palestinian factions hamas and fatah agreed to ask egypt for the delay a mosque is due to transfer power of the gaza strip to the palestinian authority by friday as part of a reconciliation deal both sides accuse the other of not respecting the deal keep it here faultlines is next and then more news. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the way. al-jazeera. i dottle john trump do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute and i will faithfully execute it's been just over a year since tunnel trump won the us presidential elections and shook the country and this political system to the core. between the unpredictable statements and tweets it's pretty hard to look away from the everyday chaos that dominates the news cycle. but under the surface the turbulence trump has brought to washington has forced both republicans and dem

and african union leaders in ivory coast outspent by french president mandela follows the outcry over a video apparently showing african migrants being sold as slaves in libya. they handover of power in gaza has been postponed rival palestinian factions hamas and fatah agreed to ask egypt for the delay a mosque is due to transfer power of the gaza strip to the palestinian authority by friday as part of reconciliation deal both sides accuse the other of not respecting the deal keep it here faultlines is next in the more news. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the way. al-jazeera. donald trump do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute and i will faithfully execute it's been just over a year since start of trump won the us presidential elections and shook the country and its political system to the core. between the unpredictable statements and tweets it's.

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. the darkest hours of humanity i call on our collective sense of responsibility to take urgent action many refugees in libya are in detention centers where conditions are appalling for others a 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 the summits we have to fix there is a very critical issues and it crosses like in libya and that's why i want to finalize before the end of this and it's a very concrete 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 unless new ideas of found to deal with migration human rights abuses will continue. we will not put

ivory coast. that the mail has accused the greek government of turning the island into the guantanamo bay of europe thousands of refugees living in squalid conditions and face a harsh winter as john a horrible it's a great government leaders are complaining of a lack of help from the european union. the evenings after the cold. most of the roughly ten thousand refugees and migrants stuck on the island live in the bleak confines of moriah camp no matter what you know. no food no food food no good. moria is stretched way beyond capacity its occupants come from a dozen countries it's a prison it's not like a prison to prison because you don't go nowhere was no no no no no. no if you look. inside this heavily fortified former army base families live rough. children breathe in daily lungfuls of wood smoke and bed down with no more than a sheet of tarpaulin to protect them from the hard. knocks say for she cannot break in here my son see in hospital i can not mistaking. this there is not so why not some

ivory coast. has accused the great government of turning the island into the guantanamo bay of europe thousands of refugees on the island and living in squalid conditions and face a harsh winter and a whole reports. in the evenings of cold. most of the roughly ten thousand refugees and migrants stuck on the island live in the bleak confines of moriah camp no matter what they know. no food no food food no good. moria is stretched way beyond capacity it's occupants come from a dozen countries it's a prison it's not like a prison to prison because you don't go nowhere was no. no no no. no it was. inside this heavily fortified former army base families live rough. children breathe in daily lungfuls of wood smoke and bed down with no more than a sheet of tarpaulin to protect them from the hard. knocks say tent for she cannot even hear my son seek in hospital i cannot mistake in. this there is not so why not some variables die. some to voters in what is called die. they are free to come and go but canno

ivory coast of venezuela has removed it sam bacile to the united nations from his post rafael mira's a former oil minister has been sacked made a major anti corruption campaign targeting the oil industry at the un says it has not been notified by venezuela's government of any changes to its representation rival palestinian factions hamas and fatah have agreed to ask egypt to delay the handover of gaza hamas was due to hand over power in the gaza strip to the palestinian authority by friday after a decade of darkness there as part of a reconciliation deal however there are still the handover to be delayed until december the tenth it comes out of both sides accuse each other of not respecting the accord. i saw says it carried out a car bomb attack in yemen zz southern city of aden that killed at least two people the force of the blast outside the yemeni finance ministry offices shook the core marks our area of the city the temporary capital of the internationally recognized government of president rebel mosul hardy at least two others were injured in the attack. us president donald tru

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

needs to work more closely with africa to address illegal migration of ivory coast's leader says urgent measures are needed to end migrant slave trading and reports from. a migration there 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 about opening statements each of the mentioned migration and the tone was really set earlier on not 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 not just a bit earlier i spoke to the fridge present tomorrow my call and what he told me was that leaders here want to try a north an initiative a strategy to try and tackle the situation in libya to 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 what he said the solutio

now leaders from europe and africa are holding a joint summit in the ivory coast this is the first time the african union will represent the continent in talks with its european counterparts officials say the meeting will herald a new partnership based on equality up there's growing concern that aid to africa is being used to control migration flows instead of development. reports. 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 fighting for even. no word. as refugees continue to rival my 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 our african partners about the future it's not development that comes up more often it's rather towards investments and secure it. the e.u. is the biggest donor of aid to africa given twen

leaders from europe and africa holding their first joint summit it's taking place in the ivory coast they say it will herald a new partnership but there's growing concern that aid to africa is being used to block refugees and migrants instead of being used for development let's get more on this from the tasha butler who is in abidjan for sana tasha fair to say migration very much at the top of the agenda at this summit right now. yes well the leaders are just arriving and shortly they will begin this summit and when they do get down to business there is no doubt that migration will be one of the issues which really dominates their talks it comes at a time when so many people still trying to absorb the fact that refugees are being traded to slaves in libya and what officials on both sides have told us is that we can expect some sort of initiative or plan from the a.u. e.u. partnership to try and tackle those prices to try and evacuate many of those refugees who are trapped there also questions over e.u. aid because it's linked to all this because some people are saying that the fact t

leaders from europe and africa are holding their first joint summit is 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

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 europe's refugee crisis rather than to

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 cell you for seventy two one hundred fifty dollars and then others will resell you. 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 or any other nationality from the west even ibori and you are sold and for what seven hundred dollars. but these migrants 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 more in the grip of these repay shoes smuggler despite increased patrols the u.n. says more than one h

these are 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 sh

coast and gonna take what's known as the western routes they had north through burkina faso mali and is there others from nigeria take the central route and they travel up through his air and tchad and finally there's the eastern route right there which begins in the horn of africa so migrants from somalia ethiopia and eritrea travel north through south sudan and sudan before crossing the border into in that beah so libya hosts more than forty three thousand refugees and asylum seekers who are registered with the u.n.h.c.r. up to ninety percent of people crossing the mediterranean sea into europe departs from libya itself well a media report showing refugees being auctioned off sparked new concerns about the plight refugees face in libya but the story of their hopes their dreams and attention is something out as iran has covered for years here's a look back at some of those reports. they want to know when or if they'll be set free for now there doesn't appear to be a subsidy they be detained for most of the year this man from eritrea says he's been held in various centers since two t

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 in the european union's renewed strategy to stop migrants and refugees traveling across the mediterranean has led to more people being stuck in libya without money or food mike hanna is at the united nations headquarters in new york so mike why is is france calling this debate now. well actually that's a good question a week ago today the u.n. security council are cast a resolution condemning this a slave trade in libya however france clearly felt that this was not enough along with some other members so it is called again this emergency session which is taking place at the moment france making clear that it wants to push things a little bit further wants to discuss exactly how to end this trade what kind of punitive measures should be taken against those individuals and entities responsible for what it describes as these barbaric acts and crimes against humanity this is what the outgoing president of the securi