address the issue at a summit and ivory coast. reports from. 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

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. 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 development aid hence it has to come from i

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

, the former president of ivory coast, who is one of the cases before you, and you are being urged by lots of influential people on the continent, former african presidents and so on, to say, look, drop the case against laurent gbagbo because, if found guilty, the country could reignite and civil war could return to ivory coast. basically, there's an argument there which is saying, please, don't necessarily putjustice above everything else. peace and stability is important. i believe we are very sensitive to that, and we have demonstrated it time and time again, to show that it's this debate of peace and justice. let's sequence justice. let's do peace and then we dojustice. i think we should bring back ourselves to a position where we know that peace and justice are not mutually exclusive. they can actually work together. this has been tested. i tell you what thabo mbeki, former president of south africa, says about the gbagbo case and 0mar al—bashir and so on, "the challenge that arises is when someone says "that the issue of justice trumps the issue of peace. "while not dismissing

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

ended in the city of abidjan in the ivory coast more than eighty african and european leaders were in attendance tackling issues such as high youth unemployment and the plight of refugees and migrants stuck in libya a recent t.v. report showed people being sold as slaves that. now our correspondent max hoffman has been covering that summit for us and joins me now from abidjan hi max i'm human listen to two days of talks and you've just heard the fund a press conference what did you take away from that meeting. there was a lot of back patting at the end everybody expressing their will to cooperate and that was a lot of thank you's naturally but if you look at the conclusions what's in writing then there's not a whole lot there that might be normal if you consider that there were eighty leaders here and it's hard to agree on anything specific but you can tell that the old fault lines between africa and the european union are still there meaning that the africans when clear commitments for investment for money and europeans one clear commitment to good governance for example but also

the west of the continent in particular, young men from nigeria, ivory coast and the gambia. then there's the eastern route which is popular with those fleeing eritrea and somalia. the two routes join in libya for the dangerous voyage across the mediterranean to europe. in 2016, an estimated 5000 people lost their lives while attempting the crossing. and only very few who make it to europe are actually granted asylum. most go under the radar, earning money illegally, mainly in catering, or after being recruited by drug dealers. still, for many in countries like the gambia, europe is a goal worth the risks. >> a new mood of optimism is sweeping gambia. after 22 years of dictatorship, the country now has a democratically-elected government. here in the village of kafuta, it's time to celebrate. all that's marring the occasion is the absence of young men. they've gone taking what's called 'the backway' to europe. one of the few left is amadou. he doesn't want to reveal his full name. he sometimes spends the whole day on the porch with his father. he says he feels useless. >> i h have

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

in poor health. now european and african leaders meeting in the ivory coast have drawn up an emergency plan in response to the shocking reports of slavery auctions in libya these emergency measures will see the evacuation of nearly four thousand people stranded there but the african union says there could actually be as many as seven hundred thousand migrants trapped in libya a good number of them at the mercy of the highest better. french president among them mark who 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 our very 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 task force to facilitate the rapid repack creation 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 ivory coast adam was abducted on his way to europe by people traffickers in libya and sold

emergency talks on the trading of slaves in libya. they‘re taking place at a summit in ivory coast — and african and european countries are present. it was actually meant to focus on growth and stability. but libya has dominated because of one cnn report which allegedly showed a slave auction of sub—saharan africans in libya. donald tusk is one of the most seniorfigures in the eu — and he‘s attending. we cannot accept this. we also cannot accept that narrative that it‘s africa and europe against each other. the worst we can do is to start the blame game. what we need now are common solutions and stronger cooperation to save lives, protect people, and allow them to live in dignity. the white lines on this graphic show popular migrant routes towards libya, and sometimes onward to europe. some manage to go north into italy. but some get stuck in libya. the nigerian president has said he is going to repatriate all nigerians in that situation. he said today "some nigerians were being sold like goats forfew dollars in libya." but he didn‘t give details on how he would actually get th

summit underway in ivory coast capital abidjan it's our more than eighty african and european leaders are on hand to address issues that include things like high youth unemployment. which younger date these two can spell the beginning of a new life initially john had wanted to try his luck in europe but halfway into his journey into his ear he gave up and returned home to ivory coast the international organization for migration gave him a small amount of start up money for his chicken farm. shocking fish should be more of these initiatives to stop young people leaving africa that's his message to the heads of government reason just a few kilometers away. but like to see them spending more money on young people there are so many unemployed young people many of them are highly qualified and have plans and ideas something has to change. the topic of migration is high on the agenda at the african and european union summit german chancellor angela merkel said the issue is tied to the fight against people trafficking. in recent weeks there have been shocking reports from libya detai

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

gathering in ivory coast to promote jobs and stability for africa's rapidly growing population the two day summit opens as the european union places a greater emphasis on ties with africa especially with the recent unprecedented levels of migration. the european capital was trying to send out some positive vibes at a number of events ahead of the summit in abidjan and at the european parliament high ranking politicians were also trying to find solutions for better cooperation between the continents is open i want to get to the people in the past the europeans had a tendency to look to the east towards russia and china they haven't done enough in africa sure we invested and we are committed but i think we need to strengthen our strategy not just throw money at the problem may. by the minute i wish. the wake up call for europe was the migration crisis more than one hundred thousand africans arrived on the shores of the e.u. this year alone and some estimate that two million more are on the move towards europe the e.u. has been working on a plan to curb the influx and will try to sell

first joint summit on the ivory coast with migration top of the gender. and the pope calls for reconciliation in myanmar but again stopped short of referring specifically to go ahead. hello it's been raining in china not unusual you might think but this is on season we shouldn't have any significant rain in this part of chinatown the but there has been the still will be that's drawing up a little by the time we get to friday but still we haven't talked in the winter wind to be honest it's still twelve in shanghai the rather dismal twelve and twenty four in hong kong rain has been significantly heavy in tamil nadu in sri lanka as you might expect that's correct just on the even here we've had quite a bit falling nothing much elsewhere in india that's correct it should be dry is a breeze stirring up the atmosphere be a good sing in new delhi where equality of course is still the issue the potential development of a tropical depression here just the us is for like a couldn't house the rain even more in the next day or so so flooding seems quite likely even this time of year for th

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

ivory coast we're trying to tell people in our country that it's time to open our eyes and see that the tragedies of the regular migration are not just the deaths there are other tragedies to also from. you know to slavery they chant news of the slave auction sparked protests outside the libyan embassies and paris and across africa libya is a migration not far from europe with some seven hundred thousand migrants within its borders it's a lawless place where exploitation is rife and the revelations have brought more international scrutiny upon it including from the united nations secretary general who condemned the human rights abuses. i abhorred these appalling acts and call upon all competent all started to see investigate these activities without delay and to bring the best potatoes to justice. libyan authorities have launched a formal investigation but for many it's too late. to soccer now and a mixed night for the german sides in the champions league it was crunch time for dortmund they needed a win on match day five and they took the lead against tottenham with returning strik

is stark. a boy from ivory coast, who we can't identify, told me that libya was particularly dangerous for people who are black. he said libyans don't like black africans. he said, "we were all picked up and taken to prison." what time had he committed, i asked. "nothing. i did nothing." this is the end of a long sea journey. the injured came out first, then women and children, and now the rest. but they are arriving in europe where attitudes are hardening against them and the future for many is uncertain. all humanity is present on the treacherous crossings and the rescuers make no distinctions between the persecuted and the poor. but europe does. existing fears about migration and the fact that that 42,000 people have arrived this way this year mean the reception they can expect will be very mixed. for those who have arrived, another journey has started. they may have reached their long goal, but admission and acceptance might still eluded them. tim: are you breaking news in the last couple moments -- james comey, head of the fbi, has just been sacked. a statement from the

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 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 als

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 people hope things will get better in twenty eighteen robert mug

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

and europe so there are three main routes take a look at migrants from senegal ivory 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

. 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

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 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

monument. four day trip to africa which will also take him to ivory coast and ghana this was a highly anticipated speech in which is expected to talk about a new kind of politics as he seeks to break away from neo colonialism across the african continent you know this war is basically aimed at boosting france's regional influence in africa and also as you heard the president talk a little bit about there stemming the flow of migrants from africa into europe. the french president speaking again to eight hundred students at the university of wanted to go and this will be followed by a question and answer session by the audience there let's bring in our correspondent on the line from wanted to go. this is a speech that's been highly anticipated because everyone of course recalls the controversial speech former french president nicolas sarkozy gave in dakar a few years ago talking about france africa relations and everyone expecting my call to hit the reset button if you will between france and africa what has he said so far any what is his message basically to the african countries. well

like china and most of them. was ivory coast as well. tekton an economical way or other way and from europe and so europe now gets a kind of feedback which is not good and especially is not good for italy but i think there must be european regulations and cite the european union. there must be decision for this and this decisions must be that there is a legal way for people to come then they mustn't flee when they flee from africa they mustn't flee through the mediterranean sea or the atlantic but they could come and on the long term there must be relations in between europe and africa which make possible that africa get started. plan to make the african central bank an african a canonical form and this would have made the possibility that the economist in africa it's stable and no one likes to run away from his or her country just because it's fun but the people running. because this social crisis this war this diseases and the people run away because of that and we have a responsibility but i can see the tell young point of view that the rest of europe should be along with the prob

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