a comeback in mali and this is going to interest you hi sandra yes i can t believe it we always have many good tips here on eco africa. in the nation s capital and i just kept. let s take a look at what s coming up on the show today. the climate resistance green that s becoming popular in mali we ll tell you why the ugandan teenager who s championing climate change activism will tell you how and the women in zimbabwe training to be rangers in the fight poaching will give you the details. the phony a green has grown in africa west africa for around 5000 years and with more and more areas being given over to rice it had lots of disappeared the extremely small grain can be difficult to peel but it contains many more nutrients than say white rice in mali for instance many farmers are now switching back to this form of millet as it copes well with the i would conditions in the region making it a good option in an age of climate change where the farmers are regularly suffering crop
(noise) the subcommittee will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. this is examining the afghanistan tragedy. and i recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. good morning, and welcome to the subcommittee on national security s first hearing of 2020. we begin this year as we did and 2019, with an examination of the u.s. war in afghanistan. after 18 years of war in afghanistan, this is now the united states longest running conflict and has taken the lives, and the has come out the cost if billions of taxpayer dollars. after almost two decades of lighting, al-qaeda and the taliban the situation in afghanistan has continued to deteriorate, and is at best a stalemate. today, the government of afghanistan lacks control over half of the country, and it is estimated that the taliban has about 60,000 full-time fighters, compared to 20,000 in 2014. meanwhile, isis the branch of the islamic state comprises betw
primary. the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now passed 1000 chinese officials have announced another 109 deaths the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began the number of cases has risen to more than 43000 globally and scientists in london are working on a possible facts seen head of the world health organization is warning of the growing risk of a global pandemic as the world sees more human to human transmissions outside of china. in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of on word transmission from people with no travel history to china like the cases reported in france yesterday and the united kingdom today the detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire but for no it s only a spark of objective remains containment let s go to katrina you now in beijing with the latest let s start with xi jinping making his 1st public appearance since the outbreak began is is that calming and reassuri
that this is al jazeera and these are the headlines tanzania s president john magaw fairly has died aged 61 africa s most prominent coronavirus skeptic hadn t been seen in public since february and there was speculation about his health the government says he died from heart failure secretary of state anthony blinken says the united states will complete its north korea policy review in the coming weeks and that both pressure and diplomatic options are on the table he made those comments after meeting with his south korean counterpart in seoul and also discussed prime real clear. consistent. for its commitments and we spoke about aggression before time because you are challenging stability security should. beijing s actions make forging a common approach among our allies and our port at a time when we re seeing a rebirth of democracy and human rights around the world including in burma where the military is attempting to overturn the results of a democratic election by greedy
the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now passed a 1000 chinese officials have announced another 109 deaths the biggest single day jump since the outbreak began the number of cases has risen to more than 43000 globally and scientists in london are working on a possible vaccine head of the world health organization is warning of the room growing risk of a global pandemic as the world sees more human to human transmission outside china . in recent days we have seen some concerning instances of onward transmission from people with no travel history to china like the cases reported in france yesterday and the united kingdom today the detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire but for no it s only a spark our objective remains containment let s go to katrina you re in beijing for the latest xi jinping being seen for the 1st time in public what s his message been katrina. that s right so she didn t being visited to h