With me, zeinab badawi, recorded in front of an audience coming to you from the Bbc Radio Theatre as part of our freedom season. The acclaimed South Sudanese singer and political activist emmanuel jal was just a boy during the Sudanese Civil War when he was captured and forced to work as a Child Soldier in the 1980s. He escaped and went on to see his people gain independence in a referendum three years ago. But now, south sudan is once again in conflict as rival tribes descend into Ethnic Violence that has killed thousands since december and left nearly a million displaced and at risk of starvation. When will the people of south sudan enjoy Peace And Freedom at last and is emmanueljal himself free from the traumas of being a Child Soldier . Audience, please welcome emmanueljal to hardtalk. I was born in violence so peace was robbed from my childhood. In the beginning. You were not only robbed from peace, you were robbed of your mother, who died in the conflict. All my aunties died duri
With me, zeinab badawi, recorded in front of an audience coming to you from the Bbc Radio Theatre as part of our freedom season. The acclaimed South Sudanese singer and political activist emmanuel jal was just a boy during the Sudanese Civil War when he was captured and forced to work as a Child Soldier in the 1980s. He escaped and went on to see his people gain independence in a referendum three years ago. But now, south sudan is once again in conflict as rival tribes descend into Ethnic Violence that has killed thousands since december and left nearly a million displaced and at risk of starvation. When will the people of south sudan enjoy Peace And Freedom at last and is emmanueljal himself free from the traumas of being a Child Soldier . Audience, please welcome emmanueljal to hardtalk. Emmanueljal, sudan as it was then at warforfive decades, nearly 2 Million People died from starvation or disease. You yourself in your young life really only knew conflict. I was born in violence so
With me, zeinab badawi, recorded in front of an audience coming to you from the Bbc Radio Theatre as part of our freedom season. The acclaimed South Sudanese singer and political activist emmanuel jal was just a boy during the Sudanese Civil War when he was captured and forced to work as a Child Soldier in the 1980s. He escaped and went on to see his people gain independence in a referendum three years ago. But now, south sudan is once again in conflict as rival tribes descend into Ethnic Violence that has killed thousands since december and left nearly a million displaced and at risk of starvation. When will the people of south sudan enjoy Peace And Freedom at last and is emmanueljal himself free from the traumas of being a Child Soldier . Audience, please welcome emmanueljal to hardtalk. Emmanueljal, sudan as it was then at warforfive decades, nearly 2 Million People died from starvation or disease. You yourself in your young life really only knew conflict. I was born in violence so
Thanks everybody for being here. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] tonight the communicators visits middle east Broadcasting Network including other u. S. Sponsored broadcast news. We spoke with the president of the middle east broadcast network. Fran myers, producer and the digital managing editor of raise your voice about how they share Democratic Values that would not otherwise be exposed to a wider spectrum. We have been on air for 12 years and i think the audience has come to learn its not propaganda. We do try to be balanced but we also provide topics and we cover topics and information that is not really available. There arent enough people telling the stories of how difficult it is to be a woman and a girl child. How many stories have we done on child marriages. I cant count. You cant do enough because really in the middle east theyre not telling that story because its too close to home. There was a campaign we launched in september 2015
Of missouri, the flooding is bad, the governor has called in the National Guard to help out. The syrian army backed by russian airstrikes says its made home advances in the town. Newt offensive is in a strategically important area on the main road connecting the capital and the government stronghold damascus in the south. Hashem joins us litsch now from southern turkey. Hashem, just walk us through wyoming particular link is so important. It is important, because it has been a rebel stronghold for almost four years, since the start of the syrian uprising against the government of Bashar Al Assad, this was one of the first areas where the rebels took control, further expanded, and there are two types of factions operating there. There is alnusra front, an alqaeda affiliate along with other conservative groups, very well organized and powerful. At the same time, there are Free Syrian Army groups trained by the americans and western allies of the syrian opposition. Since yesterday, theres