A cohost and producer is here and bringing your feedback and plenty to talk about and covering it all in africa. The International Community is jazzed about the summit taking place in washington d. C. And great hash tags trending and this is africa emerging and cell phone my screen and another is africa summit but however with everything lisa there is push back and president obama is not meeting the leaders and some countries were not invited. They are talking about the summit in the United States, their own continent not good meeting. President obama is hosting the summit to discuss the pressing security, health and Development Issues facing the second largest continent in earth and turmoil in nigeria and Central African public and south sudan has a lot to talk about, the International Monetary funds projects 6. 1 Economic Growth in the region this year. Now the summit is not without controversy. As we mentioned African Leaders wont give one on one meetings with the president and a handful of african countries were not invited because of issues with democratic process or lack there of and we have Robin Sanders and former ambassador to nigeria and republican of congo and works on Economic Development and on skype in south africa, associate edder at the daily maverick, a south African Newspaper and former u. S. Diplomate to africa and thanks to both of you for being there and this is historic event and 40 leaders coming to d. C. For the event and what is president obama hoping to get out of it . One of the things is to raise the u. S. , africa relationship and historically it is thought that china and india had a different perspective and different relationship with us. But i think this is historic in so many ways and its 50 countries coming and only four countries who is not been invited and egypt is invited and Central African republic and weste western saraha and zimbobwai and they will talk about the next generation and africa has a population of 1. 5 billion and projected to be 2. 4 billion by 2040 so that is a lot of people that we need to have a positive relationship with and looking at the tradein investment portfolio and looking at small and Medium Enterprises and how we work with them on both sides of the atlantic and good things and some concerns about but having bilateral meetings with 50 leaders who are here and a legitimate comment. I recently wrote about the fact we can have regional meetings and come up with five meetings if we cannot do 50. But i do understand that the nature of the focus, i think the themes that the u. S. Government has chosen are the rights themes for the summit. So, brooks, people may assume a lot of this is about the United States helping africa come up with ways to be less dependent on aid. But is this also about the u. S. Sort of jockeying for a position on the continent with china and india and brazil and japan lined up right behind . Its good that you brought that up. Because officially the u. S. Government is not saying that this is a response to the kind of relationship the chinese had been developing with africa. But in effect its a way of saying wait a minute now, we are here, we have lots of trade. We have some very special trade relationships that we are creating, not the least of which is algoa, the african growth and opportunity act and we have the kind of expertise and the kind of products that people on the continent will be interested and continue to be more and more interested in getting ahold of. One of the things when robin was laying out the various statistics, one of the things that is important also to add, that the projections are assuming Economic Growth continues as it has in the last number of years that something on the order of half a billion people on the continent will be roughly counted as an emerging middle class and that is a large number of people who are really interested in the problems that the United States can solve. Brooks, talking about the economy and Regional Power and china and communities talking about it and says without the research which is quote the main reason not even china would have a link with africa and now its the United States and they say leave africa alone and stop trying to call on them. That is a message to the United States and china too. However United States should help and support anticorruption campaigns and international condemn nepitism and the United States has done enough at this point and could open up trade barriers that prevent opportunities and ambassador talking about Economic Opportunities there is 6. 1 Economic Growth in africa in 2014, six of the Fastest Growing economies in africa, how should the United States create a mutually beneficial relationship that helps both . It is on target and i think some of your social responders i think that there is a balance here that has to be had. Partnership is not a center piece of a lot of relationships and one of the things we are trying to do or the u. S. Is trying to do is change that paradigm and make that a partnership. However there are some dynamics that get you there. Certainly 6 growth of about 7 or 8 countries in south sahara and africa is important but how do we Work Together with africans because the main issue for me for that population number that i gave you is that 63 of that population is below the poverty line and that is the paradigm shift that has to take place and how do people get fed and clean water and Health Delivery systems and see what is going on with the ebola crisis now and those are key areas including education. And its the big e in education and about vocational training. Its about s and E Development and about working with deaspra in the United States and has good ties and cultural understanding and those are really key things about partnership. What i would like to see come out of the summit i hope is an interactive dialog as opposed to a oneway conversation. And i think that what we will hear out of the white house is that is their goal is to have an intering intering a interactive dialog and conversation between the United States and with the african nations and leaderships that are here so we can address some of these really, core poverty issues. Countries like japan are offering 10,000 business internships to african students. Do we need to do something tangible like that with Young African entrepreneurs . Well, i think part of your lead in to this particular segment talked to a group of younger African Leaders that are also in washington. Thats part of a program that the Obama Administration has put together. This Young AfricanLeader Initiative which now has the moniker of Nelson Mandelas name on the front and to understand the population of the continent is predominately young and the way to deal with relationships going in the future is to become much more connected to people who are in their 20s and at the very latest early 30s because those are the people who move it forward and in the future. Thank you for joining us and ambassador sanders and staying with us and hundreds are dying from ebola virus and no cure and doctors dying treated infected and families urged not to bury the dead and how people are dealing with the deadliest out break in history. Young africans are pushing a different narrative through the saturday. Gaza, experience what its like on the ground, first hand, as our crew gets caught in the chaos. The reality of war. Shujayea massacre at dawn. Saturday, 10 30 eastern. Only on al jazeera america. Welcome back, the ebola virus out break is claiming lives in several west african countries with hundreds dead and hundreds sickened and doctors are working endlessly to contain the virus and educate the public and last week the top doctor fighting the out break in sierra leone contracted the virus and died and explained the severity of how the virus is spreading. By the time you have one contact of the disease people say you are dead, avoiding hiding and taking care of the dead. Dont forget the ebola. So ten more will be effected. Reporter joining us with ambassador sanders and catherine muler for the International Foundation of red cross and red crossent in africa and it started in guinea and in short order is the worst in history and how is it spreading so wide and so fast . It gets back to a lot of what the doctor was saying there. People continuing to bury their own, the traditional burials with a lot of miss information and a lot of miss trust and a lot of denial. I came out of sierra leone after spending three weeks there and a lot of people still dont believe that the out break is real including some healthcare workers. I just returned home actually and im staying with friends. They tell me today that at work they are calling with questions about allowing her to stay at your house, you have children. You can imagine, if that kind of miss information exists here in the first world country, trying to get those messages across this a thirdworld country where people practice vodoo or living in extremely remote places its a big challenge. Seeing loved ones go in clinics and not come out so we are understanding that they are actually hiding sick people so they dont get taken to the that . That is right and happening. We were actually called to go and prepare a body for burial when we got there the community denied there was a body. That we had been given incorrect information. There was nobody who passed away in that particular community. Whether or not that is true or not we will never know. If that community did go and bury that person and prepare the person for burial themselves, the risk of that community becoming infected grows and in death is when its strong and contai contain and in sierra leone they hug the bodies and not able to do that if red cross teams come in to prepare the body for burial and still continuing to do it on their own. When you were ambassador of drc there were several ebola out breaks in Central Africa and more isolated and people traveled less. Now its in west africa, hitting capitol cities, people have an entirely different way of life, how is the lifestyle affecting the out break do you think . In the republican of congo it was isolated but the same challenges on a smaller scale existed and understand how communities work and wanting to wash the body when they pass and all the traditional things still are affecting what we see in west africa. And the fact that the virus or someone passed away, the doctor also passed away in legos is even more frightening in some regard because we dont know all of the people he came in contact with and recording about 59 people. Im sure if you were at an airport as crowded as this airport and landing in legos you are in contact with more than 59 people, as many times as i have been through that airport. So i am very worried about the containment aspect as well as the education aspect and whether or not the healthcare Delivery Systems which are already fragile in some areas in nigeria can manage such an outbreak. The real challenge is really communication. Healthcare workers communicating with other healthcare workers, communities communicating with each other. But really having a better appreciation on how the government needs to get this information out and building the trust of what the government is happening. Speaking of that we spoke with the assistant administer of health in liberia and that is one of the countries hardest hit by the ebola out break and asked about the toll its having on his people. They are panicking and afraid. We have got over usual denial. When the outbreak started in mid march and up to june, july, people were thinking that this is from the government but now we have gone beyond that now. Reporter just the general fear and lack of understanding expressing. It has Gone International and peace cores told people to leave sierra leone and guinea and thanks for sharing this on course so these are the 35 countries, one flight away from ebola and guinea and sierra leone and nigeria and lisa goes to north america and europe and middle east and ebola out break and this is the trending hash tag and international and a whole community and world is worried about it and asked the community does this constitute a Global Health crisis and they would say it already is one. Catherine you came back from sierra leone 632 people died since february and march since the out break in guinea and sierra leone and would you say now this constitutes a Global Health crisis and have we reached that point yet . We have to keep perspecti perspective. Yes, its a serious out break and no, its not under control and highly contagious but the chances of it spreading beyond the area where it is now, its not impossible. But it is very unlikely. The steps that need to be taken to protect yourself are rather simple so it is a matter again of educating people on what they need to do to protect themselves and to help prevent the spread. Remember its not airborne, if i touch the sweat of someone who has a fever from ebola i dont get it unless i have a cut on my hand and that is how the virus needs to come in contact of an infected person. If i dont have a cut on my hand and touch that person i dont get infected, so it is rather challenging to actually become infected with the ebola virus. It is a huge challenge and as the ambassador was saying about education, education i think is the key to getting control of this outbreak and its finding a way to speak the language, the lingo that these people in very remote communities are going to understand. At the red cross we are actually engaging with the traditional healers, the people they go to first instead of a hospital, religious leaders, village chief and sensitizing them and are held in high regard the communities are starting to understand and not just understand but accept the messages they are hearing and starting preventative measures in place. We are out of time and thank you so much for all of the wonderful work you and your colleagues are doing there and sanders thanks for joining us and ahead hear how Young Africans are using innovation j were here in the vortex. Only on al jazeera america. The war and the youth have been at the forefront of war and in a position that will never cause harm but should get a position future. We are discussing how african nations are confronting the pressing issues of the time and many instances young people are leading the way and we have cofounder of natures way a business offering alternative healthcare services, out of washington d. C. Cofounder of the Youth Action Center and mgo in the democratic republican of congo and a program of the arts and in washington monica, for disabled women and youth and she is deaf and you will be hearing the voice of her interpreter Brenda Denver who is just off camera and thanks for being here and you are all in d. C. As part of the young African Leaders summit because you are leaders in your community. Christian innovation is a big part of what all of you do. You have seen two decades after war in the drc and very much a generation of hopelessness, how do you use art to turn all of that around . Thank you very much for the question and thank you for the viewers and thank you for al jazeera to giving us this chance to be able to interact with the american audience. We have been here in the u. S. For the past six weeks and i have said again im a cofounder of Youth Action Center, initiative we started three years ago to empower youth for responsible leadership through art and communication. Now, when you talk about eastern part of drc many of us know of the sad and gruesome war incident that has been going on for two decades and youth have been on the forefront of war and used by politicians or malitia groups to cause harm. It happened to us as we thought about what could be the future of this country if its youth are not totally involved into building the nation. And we thought of the best way to actually start a new paradigm, a new generation of leaders is to empower them through art. And it is true, of course, that many young people in eastern drc look at art as something that not only helps them to enjoy and to just have good time with other people but look at it apparently as a tool for social it. You wanted to work in Natural Medicine and took an entrepreneurship course and how did that impact your decision to stay in your community and invest in your community . I always wanted to stay in my community and its a beautiful country and a stable economy and a great democracy and where i wanted to be. I studied this because i wanted an alternative to offer professional service because a lot of people dont necessarily want to go the alopathiy way or failed them or want to complement what they do already and i studied and graduated and came back and didnt have a job and that is how i had to become an entrepreneur so it was sink or swim situation and i started my business natures way and started my practice. Our community is very inspired by Young Leaders and we have dred loc diplomacy and with the state department and goes to mandela