Knowing that like the woman they will power they have a say and they can motivate others they could be that the leaders of tomorrow. I am christine wonder welcome to news africa im glad you choose indian women the trees die and the grass stops growing it looks Something Like what you can see in this picture behind me this is a vacation and its said to be one of the greatest threats to our planet now does it if acacia means fertile land is being reduced to dust that forces people to migrate literally in search of green a posthumous in fact the u. N. Warns that in 25 years time around 135000000 people could be displaced because of desert to vacation and africa and bishops projects of africa to combat does it if occasion is underway a belt of trees running from senegal in the west all the way across to djibouti in the east is being printed its called the great green war of africa and it will stretch a staggering 8000 can all that is now thats not old because in gonna work is also being do
Of souls to flee conflict and persecution. Welcome to the program all those stories coming up but we begin in iraq where these 2 people have been injured by a rocket targeting the headquarters of several Foreign Oil Companies the rocket came down south of bands right assigned to exxon mobil shell and other Energy Giants operate iraqs government says oil exports havent been interrupted in june has the latest from baghdad. According to Iraqi Security officials a katyusha rocket landed in a compound which is in the vicinity of Foreign Oil Companies and also the Iraqi Oil Drilling Company in basra we are told by Security Officials that at least 2 iraqi employees of the Iraqi Oil Drilling Company have been injured as a result weve also been told that exxon mobil which is one of the Foreign Oil Companies which is how it is in that area has decided to evacuate 20 employees as a result of this attack also were told that Oil Production in that area has not been affected by this attack now all o
Announcer please welcome the atlantics margarette lowe. [applause] hello, hello, and welcome to the atlantics first summit on athletes and activism. Im margaret lowe, part of the team that brings journalism to stages across the country. We are so happy to be here in washington with all of you at this brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. We are exploring the power of athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, and people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic medals, and one nfl trophy. So we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage
This brandnew arena, where the mystics will tip off against the atlantic dream this saturday night, the first mystics game ever in this arena. [applause] we are thinking of ourselves today as the happy little warmup act for that. And what a wonderful crowd here today. Thank you, all, for joining us. Power ofploring the athletes who spotlight injustice and spur change. We will hear from olympians, collegiate allamericans, professionals and from people who cover sports. And listen to this, our speaker roster has one world cup soccer championship, eight hockey World Championships, nine olympic trophy. And one nfl so we think we have a pretty winning lineup today. Guiding the conversations on stage today is my winning colleague, Atlantic Staff writer jamal hill. Jemele writes about the intersection of sports, race, politics and culture. Now we want to learn more about all of you. Poll, andke a quick answering the question requires a cell phone. Phone andour cell and then type in slido. Com
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