al jazeera nairobi. >> let's talk to angela mudukuti joining us from johannesburg. the country is pressing very voa vociferously. what do you think the position of countries such as your own south africa should be and will be? >> well, we hope that nations like south eask will do the afra will support the icc because this is an important justice accountability mechanism. >> is it targeting unfairly african countries? >> no, i think that's an unjustified statement because if you take a look at most of the cases before the icc they are self-referrals. going to the icc saying can you intervene, we can't handle this matter. so it is making an independent determination not the icc targeting africa. >> if some countries won't cooperate it is up to them, the status quo remains isn't it? >> absolutely. it is unlikely that they will reach a consensus. each head of state has to return to his country, submit it to parliament. only a year after all of this has been done will the withdrawal be effective. so in essence this is more talks about talks. >> let's say there is no vote

office in nairobi and kdf force camps and an ethiopian restaurant. and the plot was foiled with some arrests, but many of them got away including someone we heard of politically in the british media and that is luthwate which is a british explosive expert and on the run and normally connected to the attack in west gate mall by some media. she is still on the run and highly dangerous person according to our sources. >> andrew in nairobi, thanks andrew. ten bomb explosions in baghdad killed 37 people and 100 others were hurt in the capitol. security officers were among the dead at a check point north of baghdad. and more than 6,000 iraqis are killed in sectarian attacks so far this year. u.n. secretary general proposed up to 100 weapons officials be sent to syria for a year to destroy the chemical weapons stock and it's a mission of unpresented danger and 35 experts already there and started the process of dismantling the areasel and must be completed by the middle of next year and al jazeera omar is on the turkish syrian border. >> reporter: the gener

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obviously retaliation for the raid and siege at the mall in nairobi, there have been developments on that story. the military has started to name names. what are the details? >> that's right, steven. first of all, the unofficial release through sources firstly through the kenyan media, then others of the video showing the four gunman in a storeroom in the supermarket looking quite casual, at time sharing the time about five hours after the initial attack in most of the killing, no sign of any hostages. now we have names given by the kenyan defense force, it's spokesman giving these names. a somali, and omar neban, known company item from the district here, where he left 16 years of age. sources suggest he left with his uncle to go to somalia. he is a kenyan arab. we understand from the united nations monitoring group that he may well have been related to the most wanted al-qaeda operative in the east african region. he was killed in 2009 in a strike led by u.s. navy seals. furthermore, the u.n. monitoring group also knows of two more names, they are apparently part opartof the al hid

we have this report from a shelter in nairobi that has been helping underage mother. >> at the age of 14 this girl is a mother. her family disowned her. she is now forced to care for a 4-month-old and studying for school exams. >> translation: i'm lucky i had a safe delivery. i haven't lost hope. i plan to continue my studies until i complete them. >> beth now lives at the shelter for teenage mothers, outside nairobi. it's run by this man. the rever and. >> 99" of girls we have here are from poor families. por erty plays a great role whereby the families are poor, and you bring another mouth. you go away. >> teenage preg nansies in africa contributed to a lack of sex education. child marriage prevalent in some countries is to blame. >> according to the united nations, one in every 10 girls in africa has a child before the age of 15, it's common to see between 15 and 19 girls can have up to three children. >> becoming a mother at a young age leads to serious health implications - disrupting life. >> once she stops going to school, that is it, especially if the family is poor. she was t

through the elite within the country. >> you mentioned the affluent area of nairobi. kenya is a major hub for commerce and tourism in africa. how much do u.s. interests rely on a stable kenya? >> kenya is stable. there's no question about that. despite the fact that the president is having issues with the international criminal court. as a country they are stable. they had legitimate elections and the u.s. commercial interests are strong of the the u.s. embassy is one of the largest in the region, the united nations has its afghan headquarters there. i don't think you'll see the reason destablilize. >> you don't think it will be destablilized. >> no, but what you'll see is an intense reaction to what happened in order to protect the soft targets. there's no telling when this kind of attack could happen again or be attempted again. >> in what way do you think security will be intensified specifically. >> i think the some articly community, the immigrant community lives in east nairobi. i think you'll see a lot more aggressive action on the part of nairobi security forc

shabab may have planned a mumbai type of attack, locking down a major commercial and tourist hub in nairobi for several days is of great concern to the obama administration. the obama administration doesn't have any compunction going after those considered to be a threat, and of course i'm referring to the case of osama bin laden. >> how much threat does al shabab have to american interests? >> there are numerous reports al shabab has been recruiting young men particularly in the minneapolis st. paul area, the largest expatriot community of somalis in the united states for people who are first generation, maybe second generation still trying to deal with the adjustment of the particular lifestyle that we have here in the united states. the idea of someone coming in and using some sort of spiritual inspiration coupled with the ability to use one's fist or more particularly one's semiautomatic rifle is attractive, and because the community has not been fully integrated into the larger community there in minnesota, it has been particularly challenging for the u.s. to try to help the local soma

. >> without formality relatives and friends of those who died at nairobi's west gate mall marked a month since the attack. it was a dignified and religious ceremony intended to emphasis the solidarity of suffering. with almost 70 known victims the pain crossed ethnic, cultural and religious boundaries and beth lost her nephew and fiancee both gunned down, her final embrace. >> and they are united even more. and that is the spirit that we want to echo for this nation. >> reporter: kenya has seen attacks before but the killing and the scale of blood shed have taken the country. kenya praised response of security and this is the attack by al shabaab gunmen but as details emerged the faith has been challenged. the latest security camera pictures show a leak of kenya soldiers carrying bags out of the super market and people see it as looting and betrayal of trust with the men charged with protecting the nation. back at the ceremony one month later, families celebrated the lives of those who were killed. they planted trees, one for each of the victims creating a memorial garden with peace, but

. >> reporter: the two women were shopping at nairobi's westgate mall when it was attacked by al shabaab gunmen. the women's families got out alive, but they didn't. he used to live in nairobi himself but came back in 2000 because he said it was too violent, but he never expected anything like this. >> translator: in the 18 years i was there, i never heard of such a brutal attack. it shouldn't be like that. >> reporter: mr. shaw is a business leader. he believes trade between india and kenya will suffer. >> there will be a slowdown as the people are not willing to do for many reasons, and people that were traveling regularly to kenya are afraid of going to kenya. >> reporter: gone -- ghandi traveled to africa during colonial rule. east africa, especially kenya, with strong historic lirnks wit this part of india. this political scientist says despite the attacks the relationship will endure especially because of the recent history in the region. zo. >> a lot of indians have settled there. in the progress and freedom struggle will continue. >> reporter: he isn't so certain. he says many in

office in nairobi, that was foiled and there was a raid made in which the number of arrests were made and also some got away. now, what is also interesting about what we are hearing is another name which is mentioned in the cc-tv revealed video on the west gate mall attack and that is omar and he is known to have been mombasa and live in baraway attacked by the u.s. seals and his father now dead was involved with harren fazel and they are dead now and involved on a bombing attack on a u.s. embassy back in 1998 and also in 2002 attack on israeli-owned hotel, an attempted shooting down of a u.s. jet back in 2002. so what we are seeing now is more and more information coming through about the u.s. intent on trying to attack with their intelligence al shabaab leadership in somalia. >> reporter: thank you, we are in nairobi for us. still to come on this al jazeera news hour. ♪ earning less than a dollar a day an army of child labor digs for gold in nigeria plus. >> i'm wayne hey in tokyo where we meet a man facing this for the second time in his life because of the city's decision to hos

. >> reporter: the two women were shopping at nairobi's westgate mall when it was attacked by al shabaab fwunmen. the women's families got out alive, but they didn't. he used to nairobi himself but came back in 2000 because he said it was too violent, but he never expected anything like this. >> translator: in the 18 years i was there, i never heard of such a brutal attack. it shouldn't be like that. >> reporter: he's a business leader in india. he believes trade between india and kenya will suffer. >> there will be a slowdown as the people are not willing to do for many reasons. people that are traveling regularly to kenya are afraid of going to kenya. >> reporter: ghandi is probably the most famous to travel to south africa during migrations encouraged by the british during colonial rule. it's east africa that has strong historic links with this part of india. this political scientist says despite the attacks, the relationship with kenya will endure, especially because of its recent history in the region. >> indians have settled there, and they will contribute in the development, progr

. >> reporter: ager against sexual violence spills onto the streets of nairobi. these people are protesting the lenient punishment by police of mena cuesed of gang raping the teenager known as liz. they march to the offices of the inspector general of police where they delivered a petition that's been signed around the world by 1.2 million people. >> the petition did he demands two things, media rest and disciplinary action on the police who we feel handled the daze very dismally and in fact are emboldening others to rape and commit similar crimes. >> reporter: shortly after the attack three suspects were arrested and they were made to cut grass at the station then were let go. just a few days ago the inspector general of police said the suspected rapists had been rearrested. but today it was a different story. >> i am aware that the culprits are at large and we are looking for them where are they are and they sill will soon be arrested and taken in. these protests are not just about the lenient punishment for the men who raped liz but also about bringing to a st

he is a key leader in al-shabab, that's the group behind the nairobi mall attacks last month. he also planned several other big terror attacks. now with the failure of the u.s. raid, it is likely he remains a serious threat. >>> joining us is ambassador robin sanders, the normer ambassador to nigeria and republican of congo. ambassador welcome. >> thank you, john. >> what is your reaction to this raid? >> well, the raid in libya, i think is really a good closure for the families of the victims from 1998. >> you knew many of those people. >> i knew many of those people. i lost a good friend in the bombing. and for them 15 years later it was a good closing. what we did was the right thing to do. there has been a $5 million bounty on the head of alibby since 1991. >> so it comes after this attack in nairobi. so what is the connection if any? >> it may not be direct ex-september they are all involved with al-qaeda in some way. in the case of al-libby in libbyia he was the main syndicate of al-qaeda. so they are all connected to the al-qaeda syndicate, some with regional and local

especially with the attack in nairobi. could tha that be be a part of . >> it don' doesn't look like it. they are leading the fight the african force s. we have been out there a week ago and they have not been able to move against a l shibab. they pu punched a hole in the engine bay. the soldiers survived but the vehicle is a wreck. after six years of constant griengrinding road they're equit is breaking down. inside of a briefing room they explained their problem. >> we go on the main supply root. >> if they decide to advance these men' men will have to wort how to do it. they have 17,000 troops to cover a half million acres of scrub land. they can defend a handful of key sites but the countryside belongs to al shibab. >> that is what we are asking our international community. the company is sierra leone is behind the base. they have plenty of experience but they can barely maintain security around the town. going deeper into the countryside is impossible. >> these patrols are design to enter into security around the base

raid in somalia, looking for a man linked to last month's siege on the west gate shopping center in nairobi, kenya. >> syrian chemicals weapons are being destroyed. >> the u.s. raid on somalia on saturday, target be a senior al shabab commander. thank you very much for being on aljazeera. what more can you tell us about this raid and were the somali authorities aware of this raid, was it done with your consent? >> thank you very much. i can confirm that the raid attacks took place on the fifth of october, saturday, and then all i can say to you is the government are very grateful for the cooperation that we have with our friends and allies, and this was targeted to al shabab leaders, al-qaeda associated, and very very grateful on this. >> were somali forces involved in the operation? >> we have cooperation with our allies, in particular the u.s., and for this kind of an operation, so that's all i can say for security reasons, and as you know, we have been fighting with al shabab and al-qaeda in somalia for a very long time. our african forces, brothers and sisters and forces have managed to

. >>> the mall attackers, kenyan police identify four men blamed for the killings at a nairobi shopping center. >> the iran super leader gives his take on the diplomatic break through with the united states. >> i am barbara in london with the

. >> a bank in nairobi offers new clues about a westgate shopping center siege. with the main stories on al jazeera. since 1996, we've told the human story. from the ground up. >> this is an unsafe place to be. >> with a new point of view. >>this river is their road to freedom. [[voiceover]] committed, inspired, bold. >>we're on the frontline, but it's under attack. al jazeera media network, the global, award-winning news organization. >> you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top story. the united states says it's working closely with russia for the syrian resolution. he praised syria's president for cooperating with the chemical weapons destruction. it's a good beginning he said. more than 40% of the world economy at apec. at least 51 people were killed across egypt during events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the war. the worst of the fighting broke out in the capitol. anticoup protesters tried to enter tahrir square. >>> tafic, this was a day of celebration to remember the war of 1973. but it went sour didn't it? >> both sides tried to claim that vic industry for the

. >>> the mall attackers, kenyan police identify four men blamed for the killings at a nairobi shopping center. >> the iran super leader gives his take on the diplomatic break through with the united states. >> i am barbara in london with the news from europe including survivors of the my grant boat disaster pay their respects to those who lost their lives. >> i am kim v. nell in london. >>> there has been an attack on an al shabaab based on a town in the somali coast according to somalia intelligence officials who arrived by sea although turkey and the u.k. involve any involvement. al shabaab says one of its fighters was killed weeks after al shabaab attacked a shopping mall in nairobi. >> under the control of al shabaab, attacked last night by wide wrest earn forces. they targeted a house on the beach. they came from the sea but all forces were ready and started shooting at them. there was heavy fight that lasted for an hour and a half. when they realized they failed, they fled toward the sea and took fast boats that were waiting for them. there were wide western fors. after an invest

what happened at the westgate shopping mall in m nairobi hostd a whole group. >> there was a clear understanding that this was an attack on the wider international community. and certainly we know that the kenyons don't have the capacity to carry out this kind of strike. the americans have said that they were going to cooperate with them. we know from our sources here. they were in direct response to that attack. in libya. we understand it was takeit wasg acknowledgement. and a threat to american interest not just inside of the united states but right across the world. >> thank you very much peter live. >>> meanwhile kenya is giving a cleaclearer picture of who carrd out the mall attack last month. the footage contradicts earlier statement i that said 10 to 15 were involve. officals have been able to name all four men. >>> tropical storm karen is losing it's punch. it's now down to a tropical depression. >> heavy winds and rain are expected to hit the area. they expect no change in the next 24 hours. >> tropical storm karen has been weakening as it lingered out in the gulf of mexico and now we a

hundreds of protestors gathered in nairobi, marching to police headquarters. in june, six men attacked the girl known in the media as liz in the town and then threw her into a pit used as a latrine. a day later, the community handed three of the men to police. as punishment, the men were told to cut the grass at the police compound and sent home. the rape was not reported in kenya media until october when doctors treating the girl went public. a few weeks later, she had spinal surgery and now needs to use a wheelchair and is still undergoing treatment. we were sent this update from the heart of the protest in nairobi. >> this is a complaint for accountability and an end to the impunity in which women are raped across kenya. this is an outrage of the punishment to young men who gang raped a girl who is 16 years old. they are here to present a petition signed by 1.2 million people to the inspector general of police. now, the inspector general has told the media in the past forth eight hours that they have arrested the six men who gang raped the girl who is known

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kathryn with al jazeera in nairobi. >> reporter: still ahead on the news hour we find out why some people living in brazil in the shanty town felt safer before the drug gangs were pushed out and details coming up, with sports and we are back after the break. ♪ al jazeera america - a new voice ♪ welcome back, you are watching the al jazeera news hour and a reminder of the main stories, a car bomb exploded in syria killing dozens of people and the attack helped in the rebel held town in the italy providence near a turkish border and 7 aids were kidnapped on sunday by gunmen on the outskirts of italy. at least 111 people are now confirmed dead after a stampede at a hindu festival and they are heading to the state on sunday. and a court in malaysia said non-muslims can use allah to describe god in services and publications and it has questions over minority rights in the mainly muslim country. syria is part of the chemical weapons convention and part of a deal reached to dismantle the chemical weapons arsenal and that deal may give the assad regime a new lease on life. >> they are giving

newly released video show, money was used to pay for a car that brought the attackers to nairobi's westgate mall. >>> when afghanistan's hamed karzai came to power, some schools have changed for the better but there's still plenty of room for improvement. jennifer glass reports. >> it's teacher appreciation day and there's a lot to celebrate. education is one of the biggest successes here. in 2001 when the taliban fell there were own about a million afghan children in school mostly boys. this year there are 10.5 million afghan in school. many of them women. >> if you want to make your country better, for that you need to go to college, you need to go to any university, that way he or she wants especially girls because the girls make the half society. >> under the taliban that half society was hidden away and denied an education. for six years the gates of this school were closed to girls. but they came back in big numbers although there weren't number classrooms for 3700 of them. >>> nasreen was one of the first girls through the gate. more than 200 this year, not all schools are as success

our correspondent talked to those still ser searching for ld ones in nairobi. for james the westgate shopping mall is not so much a me memoril as it is a grave. he was supposed to join his under a and tw --aunt and two co celebrate a birthday on the day the gunmen attacked. they are still missing the photos are a painful reminder of what happened here. >> my aunt and my first born. >> he brought his daughter and son to westgate for a treat. since then james has heard nothing. and now he is full of unanswered questions. >> they didn't protect us. they are hiding from us. which isvery wrong. we need to know the bodies are there. we need to do a ceremony and go and bury our people. but they are not doing that. >> the one month on from westgate we no very little of what happened when the shooting began. the police and civilians and military did their best to rescue people in what now seems a well intentioned attempt to contain the crisis. new silent video from security cacameras shows four relatively relaxed gunmen hunting down and shooting anyone they could find.

. >> it's been one month since the mall attack in nairobi. we have that story. >> for james the west gate shopping mall is not so much a memorial as it is a grave. he was supposed to join his ain'awnltdauntand his two childo celebrate their birt birthday oe day of the gunman attack. the fo photos are a reminder of what happened here. he brought his son and daughter to westgate for a treat. since then james has heard nothing and he is full of unanswered questions. >> they didn't protect them now they are hiding from us. which is very wrong because we need to know. we need to know the bodies are there. we need to do a ceremony and we go to bury people. but they are not doing that. >> one month from westgate we still know very little of what happened when the shooting began. police and the civilians and the military did their best to rescue people which seemed to be a well intentioned attempt to contain the crisis. new sig silent video shows four relaxed gunman hunting down and shooting anybody they could find. this doesn't look like a well corc

al jazeera, nairobi. >>> a warning from iran about negotiations over its nuclear program less than a week after talks resumed. iran's parliament speaker issued a warning on sunday that too much pressure from the west during talks could force the islamic republic to accept up nuclear activity. iran wants sanctions pulled back. the west wants iran to halt the highest level uranium enrichment which they claim is several steps away from being weapons grade. another round of talks is scheduled next month in geneva. >>> the mexican government is condemning spies after they learned the e-mails were hacked by the nsa. the magazine reported it got into the e-mail of former president calderon. mexico called the spying unacceptable and against international law. last month brazilian president rousseff canceled a visit to washington after learning they looked into her communications. >>> shies she's called the blonde angel found last week, but they worry the mystery surrounding her may be a larger problem. we have more. >> reporter: greek authorities are now investigating whether this blonde 4-y

cracking down on muslims because of al shabaab's recent attack on a shopping mall in nairobi. meanwhile a new video has been released as andrew simmons reports. >> for the first time, images that identify some of the westgate mall attackers. one gunman walks through what appears to be a store of a supermarket, join by a second and then a third man. the closed circuit video gives this as 10 past 5:00, five hours after the attack. the men appear almost casual. another clip shows the checkout on the ground floor. some signs of the commotion earlier with one attacker not appearing to be on his guard, strolling towards the cash desk. and there are still images in the clips, unofficially released and passed on to kenyan media. but while they may identify some of the attackers they don't give any insight into what happened to remaining civilians or how the siege came to an end with the collapse of this part of the building. the video emerged after a day of rioting after kenya's port city of mombasa, and police used live rounds as demonstration at a mosque turned into a riot. protesto

. >>> a military rain blamed for the attack on the shopping mall in nairobi. and why the battle over a landfill is about more than trash. >> obama administration officials said they need to enrol 2.7 u.s. redents between the ages of 18 and 35 in exchange plans to balance risks and hold down costs. will they enrol come 1 october - should they pay the face. >> joining me now is jen mishory, deputy director of young invincibles, she's in washington d.c. and yevgeniy feyman, a research assistant at the manhattan institute. thank you for being with us. i want to start with you yevgeniy feyman. the young people are crucial to the success of obamacare. >> absolutely. they'll balance out the risk pool, they'll keep premiums that need the insurance, and the administration is reaching out to them. >> jen, the young invincibles are in the 18-34 group. [[voiceover]] from al jazeera media network comes a new voice of journalism in the u.s. >>the delta is a microcosm of america. [[voiceover]] we tell the human story, from around the block, across the country, with more poin

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let's speak to our correspondent peter who joins us from the kenyan capitol nairobi so peter what is next now for the deputy president? >> well, he says he will stay in the hague. this is going to quite some problems and arguments back here. icc has been under enormous political pressure not just from kenya but from the entire african union. the african union betrayed the icc as a near colonial constitution persecuting african leaders and will lend weight to the argument. we can expect to see attention focused on the un security council which is to consider a resolution by the african union asking the security council to put off both trials until both of kenya's president and ruto has left office and that is a controversial move and that is where the focus will be for the diplomatic and political efforts here in africa. >> reporter: how do you see this affecting kenya's ties with the rest of the african neighbors? >> this is an interesting one. i think there is now enormous pressure on both william ruto and kinyata to somehow withdraw from the icc. they have a difficult line because

al jazeera's correspondent sent us this update from the heart of the protest in nairobi. >> this is a complaint for accountability and the end to women being raped across kenya. this is against it punishment meted out against young men who raped a girl, 16 years old. they are here to present a petition signed by 1.2 million to the inspector-general of police. now, the media has been told in the past 48 hours that the six men have been arrested who gank raped the girl known as liz to the media. activists who are here told us that they have been in touch with the family, with people who live in the area where liz comes from, and the arrests have not happened. they are calling on the inspector general of police to arrest the men and make sure they face the charge of rape. they are calling the act of asking the men to cut grass and being released as the worst punishment for rape in the world. this is not the only case of rape in this country. it's a widespread problem in this country. it took the courage of the doctor who treated her for a broken back, and a medical condition of fistula w

trial has been adjourned to allow him to return to kenya to deal with the aftermath of the attack at a nairobi shopping mall. kenya's president is also facing charges. meanwhile, the group that carried out that attack has threatened more violence on kenyan soil. the somali armed group al that lob issued a statement it came off the kenyan president said he won't be bullied in to withdrawing its troops, they will set up a inquiry into the siege. al-shabab says it wilin tense identify attacks insides kenya unless the last kdf boots exit samal i soil. the group said it had a right to defend somalia and its people from what it called enemy aggression, it said the den january government was inviting unprecedented levels of insecurity, bloodshed and destruction upon its people. peter has more from somalia. >> reporter: this is the frontline of kenya's fight against a al-shabab the bone dry and dusty expanse stretches out far south. the rebels are only a few kilometer to his the north of here. the kenyans have been dug in for just over a year. watching mostly, and fending off al-shabab attacks. the mi

. >>> the group that carried out the attack on the westgate shopping mall in nairobi has threatened more violence after kenya president said he won't be bullied into withdrawing his troops. he is setting up an inquiry on to the siege of westgate mall last week. a statement from al shackab said it will intentionfy attacks until the last kdf boots exit somali soil. the group said it had a right to defend somali land and its people from what it called enemy aggression. it said the kenyan government was inviting unprecedented levels of security, blood shed on its people. peter from kenya's military campaign in somalia >> reporter: this is the front line of kenya's fight against al shabaab. the bone-dry and dusty expanse stretches out from the airport in the far south. the rebels are only a few kilometers to the north of here. the kenyans have been dug in for just over a year, watching mostly and fending off al shabaab attacks. the militants aren't likely to win a direct contest against the heavy weapons but since they arrived, the kenyans haven't pushed further into al shabaab territory eith

peter has been monitoring the court ruling and has more for us now from the kenyan capitol nairo nairobi. >> reporter: they had to deal with when the trial judges have the authority in principle to give the accused the rights to be excused from part of their trial. on that score they found the appeal, the trial judges were right to consider his request to be excused but that they overstepped the authority and granting what amounted to a blanket excusel. the trial judges said that he could be excused from appearing throughout most of the trial apart from certain key parts of it but the appeals judges say that was too much and said that, in fact, the trial judges should be allowed to adjust their court calendars and should be allowed to grant adjourn ms for brief periods for specific circumstances when william ruto has to come back to kenya to deal with certain crisis and certain official duties. generally what it means is william ruto must be present for the entire duration of his trial in principle and that only from time to time will he be allowed to come back. >> reporter: he was tippe

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and the sthopg mall attac shopping attack in nairobi said this is something that we really have to address this crisis with the extreme measure us. >> here's the united states is focused on the fight of the elephant as other countries and are we doing enough here? great. hillary clinton and mr. obama have been central toll this. just passed the revolution and with many organizations. we are actually demanding that it stops. the trafficking stops an the demand also reduced. there are problems, usa has a domestic trade in ivory. the ivory is the illegal and the u.s. should really step up and become a rolele model for the world like kenya. countries like china where 60% where the illegal ivory is growing. we believe that would have the greatest impact on this and the africa. >> we hope your work makes a difference. thank you. >> and that is it for us here on

. >> joining me life from nairobi is a water engineer and adviser of the global water partnership. welcome, same up. what will the discovery of these aquifers mean for local people? >> well, first of all to put it on a national scale, about 85% of kenya is arid and semi arid. most of the people depend on the food that comes from just about 10% of the land. so this can be enormous consequences on food security across the whole country. so for the local people it's also an enormous opportunities to transform desert to productive land and looking at the food security situation in the rest the world and the very high food prices it is an enormous opportunity. >> an opportunity. so how easily or how accessible is this opportunity as you describe it? >> well, on one hand you have the opportunity, but there is so much water. but on the other hand you have a lot of challenges here. the infrastructure does not exist and in order to move the water being particularly ground water to productive use you have to use a lot of energy, electricity will be needed to pump the water to the irrigation

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president of kenya is warning after i swift and painful response to last month's attack on the mall in m nairobi. peter reports from somalia. >> reporter: this is the frontline of kenya's fight against al-shabab. the bone dry and dusty expanse stretches out from the airport in somalia's for south. rebels ari few kilometers to the north of here, the one januaries have been dug in for just over a year, watching mostly and fending off al-shabab attacks. the militant are likely to win a direct attack against the heavy weapons but since they arrived the kenyans haven't pushed further never to al-shabab territory either. their offensive has stalled. history urges foreign armies to be cautious coming in to somalia. even if it's for humanitarian mission like the americans in the early '90s and the in 2006. if they come in too heart and cause civilian casualties, somalis banded together and drove them out. they crossed in in 20 learn after al-shabab first kidnapped aid workers and then tourists. the idea was to push them away from the border and protect the homeland. but the west gate attack has raised q

the number of people that were killed in the east african bombings and those in nairobi certainly merit bringing him in front of the southern district court in new york for crimes of terrorism. >> we're looking at these groups such as al qaeda. what do these khaurps do for them? -- khaurps do for them? >>> well, first of all, we've got to understand that there's not remaining in a central core of al qaeda in eastern afghanistan or western pakistan. that make -t it more the widespread. if you can take tout leaders of these smaller cells. it facilitates shutting down those familiar cells. they have connected but only in a virtual sense but only in a virtual sense. sop by bringing the leadership down, you can make a significant impact on the smaller cells. >>> this is significant for u.s. going after terrorist world wide. it's a pretty bold move by the president. does this have any consideration you think? >> no, i really don't. in the wake of the west gate mall killings in the development of the intelligence, these things don't happen along a political calendar but they have based on an i

and the sthopg mall attac shoppn nairobi said this is something that we really have to address this crisis with the extreme measure us. >> here's the united states is focused on the fight of the elephant as other countries and are we doing enough here? >> the united states the doing great. hillary clinton and mr. obama have been central toll this. just passed the revolution and with many organizations. we are actually demanding that it stops. the trafficking stops an the demand also reduced. there are problems, usa has a domestic trade in ivory. the ivory is the illegal and the u.s. should really step up and become a rolele model for the world like kenya. countries like china where 60% where the illegal ivory is growing. we believe that would have the greatest impact on this and the killing of elephants across africa. >> we hope your work makes a difference. thank you. >> and that is it for us here on "america night" join us online al jazeera/america night.americ. unconventional wisdom. >>> welcome to al jazeera america and here's tonight's top stories. a frightening after in washington. g

. >> the president of kenya is washing a swift response to last week's attack on a nairobi mall. >> it stretches out by the air force. >> the kenians are just over a year. >> the militants aren't likely to have a direct contest against the weapons. the kenians haven't pushed farther in to al-shabab territory either. >> it's cautious when coming in to somalia. it's back in 2006. if they are coming too hard and the casualties to band together and giveen them out. >>> after al-shabab first kidnapped aikidnapped aide workd killed tourists. the west gate attack is question on the plan. >> our position in somalia, the country went to somalia because the al-shabab activities are -- with that said, and therefore we were not posted out and we will continue to take action on that front and our security in the country is protected. >> now, the west gate attack, the kenyan military is under a trepbs pressure to go after al-shabab. and the group has changed. it's their interest to hold against the kenyans big guns. >> they're not prepared to engage in any war anyway. they decided to go under ground

that's the group behind the nairobi mall attack last month. he also land several other big terror plots including targeted and also reportedly an airport in kenya earlier this year. u.s. raid is likely remains to be a serious threat. >>> with us now from washington is retired lieutenant criminal and has worked with military intelligence for more than 20 years. now a senior fellow for defense studies. welcome, it's good to see you. >> good to see you, john. >> give me a sense of what do you think of these? what do they mean going forward for u.s. >> i think president obama really announced the intense to go back to this operations and talked about reducing the use of drones. so, this is the only other option if you don't use drones. i think it's a better option. what we saw heres with one case in precision strike which we saw a rendition. we kidnapped an individual in libya, brought him out of the country and despite the fact that the libyan government is protest we had a lot of inside information to help us get him. next is al-shabab and somal

it's clear that they are planning a large scale attack before the attack in nairobi. and this man is accused of playing a key role in the 1998 bombings in tanzania and is known to be close to osama bin laden years ago. >> the operations were conducted as you know by the authorization to use military force from 2001 which authorizes the use of force against al-qaeda and forces. >> al -liby will be brought in soon. >> a former fbi counter effort part of the team in the bombings of kenya and tanzania. and don bareli, former member of the fbi joint terrorism task force, who testified before the house foreign affairs committee last week about the threat from al-shabab. great to have you both here. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you were involved in the embassy bombing and investigations. what can you tell us about abu al-liby and after all the work you put in to find justice for all those people who were killed. how do you feel knowing that he's in u.s. custody tonight? >> i'm grateful that not only was he captured, but captured alive. as good as it feels to capture someon

leaked reports say he also planned several other big terror plats, including un offices in niairob nairobi, and a airport attack in kenya earlier this year. but the raid still shows the u.s. can put pressure on al-shabab whenever it chooses. >> thank you. >>> somalia has been an unstable country for decades which makes the challenges even more difficult, peter has more. >> reporter: this is the tip of somalia's spear against al-shabab. the militia snaps to attention on parade. these men have had a checkered history at times fighting with the government sometimes with al-shabab. for now they are the government's defense in the south. this man served along kenyan forces to drive al-shabab out of their hometown a year ago. the kenyan troops have been confined to defending key installations like the airport. they have the equipment to hold the attackers back, but don't have the local knowledge needed for the much more complex task of managing security. and that says the defense manager is the heart of the problem. >> this is a wake-up call for the region, really. with the only solution -- the

been arrested for looting. 67 people died during the four-day siege at the westgate shopping center in nairobi. >>> the worst locust playing in 60 years has infested about half of the african island of madagascar. gone through the island destroying crops and left 4 million people hungry. tanya paige is there. >> these farmers were left helpless when the swarm of locusts arrived. the locusts ate the food for bulls which are now too weak to plow so everything needs to be done by hand. >> the locusts flew silently. we were very surprised. they flew in a huge cloud and blocked the sun. >> at the height of the infestation, the swarms covered 70% of madagascar. this year's harvest is down 21%. the food and agriculture association say a third of rural households are hungry, with more malligasis at risk officials are helpless too. >> translator: all the conditions were ripe for locust to swarm. and at the same time, our political, social and economic cries, the coordination center didn't have any money so the below cuss grew out of -- low -- locusts grew out of control. >> madagascar needs to raise a