they intend not to return to their home in northern nigeria. the memories of what happened there are simply too painful. if such attacks are allowed to continue, the country could be split in two. >> hostage taking in cameroon, a bomb attack in a crowded nigerian marketplace, and boko haram's deadliest massacre to date, near lake chad -- those are just some of the atrocities the terrorist organization has perpetrated in the past month alone. the death toll is difficult to determine. north-eastern nigeria has become a no-go zone for journalists and aid organizations alike. however, amnesty international estimates that so far, boko haram attacks have displaced 1.5 million people. we look at some of the reasons behind the group's deadly advance. >> founded in 2002, boko haram fiercely opposes western education and wants to establish an islamic state. the enormous divide between nigeria's impoverished north and its oil-rich south is considered a major factor in the terror group's growth. >> at no point in nigeria's history have the powerful cared a

this is not a man who traveled nigeria. this is not a man who is familiar with different parts of the country before his rather quick rise to power. during the campaign we have seen he has, to be fair to him visited all the states but one that has been affected by boko haram. but the accusation from the opposition still stands. they say president goodluck jonathan does not care. that's what they say he's not from there. he cannot relate to the people or relate to the history of the people and what's going on. >> thank you. let's go back to the presidential media chat. >> when there was 9/11, and the americans government, it was a collective responsibility. the international connections. just give us some time. the position we're in now i believe, will be better in the few weeks to come. >> in the plan to find those girls alive. >> those girls have been in the hands of criminals. they've been moving them across the jungle. a number of them died in the first place. not because they wanted to kill them. some of them died in th

al jazeera nigeria. >> the leader of nigeria's main opposition party former military general spoke to al jazeera. he says the reason given to delay the polls seems implausible. >> the nation of council of states the chairman independent nigeria electoral commission gave a detailed brief of the activities from 2011, that's from the last election to then, and they clearly said, or he said that they are ready to hold the election. if the same military cannot secure 14 local governments out of 774 in six years how can we be sure they can secure those 14 local governments in six weeks? >> let's hear from the ruling party, earlier i spoke to the spokesperson for good luck jonathan live. >> obviously most nigerians feel a sense of disappointment about what has happened, because we were ready to go and looking forth to the 14th but the reality on the ground is that we must take very seriously the concerns of the military and security agency. i think i did the right and proper thing by putting the lives and property of nigerians before anything else. i think this premise that you seem to have

others escaped to parts of northern nigeria. these men are suspected ever suspected of belonging to boko haram. they must prove that they are not affiliated. the battle for gamboro they didn't mind boko haram's rule over their town. there we used to go and come back from our farms without any problem. the only thing boko haram would ask us to do is teach our children from koran when we told them we already do, they left us alone. >> the threat posed by boko haram caused the delay of nigeria's elections by six weeks. the chaddian troops part of an original effort against the radical group and any town and village taken from its fighters will bring the reality of holding elections a little closer. mohammad adow, al jazeera lagos, nigeria. >>> south sudan food crisis, two and a half people are on the brink of famine. the u.n. says more than half south sudan's population needs aid. civilians trapped inside camps. dominic kane reports. >> collecting rations from a camp in wau. >> the big problem is hunger. we need a lot of help becau

nigeria has a registration policy. at the moment they have registered, this represents 52% of voters of 18 and above. >> it gives more time for people to go register to vote. in the long run, this is better. >> michael, thank you for your conversation. live from london at the school of oriental and african studies. >>> activists say 14 have died in daara province in syria. they were killed in fighting with the army. two civilians and shelling by the government. more now on the fight against i.s.i.l. and the united arab emirates. a jordanian official said the jets will be used against the islamic state. part of the u.s.-led coalition against i.s.i.l. the u.a.e. suspended its involvement, the captured pilot. >> the turkey's foreign minister stopped the flow of foreign fighters. many have been reportedly used the route to cross into syria and iraq to join i.s.i.l. bernard smith reports. >> reporter: at the border crossing turkish troops are trying to stop armed groups fighting in the syrian war. among them the kurdish sep

ambassador to nigeria. she joins us now from washington, d.c. welcome to the program, ma'am. what do you think of the decision to delay the elections? >> well i'm actually disappointed in that decision because it shows that the situation in the northeast, that obama can dictate what happens nationally. i think most nigerians that prepare and understood the circumstances of the election thought it would go forward. i think that if the reasoning for doing that is security the security chiefs there knew that the elections were going to be on february 14th. so everything that they would put in place now would be what they would put in place even later. so i don't see how that's going to change. they can't possibly be waiting for the 7,500 african union troops to be there, because that will take sometimes five to six months to stand up a force that size. on top of that the u.n. hasn't authorized the mandate yet. there are a lot of administrative things that have to be done before the 7,500 troops get there. so i

another reason, of course, the insecurity in northern nigeria. boko haram instigateed violence that has displaced more than a million people. many may feel that they're not secure enough to come out and vote. there are others who think in the absence of voting for the representative of the will of the people. the electorates themselves seem to be divided not only along tribal lines but regional lines and there does not seem to be a consensus whether to postpone the election or not. >> now whoever wins the election will face an uphill battle of trying to fix electricity access. >> doing something that millions of other nigerians are doing in their homes and businesses every day. starting a generator to provide electricity. he needs a steady supply of power for his welding business. he has to spend $25 a day on generator fuel, money he says he could be using to expand his business. >> this is supposed to provide electricity for us because we they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing. we went to protest yesterday for electricity. >> to get

caused the delay of nigeria's elections by six weeks. the chaddian troops are part of an original effort against radical group and think town or village taken from its fighters was taking the realities of the postponed election a little closer. mohammad adow, al jazeera nigeria. >>> group's leaders said the areas of chad, niger and cameroon will not be able to stop him. the third video released in as many days. ambassador robin sanders good to see you. the coalition of chad, niger and cameroon although previous problem offing ineffective? >> i think it's important that the situation is coming to bear in the northeast, whether or not they can defeat boko haram in six weeks or certainly contain it in six weeks is a question. i was concerned about their elections being postponed as a slippery slope to elections not being held at all so i fall in that camp. i wonder whether or not in six weeks the situation on the ground will change. the fact that you have au forces coming in i think that's also good but au forces will take four to six month

and boko haram launched more attacks on nigeria borders on monday and suspected members of the group kidnapped 20 people from a bath in northern cameroon and traveling from the town of kosa to mora close to nigerian border and 12 of the hostages were killed and explosion ripped through a local market in difa and the third attack here in four days and mohamed has more now on the fight for control of the nigerian town of gambaru. >> reporter: this is the town of gambaru on the border with cameroon and until recently a stronghold for boko haram fighters, it's now under the control of chadian troops and they patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> translator: they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area no one is here now and probably some of the j injured are hiding in remote abandon houses. >> reporter: for nine months boko haram controlled it imposing a strict law for people living in the town and parts remained deserted and people were forced to leave to neighboring chad and cameroon and others escaped to northern parts of nigeria. f

in the price of oil is create ago tough financial environment in nigeria. the economy is underpinned by oil exports and the price slump is putting pressure on nigeria's currency as we plain. >> she is shopping for toiletries in the capitol. the prices have nearly doubled because of the falling global price of oil. sellers buy goods in dollars from abroad. the local currency has lost nearly 10% of its value against the dollar, making the goods more expensive to import, so sellers have passed the increased costs on to customers. >> it's ridiculous. i came to the market today with an intent of spending 7,000, but ended up spending 9,000. when i was asking the man, most of the things i used to buy for like 1,500 were now 1,800, 1,850 or even 2,000. everything had added money. >> nigeria's central bank has reduced the value. oil has lost 60% of its value over the last six months. at stores like these, they have been preparing for the increased costs of importing goods. >> bringing in most of the goods from abroad has kind of slowed down. we kind of expected i di

leaders sent 7 1/2 thousand troops to fight the group and ground forces from chad cameroon and nigeria are already fighting boko haram and prompted security to be stepped up in nigeria ahead of next week's presidential election and a team romney the international criminal court in the country urging all parties to refrain from violence before during and after the february 14th vote. >> no one should be insighted to commit violence that the elections should be held in a peaceful circumstances and that and a warning that anyone who insights violence anyone who commits crimes that the prosecutor is watching and the office of the prosecutor will not hesitate to take action against anyone who insights violence of which crimes are committed in nigeria. >> reporter: the threat posed by boko haram and global drop in oil set creating a tough environment in nigeria. the economy is under pinned by the country's oil exports and the price slump is putting pressure on nigeria currency and we report now from the capitol abuja. >> reporter: and she is shopping for toiletries in the nigerian capitol of

. >> first there is news coming out of nigeria. the army said that it has recaptured a town from boko haram fighters. now if you go back to january the arm grouped overtook the town right up to the corner in what is reported to be one of the worst atrocities in the six-year insurgency. hundreds of people were reported killed there. and we'll bring you more on that that. we'll look at yemen where president hadi is meeting with security officials in aden. he left sanaa after being held for weeks. many protesters had been calling for hadi's release. >> there have been expectations that he will give a speech upon the by local tv in aden. that seems to be postponed for tomorrow i assume and that it also means that there is more preparation needed of what he wants to say to the yemeni people after being in house detention in sanaa and everybody is waiting to hear about what happened in the last two weeks and they're waiting to hear what action he will take next. now everything will hinge on the type of action he will take. he'll reconfir

al jazerra abuja nigeria. joining us now live from the northeastern city where boko haram has recently launch aid series of attacks. give us an idea as to what the reaction to the news of the delay has been where you are. >> reporter: well, the mood here is that of huge disappointment. people were actually ready for the elections here. i spoke to the deputy government of borno state who said they were ready and this is a huge blow to their plans. people will be thinking most of the state borno state is occupied by boko haram over 20 governments out of 27 are under or partly under boko haram control in this particular state. but most of the civilians accord to this government here, have moved from those local government areas to about 20 of them in the city and are living with relatives also inside the city. and so the election commission here said it has distributed many or most of the. [ inaudible ] to eligible voters and they are ready to do the voting in the camps. now, for them, this is a huge disappointme

. >> boko haram baling inside nigeria, the armed group attacked chad. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the sake of freedom of expression. >> out on bail, al jazeera journalist baher mohammed and mohamed fahmy are now with their families. >> a shia mosque has been attacked in the pakistani city, at least 19 people have been killed. this is the second serious attack on a mosque in two weeks. >> they clothes the busiest time of the week, friday prayers. a small group of men wearing suicide vests entered the building and shot at worshipers, even throwing grenades. one blew himself up, killing the most number of people. another attacker was held down by some of the worshipers until he was shot by officers. according to a local police chief, this was a courageous decision that prevented many for deaths. the people were caught in the middle of a long running violent campaign by the pakistani taliban. it wants to him pose a strict version of islamic law and wants more control and said this is revenge for the killing of one of its men in december. >> the taliban has

others escaped to northern nigeria. thought chad troops, everyone left is a suspect. these men are suspected of belonging to boko haram. they are released after convincing the forces that they are newt affiliated with the group. the battle for the town has not been easy for chadian army. it lost 17 soldiers during its fighting with boko haram. some residents didn't mind boko haram's rule over their town. >> we used to go and come back from our farms without problem. boko haram asked us to teach our children the koran. when we told them we prayed and had a koran they left us alone. >> a force is put together to fight boko haram. boko haram has delayed presidential elections. any town and village retaken from boko haram will bring the reality of holds those postponed elections a little closer. al jazeera nigeria. >> armed men have shot dead a member of the parliament in somalia. he was killed leaving his house on his way to parliament. there have been a series of fatal attacks targets politicians there since last year. the armed group al shabab has killed five members o

in nigeria, the border towns of boso and nifa was attacked. as we reported recently chad joined the military coalition against boko haram. let's get a view on this from lee in the u.k. joining us is specialist in peace and security. boko haram has made it clear of establishing an islamic caliphate in the region in which it operates. given the remarkable ineffectiveness of regional governments to confront boko haram, what do you think are the chances of that happening? >> thank you for having me. i don't think that is possible for a number of reasons. to start with the region in which boko haram is operating in northeastern nigeria has a large christian minority. about 30% of the population, by my estimates are christian, across the region. because of this it will be impossible to my understanding. secondly the kind of strict islamic interpretation of sharia, that boko haram is agitating for is not supported by a lot of people in that region. historically, that region belongs to the economic side of islam as against the [ inaudible ] in northea

nigeria postpones presidential elections and legislative elections. there were security concerns in the north-east. the electoral commission says the vote has been delayed by six weeks. >> a television station in turkey is broadcasting a leaked conversation involving abdul fatah al-sisi. at one point abdul fatah al-sisi was heard making plans with his office manager to demand money from gulf countries. for the first time in more than 10 years residents of the iraqi capital baghdad are allowed to go out past midnight. in four neighbourhoods, no one is allowed have unauthorised heavy weapons, including security forces and militias hours earlier, 40 were killed in a series of bombings. >>> houthi fighters in yemen held rallies a day after taking control. count riff. anti-coup demonstrations have been held and as reported take over is worrying neighbouring countries two. >> an attempted show of force by a minority in charge of yemen. houthi supporters crowded into a stadium to hear their leader speak. 24 hours earlier, the houthis had staged a coup and an

fighters are thought to control half of borneo state in the north of nigeria. there was a growing refugee. more than 14,000 crossed lake chad in early january from the north-east town of baga. there has been more attack in north-east nigeria ahead of the february 14th elections there. on monday one person was killed and 18 injured in a car bomb attack on a campaign rally held by nigeria's president, jonathan goodluck. >> nigeria's main opposition leader says he'll make the country a safer place if he is elected. he was addressing supporters at a rally. >> translation: our main job is to improve security that is a priority because people need to be free to go where they want to go and day or night to make a living. >> human trials have begun in liberia. one of the most affected west african countries of ebola. 30,000 chose to take part. the ebola epidemic killed 5,000 in the west african region. parties in sudan called nationwide boycotts of upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. the party said it would shun the vote to protest political and fresh fr

the armed group has created chaos within nigeria. it created headlines when it captured more than 200 school girls last year. its campaign of violence has taken thousands of lives. much of the nation has lost faith in the government and military. national elections are set for next week but many agree that stopping boko haram will take more than just a change in leadership. randall pinkston, al jazeera. >> let's bring in ne quete he is a an african analyst. ne it's a pleasure. it's been a long time. boko haram is a cancer and if the international community does not focus its mind on the disease it will spread. not only in central africa but other regions as well, including the entire continent. is he correct in that assessment? >> absolutely. i will say i agree with him completely. boko haram has been around actually since around 2002. they became very violent under the president of nigeria five years ago and they have killed tens of thousands. they have taken over lots of territory. when mali had problems three four years ago. their

in nigeria the deadline for people to collect photo i.d. cards is extended to march the 8th postponement of presidential elections due to take place on saturday. as harry reports from abuja voters appear to be fed up with the electoral system. >> reporter: anthony is happy the presidential election has been postponed. maybe this means he can finally find his permanent voters card without it he can't vote. but then again, his name is not on the register either. >> people in here are kind of in things that get something hurt because you struggle to get it for 2011 and come to here just to get the story that you would have started missing on the least. >> reporter: but it's good news for this person. >> i have come here and i think the postponement of this election actually gave room for this easily. >> reporter: election officials believe more than 20 million people in nigeria still don't have their voter i.d. cards and blame technical and logic problems and delaying election for six weeks raised suspicion in what is going to be a hotly conte

there are already tens of thousands of refugees there from nigeria nigeria. that's where boko haram are being blamed for 10,000 deaths just in the last year. this group has also launched an offensive in cameroon just this week. the military there as well as in chad have pledged to help fight the threat. leon? >> alison latest claims by isis are meeting with heavy skepticism here in the u.s. and now the white house is setting a new strategy to deal with the terror group.

nigeria postpone's presidential elections. we will hear from the opposition candidates and president goodluck jonathan's campaign. what could be the first election lasts for indian india's prime minister. we again in germany where world leaders have withholding tauingz on key international security issues. sunday's meetings focused on the fight against the islamic state of iraq in the levant. the u.s. minister held talks. for some years, lawmakers have threatened new sanctions if a march deadline for an agreement on tehran's nuclear ambitions isn't met. iran's supreme leader ayatollah alicom alikhomen alikhomenei says no i support the progress of the nuclear negotiations. i would agree with it if the iranian anything that would not support an agreement in which its dig netty is and interests are protected. >> more on the discussions in munich. >> on the final day of the security conference a temporary shift in focus. talks about the conflict in ukraine, the delegates also address another persistent issue issue. iran's nuclear

the decision to delay presidential elections in nigeria is deeply disappointing. due to security concerns in the northeast. >>> the leader of the houthi rebellion calls it a revolution saying the president stepping down caused a power vacuum. >>> stepping up shelling of government troops getting ready for more assault. separatists in the eastern region of ukraine say they will not retreat. >>> an elite conversation recorded involving egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi. at one place saying, gust states have excessive amounts of money. >> ten, what did i say? >> ten in the army's account. >> when i win the election we will invest this money in the state. we will also need another ten from uae yah and another ten from kuwait. >> samir shat rarvetionhata says the take will create. >> that alleged some conclusion between the ministry of defense and the interior ministry, some misconduct trying to direct local television stations to cover then general sisi's bid to be president favorably and so on. so that in civility is surprising. i think it will probably make so

. >>> chadian troops fight boko haram in nigeria. the group launches his first attack inside chad. >>> rebels step up their fight to capture a crucial railway town before the ukraine ceasefire begins. plus -- >>> after too much time alone in prison it's like a dream come true. >>> egypt frees al jazeera journalists, mohammed fahmy, and baher mohamed on bail. >>> hello, argentina's president has been formally charged with preventing an investigation into iranian officials involved in the bombing of a jewish community center. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >>> for the third time in three months the taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a shia mosque. at least 19 people were killed in by suicide bombers. al jazeera's correspondent has more details. >> reporter:

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niger's parliament has now voted to send soldiers into nigeria. almost all lawmakers backed a motion for 750 troops to join original intervention force. >> we need an adequate response to defend our country, to defend our people. boko haram has become a monster. it is necessary to organize ourselves to combat this threat. >> it refers to nigeria and neighboring states chad, cameroon, and niger. they have agreed to send a joint force to nigeria. boko haram is defiant in a new video message. one of the group's leaders express his scorn for the regional force saying all the countries of the world cannot beat boko haram, which he says will spread globally, and not just in africa. the new military offensive aims to turn the tide against local ron in the coming week -- against boko haram. >> the ruling marks the end of a drawnout legal process which started in 2008 when anwar ibrahim was accused of having sexual relations with a male aide. >> the long serving politicians that he is the victim of a political conspiracy, a view shared by many observers at

worrying times for nigeria. and to show you just how controversial the delay is it's pretty clear that the opinions of the different political parties are diametrically opposed. you have the governing party welcoming the delay and saying it's needed so the electoral commission can get ready, as well as the insecurity issues and the opposition condemning delay, and saying it's a very very worrying sign for nigeria's democracy. >> will ross there. >> let's find out more about nigeria's presidential contender and the current situation of the country, go to the website, bbc news.com. >> all right. in a few hours' time the malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim will find out whether he'll have to go back to prison. mr. anwar was imprisoned for six years on what he says are trumped up charges. since his release, he has organized three separate parties. but he's been charged for a second time with breaking malaysia's law against sodomy. the verdict will be finalized on tuesday morning. our correspondent, speaking to

witnesses say the fighters came from a nigeria town close by. gomboro is connected by the bridge there on the right. tuesday, boko haram fighters suffered a heavy defeat there. cad soldiers killed 200 of them and drove the others out. com ruin and chad have recently taken on boko haram which wants an islamic state in northern nigeria. let's speak now to the cameroon minister of communications, on the phone now. thank you very much indeed for joining us. it is getting an increasingly serious situation, these attacks are increasing in number and in ferocity. >> i want to emphasize the fact that we are very much the head of state and international community to come together. many have problem, boko haram is a spread of disease cancer, which we call boko haram. many people killed by boko haram, according to our understanding were slaughtered or killed. they burned down a mosque, as well. >> what do you want the international community to do, sir? >> >> what we want the international community to do is to understand that this problem cannot be hidden

more attacks from boko haram along nigeria's border on monday. borders that is in plural. suspected members of the group kidnapped 20 people in northern cameroon between kozo on the nigerian border and 12 of those taken were killed. next door explosion in a local market in the town and a third attack in four days. our correspondent mohamed adow reporting on the fight of the control of the strategically important nigeria town. >> reporter: this is a town on the nigerian border with cameroon until recently a stronghold for boko haram fighters. it's not under the control of chadian troops and patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> translator: they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area and no one is here now probably some of the injured are hiding in some houses particularly remote abandon houses. >> reporter: for nine months boko haram controlled camp -- cameroon with law on the town and big parts remain deserted and most of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon and others escape to northern nig

joined nigeria in that fight against boko haram. mohammad adow has more on the battle. >> this is the town of gamboro on the nigerian border with cameroon. they patrol around in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> translator: we are now outside the town, we have combed the area. no one is here now. probably some of the injured are hiding in houses, particularly abandoned houses. >> reporter: for nine months, boko haram controlled gamboro imposing a strict form ever of control over the people in the town. these men are suspected of belonging to boko haram. they're finally released but only after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. the battle for gamboro has not been an easy one for the chaddian army. it lost 17 of its soldiers during fighting with boko haram. yet some of gamboro's soldiers say they don't mind boko haram in the town. >> we told them we pray and we have a koran they left us alone. >> nigeria and its neighbors recently decided to put together a force of 8700 soldiers to fight

ground forces mom chad, nigeria and cameroon are fighting the armed group. cameroon can't defeat boko haram alone, said the communications director. >> the international community needs to understand that this problem cannot be handled by cameroon or the five countries niger, cameroon and nigeria. we need logistics. we need intelligence. we need equipment which will enable us to face this ferocious terrorist group to help us work out a problem a plan that we will put at the disposal of the trick ken union the security council in order to give us an official mandate and other countries to help us so we can curb, we can rad date boko haram. >> a team drop the international criminal court is in nigeria ahead of the presidential elections next week. they are urging all parties to refrain from violence before, during and after the vote. >> no one should be incited to commit violence, elections should be held under peaceful circumstances, and a warning that anyone who incites violence anyone who commits crimes the prosecutor is watching and the office of the prose

this has drown in nigeria's neighbors. they are discussing strategy, putting together a new multi-national joint task force. >> we're going to work on the structure of the operation elaborate a plan that will ensure logistical support and things we want to achieve. this will be submitted to the u.n. security council. >> the united nations security council condemned the spike in violence and welcome would the new force. a statement says the council remains concerned that boko haram is undermining peace and stat of the western central african region. as the consultations go on, so do the attacks. >> the escalation and violence is happening as regional leaders are meeting in cameroon to finalize plans for a coordinated military response against boko haram. military chiefs are attending the summit. leaders agreed to send troops to fight the armed group. fighter jets from chad, cameroon and nigeria are already targeting boko haram. let's get more on the coup in yemen. let's go live to washington d.c. >> >> the u.s. government i

let's get more from the nigeria capitol. what more are you hearing about this attack today? the death toll seems to be rising. >> that's right. information about the death toll just came into to us, 12 dead, 35 injured and 12, including the suicide attacker, still varying accounts about what happened. one eyewitness tells us that it was a suicide attack, meaning an individual apparently board add bus and the bus exploded and people were therefore killed. another eyewitness has a slightly different story. they talk about seeing a di series of some kind in a bag nearby the bus which then went off. not clear whether the perpetrator escaped in this version of events. it's a remote area, very difficult to get accurate information. the authorities in the area, meaning the military, the police and the national emergency management authority are not giving anymore details about what they think happened, safe to say that of course there have been casualties, quite a number of people injured. it comes as you were saying just a couple of days after the same area was hit by a suicide at

it is the second attack outside nigeria by boko haram in just a few days. earlier in the week, the group attacked a town inside cameroon, leaving nearly 100 dead. the escalation in the violence is happening at regional leaders are meeting in cameroon to finalize plan for a coordinated military response against boko haram. military chiefs are attending the three day summit. leaders from the african union agreed to send 7,500 troops to fight the armed group. >> insecurity is not the only cries in nigeria. the global drop in oil prices is causing economic difficulty. the country's economy is underpinned by oil he can sports and the price slump is affecting the nigeria security. we explain from the capitol. >> she is shopping for toiletries in the niger we know i don't want roll. the prices have nearly doubled here because of the falling global price of oil. sellers buy their goods in dollars from abroad, but the local occurrence has lost 10% of its value against the dollar, making goods more expensive to import so sellers ever passed increased costs on to cust

. >> niger's parliament has voted to send troops to nigeria to help fight boko haram. they will form a force of 8300 people to fight boko haram. in response to that national force, boko haram's leader has released a video. in it abu baka al shekau makes statements. >>> traveling from the town ever koza to mora near the nigerian border. security sources 12 of the hostages being killed, in neighboring niger an explosion ripped through a market. third attack on niger in the last four days. >>> troops from nigeria and surrounding areas gained ground followed the incursion into cameroon last week, setting fire and mohammad adow has the story. >> this is the town of gamboro. under the control of chaddian troops. they parole around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area. no one is here now. probably some of the injured are hiding in some houses particularly remote abandoned houses. >> reporter: for nine months, boko haram controlled gamboro imposing a strict form of islamic law on people of the

nigeria's what? >> oil. nigeria has the world's tenth biggest oil reserves, 37 billion barrels. ( laughter ) >> jon: now that i think about twe do have an opening rye after-- i think-- in between isis and yemen i think we can squeeze you in. perhaps we can have james taylor over there right away. all we have to do is call and ♪ be there yes he will ♪ you've got a friend ♪ >> je suis too young to know that song, but thank you. >> jon: thank you, trevor. trevor noah everybody. we'll be right back. ( cheers and blue cheese. fancy. on fresh beef. fancier. with bacon. fanciest. what? on brioche? more fancier-ist? wendy's new bacon & blue on brioche. just the right amount of fancy. yeah we're on vacation next month, my family churns through all sorts of data. well, now we have mobile share lue plans with rollover data so the data you don't use this month rolls over to the next. sounds great. but what's your angle? um, i don't think i have any angles. hardball, huh? look, if you want me in on this, i want a p

nigeria postpones elections. we'll hear from the opposition candidate and president good luck jonathan's campaign. >> ewe look at hopesfuls in what's described as the closest contest in years in bafta. >> we begin in munich, germany where world leaders have been holding talks on key international security issues. sunday's meetingings focused on the fight against islamic state of iraq and the levant, as well as iran's nuclear program. iran's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state held talks on the sidelines of the conference. some u.s. lawmakers have threatened new sanctions if a marsh deadline with iran is not met. iran's supreme leader insisted in a no deal is better than a bad deal. >> i support the progress of the nuclear negotiations and if a good deal is reached, i would agree with that and believe that the iranian nation would not oppose on agreement in which its dignity and interests are respected. >> what does this mean as far as what we can look forward to rewarding iran? >> what it means we st

nigeria's what? >> oil. nigeria has the world's tenth biggest oil reserves, 37 billion barrels. ( laughter ) >> jon: now that i think about twe do have an opening rye after-- i think-- in between isis and yemen i think we can squeeze you in. perhaps we can have james taylor over there right away. all we have to do is call and ♪ be there yes he will ♪ you've got a friend ♪ >> je suis too young to know that song, but thank you. >> jon: thank you, trevor. trevor noah everybody. we'll be right back. ( cheers and i've been called a control freak... i like to think of myself as more of a control... enthusiast. mmm, a perfect 177-degrees. and that's why this road warrior rents from national. i can bypass the counter and go straight to my car. and i don't have to talk to any humans, unless i want to. and i don't. and national lets me choose any car in the aisle. control. it's so, what's the word?... sexy. go national. go like a pro. i want something sweet without all the calories. (singing) lil sweet! did some

nigeria says it will destroy all the group's camps. coming up, talks to try and resolve the political crisis in yemen get under way. outside of a football stadium in egypt 14 people were killed in a stampede. >> i'm in the state of maine where more people die every year than are born. but maine is working on answers to its population-loss challenge. >>> we begin with news out of nigeria, the national security adviser has told nigeria that it would destroy boko haram camps in six weeks. we go out to abuja. this is a dramatic claim. what more is he saying? >> well, officials are being very careful with their wording. they keep using the words try. they know it's going to be a difficult task and they know it's going to be harder to convince apology near i i nigerians that they can do it. they're hoping that people who have been displaced by the fighting in boko haram will feel comfortable enough to move back and vote. they're being very careful as well. they say even if they don't achieve what they plan to do in the next six weeks they ho

elections in nigeria are delayed six weeks. there is a regional effort against the radical group and any town or village taken from its fighters will bring the reality of holding those postponed elections a little closer. >> the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog said contaminated water leaking from japan's nuclear plant is still a challenging issue. the international atomic energy agency is reviewing work to demission the plant which was damaged in an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. the energy company was criticized for its handle of the radioactive water leaks into the pacific ocean. last month it said it would be unable to decontaminate water at the site before a marsh deadline. >> australia's prime minister is determined to do better after surviving a no-confidence vote. tony abbott has kept his job as head of the ruling liberal party, but only just. andrew thomas takes a look at why his popularity has slumped. >> tony lives and works restoring classic cars in tony abbotts constituency. he voted for him but has become disillusioned. >

boko haram is fighting for an islamic in northern nigeria and have set up in areas in the north of nigeria. yvonne ndege has more. >> security chiefs said they could not guarantee the safety of voters in particular in areas affected by boko haram. >> if the security of personnel voters election observers and election materials cannot be guaranteed the life of innocent young men and women as well as prospects for free, fair, credible and peaceful elections will be greatly jepped. jeopardized. consequently the council has decided to reschedule the national elections, national elections presidential and assembly has been postponed. >> outside the headquarters in abuja for days. millions are voters are eager for elections to take place. president gmc is goodluck jonathan is facing a opponent, plan to bring security to the region a plan that may allow the elections to go ahead. but nigeria security services have failed to defeat boko haram in five years. some are asking how will they do it in six weeks and whether there is another motive behind the delay. >> losing confidence in the process bec

two blasts in northern nigeria's city killed five people. one attack targeted a military checkpoint. a suicide bomber targeting a political meeting nigeria killed seven people two weeks before the national elections. >>> the attacks come a day after the african union announced that it would sends in a regional force to fight the armed group. let's go back to the nigerian capital, abuja. the international condemnation and the unity we are seeing from some of the neighboring countries, those really there is no stopping i guess, the add vance much boka haram. >> well boka haram, itself boka haram is in a tight situation now. the camroonians and forces from niger are bearing down from the chad border and the nigerian security forces are also trying to mop up some elements of boka haram from the towns and villages they occupy in northeastern nigeria. the group is in a tight spot now. it is able to launch coordinated attacks. look at the attack this morning. it was launched on four different fronts on the city of maidguri. they have coveted the ci

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chad has sent troops into the north of nigeria to fight the jihadists. cameroon has been forced to join in the fight. at least 20 people were kidnapped as they headed home in a bus from the market. some of them were dragged from the vehicle and executed. the latest video shows jihadist fighters attacking in broad daylight. they stroll around the compound of a. the video shows how vulnerable some parts of the northeast are. will ross, bbc news. katty: being switched at birth has fueled movie plot lines. for the people in our next story, it is a reality. they have been awarded over $2 million in damages after discovering their children were accidentally swapped at a hospital 20 years ago. the girls shared an incubator while being treated for jaundice. reporter: half a million pounds for raising the wrong daughter. sophie spotted the signs after the baby she had given birth to was put in an incubator to recover from john this. -- jaundice. the one she got back had differences in hair and skin. >> she had more hair. i asked what was going on. i could not ima

an american missionary from seattle kidnapped in nigeria. the woman identified as the reverend phyllis sorta of free methodist church. more from chris daniels at king tv in seattle. >> play. >> reporter: richard sorta was there, asking for help and answers. >> nobody knows anything except she was taken this morning. >> reporter: sorta serving on and off as a missionary in nigeria, plagued by violence as of late. free methodist church continued with armed men storming the academy and kidnapping her. she had been relishing time in nigeria, and opening of a new school, as she explained in a recent blog post or in a video published by the church five years ago. >> i know nothing can happen to me in my future will ever defeat me with god by my side. >> she believes in god, doing god's work that's all there is to it. >> reporter: he believes religion is not a factor in the abduction. >> the basis of every religion get along, treat your neighbor as yourself. you know what they're doing over there, it is just crap just crap. >> reporter: he and phyl

as tom said, essential reading on nigeria. why do think nigeria could be the first metro state to fall? >> they're going into elections and they're usually very volatile affairs. this time that no money and very deep political and regional divisions and a scary islamist extremist group running around occupying territory south of belgium. we look in the jury and say this is primed to potentially go over the cliff. venezuela could go afterward. election has been postponed. we're very concerned you could have major unrest accompanying this election. >> terminal headlines they're going after cameroon troops as well overnight with the rebels in the eastern part of the country. bring up the chart, if you would olivia. this is the currency chart and it shows the chaos. this is back 20 years. some sense of stability. you have a new junk in addition. >> that is the civil war in the 1990's. >> nigeria is ray much still regionalized. you're talking about voting not clinical parties but regions voting against each other. what did they fai

. >> nigeria ub votes votes for a new president next week. most of nigeria 170 million people still don't have access to power. yvonne ndege talks to people who have been affected by the shortage from gwair. >> homes and business he every day starting a generator to provide leverage. victor needs a steady supply of leverage. he has to spend about $25 a day on generator fuel. money he could spend on his business. >> they are supposed to provide leverage for us. they are not doing things that should be done. now our action is, we went for protects yesterday for this leverage. >> to get an idea how serious this situation is nigeria need about 80,000 and they get with 4500 a day. how plefnlg has been leverage is being distribute over the years governments have spent more than $40 billion trying to provide leverage for nigeria. but today less than half the population have access. president goodluck jonathan introduced a privatization program to try and improve things. the hope is that private companies will do a better job of generating and distri

nigeria's what? >> oil. nigeria has the world's tenth biggest oil reserves, 37 billion barrels. ( laughter ) >> jon: now that i think about twe do have an opening rye after-- i think-- in between isis and yemen i think we can squeeze you in. perhaps we can have james taylor over there right away. all we have to do is call and ♪ be there yes he will ♪ you've got a friend ♪ >> je suis too young to know that song, but thank you. >> jon: thank you, trevor. trevor noah everybody. we'll be right back. ( cheers and ♪ at kraft we start with eggs oil, and our own crafted vinegar. all expertly blended to make our mayo. so you can take whatever you're making from good to amazing. get inspired at kraftrecipes.com discover card. hey, i heard you guys can help me with frog protection? sure, we help with fraud protection. there are unauthorized rchases on your discover card, you're never held responsible. you are saying "frog protection"? fraud. fro-g. frau-d. i think we're on the same page. at discover, we treat y

with al jazeera live from doha and also to come on the program, chadian soldiers battle boko haram in nigeria and the group retaliates killing several in a border town. i.s.i.l. closes in on an iraqi air base housing u.s. marines, the rebel group is close to taking control of a western iraqi town nearby. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison for the same of freedom of expression. >> reporter: out on bail and al jazeera journalist mohamed and fahmy are now at home with their families. ♪ but first shia mosque attacked in the town of peshawar and 19 people are dead and we will go live to our correspondent in pakistan later in the program but in the meantime another story is in nigeria where boko haram fighters have launched an attack in chad from their stronghold in nigeria, several people have died in the attack and chad is part of a five nation coalition force that has been created in order to fight boko haram. let's talk now to evon and correspondents who is in the nigerian capitol abuja and bring us up to date and tell us the detail of this attack. >> well what we know