i wanted to see the congo. for my sins, they let me. in "heart of darkness" joseph conrad writes of his alter ego -- when i was a little chap, i had a passion for maps. at that time, there were many blank spaces on earth. but there was one yet, the biggest, the most blank, that i had a hankering after. this then is the congo. the size of all western europe combined. it should be africa's wealthiest nation. but people forget, or never even knew, that the 20th century's first holocaust happened here when belgium's king leopold managed to bamboozle the world into giving him personal title to the congo. leopold's agents of whom the mythical kurtz was one, raided, slaughtered, mutilated and pressed into forced labor much of the population, in a bloodthirsty quest for first ivory and then rubber. when independence finally came, the belgians trashed what they could, and left behind a completely unprepared tribally divided and largely ungovernable land mass, filled with stuff that everybody in the world wanted. and things pretty much went downh

in the democratic republic of congo are catholic worshipers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal setting was asked was very basic these guys looking to get things started. their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says kong security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched off to mass twelve a lot of boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches. the hospitals filled with protesters once more so it goes on monday i would say if your term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belong in the senate give the others the opportunity to lead maybe they'll do it better than you did. catholic bishops brokered peace talks between the opposition and government with the agreement that could be low would leave office at the end of twenty seven tame but he's

i'll just zero the refugee camp down with the people fleeing the eastern democratic republic of congo reporting a surge in rapes killings and abductions by armed groups the u.n. says the violence has pushed more than ten thousand people into neighboring uganda since the beginning of december malcolm web joins us now live from the new york abandon refugee transit camp in uganda you can tell us more malcolm. that's right there are three thousand people here at the moment everyone that we can see here is arrived within the last three days having sled their village of villages in the eastern democratic republic of congo because of the spike in violence you just mentioned we went up to the border and spoke to some of the new arrivals and accompany them on their journey here let's take a look at our story now. rebecca salami says many of her neighbors have been killed or raped in recent weeks armed groups keep attacking have village in the democratic republic of congo that's why she's walked here to neighboring uganda with her family they met by ugandan soldiers near the border. when you go

they say the fighters carry guns wear uniforms and speak languages from all over congo and neighboring rwanda since it's not safe at home this refugee transit camps the better option. tired and covered with dust the new arrivals first have to line up here and get their feet frayed in fact and and everyone is made to come over here and wash their hands as well. after the journey must be tiresome to made to go through this but the camp manager say it's necessary then everyone has to queue up here for a medical check in that tent at the end. rebecca's baby twins kelvin and carol they are identified as severely malnourished. she says she hasn't been able to harvest her crops for weeks and hasn't produced enough breastmilk u.n. officials say these kinds of problems a typical among those arriving at the transit camp before they can be assisted and taken to long term refugee settlements most of the reason he's always wind of it because when you talk to them to walk for a long distance we also have cases that we are women and condemned of been sexually either or they have this cold here especi

coming up on the run a spike in violence forces thousands of people to flee the democratic republic of congo. brazil's former president says he will run in this year's election despite a course of holding a corruption conviction against him plus. i'm andrew symonds in the occupied west bank and i'll be explaining why palestinians are getting excited about the introduction of three g. all their smartphones it's a ten year old technology. government has been dealt a big blow to the credibility of its handling of the hinge a refugee crisis a former u.s. diplomat has quits an international advisory board aimed at resolving the turmoil in rakhine state bill richardson who was once considered a close friend of sense suchi accuse the me and leader of lacking moral leadership on the issue he branded the panel set up by suit a whitewash calling it a cheerleading operation for the government it was very unhappy and distressed right down through she reaction to my plea that this issue of the reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. saying th

coming up on the run a spike in violence forces thousands of people to flee the democratic republic of congo. a morning commute in italy turns into chaos leaving two people dead and dozens more injured. egypt marks seven years since the revolution the pled to hosni mubarak's downfall. government has received a big blow to the credibility of its handling of the hinge refugee crisis a former u.s. diplomat has quit an international advisory board aimed at resolving the turmoil in rakhine state bill richardson who was once considered a close friend of aung san suu kyi she accused the meum alida of lacking moral leadership on the issue he branded the panel set up by suchi a whitewash calling it a cheerleading operation for the government. i was very unhappy and distressed by down sunset she reaction to my plea that this issue of the reuters journalists being treated fairly and rapidly and that brought almost an explosion on her part. saying there were issues relating to the official secrecies act that this was not my charter as a member of the advisory board and the very heated exchange that we h

well moses was the man in the congo in the most anybody because the the opposition's on one on one go with the one on him out in multiple operations they are on many governments organise many governments so let them investigate mr miller are you expect zimbabweans never mind the international community simply to gloss over all this instead of seeking a detailed accounting of what took place or don't you care or do you simply don't care or don't just sit there on the rose petals which of which mr mandela were in the to in the generals are being throw away i mean i've been threatened with their been fitted with rose petals right now the u.s. including the generals are talking about all way involved in all of this and that actually about so it means muslims are happy with that situation the people that aren't happy you know really you know we're happy on the wonders of it will you know is going to come on to that a little bit but let's talk about the public theater of the last ten days to make up for that or mr mugabe wasn't pushed out in order to bring in democracy now the p.f. had been

the democratic republic of congo races to contain an outbreak of cholera there are fears it could spread quickly in the overcrowded capital kinshasa to waterborne disease has already swept through many villages ravaged by conflict. and then a german football handover produce a stunning comeback in a five goals tour in a with minds just for a european challenge. time and a home for good to have you with us fresher protests have erupted in china's yeah as the north african nation marks the seventh anniversary of the arab spring uprising that toppled its former dictator ben ali now for the seventh day in a roach museums are taking to the street demonstrating against price. rises in tax hikes as the government struggles to so deep rooted economic problems many protesters say they have been left empty handed in the seven years since the revolution they claim that corrupt officials are to blame for the country's lagging economy. and ahead of today's demonstrations d.w. funny for china talked to the family of a man killed during a protest this week. there's not much to do in the small challenge

is investigating last month's attack in the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen tons of men peacekeepers here in suspects the allied democratic forces ugandan on the group was behind the attack. zambia has launched a major military operation to stop a cholera outbreak more than fifty people have been killed in just over three months the u.n. is providing two million vaccines and beds for sixteen hundred people victoria case and he has more. extreme measures to contain a national health crisis this is the barricaded zambia's capital lusaka street sellers pitching in to help the military close off one of the city's crowded marketplaces that have become a breeding ground for cholera before the unsettling season there are those petition ready to terminate but recovered in season is getting. deeper into a period where there will be prodded more doesn't see the world this is a government decided it needed discredited reports on thirteen defeat that the outbreak began at the end of september with bacteria showing off the shallow wells in two densely populated areas on the outsk

south sudanese refugees in congo have received little international attention donors have funded less than a quarter of the united nations humanitarian appeal that means basic services like shelter are lacking this woman arrived in congo over a year ago but she's still waiting to build a house on the southern border. there is no way we haven't received anything since we arrived eleven months ago we're not even building materials. going to. this house where we are stand belongs to a relative and i did the question a minute ago and there are ten of us sharing a place that said it enough that i began minding i get more the sort of. education is also proving a challenge many south sudanese refused to send their english speaking children to local francophone schools instead refugees set up this makeshift anglophone school inside the camp but the authorities dismantled it now many children roam around without anything to do officials want south sudanese refugees to attend local schools even though they admit there's not enough space debris there's a military the schools close to the size of

lisette's story is also one of political persecution in congo. she says government officials arrested her five years ago because her uncle had opposed president kabila. she was home at the time with her then-two-year-old daughter, lorette. she has not seen or heard any news about her daughter since that day. >> ( translated ): i don't even know where she is. i don't know. >> reporter: lisette says after she was locked up in solitary confinement, three guards sexually assaulted her. >> ( translated ): they were planning on killing me, they raped me, i didn't have a choice. all three raped me and left me in the night. >> reporter: they then gave her a little bit of money and released her. she escaped congo, barefoot, and eventually made her way to the refugee camp in malawi, where she met andre. >> ( translated ): he asked about me and where i was from. and my friend said, "she's from congo" and gave him my full story. he asked if he could leave her with his number. and i said no, i don't want a number. >> reporter: lisette just wasn't into him, at

the election time has already been possible any time in the congo let me huge animation a few things before our very important question i regretted to hear some comment to mention about michael i think we have to stop talking nonsense a very regular here michael mentioned that the constitution give it could be a power to stay nick power until the prison has been elected people been misinterpreting the law that's not what it last say and the constitution clearly mentioned the end of the term or the president was after the second terms and it is only fremont to prepare for not a prison to take the office after the election but election never been taken place so out among the prisoners should resign because he felt organized election we should respect the constitution here try to money put it what the law said it just is just nonsense and people have to stop talking nonsense an international television recreate this has been a very common insulting of people like we don't know what the laws that we can read the article properly doesn't really unacceptable and a half people have to stop

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says it will investigate an attack in the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen if its peacekeepers last month. u.s. president donald trump takes to twitter to refute speculation about his mental. hello we begin in the occupied west bank where there have been scuffles in bethlehem that's where the patriarch of jerusalem had been holding mass to mark orthodox christmas but as the office the third attempted to leave manger square protesters blocked his car and threw some eggs he's at the center of growing. public anger after being accused in israeli media of selling off large parts of church land to is really private businesses other protests are planned against the u.s. decision to recognize the roots of them as israel's capital mohamed june following this story covering all the developments for us from bethlehem itself how much is all of this overshadowing the sure there's been a festivities mahamed. well that's right to read in the fact of the matter is that this is really unprecedented in in recent history that you would have these kinds of protests against the greek orthodox patr

the start of a new day in the democratic republic of congo. behind the village is done and. satellite images have revealed the existence of a peach vault here in the forest. biologists say it's one of the most important ever discovered that's why a team of british and congolese scientists have embarked on a joint research project getting to the peak both involves an arduous hours long hike through the swamp everything is soaking wet english geography simon lewis has been surveying head for years trying to better understand the development of the bog which began forming tens of thousands of years ago made up of decomposed plant material the piece held some surprises for the researcher is that this is peak bodies so this is the partially decomposed plant matter that in a store of carbon. needs is now sampled every fifty centimeters and this is to me just to training tuesday one of the surprises that we thought the paint here would be maybe fifty centimeters maybe one meter maximum and actually we've got much deeper so that suggests that potentially we haven't done all the work

crisis on the run a spike in violence forces thousands of people to flee the democratic republic of congo plus. i'm challenging and london looking at the way of one of the greatest living photographers of our time a master of manipulation. the new military front opened by turkey in the syrian war could further complicate the un backed peace talks in vienna for the past six days turkey's been attacking y. p.g. kurdish forces in the golden syrian region of afrin they want to push the fighters who they say are terrorists from the area and create a buffer zone along turkey's border the un special envoy for syria says the ninth round of talks come at a very critical time in the conflict let's go live out of the al-jazeera is what a need is there so hala who is in vienna so far. well certainly. both delegations are here in vienna and the government delegation actually arrived at the u.n. building behind me just a short while ago in a chewed starting talks with the u.n. envoys to funded mistura then later in the day you will have the opposition delegation coming here and holding its first round

children among millions on the brink of starvation because of conflict in the democratic republic of congo's. iraq and the israeli parliament where the u.s. vice president has reasserted america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. and a story of pace from a country at war going to get serious first ever could attend. a three day u.s. government shutdown has ended all to politicians approve legislation to release federal funding but the immigration dispute at the said to of the crisis is far from resolved which is why the new dollars already is. stopgap measure allowing government funding to continue until the eighth of february or democrats agree to support it after republicans pledge there will be a vote in the coming weeks on the status of undocumented migrants brought to the u.s. as children learn his dream is to took to twitter to say that this has been a big one for his party and democrats have caved and come to their senses he says he's open to an immigration deal but only if it's good for the country castro reports now from washington d.c. . kicking the can down the road t

subset of these refugees in congo have received little international attention donors have funded less than a quarter of the united nations humanitarian appeal that means basic services like shelter are lacking this woman arrived in congo over a year ago but she's still waiting to build a house. there is no way we haven't received anything since we arrived eleven months ago we're not even building materials. going to. this house where we are staying belongs to a relative and i did a quick in the mind and there are ten of us sharing the place said it enough that i began minding i get one sort of. education is also proving a challenge many south sudanese refused to send their english speaking children to local francophone schools instead refugees set up this makeshift anglophone school inside the camp but the authorities dismantled it now many children roam around without anything to do officials and south sudanese refugees to attend local schools even though they admit there's not enough space. there's a court appearance today the school is closed to the size of full of children learn a

the democratic republic of congo races to contain an outbreak of cholera or a fee is it could spread quickly in the overcrowded capital kinshasa the route to borne disease has already swept through many villages ravaged by conflict. and in german football kind of both produce a stunning comeback in a five go through with minds to spread a european chops. time have a home for a great to have you with us fresh protests have erupted in china's yeah as the north african nation marks the seventh anniversary of the. arab spring uprising that toppled its former dictator. ben ali now for the seventh day in a roach in his ears have taken to the street demonstrating against price rises and tax hikes as the government struggles to so deep rooted economic problems that many protesters say to finesse and to handed in the seven years since the revolution they claim that corrupt officials are to blame for the country's lagging economy. and ahead of today's demonstrations did obvious funny for china talk to the family of a man killed during a protest earlier this week. there's not much to do in the

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peaceful we're still on the way though we're optimistic that everything will be better and not like congo. a new life starts with spending the night on the floor of this shelter . is safer here but it will be weeks before things get any easier. malcolm webb al-jazeera the arab on the transit camp uganda. and all and group loyal to libya's national unity government says it's arrested again accused of kidnapping and torturing sudanese migrants has been growing outrage over the mistreatment and torture of migrants by people smugglers in libya but there's been some good news the sudanese vibrance who were kidnapped all no way home to our cell has more. celebrations for a happy ending after a night's no ordeal for this sudanese family two of their sons were amongst those kidnapped by traffickers and held captive for weeks in libya one of their brothers was overwhelmed when he heard news of his loved ones release. as you can see everyone is so happy and relieved i never thought we would see him again the. video had emerged showing several sudanese migrants being tortured by people traffickers i

killed while others have fled to neighboring countries like chad cameroon and the democratic republic of congo according to the un's refugee agency around five hundred forty five thousand five hundred people have left. and even more six hundred thousand have been internally displaced. from the air. in the northern part of the central african republic looks pretty peaceful but what we're seeing is actually a refugee camp housing around thirty thousand people some of them from the city itself. i'm half of those in the camp are children. many have been badly traumatized by lucy blush. she's twelve from a village about ninety kilometers away. i think lucy was forced to flee when her home was attacked by rebels. who even here their family to live with other people from my village was. a teacher from the village tells us that her mother was taken by the rebels lucy hasn't heard from her since everyone else in her family is dead. stories like lucy's are not uncommon. but imagine the man loved one morning they came to our village they had really big guns and started shooting at everything in sight the

and the democratic republic of congo according to the un's refugee agency around five hundred forty five thousand five hundred people have left. and even more six hundred thousand have been internally displaced. from the air the row in the northern part of the central african republic looks pretty peaceful but what we're seeing is actually a refugee camp housing around thirty thousand people some of them from the city itself. i'm half of those in the camp are children. many have been badly traumatized like lucy bless you she's twelve from a village about ninety kilometers away. i was lucy was forced to flee when her home was attacked by rebels. who we didn't have any family to live with other people from my village just couldn't come across a teacher from the village tells us that her mother was taken by the rebels lucy hasn't heard from her since everyone else and her family is dead. your stories like lucy's are not uncommon. but imagine my loved one morning they came to our village they had really big guns and started shooting at everything in sight they even killed children i ran away

aid workers warn the conflict in the democratic republic of congo has left three million people at risk of starvation. in kenya over allegations of male staff sexually assaulting new mothers at a flight ship hospital. i don't want to recruit beautiful thing destroyed. toto's fantasy drama the shape of water leads the oscar race with thirteen nominations. so over the last challenge is seen as a potential threat to the reelection of egyptian president abdel fattah el-sisi has been detained by the military and has called off his campaign for the military chief of staff sami anon for me declared his intention to run as a presidential candidate in the march elections on saturday in a televised statement the military said that anon had announced his bid without obtaining the correct permits he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the database to other presidential hopefuls were forced to quit the race earlier this month one of them said the nephew of former leader anwar sadat said last week he wanted to protect his campaign workers from intimidation or arrest. the main conce

to the democratic republic of congo now where air. aid workers are warning of mass starvation because of conflict they say three million people in the car fire region don't have enough to eat and clothing four hundred thousand children are fighting between the army and rebels has meant farmers have been unable to plant crops for several years as katherine sawyer reports. of two year old couple go to his mother more baca and three siblings spent two months on the route from their village to. capital kananga with little to eat they had fled the fighting between government forces in the combine and supper rebels which was adding to communal conflict that already existed it's been a month since they arrived and both mother and son still have symptoms of malnutrition. it was very hard walking so long with my children at some point i couldn't walk at all if it wasn't for the help of the people we were with in the forest i would have died. i ten that the nutrition center mothers bring their children to get weighed and for food and medicine s

to the democratic republic of congo now aid workers are warning of mass starvation because of conflict they say three million people in the region don't have enough to including four hundred thousand children between the army and rebels has meant farmers have been unable to plant crops is as catherine sawyer reports. it was. a year old couple go to his mother more baca and three siblings spent two months on the route from their village to a site central capital kananga with little to eat they had fled the fighting between government forces and the combine and supper which was adding to communal conflict that already existed it's been a month since they arrived and both mother and son still have symptoms of malnutrition but overall numbers of a juggler would it was very hard walking so long with my children at some point i couldn't walk at all if it wasn't for the help of the people we were with in the forest i would have died. at another nutrition center mothers bring their children to get weighed and for food and medicine she did tom was distended belly discolored hand and left their

state with east jerusalem as its capital thirty two sailors missing after an oil tanker collides with a congo ship in the east china sea and the italian coast guard says at least eight people have died and eighty six others have been rescued from a boat off libya's coast. several pakistani groups which are facing pressure from the government are holding a demonstration in the northwest and city officials are they include jamaat ud dawa the organisation led by the two thousand and eight mumbai attacks suspect toughies saeed pakistan has recently brought so nations two groups named in a u.n. security council sanctions list the u.s. has suspended hundreds of millions of dollars of security aid to pakistan accusing it of being a safe haven for terrorist groups come on hyder is in with more. as sure as dollar data do with the palestinian people after the ball gets down to french guns. which will be taking place in different cities across pakistan the last one was general will be indian which tens of thousands of people. also participated now it is important in order to drums nation against budget

in the democratic republic of congo catholic worshippers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal i think it was last week was a very good day these guys think it was time for. their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says congolese security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched off to mass twelve also boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches. the hospitals filled with protesters once more so it goes on the mind that i was if you term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belong in the senate give the others the opportunity to lead maybe they'll do it better than you did. catholic bishops brokered peace talks between the opposition and government with the agreement that could be low would leave office at the end of twenty seven tame but

families to return home to the democratic republic of congo bought the piece last. gunmen have stormed the office of the save the children aid agency and east of the attack began with a suicide bombing at the front of the compound and two gunman still inside we will be live in a moment off victoria report. the attack began with a bomb exploding near the entrance of aid organization save the children in jalalabad security forces were quickly on the scene and gunfire was exchanged. afghan special forces have been called in to help so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack jalalabad is the capital of nanga ha province on the border with pakistan the area has become a stronghold for islamic state of iraq and the levant. backed by u.s. as strikes afghan forces have successfully targeted eisel and taliban fighters bought attacks on civilians continue coups in heavy casualties the attack in jalalabad comes just days after taliban fighters killed eighteen people at the intercontinental hotel in the capital kabul the afghan intelligence service blamed the pakis

most of zimbabwe at the congo is wrong. fear isjust such an incredibly powerful kind of motivator to prejudice. i don't feel fear in this country. i don't feel fear in this country. i don't feel fear in this country. i don't feel fear in zimbabwe or in congo. it says, no wonder trump ditched his trip. it sort of brackets, as if going to those places in africa is so going to those places in africa is so bad, no wonder he wouldn't come here if we are level to the same as they are. it's rubbish, to be honest. potentially the people who might be put off visiting might mist london's first all beacon pub. only m, london's first all beacon pub. only in, written in hackney with this happen. the place where trousers are just above the ankle and just below the knee. hipsters and a brand—new all the kings park. it's notjust the venue, is it? the seat as well. does that mean you have to take your shoes off if you are wearing leather shoes? i'm joking, shoes off if you are wearing leather shoes? i'mjoking, i know feeding is good. —â

in the democratic republic of congo are catholic worshipers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal i think it was last week was a very good day these guys think it was time to say. their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says kong security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched off to mass twelve also boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches was. the hospital is filled with protesters once more so it goes on the mind that i always say if your term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belong in the senate give the others the opportunity to lead maybe they'll do it better the needed. catholic bishops brokered peace talks between the opposition and government with the agreement that could be low would leave office at the end of twenty seve

protests intensify in the democratic republic of congo demonstrates. the president to resign immediately. and from serena to the super bowl we'll take a look at some of the sporting highlights of twenty seventy one abstain. from flowing on in wins to an enchanting breeze in the. hollow we've got some rather blustery showers pushing into the eastern side of the mediterranean that the moment little clutch of storms just fades filter in that award cypress affecting a good part of it is that makes its way further east was ready to snow over the mountain so some wet weather coming into lebanon jordan northern parts of syria a few showers there for baghdad further east is talking loudly falling dry twelve celsius in kabul either the next couple days to ourselves just two for tehran on tuesday wintry mix a little further north that will see some prices sky just coming back into baghdad across the the western side of the region back over towards the levant fun and try to across a good part of the arabian peninsula we have the early morning mist and focused aro

secretary general is president joseph kabila to step down from power in the democratic republic of congo in accordance with a deal signed a year ago it comes after security forces killed at least seven protesters on sunday during rallies against israel shahak ballasts reports. in the democratic republic of congo catholic worshipers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal turning was asked was very very these guys think it was time for. their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says congolese security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched off to mass twelve also boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches. the hospitals filled with protesters once more so it goes on the mind that i was if your term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belong i

both congo heart found him a family to stay with and get us dhamma had moved to brazil from hungary. thanks to financial help from mengele the couple bought a farm at nova three hundred kilometers west of south paolo. hard introduced to the stammers under a new identity paid to hold. under this new areas claimed to be a swiss immigrant who hoped to settle in brazil and i became a farm manager. in one nine hundred sixty two again with funds provided by mengele the stammers bought a bigger farm etc negra one hundred fifty nine kilometers north of south palo but the stammers finally discovered his real identity it was the first time angola was unmasked. yet again this was all our law like one day somebody left a newspaper and there was an item of news about the nazi execution is as they called them. for what i saw this photograph there of a young man of about thirty or thirty three years old or very ill looking like this . there everybody. is on land or folly is the then i thought that this face was very familiar to me with the smile and the gaps between the teeth. if. i showed him the

protests intensifying democratic republic of congo demonstrators want the president to resign immediately also. looking at live pictures from new york where they are saying goodbye to twenty seventeen to twenty eighteen celebrations as the world rings in the new year. north korea's leader kim jong un has threatened the united states but also reached out to his neighbors in the south he made the comments in his annual new year's address kim says has weapons capable of reaching the top you. mainland and the launch button is on his desk he also warned washington that in twenty seventeen north korea had completed its push to become a nuclear force that it's time to start mass producing nuclear warheads but the defiantly that made someone usually friendly remarks about south korea saying the path of dialogue with seoul is open and that he hopes ties improve between both countries. we should actively create an atmosphere to move forward with the national reconciliation and reunification improving ties between the north and the south is an urgent issue that not only the north and south want but

south sudanese refugees in congo have received little international attention donors have funded less than a quarter of the united nations humanitarian appeal that means basic services like shelter are lacking this woman arrived in congo over a year ago but she's still waiting to build a house in the southern border and not only of all to go to a circle there is no way we haven't received anything since we arrived eleven months ago we're not even building materials. this house where we are staying belongs to a relative and i did it and there are ten of us sharing the place. i get more. education is also proving a challenge many south sudanese refused to send their english speaking children to local francophone schools instead refugees set up this makeshift anglophone school inside the camp but the authorities dismantled it now many children roam around without anything to do officials oneself sort of these refugees to attend local schools even though they admit there is not enough space re. today the schools close to the size of full of children and it's a problem. we need to have mor

think that you don't need to lou has worked for unicef in the central african republic for years but congo bonder a camp is just one of many in the country she says and things are getting worse. the humanitarian needs are increasing sadly more and more people are under attack are i.d.p.'s we are now we have six hundred sawzall people who are internally displaced within the country which is what it was at the peak of the crisis in twenty fourteen so there's still a lot to do among the refugees tens of thousands of children who were taken up by armed groups the un is trying to liberate as many as possible from the warlords and rebels but many struggle to reintegrate into society. many of the girls were kept for years as sex slaves. all of these laws were moving them i was twelve and lived in bondi of them was an armed group that forced me to go with them . since then i've lived around here you know i'm seventeen now it was terrible thing that they don't do you know they tell a huge i saw and did the most awful things as a single life i had all those years i knew it was no life at all. as i s

is investigating an attack on the democratic republic of congo last month that killed fifteen tanzania and peacekeepers the u.n. suspects that the allied democratic forces are ugandan armed on the attack as far as an arm to be active in congo's north kivu province where the assault took place . now zimbabwe's new president has formed a coalition government with the opposition and less than one god made the statement after visiting ailing opposition leader morgan chang at home china was battling colon cancer when i came to power in november after a military coup and popular protests forced out longtime leader robert mugabe. election officials and on doors have rejected an appeal by the opposition to the results of november's presidential election president on orlando and is was declared the winner last month after he narrowly defeated leftist candidate salvador last election officials say there wasn't enough evidence to support the opposition's claims of water for dozens of people died in opposition protests during the long delay in announcing the results. at least eighteen people have

this intensify in the democratic republic of congo demonstrators want the president to resign immediately also. goodbye to twenty seventeen other hello to twenty eighteen celebrations as the world brings in the new. north korea's leader kim jong il threaten the u.s. and also reached out to his neighbor in the south he made the comments in his annual new year's address kim says pyongyang has weapons capable of reaching the u.s. mainland and that the launch button is on his desk he also warned washington that in twenty seventeen north korea completed its push to become a nuclear force and that it's time to start mass producing nuclear warheads but the defiantly to made some unusually friendly remarks about south korea saying the path to dialogue with seoul is open and that he hopes ties will improve between both countries. i don't we should actively create an atmosphere to move forward with the national reconciliation and reunification improving ties between the north and the south is an urgent issue that not only the north and south want what everyone else wants it's a grave matter to whic

killed while others have fled to neighboring countries like chad cameroon and the democratic republic of congo according to the un refugee agency around five hundred forty five thousand five hundred people have left. and even more six hundred thousand have been internally displaced. from the year cock up on the row in the northern part of the central african republic. it looks pretty peaceful but what we're seeing is actually a refugee camp housing around thirty thousand people some of them from the city itself. i'm half of those in the camp are children. many have been badly traumatized like lucy bless you she's twelve from a village about ninety kilometers away. i have lucy was forced to flee when her home was attacked by rebels. who didn't have any family to live with other people from my village who just couldn't come across a teacher from the village tells us that her mother was taken by the rebels lucy hasn't heard from her since everyone else and her family is dead. there are stories like lucy's are not uncommon. but imagine the man loved one morning they came to our village they had re

it was probably the most difficult to do that in the economics of it yes and no i guess in the sick congo is one of most a gated cities in the world we have three different neighborhoods. our sales after americans were divided to gangbang or so as

we're doing it in democratic republic of congo. our disappointment is that it's not being used more widely. we can't put it in the back of our minds, especially when there's something that we can do. we're very good at looking at something new, some new technology, some new medicine, and we forget that here's medicine that can protect a woman from a fatal disease and can protect her family from losses and nurture and can protect a child from hiv as its transmitted from mother to infant. and it's inexpensive and simple to use. we need to look at that and say, "why aren't we doing it? why have we lost this vision, this compassion, of what is happening in this country to some extent and certainly much more severe..." >> i know that you're taking a leadership role in this, because you want to see this stop. you've been seeing it for your entire career. you told me a story off-camera about how bad the violence is with military troops going into villages. >> what's interesting is, you know, we sometimes think that people are not educated

are going to market they've reached safety but their life in congo is off to a rocky start this group of refugees has been stranded at the border for several days waiting for registration and transfer to a refugee site many have tried walking the seventeen kilometers to the nearest refugee camp but say the congolese soldiers are demanding payments if you see with your eyes. as you see with your eyes we are now suffering if they allowed us to go on foot were able to go if you start here there are two checkpoints where you have to pay to pay to pay up to the camp. two. to three. such harassment isn't unusual says the president of the mary refugee site in our congolese soldiers often extort money from refugees or confiscate their belongings and sometimes even arrest refugees they suspect of being rebels. for us we. suffered in these refugees in congo have received little international attention donors have funded less than a quarter of the united nations humanitarian appeal that means basic services like shelter are lacking this woman arrived in congo over a year ago but she's still wait

political ambitions and an uneasy truce allows families to return home in the democratic republic of congo but can the peace last. save the children has suspended operations in afghanistan in response to an attack on its offices the gunmen stormed the aid agencies compound in the eastern city of jalalabad after a suicide bombing just outside two security guards in a civilian died in the attack with several others injured i still has claimed responsibility jennifer gloss has more from the capital kabul. a harrowing day for several dozen people trapped inside the offices of save the children the attack happened at nine o'clock in the morning and it wasn't until more than eight hours later the security forces were able to rescue those trapped inside the building in the meantime they exchanged gunfire and grenade blasts were heard inside the save the children office in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan save the children has decided to suspend its operations across the country it affects one point four million children here in afghanistan a country that is heavily dependent on international aid

now protests demanding the resignation of the president of the democratic republic of congo have tons of violent at least seven people were killed and dozens arrested by security forces after catholics called for peaceful demonstrations shelob else explains. the in the democratic republic of congo catholic worshipers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal crackling was asked was very good it was very nice nothing to do was trying to say i. was. there prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says congolese security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched after mass twelve a lot of boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches was the hospital is filled with protesters once more so goes the human that always says if your term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of th

protests demanding the resignation of the president of the democratic republic of congo of turn violent i've placed seven people were killed and dozens arrested by security forces after catholics called for peaceful demonstrations shelob ellis reports. the in the democratic republic of congo catholic worshipers pray this sunday they pray with a political purpose they want president joseph kabila goal setting was fantastic he was very good these guys looking to get. started. was. their prayers were heard by security forces in kinshasa twenty seventeen ended as it began kabila second term as president ended in december twenty sixth saying he refused to step down and the un says congolese security forces killed forty people who protested the decision four hundred sixty were arrested. one year on they marched after mass twelve a lot of boys and priests were among the dozens arrested tear gas was fired into churches was the hospital is filled with protesters once more so goes the human that always says if your term is over give opportunities to others to run your son of the country you belon

peaceful we're still on the way though we're optimistic that everything will be better and not like congo. the new life starts with spending the night on the floor of this shelter. is safer here but it will be weeks before things get any easier malcolm webb al-jazeera the arab and a transit camp uganda. but as well as president has confirmed he'll seek a second term and an early election already widely rejected by the international community the economy is on the brink of collapse and more than half a million ballots wayland's crossing the border into colombia seeking better opportunities as underrun p.s.e. is in the border city of kuta where many a sleeping on the streets and fairing deportation. over a thousand venezuelan are sleeping on the streets of this border town in tents in hammocks or lying on sheets of cardboard in place in sports fields escaping hunger back home in the way i would never have imagined living in these conditions the hardest is not having a bathroom or water there are children and pregnant women here during the day they look for any job they can find until recent

south sudanese refugees in congo have received little international attention donors have funded less than a quarter of the united nations humanitarian appeal that means basic services like shelter are lacking this woman arrived in congo over a year ago but she's still waiting to build a house on the southern border to build a circle there is no way we haven't received anything since we arrived eleven months ago we're not even building materials. going to. this house where we are staying belongs to a relative and i did recall that in a minute and there are ten of us sharing the place said it enough that i began mind i get one a sort of. education is also proving a challenge many south sudanese refused to send their english speaking children to local francophone schools instead refugees set up this makeshift anglophone school inside the camp but the authorities dismantled it now many children roam around without anything to do officials want south sudanese refugees to attend local schools even though they admit there's not enough space ruggieri there's a court today the school is close