joining me now from zimbabwe is our correspondent was shot near to. welcome to the show so you're a journalist in zimbabwe how is it like for you working in your country. it is a difficult situation in zimbabwe those things have kind of changed i think the saying that we have propagated now is the more things change the more they remain the same there's been promises in terms of changing laws in zimbabwe from a personal point of view i see they use are we but these no commitment if you look at the environment that we work we in. the difficult part is that accessing information is a very difficult situation specially in terms of government institution because of the existing laws personally i have gone through difficult times we have. had some times where you are asked or even beaten up by the police just put doing your way so it remains a very difficult situation to work in zimbabwe but we hope for the better what does the brought up to see about africa's performance in the. index rankings what do you see generally. yeah i think freedom of the press y

it is a difficult situation in zimbabwe those things have kind of changed i think the saying that we have propagated now is the more things change the more they remain the same there's been probably sees in terms of changing laws in zimbabwe from a personal point of view i see. but these no commitment if you look at the environment that we work we in. the difficult part is that accessing information it's a very difficult situation specially in terms of government institution because of the existing laws personally i have gone through difficult times we have. had some times where you are asked or even beaten up by the police just doing your way so it remains a very difficult situation to work in zimbabwe but we hope for the better what does the brought up to see about africa's performance and the need to. index rankings what do you see generally. yeah i think freedom of the press you know africa remains a very contentious issue if you look at their latest report by reporters without borders there are very few countries safe for your book you know fossil garner. and. the city's victory

reporting from zimbabwe thank you. mozambique is struggling to deal with the aftermath of cycling kenneth the storm hit a week ago destroying homes on routes many people c.v.i. yet to receive help and i increasingly frustrated about the government's lack of action our correspondent chris sent us this report from one of the worst affected areas. has felt somewhat traumatized ever since cycling and of rev against his will. i mean. when the storm came everything was still ok. the blue my house was still standing. but then it rained for hours on end as you see in the that's when my house collapsed. like quickly packed a few things and floating by. many people in the village lost everything and in the time since the cyclon hit they've lost all power. luis takes us to see the only means of transportation that is left in his village. the rickety old boss only starts after a long time and when it finally gets going it only runs for ten minutes since cyclon can if the road and says here. and the next town is an hour away by foo

and if not joining me now from zimbabwe is our correspondent was shot near the privileged welcome to the show so you're journalism by the way how is that like for you working in your country. it is a difficult situation in zimbabwe i thought things have kind of changed i think the saying that we have propagated now is there more things change the more data mean the same there's been probably sees in terms of changing laws in zimbabwe from a personal point of view i see. but these no commitment if you look at the environment that we work we in. the difficult part is that accessing information is a very difficult situation specially in terms of government institution because of the existing laws personally i have gone through difficult times we have. had some times where you are asked or even beaten up by the police just doing your way so it remains a very difficult situation to work in zimbabwe but we hope for the better what does the brought up see about africa's performance and the need to. index rankings what do you see generally. yeah i think freedom of the press you know africa r

on the knee reporting from zimbabwe thank you. beat is struggling to deal with the aftermath of cycling kenneth a storm hits a week ago destroying homes on routes many people see if you are yet to receive help and i increasingly frustrated about the government's lack of action our correspondent chris sends us this report from one of the west affected areas. has felt somewhat traumatized ever since cycling ravaged. when the storm came everything was still ok. the bullet in my house was still standing. but then it rained for hours on end actually in the that's when my house collapsed. like quickly packed a few things and floating by. many people in the village lost everything and in the time since the cyclon hit they've lost all power. luis takes us to see the only means of transportation that is left in his village. the rickety old boss only starts after a long time and when it finally gets going it only runs for ten minutes since cyclon can if the road and says here. and the next town is an hour away by foot. we want our streets b

scene here in orange or very bad as seen in red today we take a closer look at two of these countries zimbabwe on nigeria in nigeria the constitution guarantees freedom of the press but especially in conflict ridden areas like the northeast. which is the stronghold of boko haram reporting its difficult my colleague funny for shock travelled to borno state where she met two dedicated journalist working under constraints. heavy military presence in many parts of my degree city the capital of borno state in nigeria often it's news about terror attacks that dominates people's daily lives today it's positive excitement. president bihari is about to arrive blessing to know we'll cover it she's a television correspondent here and her office is this car on a normal the kind of come in and begin to feel the military alone in a deal like this when you have the president and i mean you can get through with almost anything now she's rushing to school to hard wants to commission the president's convoy is passing by a billboard picturing malala yousafzai a symbol of education for girls exactly what islamist

this situation in zimbabwe keeps getting tough. for the ordinary person this is the bread of fuel increases that the hoppin lives you know sprays for months that report from zimbabwe away the economy is said to be in its most dire state since 2008 insolation told 2520 and has since. and one of africa's most influential office has died it was. mission to change the way the world perceives the continent we'll be talking about these. l g b t x has. been iran goes down so much more profound especially at this time because he has for the longest time been one of the greatest i can see as well as one of the booster visible i'll take you past and in the country. i'm christine wonderwall come to the news africa i'm glad you are today we begin in sudan where protest leaders have called for a general strike. talks with the military to install a civilian government in the transition period collapse protest. is where we get camped outside the ministry headquarters and 2 chanting revolutionary snow gets. the articles it was night is escalating

this situation in zimbabwe keeps getting. for the ordinary person this is a bag of fuel increases the hopkins twice praised for months back and forth from zimbabwe where the economy is said to be in its most dire state since 2008 inflation sold to 500 percent. and one of africa's most influential alton's has died it was. mission to change the way the world perceives the continent we'll be talking about these legacy and l g b t f. binyavanga is there so much more profound especially at this time because he has for the longest time been one of the greatest icons as well as one of the boats to visit bold l.g.b. take you past in the country. i'm christine wonderwall come to the news africa i'm glad you are too did we begin in sudan where protests have called for a general strike the. talks with the military to install a civilian government in the transition period collapse protesters were again camped outside the ministry headquarters of the 2 chanting revolutionary snow gets . i'm going to sleep on the side is escalating things

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the situation in zimbabwe keeps getting and for the ordinary person this is. fuel increases. twice sprays for months. to be in its most dire state since 2008 insolation sold to 500000000 percent. and one of africa's most influential. it was. mission to change the way the world perceives the continent well. he's. been ever goes so much more profound especially at this time because he has for the longest time been one of the greatest icons as well as one of the most visible take you past in the country. news africa i'm glad you're 2 did we begin ensued. we have protest leaders have called for a general strike the call comes as talks with the military to install a civilian government in the transition period collapsed protesters were again camped outside the ministry headquarters to chanting revolutionary snow gets. the articles it was not is escalating things step by step civil disobedience and strike action the moment of no you would seek out the sudanese people should go aren't as they did on april the 6 shots to put them all pressure on the military council to give us the fu

the situation in zimbabwe keeps getting tough. for the ordinary person this is a brand of fuel increases. like you know sprays for months that the fallout from some vile. states would be in its most dire state since 2008 inflation sold to 520 and percent. and one of africa's most influential office has died it was. mission to change the way the world perceives the continent will be talking about these pretty legacy and. binyavanga is so much more profound especially at this time because he knew house for the longest time being one of the greatest icons as well as one of the most visible take you present in the country. i'm christine window while comes the news africa i'm glad to did we begin in sudan where protests anita's have called for a general strike. talks with the military to install a civilian government in the. period collapse protesters were again camped outside the ministry headquarters of the 2 chanting revolutionary snow gets. the car the city side is escalating things step by step civil disobedience and strike action

there 5 activists facing charges of plotting suffrage petition the elected government of zimbabwe the allegations are that the 5. motives on the 13th of may and that tended and which will be weeks the sh-t. have been. being taught how to. put it out to see who will be the answer going to the government and also all they were trained in the use of small arms according to the state this is watching their fight being charged and you know what is that this. crime it's one of the serious crimes according to the zimbabwean law if. one be. found to be given a sentence of between 20 years or a life sentence ok talk to us about the timing of all of this it comes as there are heightened tensions in the country. a wrist coming at a time when yes they have tensions in the country because of their continued melting down of the economy people are going through. you know difficult challenges and difficult times in terms of economy. the cost of living keeps on going high particularly this week when government increased the price of fuel. this is the 2nd time after. the increase that happened in janua

there 5 activists facing charges of protein suffrage petition the elected government of zimbabwe the allegations are that there are 5 true motives on the 13th of may and that ended that which will for a few weeks the s.a.t. have been. being taught how to. put it back to see who will be going to the government and they were trained in the use of small arms according to the state this is watching their fight being charged and you just notice that this. crime it's one of the serious crimes according to this about when or if convicted while he's bound to be given a sentence of between 20 years all a life sentence ok talk to us about the timing of all of this it comes as there i had intentions in the country. is coming at a time when yes the attention's in the country because of their continued melting down of the economy our people are going through. you know difficult challenges and difficult times in terms of the economy. their cost of living keeps on going high particularly this week when government increased the price of fuel. this is the 2nd time after. the increase that happened in

there 5 activists facing charges of plotting suffrage petition the elected government of zimbabwe the allegations are that there are 5. motives on the 13th of may and that tended which will reach the s.a.t. have been. being taught how to. put it back to see who will be going to the government and all saw they were trained in the use of small arms according to the state charge sheet this is what they fight for the child and you notice that this. crime it's one of the serious crimes according to this about when or if to be. found to be given a sentence of between 20 is all a life sentence ok talk to us about the timing of all of this it comes as there are heightened tensions in the country. the wrist is coming at a time when yes they are tensions in the country because of their continued melting down of the of the economy people are going through. you know difficult challenges and difficult times in terms of the economy. the cost of living keeps on going high particularly this week when government increased the price of fuel. this is the 2nd time after. the increase that happened in jan

al-jazeera zimbabwe. a un maritime tribe you know has ruled that russia must release ukrainian sailors and ships its last year during a stand off in waters of the crimean peninsula the hamburg based tribe you know called on russia to facilitate their release immediately and urged both sides not aggravate the dispute but russia didn't attend the hearing as dominic now reports. several of her country's sailors and ships have been held by russia since last november so on saturday ukraine's deputy foreign minister led her delegation here at the international tribunals for the law of the sea in search of justice in contrast russia chose an empty chair strategy. seemingly unconcerned by the possibility of an adverse ruling. tribunal consider is it appropriate under the circumstances of the present case to prescribe provisional measures requiring the russian federation to release those 3 ukrainian naval vessels and 20 full detained ukrainian soldiers smith and to allow them to return to ukraine. one of the judge

zimbabwe faces its worst power cuts in 3 years and public anger is rising but the country is stuck in an economic crisis even former president mugabe is auctioning off some of his assets. also coming up counterfeit or poor quality drops off threatening hundreds of thousands of patients on the african continent we go live to nairobi to find out what's. done to fight taking drugs. and no end in sight with the u.s. china trade route as beijing an ounce retaliatory tariffs on u.s. goods in response to washington doubling its telling. come to do business africa monica jones and berlin good to have you with us and we are starting in same barber which has throttled its energy output in a bid to conserve a dwindling supply of electricity the state power utility has introduced rolling power cuts that will last up to 8 hours a day those outages are more than just inconvenient they could cripple key industries especially mining which accounts for more than 3 quarters of zimbabwe's export with a country already in a deep economic crisis public anger at the government is growing now that crisis ha

zimbabwe faces its worst power cuts in 3 years and public anger is rising with a country stuck in an economic crisis even former president mugabe is auctioning off some of his assets. also coming up counterfeit or poor quality drugs are threatening hundreds of thousands of patients on the african continent we go live to nairobi to find out what's being done to fight. taking drugs. and no end in side with the u.s. china trade route as facing an ounce retaliatory tariffs on u.s. goods in response to washington doubling its telecoms. business africa and berlin good to have you with us and we are starting in sim bob where which has throttled its energy output in a bid to conserve a dwindling supply of electricity the state power utility has introduced rolling power cuts that will last up to 8 hours a day those outages are more than just inconvenient they could cripple key industries especially mining which accounts for more than 3 quarters of zimbabwe's export with a country already in a deep economic crisis public anger at the government is growing now that crisis has seen shortages of

environmentalist but many of which one is in offense roam across borders into the libya zambia and zimbabwe all 4 countries have called for a global ban on elephant ivory trade to be rid. my 1st guest today has written on elephant poaching and the ivory trade in africa teeth some of all from the university of canton england joins me now welcome to the africa professor do you think his government has made the right call here i think it has for a number of reasons the 1st is that had he not decided to lift the ban on hunting i think he would have faced a really serious problem with the people who live in areas adjacent to large numbers of wildlife the tick the elephants but also lions hyenas well dogs and other predators because the problem the rose when the hunting ban was instituted was that local people lost a huge amount of income from selling hunting quotas to safari hunting companies this could be as much as $600000.00 for a small village and that would be directing money for health clinics schools water pumps and that sort of thing all right if you were very angry when they lost that o

a kenyan environmentalist but many of which one is innocence roam across borders into the movie and zimbabwe all 4 countries have called for a global ban on elephant ivory trade to be rich. my 1st guest today has written on elephant poaching and the ivory trade in africa teeth some of ill from the university of canton england joins me now welcome to the africa professor do you think his government has made the right call here i think it has for a number of reasons the 1st is that had he not decided to lift the ban on hunting i think it would have faced a really serious problem of the people who live in areas adjacent to large numbers of wildlife the ticky elephants but also lions hyenas wild dogs and other predators because the problem rose when the hunting ban was instituted was that local people lost a huge amount of being come from selling hunting quotas to safari hunting companies this could be as much as $600000.00 1st movie which and that would be directing money for health clinics goals water pumps and that sort of thing all right if you were very angry when they lost that ok so who a

to head on al jazeera find out what's at stake as zimbabwe's main opposition needs to choose its new leader busting off more time on trade will be live in japan. will be the latest from japan on the u.s. president's visit. he really has a very hard for some of us in japan recently but elsewhere we've got some clouds gathering so that's going to change things as we head through the next few days you see the cloud on the satellite picture from beijing northwards at the moment that still pulling itself together so by monday well it will be giving us some very heavy downpours some of us through the northeastern parts of china down through the korean peninsula and to shanghai we see some very heavy rain that could well cause a fair amount of disruption that system will then edge its way east was just working its way towards honshu there as we head through tuesday so it's tokyo still pretty hot for tuesday 290 took temperature but that will really ease off to that as the system sweeps its way across us as we had a bit further south has been incredibly wet for some of us in the southeastern

al-jazeera zimbabwe. sudan's military chief as a neighboring egypt on his 1st trip abroad since the army overthrew former president i'll bashir. held talks with the gyptian president arafat's l.c.c. the meeting has been closely watched by protest groups who reject any interference by egypt protest leaders in sudan have called for a general strike this week in a bid to force the military to hand over power to civilians. politicians from india's governing alliance led by the hindu nationalist b j p have reluctant to render modi as their leader and rubber stamps his 2nd 5 year term as prime minister after a landslide election victory he has promised to promote inclusion critics accused his party of divisive policies that put him juice 1st and indian opposition leader raul gandhi offered to resign as president of the congress party after it was transferred in a 2nd straight election but party officials say the gesture was rejected gandhi lost his seat and it was a pradesh which has been held by his family for

zimbabwe's main opposition party is due to officially name its next president soon nelson chamisa has been the interim leader of the movement for democratic change since last year it's the party's 1st congress since the death of its founder morgan last year the m.d.c. has since been plagued by infighting. to get his prime minister has quit after 7 years in the job peter o'neill's resignation follows weeks of high level defections from the ruling party those are the latest headlines right here on al-jazeera want to. coming up next stay with us. it's a scam that stocks in the philippines and stretches across the globe to. invest is a promise the opportunity of a lifetime they all ideas they get your uncle. but instead a lift with shattered dreams and by natural ruin. the white i've cried like. i'm sick and sawed. oh man i want to ace we reveal how open eyes crime is making millions in the philippines. it's the business hub of the philippines where multinational corporations to nova millions in annual profits but then the country district of manila has a dark underbelly place sun news an

as life becomes more of a struggle every day in zimbabwe human rights workers fear they will be more arrests as the government try to stop protests and says are being planned by opposition groups al-jazeera. a country that's home to nearly a 3rd of africa's elephants has decided to lift a ban on hunting for its one as government says they've increased the number in recent years to a point where they are threatening the livelihoods of small scale farmers conservationists estimate there are around $130000.00 elephants in the country the largest animal walking the earth is considered vulnerable with conservationists warning that poaching is pushing closer to extinction the world wildlife fund says . the elephant population has fallen from 10000000 at the beginning of the last century to just over 400000 today well but it's one of the population is growing those in east africa have been reduced to nearly half over the last decade by poaching. well it's an important story let's take it on we can speak to will travers who is the president of the born free foundation joins us by skype from

as life becomes more of a struggle every day in zimbabwe human rights workers fear there will be more arrests as the government try to stop protests and says are being planned by opposition groups al-jazeera. now a country that's home to nearly a 3rd of africa's elephants has decided to lift the ban on hunting botswana's government says they've increased in number in recent years to a point where they're threatening the livelihoods of small scale farmers conservations estimate there are around 130000 the offense in the country while the largest animal walking. the earth is considered vulnerable with conservationists warning that poaching is pushing it closer to extinction the world wildlife fund says the elephant population has fallen from 10000000 the beginning of the last century to just over 400000 today while botswana as population is growing those in east africa have been reduced to nearly half over the last decade by poaching travers is the president of the born free foundation he says he doesn't understand what botswana is trying to achieve by lifting the ban. the 1st thing is

where zimbabwe. peacekeeping has always been dangerous work men and women sent around the world trying to contain the worst conflicts now the un is finding itself short of cash and warns missions hanging in the balance is a diplomatic editor james pays. the u.n. is holding its annual events honoring the work of its peacekeepers around the world . being some of the most volatile places on earth last year 98 were killed while on g.t. increasingly they also operate in a very difficult financial environment funds a tight with some budgets being cut or peacekeepers need to better training and better equipment and their men to be realistic and adequately support these with both resources and political will for many years un peacekeeping has been based on a grand bargain western countries the e.u. and the u.s. providing specialized equipment and troops and the vast bulk of the money while most of the troops come from asia and africa. but the system is breaking down many countries but most notably the us are

the new need of zimbabwe's main opposition to unite the party before the next election. to whether sponsored by the time and always. we got plenty of storms rumbling away across central parts of europe at the moment big massive cloud around the matter around 8 only the balkans nestle nudging its way further north what's big area of low pressure associated with this and it will continue to just drift up little further north it's a nice with this because one through the next couple of days heaviest shower was full monday are going to be across a good part of italy southern parts of france and sell in germany even into southern parts of austria but certainly across a good part of the balkans and there will gradually just not its way further north what's nice was as we go on into cheesed a widespread shower as it really is a case of spring showers sunshine and showers across much of europe by this stage east of there is on the other hand will be largely dry and pretty warm 28 celsius in kiev a 29 there for book caressed the course of woman towards the west got a few showers

that speak to our more tussles live for us from where we're in central zimbabwe's saw the 1st n.b.c. congress since. what are we expecting our. world today is voting day and now when chinese. leader of the party in a few hours time you're going to give a speech and that's what people are waiting to hear they want to know what he plans to do about uniting the party but most importantly most of all being want to hear what he has to say about the economy in the part of economists of the in the east policy economic policies i mean some time to learn to go to the ruling party the party they want to know whether it's going to be more of the same or is planning to do things differently from the way morgan kind i did. and any more updates on the arrests of opposition activists this week how. well the government thinks that the opposition is planning what being called winter of discontent on monday people were arrested at the airport with a new people went to the mall to get training on how to organize protests and how to use more firearms the people denied the allegations dozens of these are

this situation in zimbabwe keeps getting tied up and tied up for the ordinary person this is a bag of fuel increases that have the hoppin lives you know sprays for months that report from zimbabwe away the economy is said to be in its most dire stay.

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across the continent in nigeria, kenya, zimbabwe, i work with talent asa kenya, zimbabwe, i work with talent as a publisher and general noisemaker and rally of things. —— rally of things and i seen a change. going for broke, but you must have known that it would cause a huge stir and it would cause to you personally a degree of trouble. not yet. there was going to be a storm. my gamble was that the younger generation of africans, the vast majority, in the digital generation, are different. i have lived and travelled around this continent for the last eight years and i know many of them pretty intimately. i was confident in an embrace of support and a lot of good, bracing conversations. did you feel different because of it? you are still the same person, you've just announced to the world what you are and what you have pretty much always been. do you feel different? i was struck by something you said a few weeks ago. "my whole queer life i have avoided the present tense", and now the implication is that you are living in the present in a way that you have never able to before. my d

the situation in zimbabwe keeps getting tough. for the ordinary person this is the bread fuel increases like a hot tin like you know sprays for months that report from zimbabwe away the economy is safe to be in its most dire stay.

very key that being that seeing a lot of communities in mozambique and i've also witnessed that in zimbabwe as well when i can only die. and one one of the towns was cut off concrete need for more than a week and you know people to get that and with the little that they had you would just try and make it through but in terms of recovery i think you know the communities will definitely have to concede the sense to that but they still need a lot of a lot of before talking about a lot of support eventually let me just go to the safe the children page where there is a slight close sunny hits just to show an update let me scroll down here you all skin for psalms what is the reality of even with the bad apple ration was tropical cycle the fruit once a people then goes back what next it's like. well as he has seen the stated goal and so close to the spirits of india past the first test of evacuating people and saving lives but it does for people who have to go back to their her broken homes and go to their shops and other businesses which are demolished or damaged and fishermen who may go back to

al-jazeera zimbabwe. sudan's military chief is in neighboring egypt on his 1st trip abroad since the army overthrew the former president omar al bashir. han held talks with the egyptian president abdul fattah el-sisi the meetings been closely watched by protest groups back home who reject any interference by outside players protest leaders in sudan have called for a general strike this week in a bid to force the military to hand over power to civilians in libya fighting has started again on the outskirts of tripoli between forces who are battling for control of the capital. fighters loyal to the u.n. recognize government say they have managed to push back against fighters who support the warlord holding for half their close to the old international airport more than 500 people have been killed since have to as forces began their advance towards tripoli in april that's not a new discovery since many andean communities have been growing it for generations but some are now talking of kenya hour as the next s

and how the new leader of zimbabwe's main opposition plans to unite the party for the next election. hello again welcome back we're here cross a run over the next few days we do expect to see off and on rain showers and also the temperature coming up particularly here towards the north so for tehran we do expect to see a high temperature there of about 33 degrees was in passing rain baghdad still very warm at 40 degrees there and then as we go towards monday and into tuesday you see the rain really hovering about the southern part of the caspian with plenty of clouds in tehran is going to come down a notch with the temps are there of about $31.00 degrees well here across the gulf we are looking at seasonal temperatures for us here in doha temperatures are going to have about 40 maybe a little bit warmer than average with some clouds pushing through there we did see some rain across the southern portions of saudi arabia now that cause of flash flooding not a lot left of that system and drying out for many locations so that is a good thing up towards riyadh though it is going to be a s

offive activists accuse plotting to overthrow zimbabwe's government have appeared in court. they were arrested on monday at the airport when they were coming back from a foreign trip. they say the activists traveled abroad to receive training on how to overthrow zimbabwe's government and taught how to use more firearms. -- theye been charged believe the allegations are at fault. >> you're not visiting the course. >> government officials say the opposition is planning what they call protests over the economy. restoreovernment is to it. -- four months later, prices have again increased. >> economists warned it could be further at risk. left -- hauns -- as >> rebels have lost a -- launched a counterattack in the northwest of the country. chemical weapons are now being used. northwards in syria, these rebels are dancing in the town and this operation is underway as government jets attack strongholds. group, it began last month. intensified,ce has so has the humanitarian crisis. that area is largely controlled and by an armed opposition group in syria. now, hundreds of thousands

al-jazeera zimbabwe. can has returned to indonesia's capital after protests over the presidential election results opposition candidate. has asked the constitutional court to review how votes were counted and people in jakarta counting the cost of the week's disruption andrew thomas has. people shuttling bundles of clothes from southeast asia's largest textile market about $30.00 a day so when violent street protests in jakarta manages to close the taliban markets janai idea dealers took a financial hit. here new growth last about on busy days i can make 40 or 50 dollars so missing 2 days means i've lost nearly 100 dollars i couldn't give anything to my wife there was nothing violent street protests in jakarta to stand wednesday night stopped much of the in the nation's capital protesters were angry that official election results showed a big victory for the incumbent president jocko widodo over his small religious opponents for most of the antelope supporters shared their opinions on how the voting was r

as life becomes more of a struggle every day in zimbabwe human rights workers fear there will be more arrests as the government try to stop protests that insists are being planned by opposition groups al-jazeera. in syria rebels have launched a counterattack against pro-government forces in the northwest of the country fighting has been intensifying in the region since last month from the u.s. says it's concerned chemical weapons have now been news. reports. in northwestern syria these rebels are advancing on pro-government positions in the town of covered. this operations under way as government jets attack opposition strong. according to the syrian observatory for human rights dozens of fighters have been killed on both sides this is part of an escalation in fighting since the russian backed syrian offensive it began last month. and as the violence has intensified so has the humanitarian crisis syrian forces seized control of cuffing a buddha in northern how my province in early may that area is largely controlled by a to have you to show an armed opposition group formerly affiliate

where zimbabwe. one of sudan's main opposition parties has rejected calls from other protest leaders to organize a general strike it's the latest sign of the versions between opposition groups which are trying to force the military to hand control of the country to civilians and one can has more from hard to. this isn't about the party would have been a very big deal before december however the political landscape in sudan has completely changed and it's the sudanese professionals association that are currently the leader of the political pack in the country they're the ones that called for the strike and it looks like the strike will be heeded by many sectors of civil society here in the country now the sudanese professionals association is very much a middle class movement very much based in khartoum and it can bring khartoum as part of the rest of the country to a standstill now the party said it's not the right time for this and they need to not hold a strike however although those schools may we

zimbabwe's main opposition has elected a new leader but will he be able to quell party infighting and challenge the government for power. and that is for 8 hours the details of what roger federer has returned to the clay of roland counts. and election is supposed to happen in algeria within weeks but nearly all the candidates who put themselves forward have been unable to register in time forces hope the presidential poll would help the country out of a crisis that forced a longtime leader abdel aziz beautifully to quit sarah reports. july the 4th is a proposed date of algeria's presidential election but it doesn't have any candidate so far the constitutional council has declared that almost all of the 77 candidates don't meet the legal requirements to take part candidates from the future front party a national republican party withdrew their applications calling for the election to be delayed and for the creation of an independent election monitoring body. the authority can form an independent entity like a national committee with branches nationwide so that we can have an election n

as life becomes more of a struggle every day in zimbabwe human rights workers fear there will be more arrests as the government try to stop protests that insists are being planned by opposition groups al-jazeera. japanese electronics maker panasonic says that has stopped some smartphone related business worthwhile way to comply with the u.s. restrictions earlier britain's vodafone announced their own measures to distance themselves from the chinese tech giant or u.k. chip designer arm says it will suspend all ties last week the u.s. blacklisted weiwei citing national security concerns family is a contributing writer with the technology publication wired it says weiwei has contingency plans for the short term they're getting out the u.s. blacklist could take some time. the company has been stockpiling ships for at least a year so just it is and to submission of something like this happening it can also develop a lot of its own suckers we're going to as an operating system is even developed so that 7 ships so it can definitely stave off disaster but not having any way to buy more ships

action before any other diplomacy could go forward pricing ahead on al-jazeera how the new leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party plans to united supporters before the next election that's why dealing with corruption scandals in argentina has not been plain sailing. we still got plenty of high temperatures across japan at the man with a heat wave still ongoing but what's a weather cloudy skies slightly cooler weather still too far away it's moving across the korean peninsula see some live down poles coming through here a key issue a little more cloud starting to push into japan and this we go on through choose day to see that wet weather will start to make some inroads across the western side of the country ahead of that still coming up to 29 in tokyo but there is that fresh weather just tucking in behind across the korean peninsula will make its way through for wednesday but skies return that heavy weight easing away from eastern. all of japan and you can follow that line of unsettled weather across the southern parts of china too it looks all the way down into the southeast and cold of th

government in zimbabwe but in terms of what people are experiencing we're seeing one traumatic picture of video something with no power but it's not as involved there. yes it is a situation that we're seeing across the country even in been central parts of the city you know you would find that there are blackouts even during the day you know for a couple of hours it affects the restaurants that have faith offices where people do work faith health centers as well you know i think the situation in the country is quite critical and you know the problem is that you know the government is trying to reform the economic situation it's something that people are asking a lot of questions about because they're not being the turnaround that they were promised when the country how the elections last year in july. so there is a sentiment here from prosper and twitter who says that the citizens are justified for their frustrations at this economic malaise but the government is also right in implementing economic policies with short term pain but long term gain what is right it's not always popular a

government in zimbabwe but in terms of what people are experiencing we're seeing one dramatic picture of video something with no power but it's not. yes it is a situation that we're seeing across the country even in been central parts of the city you know you would find that there are blackouts even during the day you know for a couple of hours it affects the restaurants that have faith offices where people do work also face health centers as well so you know i think the situation in the country is quite critical and you know the problem is that you know the government is trying to reform the economic situation it's something that people are asking a lot of questions about it because they're not being returned around that they were promised when the country how the elections last year in july. so there is a sentiment here from prosper and twitter who says that the citizens are justified for their frustrations at this economic malaise but the government is also right in implementing economic policies with short term pain but long term gain what is right it's not always popular and what

government in zimbabwe but in terms of what people are experiencing we're seeing one traumatic picture of video something with no power but it's not. yes it is a situation that we're seeing across the country even in been central parts of the city you know you would find that there are blackouts even during the day you know for a couple of hours it affects the restaurants that have faith offices where people do work also face health centers as well you know i think the situation in the country is quite critical and you know the problem is that you know the government is trying to reform the economic situation it's something that people are asking a lot of questions about because they're not being the turnaround that they were promised when the country how the elections last year in july. so there is a sentiment here from prosper and twitter who says that the citizens are justified for their frustrations at this economic malaise but the government is also right in implementing economic policies with short term pain but long term gain what is right it's not always popular and what is pop

he'll keys are becoming a permanent feature in zimbabwe like everything else here prices keep rising and people are becoming increasingly frustrated. and. full of. stars. some are asking politicians from all parties to put aside their differences and focus on fixing things this is the time to sure but you have little interest at heart forget the politics going because without we call it politics is useless. but zimbabwe is divided politically some people believe the main opposition leader nelson chamisa is the only one who can turn around the economy. m.d.c. party has a congress this weekend to officially elect him as leader his allies declared an interim leader after morgan tsvangirai died last year from cancer a decision that and get those who also want to the job the main opposition party is trying to reinvent. the party splits they have been in court challenges over property ownership and who has the rights to the party's name johnny scenary lost last year's presidential election to innocent but the results show the opposition has significant support many challenges await opposit

botswana, namibia, south africa and zimbabwe are asking the international regulating body to lift a ban, arguing the sale of ivory can generate a lot of money for conservation. botswa na's president presented furniture made from elephant feet to three african leaders. he said the issue of human—elephant conflict required action. ramzan karmali reports. elephants in botswana roaming freely. a high—level meeting of southern african leaders in the country has called for the ban on the sale of ivory to be lifted. botswana's president, mokgweetsi masisi, gave stools, made from elephant feet, to his counterparts from namibia, zambia and zimbabwe, to show his support for the trade. up to now, international campaigns to ban all ivory sales, as a way of preventing illegal poaching, have gained huge momentum. but there is disagreement over how to manage these large and often destructive animals who can encroach on farmland. it is difficult. we have already given up 40% of our land, and the land that we are supposed to be working, that is also now being invaded by wild life species and, um, pe

still ahead on al-jazeera zimbabwe's main opposition party is meeting to a new leader as the country struggles with an economy in crisis plus why vigilante groups in mexico are taking justice into their own hands. hello there we're seeing quite a few showers i've parts of southeast in asia at the moment the satellite picture is showing plenty of them over the philippines there and then stretching down through parts of borneo we're also seeing some heavy downpours in the southern parts of borneo that are trying to make their way towards java and we'll see that system still with us as we head through monday so still for the north coast of java they could be one or 2 live showers most of them though will be over the southern parts of borneo towards the west a whole rash of showers here for many of us so expect some sunshine at times but don't be surprised if you see the occasional downpour down towards australia where things have been pretty windy for some of us particularly here down towards the southeast the winds have been gusting nearly to 100 kilometers per hour from the system tha

. >> reporter: vusumuzi sibanda is an immigrant from neighboring zimbabwe, where a collapsing economy and political turmoil have driven manyo flee. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: sibanda is sug to get children among these pgrants, most of them undocumented, inlic schools. "it's their right," he insists, "and also it is in the host country's interest." >> we're actually creating a situation where these children e what,her going to becom criminals, social misfits because they have no education. what will they do without an educatn? >> reporter: why do they come? >> the migrants come to south africa for the same reasons that anyone moves, but there are clearly a significant number ofe peere who are looking for safety. >> reporter: professor loren landau says they are fleeing conflict in somalia, congo and elsewhere but others-- including many from south asia-- come toar businesses or ply their skills in the continent's largest economy. electricians, builders, others where they would have had these skills but we also see a lot of teachers, doctors, medical professionals wh

zimbabwe's opposition leader has promised to ramp up the pressure on the government to save the country's economy on sunday nelson chamisa was chosen to lead the movement for democratic change replacing its founder morgan chang guy who died last year i don't know tasa has more from where. after months of infighting over who is main opposition party nelson chamisa is the elected president of the movement for democratic change he ran unopposed after some who wanted the top job left the party or dropped out of the race and we have shown the way out we have shown zimbabwe with on africa that it is possible to be democratic it is possible to renew it is possible to have a nonviolent peaceful contest internally and that is what we have shown the world look at the number of people we have come all on their own accord. zimbabweans are watching him closely to see how he plans to put pressure on president innocent of a rising inflation and unemployment along with fuel and casualties nelson chamisa narry lost last year's presidential election to president amos and all around that with the results sh

states and transition agreements with a series of others including ivory coast gonna madagascar and zimbabwe but talks about further partnership agreements are proving tricky the e.u. could be in for a bumpy ride. as officials draw up new trade deals new opportunities are rising for businesses 1800 german s. amazing are already involved in africa. represents these small and medium sized enterprises and building ties with africa now most german companies you've told me are in south africa or northern africa what about everything in between yes it's a big question that's why it's very important to support these private investment so that this countries were not covered by german prizes are investing there that's why it's a very good idea from the german government to make this compact with africa this is. given from the german initiative in the g 20 and. it promotes investment private investment in countries which are not obviously favored countries are primarily countries where german enterprises make it business how do they take their picture how do you choose which african country to to win