well malcolm webb reports from kenya about what that free trade agreement could be for farmers there. what betty tibet grows here on her farming kenya ends up in more than a dozen african countries beings from these soya plants will make cooking oil our some also be added we. know or more they so we we decided to call soya because there is the. draft and then it is the main class crop for us. the oil from bessie's beans is bottled at this food factory in the town of seeka as well as using locally produced oil its owners sometimes import oil from neighboring countries as well but that's subject to trade tariffs so it costs more the products made in this factory were also subject to trade tariffs in some of the african countries that they're exporting to the proponents of a new christian continental free trade agreement say that would soon change. nearly all of the member states of the african union have signed the agreement is due to take effect next year and progressively phase out 97 percent of tar it. at the factory the director told us it'll create jobs and reduce costs if it's imp

webb reports. both current again has been in armed groups since 1998 when he was 17 years old. prosecutors the international criminal court accused him of committing atrocities during conflict in the democratic republic of congo in 20022003 he's been found guilty of all 18 counts who was crimes and crimes against humanity with which he was charged escorts and scum. guilty of murder a scrying against humanity as. to guilty of murder as a war crime and finally as consonance count 18 killed the or destroying the. as a war crime is that a gun you may sit down the charges included murder rape conscripting child soldiers and sexual in slave and during conflict in congo's it turi province judges detail the massacre of at least 49 people in a banana field behind a village and the children who had been this in belled all had their heads crushed on to ganders orders. thousands of civilians were killed by militia connected to the hammer and lendu ethnic groups but the armed groups are widely seen to be partne

webb reports. moscow into gander has been in armed groups since 1998 when he was 17 years old. prosecutors the international criminal court accused him of committing atrocities during conflict in the democratic republic of congo in 20022003 he's been found guilty of all 18 counts who was crimes and crimes against humanity with which he was charged. counts and. guilty of sexual slavery as a war crime and finally as concert. the field of destroying the adverse solace for the as a worker is that a gun and we sit down the charges included murder rape conscripting child soldiers and sexual enslavement during conflict in congo's it turi province judges detail the massacre of at least 49 people in a banana field behind a village and of children who had been december or had their heads crushed on to ganders orders. thousands of civilians were killed by militia connected to the hammer and lendu ethnic groups but the armed groups are widely seen to be partners or proxies of the government of congo uganda and

webb al-jazeera kenya ok joining us now you just saw him in that report there from malcolm weber's the economist and emerging market specialist such how do they make this work across such a massively diverse economically fluid continent. that's exactly the question i think you know i don't macro level this is the so-called the will it will have we scenario if we convene the challenge it generally is in the detail of the execution we're talking about i'm sure market of $1500000000.00 people 2 and a half trillion dollar economy and i think it's not just the big corporates about big manufacturing businesses it's about under leashing our people and it's allowing our people to be on but now it's a problem all at less than full and that's what's really getting me excited but as you say meet and as your as your report it's in your words and moments on the continent black well even modems if you look at libya since we've done this and stabilize sudan we've had at least the new future with the months you know our wives or our children but then we're. zimbabwe from the sense it's nations so you'

webb al-jazeera the kenya. johnson is publisher of africa briefing magazine i'm pleased to say so with me in the studio now. this deal holds great holds a lot of potential doesn't it you're talking about $1300000000.00 leave you alone and in a trading area where $3.00 trillion dollars is not only that the figures are impressive what are your hopes for this for this agreement well i don't very hopeful know who will cook yet it will be of course political good as sheep who will have to. someone that will that they had the 1st place to set up this trip body and implemented just over one and about 2 days to try and eradicate those pretty suspicions amount of cells because no one country who'd be an ally that we need to treat together ok if say ghana is the biggest gun on equity were i the biggest produces. globally right so you you you leverage your comparative advantage in the production of a certain good rate and then the other party too will do to save so it to be like you know a nation's hutaree free exchange h

webb al-jazeera the kenya. a break on the news hour when we come back politicians and taliban representatives sit down for historic talks here in doha while on the ground the violence continues. up until a few years ago the streets for a constant source of water now it's just a trickle a report from the polish farmers adapt to the perils of climate change each and in sport the defending moto g.p. world championships double figures in germany and he will have that on the rest of the sport a little later. hello again welcome back we're here cross united states we are seeing a lot of scattered showers across much of the central and eastern seaboard now it's going to happen over the next few days is still the heat is going to be on across much of the area and with that the afternoon the thunderstorms are really going to be popping up across much of washington down towards atlanta as well and here across the central plains of adela's we could be seeing the showers and the temperature there $35.00 degrees here on mon

webb joins us live from nairobi welcome what's your reading of the verdict. the international criminal court of its reporters will consider this. a relative success they say given the court had several challenges in recent years. suspects being acquitted convictions being overturned or cases falling apart here in kenya when the vice president current president and vice president were indicted those cases eventually fell apart following allegations that many witnesses had disappeared or been silenced so now finally the i.c.c. once again manages to successfully convict someone for there you see this is. what's going to go on that does still have some supporters in the east of the democratic republic of congo and members of the u.p.c. party b. commanded the militia that was untouched for that political party members of that party said it's all fabricated it's all made up and they have blamed the wrong person but many more people in eastern congo have been victims of the several different atrocities committed by the several different armed groups that was going t

webb he joins us now live from nairobi malcolm can you just give us there tell us more about what he's being accused of. all those counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity include rape conscripting child soldiers sexual in slave meant forcing populations from their homes and these relate specifically to atrocities that were allegedly committed in 20022003 where they're going to go on his involvement with armed groups actually began when he was about 17 years old so a child soldier according to the u.n. standards when he fought with the rwandan patriotic front which later brought one the regime to power in 1940 subsequently fought with a number of different armed groups in eastern congo several of which have been backed by by rwanda but the jurisdiction of the international criminal court only began in 2001 and specifically these crimes in 20022003 that he's been accused of by prosecutors. and now come up to people think about this trial over in the d.r. see. it really depends who you ask that conflict in the early 2000 led to very brutal interethnic violence between militias co

webb reports. into ganders been in armed groups since 998 when he was 17 years old. prosecutors the international criminal court accused him of committing atrocities during conflict in the democratic republic of congo in 20022003 he's been found guilty of all 18 counts who was crimes and crimes against humanity with which he was charged escorts and scum. guilty of murder a scrying against humanity as. to guilty of murder as a war crime and finally as consonance count 18 guilty of destroying the. as a war crime is that a gun you may sit down the charges included murder rape conscripting child soldiers and sexual in slave and during conflict in congo's it turi province judges detail the massacre of at least 49 people in a banana field behind a village and the children who had been this him belled all had their heads crushed on to ganders orders. thousands of civilians were killed by militia connected to the hammer and lendu ethnic groups but the armed groups are widely seen to be partners or proxies

webb for now i thank you very much indeed. the prime minister of greece is due to be sworn in in the next few hours mr tackett says following abides by his campaign pledges to cut taxes attract investments and create jobs for the leader of the conservative new democracy party comfortably one sunday snap election victory ends a 4 and a half years in power for alexis tsipras. and his series a coalition of the bride to call left a far right call don't party was also knocked out it's all for parliament spelled john psaropoulos joins us now live from the greek capital athens so john what are we expecting to see today and in the days to come. well about an hour from now we should be seeing the prime minister elect a new democracy leader could have caused me to just walk down this street behind me and into the presidential office directly behind me here he will be sworn in by the president of the republic and afterwards will emerge and make a brief statement before going into the prime minister's office directly next door . the prime

webb has more. there's 18 charges 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity pleaded rape conscripting child soldiers murder attempted murder forcibly displacing civilian populations among others and the judge read out these charges one by one many of them quite detailed cases of a specific murder with specific village that had the prosecutors had said and to go in there and attack the order of these soldiers to attack on certain dates in 20022003 that's when there was a conflict going on in congo is it turi province to become a very brutal conflict between militia connected to 2 ethnic groups have that is also quite widely seen as essentially a proxy war ever tween the governments of congo rwanda and uganda there are still some people who support to gander their political party that his militia was connected to the p.c. some of their members told us that they believe that these charges the evidence rather was fabricated in there that the i.c.c. quite simply have the wrong people but many o

webb has more rights groups and activists if there is a. guilty verdict will certainly be praising the fact that there's been some justice in an area where actually that's kind of a rarity where often people aren't held to account in the eastern congo as many conflicts but another thing that critics will be pointing to is that all of these groups most of them operating in eastern congo do have connections to powerful people politicians in kinshasa or in neighboring uganda or in rwanda the new prime minister of greece is to be sworn in shortly korea. is vowing to abide by his campaign pledges to cut taxes attract investment and create jobs the leader of the new concert effective new democracy party comfortably on sunday snap election victory and 4 and a half years in paris for alexis tsipras anticipates a coalition of the radical left. amnesty international is urging the u.n. to investigate the so-called war on drugs in the philippines describing it as murderous rights group says extrajudicial killings are still going on the only functioning

webb reports from mali's region i 1st called malaria then became constipated her mother mariam says they only have rice left to eat in their village and so our eyes wait plummeted. i wonder how we all mean i went to a pharmacy that the medicine didn't work so i try traditional medicine but we still thin so i came to the hospital and risto here there are always some severely malnourished children in hospital wards like this one in central mali worsening drought and extreme poverty play their part to the un says escalating violence in the region has made it worse nearly 50000 people have fled their villages after a series of attacks by militia connected to the don't go on and few lonny ethnic groups. landscapes dry at the best of times now many gone they were mostly farmers far from their crops and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river. played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these boats bring produce from farming areas and it's traded here at the port in th

britain and canada malcolm webb joins us now from nairobi on the latest. al-shabaab have claimed responsibility at the time of the attack there was a political gathering taking place at the hotel there were legislators and elders who were planning for upcoming local elections so it seems clear that this event was the target of the attack not entirely clear if the attack was intended to disrupt this democratic process or if it was to target certain candidates or individuals who were in there that we don't know but al shabaab did claim responsibility and specifically said that the car bomb and the attackers who came in on foot were there turkey has accepted the 2nd shipment of a russian missile defense system the 1st arrived at a military base in the capital ankara on friday more components of the s. $400.00 system are expected over the next few days in defiance of a warning from the united states and in the us tropical storm barry is bearing down on the state of louisiana tornado warnings have been issued in terms of thousands of homes are without power and

webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. our simian say they are being imprisoned in their own neighborhoods by the expanding separation wall built by israel the international court of justice ruled the wall illegal 15 years ago construction began in 2002 israel said it was to provide better security the wall now stretches more than 700 kilometers in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of palestinians rights groups say it's allowed israelis to confiscate palestinian land to build more illegal settlements palestinians say the wall is a symbol of the israeli occupation and they're demanding freedom of movement or the israeli wall divides many communities including the palestinian town of beer in the occupied west bank brahim has been seeing how the town of being a bell and who is east of jerusalem has been living in the shadow for 15 years. its economy was booming in the 1990 s. when the town doing jerusalem to many cities in the occupied west bank. it looks more like a ghost

webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. the rebels say they've launched more drone attacks in saudi arabia. airport in the r.c. region was the target which is not far from the border with yemen the coalition confirmed that it had intercepted drone attacks targeting civilian areas in the kingdom yemen. repeated airstrikes on saudi which is led a coalition against the group for almost 4 years ukraine's president. has called for talks with russian leader vladimir putin and european union leaders supplies more aid for war torn eastern ukraine they were in the capital here for a summit on monday donald tusk. also urge russia to do more to bring peace to the region where pro last go separatist and ukraine's military have been fighting since 2014. well radical groups in georgia have tried to put a stop to a rally calling on the country's interior minister to resign large crowds occupied an area in front of georgia's parliament which has been a focus of mass protests for the last 19 days riot police station themselves between the o

webb has more there is still some people who support to gun their political party to his militia was connected to the p.c. some of their. members told us that they believe that these are the evidence rather was fabricated and that the i.c.c. quite simply have the wrong people but many others have been affected by the cross the t.'s of connected to the rebel groups that need to go on there was a commander in which isn't only there the u.p.c. but also later the c.n.d. piero on the back rebel group b m 23 will say backed by a wonder in subsequent conflict cases new prime minister korea. has been sworn in its new democracy party won an outright majority in the snap election on sunday defeating the left wing syriza party the far right golden dawn was knocked out of parliament. the parents of an ethiopian israeli teenagers shot and killed by an off duty policeman are calling for widespread police reforms so on and seekers death in haifa last sunday has led to protests in several israeli cities. amnesty international is urging the u.n. to investigate the so-called war on drugs in the philip

webb al-jazeera kenya former u.s. vice president joe biden has a poll gys for his remarks about working with segregationists during his time in the senate during last month's democratic primary debates rival presidential hopefuls criticized by his past involvement with sector geisha n'est senators folks now was i wrong a few weeks ago. to somehow give the impression to people that i was praising those men who are successfully opposed time and again yes i was i regret it and i'm sorry for any of the pain or misconception i may have caused anybody but. that misstep to find 50 years of my record for fighting for civil rights racial justice in this country i hope not i don't think so. that just isn't an honest assessment of my record i'm going to let my record of my character stand for self and not be distorted or smeared. still to come on al-jazeera why more and more women are joining the workforce in carson. california is brace for aftershocks as a massive earthquake rocks the southern part of the saints. and in sports

webb al-jazeera kenya. time to weather forecast his efforts and we're talking china we are talking china yeah you recall last week we were talking about the flooding in japan well that same where we are clouds and rain that stretching is way down across china so the satellite picture and you can see how it does come out of the east china sea as it runs down across the eastern side of china right down towards the southwest and this is the my you buy front this is same front as the plum rains is the seasonal rains and boy has it been raining we've seen huge amounts of downpours over the past few days some areas saying excessive wealth daily totals 100 millimeters 200 millimeters of rain coming down in just a day and this is the net result of that we do have widespread flooding across parts of eastern and southern china and it will take quite some time for this to recover as you can see major damage taken place here thousands of people have been rescued from their homes more rain to come as we go on through th

webb has more there is still some people who support to gander their political party to his militia was connected to the p.c. some of their members told us that they believe that these charges are the evidence rather was fabricated and that the i.c.c. quite simply have the wrong people but many others who've been affected by the prophecies of connected to the rebel groups that need to go and there was a commander in which isn't only there the u.p.c. but also later the c.n.d. piero on the back rebel group of the m 23 will say backed by one there in subsequent conflict living in a warlord cliff a half star is preparing a 2nd offensive to seize the capital tripoli is commanders say as many as 20000 fighters have been sent to strengthen forces in western libya after launched his 1st campaign to seize the capital in april. greece has a new prime minister. says been sworn in the capital athens is promising to cut taxes attract investment and create jobs after his new democracy party won a clear majority in sunday's election victory ends 4 and a half years in power for alexis tsipras and h

webb reports from mali's mufti region. i 1st called malaria then became constipated her mother marry him says they only have rice left to eat in their village and so eyes weight plummeted i was. all mean i went to a pharmacy that the medicine didn't work so i try traditional medicine but we still think so i came to the hospital and we're still here there are always some severely malnourished children in hospital wards like this one in central mali worsening drought and extreme poverty play their part. but the un says escalating violence in the region has made it worse. nearly 50000 people have fled their villages after a series of attacks by militia connected to the don't go on and fulani ethnic groups the landscapes dry at the best of times now many go on who are mostly farmers far from their crops and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river in asia played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these bo

webb has the latest from the kenyan capital. the president of kenya who kenyatta and the secretary general of the united nations and tainio guitar is meeting here in nairobi with government and security officials from a number of african countries as well as from the african union european union and the united nations talks about countering terror and preventing violence extremism in africa significance in kenya in this discussion its role in the conflict with al shabaab the somali arms group kenya's military entered somalia in 2011 along with militaries from other african union member states along with the us in fighting al shabaab an image on al-shabaab carried out a number of bloody attacks against civilian targets here in kenya many kenyans civilians have been killed the conference is a follow up to what was just over a year ago the un's high level conference on countering terrorism that took place in new york with the heads of counter terror agencies from un member states. followed by a series of regional conferences this i

webb al-jazeera the kenya former u.s. vice president joe biden has apologized for his remarks about working with segregationist senators during his early days in congress rival democratic party white house hopefuls have highlighted his opposition to a federal policy in the 1970 s. to integrate black students into public schools folks now was i wrong a few weeks ago. to somehow give the impression to people that i was praising those men who i successfully opposed time and again yes i was i regret it i'm sorry for any of the pain or misconception i may have caused anybody brought. food that misstep to find 50 years of my record for fighting for civil rights racial justice in this country i hope not i don't think so. that just isn't an honest assessment of my record and i'm going to let my record of my character stand for self and not be distorted or smeared and meanwhile thousands of protesters are calling for justice for a 2 year old girl who was raped 2 months ago they marched off to the girl's father expressed his doubts

webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya the other headlines from sending its top diplomatic advisor to iran on tuesday to try to deescalate the tension between tehran and washington that comes after iran announced it has breached the limit on your rainy and richmond that was set out on the 2015 nuclear deal talks between the taliban and afghan leaders have ended here in doha with a promise to reduce civilian casualties in afghanistan to 0 a 2 day event is expected to lead to more formal binding discussions between the sides. libyan war khalifa haftar is preparing a 2nd offensive to seize the capital tripoli his commanders say as many as 20000 fighters have been sent to strengthen forces in western libya after launched his initial campaign in april trying to seize tripoli from the un recognized government the un human rights chief says she is appalled by the conditions migrants and refugees are facing in u.s. detention facilities near the southern border michelle bachelet says children stopped by border agents should never be held in detention facilities nor separated from their families. the u

webb reports from mali's mufti region i put a 1st call malaria then became constipated. her mother mary says they only have rice left to eat in their village and so eyes wait plummeted i wonder how do you mean i went to a pharmacy that the medicine didn't work so i try traditional medicine but we still thin so i came to the hospital and we're still here there are always some severely malnourished children in hospital wards like this one in central mali worsening drought and extreme poverty play their part but the un says escalating violence in the region has made it worse. nearly 50000 people have fled their villages after a series of attacks by militia connected to the don't go on and fulani ethnic groups the landscapes dry at the best of times now many go on who are mostly farmers far from their crops and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river in asia played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these boats bring produce from farming areas and it's

webb has the latest from that conference in nairobi. to the secretary general of the united nations antonio get areas of speaking one of the opening sessions and he urged the international community to join forces and participate together to prevent violence extremism and we'll fill you heard from the president of kenya who kenya after he said that it's a pan african problem that needs a pan-african solution he said terrorism is a threat to the nation the state he talked about terror groups that run sophisticated public relations operations or provide services in areas where there's a void of governance he said that keeping hold and control of territory is crucial in in the fight against these armed groups both dignitaries unveiled actually mention this victory general of the united nations among the factors that drive people towards violent extremism in not only poverty but all 50 states violence and of course it's either violence from the state or the lack of protection provided by the state that in many cases do drive people to take

webb reports from mali's mufti region. who they 1st called malaria then became constipated. her mother mary says they only have rice left to eat in their village and so eyes wait plummeted i wonder how we all mean i went to a pharmacy that the medicine didn't work so i try traditional medicine but we still thin so i came to the hospital and we're still here there are always some severely malnourished children in hospital wards like this one in central mali worsening drought and extreme poverty play their part but the un says escalating violence in the region has made it worse. nearly 50000 people have fled their villages after a series of attacks by militia connected to the don't go on and fulani ethnic groups the landscapes dry at the best of times now many go on who are mostly farmers far from their crops and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river. played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these b

webb al-jazeera kenya. thousands of buddhist monks are gathering in sri lanka for their 1st major conference since the easter sunday bombings the meeting in candy was called by the influential group they discussed proposals including strengthening the security services and ballingall of just based political parties. more from candy. the conference bringing together thousands of buddhist called by the board. the general secretary to get out there now and solder to row recently released from prison on the presidential pardon very much the kind of driving personality behind this conference he has said that a number of issues that need to be taken up and indeed here at this conference we've seen a $37.00 point set of proposals being tabled which cover a wide range of issues it talks about the need to strengthen national security by strengthening the intelligence services it talks about everyone in this country coming under one common set of laws it talks about the need to basically ban political and religious p

webb al-jazeera kenya funerals have been held for the 14 russian navy officers killed in a fire on monday the officers died in the barents sea on board a nuclear powered sub russia is keeping their identities and full details of the accident a secret. brazilian musician and bossa nova pioneer gilberto has died at his home in rio de janeiro at the age of 88. on their map. his version of the girl from an email released in 1964 was a global hit it was part of a grammy winning album that sold millions of copies and helped popularize the bossa nova sound a fusion of somber and jazz artists say he's left a huge legacy behind for brazil and the world feel it's going to matter says host of national public radio is a l.t. latino show in the u.s. he says kill better was hugely influential in brazil and beyond. jobs robert was one of these kind of people you can put a marker down and talk about what the world was like before him and what the world was like after him because he had such a profound influence on music on the culture and society there in brazil and what he did was he didn't really creat

webb al-jazeera kenya the resilient musician known as the father the bossa nova has died at his home in rio de janeiro jale who berto was. like a muslim in the name that was a global hit in 1964 and was a track from his multi-million selling grammy winning album popularized the fusion of samba and jazz which became known as the bossa nova sound a little artist say he's left a huge musical legacy that his country as host latino show on national public radio in the u.s. was hugely influential in brazil and beyond. giles over to is one of these kind of people that you can put a marker down and talk about what the world was like before him and what the world was like after him because he had such a profound influence on music on the culture and society there in brazil and what he did was he didn't really create he sort of created something new but more more he transformed it transformed the some of that you mentioned before he transformed it into something sort of stripped it down to his ass it's down to the pulse really and just with his guitar technique and his voice that you hear on t

webb has more from nairobi in neighboring kenya. officials who survived the attack say it began with a suicide bomber in a car there was a bomb in the vehicle and the vehicle was rammed into the hotel causing a large explosion gunmen then followed on foot attacking the premises and a gun battle ensued between them and the security forces who were posted at the hotel the gun battle went on for hours but eventually those security forces were able to take the situation on the control of this kind of violence is common in some parts of somalia but in recent years it's been rare in the town of kids mio but it's widely believed to be connected to an upcoming election which is meant to take place there in august the time of the attack there was a political gathering going on inside the hotel elders plan representatives and legislators were meeting in preparation for that election and the armed group al shabaab have taken responsibility for the attack what's not clear is if it was an attempt to disrupt the electoral process generally or spe

webb al-jazeera kenya farming in the shadow of the world's highest mountains has never been easy and climate change is making it even more difficult sabina stressed now reports from the power villages are having to come up with innovative ways to grow their crops because of a lack of water. there is a drought here and governor district but culture basi doesn't seem to be suffering this canopy of green has been made possible because people here have changed the way they've harmed. the village tap runs only for a few hours a day at the mills in a says the farmers don't waste any water every drop is trained to do this pool for their crops. as the temperatures have risen so to have the number of pests i mean. earlier we want over there and we would literally spray the village with chemicals these are much better. she is referring to the eco friendly compas she uses now gone are the chemicals that once made her body ache and gave her headaches i wanted a few years ago these streams were a constant source of water now it's just a trickle the springs that feed into these streams have all bu

webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. the u.k. is adamant the seizure of a new rainy and all tanker in gibraltar was not a specific action against iran the foreign office says it's being held because it was carrying oil believed to be destined for syria in breach of sanctions in place since 2013 iran denies it was bound for syria iranian foreign minister divides that it is demanding the tank is immediate release calling the seizure piracy that sets a dangerous precedent lawrence brennan is in a jungle for a fessor of lore at fordham university joins us now from new york good to have you with us so is this the u.k. trying to deescalate the situation i trust all sides will try to deescalate it it's a dangerous confluence of a series of events and this is one and the most recent but there's been 6 or 8 weeks of growing hostility dealing with freedom of navigation aviation rights on high seas international waters and straits. this is not going to get resolved immediately the sense of urgency may be unilateral if at all the co

webb al-jazeera kenya on my column our is a visiting fellow at the london school of economics for us large the center for africa joins us now from london good to have you with us so where are we understand they're on the verge of launching this free trade agreement is this a turning point for the continent. oh yes this is a definite turning point for the continent in many ways it's a surely it's a free trade agreement but this is how it impacts on politics and economics our social lives and this seems to be the clear way forward for progress on the continent at the moment is going to impact on every country that participates all it means for economic growth participating countries. well it is a surely it means that african countries can now of trade freely with with each other and in previous the you only had 16 percent. with african countries but that's as it happens this is going to actually boost in traffic control by 60 percent even just by 2020 in 3 years time that goes to show how might a for the economy boost this is actually supposed to be in care on the continent and you als

webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya elise keppler joining us now associate director of the international justice program it's human rights watch nice to see you at least the way this can turn very slowly i mean this is 17 years ago but i guess the good news for all the people in d c now is that it does actually amount to something eventually today is bird it isn't in court in the moment for the victims and. the region who suffered and. it brings a measure of justice and. there were perpetrators rat we need to find. that and is it good also for the international criminal court i was speaking to a guest earlier who actually used to work at the court and i pointed out that they've been 34 indictments over the years and up until now only 2 actual convictions. the international criminal court has faced stiff challenge is one issue of course is that it doesn't have its own police force we saw that. loud near us once near the court he eventually ended up where the international criminal court we've also seen that and he says that the i.c.c. must be there being then ultimately found to determine to be a

webb al-jazeera kenya. at least one person has been shot and several others injured in haiti in violence between police and protesters during the funeral of a murdered journalist. was shot dead by gunmen imported prince last month we've been investigating corruption allegations in president jobs in our money says governance. a recent photo of a drowned father and his daughter brought the world's attention to the migration crisis on america's southern border and as the u.s. comes down on undocumented migrants at the mexico border many other desperate families are attempting a perilous swim across the rio grande a river. reports. on the banks of the rio grande the mexican 1st responders are searching for a missing person it's a joint operation between mexican authorities and u.s. customs and border patrol they're looking for a little girl about 3 years old the daughter of haitian migrants who crossed the river into the united states a few nights ago and. this one i mean in this case unfortunately we are looki

webb has more now from nairobi. kenya the curate the official representative from several african governments the african union european union and the united nations have met here at the un's office in nairobi to talk about preventing violent think stream ism and countering terrorism the un secretary general antonio good terry said the threat of terrorism is spreading in africa in the opening session and the author said the whole region the being the stabilized the people of africa on the front line of efforts. and the spread of violent extremism i deeply believe that since forcing and counter-terrorism operations must have strong and clear mandate spread un security council backed by sufficient but addicted will and sustainable financial support namely to assess contribution kenya's president kenyatta spoke are most important and immediate goal is to ensure that. sort of gets do not hold any. holding. is this single source of finance. group meant training. and also claims the legitimacy kenya the host country is si

webb reports from mali's region i 1st called malaria then became constipated her mother mariam says they only have rice left to eat in their village and so eyes wait plummeted i wonder how we all mean i went to a pharmacy that the medicine didn't work so i try traditional medicine but we still think so i came to the hospital and we're still here there are always some severely malnourished children in hospital wards like this one in central mali worsening drought and extreme poverty play their part to the un says escalating violence in the region has made it worse. nearly 50000 people have fled their villages after a series of attacks by militia connected to the don't go on and 3 lani ethnic groups. landscapes dry at the best of times now many gone who are mostly farmers far from their crops and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river. played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these boats bring produce from farming areas and it's traded here at the port in the

webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. well more people are actually killed at the hands of other people than they are by on the conflict that's according to a new study by the united nations nearly half a 1000000 people died from whole sidle violence in 2017 that's more than 5 times the number killed in conflict over the same period the most dangerous region in the world is the americans with the highest killing rates in honduras el salvador and venezuela europe and asia with the safest areas with china japan and germany topping the list of all the homo side rate has increased over the past 25 years the actual global rate has the climbed when measured against population growth but reynolds has more now from the united nations there are an estimated 465000 homicides worldwide in 2017 according to a un report that was released on monday the region with the highest rate of homicides was the americas with 173000 killings or $17.00 per 100000 people and the individual countries within that region that were worst off include ho

who is joining us for more on this from nairobi in neighboring kenya what more are you hearing malcolm about the attack and those who died who officials who survived the attack of said it began with the suicide bomber in a car the car was bombed and it was rammed into the median a hotel causing a large explosion and then gunmen on foot followed up attacking the premises and they fought for hours with security forces who eventually managed to take control of the premises now the president of drivel and said the 26 people have been killed among them kenyans terms in americans and a briton the somali journalist syndicate said there were 2 journalists in there who have been killed one of them hold on the lie of prominent broadcaster and journalist of canadian somali origin she was among those 2 journalists killed so we're politicians but it's only now that we're starting to get this information the things becoming clear exactly what happened who many how many people died and who are they and malcolm do we know why this hotel why in kiss my oh we have a claim for sponsibility so no doubt au