documentaries al jazeera america presents only on al jazeera america ♪ voting begins in sudan and election expected to return the president bashir back to power. ♪ hello from al jazeera in doha and also on the program escaping the violence in yemen hundreds of refugees cross into saudi arabia. plus. >> anything is better than humor. >> reporter: tens of thousands take to the streets in brazil against president delma rousseff

and speif wins at augusta. ♪ polls opened in sudan for elections expected to return president bashir to power, voters arriving at polling stations 71-year-old has ruled the country more than two decades and faces no real competition, the mainstream opposition is boycotting the vote and we report from there. >> reporter: some of the young men lived as long as bashir the president and said in the past he would not seek reelection but now it's almost certain he will likely win this election. this is a 25-year-old university student from darfur and most family displaced by conflict there and blames the president

for failing to keep the peace. >> translator: he always makes promises and campaigns and after he wins he doesn't keep them and the government continues to kill people he is a liar. >> reporter: the president is indicted by the international criminal court forward crimes in darfur and under his watch rebels from blue nile and states in the mountains took up arms against the government and many people have been killed and millions displaced from those regions. sudan economy has suffered for years because of sanctions and into national isolation and one of the most corrupt countries in the world but ruling party officials say his achievements are many at the top of the list the creation of south sudan. >> i'm ready to challenge anyone to come and talk to me make a comparison of sudan and what

bashir did in education in health, in industry in social system. >> reporter: in his campaign the president has promised to deal with the security program in parts of the country where the national dialog. and process of rewriting the constitution. when you walk around most of the campaign posters you find are of bashir and the only one who is campaigning but opposition will tell you it's because of resources, state power and his government has silenced the voices with arbitrary arrests. but it doesn't matter who is at the top. her concern is how her life will improve. >> translator: no difference between the old and the new government. i just want my business to be good for my children and i. >> reporter: do you have a vote? >> no.

>> reporter: they tell me even if they were registered voters they would not vote. >> no. >> reporter: and say there is simply no one to vote for. catherine with al jazeera. we have a journalist and political commentator in cartoon and says there are a lot of problems with the votes. >> there is agreement maybe on opposition side there is no conducive agreement that could be suitable to a general election now and as they are saying there is a problem with political freedom, political movement freedom for political parties and also censorship and different type of aggression and media so media freedom and there is a war in parts of sudan and therefore in the sudan isle so

in the environment it's difficult to say this is a suitable time for a general election to be run and there are a lot of problems that supposed to be solved before we enter a general election to have an agreement on trying to end the war or at least have a ceasefire in these areas and also to have an agreement on some type of political reform that could suit everyone and at least convince everybody to be a part of the national dialog. there are some laws also with reform and without such agreement it's difficult as i said to have a conducive environment for a general election. >> reporter: to nigeria where election commission has declared the people's democratic party the winner of the rivers faith

governorship and goodluck jonathan who lost resent presidential election and we go to abuja and the vote was marred by violence and accusations of vote rigging by opposition so we have a party of the outgoing president there and what is the result and will the result be challenged by the abc? >> well like you said a lot of issues have been associated with the violence and vote rigging and even intimidation of election officials. well the pdp won in river state and it's significant because who gets the seat of governor of river state is sitting on top of monthly or an estimated millions of dollars every month as revenues to the state and also controls a lot of -- has a lot of influence over the particular state which is of course a very

very important battleground in political parts in nigeria along with legos and a few other places. basically the people's democratic party has put in all the efforts it wanted to put to ensure that rivers goes its way. if we remember river state has been in the force of pdp democracy in 1991 until the deflexion a few months ago, last year by incumbent governor and whose party from all indications looks to challenge the election results in river side because according to some officials in apd university it will take place there. >> the party of the president elect appears to be making gains across the rest of the country. tell us about the rest of those results. >> reporter: well it looks like a landslide for the

opposition current opposition apc in two month's time and we will call it the governing party. in the fall of northern nigeria pdp only perfected in a few states. apc swept all governor states declared by the commission in the northeast except of course in the northeast we have of course states like according to the results by pdp and there are also states that used to be in apc and others which use to be pdp taken over by ap state and one other state that is being contested for at the moment which result is expected any moment from now is also in the northeast where the pdp and apc are fighting neck and neck there. >> reporter: thank you very much indeed for that that is al

jazeera reporting live from abuja. in yemen tribal forces taken control of three military camps in the southeast of the country and belong to forces loyal to former president sali and saudi-led planes intensifying raids on houthi targets on the southern city of aiden and we report. >> reporter: families in the border city mourning the deaths of their loved ones. the body of one of three soldiers killed by houthi mortar shells on friday is about to be buried. the government is here to convey condolence. among the objectives of the saudi-led air strikes is to stop the conflict in yemen, spilling over in saudi arabia and there are fears they may be forced with a ground invasion. saudi arabia share a 1800 kilometer of water and it has never been easy hundreds of

refugees are heading off. the latest wave includes lots of people and here in the custody of the saudi border guards. they are not only running away from the conflict but also from worsening life conditions in yemen. most of them people arrived on foot as they crossed the border there was fresh fighting nearby and fighter jets flew in the opposite direction. >> translator: i'm from sada and i came here seeking a job but there are no jobs in yemen and the situation is miserable, only war and explosions. life there has become difficult. >> translator: we arrived yemen by sea then we took the road across until we entered saudi arabia. at first we were only 30 and another 20 joined us when we got captured the middleman escaped and paid him for his service.

>> reporter: three weeks since this began and no let up in the air campaign with daily efforts, the coalition says the strikes are breaking the houthis and slowly causing them to lose the fight. >> translator: we have targeted a number of caves, they have been converted into weapons and ammunition stores and also command centers, we destroyed them. >> reporter: saudi arabia said it managed to muster support of tribes in yemen and it has been announced to confront the houthis and the forces loyal to former president and many believe without a unified command to coordinate their operations operations, they may not be able to tip the scale with the anti-houthi campaign on the saudi border with yemen. a coalition of international aid groups says the world must be manned at the end of israel

and gaza strip, association of international development agency says rebuilding after last year's gaza war has barely begun and restrict the movement of people and goods into the strip with building materials. a bomb exploded outside the morocco embassy and having talks to find a political solution to the crisis in libya. there is much more ahead on the program, dozens of people go on trial in turkey over the worst mining disaster in the country's history plus. need a champion. >> makes it official and hillary clinton enters the race for the white house. ♪

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♪ welcome back you are watching al jazeera live from doha, reminder of top stories, sudan polls open for presidential and parliamentary election and opposition parties boycotting the vote and long time bashir expected to hold power for another five years. nigeria election commission declared the people's democratic party winner of the river state governorship of good luck onthon who lost presidential elections. in yemen tribal forces have taken control of military camps in the southeast of the country and camps belong to forces loyal to former president sali.

saudi-led planes intensifying raids on houthi rebel targets in the southern city of aiden. sunni muslims from iraqi providence say they are frightened of shia malitias and accuse them of looting, kidnapping and attacks and we have more. >> reporter: this family lives in a camp on the outskirts of the city. their hometown was under i.s.i.l. control since june three months ago iraqi forces backed by shia malitia recaptured it and they are sunni and scared to return. >> translator: we are afraid of the malitias. we are afraid they may kill us and our families. >> translator: we don't have weapons to defend ourselves, if there is malitia would storm our home we would be dead just like the victims of the massacres.

>> reporter: thousands of fighters started a campaign to capture from i.s.i.l. and the leader and predecessor are everywhere. the providence is on the border with iran and the influence is evident. this border crossing was closed for 30 years and now it's wide open. [applause] the popular mobilization force and shia malitias are the real power here. some analysts feel the victory over i.s.i.l. may have strengthened the fighters. >> translator: after the liberation, we witnessed an increase in the attacks on sunnis. this phenomenon is disintegrating us and tearing apart the unity of iraqi people and also changing the providence and a sectarian currently taking

place. >> reporter: the spokesman for the popular mobilization force say his fighters are only defending their country. he denies any wrongdoing. >> translator: the talk of changing the demography is not true and we stopped them and sunni politicians accusing us of doing is defaming reputation of fighters. >> reporter: the fight against i.s.i.l. is not over and growing fears of more attacks and abadi took over command of popular force to curb he says the criminal activities of a few members and also warned against this force which is now the main power fighting i.s.i.l. i'm with al jazeera, baghdad. in turkey 45 people are standing trial over the biggest mine disaster in history, 301

miners died and we are in istanbul with more. >> reporter: died on the ground after inhaling a toxic mixture of fumes and gas of a fire that started near an electrical transformer and 800 people under ground at the time and those on the furthest reaches were able to escape. a damning report said a lack of faults and gas masks and bad ventilation and lawyers of victims say working conditions were worthy of slavery. there are 45 people on trial. 8 of them managers of the plant. those 8 are charged with murder. no one from the government is on trial although about a month after the disaster the government pushed through parliament's legislation designed to improve working

conditions worker safety standards in turkey to house one of the worst records for worker deaths in europe and a hope with the victims' families that the poor record in workers' safety will be highlighted during this trial. hundreds of thousands of brazil people held protest across the country and angry against government corruption and economic problems and blaming dilma rousseff and we report from south palo. >> reporter: many groups and messages dilma rousseff must go. tens of thousands on the streets of south palo and wore the color of the futbol team and stretched more than two kilometers and angry at the struggling economy and corruption scandal that implicated problems from delma

-- dilma rousseff party. >> to the end but it's very important for us to show we are not happy, we are not happy with the government. >> reporter: large protests elsewhere across the country but not as large as organizers predicted and tens and hundreds of thousands and not as large as protests last month. a survey reveals 63% of brazils would like to see dilma rousseff impeached and removed from office and shows 29% of brazils believe that will happen. the president is touched by a corruption scandal and the alleged politicians took bribes for construction contracts and most politicians belong to president's workers parties and workers and she was chairman but says she didn't do anything wrong and not in danger of losing her job. >> huge mistakes were made but i think that there is no evidence

that could lead to the president's impeachment at this moment. of course that may appear. >> reporter: protesters right to take to the streets has been defended by the president herself and she says she is making changes but this remains and no sign it's about to go away. allen fisher, al jazeera, south palo. hillary clinton officially launched 2016 u.s. presidential campaign. she is the overwhelming favorite to win the democratic party nomination and heading to iowa the traditional first stop for presidential hopefuls and we report from the state capitol demoins. >> reporter: made announcement without crowds and spot-lit stage in a glossy two-minute video featuring middle class americans voicing personal hopes for the future. >> everyday americans need a

champion and i want to be that champion. >> reporter: the first campaign stop will be the state of iowa to win the democratic party's popular caucus there. it's where up start bo beat here in 2008 with a grass root effort that showed her route to the white house should not have been taken for granted and before arrival parents watching their children play football say she should do better if she doesn't campaign like the inevitable winner. >> she has to act like a second tier candidate and play it hard if she wants to win it. that is going to be her challenge if she really wants it she is going to have to show it. >> reporter: this time clinton will frame her message through more intimate home style gatherings focusing on women's workplace issues and narrowing the country's economic disparities and holefuls who consider clinton their probable opponent in election are attacking what they see as her vulnerabilities. >> i think the thing is about the clintons is that there is a certain sense they think they

are above the law and i think there is also this grand hiprocracy for clintons we have this war on women thing they like to talk about and hillary clinton has taken money from countries that rape victims or publically lash. >> reporter: may face criticism in the democratic primary campaigns but no candidate emerged to formally challenge her. with the state's caucuses still more than nine months away clinton will be back more times to nail down a win with or without a serious opponent tom ackerman in iowa. bill schneider a political analyst and contributor and says clinton is a stronger candidate now than she was in 2008. >> she learned lessons from 2008 campaign. she learned a lot about foreign policy because of secretary of state and she has been a good soldier for the party. i think she understands that what americans want and this can

change in a year but what americans want for 2016 as we look at it right now is someone who can get things done. now that is a criticism of obama. a lot of people expect and admire him but he wasn't good at getting things done after he initially passed the healthcare bill that is what you hear a lot. she wants to appeal to voters as someone who is not only tough and resilient and knows how to get things done because that is what americans are looking for. top official who ran china big petroleum country is on trial for taking bribes and the parent company of petrol china, the biggest producer and the target of widespread corruption investigation. in south korea president being linked to a massive political corruption scandal over a so called bribery list discovered after the head of a major

construction company committed suicide last week, eight names on the list are high profile figures close to the president and harry faucet explains. >> this scandal has potential to be an extremely damaging one for the president and all centers around one man who is the head of a major construction firm in south korea and investigated over dealings with the president predecessor and energy resources project he was involved in. last week he gave a news conference which he denied wrongdoing in that and the next day, thursday he took his own life but not before he wrote a list of other senior politicians he said he made illegal payments to and gave a newspaper interview too in which he made similar allegations. all eight men have close links and two are former chiefs of staff and one is current chief of staff and one of them is the current prime minister and as

well as that perhaps more intriguingly he also made a payment to her campaign manager during the 2012 election campaign and said he paid him $180,000 u.s. dollars and used for president parks' successful presidential campaign and now we have a scandal for her and says she will support the investigation but justice must be served and men involved have been saying they will cooperate with investigators. the first major of the golf season, masters at augusta has been won by 21-year-old jordan speif and equalled tiger wood of the lowest score at augusta and kate reports. >> reporter: a year ago he was runner up to bubba watson on debut and jordan is the master's champion. >> congratulations, we are very proud of you. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: going into the

final round he had a four-shot lead over partner justin and english englishman raised hopes for a battle between the pair. but after losing out on the masters by three shots last year no denying this time as he would go on to win by four shots with 18 under par score of 270. >> this was arguably the greatest day of my life and to join the club that is the green jackets and to join masters' history and put my name on that trophy and have this jacket forever is something that i can't fathom right now. >> reporter: three time mickelson had a 69 and a share a second place with rose.

>> mid to low 60s to have a chance and just didn't do it. i just didn't play the exceptional round i needed. >> reporter: world number one mcilroy produced a round of the day and 66 giving him a fourth-place finish with the northern irishman will be disappointed he did not have a career grand slam and the around was matched by a name for the future, 23-year-old also got a 66 to get fifth place and the japanese third top ten finish in a major. tiger woods had hoped of charging up the leaderboard after he injured his wrist on the ninth. tiger still holds the record for being the youngest winner at augusta but now has to share his record of the lowest ever score seen at masters with the newest superstar and if he continues to

play as he did this weekend jordan may continue to rewrite the record books and kate with al jazeera. the latest sports and world news on our website and more on the top story and elections in sudan and the address is al jazeera.com. ♪ there are places across the planet where a lack of water is not just inconvenient, isn't just bad for your health, it's a security risk, race raising the chances for conflict, instability. military is adding the concern about water insecurity and climate change for strategies in understanding conflict. the coming water wars "inside story". mousse