humanity! only on al jazeera america >> after weekings of protest over a lack of basic services, iraq's prime minister calls for a major government shakeup. hello. coming up, they fled from isil syrian strong hold, the u.s. strategy to defeat the group is not working. >> reporter: i'm in haiti where national elections are being held. a vote that could be crucial to this country's future.

>> and we meet a commune in senegal. the iraq were prime minister wants to abolish the post of vice president and deputy prime minister. his proposal needs to be approved by the cabinet and parliament. but it could upset iraq's balance. >> reporter: the prime minister's decision to rid the government of the positions of vice president and deputy prime minister sent shock waves throughout the government establishment here. it's not a surprise considering how much pressure the prime minister has been under from these mounting protests that have been growing in cities throughout the country, many activists calling on the government to end corruption here.

the people in iraq, all that we have spoken with, they are apolitical, they want to see an end to corruption. they want electricity, air conditioning at a time when iraq is suffering a heat wave. they want clean drinking walter, clean water to bathe in. this country really seems to be at a juncture where there is mounting anger towards the government, the iraqi prime minister trying to show he's doing his utmost. there was a decision issued, guidelines that were issued by the highest religious cleric in which support was given to do whatever he needed to do to fight corruption. giving him a green light to do what he needed to do to show the iraqi people he was working for them. now, while these decisions did send a huge rumble through the

political establishment today, it's unclear how long it will take to implement these decisions. you have a three stage process. the first is he will have to meet with his council of ministers, they will have to approve his decision. then it needs to go to parliament. iraqi politics are slow, especially when it comes to parliament. it is expected this debate would probably mean the sectarian politics would flare-up. this is something that could take weeks, could even take months. if it were to be ratified by the iraqi parliament, it would go to the desk of the prime minister. this is a process that it is expected that could take quite a bit of time to implement. a year after the u.s. backed coalition began targeting isis, activists have been telling al jazeera the strategy is not working. the group lost some territory,

but it's still firmly controls the capital. we have a report from across the border in southern turkey. >> reporter: these men are from isil's capital for two years. they have safe, but they hide their identities. some of them have been killed. but this hasn't stopped them and their informants from continuing with what they say is a campaign to save their city. their information suggests that u.s. led coalition air strikes have done little damage to isis. the strategy that relied on the kurds is working in isil's fav favor. >> the u.s. support is among arabs. they take the territory and push the arabs out. many went south and some are saying they fear the kurds more

than isil. >> reporter: the u.s. is trying to put together an army together. they will partner with rebel faction other ground. there are those who warn against this. >> translator: any force linked to the u.s. and doesn't fight the syrian government will be looked upon with suspicion. there are powerful groups. but the u.s. won't work with them because they are religious. >> reporter: they are supposed to lead the ground assault against isil. some of them have been killed and captured by al qaeda links. >> translator: it's not the only obstacle. the force is not strong enough and many rebels will not join because it won't fight the syrian regime. >> reporter: it is men like these who should be given support. syrian groups, they consider the

government and isil as enemies. >> translator: there won't be any solution if the coalition doesn't focus the fight against the regime as well. they need to target isil because it's the main base. >> reporter: for now the focus is to clear isil from the northwest. it would end the armed group's presence along the border. but this won't defeat isil in syria. the coalition's choice will create more enemys on the ground. turkey's prime minister visited troops on the syrian border to boost morale. a soldier was killed on the southern side of the border. turkey has allowed access.

there's been another night of violence between police and supporters. anger has been growing since the military stepped up attacks in northern iraq. four people have died in the violence over the past two days. meanwhile, in europe, kurds have been showing their anger at the turkish government. in france, thousands marched through a community. they were calling for peace in the middle east. police in israel have arrested a number of people after overnight searches in the occupied west bank. it follows an attack on two homes that have been blamed on settlers. an 18-month-old baby and his father were killed and other family members seriously injured. anti-houthi forces in yemen have taken a city.

the tangs provided by the saudi led coalition. pro government forces retook aden last month and on tuesday they seized the base to the north. meanwhile, residential areas in yemen's third largest city continue to be hit by heavy shelling. eight civilians were killed. pictures posted appear to show the blood stained floor of one home. houthi forces still control it, but government forces are pushing north to try to retake the city. the united arab emirates says three soldiers have been killed taking part in the saudi led campaign. mali special forces ended a siege at a hotel. more than a dozen people were killed, including five u.n. workers when government troops

stormed the hotel. four u.n. workers had been taken hostage were freed. in the next few hours haitians are set to vote. there are concerns over security and violence. but also fears that a low voter turnout could harm the election's legitimacy. >> reporter: in the haitian countryside, life is hard, government services are nearly nonexistent. people here in the village fetch their drinking water from the same stream that their animals wade in. flora has six children with a 7th on the way. families scrapes by on earnings of her husband a day laborer. >> translator: the government doesn't provide any services for us. >> reporter: ahead of the

government that leaves her to fend for herself, he aske made promises and asked for votes. haiti is a hollowed out state. hill terry, healthcare and education run by outsiders. u.n. agencies or ngos. many haitians recent this. >> where the international community takes it, let's help them. but they always want to design for us, to do things for us. >> reporter: haiti's prime minister admits there is a problem. >> translator: we are conscious of how it has affected the sovereignty of our country. it's a consequences of instability. >> reporter: this university student says haiti would be

better off on its own. >> translator: i think we should go. they cause more misery. >> reporter: but without foreign help like these volunteers from doctors without borders working along physicians, the health system would get worse. education, too, depends on outsiders. 90% of schools are operated or funded by churches and foreign organizations. one bright spot is policing. the head of the u.n. police operations says the haitian national police doing the job of law and order. >> it's a myth to think that they are not doing it now. because i see it every day. my officers are not managing the security across the country as much as they are. >> reporter: sunday's elections will be a major step for haiti reclaiming its sovereignty.

still ahead on al jazeera, once in radioactive ruins, now nuclear power helped rebuild it t. >> this is only a few hours away from the capital, a tribe managed to live here in complete isolation for centuries. i'm reporting from west java about the challenges.

>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >> the iraqi prime minister is seeking to abolish the post of

deputy prime minister. it needs to be approved by the cabinet and parliament. almost a year after the u.s. backed coalition began targeting positions in syria, activists say it's not working. the group lost some territory, but it still controls the capital. haitians are preparing to vote for members of parliament after four years of delays. 139 seats are up for grabs with more than 8,100 candidates looking to fill them. memorial ceremonies are being held in japan to mark 70 years since the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on the city of nagasaki. 70,000 people died from the attack which took place just three days after the atomic

bombing of hiroshima. japan's relationship with nuclear energy has been a fraught one. it helped power the recovery of cities. but as we explain, the 2011 tsunami and earthquake turns public opinion against it t. >> reporter: 70 years ago nagasaki became the site of the world's second attack. it recovers the transformation. they embrace the technology that defeated the country to help power its resurgence. >> so we have a right to promote, to change the possibility of atomic energy.

>> reporter: it was a policy that coincided with dwight eisenhower. the sales pitch was made harder by continued u.s. nuclear weapons testing. in particular, when a japanese fishing boat was doused in the fallout from a u.s. test. at first oishi thought it was a strange snowfall. the symptoms came later. >> translator: my face turned black and my skin began to fall off. >> reporter: renewed nuclear fears were in cinemas. godzilla brought destruction. as japan began to build nuclear power plants a different figure emerged. astro boy, the savior robot, his

creator denied he was a pro nuclear symbol. but they still used his image in which he carries a nuclear plant to far off jungle where it saves freezing animals. for decades japan's economy soared, national confidence surged, factories exported know-how to the world. that's what many were experiencing. in 2011 faith in nuclear power and in the institutions designed to ensure its safety was taken to its cause. every one of japan's nuclear reactors shut down. the majority of public opinion is against restarting them. shinzo abe said such concerns are trumped by the resource poor

nation. >> translator: people's opinions are split. they started to after the incident. they began to realize dangers. >> reporter: this week a reactor at the sendai power plant is due to be the first to restart. and the 70 year relationship with the power of the atom. north korea's government cut food rations as drought conditions destroy crops there. a warm weather pattern is making conditions worse. hundreds have gathered in kabul to remember people killed in a series of explosionings across the afghan capital. the u.s. says the attacks claimed the highest number of casualties since 2009. more than two dozen top u.s.

scientists have written a letter of support for the nuclear deal between world powers and iran. the letter to president barack obama calls the agreement innovative. it could be helpful as the president tries to sell the deal to congress. the agreement requires iran to scale back its nuclear program in return for the easing of sanctions. protesters disrupted a campaign speech by the u.s. democratic presidential contender, bernie sanders. >> we are going to give you the money. >> reporter: he started to address several thousand people at a rally in seattle. the protesters were drawing attention to the one-year anniversary of the killing of the black teenager, michael brown. in ferguson, hundreds gathered to march in remembrance of him.

his death led to weeks of protests and a national debate about race and police brutality. the civil war in peru between 1980 and 2000 left thousands of people dead or missing. after years of investigations, the national prosecutor's office started to return some remains to their loved ones. >> reporter: they have waited more than 30 years for this day. victims of two decades of internal conflict in peru received the remains of women and children. >> translator: for give us for violent acts, forgive us because public servants committed atrocities. >> reporter: they launched a 20 year war against the state. nearly half of the victims died

here. most were among peru's poorest. they carried out brutal killings. a forensic team worked for years to identify victims. now families had a chance to verify the remains of their loved ones. her pregnant mother, siblings all died. the military killed 16 family members. her father and brother survived. now after 30 years their little sister has been identified. >> translator: it's so painful to remember that time, the killings of innocent children and pregnant women. it hurts to have no family. >> reporter: 2800 remains have been given up by the ground and half of them returned to families. thousands are unaccounted for. >> translator: many people know where remains are buried. they are afraid to get involved in the legal process.

if they could give information without a legal process, the investigations could speed up. >> reporter: the united nations working group says the fate doesn't know how many people remain disappeared. it doesn't have a map for the mass graves and doesn't have a policy to search for the disappeared. that's why families are demanding that the government pass a law that will help thousands of families like this one to find their loved ones. the family here is one of the 70 families in a tiny village who have been looking for their dead for years. >> translator: we are happy, we are together with my mother and step father, we can visit them in the cemetery and always remember them. >> reporter: for this family, there is relief. now they can find some peace. sunday is international

world indigenous people's day. some communities in row moat areas are struggling to hold on to their way of life. we met a tribe in west java which is calling for government protection. >> reporter: this is the region only a few hours from indonesia's capital. the people managed to live a life without electricity, cars or any form of communication. if they need to go to the capital, they walk. a journey that takes three days. it's a centuries old system built on rules passed on through generation. they have their own beliefs, they are not allowed to use any tools. >> translator: why do we refuse our electricity? because if it comes to us, our traditions and culture will disappear quickly. >> reporter: despite the strict rules, things are changing.

they have made the tribe more accessible to outsiders. the younger generation discovered a new world of mobile phones and television sets. but owning these means risking being expelled from the tribe. >> translator: it is difficult because i can only call when i come out to the mountains. i have to find my friend to use his phone. >> reporter: to protect the tribe, they divided themselves into two rings. the inner ring is off limits for foreigners. the outer ring is more open. this was as far as we were allowed to go. the world of cars, electricity and mobile phone moving closer. while government laws protect them from mining or timber companies detried their land, they say their culture also

needs protection. >> translator: they need to protection our traditional lifestyle, an obligation we have to our ancestors. we need the legal framework to protect our tribal rights. >> a bill to protect the rights of indigenous people could become last next year. >> translator: it's a fact, it enriches our country. we hope our government program to protect the tribe can be accepted by political and religious leaders. >> reporter: but change seems inevitable, facing an increasing population, they are forced to buy land from outsiders, a new challenge that will make it harder to maintain their traditions. in senegal a 100-year-old religious secretary made communal living and hard work

its way of life. it's become almost completely self-sufficient. some of its younger members are getting a chance to go to university. >> reporter: a calling to return to the land. these children are from the muslim secretary promoting living together, away from the city and closer to the earth in communes. some of these childrens are orphans. others abandoned by their parents. at the age of 22 she's the first of her family to go to university. >> translator: i like the discipline. working on the land connects us spiritually, which also brings us closer together. >> reporter: an estimated 1 million children live on the streets of senegal. while authorities do little to protected them, they are offered

safety. everyone is welcome as long as they leave their positions behind, participate in work and follow the islamic principles of the secretary. >> it values intention, work is our form of prayer. there was nothing here, not even a well. 30 years later there is a school, a training program, a health center, a maternity ward. they can employ up to 360 people. there is water. three deep wells with pump caps, concrete walls. >> there are come units like these throughout west africa. this branch of islam is more than a hundred years old. they spread their message through music. this is the most famous of them. for him it's a culture returned to the land and is relevant today as millions risk their

lives to travel to europe instead of seeking opportunities at home. we have fertile lands, oceans filled with fish, we have the beaming sun, we have enough to live happy. their focus is on labor and whether it be making clothes or growing organic vegetables, this work ethic is paying off. the devotion has brought self-sufficiency in a sense of prosperity. because, they are owners of small but successful business. one of the religious leaders developed a brand, these clothes are sold across the world. the proceeds go back to the community. we are blessed only because what we make is made from our hearts. it's what holds the community together. love, they say, is as islamic as praying and fasting. for some of these children, this

has been a gift, an opportunity to find happiness. to remind you, there is plenty more on our website. keep up to date with all of our stories. the address is www.aljazeera.com. >> the rwandan genocide began twenty years ago. in 100 days, almost one million people were killed. today, rwanda is thriving. as the president credited with stoping the slaughter and putting the country back together, paul kagame is also accused of brutally suppressing dissent. so is kagame a savior or a dictator? we sent journalist sorious samura to find out. >> for centuries the tribes of this country lived together without tribal atrocities, and nothing like the rwandan genocide ever took place. then in the 1920's, rwandans