or from the program to rally in caracas this is expected to. demonstrate that indeed this is a show of strength on the part of the opposition and opposition to don't want why dog is calling on his supporters to prove that they are not afraid that they can go out on to the streets and continue to demand the resignation of president nicolas my little what they call here not allow the street to get hold and that is very very important because at this hour at this moment there is increasing pressure from the government and turning up the heat they are using armed groups on motorcycles heavily armed sometimes called public people still out on the streets and roads here gas to protest the fire live rounds into the air in fact that happened here in this neighborhood last night we're told by the residents and in fact we can also report that very very large contingent of riot police have been deployed all around the areas where at this hour opposition supporters are

gathering and they're supposed to converge about two or three hundred meters down the street where we are now where i'm in front of the electricity company which was the original final point for this rally but they had to move it at the last hour we understand with security concerns and take a look at the life picture right now coming to us from where you can see thousands of people have come out in support off the opposition leader one why don't. jamal sheol is following maduro supporters in caracas and sent this updates on the crisis in venezuela has been on for more than two months now and up stocks of office a standoff between president nicolas maduro and his supporters on one side and one gripe the president of the national assembly and if the other cars called the political if you can spend public want to talk to the sort of pull people to the brink but despite this the supporters of nicolas maduro say that they very much

support their president despite all these challenges they say that they must gather cure to show that the president still has support not only that they say they're gathering here in a clear message against the united states against foreign intervention they say the u.s. is trying to defeat the revolution here the socialist revolution the consonantal for that to happen and that's why you have so many people gathered here now seem very first however the people here are angry they say about that pull the car american sanctions that have been imposed on venezuela to say that this is going to turn x. connected punishment and it's time to get them to bring the people to their knees and turn against the government and not reject this and that they will continue to support nicolas maduro police and refugees have cost the camp in northern greece on children were tear gassed after police fired canisters on stun grenades at the

testing migrants looking to make their way to other countries in europe tensions have been escalating since police prevented hundreds of them from crossing into north macedonia it's the third straight day refugees have fought with police the government says the demonstrations were triggered by false reports on social media that travel restrictions had been lifted. still ahead on al-jazeera how ready used as a weapon of war in rwanda has affected jenna. rationed and thousands of lives. hello again and welcome back to your international weather forecast well we are seeing some stormy conditions that are pushing across parts of iran and then towards the east so we have seen some rain showers across the region things are going to get a little bit better as we go towards sunday maybe

a few showers will continue to lag there up towards tehran though rain in your forecast clouds as well attempt a few of twenty degrees baghdad it twenty four but here is the clearing that we do expect to see and fortune for the northern part of iran we could see more heavy rain in your forecast in a few spotty showers down here along the coast we're still seeing some stormy conditions across the gulf war since a partly cloudy conditions then it gets cloudy and in the evening in the afternoon timeframe we are seeing those thunderstorms develop across much of the area we do think by the time we get towards monday things will be improving particular here in doha but we could still see a few clouds in the area with the temperature there of about thirty one degrees thirty one degrees for you as well and then as we make our way down towards the southern parts of africa we did see quite a bit of stormy conditions here across much of the eastern part of south africa things are now getting better and we're going to see temperatures a little bit lower for this time of year where johannesburg at twenty one durban to twenty four and then up towards harare rain is up towards the north but the temperatures are still quite warm with the time to there of about twenty eight

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it's the first time they've reached the building. iraq's prime minister has begun his first official visit to iran. just a month after a visit by iranian president hassan rouhani to baghdad's relations between the

neighbors are strengthening despite efforts by washington to curb iran's influence in the region. we wish to see our well developed relations. bilateral relations to be an example to follow and also to be a precursor to similar ones with all the regional countries iraq not only aspires to maintain such healthy relations with iran but we are willing to develop widen and deepen our bilateral relations similarly with kuwait saudi arabia egypt could tar and the united arab emirates we wish the region to enjoy stability and peace and to put an end to wars of flash floods across iran have killed at least seventy people in the last few weeks the government says u.s. sanctions are impeding aid efforts washington is accuse into iran of failing to manage its emergency response priyanka gupta reports. the floodwaters are rising and there are signs off more rain to come iran's government has ordered the evacuation of six cities in southern cause

a stern province have always said we have moved our belongings to the rooftops we have no choice we are surrounded by water and soon we are going to have to leave. it's a tough side to bear a life's worth of belongings destroyed but the media danger comes from the rising waters how can i take my family away from here even if i want to for almost three weeks heavy rain and flash floods have battered most of iran's thirty one provinces about nine hundred cities and villages are affected in lauriston province alone entire neighborhoods have been washed away families are taking refuge in emergency shelters thousands of kilometers of roads and farmland are damaged in the bad the but now we have to make a choice between bad and worse not between good and bad but choosing bad we have to pay a costume and the people a pain that cost us aid workers are struggling to reach at least three hundred

fifty villages that are completely cut off iran's red crescent society the lead agency in the rescue efforts it's confronting yet another challenge in reaching those in need u.s. sanctions u.s. president donald trump renewed old sanctions and impose new ones against iran last year accusing their on of not complying with the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal his government has withdrawn from that agreement signed implied that the transferring of the money to the iranian accustomed society is our current so none of our our or our foreign currency is not working now because of the situation on the ground there are many montanus there are growth that are washed totally so we have to use our helicopters you can imagine how the relief operation john be invaded by. of course of four helicopters u.s. secretary of state mike compare has dismissed the allegations and blames remain government for the damage caused by the floods the european union u.n.

agencies france and germany meanwhile have announced more funding and relief supplies for those affected priyanka gupta out to sea are more than one and a half million people in mozambique are in our reliance on food aid after their homes were devastated last month by cycle in die form of the miller has the latest on the outskirts of the port city of barrow. we're inching up on joe where at least seven hundred families have gathered to collect food from the world food program they're distributing penes rice and whale and so far. has distributed food to about half a million people now that flood waters have receded and areas like this are accessible they're able to reach more people now timothy one to hand out food to at least one point seven million people who are in areas that were devastated by a cycle only it dies so far they've used air as well as boats to get that food

around at another layer is our excess of all people here have lost their homes lost farms and without this food distribution really would have nothing to survive on this is about helping them survive the off to fix all of the psycho and the w. if peace is it could take several months for recovery and for people here to be back on their feet. ready is often used as a weapon of war during conflicts when rwanda's one nine hundred ninety four genocide happened though the scale was unimaginable the u.n. estimates that between two hundred fifty and five hundred thousand tutsi women were raped and those born as a result is one of the most underreported aspects of the genocides andrew symonds visited one woman who wanted to speak for the first time about her suffering.

this young woman may not have physical injuries from the genocide of rwanda but since birth her life has been blighted diaz. is a child of the genocide she was born of rape and she's grown up on able to understand why her mother couldn't give her the love most children receive. to look at me and i'm sure she saw a flashback of what happened to her and they should be traumatized and was shouted and chased me away many times i would stay in other people's houses during the genocide the armies mother was raped in the capital kigali by an unknown hutu militia men she gave birth to death in february ninety ninety five the stigma of rape in africa is profound and being fathered by hutu rapist much worse mother and daughter moved to ny but secrets last long there either some people in this district knew of downey's background but she hadn't got

a clue why she was being picked on in the school playground why she was being discriminated against her mother couldn't face telling her the truth this child in her formative years showed remarkable resilience but the worst was yet to come when she was eighteen she confronted her mother about the truth and there were repeated rounds. i used to live in total despair to the point where i would think it's better if i was in time i. thought she'd found understanding from a boyfriend but things went drastically wrong. after you knew my history he developed a hatred towards me it took two other people and their plans to harm me. me he is the one who made me pregnant it was so we could because my mother got traumatised all over again. dielman is being given support from a small charity this woman counsels men and women born of rape she says instead of

being treated as victims they are mostly persecuted by. the army says her baby daughter will never feel loved both she and her mother live in poverty they're unemployed and they're in a pain remains but the mother clements manages to sound optimistic. i am proud of her and even love her daughter diane is gods and my family is extended now a mother a daughter and her baby sharing the darkness of a crime against humanity that will live on through three generations andrew simmons al jazeera in rwanda democrats in the u.s. congress are suing the trumpet ministration over the president's emergency declaration to force funding for a wall along the mexican border donald trump visited the southern border on friday saying the country is full trump was there to inspect the small portion of

a refurbished barrier fence california and nineteen other states are also taking legal action challenging the emergency declaration the system is full can't take it anymore whether it's asylum whether it's anything you want it's illegal immigration can't take anymore we can't take you our country is. our areas still the sector is full can't take it anymore i'm sorry can happen so turn around that's the way it is. protesters in the german capital are angry over the rising cost of accommodation they say large companies have bought up thousands of berlin apartments and are responsible for rising rents many have been forced to relocate but the companies say other factors like the growth of the tech sector are to blame rents in berlin are still half those in munich germany's most expensive city. the leader of thailand's opposition future forward party is facing charges of sedition

filed by the military controlled government the accusations against the. grandkids are from twenty fourteen he says they're politically motivated this party placed third during last month's election the results have been delayed because there is a recount underway if found guilty the forty year old could face up to nine years in prison a generation ago thousands of royals the kashmir valley but now there are close to extinction fewer than two hundred are left in the wild after decades of conflict poaching and poor management bernard smith reports it's never been harder to spot one of these animals in the kashmir valley government census takers accounting how many royal stock also known as hangal left here there were just two hundred seventeen after the last tally three years ago. the years y.-o.

hunger population has declined one of the reasons one of the main reason has been the grazing pressure nor mads from the different parts of the different parts of the very big government occupy the mean agree is in lansford out of hand we're used to. very old hunger used to get the world to the fans has also played a role in the decline in the population of the hong was. the stock graze on land used by the military in india not minister to kashmir barbed wire and decades of patrolling soldiers have disrupted the stacks breeding pattern of the nomads say they too have been affected by conflict and have been forced to give up grazing land it's. needed or not for the tamo started here in ninety nine days the indian security agencies closed our traditional route and pastures so they're not holders had to look for or deny. the census team take samples of stacked droppings these will be tested for viruses and parasites and help estimate how many stocks are left . seventy years ago three to four thousand stag roamed here. probably

to a degree dition is taking place here but i would have fragmentation is taking place but human population who would have additional very much closer to the area and that definitely is one of the factors. is the only surviving relative of the european red deer on the indian subcontinent the government has provided funding for a breeding center that should be operational by the end of the year but it will take intensive efforts to bring the royal stag off the list of critically endangered species bernard smith al-jazeera. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera libyan fighters loyal to the warlords. of the southern outskirts of the capital tripoli in a person against the internationally recognized government the u.n. and world powers are demanding they halt the offensive there's also been fighting

on a key highway the former airports this video. is in control for bridges. and have to us forces say they're showing restraint and that their opponents are to blame for any. development therefore i asked likes but we suffered no loss of dollars it's reported that one family area was hit believe that we held back on the use of force in order to protect civilians and public and private property any jet fighter flying or to police will not be allowed and will be targeted the base it came from in order to be targeted thousands of protesters have marched to the army's headquarters in the capital hard to it's the first time they've reached the building since anti-government demonstrations began in december there are also reports of demonstrators converging on the residence of president. the latest marches if a government crackdown on dissent. it's gathering right now as you can see for

the capital. supporters to take streets. pressure to step down and these are live pictures from the. police some refugees have cost a camp in northern greece and children were tear gassed after police fired canisters and stun grenades protesting migrants looking to make their way to other countries. it's the third straight day refugees police the government demonstrations were triggered by false reports on social media that travel restrictions have. protesters in the german capital are angry over the rising cost of accommodation they say large companies have bought up thousands of berlin apartments and are responsible for rising rents. are still munich germany's most expensive city. those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story

is coming up next. all but three a vast prickles fifty five countries have agreed to full one of the world's largest free trade areas and now the gambia has ratified the deal it can be put into effect about nigeria isn't on board of about africa's largest economy for challenge says the agreement hired this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program on martine dennis now it's often difficult to do business in africa the world bank ranks many countries they're among the hardest places to sell goods and services bought an ambitious project to ease trade between them is now a step closer to reality the african union agreed last year to create a free trade zone on the continent the largest since the world trade organization was formed on tuesday gambia became the twenty second country to ratify the cold reaching the threshold for it to be implemented it's hoped the deal will reduce tiris and trade rules and create jobs for a market of one point two billion people so who signed up to this and what fifty two of the fifty five african union members have endorsed the deal the twenty two countries here in orange why they've ratified it three countries though they

haven't signed up at all they are banned in eritrea and most importantly nigeria and you can see them in gray now nigeria as you know is africa's largest economy. all right let's introduce our guests now from nairobi we have. two c.e.o. of rich management and in emerging markets economists from our bureau in the ivory coast we have stephen a co-founder of commodity monitor and from london we have a lucia go and founder and managing partner of obscenities in a finance firm focusing on east west and central africa thank you all very much indeed for joining us can i start with you then in london first of all tell us why do you think nigeria africa's largest economy is not taking part in this free trade deal thanks martin i think that it's wise for the government of

friendly government consider this carefully i think major choosing not to participate immediately is presented as is quite wise but it's been five years in the making aleutian and it was only in twenty eighteen i believe that the president will hurry decided not to take part of he just didn't turn up for the meeting in kigali. i think this is something you said when you were interested in the show that there's a hope that this this free trade arrow or deuce terrorists and protect potentially create jobs. i'm not necessarily convinced that reducing tires will create jobs and it makes sense for countries to that are looking to grow in industrialized certain key sectors of their economies to have the tools of tires to be able to do that or i also know you're convinced that. the police that the i'm also know you're convinced of the priorities of one country say nigeria are similar to

the priorities of another ok that's interesting stephen. i think your quite a an ardent proponent of this free trade area what do you think about what has pointed out that there's a huge disparity between the economy isn't africa and that nigeria is that you rather wise to hold back and think about it more closely. ny times martin. for me definitely be an optimist in our mind looking at the whole agreement that is going sane and for me i mean those are going has a case definitely in such an agreement there will be some losers and there will be some greenness but overall what we have to consider is that this agreement which is historic actually is a signal still a new era and this era is such a lead to make sure that we change the structures of africa's economy so when you talk about the whole structure of africa's economy nang jeff for example actually

you know is less diversified because they depend so much on oil. as the government revenues so when you treat you know such an agreement as well as sponsor me fed up which images so for me i mean what i see is actually a ring win situation and if there are countries to fear you know that they will lose from disagreement it has to be just like countries and not a bigger country really big economy like nigeria and for me looking at koch i for example you know mentions the importance of his food and this is not a trade to respond and make sure that i mean you can produce more what you eat locally let's go to the other side of the continent the out to the east and i think i'll set you use in the kenyan capital nairobi atika what do you make of the argument that with it so far it's been pointed out that there's a false difference in terms of the needs of the various economy is on the continent and in fact only shaken has pointed out that he's not entirely sure that reducing

terrorists is necessarily going to lead to this creation of jobs that has been stated as one of the main objectives of this exercise. so just on the jobs point of martine we've got to create about seventeen million jobs a year at the moment and when doing nothing of the sort the nigerian model currently is in the slow lane and is not even able to produce a per capita g.d.p. increase it's actually declining year on year when you factor in the population increase so i think you know nigeria is not necessarily the economic model that we should be looking at at a macro level i think this is a unique blank slate blue sky opportunity it's a three trillion dollar market people are entrepreneurial if you go anywhere in africa you will find markets and i think so at the macro scale i think it's

a uniquely good thing at the micro scale of unleashing our entrepreneurs on the ground i think it's a great idea the problem is there are going to be many reactionary forces who are benefiting from what is an asymmetric information and economic space across this continent and it's created a feedback loop and particularly one can look at things like we spend sixty three billion dollars on food imports but this is where people make enormous windfall profits and you get it re secular ating through the political system and as sensually what this free trade proposal is going to do if it really works monti it's going to really reinjury near the african economy and there are a lot of people are very powerful are not very keen on being reengineered out of what is a very profitable position that's been in existence for many many years so that our

overall this is something we need to embrace there will be either thank you so let's put that straight back talent. shaken in. london because clearly alec on there is suggesting that it's actually vested interests that might be against any changes that this free trade area will put in place which he contends will liberalize what he calls an african economy not just the fifty five individual states that of the ideas agree. but again i'm not the if you look at the countries example of security for look at countries like nigeria they made great strides in improving their capacity to produce food in country to meet their local demand they've mostly been able to achieve that using tyra's as a tool and if you look at the counter here grievance that the some of many african countries such as cana you know situation where it's more expensive to grow

chickens in ghana in his or her chickens in europe and as a result there is this countries unable to compete and you have less food security so i think we can over simplify this it's a lofty idea and i agree with the emotive drivers but if you look at the economics of it if africa's to develop an advance it has to do so in a way that governments can achieve their priority objectives using the tools they have available to them which include tariffs yes i think yes no other region that only shows go all the shogun. has already pointed out that the nigeria model is certainly not one to be following is it at the moment importing of awesome out of its own food it's got more people living in poverty than any other country in the world recently overtaking india and has perhaps the largest city in the world if not now pretty soon lagos will be the largest city in the world and unemployment is

enormous. i think that in focusing on those issues is it makes sense to point those out but the nigerian model isn't the citizen simplified down to the challenges you identify the question is what are the tools necessary to drive development and growth anomic activity in africa and is this free trade area or to many going to achieve that and i think is a fact and sent to say that i don't know if you had a chance to look at the tech if you view the text you can see that countries will find themselves countries like nigeria gano kenya or find themselves in vironment where there since the one of fifty four countries voting there are sickly to agree to trade deals or non-trade those with parties like the european union the hypercompetitive yes you can visit scenarios where parties can accompany foreign companies or non african companies come into markets like ethiopia establish

operations and then produce highly competitive products into these other markets because now they have free access who's positioned best position to take advantage of this the small entrepreneur that was what he was mentioning earlier or the large corporation and the truth is governments should retain this tool so that they can drive development in the party sectors which government which defers to different gov all right stephen what does this free trade arrangement mean for the country you're in at the moment could do why one of the first to sign up to this deal. yes for me i mean i think they there is a. mistake very make invest or seen or me how you view the agreement and from iraq i always say the agreement is not an end in itself is in me you know and for me i mean the continent naturally for so long people engaged in trading i mean iraq grow commodities so this for me is one of which unity to to push for

a money for change in a change in london in the in this. place how does this free trade arrangement and the reduction of tiris how does that necessarily stimulate local manufacturing because of course africa is renowned for not adding value to the role materials that leave the continent but how does reducing terrorists actually stimulate the local manufacturing sector. so let's take for example them in the agricultural sector so them in two thousand and fifteen africa actually imported you know about sixty five billion dollars you know what all. produce so let's say i mean this is actually grown locally this is where we can have people in all growing wheat and actually to i mean going ahead and mean a longer valid evaluate change to process their return to used to add up with that so this is utterly i mean them in a good case to make sure that we do you know engage in more money fracturing and

also beat if you look at the trade you know the trade or jamie in the africa region for the moment in north africa actually traded among is sort of in manufacturing actually was was the largest compared to you know did none manufacture put us we traded outside a continent and this i think for me is a good starting point you know to make sure that that their day agreement for example is the to increase in trying to judge a region the region the africa region and this is not so you know differently or have a direct link to manufacture put out there we treat among ourselves and suffrage in this army you know office you know an important i mean a catalyst to to to make sure that we have money factor put out straight that i mean we denounce say the continents. ok alex. if asia trades at fifty nine percent among its fellow asian nations european nations trade at sixty nine percent among themselves africa is only at twenty percent at

the moment. given the implementation of the free trade deal in this particular state with twenty two countries now having ratified it what sort of improvement on that figure would you expect to see say within a year i think we'd see a huge and blue improvement i think you know it's essentially been suppressed and if you create a level playing field in a number of countries for us to exploit these opportunities i think you're going to see a tremendous it's not just about trade it's about the movement of our human capital that it's not just stuck you know that it becomes much more mobile it reminds me of a famous quote by norman tebbit a conservative minister in britain who said you know get on your bike if you need to find a job i remember many years ago it creates more mobility across the continent at the micro level at the macro level i don't think we should fear foreign

multinationals we understand brothers my brothers and sisters markets much better than foreign multinationals necessarily do we have many emerging pan-african champions who are who are exploiting these opportunities and to the previous point intra african trade is four x. in terms of sophistication in the product that it is when you compare it with exports that go to the global markets so that is also a big pull of that your previous speaker was mentioning i think you know we've got to think more pan-african we've got to stop being in our bunkers we've got to stop fearing change this is a very big opportunity the economic add to g.d.p. will be beyond people's wildest dreams and i think the time has come you know these big trends through the mobile phone have connected all of us in

a way we've got the infrastructure going in now otherwise if we don't have a single market. all this infrastructure is basically wasted today i can drive all of it on a road from nairobi to addis ababa that didn't exist before to not talk about a free market in the context of the investments that we are making on this continent is really a non sequitur in my view we do have to move very aggressively against entrenched forces because they've had a wonderful position for very long and they have a lot of capital but move we have to do we've got to do it now and the devil will be in the detail on the ground at the border post what happens there. is clearly an afro optimist on to alec on going back to early shaken. after a pessimists will point out capacity is one of africa's main problems and what about the the prospect of those more developed manufactured economies

like say in north africa newseum morocco for instance overwhelming some of those that are less developed on the manufacturing side for instance nigeria or perhaps zambia for example isn't there the possibility of the disparity between the two being why. until i think that's such an a right i want to push back on a label that you know that you just mentioned and then after a person has to match the a very very very passionate for the rest i think because i believe in the capacity of african african african nations i think that they should have the ability to use the tools the best tools available to them to drive development and so you're right if this free trade area is created as a visit you'll find areas of you find countries competing in areas where there are competent and. that hyper competency in the continent doesn't extend to food

security which has been mentioned so i don't see africa suddenly becoming an. net exporter of food as a result of signing this agreement and nothing prevents african countries for importing food from each other in areas where they have capacity or competition what you see instead is the stronger markets including markets like niger and some areas competing more aggressively more benefiting from this free trade area and and to say that one should be concerned about non african actors taking advantage of a free market bringing hyper competitive ability to bear in a market this is some to be concerned about is to me concerning because that's the reason one of the reasons why africa it's as developed as as quickly at the pace that the continent would like us say this is well so it's a look at every reason if you have an example rate it let me interrupt real amp and use the story ownership to let me interrupt you there because you're taking us rather neatly on to the issue of f.b.i.

. you're suggesting that you that you rather nervous about the introduction of foreign. involvement if you like engagement in local african economies but foreign direct investment is a necessary ingredient for growth we've always been told this. of course of course . that for foreign capital supporting african countries african entrepreneurs pursuing african opportunities is a key part of the growth story of the continent any region that's developed but foreign capital supporting foreign capitalists coming in to extract value to externalize capital and profits from the continent isn't is a counter supportive force and that's what i'm concerned about so i'm not averse to the f.t. isaac as a key part of the story but it should be f.d.r. that supports private capital in africa and also that supports governments in the

continent the closer that people to understand what their priorities are a party from nigeria is not going to be the same as a priority of uganda they'd be different and i don't think you got issues subordinate its priorities to nigeria's part right i was going to mention earlier than go to the don't go to group it's on the the recent success stories of industrialization on the continent right and i think founder is opposed to this so this i don't know if they if if it's going to drive more and thus was asian why would he be against this idea so it's it sounds very nice and if it's a high level narrative and sounds romantic but heart economics dictates a country should have the levers protect he said let me create a drive the growth of greece let me quickly jump him is that's a very interesting point ali khan i can see that you wanted to get in on that sagan that suggesting that then goatee the one of the continent's most excess for businessmen is against this free trade project. of course is the biggest

beneficiary of the existing information asymmetry an economic asymmetry i mean you know he's he is a prime example he's a obviously a brilliant entrepreneur but he's been very very clever maneuvering within the environment that we're now trying to break because of one capital formation to the context with when with which he's operating in a highly respect him but he's naturally going to be in opposition to it because this is where he gets these enormously wide profits in those businesses in which he's operating in that i mean if you look at something like cement the margins that he's gotten about three times what the margins really should be so i think that if that is a very clear cut case going back to the issue of foreign foreign companies coming in to extract opportunities or next turn allies capital that's what's been going on under the current system take places like the deal. it's not too difficult to see

that is the correct zation of the existing situation the chief beneficiary of foreign beneficiary of the current system is being china right so not china if you look at east africa for example intra e a c. exports have been flat for four years china's exports into east africa have gone up sixty seven percent so let's if we're trying to identify a particular issue that is what i shew is then to say that you know we don't want to compete with our fellow africans oh and that stuff stephen let me take it back to you and can you be briefly because sadly we're running out of time which brings me back to capacity it sounds exceedingly complicated in my question to you is do african governments in the first instance have the capacity to monitor and to implement this in order to protect themselves from some of the dangers that have been highlighted in our conversation today. i mean martin for me it's

just opposing capacity and will choose will it differently has to do it politically or a lot of the african leaders if this i mean this is a starting point we're only cian to you dick potentia and this potential is to make sure that countries find their niche in terms of the who production chain or the army and then to to take advantage and competency you know this media agreement to ensure that we build in ten a regional competency where does countries can actually launch out you know into the global fund otherwise used to we didn't deploy in demand and actually we would never have the competence in terms of contributing to the group value chain so for me this is approaching it and it has to do with the political route of african governments and the states so this actually has to be done and is happening is a call on us you know and then the african leaders to be young be young speeches and to make sure that i mean be able to protocol is not their rhetorical for me

afterwards is to make sure the order political or die agreements are negotiated well and differently this should be a win win situation and other second i'll get the last word to you thirty seconds i'm afraid and i just quickly want to get your thoughts on whether this free trade agreement would actually have any kind of impact upon the existing arrangements the trading arrangements between the african continent for the most part and other trading blocks like the e.u. for instance will they will these races be impacted. yes they well i think that symmetries of this free trade agreement or find themselves signing more aggressive economic punishment three months which will make it even more difficult and make some of the concerns that i can and see and see even raise much more exaggerated i think that they'll lose the ability to even less negotiating bar as a group. than that and then they think they will because automatically what is the

expertise that we're bringing by creating this free trade area that you that you need to house usually to create by getting out that tool they will be exposed can i think you'll very much indeed. in nairobi stephen in a dollar shader in london then you'll very much indeed for a an interesting conversation i have you think if you want to see it again you can always go to the website al-jazeera dot com if you want to even more discussion go to our facebook page facebook dot com for the slash a.j. inside story and there's always a to us is there our handle is at a.j. inside story i'm at martin dennis from the whole team here in doha if i find out. we live in a time of war and tragedy it's crimes against humanity. activist

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government forces and fighters loyal towards outside the capital tripoli. thousands of protesters defy emergency rule and renewing calls for president resignation. at the top stories from europe including the latest on the consecutive day of clashes between migrants and police in northern tensions mount at the border. president continues to push for expansion. but the hosts would be forced to share the tournament with. fellow libyan fighters loyal to the warlords say they've advanced into the southern outskirts of the capital tripoli in

a push against the internationally recognized government the u.n. and world powers are demanding they halt the offensive there's also been fighting on a key highway south of the former airports this video shows have control of her bridge . forces say they're showing restraint their opponents are to blame for any civilian deaths. in today's development therefore i asked likes but. it's reported that one family was hit. back on the use of force in order to protect civilians and public and private property any jet fighter flying over tripoli will not be allowed and will be targeted the game from in order to be targeted. let's look at the main battlefield there has been fierce fighting around tripoli's former international airport which was destroyed in earlier violence in twenty fourteen there's also been fighting reported in the districts of where they are to be on a year to further south the main highway passing through is also being

contested victoria gate and b. has more on all of the developments on the grounds. answering a call to defend tripoli soldiers from misrata arrive in the capital to help push back the have to us forces have to suffer to set back on friday when at least one hundred forty five of his fighters were captured during battles near tripoli's old international airport in an audio recording have to had urged his forces to in his words liberate the city. those who lay down arms will be safe those who remain home a safe those who host the white flag are safe. violence is gripped in libya the country has seen kayo since the twenty eleven uprising that deposed leader muammar gaddafi and since twenty fourteen it's had two competing governments forces loyal to libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli they have to is trying

to wreck any chance of a political settlement well then. libya will be nothing but a civil state built on institutions of the peaceful rotation of power we condemn the u.n. commission for their silence towards these gross violations. following a meeting with have to are on friday the u.n. secretary general antonio the terrorist said he was leaving libya with a heavy heart and deeply concerned the u.n. security council fees the fighting could threaten tools to rebuild libya's practised political system a what and what i think i'd like to emphasize that the u.n. secretary general was surprised at the recent escalation during his first visit to libya by all the parties that the organization stance is clear and the military confrontation and resume the political process the same message was relayed to all the parties he met with in the open in closed meetings. we have to those forces are now advancing on the southern at skirts of tripoli and there are a fears of a major escalation in fighting the un says finding

a political agreement is the only way forward but would have to unwilling to work with the tripoli based government that looks move remove unlikely victoria gate and be out there so while all of those has been going on g seven foreign ministers in france pledged to use all diplomatic channels to press for a deescalation in the fighting russia's foreign minister warned against foreign intervention or attempts to blame either side for the fighting surrogate lavrov said it's up to libyans to determine their own fate through talks and neighboring egypt also expressed concern saying the crisis couldn't be settled by military means ibrahim for hats is an associate professor of conflict resolution at the dog institute for graduate studies he is joining us now are all these calls for a deescalation a little too little too late what i think too little but not too late so i think we're still in the beginning and despite the there are not serious or very strong

statements i think the whole special significance to the future of this operation because this sense still though again it's not that it is not that a strong statements this didn't send a serious message that at least publicly open the they're not supporting these operations and here we're talking about like force of the sea there's allies of have like egypt and russia and this is these are the papas that he would count on them so if those close allies are not go in publicly and openly and supporting him then this is a serious concerns about the future of the supervision and with the have is going to be able to sustain it because in order to sustain that he needs serious support he cannot do this by himself this by you know all the international criticism of this and also. they want to avoid a sense of money announcing that he is a proceeding with the reconsideration conference on the fourteenth of april so this

again i think poses a challenge to have thought on where he's going with this operation whatever happens now in the capital tripoli or in and around the capital how much does that play a factor in that conference that is meant to take place this month at the u.n. by conference yeah well i think it's going to be is going to have a very important implications if how far it is able to make. gains inside tripoli but that seems very unlikely i mean he is the start of this his opposition is very strong as a struggling with the government of national accord using force of the spy the warnings that he that have to give that all of the clearing a no fly zone and all of that and also the number of troops that they were arrested yesterday by. the brigades and all of that so despite yes there are

probably some gains even on there but these are not sustainable he's not able to sustain them and he's. it's very unlikely you know to be able to make seeders gains in trouble how significant is it now that the u.n. back government has retaken control of the international airports well that's what one indicator of. his inability to sustain this because the airport is very important than strategic location and that's why probably he wanted to target this in particular but he couldn't hold it and the government has taken it back in addition to surveil of other places as well that the talk back as well like get twenty seven what's called which was also another strategic location that he was supposed to take it and keep it in order to. nagin story in the battle for tripoli cannot be estimated in the is over months or probably even years this is

a very serious about the. highly doubt that either party would be able to make decisive victory in this outcome the likely outcome if half the proceeds towards tripoli is that we're going to find the words of stock in a long vicious civil war in the caravan militia saying i'm going to help him in the because the nation conference on the fourteenth of what we were mentioning in that conference just a moment ago so the u.n. is planning to go ahead with the united all conference what is it going to take for the main lead u.n. process to work yeah well i think they're going to be doing business as usual they want because they want. to chill you the truth i haven't seen any like any unconventional innovation in the way of that they're doing despite you know the sense that i did some changes from compared to his apprentice is. the crisis in

libya but there's nothing innovative here it's these reconsideration conferences have been happening with no support of no attention no to speak to even from how far to these conferences the siddarth agreement that. that took a long time you know to be concluded you know have thought of the participate of that also the palest conference that also france is the strongest ally in europe that organized in the past he also did not use either suspect that conversely that also the. conference that italy organized than in november so that is a serious it is the same thing so that is apparent that he and there is a systematic neglect on have to have side of international affairs and i think this is the fourteenth of april because there's interest. it's going to be one of one of those conferences so that's i think it's not going to change on the ground you know

. towards the bout the live. in tripoli. with its own national before the crisis peacefully ok thank you very much about him. thousands of protesters ensuite on of march to the army's headquarters in the capital hard to it's the first time they've reached a building since anti-government demonstrations began in december al-jazeera has offices have also been raided by security forces there are also reports of demonstrators converging on the residence of president on modern best year the latest marches come in spite of a government crackdown on dissent sudanese have been protesting for months it was initially sparked by a hike in the price of bread but quickly escalated into a nationwide anti-government movement in february the government announced the six month state of emergency protests were abandoned police were given enhanced powers to crackdown on dissent president obama did bashir has stepped down as head of the ruling party but protesters are demanding he go further and quit

a sudan's leader he's ruled the country for nearly three decades mamadou up his aides is an activist who was at the demonstrations today he says the protests will continue to escalate. the good thing is that it was completely peaceful there was not servants of. the police forces of so that people were able to voice their concerns and it was it was it was a smooth rally if you think about it it started in december nineteenth and until now the longer it takes for a bishop to step down the bigger the protests will get but if you walk down the street it was ages from five years old up to fifty or sixty years old they're all coming out for the same thing they want him to step down plenty more head on the al jazeera his hour including more on the sculpture that calls attention to the u.s. opioid addiction crisis and those they are thus thinks are responsible how raid use as a weapon of war and rwanda has affected generations and thousands of lives.