the country. cooking with a has been a way of life for generations but much of it is to systems farming not commercial these women grow just enough for their families the little left over is sold for a few dollars sarah does everything by hand she can afford machines to grind the into flour she says she barely makes enough to feed her 6 children. his mother none of you know sir and i was wrong we want to know now. why we cannot sleep well because we are children so i doubt the need by our children need to mourn a life your turn around and there are money can be a little deeper and inside leave. so the work is not that unusual not what. economists say diversify nigeria's economy after decades of relying mainly an oil won't be easy it needs more political will and more input from locals but there are signs some people are starting to see farming as a viable business one delivery at

a time. al-jazeera ogun state nigeria. now india is home to the 3rd highest number of billionaires in the world including asia's richest person but while its economy expands many people are asking if it is only the wealthy who are benefiting 1st jamir reports now. this sprawling upmarket estate tucked away in new delhi is home for rubble and this family a startup investor who's also runs his own digital consulting and marketing firm he says the government's policies in the past few years have been good for business just in terms of how we deal with the government with the governance it brings just simplicity information's lot easier for us to. understand our clients and other businesses have grown they have they've needed more services from us so with a service as a growing our business is growing and that's been a. positive effect. and is not the only one who seems business

thrive official figures show exports are up 11 percent hitting a new high and you construction projects are underway in all the major cities this is one of new delhi's poshest neighborhoods with houses here as expensive as in new york or paris many here are benefiting from growing g.d.p. that world bank figures estimate will grow at 7.2 percent this 2829000 year but the benefits of that growth may not be reaching everyone even amongst the wealthy. many construction company owners say while they are still operating orders are actually down for recent years and while the stock market is up it's not stable market is in a very shaky move where a lot of and with getting into the market because it has rapidly gone up and very shocked media people had made enough money in this market.

the gap between rich and poor is easy to see. india's home to some of the world's wealthiest people one buys mukesh ambani a billionaire many times over is each is richest person economists say it's people like him in india that are benefiting most of the country's current economic climate one percent used to own 56 percent of the event in the country did 2 and a half years ago now they own 76 percent of japan so it's a huge concentration of of all the benefits of growth in one they be tiny section of people. knows he's also prospering from india's economic growth but says not enough people are he wants to see the situation of group or others so a better standard of living is enjoyed by more people in india. joining me now from new delhi is a real cheer sharma here is the author of the book democracy on the road a 25 year journey through india richard thanks very much for being with us now this

is a fascinating book and you you've been on the road for the last month following all of the campaigning there and you make mention of how outsiders can call this election wrongly so what are your thoughts on this are we on for a modi win when i think that's the conventional wisdom but after having triumphing over the past a week in some critical states in india such as well to put the most of the most populous state and also west wing all of the critical back critical battleground state either this is a very competitive election it's very hard to call as to which way this election is going to swing and that's the problem with calling elections in india that the polity here is so fragmented the country's sort diverse that all it takes is a one percent swing for that need to be on against of egypt before the election result to look very different so that's why it is so difficult to call what is one

of the most competitive elections that i have seen in india's recent history. and you. spoken to modi himself and any many of the leaders in writing this book is he the right man for the job then because he's failed to deliver on a pledge to create 10000000 jobs a year his make in india campaign has been a flop his health reforms have been window dressing well what are your thoughts but it's very difficult to govern this country to be honest with you of at a central level and i think that the we've bought the government when he was the chief minister of good drought a state leader compared to a now when he's been able to govern in the center is the about the challenges of governing does countries such as india as diverse as india so when he was the chief minister of the state of gujarat he also saw one of the fastest growth treats any state in india has ever experienced with a good seat of nearly 12 percent during his 1st term every year but in delhi it's much more difficult because the states don't like to listen to the center the

states sort of do their own thing and his model of trying to govern india and a very centralized we the we governed a state of good drought obviously hasn't worked so i don't know as to what the solution is but i think that giving more power to the states of india is the way to go and governing this very heterogeneous country in a chinese styled mind set that you dig decisions at the center and hope that the rest of the country will botch in the same direction just doesn't work for a country has diversity geniuses india if modi gets reelected it'll be by a few northern states but there is a huge stretch of the country that they will vote for regional leaders and parties is this the right way to govern a country of more than a 1000000000 people is there a better way no i think this is the only way because if you look at countries around the world countries that tend to have such a diverse population they typically have coalition governments this entire notion

that you can have one strong leader govern such. the nation as it geniuses india just doesn't work with india has tried that model like it did under indira gandhi who was the prime minister of the congress party she was basically a door or no or nearly tore the social fabric of this country apart so well in a country like this you have coalition governments are the product of its diversity and doing anything different is obviously not going to work and be a seed that historically there's been some debate about the economic numbers can we can we trust them what are your thoughts. no i think that the economic numbers lack credibility i don't think that we can trust what the numbers are i've been raising questions about the g.d.p. numbers ever since they've revised. the detail back in 2015

so yeah it's a very hard fix to know at this point as to what exactly does this country is growing at but here the fact is that the country's per capita income is still very low only $2000.00 for a head and from that very low b. is you can grow relatively rapidly but the exact growth street is just not something that we can sort of have any confidence in and i think that everyone has given up trusting the office numbers one of the biggest challenges for the government will be sorting out the debt laden banks what are your thoughts on that yeah you know this is one of the sort of. concert recommendations that i keep making but it's sort of like is obviously of no obvious which is the fact that the share of the public sector banks in the indian banking system is amongst the highest for any country in the war is over 2 thirds of all the laws in india's banking system are provided by the state or in banks it is the average across the developing nations is closer to one 3rd so yeah. this imbalance where the

public sector such a large draw all in does a financial sphere in india is one of the major constraints to india's long term growth potential. sharma good to speak with you across the world fish stocks are under threat from overfishing and a changing climate and now rising ocean temperatures could threaten one of the most intact and important fisheries on the globe new clark reports now from the low for 10 islands in arctic norway. this is what made norway rich long before oil take told all scray in then millions filled drawing rocks across the lefe tonight lands winter off the wind fishermen here have cashed in on the annual migration south from the barents sea it is a tradition that goes back thousands of year is called his colt it's got it and then it's hold out to dry for several months and what you end up with is a dried fish that retains nearly 100 percent of its nutrition

a prized delicacy from its emmy to nigeria this is what supplied the vikings on their long voyages to far off lands and still now is a big part of the norwegian economy with millions of dollars to fish comes from the barents sea and its goal is to look to spawn. and that's because of the atlantic stream to the left extreme it stops by locals and brings food it brings to the higher temperature even though it's not warm but despite high enough to spawn it's a very delicate ecosystem in lawful that fragility is spelled talent by a remove scientific research as a changing climate and warmer ocean temperatures upset the balance of the marine ecosystem meaning the scray may be forced out and then it's a question of where they go obviously it keeps things keep warming some of those true polar species might. not have a whole lot of places to go if the ringer computed by sort of these more southern

species moving north and where you see might see some considerable changes there this ca give nielsen cold 13000 kilos of cold it's been a pretty good season but he's worried about the future climate change could change everything. they're called suddenly stopped because they'd be warmer and going a longer and longer north so then being we have a big program every year is spring comes the called league their return has always been a certainty and in the city not just for the fishermen if the seals see birds and whales that feed on them now this extraordinary feat of nature is under threat the outcome as ever depends on the political will to act in a time of global crisis a man china's pakistan's largest freshwater lake it covers more than $250.00 square kilometers during the peak monsoon season but it's become

a dumping ground for industrial waste and that's putting the lives of people who depend on the lake at risk commodity has more. did or did left of the once proud mohannad tribe on monetary leg at one time hundreds of votes harder to get that indeed shallow water now there are just a few dozen left. people who did vote have been their homes for as long as they can remember. i know that nobody and i got in the previous new had about 50 varieties of fish in much a lake but when polluted water came through many fish took a wiped out. here we used to have a good catch now we are on the brink of ruin we don't even have drinking water here we have to buy it from the city for 50 rupees for a small drum. it's lunchtime and bread is begun a small stall stocked away in one corner of the ball even though firewood stacked above the water line costs money but it's the same chill for cooking.

living off the lake is a struggle and read out. he does not know what really happened to his family let him out of the dharma we don't even have houses here how can we give education to our children if someone among us gets sick we need 1000 rupees tolerance to take them to the nearest hospital from where will these poor people arrange the government to provide a service and houses we can live a normal life by doing other jobs like farming and such. as here remember the happier. when there was plenty of fishing and the rich plant life including. food for the people of montreal lake fishing i mean their main livelihood but because of industrial pull your parents now being war dead body awarded nor drink it well the 1st stocks are down the flora and fauna is gone and it may destroy

a whole way of life for deer be put. leg month year and its their own used to be a popular resting ground for the migratory birds the lake itself more than 40 different fish but the only ones now are going to be small and used for animal feed for some fishermen this is their only source of income they say they've been dorie by the program to lead that they would get help but haven't received any bugs on new prime minister jim rohn connors promised a clean and green country but the people here say time is running out for them. and that is our show for this week remember you can get in touch with us by tweeting me at has him seek and use the hash tag a j c d c when you do or drop us an e-mail counting the cost that al-jazeera dot net is our address there's more for you online at www dot com slash c t c that will take you straight to

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disproportionate numbers in the us the search. for missing and murdered indigenous women. on al-jazeera are still searching. to look in. the rebels say they've begun pulling back forces from 3 key ports but the yemeni government calls it a ploy. hello i writer in forgetting this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up government storm a luxury hotel in the pakistani port city for die including 3 of the attackers.

india's ruling party fielded an ultranationalist hindu terms of us who's facing terrorism charges as the 6th phase of national elections gets underway. and we'll look at why several southern american states are and. tough antiabortion legislation. put the rebels have begun redeploying fighters from 3 major ports in yemen they say it's part of a un brokered deal and want other groups to fulfill their end of the agreement but the yemeni government says it's just a ploy the redeployment is expected to continue over the next few days under u.n. supervision it includes an important gateway for food and humanitarian aid which millions of yemenis rely on it. reports. the

fighters preparing to leave the pools of. the u.n. confirmed at the rebel group has started to redeploy its forces from the strategic port a gateway for humanitarian aid so the move is unilateral but they say they expect reciprocity from coalition forces led by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. now the ball is in the court of the united nations internationally recognized government and the year many people in order to perform a cycle of pressure on the parties who are being an obstacle. cannot be reached unless the countries of aggression and mercenaries commit to the implementation of this agreement that the coalition government says the redeployment of fighters is the ploy these to deceive the international community it says the rebel group is handing over the port to its. plans for fighters to pull out were brokered by

a un led committee under the stockholm agreement a pact established between the rival combatants last december but it was a fragile peace deal with sporadic fighting soon resuming in and around her data even extradite or does it withdrawal does come up on both sides but still leaves the whole of the rest of the country but needs to be sorted out and there are many different war of factions not just the 2 that are involved in this agreement they have to be brought in listeners not to be present i think as a very long way to go before we can start to talk about the peace that can be rolled out. fighting between rival factions has led to the world's worst humanitarian crisis according to the u.n. with more than 2 thirds of the population in need of aid it's still early to say whether this latest twist in the more than 4 year conflict will signal a significant move towards lasting peace. al-jazeera an attack on

a luxury hotel in southwestern pakistan has ended with a security guard and 3 gunmen dead it happened in the port city of baluchistan province the separatist group but the largest liberation army has claimed responsibility for the attack. haida reports from islamabad. well get on you think. of the attack tag the continental hotel and have been and. also the fact that they were able to evacuate all the. doll from that according to the tag entered into the hotel and shot dead the security guard at the entrance what a body to get inside however. from the. bend them down in the hall where they were a kid according to the military the people who were injured did it even medical

assistance liberation army on the other hand. all 4 of their fight. what involved in the tag target of call it would have been trying. to out coming to the border was broadsided of significant importance because the chinese that investing tens of billions of dollars and of course. volunteered to maximize the number of casualties however timely action from the security forces had there were did a major crisis and that. south africa's president will run oppose called for unity and promise to fight corruption and his victory speech his ruling african national congress one wouldn't say his general election but received the lowest share of the foods since the end of a ponce 25 years ago. miller reports from pretoria.

let's try a commission that africa wishes now to do clay the elections to be free and fair thank you thank you. a victory for the african national congress comes as little surprise to many but with 57.5 percent of the vote it's a reality check for the party that's been in power since the end of apartheid in 1915 years ago almost 70 percent of south african supported the a.n.c. our people have spoken and they have done so clearly and emphatically they have voted for a more equal society free from poverty hunger and want they have voted for a country that they would like to see at peace with his self whether it's continent. and with the world at large the party always knew this would be

a tough election in the past year a.n.c. president jacob zuma resigned while fighting various corruption allegations and was replaced by saddam of course the wind is important for him up or so who's leading a divided party the agencies criticized for its slow delivery of basic services and the poorly performing economy for many south africans their view of nelson mandela's rainbow party of liberation has dulled in 2016 the a.n.c. got to wake up cool when for the 1st time since the advent of democracy we received 53 percent in local government elections we had to urgently respond and the wrist the downward slide as it became crystal clear that there was a disco and didn't with the people the a.n.c. views this returned to office as a 2nd chance and says the confidence of voters is returning but at 66 percent this election had the lowest voter turnout in south africa's democratic history the

number of voters has stayed in the fall and over the last 3 elections observers say growing apathy and disillusionment with politics may be to blame the a.n.c. has relied on loyal supporters to remain in power and enough of them have given the a.n.c. a 2nd to mandate the main opposition party the democratic alliance or decline in support to only the far left it cannot make freedom fighters with a 6 percent showing in local elections rose to 10 percent in the general election while a and c. members may be breathing a sigh of relief he does know they have to do more to retain their position as the ruling party for me to milan al-jazeera pretoria south africa. polls are open for the 6th phase of voting as india's one of the parliamentary election approaches its final week around 10 percent of seats are up for grabs on sunday including those in the capital delhi as one more round of. on may 19th a total of 900000000 people eligible to vote well ahead of sunday's vote was one

ruling party candidate has been getting a lot of attention. the reports now from the city of bhopal. running on an ultra nationalist hindu platform despite facing terrorism charges in connection with a mosque bombing. is a 1st time candidate running for parliament in the central indian city of bhopal one of the ruling. party or b j p banner she the party the prime minister narendra modi has sent to their campaigns on hindu nationalism. but also passed last year terrorism charges laid against her as a suspect in 2008 it killed 6 people she's out on bail due to poor health. visiting a hindu temple for a cleansing ceremony she adamantly maintains her innocence in the case and points to the opposition. there are many from the opposition congress party out on bail

and also fighting in the elections these people want to break the country. i am 100 percent innocent. on these attorney explains it's illegal for her to run as she is not yet convicted but it brings into question the decision by the b j p to field a candidate facing terrorism charge. if it's proved that she is implicated by the court and gets a prison term then she would never be able to run for elections and. it's not just the b j p that's pushing hindu nationalism. albeit a softer version the congress party candidate has also been promoting hindu ideology in this community with a 20 percent muslim voter base 35 years ago one of the worst industrial accident in history happened here in the union carbide ghastly. were killed more than a 3rd of. affected. big support groups feel

that the ruling party due to its national agenda are ignoring the other minority. even though abdul-jabbar as health is failing he still runs an organization that trains women impacted from the gas leak. creating a toxic atmosphere to hate speeches just like that a $984.00. speech is a mix between hindus and muslims it's creating that engine it's creating hate. so when the people who cast their ballots they are not only choosing their next leaders they could also be deciding whether their community will become more divided al-jazeera bhopal india. several conservative u.s. states mostly in the south or advancing tough anti abortion. sentences are expected to vote next week on a bill that would criminalize most abortions from the moment of conception if the

proposal passes doctors who help women terminate their pregnancies could face up to 99 years in prison and in georgia a new law was passed this week which bans all abortions at the 1st signs of a fetal heartbeat that is before many women even know they're pregnant this year similar heartbeat bills have already been passed in kentucky mississippi and ohio all of them are facing legal challenges. in jordan reports now from washington. the latest round of laws being passed in u.s. state legislatures that put new tougher restrictions on women's access to abortion has become a controversial development here in the united states those who support the outlawing of abortion say that they are glenn getting closer to the day when the procedure is outlawed in all 50 states and u.s. territories those who support abortion rights say.