that there would that be from entirely they're going to begin to brace claudia some more left one amala with her 11 year old son 18 days ago. there was so much violence where we lived many games it became too dangerous but the u.s. government says this cannot continue president trump has pressed mexico to deploy troops to stop central americans from advancing toward the u.s. they're moving right now 6000 soldiers to their southern border whatever it is that you think we had that there we go to weeks ago tell you what we had we had nothing but as migrants seek more remote routes to evade capture the danger increases here at the rio grande river that marks the boundary between the united states and mexico 5 bodies were recovered in 3 days those migrants who make it across the waters alive are then a rested and detained in squalid and overcrowded conditions 6 migrant children have

died in u.s. custody is mostly children are the ones who suffer the most we can take it but they suffer more the trumpet ministration says children are being used to gain entry into the u.s. and that human smuggling here has grown to a $3000000000.00 business but these families say if it weren't for their children they would never have wrist coming castro al-jazeera el paso texas. and russia charges have been dropped against an investigative journalist who was under house arrest ivan calling off was charged with drug offenses last week sparking protests among supporters and even criticism from kremlin friendly media outlets called an offer is known for his work exposing corruption all right you're going to go thank you very much for all the support i still hardly understand what's happening i'm happy that justice has been served and that the criminal case

was dropped i hope the investigation will continue and i hope no one will find himself in the same situation hasn't. stepped past and has more now from moscow yvonne allen a 4th grated with cheers when he was released from house arrest emotionally he thanked everyone for their support the announcement by the interior minister and that he was free from all charges came as a surprise and an unexpected turn of events in a country where it's not unusual for critics to be framed in drops cases in an effort to silence them only when you're doing your job thank you very much for all the support i still hardly understand what's happening i'm happy that justice has been served and that the criminal case was dropped i hope the investigation will continue and i hope no one will find himself in the same situation as well his release is significant because i chose to many here in russia that we can actually influence government decisions for a long time to has been this feeling of apathy how this will play out we'll still

have to see but for now it's unprecedented because also some high ranking police officers will possibly be removed from their positions and journalists and others have said they won't rest until those who framed. will be brought to justice. one of the u.k.'s largest charities been heavily criticized for failing to disclose our geishas of child abuse by its workers a report by the charity commission says that oxfam g.b. has a culture of tolerating poor behavior oxfam aid workers were alleged to have used prostitutes as young as 12 but never posted to haiti after the devastating earthquake 2010 but the report says the charity did not do enough to investigate the claims oxfam has apologized for its quote shameful actions 2 this is an organization that has lost sight to some extent to what it stands for and the people that are existent oxfam is an organization which is about relieving poverty

and. supporting people anywhere in there in the world and in their response to events in haiti what we saw from their reporting to the commission and other or thought is was a lack of full and frank disclosure and therefore we see and take the view that they were putting their own corporate reputation 1st instead of the people who had come to harm. and it's been 20 years since nigeria's return to democracy but since a better suite anniversary for many with the economy in bad shape and unemployment say stop and the high amid interest has more from lagos. these are the demonstrations that forced the nigerian military to accelerate the return of the country to democracy 20 years ago. on

may 29th 1994 military ruler all should go bust and joe was sworn in as a 1000000000 president few months after he was freed from prison serving a life sentence for treason. and for the next 20 years democracy endured but many nigerians are not impressed for i or along with many others was thrown into jail by the military for activism they were demanding more when of the presidential election of june 12th 1903 be installed as president he says the current system is not what freedoms and lives were sacrificed for we thought that anyone who will come into office after all decided for us that we have made them were mindful of the state of penalty poverty of our people i do take measures economy when this is that we quickly transform the misfortune of

our people and lead to. better living conditions for them but what have you got since in the last 20 years that is not what it wants. in those years nigeria now has its 4th elected president many nigerians are angry at the slow pace of development over the past 20 years since the return to democracy while some on happy with a friendlier to the from the left or others are worried about the economy security i mean prominent and electricity shortages many believe that given nigeria's rich resources it's such a bizarre matter. and those frustrations growing the people we are voting for you lot who we are seeing still linking you with their words so democracy i don't see you slow what you slow walking so the people will want a lot we're doing here in georgia. some are.

on do double crucial question to you is a crisis working but be we nigeria we are there for you labor here we are not even in it we didn't believe with democracy it's working because our people our government they will proceed to do it just to do that but you know to the. activists say the problem with the country is structural too much power is in the hands of the government. everything is on board that's the sense of unity system had led to injustice of iniquity so let's get on to before the question when we have each one we live independently of what we had many and what they need to dissent. the government says there is a lot to celebrate after 20 years of uninterrupted democratic rule by citizens who want to see more accountability asking the government to tackle those problems the threat to the country's existence. the trees al-jazeera. the

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a massacre you will see say says the attack in the mosques a region of central mali was simply horrific gunmen also burned houses to the grind in an escalation of ethnic violence that's been getting worse for months since she turned tragedy what happened here is a tragedy it's a tragedy for mali and a tragedy for humanity it was important for us to come in the name of the president to present our condolences and to show compassion to those who lost their loved ones but it is important that no one forgets this it is a horror that we have witnessed here and we did if you open mediators say sudan's military jones and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on transition to civilian rule process leaders have suspended a civil disobedience campaign and general strike the military says it will release all political prisoners. syria's state news agency is reporting the government's air defenses have intercepted an israeli missile attack the target at the time of

a harra it's considered a strategic look at points over the occupied golan heights and is in daraa province and russia charges have been dropped against an investigative journalist he was under house arrest ivan go in on was charged with drug offenses last week sparking protests among supporters and even criticism criminally for kremlin friendly media outlets a lot of is known for his work exposing corruption. but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story of go talk to al-jazeera. we asked problems of decipher the instability is corruption we listen when ziad and vince are man who are pushing the united states and president trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter how does iraq. it's been 20 years since nigeria turned its

back on military rule and embrace democracy 2 decades on and there is a regular pattern of violent attacks the economy is stagnant and you're lucky if you've got a job so what if any has been the democratic dividend for nigeria this is inside story i explain . below and welcome to the program i'm martin dennis i was 20 years since military leaders in nigeria stepped aside there they allowed for a presidential election and that led to civilian rule the last few years old been particularly challenging for africa's most populous country of around 200000045 percent of people live in extreme poverty economic growth has slowed and government

forces a battling armed groups like boko haram sara kyra reports. an image of modern nigeria gleaming skyscrapers and young people on the move but a lot of change since 1999 when nigerians are allowed to vote for a civilian president after 3 decades of clues and military rule. following. president mohamed who bihari was reelected for a 4 year term in february he won just over half of the ballots voter turnout was at a record low at 35 percent a study last year found that only a 3rd of nigerians are happy with their democracy and nearly 3 quarters believe politicians are corrupt under biharis leadership nigeria's a comic growth has slowed significantly to to just 2 percent millions of young people don't have a job in fact the official youth unemployment rate is 36 percent and it's estimated that needy $87000000.00 nigerians live in extreme poverty the highest in the world

widespread directories the shortages are common to and then there is the ongoing battle against armed groups such as book horror that continue to carry out attacks in the north. after 20 years of democracy many nigerians believe they deserve a better future sort of inside story. all right let's introduce our panel now in edinburgh that's in scotland we have only owen who's lettre adults with university's african studies center in london we have adam again a former information director at the economic community of west african states better known as eco west really welcome to you both thank you very much indeed other let me start with you because i know you've been on the continent for so long you were there at the time what was the democratic dividend supposed to be for nigeria how was the nigeria supposed to gain from embrace in democracy. if

you call that time it was when nigeria was at a certain point apart mission that was the time of the of a shiny g.m. and when overnight in the 1998 a brush up past the week and at the same time do so called do we know of the democratic election of june 12th 1903 mr a good hour should also pass the week it was said in a nigerian press that this was a divine intervention that would give nigeria a chance to start afresh there was a time when overnight mr jenner a reset on the a bucket became the president of nigeria and decided to start the fresh opening up nigeria's democratic process and this was organized by the military to get out of

the process and what used to be called the media fix the role of military in politics in nigeria and that's when the electoral process was allowed to go through and on may 29th 1990 i recorded that vividly it was a new day with the election of a bench on or about some juice or he was pulled out of prison and allowed to run anyone the election the nigerians expected democratic process to usher in a new era of liberty or freedom of economic prosperity tour of nigeria returning to its position as the leading essential nation in the african continent right it was then right that case i think with the let's let's come to the latest adam a let's come to now in just a moment let me go to ali ali was it maybe rather overly optimistic of the nigerian people to expect that embracing democracy would allow for liberties

for freedom for even prosperity. well i think as a demos rightly pointed out the date tomorrow june 12th is hugely significant because that was the day originally nigeria was supposed to return to democracy in 1903 and which the military an old and that's what we're actually commemorating tomorrow on that day and what led to democracy in the end was the public protesting against a nominee it was people fighting for this industry it was people pushing for civil liberties to keep the democratic space open people got killed in that struggle just as they did in the apartheid struggle people like delegate were people like. who was the wife of the candidate who won a journalist were killed student protesters were killed.