al-jazeera investigations all the prime minister's men. if we heard about scenes and if we have not shown any. that would be richard problems. the world health organization calls for fair and free access to curb in $1000.00 vaccines as wealthy nations argue over the supply in europe. however i'm laura carlisle this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an overwhelmed health system forces senegal to depend on medical students and turned

prisons into coronavirus treatment centers. they fled for their lives now they're facing hunger and disease the crisis in central africa is being described as an apocalyptic. and shares in game stop continue to rise and cause market jitters as amateur investors take on wall street giants. the world health organization has urged countries competing for vaccines applies to think about the situation in less developed nations bodies emergency expert mike ryan says wealthy nations are fighting about the cake and poor regions don't have access to the crumbs and follows the move to impose export controls of covert 1000 vaccines following a dispute with the ngo swedish astra zeneca over supplies which i guess would be

has more. the irish border a flashpoint during break that talks was for several hours on friday at the center of a growing ground over vaccines the european commission has now reversed a decision to impose export controls on vaccines from the republic of ireland to newton island speaking before the e.u. climbdown to their islands 1st minister said it amounted to the imposition of a border this is an incredibly hostile and aggressive act. the european union bloc for years we were told after the european union referendum vote that there couldn't be a hard border on the island of ireland and in one fell swoop they have put that hard border n.p.'s the catalyst for the diplomatic storm with new rules announced in brussels to control vaccine movement out of the e.u. the commission has adopted strictly targeted measures that will allow us to gaza are accurate information about the production of flux since and where manufacturers

intend to ship them. the measure is time limited and specifically applies not in vaccines that were agreed to by advanced purchase agreements it follows days of disagreement between the e.u. and astra zeneca the company's vaccine was authorized for use across europe on friday a month after it was approved in the u.k. it's a real pleasure to be here and to announce the 3rd positive opinion for the authorizing nation of the astra zeneca covert 19 vaccine this expand the range of vaccines available to e.u. member states but far fewer citizens will be able to receive the vaccine for the next few months after the company cut back what it could deliver to the block astra zeneca blames production problems that some of its plants and said it can only deliver fewer than half of the $80000000.00 doses promised the e.u.

has decided to impose export controls on only vaccine stocks made in its territory and while the brown rages on the measures to deal with the pandemic are intensifying germany has announced that from saturday it will ban travel from several countries like me taishan said be reported and france has closed its borders to most known you travel victoria gate and be al-jazeera. has repeatedly warned that so-called vaccine nationalism will hamper access to jobs in developing countries if we hold vaccines and if we are not sharing there will be sorry major problems one isolated it will be a catastrophe more than failure and 2 it keeps the pandemic bettany and 3 very slow economic global economic recovery. so it's morally wrong in terms of

the problem if you can tell. it wouldn't also spoke out what we want. area is set to begin its vaccination program shortly only a handful of nations in africa have begun covert 19 inoculations and there are fears the continent is being left behind in the fight to stop the pandemic 6 of the 10 countries in the world are the fastest rising infections are in africa with number 2 on that list cases there doubled in just 2 weeks from almost 10000 on january the 14th to more than 22000 africans kovan $1000.00 mortality rate is now higher than the rest of the world at 2.5 percent global average is 2.2 percent there is some good news however the african union has secured a deal for another 400000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine but it could take up to 3 years to vaccinate 60 percent of the constants 1300000000 strong population

that's the threshold needed for vaccines to work well health officials in the west african nation of senegal take over 1000 variants are fueling a surge in infections there its health system is completely overwhelmed a medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doctors like liz hark reports from the capsule that car. if only the dead could speak says up to juve then the living would know of the pain and distress caused by corona virus do you for isn't even aware that coven $1000.00 killed his 40 year old friend with stuff like gay until an autopsy was carried out he now pictures him alone and gasping for air in a hospital corridor. died in very difficult circumstances he fell ill at home after he got treatment he died we were later told he got the corona virus in the hospital and that's what killed him. senegal like many other african countries is

going through a 2nd wave of infections dr abdulai buso was in charge of the government response says the trends don't look good the new very late variant from the u.k. has been detected in the country it's the mantra of poor people to respect. and. it's critical for people to respect it a curfew is in place and both public and private gatherings are banned but many people aren't following the restrictions allowing the virus to spread rapidly to many patients not enough hospitals before the pandemic the senegalese health system was already overstretched now authorities are turning prisons into treatment centers faced with an increased case of infections and whilst the government is praising medical staff with public messages like this one there aren't enough doctors to keep the health system running. to make up for this shortage the

government has drafted in medical students to work in the wards and treat patients but they are not qualified and are still learning why you want to overwhelmed and being sent to all types of wards some days i'm a cardiologist in the front in just a gynecologist i'm asked to do it all. will be months before most african countries get access to vaccines with health experts predicting the outbreak will only get worse causing many more deaths before it can be contained because hawke al-jazeera the car. well mexico says it will be importing the astra zeneca vaccine from india has already begun giving out the pfizer biotech shots to its people present money but also is he's also expecting deliveries of russia's sputnik vaccine next week tested positive for covert 1000 a week ago but says his health is improving. now has the 3rd highest number of

covert 900 deaths in the world more than 156008 pandemic has also caused the worst economic slump since the great depression of the 1930 s. when there are reports from mexico city. this is a scene that plays out every day in mexico each time it's a different feeling seeing their goodbyes to a loved one lost to cope with 19. years before if we had 10 funeral services then about 2 of them were for covert the rest heart attacks natural causes but now it's 8 for covert and 2 normal funeral services so it's a big increase in deaths because of code that. over the past month the death toll in mexico has risen dramatically and on thursday the country overtook india for the 3rd highest coronavirus death toll in the world if you remember that if we keep on going like this we will be the 1st in the world for deaths a piece of advice that people keep on looking after themselves use face masks use

follow orders from the government because if not will be 1st in the world. in the mexican capital hospitals or nearing their occupancy limits many are already for for months mexico city ambulance drivers have been reporting difficulties finding hospitals with available beds now 11 months into the code 19 pandemic many fear the public health system is nearing collapse. this week mexico's president and this man who. tested positive for the virus and has since been out of the public eye. let me just close with the general report as we do it every day about the health of president and dismantle lopez obrador he has had some brief and let the busloads of fever practically of the discomfort. president has been widely criticized for downplaying the severity of the outbreak in his country. this still worsening death toll highlights the enormous challenge mexico continues to face

encouraging contagion. al-jazeera mexico city. let's bring in some other news now and minerals military says it will abide by the country's constitution amid concerns the armed forces might attempt to kowtow to the army previously says it could take action of if its allegations of fraud in the election were not in trust the governing party called on the military to accept the will of the people in countries including the u.s. and the u.k. have urged to adhere to democratic norms game stops shares shot up again on friday the latest twist in a wall street saga that's drawing the attention of billionaires the white house and thousands of social media users the video game we take stock has risen by around 70 percent or in back most of the losses which are investors have been pushing up the prices in a bid to damage head funds hedge funds who make a profit by betting against the shares of failing businesses kristen salumi reports

. you didn't have a thought it's a question neither the president nor his treasury secretary appear able to answer what to do about a market in turmoil institutional investors are facing billions of dollars in losses as small time investors organized on social media and trading on apps like robin hood continue to drive their preferred stocks values higher and higher game stop a struggling retail chain that was considered overvalued by so-called experts at $40.00 a share ended the week trading at $315.01 of the main drivers of the frenzy is keith gill known to most through his you tube channel roaring kitty he was recommending a game stop back in august last year game stop is an established uniquely positioned player not surprisingly this week gail and his followers were jubilant

so what an incredible day and pick and that's what it is is the regular joes versus wall street. when i put money into it i said even if this goes to 0 and i lose everything i like being a part of it and that sentiment is shared amongst a lot a lot of people despite claiming the quiddity problem is that the stock soared mid week the online trading app robin-hood back down from its controversial decision to block users from buying game stop shares after investors and politicians protested some limits however were reimposed late friday we absolutely did not do this in the direction of the market maker or hedge fund so really unprecedented times. in order to protect the firm and protect our customers we had a few limited by. the stocks some traders dispute that but experts say eventually prices will fall rabbit he is real this will eventually normalized but

he made a number of major financial 'd. do sions go belly up as a result and i don't think there's to be a whole lot of sympathy these are these are not like the good guys regulators at the securities and exchange commission say they are monitoring the situation and will act to protect retail investors still others are expressing concern that this frenzied trading will hurt the broader market which saw its worst week in months and wondering if activist online trading is here to stay kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. so i had hair on. why there is a rising number of afghans seeking refuge from violence despite peace talks between the government and the taliban. and although a stage for this there is a tree in florida how it's keeping the arts alive even during a global pandemic. how

either the weather has been exceptionally mild if not hot across western parts of europe tick down towards the southwest now we can see on thursday off no the temperature got up to a staggering 29 degrees celsius that is around 12 degrees about the seasonal average so some very very warm weather something's going to cool off over the next couple of days now let's compare and contrast that with the weather that we see across the other side if you know there's a moderate sweeps in from the atlantic with this gag of weather fronts with some rain sleet and snow there's a fair bit of snow just around the black sea this is into western parts of ukraine where we saw a good covering of snow cause widespread destruction that snow actually extending down across the other side of the black sea into good parts of turkey so we have seen scenes like this more wintry weather more wet weather pushing across parts of

greece turkey pushing across the black sea back into ukraine rain and snow there more snow across the northern flank that stretches its way back into a good part of poland so a good covering of snow too over the alps and there's that moderate continue to just tumble its way through not quite as mild as the 13 celsius in madrid on saturday maybe 12 here on sunday that wet weather that winter weather continues to watch the balkans and notice clouds and rain to the northwest. frank assessments you've got. leagues on the ground in the canaries what is the situation there is only one doctor and one nurse or $1.00 to $200.00 people informed opinions how big does foreign policy figure in the early stages of a bind he comes into office with a huge amount of foreign policy experience in-depth analysis of the dates of global headlines how will a place like good little get

a back seat when there's no money at all the rest of rich countries are fighting for inside story on al jazeera. hello again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour the world health organization is warning against hoarding coronavirus vaccine supplies and follows a use move to impose export controls on vaccines manufactured in the blog the controls will face only 100 countries health officials in senegal say cave at 19 variants of feeling a certain infections its health system is completely overwhelmed and medical students are being mobilized to make up for a shortage of doctors. and game stop shares her top again the company's stock has

risen by around 70 percent pouring back most of thursday's losses nervous investors have been pushing up prices in the bid to damage hedge funds. the united nations says more than 200000 people have fled violence in central african republic in the past 2 months the military backed by un peacekeepers and russian and rwandan troops have been battling a coalition of armed groups trying to overturn december's presidential election bar and go to reports. that the small town of undo in the democratic republic of congo used to be home to less than 15000 people it's now sheltering 30000 refugees from the central african republic they crossed this river in dugout canoes after their homes were attacked by armed groups who live in sylmar very far from afar i fled with just the kids i took my children emma little sisters and i ran away i got in

the canoe and i came here. the united nations says more than 200000 people have a scape firelands in central african republic in the past 2 months and tens of thousands of displaced inside the country the lack of support for the political process leads directly to 200000 people men women and children fleeing for their lives and seeking refuge in countries that are the or themselves in crisis and we also need to know the hospitality of the population of the democratic republic of the congo of chad of other places most refugees arrived here with nothing the u.n. says conditions a dire there's not enough food or housing the rivers a main source of water for drinking washing and cooking grates of malaria despair tree infections and diarrhea a common you see here given the huge logistical constraints it's very difficult to get humanitarian assistance into this area but we are very aware that the needs of

the refugees we have seen enormous. violence has escalated since elections last month which the political opposition says were raped the armed groups say the government must go you. and peacekeepers russian mass nerys and rwandan troops support the government a former prime minister has described the situation in the country as apocalyptic african presidents meeting in angola have called for a ceasefire and urged the armed groups to stop the in circumvent of the capital bangui these refugees have no idea when it will be safe to go home but while they wait they desperately need help to survive. out of syria. the prime minister in the democratic republic of congo has resigned following a no confidence vote in parliament the move allows president phoenix's to katie to appoint a new premier and enables him to remove his predecessors allies and push through

his own policies to katie took office in 2019 has been frustrated by a coalition government with joseph campaigners allies afghans have become the 2nd largest refugee group in the world and violence has reached unprecedented levels and recent months despite peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban is prompted a new exodus and has shattered the hope that the war could soon end failure contra fury reports from kabul. it was a morning in kabul that most afghans cannot forget in late november the capital was attacked using dozens of rockets for no weed he's wife and 3 children it was too much or more that are you going to get us to my wife grabbed one child and i grabbed another i forgot my daughter on the blanket i was up in the corridor and it was very bad rockets were flying everywhere where children are traumatized and when someone closes the door hard they get scared they think that rockets are fired they

run out of the room go down stu's we're living on the top floor and god forbid if a rocket hits this place we also put post a can our windows to keep ourselves safe if there's an explosion now we'd works in afghanistan repairing air conditioners. that morning he decided to leave afghanistan he's taking his family across the hazardous iranian border where he says thousands more are waiting to cross illegally and move further west with most of his relatives already out of the country he says he's forced to do the same. or prefer to die in crossing the border but not here to be killed like this. i also feel that my kids are. leaving we know that we're at least going in a direction and we have hope. if there is hope there is life despite the koran a virus pandemic business is still booming for agencies assisting those who can

afford to legally apply for a visa to another country an afghan passport is viewed poorly in many countries and foreign embassies have strict rules on issuing visas for afghans for many the united states visa lottery is their only chance to reach the west applications from afghanistan for the u.s. lottery almost doubled in 2020 reaching more than 120000. if someone's family members or relatives go to another country and they see all that comfort and peace and their children in peace they call the rest of their families and encourage them to leave when they come here for the 1st 2nd and 3rd time they definitely decide to migrate. the rising insecurity has forced many to close their businesses or move them to another country poverty and crime are rising and when night falls fear reigns in the afghan capital. kabul looks like at

730 at night with not much in many parts with most stores closed and few people. other than afghan security personnel a recent wave of targeted assassinations and threats is also forcing many of ghana's stans most educated people to leave and peace talks between the government and the taliban in doha have stalled. after they started the negotiations the ones has increased if we have hope why should we leave our country why should we accept the risk of this journey because my children in the morning and they asked me to bring something for them after work but i told them let's go now and buy that for you now because i don't know if i will be coming back and so no weed and his family are joining the thousands to cross those mountains and to look for peace in what they hope will be their final destination europe contra fori al-jazeera kabul.

poland has seen a further night of protest sparked by a court ruling that makes abortion legal in almost all cases thousands of 5 coronavirus restrictions to attend rallies in several cities women with procedures already been calling advice services in a panic says the ruling came into effect on wednesday abortion is now only allowed in cases of rape incest or when the mother's life is at risk. dozens of endangered wild elephants are being sold as an option in the met via despite appeals by conservation groups the government 170 elephants for sale saying the nation has too many and needs to reduce conflicts between the animals and humans and the v.a. has been praised for its conservation drive in the past the government says elephant numbers have jumped from 7500 in 1995 to around 24000 in 2019 but the national park rescue charity says the vast majority of those and migrate away herds which means namibia is the elephant population is far smaller

the group accuses the option of being linked to corruption and a constant that's lost 95 percent of its elephant population in the last 100 years john gruber is an environmental investigative reporter in the movie or he says conflicts between humans and elephants are relatively rare in the region it's working rule greatly reduced the genetic diversity because there has been somewhat systematic overarching or especially the bulls in you know all of these for your aging populations. it also has a very serious questions about the actual number of elephants we have in the movie because. it is admitted that the greater part of this claimed large population me is basically a migrating population. which means that we basically shooting our neighbors elephants most of these elephants in fact are you know truck beyond. elephant 2

frames that separates them with me from which one and that will twist in quadrant is. you know removing the last you know 3 reggie population out of the box i think is not really an interest or conservation what if there were to be 3 fold increase in a different population as they basically forced it since 95 we should have seen at least a commensurate increased. a number of human elephant objects or that's not me because of the white reporting of this you know marlowe 30 years war and what you see in this is you know a drilling and in general dying out all such reports were almost twice a year we have reports of elephant causing problems somewhere but there's never been a threat to human life in in recent months. so them as artists zoo says it can no longer afford to keep its lions because of the financial fallout from the pandemic attendance was down by half last year and the zoo is now closed to the

public but it still has running costs of more than $70000.00 a day his 3 lions will be taken to a zoo in france next month. it was william shakespeare who wrote all the world's a stage and with countless there's has around the world still shot some performers and taking that famous phrase even more literally than before and a gaga reports from miami. just like every city across the world miami is feeling the impact of the code 19 pandemic businesses normally bustling with activity now stand empty the inevitable impact of the deadly virus that i'll take note of the playwright and director michel housman see something else but in the crisis has been an opportunity to revive the arts in an unusual way we know that people are hungry to experience theater they're hungry to experience communion and so you know this idea what a way to do all that in

a safe way the concept to turn vacant shop windows into 7 tiny stages is proved to be a big success or dns members socially distance wear masks and listen to each 10 minute play using headsets i thought it get tickets for those who work in the theater it's a chance to tread the boards in a unique way and boost the local economy yes where doing theater yes where intertainment people yes where touching hearts and that kind of way but also where literally bringing people back to miami beach in a safe way blath one you know throughout the productions run actors follow strict code protocols they regularly tested and those who perform together also isolate together every performance is sold out money that helps the nonprofit theatre company survive over the past 12 months or so all of our lives have changed drastically and covert pretty good is a very real thing miami new drama is doing that is not just reviving the arts

safely are also bringing people much needed entertainment as a fresh produce for those starved of in person artistic entertainment this theatrical production and troubling times has been a hit it's been a while since anyone's been able to go to a show or see anything live in a long time so it's kind of cool to see people getting creative and doing things outside and making things happen with the current. and i hope it keeps going. how far people are going to run for fear i don't know if they're looking to tell everybody yes. while the immediate future of live entertainment remains in flux here at least is proof that the show can go on. and to gallacher all to 0 miami florida. there with al jazeera these are our top stories the world health organization is

warning against hording current virus vaccine supplies and follows the e.u. has moved to impose export controls on.