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and i, why money i eat this is out, is there a lie from dough hall or so coming up to decades on from the beginning of the war, in doff for sudan, still bears the scars, polluted, and i'm drinkable water phase for public health in southern turkey. in the wake of devastating earthquakes. and a rad look at live inside russian control. don't yet we meet people who been living near the front lines since 2014 ah votes of being counted in nigeria in what's believe to be it's tightest presidential election in decades. but gum file and delays have mom. the poll in africa's biggest democracy election took place in the middle of an economic crisis and violence by armed groups in some regions. muhammad jammah june reports from the capital, a boucher in nigeria is capital. the polls didn't open as early as

they were meant to, but the mood was nonetheless up beat sandra awful. who wants to see her country move in the right direction? told us how relieved she was to have voted. finally his life by law yoga expo wrist. because we have been allowed to ring, you know, written on the phone. how many, how many months now, for those practicing there civic duty, the significance of this day could not be overstated. no matter the heat, no matter the length of the lines. people waited. despite the delayed start earlier in the day, things have gone smoothly here at this pulling station and everybody i've spoken to say they're prepared to stay here as long as it takes to ensure they can cast their ballot at a polling station in the battle ground state of legal panic after gunfire broke out armed gunmen in a minibus fire shots in the ear and snatch ballad boxes at the voting station. and

follow lou junction. earlier lagos, his police chief, had issued a stern warning to any one planning to provoke and rest. who had into fire you we way. so let's you will apprehend you. i will bring you to justice for voters here growing concerned not just over the high cost of living, but even what might happen after this vote. if this was you wrong? that means that we know have a c in, i'll punch in the southeastern city of new goose ballots were delivered late voters, both tired and bored. wondered when booths would finally be set up. poles were scheduled to close by afternoon and many worried. they might not be able to vote. nigeria independent national electoral commission said some areas had experienced irregularities and try to offer reassurance. anybody who had, who was only you before, $230.00 would be allowed to vote,

even who 14 rose will be on the official clothes and alice local news. 18 candidates are running for the presidency, but only 3 are seen as having a realistic chance of winning. also up for election or hundreds of seats and parliament in this hotly contested election. voters only know one thing for certain . no matter who wins the challenges ahead will not be easy. mama, jim drama zeta, a boucher. well let's get fallacious on the accounting. now her motto is in and new grew for us, or any updates from election officials on turn out on how the voting when nationwide a day off to the votes, things seem relatively calm across the country. officials from the literal commission. so they work late into the night into the early morning counting some of the votes. they say they taking a bit of a break until about noon local time and then they will resume the process. they say

in general, voter turnout was high in some areas where there's a lot of young people under the age of 35 lighting up to vote. but they said they were problems and disruptions in some parts of the country. for example, reports of people snatching better boxes than arms being attacked and people at pony stations in lagos, that space on people's different ballot boxes was snatched in the south of the country in a by also stated oil which area somebody say what just dropped it because of violence that those people are only going to get to vote on sunday. we also hearing from some politicians and political parties about concerns about vote rigging and votes tampering. so some people here are concerned that could affect the selection . and people are concerned that this election results when it comes out could be disputed. so how long before we do actually get a final result? final official results. our estate said within 5 days, we could start seeing early results from late sunday. and what will happen,

or what is happening is that people from all the floating stations across the country are counting the votes. those votes they'd be taken to the capitol region for verification. so we could saudi the final official resolve. late monday may be in to tuesday, and then if there's no outright, we're not there will be a run off within $21.00 days. whoever wins the selection will have a lot of challenges ahead of them that deal with the 20 me youth employment corruption. and in security, in some parts of the country. so it's a wait and see for many people here in nigeria is african most populous nation is, gets big, gets economy. a lot of people in the international community are watching the selection very, very close. okay, how thank you for the update polymer toss of that 1st live in a new group. it's been 20 years since the start of the war and are for a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people in displaced 1000000

small. the fighting has largely ended now, but many of the displaced a still living in camps with nowhere else to go out there is hipaa. mogan has more from north donnell. this was once a home in the village of uncle shadow and to dance north. therefore, as alma adam stands amongst the ruins where his home once stood, he remembers his life here before being forced out when the were and dar 4 began. alana and i'd love for him for them coursera people came and dreaded the village. there were 6 cars loaded of guns, some were in horses and some on camelback. they were from the arab tribes. they killed the men and bent the village. don't and looted property in livestock. i knew we had to skip to the mountains to survive the war, misdemeanor. i knew less or more due to borrow. the worst started in 2003 with a dar for he tribes rebelling against the government and accusing it of marginalization. the government responded with airstrikes and attacks on villages

perceived to be allied to the rebels. more than 300000 people were killed and over 2000000 displaced in the years that followed. the un describe the war as ethnic cleansing against the tribes here and 20 years on evidence of the work still remains. hundreds of villages across the da 4 region were burned during the years of war, in what was known as court earth policy. many of those who are able to flee are now in camps, waiting for the implementation of a peace agreement find in 2020, to be able to return home. the deal signed between the government and various rebel groups included compensation for victims, upper word, but some displaced people see other issues. keep them from returning women is yet not another because the owner of the people who killed us and burns our villagers are still out there. and us to launch, we can leave the camp without being assaulted by owns men are running into pickups with loaded guns, all numbers in a solution. so local authority, see security will be provided for those wanting to return. we actually agreeing to

were peace agreement in, in the security protocol agreement that we said that do those returns the must go back to the original village and we have to establish the force to carry out the mission for protect them when they are going back to their original village, after 20 years of displacement, alma wants to return home, but he needs to be sure it is safe. he doesn't want to be forced to leave again. and have a morgan joins us live now from the abil shook internally, displaced persons camp in north star for it appears hipaa that the country is still struggling to move forward 20 years on why is that? well, spoken to many displaced here in these camps. this camp right here, a bush oak is just one of our, several camps across the region. and north therefore has the biggest population of

displaced people. now we spoke to some of them here in the camp and some of the displays people who have managed to, even if temporarily return to their villages. and they say that the security situation is tough for them. and this is why they're still in camps, but they've also spoken about the economic conditions about the fact that years or rather 2 decades of we're at this point, has devastated the regional economy and made, made it very hard for them to be able to pay their way out and rebuild their lives outside the camp. these camps here in the region are now homes and towns are in the place of the villages that were destroyed during the war. so for many of them, this is all they know. this is the, this is the live that they've been living for the past 20 years, especially the children and the youth who have been born in the scams. so for many of them, they don't know anything else. they don't know how to restart their lives outside of these camps, especially with many of them saying that even with a peace agreement signed a more than 2 years ago, there is still some sort of insecurity happening. and so they're not sure that they

are able to return hipaa morgan there for us in north star for and keep ah, health workers and engineers are stepping up the operations and quake hit regions of southern turkey with growing concerns about the spread of infectious diseases. hash m a, her body reports from canada, mom, rush, a raise, a goes time to play the rub. gama mirage is among the regions, hardest hurt by earthquakes. in southern turkey, drinking water is unsafe. the air is thick with dust and health experts say it's contaminated with toxins and pollutants from the rubble poppy, a shamela, non malicious little muscle. our biggest challenge is improving hygiene

incidentally, condition solid, especially now that you have a growing number of displaced living in denton camps schedules. our goal is to provide better living conditions for bandler. in this makeshift can those without homes receive bottled water masks, hand sanitizers, and daily supplies of food, clearly traumatized. the face an uncertain future. as emergency teams clear the rubble, huge challenges are piling up the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the earthquakes with stay in shelters or welcome to save her houses until there's a rebuilt. but in the mean time, there was continued to be exposed to the threats of after shocks, diseases and toxins in the air. david witt wick, leads a team of doctors from the u. k. and his worry it, it's inevitable that you're going to see a royce in disease,

and it's also inevitable. there will be some kind of infectious disease your new series, how quickly we can get on top of it all together and control it. for now, people in color, my mothers are desperate to retrieve their belongings. this is all volunteers could recover from this building. a photo album for the family that once lived here by they hope it will help survivors and relatives of those who have died to pick up the pieces and move on. how shall bhalla al jazeera galler my, my rush. as get the latest on efforts in taking out and speak to rob mcbride, who is live in the city of a dana, we know the government has been under huge profit pressure to provide shelter for people. how is that going? are people getting the help they need yeah, that is the effort now to build these temporary container cities as they called in

the disaster affected area. but there is also a growing awareness here about the puppet, the problem of population displacement. you've had a disaster affecting literally millions of people. it's estimated several 1000000 people have actually left this corner of turkey for other parts of the country. now, many of those people will have gone to the much bigger cities, like you stumble, an anchor, but a sizable proportion that people will have gone. not that far away from that hope provinces to places like here i did not on the edge of the earthquake zone and also other cities further west down the coast, for example, the big port city of matson. now that is about the 1st big city you come to, which is considered safe if you're like it's just outside of the earthquake zone. so it's estimated some of the, these, the estimates do vary, but it's reckoned that maybe several 100000 people have suddenly arrived at the past couple of weeks, which is a big influx of people for a provincial city. so it's putting a real strain on resources in places like like mosse and we know that many of those

people who are being accommodated in temporary accommodation in gymnasiums in government, dormitories and so on. they will return to their home provinces, once temporary. the places are built for them there, but the increasingly saves people have lost life. behold the last that homes may never go back and you are seeing things like rental prices in mass in a double. in some cases, they are expecting to see a big demand for hospital resources for school places and so on as the population suddenly swells. so at places like most in other cities, especially close to the earthquake affected area, a little facing these problems. and it's a big problem for to key a itself looking at the recovery, not just joined the emergency stage, but further on into the medium long term. okay, rob mcbride there for us in, in tech here. still ahead on al jazeera, struggling to tackle an electricity crisis. the head of south africa is power

company with blames the government for the persistent blackouts. and we report on how one of the wells biggest question events is taking place right here in kata ah, informed opinions far right extremism is real and need to be tackled as soon as possible. frank assessments, there was a joke about you from government, it's not infirm. and nor does it go inside story on al jazeera oh, a

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watching al jazeera and mind if our top stories us, our votes being counted in nigeria as presidential and parliamentary elections delays at polling stations on saturday. let people waiting for hours to cost their beds. they have been some reports of violence, monday, march, 20 years since the start of the wound are full, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced more than 2000000. many people remain in camps for the integrity displaced. in nearly 3 weeks, soft earthquakes devastated southern turkey and northern syria. they're growing concerns about the spread of infectious diseases in the region. 50000 people have died in the disaster. ah, french president, emanuel mackerel says he will travel to china in april to discuss the when you crane. on friday, beijing released a piece proposal as calling for an end to western sanctions on russia and is urging

moscow and keith to hold talks. micron says it's important for china to put pressure on russia to end the war and withdraw from ukraine or in the last year fighting russia has expanded its partial control of some regions of east in ukraine in were access to the parts have done yet. that's been on the russian control since 2014 al jazeera met, some of the people affected by the conflict. some have been job aid reports now on their stories. man was killed in the latest ukrainian artillery strikes on homes, and don yeske ah, seems like this have become routine. many have lived under constant fears since russian back separatists rose up against ukraine. human rights watch has accused russia of carrying out indiscriminate attacks against civilians and ukrainian forces are violating laws of war. its gathered testimony about alleged mistreatment and summary executions of prisoners of war, as well as the use of banned weapons,

human rights. what says ukrainian forces used your gun cluster munition rockets in an attack on has got in harkey region from me to early september, ukrainian forces repeatedly attack the city of idiom and surrounding areas while they were under russian control with cluster munitions. since russia annex these regions last year, many here now have russian passports, but that doesn't take away the dread of the next incoming missile. but the engineer the school, we are all at great risk. i get up to go to work and i don't know whether or not i'm michelle will hit us when i'm on the bus. i don't know if rockets will strike to night, like we can stay in doors forever. i need to leave my house. we just spray and god side plus no, no. it is dangerous, but i have to go out doors. we have to eat something. we must buy essentials. it was with me. go off this man as he was building a snowman with his daughter. michelle exploded next to them. they survived with minor injuries. so now parents don't meet in parks anymore. more swings and slides

are empty because of the congested state, if you would, a workers such as the red cross, you might entered the set of fees where people living in part of eastern ukraine. the board has continued for nearly a decade. from a majority of the muslim palestinian factions have denounced talks plan for sunday, between israeli and palestinian authorities. they say the meeting in jordan will allow more opportunities for crimes to be committed against palestinians has already forces killed 11 palestinians, a novelist in the west bank. on wednesday. this political security aims to provide more opportunities to commit crimes, including crimes, against prisoners and opposing penalties. oh, i don't know, i have but then i will call on our people to rise up in protest against the session and to raise pictures of materials in the policy and flip that people in tennessee

have been protesting against what they say is parser fe, crackdown on government critics, several prominent opposition. politicians have been detained. elections in december were boycotted by the opposition. her keys side of a power grab and hundreds of protesters have rallied in tennessee as capital to denounce racism and express solidarity towards migrants. and comes off to president fire claim. there's a paul to raise tennessee an identity by bringing in people from other african countries. the african union has condemned the statement ahead of south africa's state power company has left his job after keys in government officials and the ruling party of corruption. the country has been facing record power cuts. a state of disaster was declared to tackle the crisis. emitter. miller has more from jams, big jewel abraham chicks, the fuel level on what's become a necessity for businesses in south africa,

a generator to keep the lights on. as rolling blackouts persist without power, the cold storage fridges at the smoke won't work, sometimes forcing job to bury the dead quicker than usual, the unforeseen overhead that estrogen was there today. it was the budget itself. let's say hypothetically that one of the hold up is maybe $10000.00 times a week because of the power cost. it's not doubled that you've got it. now you've got to inflate your expenditures. these are the worst power cuts in 16 years, leaving large part of the country without electricity for 10 hours or more day. the cause old and badly maintained facilities, poor management, and allegations of corruption at the state own power utility. s. com. more than $10000000000.00 worth of contracts given by the power utility companies have been red. flags suspected of being corrupt. graft. s. com is made. the power cuts worse . critics say very little been done to fix it. just

a handful of senior management at esco have been investigated and arrested. and now the persistent load president from a post has declared a state of disaster to tackle the crisis from. but critics say it's purely administrative and will do little to help a new minister for electricity's being appointed alongside the already existing minister for energy and skeptics. it will only cost further confusion. meanwhile, the public utility p. o is resign. you investigative journalist cow cohen has written extensively about what he calls the sabotage of s. com, this physical sabotage and the sabotage in the border. people are physically breaking down power stations cutting down pylons, adding rocks into cold, trying to cause pass stations to break down. i did secure contract, well, because of ideological motivations in the boardroom. they all a series of incidence, you know, trying to target the executive of come, trying to make them look bad. some say there's a lack of political will to end the power cuts. meanwhile,

businesses like job struggled to keep running, while thousands of other small businesses have already shut their doors for me to mila ultra 0, johannesburg. now, one of the middle east, biggest equestrian events has been taking place. he and casso the 10th edition of the c h. i also comp featured more than a 130 riders from 28 countries. santa hamish was there. ah, right, isn't horses from around the world have landed in cut off for one of the biggest events on the question calendar ca, to, i'll shut up the is the only contest of its kind in asia with top ranking international stars competing in the olympic disciplines. of show dumping, dressers and parent dress, such a shag, it became overnight, a sensational event where rob, it's became one of the top 5 in the world. ah, we're seeing a lot of our development happening. lastly for years actually. where and now top

our competitors and horses are joining every year. and we're looking forward for the next 3 years to support and encourage the horse riding in this country. since it's a core part of our, our dna, germany leads the way when it comes to olympic, a question that success. and the why does have once again been collect entitled here and cut off a country which also has a historic commitment to the sport. the i'll check up santo is established more than 3 decades ago by the former emmy of katasha, commendable kylie for outside. he aims to preserve and promote the arabian know force agreed also it provides what class facilities for events like this. alongside the top level 5 saw show jumping events that had big fences and prize money to match competitions with lower fences and the lowest star rating. allow

emerging writers to gain valuable experience. it's a chance for country right. them hammered lisa beckett to take the next step in his career. i realized in 2012 the writing school and her consult christopher duration . and this is my 1st year in this international sure that i thought i did some of the, the international was always you always compete against other people from other regions and other countries. this also gives you a potential like to, to improve and to do bigger things like games and also asian games. process demand deal is, is an established name at the top of the show jumping world rankings. he's using the event to continue his build up to next year's parish olympics. we have only always the best right during the war with the best off. this is one of the biggest

shows stopping outside because we came from the in the off season. so we did good this, there are plenty more test to come for all the riders aiming for title success in the common season and beyond san hamish all jazeera. that's it for me, molly. inside the niece continues he on out there, often side store in ah, with hell i, we have a big cool down underway across a kit part. so if year winds coming in from an older direction is a fabulous snow in the forecast. as snowy weather will be making its way further east with some pretty wet weather too, just around hats western side of the mediterranean,

bumping into the cooler air. that will fade in a fair bit of unsettled weather, some cloud and right significant snowfall to around the outs and some be a snow to just around the generic house, lots of heavy right across. so the 8 reality we got some very wet weather there across the western side of the met. it's right in front of that line of anson with a right up into that western side of russia. cool. that temperature is subzero. cool enough around the north west to release it is dry with high pressure in charge . so for scotland, england plows, northern ireland into the republic of out of this generally try and settle 6 celsius there in paris. that's the sub charitable sam. it's read on monday, not so long ago, re getting up into the maintain so that something of a change loss of weather for monday across central parts of the medice. right, is more heavy rainfall coming for here. some very windy weather to just around southern parts of france, west and wendy, to across the far north west of africa, wendy, to full a good part of libya. ah,

the latest news, as it breaks still by the arriving here, fledging more with detailed coverage, more than a decade. who has killed all these many serious millions of latitude here looking for safety from around the world, limiting their powers require amendments to the constitution. the electron more with increasing number of governments getting electric. neither is we'll have to wait longer. well, that's china proposed as a way to ins. the war and ukraine could at work. would cave in moscow compromise. and 10, beijing be seen as an honest broker of all the west accuses it of supporting russia . this is inside story.