the president is still running because they say that means the election will be meaningless. >> malcolm weborted. now senior diplomates has warned the president against sum pressing political opposition. >> if you try to put a lid on that pot it risks builting over and reis rated our strong view that will be space, for opposition, and for peaceful criticism. going forward. and that all sides both the government and the opposition should above all refrain from violence and intimidation. show you some pictures now pictures of women and girls that the ema says it rescued from a boko haram strong hold, but nearly 300 of them free from the forests the army on thursday saying it also found a second group in the exact number of people in that rescue not specified. the armed group pushed back by forces, one area where boko haram swept through and destroyed -- hundreds of human remains have been found there, this is a town -- in north eastern nigeria. boko haram fighters occupied this town for a month and are alleged to have kills many. soldiers and residents say 200 bodies were removed from here. m

protesters say they won't stop until he abandons his plan to run for a third presidential term malcolm web> u.n. says over 15,000 refugees from berundi are in rwanda having fled violence. people of xenphobia, people have been killed in a series of attacks against african migrants living in the country and charles stratford met the victim of one family. >> reporter: came to south africa from mozambeke in 71 and his nephew was murdered during the resent wave of xenophobic attacks against migrant workers. >> translator: when the nurse told me he was gone i was broken because when his father died he left him with me to look after. why has god taken him away from us? >> reporter: the family is scared and trying to cope. the attack on a nine-year-old was caught on camera but a south africa journalist. >> translator: i cannot eat or sleep. he is always in my mind the picture of how he died is always there. >> reporter: this is a spot where he was so brutally killed now four men were arrested and are expected to stand trial for his murder but a number of people lost family from violence in 2008 wh

including robert hopes for a turn around in the coming years, millions of kenya jobs depend on it malcolm webra, nairobi. >> reporter: and you can keep up to date with all the day's news and sport on our website, the address al jazeera.com. and heating. we assume that when we need it it's there. in endless abundant reliable supply. concerns are growing that the vast web of infrastructure that guarantees lights come on is

crowds rallied against the president's bid to run for a third term in office, from the capitol malcolm web>> reporter: [chanting] protesters show no sign of backing down and want the president to abandon his bid for a in june election. and supporters say he is entitled to run again. the deaths on the streets only seem to make the demonstrators more angry. >> translator: they want to kill citizens they want to slaughter us like animals. >> reporter: there is a whole crowd of protesters here behind them a burning roadblock, behind that several burning roadblocks going back a kilometer and down the road here riot police and antiriot vehicles and water canon and tear gas and soldiers on the streets and have not been joining in they have been observing to protect civilians. the police wait for orders to advance but the trouble hasn't only been out on the streets. he says he was sitting at home with his neighbors just after sunset when men wearing new police uniforms came and shot one of them. he died. other people near here think attackers may have been from the youth wing but wearing police un

from the capital malcolm web reports. >> reporter: protesters show no sign of backing down.hey want president pierre to abandon his bid if a third presidential term in june's election. but his supporters say he's entitled to run again. the death on his the streets only seem to make the demonstrators more angry. >> translator: they want to kill citizens, they want to slaughter us like animals. >> reporter: there is a whole crowd of protesters here behind them the burning road block behind that several burning roadblocks going back for about a kilometer down the road here a line of riot police and a couple of anti-riot vehicles with water cannon and tear tear gas also a handful of joels around out on the street but not joining in, just observing, here to protect civilians. the police wait for orders to advance, the trouble hasn't only been out on the streets he says he was sitting here at home with his neighbors just after sunset when men wearing new police uniforms came and shot one of them. he died. other people near here think the attackers may have been from the ruling par

malcolm web joins us on the phone from the capital. so malcolm, the situation seems to be getting worse. can you tell us what's happening there? >> it started at sunrise this morning, small crowds of protesters in several suburbs. police were destroyed deployed protesters started cheering and chanting. police fired for a couple of hours as the protesters dispersed, each time they came back in larger numbers. they were starting to build road blocks. just about managed to keep the upper hand using tear gas. there have been reports they have been firing people the red cross say at least two people have been shot and several people have been injured with gunshot wounds as well. >> obviously, what they are upset about is they have been reporting the president seeking a third term. have you heard anything from the president from the government? >> yes. i spoke to the president president's spokemans a short while ago. he said the protesters are responsible for this violence and not the president. he said it should be peacefully resolved in a p

malcolm web -- some kind of outcome. >> all the demonstrators. withdraws his bid for a third term. in the presidential election. we just heard a short while ago on local radio stations being reported that the policeman has shot dead a soldier on the streets. that we just explain what the soldiers have been doing so it is the police that most of the locations where the protestors and the police have been clashing but they haven't been joining in, they have just been monitoring and observing a couple of times they have seen negotiating between the soldiers and the protestors. sometimes urging the police to use less restraint. of course, if this is confirmed that the policeman has shot dead a soldier that will increase tension between the army and the police if that does deteriorate, of course that increases the chances of the army, actually trying to take control themselves. >> i am wondering whether the current president is actually unpopular generally because his point is that listen, i was put in place for my first term, therefore that doesn't count, i was then elected for what yo

malcolm web, al jazeera. >>> a full bulletin of news coming up, in just a minute or two so don't go awayension on the streets of johanesburg as migrant workers arm themselves against more attacks. ♪ hello i'm with al jazeera live from doha also to come on the program the u.n. calls for a ceasefire in yemen and launches appeal to help those suffering in the war plus. >> in the mediterranean and those in africa is in chaos and full of terrorists and

. >> malcolm web has momp. >> thousands of refugees crossed into camp. the president says he's individualed to run again after serving two terms. that is causing tension. a lot of people, including members of the party that they shouldn't because it's against the constitution. the youth wing was accused of political violence and killing a lot of refugees a lot are scared of the youth wing. the human rights chief was critical. >> this militia that supports the government appears to operate aggressively and with total impunity. >> the country is at a crossroads. a fair vote could take the country forward, the other taking it back to its violent past. 300,000 were killed in a civil war that ended in 2005. it was a peace deal that brought the president to power. >> south african president jacob zuma called for an end to attacks on african migrants. police fired rubble coated bullets during a protest. thousands are seeking shelter at police stations. six have been killed in attacks in durban. our correspondent went to a rally. >> a lot of people ask what is t

al jazeera's malcolm web is with us live from garisa. what's happening there now malcolm?porter: we are just outside the gate of the university college. a few vehicles coming in and out. we have seen soldiers going in pick-ups full of soldiers. with them some of the families of some of the people who were killed. we understand people are looking for those who are missing, trying to identify some of the bodies. we have been told, i think, almost all if not all of the bodies are now -- or most of them have been removed. we have also been told that most of them have been flown to the capitol, nairobi. and from there they will be tan taken to the parts of the country where they are from. this is the place where it all started, though. this gate where yesterday morning just before sunrise, the stackers killed two armed guards and then they moved in to the university compound and set off some explosives and attacked the residential blocks where a lot of students at the time were praying or sleeping and then the siege lasted the whole day. it went on for hours and hours, during w

including robert hopes for a turn around in the coming years, millions of kenya jobs depend on it malcolm web, al jazeera, nairobi. >> reporter: and you can keep up to date with all the day's news and sport on our website, the address al jazeera.com. and heating. we assume that when we need it it's there. in endless abundant reliable supply. concerns are growing that the vast web of infrastructure that guarantees lights come on is antiquated, inefficient and vulnerable to sabotage and attack. it. it's "inside story". >>> this is "inside story" on al jazeera america, i'm ray suarez. whether it's commuter rail, roads and bridges, municipal water and sue in, as a country -- sewerage, as a country we are crossing fingers hope well built but old infrastructure holds up. a creaky part is the stricke -- electric grid. it comes to an outlet in your kitchen where without a second thought you make toast and heat coffee. the outage in 2003 was a reminder hour ageing equipment is natural events can plunge millions into the dark. it took days to recover. businesses closed their doors, airports stopped ope

as malcolm web reports from the nairobi coffee exchange. >> thethe weekly task of testing dozens of cups of coffee. he grades them so people know what to bid for in the upcoming auction. coffee provides an income for about 150,000 small-scale farmers. most of it is tasted and then traded here. downstairs traders elect the samples for testing but many are worried about the bus because coffee production has been going down since the 1980s. this could have any is among the best of the world and we're surrounded by hundreds of samples of kenyan coffee awaiting auction. it allows them to bring up the quality of coffee brought from other countries and the traders say because of this reason kenyan coffee fetches about as high a price that it can on the international market, but there are a number of factors between here at the exchange and the farmers that grow it that mean that farmers don't want to grow it any more. nairobi's construction boom is part of it. a lot of coffee plants have been pulled up and the land sold to developers. the new properties don't provide jobs in the long term. had

but there are questions about the legitimacy about the agreement, as malcolm web explains. >> two former presidents of the central african republic sign add document reaffirming their commitment to the peace process, just a week ago the two main fighting factions and signed an great here, absent throughout the whole four months of talks here, has been the central african republic current interim government. critics say that means what has happened here is meaningless, that the mediators say because they got the main fighting and the two ex-presidents to the table is still a step forward. >> al-shabaab fighters have killed at least ten people on attack on government buildings. >> the gunman september off two bombs before storming the building. during the 192 soldiers and eight civilians were killed along with seven gunman. >> a wave of violence against foreigners has spread to the city. four people have reported to have died. in the northeast nigeria amnesty international says at least 2,000 women and girls have been inducted by boko haram since the start of 2014. where cam inpaers are de

we're crossing back to malcolm web. just give us an update on the situation there malcolm. >> just down the road behind me 100 meters or so is garissa university. we've seen down there been to the gates there's a lot of soldiers there, we can hear gunfire and fighting, but the soldiers wouldn't let us stay so we pulled back to here. we spoke on the phone to a hostage inside the university since 5:30 this morning local time when the attackers first arrived. he's just got out now just rescued. he said there are 200, 300 students still inside in the halls and residential buildings up on the second floor. the soldiers are going in to try to rescue students, but it's still going on that every so often, we see ambulances rushing down the road taking the injured host ones rescued to the air field on the other side of down. we see vehicles and soldiers rushing the other way to go join the fight. >> is the death toll expected to rise seeing as it sounds like this is very much an ongoing situation? >> yes, it is expected to rise.

malcolm web has the latest from the capital. >> reporter: at sunrise this morning, small crowds of protesters gathered in several suburbs. police were deployed. protesters started cheering and chanting. police fired tear gas for a couple of hours. as the protesters dispersed, each time they came back in larger numbers. they were starting to build road blocks. the police managed to keep the upper hand. there have been reports they are firing at people. the red cross say at least two people have been shot and several people have been injured with gunshot wounds as well. i spoke to the president spokesperson a while ago. he said the protesters are responsible for this violence and he said it should be peacefully resolved in a presidential election and if people aren't happy with the result it can be challenged through the courts. that's something protesters won't accept. they don't believe an election including it will be free. that's against the constitution a.m. limits. >> counting is underway in kazakhstan after polls closed in sunday's election. the current president is expected to extend hi

malcolm web is live for us now in nairobi. clearly a lot of anger in the country in the wake of that brutal attack on the university in garissa and questions about kenyan security. >> that's right. the students' message is clear. they want more security at all universities for all students across the country. before the attack last week, there had been warnings about the vulnerability of universities and specifically people in garissa had said they wanted more security at that university saying it was in an unstable part of northeastern kenya where al shabab have launched several attacks in the last year or so, and because there were a diversity of students from different parts of the country thought it was a vulnerable target. they wanted more security there soldiers or armed please. they've made that request to the government but the security never came and of course when the university was attacked, it did prove very vulnerable indeed. students have taken to the streets to demand to have this extra security in all the insti

. >>> let's get the latest from malcolm web. >> reporter: after a very heavy fire fight this afternooneached a climax in the afternoon with cloud explosions after that the fighting stopped and we have since spoken to a couple of people on the phone inside the university compound and this information is not coming from official sources but eyewitnesses we spoke to there and say at the moment the security services and other people are still a bit concerned, a bit worried about going in the building since the students' residents building where most of the fighting was and most dead hostages are and think there may be one assailant in there and loud explosions we heard this afternoon were one or possibly two of them wearing suicide vests and blowing them up and think the remaining people in the building could also bewaring suicide vests and of course people are treading very cautiously about trying to find what they believe to be the last remaining killer. >> let's bring in the director of african immigrant caucus talking to some washington d.c. did you think as been suggested the kenya au

malcolm web following developments at the capitol. >> reporter: local radio station reported a shortgo that a policeman shot dead a soldier on the streets at one of the sites of the protests. now if this is confirmed it may strain the relationship between the army and the police. the soldiers have been out the street since monday and have not been joining in with the police and have been observing small groups of soldiers and most of the sites where they are clashing and seen them a couple of times trying to negotiate between police and protesters, sometimes urging police to use restraints and less force and the army is respected here and seen as neutral and not taking political sides so of course if it is confirmed that a policeman did choose a soldier and if there were more incidents like this if the situation deteriorates that increases the chances of the army at a later stage taking control themselves. >> reporter: all right still to come on the program [gunfire] we will have a report on the port city of aiden where much of the war in yemen is being played out, plus outbursts at

my name is malcolm web, i am a journalist. to get the number of one of the hostages inside she was hidden in her room with five others. it was hard to hear what she was saying but easy to hear the terror in her voice. and then she said she had to be quiet and hung up. and have -- nearby in the hospital where the injured were treated, pain, grief and horror. the government had been warned the university was a vulnerable target. and people have requested more security. these attacks led many to question why nothing was done. but measures are being taken now. >> i am the inspector general of the national police do here by issue curfew orders, in the counties of. >> reporter: but for the families of the dead students it's too late. kenyans once again have to come to terms with the loss of so many. malcolm webb, al jazerra ga respite a kenya. >>> and wail have lots more world news after the break including. >> we want official to his tell us if we can get back to our homes or not. we want them to give us answers. >>> thousands of i

of a two term limit and it's the biggest political crisis since the civil war ended in 2005 and malcolm webwing developments this the capitol. >> reporter: a local radio station reported that a policeman shot dead a soldier on the streets of one of the cites of the protections and if confirm it may strain the relationship between the army and police. the soldiers have been out on the streets since monday and not joining in with the police and have been observing, small groups of soldiers at sites where protesters and police clashing and we saw them trying to negotiate between police and protesters, sometimes urging the police to use restraints and less force, the army is respected in burundi and people see them as neutral and not taking political sides so of course if it is confirmed that a policeman did shoot a soldier and if there are more incidents like this if the situation deteriorates that increases the chances of the army at a later stage taking control themselves. >>> the nigerian army released the first pictures of women and girls that were rescued from a boko haram stronghold. 293

. >> all right thanks so much, malcolm web there. we'll have more on this story coming up on our news hour, we'll speak to security experts in the kenyan capitol on how the attack was allowed to happen. >> china chargedding its former security chief with corruption. he is accused of bribery abuse of power and leaking state secrets. he's the highest ranking communist party official to be prosecuted in 35 years. our correspondent adrian brown reports. >> on state television, a keenly anticipated announcement. confirmation that a once feared and powerful politician will stand trial. he controlled the countries domestic security agency and had files on anyone that mattered. before his retirement, he'd been a member of the countries top decision making body, a position that in theory made him untouchable. analysts say his mistake was to try to undermine the president just before his election two and a half years ago. >> obviously it is a political power struggle, but the government is using criminal charges to get rid of him. >> when he d

and most businesses are closed and the army has been deployed and malcolm web reports. >> reporter: foractivists here have said they would take to the streets if the president tried to run for a third term in june's election and the party announced he will and crowds gathered and police deployed and when he came to power this 2005 following a peace dale it ended a 12 year civil war between factions and now the parties have not officially joined the protest but this man, a presidential candidate came along. >> we first demonstrate peacefully but are telling them either use force and we move by force force. [cheering] the protests seem to be growing larger and this one started at that end of the road and by the time it got to here it's numbered in the hundreds and face-to-face with riot police and behind the riot police is another crowd of protesters forming and exchanging rocks and tear gas and people are worried the situation is going to escalate and it did. [gunfire] several protesters were injured and some parts of the city some people were shot and killed. we ended up down wind of so

. >>> let's hear from malcolm web our correspondent who got there soon after this began. >> after heavyfighting this afternoon that reached a climax to the end of the afternoon and during which we had a couple of loud explosions after that the fighting stopped and we have since spoke tone a couple of people on the phone who were inside the university compound so this information is not coming from official sources but from eyewitnesses we have spoken to and said at the moment security services are still a bit concerned and worried about going into the building into the students' residents building where the fighting was and dead hostages are because they think there may be one assailant in there and the explosions this afternoon may be one or possibly two assay say lents wearing vests and blowing them up and the rest could bewaring suicide vests and people are treading cautiously to try to find what they believe is the last remaining killer. >> let's talk to a writer commentator on african affairs and the timing of this it is holy week we have good friday approaching, we have easter sun

malcolm web is in garissa and filed this report. >> just 100 meters behind me is garissa university. we'll been to the gate. you can hear heavy fighting. soldiers wouldn't let us stay there. we've come back to here where the crowds gathered, people waiting to find out what will happen. we've spoken on the phone to one of the hostages who's inside and just managed to get out. he says that there's at least 200, maybe another 300 students inside there still trapped and taken hostage by the attackers. the attackers came about 5:30 in the morning just when people at the university were operating those muslim getting down to pray. they threw explosives and went to the residential building and that's where they've been since and where they've got hostages right up until now. >> the u.s. has had a travel warning in place for kenya since last year. despite that, president obama is said to visit the country in july. there is no word yet from the administration this morning if this attack might impact the penalty's trip. >> news of the attack quickly spread on social media this morning. a membe