. >>> nigeria's new president will be sworn in on friday in the capital abuja. after four attempts, he beat the incumbent goodluck jonathan from abuja, al jazerra has more. >> reporter: rehearsals underway at eagle square in abuja for the inauguration of the new president. u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be attending along with leaders from across africa. after the celebrations, he says he will get to work. he's got major problems to deal with economists say the country is almost broke because of the falling price of oiling. nigeria relies almost exclusively on money from oil exports for income. and corruption has cost the country billions of dollars in lost revenues. buhari has promised to end it and improve security. >> there is a lot of he expectations from nigerians nigeria has seen a huge decline in terms of its infra structure

claire victory over boko haram until the missing school girls have been found and yvonne is there at abujathe ceremony and joins us live and it certainly seems like an exciting event and time for nigeria, yvonne. >> reporter: that's right, rochelle momentous occasion and the first peaceful transfer of power from one democratic leader to another and the first time in the country's history. just a few seconds ago the new president muhammadu buhari began speaking giving his inaugural speech addressing dignitaries across africa who are here and the u.s. secretary of state and thanked god and nigerians for showing the world they could conduct a free fair and peaceful election. he said the world had come to expect the worst from nigerians but surprised the world by conducting that free and fair poll in march. he said that the challenges ahead are absolutely enormous for the country and the country is virtually broke given the falling prices of oil and corruption is pervasive and unemployment is a huge issue and of course the constant power shortages that the country experiences and insecurity in

yvonne joins us live from abuja yvonne. >> reporter: richelle, thousands of people have shown up heree the square in the capital to witness this historic occasion in nigeria's political history. the peaceful transfer of power from one democratic lead tore another another. this was mohammadu buhari's fourth attempt at the presidency and finally he clinched. dignitaries from across the african continent have shown up, i have seen the president of ghana, new guinea, niger jake jacob zuma of south africa is here and also expelling john kerr toy make an appearance. expect mohammadu buhari will be here shortly. of course he will be sworn in by the chief justice and will become the new president think the work ahead for him is immense, and the country is facing a lot of challenges and he intends to, what he says, is to deal with these challenges swiftly. scheyer short background report on how we came to this day. rehearsals underway at eagle square in a abuja for the i nothing rouges of the new president mohammadu buhari. u.s. secretary of state john kerry i will be attends ago long with lea

, we have a report. >> reporter: rehearsals underway at eagle square in abuja for the inauguration ofnew president mo amadou buhari. u.s. second of state john kerry will be attending along with leaders from across africa. after the celebrations, buhari says he will get to work. he has major problems zero deal w economists say the country is almost. the country is almost broke. billions of dollars in lost revenues being buhari has promised to end it and improve security. >> there is a lot of expectations fromexpectations from nigerians nigeria has seen a huge did he complain in terms of its inning inning from structural conditions and also in terms of processes and in terms of the way the government has been run.. decay in inning from structure dwindling revenues. >> reporter: ninety-first problem he may have to deal with is the massive lack of fuel. hundreds of flights have been canceled, many banks and factories have had to close analysts say the fuel crisis is linked to corruption in the oil sector. >> there are going to be a number of measures. or preach today take in order to deal

. >>> securesecurity in and around nigeria's capital abuja has been tightened for the inauguration ofnt on friday. it's nearly 30 years since he last ruled as a military dictate never the 1980s he went onto lose four times in presidential bids after nigeria adopted democracy before finally winning in march. >> reporter: rehearsals under way at eagle square in abuja for the inauguration of nigeria's new president mohammadu buhari. u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be attending along with leaders from across africa. after the celebrations, buhari says he will get to work. he's got major problems to deal with. economists say the country is almost broke because of the falling price of oil. nigeria relies almost exclusively on money from oil exports for income. and corruption has cost the country billions of dollars in lost revenues. buhari has promised to end it. and improve security. >> there is a lot of expectation from nigerians nigeria has seen a huge decline in terms of its infrastructural condition, but also in terms of processes and in terms of the way government has been run

and we are joined live from abuja and inaugurations are always majestic events and yvonne tell us whatppening now. >> the ceremony has been going on and muhammadu buhari has been sworn in and muhammadu buhari the new president of nigeria has just inspected the parade before taking his seat again to watch some of the ceremony unfold and he said in the introduction dignitaries across african content are here and you mentioned zimbabwe and south africa the president ofroofro -- rowanda and east and west africa and southern africa. it's an exciting moment in this country's history, it's a historic moment and this is the first peaceful transfer of power from one democratically elected leader to another and goodluck jonathan at the ceremony after muhammadu buhari and sat next to him during the ceremony and the chief justice called them up to a podium just behind me where the handover took place and muhammadu buhari was announced the new president of nigeria and excitement and anticipation and saying this is a new nigeria and new beginning and opportunity to put the country, a country with hu

in abuja waiting for fuel to be delivered. some have been abandoned. some spent the night. the shortage is caused by two reasons, one is all-important. bringing fuel into nigeria, people are holding on to the product. it is one of the richest oil producing companies, because it doesn't have refineries it depends on the oil to bring it in, paying them to do so. the importers are worried that with the change of government, when goodluck jonathan hands obvious to president-elect muhammadu buhari they may not be paid outstanding debts ode by the federal government. the second issue is about the transportation of fuel. transport workers paid by the government say that they've not been paid for a long time are owed a lot of money and will not deliver money for the petrol stations. there has been a lot of corruption in the oil sector. years ago they believed $7 billion was paid to oil importers for oil that was never brought into the country. they are worried that the president, when he is sworn in, will investigate all of this and there's a possibility they may not be paid for pr

the campaigners go out to campaign in abuja. i have always said the life span and attention is short. that's what they have done here. a lot of them have moved on. the girls have not been found. again, you can't blame them. it's the duty of the nigerian government to protect and bring back the girls making sure that this doesn't happen any more. quite impressed with the bring back our girls group. every day since the abduction of the girls. i saw them in abuja. >> what do you make of them in terms of military strength. >> there's a lot of mercenaries involved and mercenaries from south africa ukraine and other places. in nigeria, they claim people are assisting with logistics. they are not discloseing mercenaries. it's good news the activities of the military. when we reported back to back that they were losing territory, they blackmailed us saying they are supporting boko haram. >> they black mailed you. >> yes. now they said we were right and they were wrong. we took them on, providing information. extending the campaign and b

at eagle square in abuja for the inauguration of nigh nigeria's new president. state john kerry will be attending along with leaders from across africa. after the celebrations he says he will get to work. he has major problems to deal w economists say the country is almost broke because of the falling price of oil nigeria relies almost exclusively on money from oil exports for income. and corruption cost the country billions of dollars in revenue. he promises to end it and improve security. >> there is a lot of expectations from nigerians nigeria has seen a huge decline in terms of its infrastructure condition, but also in terms of processes and in terms of the way government has been run. huge levels of corruption, decaying infrastructure, dwindling revenues. >> reporter: but the first problem he may have to deal with is the massive fuel shortage that's bringing nigeria to a standstill. hundreds of flights have been canceled. many banks and factories have had to close and analysts say the fuel crisis is link today corruption in the oil sector. >> there are goin

. >> evon live from abuja, historic event there, thank you.bangkok where talks to tackle the migrant crisis in southeast asia are taking place and tension with countries remain with delegates from myanmar are angry about being singled out from the crisis and they are calling on myanmar to recognize myanmar people as citizens and stem the flow of migrants fleeing persecution and trying to see the causes of exodus by taking full responsibility for all of its people and released the latest census which makes no mention of the rohingya and we will go to bangkok. >> the ability of the government in the region to deal with difficult issues that is our trans national in a culture that has been based on noninterference. that is why the myanmar government responded very bluntly when the high commissioner for refugee says any vote for the crisis has to include citizen for man maryann myanmar said they are not well informed and the fact is this meeting is coming very late who are said to be still stranded at the hands of traffickers and had immense depri

ynonne ndedge has more from abuja. >> well the president of chad came to nigeria to congratulate goodluck jonathan for conducting a free, fair and peaceful presidential election at the end of march. it was during the meeting with president goodluck jonathan that discussions were held about how the fight against boko haram was going on. the president made comments that it was regrettable that there wasn't greater sinernaly in the fight against the group. if they had been it could be better resolve. the fact given by the bosses is different. they say that there has been good coordination between the countries, not just chad but other countries like nigeria, cameroon is evidence in the fact that the group has been diminished, there has been few attacks in the north-east that in the last few weeks we have seen the rescue of hundreds of women and girls in the region in the sambisi forest specifically where it's believed that that is boko haram's last remaining strongest stronghold in the country. and there is a sense, there is a feeling that boko haram is soon to be over. it's not clear the ba

. >> muhammadu buhari was sworn in by chief justice at eagle square in the capital abuja. it was an historical occasion because it was the first transfer of power from one democratic leader to the other since the end of military rule in 1999. the outgoing president sat next to buhari. buhari thanked him for accepting defeat during elections in march. after being sworn in the new president took his inaugural speech. he said that the world had come to expect the worst of nigeria but nigeria had surprised the world in conducting a free, fair peaceful election that brought him to power. he promised to fight corruption, bring employment and improve security. >> if is a complete change for the image of africa. something that frustrates me a lot is that nigeria and other countries cannot have a democratic peaceful transition or election. i think those days are over. >> outside of the venue thousands of supporters try to get in to watch the ceremony. >> we need to show our happiness as a mass of this country. we come to eagle square security did not allow the masses to be there. w

let's go back to nigeria, and talk to ynonne ndedge in abuja. what do we know about people that were rescued from boko haram. >> we have made requests of the military for further information about the circumstances in which the latest 234 people were rescued. we received a response from people who said the usual circumstances that boko haram camps were assaulted, and people were freed during the assault, that there are the attendant casualties. or how many boko haram fighters are killed. scant information, they were asked to deduce from the rescues this week the exact circumstances of the latest rescues. what we know based on what we have seen this week around the resist cues that are ongoing, is that once freed people have been scened and profiled by the military, to earn who they are, where they come from we understand that they have been evacuated. that's all we know for now. we are seeking more information. >> is there information on identities and who they are? >> well people are demanding that the military release the identity of these som

we have more from abuja. >> president buhari was importantsworn in, it was an historical occasion becauset was the first transfer of power from one democratic leader to another to end the since the end of military rule in 1999. the outgoing president goodluck jonathan sat next to buhari. he thanked him for accepting defeat during elections in march. after being sworn in the new president gave his inaugural speech. he said the world had come to expect the worse but that nigeria had surprised the world conducting a free, fair peaceful election that brought him to power. he promised to fight corruption and unemployment and improve security. >> you there is a sense in the u.s. something that frustrates me a lot that nigeria and other countries can have a democratic transition or election, and i think those days are over. >> outside of the venue thousands of buhari supporters tried to get in to watch the ceremony. today we now need to show our happiness, as the masses of this country. >> celebrations to mark this historic event across nigeria. yvonne ndege al jazeera,. >> a bombing has killed

our correspondent is in abuja with the latest. >> here it is, the swearing in of nigeria next president mohammad do buhari -- he's back this time as a civilian at the age of 72, winning this election, and you can hear the rounds of applause for him. good luck, jonathan, who conceded defeat graciously. the first ever transfer of power. in all too rare occurrence. witnessing the fact from all over the continent as well as dignitaries that include the french foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state john kerry, getting a big round of applause when he arrived. one person in the crowd shouting, "we are the united states of nigeria." with the setbacks in boko haram the -- with the setbacks -- boko haram, the falling price of oil -- here is -- molly: let's take a look at more of the challenges that mohammed -- that mohammed do buhari faces. >> falling oil prices, the known ordination of -- the -- in legos, the -- inlayin lagos power is in short supply. many hope the president elect will addressed the gross mismanagement of his predecessor. >> every day, in my village, people are suffering.

we have the latest now from the capital abuja. >> more gas stations in the nation's capitol sell petrolsses have been disrupted, and the situation is worse in other places like rural towns and villages across nigeria. drivers spend hours and days as people try to get petrol especially in government-controlled institutions and petrol stations like this. >> the alternative is to buy from black market where prices can be as high as four times the government's price. more towns are thrown into darkness with power cuts. >> burundi's president is campaigning in the rural countryside despite protests against him running for a third term. this is when he asked for burundi to pay for the third term election. >> she still can't believe her brother was shot and killed by police. he was protesting against burundi's president running for a third term in the june presidential election. >> my brother is dead. how could they be so cruel. >> this broken family has to find a way to cope. elsewhere another family is concerned about a situation in burundi. the president's run for a third election would vio

secretary of state john kerry traveled to abuja for the ceremony.e defeated good look jonathan the country's long-time leader. >>> when the thin blue line gets too thin the police department in new orleans, understaffed and unable to refill its ranks. why the city can't find or keep enough good officers. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. it is 10:44 eastern. officials say human error was likely not to blame for the military accidentally sending live anthrax across the country. the pentagon all procedures were followed but anthrax is notoriously hard to kill. >>> beaches in southern california shut down because of tar balls washing up on their shores are reopening today. >>> and virginia's governor has signed a new law aimed and preventing sexual assault on college campuses. it will create a task force and create all colleges to create a comprehensive plan for responding to assaults. >>> the economy has shrank .7%. thank you so much for your time. how much should we read into this first quarter gdp number? >> i think it's important not to get t

reporter: he was sworn in as president of nigeria by the chief justice at eagle square in the capitol abujait was an historic occasion because it was the first transfer of power from one democratic leader to the other since the end of military rule in 1999. heads of states from across africa -- >> some breaking news now. we understand that prince ali has withdrawn from the race to be the fifa leader. let's listen in. >> translator: sepp blatter is elected president. [ applause ] >> so there -- >> translator: please bring in mr. blatter. >> the surprise announcement of the withdraw of the challenging to sepp blatter. which means that sepp blatter has now become the -- his taken on his fifth term in charge of the world football. let's listen in. we understand that sepp blatter is now going to step up to the podium and say a few words. in the last few days sepp blatter has been talking about the wave of arrest and corruption allegations, but he called in the run up to this election for unity and team spirit and it was surprising in some people's view that it went to a second round. so we're no

allowed the wanted boko haram leader to remain illusive and we are live for us in the nigerian capitol abuja't these two countries worked together more because it would seem like the obvious thing to do here? >> well the president came to nigeria to congratulate president good luck john than for conducting a free fair and peaceful election at the end of march and it was during this meeting discussions were held about how to tackle the boko haram insurgency and he made those comments about their being no synergy, little cooperation, that would help to fight boko haram and ultimately achieve better results, those were his words during a q and a with journalists which followed this meeting with president goodluck jonathan. it's not clear what the basis of what president debbie is saying because the picture painted by the nigerian authority, nigerian military authorities during the fight against boko haram and the step up in the fight against the group over the last few months has been incredibly different. nigerian authorities have stood firm in saying there has been good cooperation, there has

reporter: he was sworn in as president of nighia by the chief justice at eagle square in the capitol abujan historic occasion because it was the first transfer of hower from one democratic leader to the other since the end of military rule in 1999. heads of state across africa and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry attended colluding other vips. the outgoing president sat next to him, and he thanked him for accepting defeat during elections in march. after being sworn in the new president gave his inaugural speech. he said the world has come to expect the worst from nigeria, but nigeria had surprised the world in conducting a free fair, and peaceful election that brought him to power. he promised to fight corruption, unemployment and improvement security. >> [ inaudible ] all nigerians. [ applause ] >> it's a complete change for the image of africa. i think there's a sense in the u.s. something that frustrates me a lot, that nigeria and other countries can't have a peaceful election. and i think those days are over. >> reporter: thousands of supporters tried to get in to watch the cere

large crowds were on hand in abuja to witness the event including his predecessor goodluck jonathan, and u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he is the first opposition figure to win a presidential election in nigeria since independence. will ross reports. will: pomp and parade on a proud day for nigeria. power passing from one president to another might not sound like an extraordinary heat, but after a really fought election, mighty relief for this handover. supporters came to see their men make history. he's the first opposition candidate to have defeated a sitting president. but people were also here to thank goodluck jonathan for conceding and ensuring nigeria did not descend into chaos. politicians came from across africa and beyond. the u.s. secretary of state, keen to give nigeria's democracy the comes up. as he was sworn in, people could not hide their joy. this has been a day of celebration in nigeria, but the hope is the message of what happened here will go way beyond the country possible orders even if there is a fiercely contested election that can end up with a peaceful

separately and lack of synergy said the boko haram leader is illusive and we have more from the capitol abuja nigeria to congratulate goodluck jonathan for having a free fair and peaceful election at the end of march and it was during this meeting with president jonathan that discussions were held about how the fight against boko haram is going on. now, president debbie made comments saying that it was regrettably there had not been greater coordination and synergy between chad soldiers and nigerian soldiers in the fight against the group and if they had been could be better resolved. but the picture given by nigeria is quite different and say there has been good coordination between the two countries, not just chad but other countries who have been helping them fight boko haram like niger and cameroon and it's evident in the fact the group has been severely diminished and very few attacks in the northeast over the last few months and in the last few weeks we seen the rescue of hundreds of women and girls in the region in the forest specifically where it's believed that that is boko haram's l

girls since 2014 and will maintain offensive until the forest is clear of camps and we have more from abuja repeated request to military for further information about the identities of the hundreds of people who have been rescued from boko haram and the circumstances in which they have been free and the military are saying 234 people just freed that the circumstances were the same circumstances in which others were freed earlier this week but there were assaults on boko haram camps in the forest which they were freed and attended casualties of boko haram fighters but no detail on how many fighters may have been killed and that the operation is ongoing. now what we can conclude from this statement from the military is that those who are rescued are currently under going a screening of profiling process to say who they are, how they came to be in the hands of boko haram and where they had come from. now, the organizers behind the campaign to find the 219 school girls who were kidnapped last year and who remain captive are demanding that the military and the government release more information

we have more from abuja. >> they made requests to the military for further information about the circumstances in which this latest 234 people have been rescued from boko haram in the forest. in the last few moments we received information from the authorities, saying the usual circumstances - assaults on boko haram camps in which people were found and freed. that there are the attend apt casualties of fighters. not clear how many fighters may have been killed but the operation is going on. we understand from earlier in the week when others were rescued that there is a screening and profiling process taking place in which the identities of people freed will be ascertained. the campaigner for the chick okay girls, the 200 or so kidnapped from a school in pap, 219 are missing. the campaigners to find and rescue the girls are demanding the military confirm whether any of the girls are among those found, and demanding that the identities of all those rescued by the military be part of it. so far that call has not been heeded >>> to yemen, where 27 people have been killed as fighting continues in t

al jazerra abuja nigeria. >>> the united arum emirates has destroyed over 10-tons of ivory. the stockpiled had been ceased over the last three years the uae is a key transit hub for the illegal trade. much of it end up in asia where it's used for traditional medicines among other things. >>> 1212 armed ethnic groups in myanmar are meet to go discuss a draft ceasefire deal they reached with the government in march. the ethnic groups often disagree with each other as well as the government. at florence looi reports for one day this clear they put aside their differences. >> reporter: the people have been fighting the government for decades. more than 60 years of strive make this the longest running conflict in myanmar. more than 100,000 people have been displaced. many living at refugees in neighboring thailand. there is little economic investment here because of the inninginstability, leaving the population poor and roads and facilitiesfacilities in shambles. a ceasefire agreement between the government and the rebels was signs in 2012. but there is still sporadic fighting. a

we have the latest from the capital of abuja.ives and businesses have been disrupted. >> the alternative is to buy from a black market, while the prices can be as high as four times the government price. the problem was power cuts. this is coming two days before a government comes in to office. >> a new treatment for patients with skin cancer has shown to secure untreatable cancer. there was a worldwide trial in the use of jeanette genetically engineered herpes virus. >>> joining us live is dr. alan, professor of culture pew discuss . how does this help in the fight against cancer? >> this is a new approach in the treatment of cancer. although it can cause damage to normal tissue, what has happened here this virus has been genetically modified to make it safer to normal tissue but also that it can specifically attack and replicate in cancer cells. the other thing that the virus can do in this instance is that it can stimulate it's own immune system that attack the cancer that would otherwise ignore. there is a two-pronged attack,

people this abuja say they have been faced with sleeping in a queue. >> i slept overnight. >> .i wish to feed my family well thrts no money. >> i have never noticed until i do since yesterday just i was in a queue. i even slept here and up until now i've never got to fill and i cannot say what is the reason. >> al jazeera's ahmed idris is in cano and the strike has taken its toll. >> this is one of the few stations selling the commodity in cano. no matter how long it takes they can still get a little bit of fuel. what is hached happening here as well as other petrol stations across the country is reflected in other areas of life in nigeria. he electricity which was down to 3,000 megawatts is down to 1500 megawatts for a huge population. all strike by oil workers union for current predicament. there are also outings outstanding issues. airlines banks hospitals and even telecommunications companies are considering shutting down their operations or scaling back, simply because of the energy crisis in nigeria. transportation cost has gone up and cost of goods and services are also on the

the move of the headquarters for the struggle from abuja to maiduguri is symbolic but as a practicalatter and the against the military further of boko haram. further he thanked chad, niger and cameroon for thinks assistance in the struggle against boko haram so i presume that that cooperation will continue. not today but at other times he has also talked about welcoming assistance from nigeria's traditional partners, friends and allies that would include the united states and the united nationsunited kingdom. >> mr. campbell, it was interesting to hear him say i belong to everybody, yet i belong to no one. was he giving there to tackling this problem of systemic corruption? >> he was indeed. he was making it perfectly clear he does not belong to anybody except to the nigerian people. and to the nigerian people as a whole. he is deliberately appealing to a renewed sense of national identity. he is saying in effect i am a nigerian. i am more than someone from the north. i am more than a muslim. i'm more than a former military man. buhari is in that sense an old fashioned nigerian natio

. >> hundreds of people have been parked outside of this petrol station in abuja.any cars have been abandoned. some have spent the night here. the petrol shortage is being caused by two reasons. one of the reasons are those who bring fuel into nigeria are holding on to the product and reducing the amount of fuel they bring in. although nigeria is one of the richest oil-produceing countries, they don't have the refineries, they have to pay to do so. many are worried with the coming change of government at the end of may when president good goodluck jonathan and over the control,. many feel they have not been paid for a long time and they're not going to deliver fuel to petrol stations until they're paid. >>> there has been corruption. it's believed that $7 billion was paid to oil importers for oil that was never brought into the country. they're worried in a president buhari will investigate all of this, and there is a possibility they may not be paid for product that they have brought in. now the impact of all of this is that consumers are having to buy petrol on t

he ordered the military to move the command headquarters in abuja to the north-east where the action is. just less than 24 hours after that announcement by the president, boko haram, like we said launched an attack trying to attack the main city of maiduguri. for long maiduguri has been a coveted prize for boko haram, but they have been repelled from maiduguri. following victories, people think boko haram's ability to take major towns and retain them is depleted. that is a situation now. what we are seeing over the last two months or so. boko haram is in the actually trying to occupy towns like maiduguri, but trying to run situations like suicide bombings and launching attacks briefly, and disappear into the bushes. >> ahmed idris joining me from gom by. thank you. be. thank you. . >> houthis have been attacked across yemen. planes targeted a base in sanaa, sending off secondary explosions and fires. coalition planes hit two government compounds. dozens of houthi fighters killed in the attacks. meanwhile, in a province two citizens were killed by houthi shelling. they have been boost

our correspondent reports now from abuja. >> reporter: he has finally been sworn in as nigeria's newresident. there was pomp ceremony and emotion. leaders from across the african content including, including the president of south africa the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, and others. president goodluck jonathan handed over the presidency. there is ongoing celebrations and ceremonies taking place across the country to mark what is an historic occasion. there's a feeling that mohammed will lead by example. he is seen as a highly disciplined individual and an incorruptible man. people's expectations here are incredibly high. the question is how long will it take for him to deliver the dividends of democracy that nigerians want to see. >> we're joined now live from northern nigeria. so he has made many promises hasn't he? how much do you think he'll be able to pull off? >> reporter: well there is a tremendous amount of goodwill for him at the moment. first of all, he has got a lot of international support. he has promised to deal with boko haram. nigeria is receiving support from hi

we have more from abuja. >> reporter: we have made repeated requests to the military about the identities of people rescued from boko haram, and the circumstances in which they are freed. the military on the 234 people just freed that the circumstances were the same circumstances in which others were freed this week. but there were assaults on boko haram camps in sambisi forest in which they were freed. there were the intended casualties but no detail on how many fighters were killed but the operation is ongoing. what we can conclude from the statement, from the military, is that those that are rescued are undergoing a screening and profiling process to ascertain who they are, how they came to be in the hands of boko haram, and where they came from. the organizers behind the campaign to find the 219 chibok schoolgirls kidnapped last year and who are captive demand the military and the government release more information about the identities of these people. they have given them an ultimatum by this weekend nigerians must know who those freed are. so far that demand has not been heeded >>>

al jazerra abuja nigeria. >>> let's go to burundi now where three people have died in granada tacks afterof protests against the president's decision to seek a third term. the attacks happened in the capital. killing two policemen and a civilian near a police station in the central market. a government spokesman says 17 people were also wounded the government has vowed to put a stop to the protests. >>> still ahead on al jazerra 1400 migrants are rescued from the mediterranean as they through to make their desperate journey to europe. and in sport a two-wheeled record for spain's local hero. >> every day is another chance to be strong. >> i can't get bent down because my family's lookin' at me. >> to rise, to fight and to not give up. >> you're gonna go to school so you don't have to go war. >> hard earned pride. hard earned respect. hard earned future. >> we can not afford for one of us to lose a job. we're just a family that's trying to make it. >> a real look at the american dream. "hard earned". premiers tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> part of our month long lo