william davidson is senior analyst for ethiopia for the international crisis group he's just visited sit down and other parts of ethiopia highway and welcome to today's every africa where it looks at one stage as if there was agreement on holding a referendum for statehood in sit down. why has the situation deteriorates that. well there's a number of reasons that one of the key reasons is that the decision to proceed with a referendum on the end came very late it actually came only a couple of days more pieces are movements appointed deadline and they didn't seem to july when they wanted a referendum to be held before then and what promising to do otherwise. so there was agreement with the electoral or and regional states decision to move ahead with a referendum in a few months time from some of the local leadership this is on a leadership. that wasn't effectively or sufficiently communicated to the rest of this is our movement. there were a number of disappointed activists and large numbers of disappointed saddam used. spectating decoration of a regional state when they demanded ans

william davidson is senior analyst for ethiopia for the international crisis group thank you thank you. seconds it day and kenneth hits mozambique with devastating effect earlier this year as well as the cost in lives lost and the damage to infrastructure the storms hit just before the harvest was due nearly 2000000 people are dependent on food supplies from outside aid groups are sounding the alarm they say the rebuilding process is taking too long and is under funded. the aftermath of the site from still shows 100 skilled and tens of thousands forced from their homes everything last minute he saw there was lucky but she will never forget when the cyclon hit. their band the elo they said see not only the roof was gone and the house felt like it was in the sea . ok a lot thought that was their way it's inside the house. it couldn't have happened at a worse time an estimated $400000.00 acres of crops washed away just weeks ahead of the main harvest the country's trying to rebuild and it's not only the rule areas that are suffering the cities too and help is not arriving fast enough. to

the way things work these days is washington's that's right the real miller with the international crisis groupis miller we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you very much. it is not a question. you don't have to speak italian genders damn what they're saying. and that's what these protesters were sheltering. italy's interior minister matteo selby today when he came in to shut down what he said was europe's biggest reception center for migrants the complex adman nao in sicily at one point held more than 40000 people it became a scene of the crime enjoyed as well as being the town's biggest employer. said that he was keeping a promise to the italian people here's part of what he said today. they called me crazy when i said as a minister that i wanted to close the center because it exceeded 4000 people we cut the numbers and today we're at 00. s. it is at that former camp in mindanao he tells us more about why the government decided to shut it down. well it is unclear why they closed it in fact there was conflicting opinions of course on the one hand it had been underfunded for

representative for afghanistan and pakistan she's now director of the asia program at the international crisis groupi am happy to welcome a real miller to the program she joins me tonight from washington ms miller it's good to have you on the day this resolution or this roadmap for peace it sounds like a major breakthrough for afghanistan and your opinion is it. it's a step forward there's no question about that it was a positive spirit and in town by all accounts and they were able to produce a joint statement that set out some basic principles and ideas that they agree on participants but i put hesitate to call it a major breakthrough because it was not negotiation of a peace deal it was just what is often referred to as talks about talks to limit here in talks that might evolve into an actual negotiation some kind of peace deal but it wasn't a negotiation as yet it was bill or have you had a chance to read the the unofficial english version of that resolution yes and i would say again i mean it was positive in tone it was clear that they were looking for some areas of agreement but it was limited

giuseppe fama is the relations manager at the international crisis group joins me live now via skype from brussels so still some uncertainty over what has taken place here but if there are 150 people dead then this would be the largest loss of life in that in the mediterranean this year is this journey becoming more dangerous yes hello larry and thank you for home me 1st of all this tragic accident the story of indeed they believe john has become even more then they wear the make racial group by early. on they're going significant changes in 2070 europe laws for each by about $120000.00 migrants crossing from libya but the last year there were only $20000.00 however the speired me significantly piece the number of people dying that's pite dramatically in 20171 person every 38 was missing in city in 2000 hate the this number move to one in every 18 persons in this stance that these jordan although. being less. crowded less crossings coming towards europe to libya the route has become more dangerous for a variety of particles which include. well changes in european policy has changes i

and scott now from washington we've got on levi as he's the iran project director at the international crisis group and has worked on the goshi ations for the iran nuclear deal nice to have you with us mr baez what sort of state is the deal actually in now if iran says open the we're going we're increasing our enrichment is it in breach of the deal what happens now with it. well the deal is they're in serious jeopardy because as you see iran has started to chip away at the nuclear limitations in the deal and the trouble is that this process if it continues at some stage iranians will do something like rent violations of the deal which just makes it impossible for the europeans so tolerated and they have to go back to the u.n. and step back the sanctions which will be the end of the nuclear deal this is what i think his i think she'll be away sorry to interrupt it's a particularly a way to get the europeans to the table because iran's been saying to the europeans when he joined help against the u.s. sanctions but by this sort of brinksmanship almost it's a peculiar way of trying to get the europeans

peter sells very to and he is an award winning yemen journalist and senior analyst with the international crisis group a very good evening sir now the you. have the most important ground force in yemen why did they decide that they can no longer go further. well the 1st thing to say here is that when we say the u.s. has the most important ground force they're not doing the frontline fighting in yemen they've been equipping training and assisting yemeni forces on the ground and what they're doing at the moment rudi is putting in a lot of the heavy equipment that they've been using and the bulk of the forces there on the west coast the red sea coast of yemen so it's maybe not quite as large of a draw down as people are perhaps so but nonetheless it does. say they have a lot of skin in the game though how significant is this decision to scale back well it's pretty significant evidently the big question we have is 1st as you say whether or not the saudis will step in to fill the vacuum and whether the emirates is a doing this more to signal to their part as a group particularly in washington where there's

the university of london and joining us from nairobi alan boswell senior analyst with the international crisis group welcome to you both alan boswell the nairobi 1st can the protesters in sudan ever get what they want. well generally protesters don't bother going out on the streets if they are completely hopeless everyone was doubting the sudanese people in december when they started this people were doubting them in april before they toppled bashir from power and then also after the crackdown on june 3rd there was more doubting that they could continue these after the violence and the internet shut down a so i think at this point everyone needs to recognize that while the military council you know does have some form of power in terms of their their guns on the street and the violence they can they can wield and the deep state the protesters also have a real form of street power and they've proven over and over again basically that they can make sudan ungovernable until their demands are also met. here in doha has the regime really gone away. no of course i think the beginning to sylvia and i think

the university of london and joining us from nairobi alan boswell senior analyst with the international crisis group welcome to you both alan boswell the nairobi 1st can the protesters in sudan ever get what they want. well generally protesters don't bother going out on the streets if they are completely hopeless everyone was doubting the sudanese people in december when they started this people were doubting them in april before they toppled bashir from power and then also after the crackdown on june 3rd there was more doubting that they could continue these after the violence and the internet shut down a so i think at this point everyone needs to recognize that while the military council you know does have some form of power in terms of their their guns on the street and the violence they can they can wield and the deep state the protesters also have a real form of street power and they've proven over and over again basically that they can make sudan ungovernable until their demands are also met. here in doha has the regime really gone away. no of course i think the day you miss sylvia and i think

senior writer with the libya observer and in rome italy claudia a senior analyst with the international crisis group welcome to the stream all of you i want to start with our community and someone in particular who says they're in so this is and open native and the people behind this account say the fischel page of refugees in libya and suffering and opened their breaks the migrants into to shelter where they were bombed by an airstrike sharing this picture with us today they got out of the euro because the u.n. h.c.r. is unable to save or evacuate them and still many are waiting for evacuation and assistance and of course we heard what the u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson had to say at the beginning of this show but sam what do we know about this attack. what we know is is quite simply the that it represents an atrocious attack on civilians no no matter who they are but in this case it was civilians who were trapped who were locked into a detention facility leading to such an extraordinary and immediate loss of life all of we believe up to 60 people who were killed in this attack on the detention center whe

a senior analyst with the international crisis group welcome to the stream all of you i want to start with our community and someone in particular who says they're in so this is and open native and the people behind this accounts to be official page of refugees in libya and suffering and oka native rights the migrants into shelter where they were bombed by an airstrike sharing this picture with us today they got out of because the u.n. h.c.r. is unable to save or evacuate them and still many are waiting for evacuation and assistance and of course we heard what the u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson had to say at the beginning of this show but sam what do we know about this attack. what we know is is quite simply the that it represents an atrocious attack on civilians you know no matter who they are but in this case it was civilians who were trapped who were locked into a detention facility leading to such an extraordinary and immediate loss of life of we believe up to 60 people who were killed in this attack on the detention center where migrants refugees and asylum seekers were being held i'm c

writer with the libya observer and in rome italy claudia busy me a senior analyst with the international crisis group welcome to the stream all of you i want to start with our community and someone in particular who says they're in so this is and open native and the people behind this account say the be official page of refugees in libya in suffering and opened their breaks the migrants into shelter where they were bombed by an airstrike sharing this picture with us today they got out of the euro because the u.n. h.c.r. is unable to save or evacuate them and still many are waiting for evacuation and assistance and of course we heard what the u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson had to say at the beginning of this show but sam what do we know about this attack. what we know is is quite simply the that it represents an atrocious attack on civilians no no matter who they are but in this case it was civilians who were trapped who were locked into a detention facility leading to such an extraordinary and immediate loss of life old we believe up to 60 people who were killed in this attack on the detention center where

senior writer with the libya observer and in rome italy close a senior analyst with the international crisis groupwelcome to the stream all of you i want to start with our community and someone in particular who says they're in so this is and open native and the people behind this account say they have be official page of refugees in libya in suffering and oka native writes the migrants into shelter where they were bombed by an airstrike sharing this picture with us today they got out of the euro because the u.n. h.c.r. is unable to save or evacuate them and still many are waiting for evacuation and assistance and of course we heard what the u.n.h.c.r. spokesperson had to say at the beginning of this show but sam what do we know about this attack. what we know is is quite simply the that it represents an atrocious attack on civilians no no matter who they are but in this case it was civilians who were trapped who were locked into a detention facility leading to such an extraordinary and immediate loss of life old we believe up to 60 people who were killed in this attack on the detention center whe

in tripoli let's speak now to claudia get seanie she is the senior libya analyst for the international crisis group and joins us now from wrong thanks very much for being with us so i want to ask you 1st of all about these latest developments from libya particularly the connection with turkey and what what what essentially turkey's interest in libya is . well libya has been engulfed by this new conflict since last april which has pitted the forces allied to the internationally recognized government based in tripoli against the forces of under the command of field-marshal. turkey plays a strategic role in supporting the tripoli based government and its forces and in the past few months has agreed to transfer some equipment to these forces in particular we have evidence widely reported on social media of the transfer of armed personnel vehicle and some drone equipment and there were some actually turkish engineers in tripoli perhaps they're still there training government aligned forces the government in tripoli says this is completely legitimate support that turkey is offering from upon their reques

official, as a director of the northeast asia program at the international crisis group and she was a director of the asia pacific program here at usip, so welcome back to a usip alum. last but not least, liz rosenberg, senior fellow and director of the program at the center for new american security. she focuses on the national security and foreign policy implications of the usip sanctions and economic sta statecraft as well as shifts in the energy market. previously, she was a senior adviser at the treasury department overseeing the development and tightening of global sanctions on iran, libya, and syria, as well as the modification of sanctions on burma in the context of diplomatic normalization. i've asked each of them to speak for about eight minutes or so and then i will ask a couple questions to get the discussion going and then we can open up the remaining time for q&a. so i was going to have dan start, but i think josh can also provide a great overview, so we'll start with josh first. >> thank you. good morning. the comments that i'm going to make this morning are my personal

received less than half of the money requested aid groups say without international support mozambique could face another problem a food security crisis for now communities are doing everything they can to rebuild their lives for him mohammed al jazeera. indonesia has been cracking down on illegal fishing by destroying encroaching vessels the measure has helped boost its fish don't sponsor as florence lee reports from summer on illegal boats aren't the only threats to marine life. after half a day out at sea it's time to sort the whole small boats such as these in tomorrow city central java contribution 70 percent of the nation's catch a few years ago these waters were in danger of being overfished foreign vessels illegally worked off the indonesian coast stocks only recovered after the government started thinking unlicensed boats significant improvement compared with other countries in the war one of the main reason because of the very top quality that we call not in the recent assaults and the impact impacted not on not only. for cement indonesia but also the other industrial like board but now the industry faces a new threat indone

received less than half of the money requested aid groups say without international support mozambique could face another problem of food security crisis for now communities are doing everything they can to rebuild their lives for him mohammed al jazeera. self professed neo nazi has been handed a 2nd life sentence for deliberately driving his car into and see racism protesters in virginia james alex fields jr was attending a white nationalist rally in charlottesville when he attacked counter protesters 2 years ago killing one of them last month he was sentenced to life in prison on federal hates charges the trumpet ministrations says facebook's digital currency could pose a security threats president has dismissed the libra of having little standing or dependability that's treasury secretary comments went much further steve nugent warned the currency could be used for money laundering or drug trafficking the u.s. congress is expected to start hearings on facebook's libra plan this thursday. the united nations says millions more people went hungry in 28 than in previous years around 820000000 people worldwide students have enough to eat

received less than half of the money requested aid groups say without international support mozambique could face another problem a food security crisis for now communities are doing everything they can to rebuild their lives for him mohammed al jazeera. the u.s. has announced tough new asylum rules with jayne to stem from the flow of migrants crossing the us mexico border applying blogs migrants seeking asylum in the united states if they've travelled through another safe country 1st without applying for asylum there however those who have been trafficked will be excluded from the ban the new rules are likely to affect central american families who travel through mexico to seek asylum in the u.s. the amount spent comes as a course in guatemala boggs president jimmy morales from signing a separate deal with the u.s. the would have designated the nation as same 3rd country mexico has also rejected the new u.s. measures manual apolo has this reaction from mexico city. there was pushback in mexico in response to that change in policy announced by the united states the asylum laws and i'll give you we need to talk about the context here i

international leaders. , it issaid that important also to mention -- this will be the third point -- the complexity of our crisis. as you know, we are facing a dictatorship. human rights abuses, also linked to terrorist groups. this regime is sponsoring insidesm, particularly venezuela. are in venezuela and they are creating crimes inside venezuela and also inside colombia. also, there are the presences inside our country doing illegal illegales, also with gold transactions. affecting see, it is the region. it is affect thing the security of the region. -- it is affecting the security of the region. that is why this crisis has become complex. but also it's important to mention the support of cuba and additionaladded an element to this crisis. in a certain way, cuba is exporting the know-how and how the society in venezuela. we have to fight on if we want to have a peaceful solution in our country. the u.n. higher commission of released a report saying what i am saying right now. the highest human rights organization of the world has determined the maduro regime is a criminal organization. but they are willing to control our society. there is nostates right that has not been violated by maduro. think of a ri

crisis. bahrain has executed 2 men convicted of terrorism charges despite international concern about the fairness of their trial are you an investigator and human rights groups had called for the death sentence to be suspended but the man was shot by a firing squad. as the details. the she our protesters in bahrain had gone to the streets to protest against the death sentence given to 2 men who'd been convicted of terrorism related charges on saturday the government executed and. who were in their twenty's it said they were guilty of breaking into a prison killing a police officer and carrying illegal firearms but their families say they were coerced into false confessions they are present as family. feel that there are at their prisoners aware of torture. and one of them that he was on wheelchair during that period when he was in jail. on friday a protester climbed on top of the behind the embassy building in london going on britain's new prime minister boyce johnson to intervene was the international human rights groups had warned against the executions and called behinds actions shameful a last minute appeal by the united nations special repertoire on ext

crisis into europe began, and it's a dreadful indictment of the international community to tackle the question that there are still people huddled in these appalling conditions often being abused by local militias and other groupst on the front line of the civil war. the libyan government blames the warlord khalifa haftar for this attack. he now controls much of eastern and southern libya — seen here in green — and in april, launched an offensive to take tripoli. as with the conflicts in yemen and syria, broader regional tensions are playing out in libya. the uae, egypt and saudi arabia among haftar‘s allies. and haftar accuses turkey and qatar of supplying weapons to his rivals. back in 2017, emmanuel macron was the first western leader to invite general haftar to europe for talks. france also launched air strikes in support of his forces in february. general haftar‘s forces had warned of an escalation in airstrikes but deny responsibility for this one, they say it wasn't air strike but a government shell. and all of this multi—faceted insecurity can be traced back to colonel gaddafi being deposed and killed in 2011. here's our middle east editor seb usher — i asked him whether general haftar has the means to

back at home, the crisis at the border in techs as in rio grande valley sector wher sec ie gone so many times, yesterday a large group of migrants rushed a port of entry at the international bridge, east of the city of mcellen texas. there was a statement released on the incident. they said a group of 47 undocumented individuals attempted to illegally enter the unite-- enterthe united states e waves. they rushed temporary barricades, bent metal poles and dismantled the wire affixed to the barrier. >> what makes this different? you said this is a surprising development in that location. >> it was surprising to me because i'm pretty familiar with that sector. the bridge is a point of commerce. we see a lot of drug see churs s happening at the far international bridge, but not as many humans crossing because cartels control this. the cartel the know every single thing and person that crosses that border. the fact that you have the group of 47 crossing at this area suggests that the cartels were well aware, perhaps it's more of a cat and mouse game. >> so this is video of that port of entry which is normally a vehicular -- a vehicle point of entry where you say drugs try to c