that's quite recluse it's often referred to as the north korea of africa and its leader earthier obiang has been in parsons 979 for the last 42 years from the as long as i've been alive and and his his there's been a tussle for power we know that his son is in charge of the military and this explosion happened inside the barracks so the onus is on him to to be in charge of what happened earlier we saw scenes on national television where his son to go to was assessing the situation on the ground accompanied with his israeli security a bodyguards to try to reassure the population following these very unusual for explosions that happened in a row there in the outskirts of but in these army barracks. pope francis has to iraq's christians to forgive the injustices committed against them he made the plea on the final day of his historic trip to iraq as he to northern areas ravaged by i sell the head of the run catholic church was greeted by locals in the ruins of mosul he released a dove and heard from residents there about life under the clips of bush still rain event travel. on the car caut

according to a statement from president teodoro obiang nguema. son and vice president visited the scene with armed bodyguards. the defense ministry says high caliber ammunition exploded after a fire in the barracks. many people are feared to have been trapped under the rubble. hospitals have been overwhelmed with the wounded and the health ministry made an appeal for blood donors and volunteer health workers. >> i am asking from your excellencies assistance from brotherly countries and international associations to help the lamentable situation we have. reporter: equatorial guinea is an oil-rich country that has been run by president teodoro obiang nguema more than 40 years, and critics say that he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population is in poverty. they are suffering a double shock from the pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil that provides three quarters of state revenue. bernard smith, al jazeera. anchor: the e un and u.s. are urging myanmar's police to leave safely and without reprisals thousands have tak

in a series of large explosions at a military base in the city of bata now the president to dora obiang is saying the explosions of caused by negligence relating to the use of dynamite at the base local t.v. is showing people searching through the rubble fists of ivors they're also appeals for blood to be donated because really hospitals in the area are overwhelmed in trying to deal with the aftermath of these explosions which as you can see have torn apart houses around the base trucks are being filled with injured people many children actually have been injured as well and they've been trying to get as many people to hospital as they can all out there is nicolas sarkozy following developments from the car this is quite extraordinary announcement from the president you look at the scale of the destruction several explosions houses have been flattened and and children have been killed and severely injured in these explosions. that's right i mean dick scenes there on the ground in equitorial guinea and the impact of the explosion really was over a kilometer radius you could see people re

obiang who's been the leader of this country since 1989 and there's been a tussle of power between his brother in law and his son his son who is in charge of the military did in fact the brother in law as it is expected to be appear in court over embezzlement and corruption charges in spain so after this explosion the finger will be pointed to who is responsible for this and there lies another challenge ahead but for. the moment for health authorities and the security forces it's trying to pull out those people that have been affected out of the rubble treat those that are injured i'm trying to find blood for them and trying to treat all of that that have been victims of this explosion very peculiar there hasn't been attacks or explosions like this before 4 explosions happening not simultaneously but one after the other inside a military barrack in there john donnelly and possibly inside the detention center miriam indeed these explosions of course a great deal of destruction will stay on the story and bring more information on this later found thank you very much now frank as catholic

the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and before all in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnitz made al-jazeera. still to come on al-jazeera israel starts vaccinating palestinians who cross over for work and most people in the occupied territories are still living without protection to cope with 19. and on international women's day we look at where women are making gains or falling behind . it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways hello the weather's warming up nicely for japan over the next couple days nice big area of high pressure keeping things settled and sunny so it's looking quiet in the quiet weather stretching across the korean peninsula we have got some rain in the forecast a sense for southern parts of china that west of weather. will continue to make its way further a swiss so

more than 400 of them injured in the blast at a military base in batter city the president here door obiang says the explosions were caused by mishandling of dynamite people are being urged to donate blood and hospitals in the area are now overwhelmed both sides of claim victory in the ivory coast parliamentary election despite polls showing a win for the ruling party the victory would strengthen president alassane ouattara his position he won a 3rd term in the van but in an election marred by violence. the u.k. prime minister is demanding the permanent release of a british iranian woman who was jailed in tehran on spying charges cigar iraq lives 5 year sentence has ended she spent the final year under house arrest and her ankle tag has now been removed but a lawyer says she's been summoned to court next week on another charge. the u.s. secular state has written to afghanistan's president outlining the biden ministrations strategy to end the conflict. and he blinken called for a 90 day were duction in violence and has asked turkey and the u.n. to host talks he says no decision has yet been

on the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnitz met al-jazeera. well it's international women's day. still just demonstrations across latin america being driven by a growing outcry over inequality and gender based violence thousands of women's rights campaigners have been out rallying in chile a latin america editor soon newman has more from santiago. rather it hits right a dangerous the 2nd wave of covert 19 could keep these women at home tens of thousands of. others to the streets to mark international limits both to liberate and to mourn. because triumph perhaps is that it has succeeded in pressuring the political status quo into accepting gender parity in the upcoming constitutional assembly elections which will have the power to rewrite chillies magna carta. t

the anchor read out a statement from president obiang he says negligence in the dynamite depot located on the base caused the explosion. given the scale of the destruction and in these times of low oil prices made even worse by the cave in 1000 pandemic a call on the international community to provide all the help and assistance necessary. being has been in power for the last 42 years amassing half a $1000000000.00 in personal wealth in this oil rich country but according to the world bank 80 percent of the population live on less than 2 dollars a day his son is the country's vice president in charge. of the military and the barracks where the explosion took place last year french court charged him with embezzling state funds with a court seizing his $107000000.00 paris home critics of the regime see in these explosions as yet another example of the family's continued neglect of the people of equitorial guinea. pig liz hawking al jazeera. in other news saudi arabia has confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by hutu rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missile was

on the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue burnitz met al-jazeera. the u.s. state department has condemned sunday's attack by the who things on saudi arabia and urged the group to work towards a cease fire. the who these in our view in the view of our allies and partners have to demonstrate their willingness to engage in a political process they need to quite simply stop attacking and start negotiating well the escalation between who the rebel is and saudi arabia has rattled energy markets pushing the price of oil above $70.00 a barrel for the 1st time in 14 months or so how bahrain has more. more soldiers loyal to yemen's u.n. recognized president of the album and so hardy are facing their biggest challenge in years preventing who think fighters from taking control of

the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue burnitz al-jazeera. victims of convicted congolese military chief bosco in one candour have been awarded a record $30000000.00 in compensation by the international criminal court that was sentenced to 30 years in prison in $21000.00 for murder rape and other atrocities that he committed in the democratic republic of congo from 2002 to 2003 as that and that doesn't have the money to pay for the reparations and self the tribunal's own trust fund has been asked to set up and finance programs to support the victims of his crimes. the u.n. and u.s. are urging me and maurice police to allow hundreds of protesters they've cornered in young go on to leave safely and without reprisals thousands have defied the nationwide nighttime curfew

than 400 people have been injured in the blast at a military base in batter city president theodore obiang says the explosions were caused by mishandling of dynamite people are being urged to donate blood and hospitals in the area overwhelmed the explosions tore apart houses around the base . both sides of claim victory in ivory coast parliamentary election despite polls showing a win for the ruling party the victory would strengthen president alassane ouattara his position he won a 3rd term in the vendor in an election marred by violence. a british iranian woman imprisoned in tehran on spying charges has completed her 5 year sentence gary radcliffe's lawyer says an electronic trucker has been removed from the ankle but that she now faces another trial the u.s. sect of state has sent a letter to the afghan president outlining outlining for the 1st time the biden administration's strategy for the country several proposals have been made including a revised plan for a 90 day reduction in violence at least 18 people have been killed in to land bomb explosions in the central syrian province of

more than 400 have been injured in the blast at a military base in batter city the president dora obiang says the explosions were caused by the mishandling of dynamite. after the 1st explosion. because. the 2nd one did i mean then a 3rd and 4th each straw. anger than the other. this is where the blast took place inside the. barracks one of the country's largest military bases. people ran for their lives. others rushed the injured to hospitals the scene of live on national television the reporter asks is the baby dead no she replies but her mother and. we don't know what happened to this man says everything is destroyed. the barracks were home to hundreds of families in the rubble people try to pull out survivors many are feared dead including detainees trapped in the barracks prison cells hospitals quickly became overwhelmed and called for urgent blood donations on national t.v. the anchor read out a statement from president. he says negligence in the dynamite depot located on the base caused the explosion. given the scale of the destruction and in these times of low oil prices made even

explosions more than 400 people have been injured in the blast at a military base in battle city president obiang says the explosions were caused by mishandling of dynamite a local t.v. showing people searching through rubble to find survivors people are being urged to donate blood in hospitals in the area are overwhelmed the explosions tore apart houses around the base as it was nicholas hockey is following developments from dakar in senegal nick so just bring us up to date now with the latest on these explosions at this military base in battle. well there are some reports that there is still some explosions taking place we've heard from the president saying that these detonations emanate from dynamite that was stored in the barracks and some people are already comparing what we're seeing and but with what we've seen in beirut last year neglect being at the origin of all of this and explosions that have detonated and have because destruction over koloff over a kilometer of radius really apple clip takes scenes on the streets of but scenes that are rarely seen in public because as you know there

on the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnitz met al-jazeera. the u.n. and u.s. are urging manaus police to allow hundreds of protesters that corner then young gong to leave safely and without reprisals thousands of defied the nighttime curfew taking to the streets to express their anger at the scene another 3 people died in protests on monday taking the number killed since last month to more than 60 cutting up as of a young reports. was back on the streets defying a curfew in myanmar this protest against the military began like others with people marching in the streets of me. but moments later. at least 3 people were shot dead by security forces witnesses say several people were then hit by gunfire from nearby buildings was exactly right it's part of an ongoing

in the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. bernard smith. south sudan's government has signed a peace deal with opposition groups in kenya it follows intense negotiations in rome last november the deal includes a cease fire to put an end to years of violence between the government and juba and an alliance of opposition movements which 400000 people have been killed nearly 4000000 displaced in 7 years of civil war in south sudan the president of ivory coast has appointed an interim prime minister despite concerns about the results of saturday's parliamentary elections but the governing party and main opposition are claiming victory even though incomplete official figures are still slowly coming out the oppositions also alleging widespread fraud which the government rej

least 105 people were killed in multiple blasts at a munitions depo on sunday president 2 daughter obiang has blamed the explosions on the mishandling of dynamite stored at the base and fires set by farmers living nearby human rights watch is calling for an independent inquiry. workers who scrap ships in south asia can now sue british sell the vessels over deaths or injuries on the job hundreds of so-called ship breakers that injured or killed every year in bangladesh india and pakistan and now u.k. court ruling says that british shipping companies know that work has a legal duty of care even if the vessels have been sold for scrap through 3rd parties it's hoped the decision will force improvements in working conditions. like the lincoln memorial in washington or the art the trip from paris to me is that backward on a monument in santiago that has been familiar century let's just be removed to save it from attacks from protesters it's led to cheers rippling and outrage a lot of america at its embassy in human reports now from santiago. under the cover of darkness chile's national monument

the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnet smith. syrian president bashar al assad and his wife a small have tested positive for covered 19 both are said to be experiencing mild symptoms syria has had more than $15000.00 cases and $1000.00 confirmed deaths so far the testing capabilities and limited after years of war israel has done a vaccinating palestinians who cross the border for work palestinians who work on the construction of illegal israeli settlements are also being an occupation force that reports from the occupied west bank after a small pilot program last week in a delay to the start of this process on sunday this is the 1st day proper of a plan to vaccinate more than 120000 residents of the occupied west bank those with permits to work either in isra

was held at least 105 people were killed in multiple blasts elimination zeppo on sunday president obiang has blamed the explosions on the mishandling of dynamite stored at the base and fires set by farmers living nearby human rights watch is calling for an independent inquiry. the u.k. prime minister abbas johnston is visiting northern ireland the mid rising political tension a bit status after brags that its trip to inspect vaccination facilities has been overshadowed by his government's plan to further delay e.u. customs checks the u.k. agreed to a customs border between northern ireland and the mainland in the e.u. was drawn billed angering unionists but the u.k.'s altered its implementation date prompting the e.u. to call for legal action. i think the most appropriate about the protocol is that it should guarantee the peace process in the in the good friday agreement which we all believe in the everybody. in the u.k. zenobia and has worked so hard to achieve and there's going to be a balance and symmetry in that and what we want to ensure is that the protocol holds the wishes of comm

more than 400 have been injured in the blast at a military base in batter city resident here dora obiang says the explosions were caused by mishandling of dynamite people are being urged to donate blood in hospitals in the area overwhelmed. both sides have claimed victory in ivory coast's parliamentary election despite polls showing a win for the ruling party the winner would strengthen president alassane ouattara his position he won a 3rd term in november in an election marred by violence. the u.k. prime minister is demanding the permanent release of a british iranian woman who was jailed in tehran on spying charges now that means a gallery radcliffe's 5 year sentence has ended she spent the final year of her term under house arrest and her uncle tiger's now been removed but her lawyer says she's been summoned to court next week on another charge. the u.s. secretary of state has written to afghanistan's president outlining the bidens of ministration strategy to end the conflict anthony blinken called for a 90 day reduction in violence and as a last turkey in the u.n. to host talks he sa

president teodoro obiang nowhere much has blamed the tragedy on fires started by local farmers and negligent handling of munitions only those who left the dynamites near an ammunitions warehouse. those are the ones that we need to accuse. he also said that the blast a damaged almost all of the buildings in batter thousands of residents have fled to the surrounding countryside. still in the city left with the grim task of pulling the dead from the rubble. the government has appealed for international help and spain the former colonial power alongside the u.s. and the u.n. are responding. but there are also warnings of the dangers that may remain concerns are rising over the response by unexploded ordinances including explosives rockets and other munitions that remain at the site. as the days pass more and more questions remain unanswered what caused the blast how many lives did they destroy and who is responsible for the tragedy that shattered and entire city. that's now here from 2 to alec and a human rights lawyer activist and the founder of equitorial guinea justice souter's good to have y

president teodoro obiang agreement has blamed the tragedy on fire started by local families and negligent handling of munitions only those who left the dynamite near an ammunitions warehouse. those are the ones that we need to accuse. he also said that the blast a damaged almost all of the buildings in batter thousands of residents have fled to the surrounding countryside. still in the city left with the grim task of pulling the dead from the rubble. the government has appealed for international help and spain the former colonial power alongside the u.s. and the u.n. are responding. but there are also warnings of the dangers that may remain concerns are rising over the response by unexploded ordinances including explosives rockets and other munitions that remain at the site as the days pass more and more questions remain unanswered what caused the blast how many lives did they destroy and who is responsible for the tragic. but shattered an entire city. that's now here from 2 to an accounting a human rights lawyer activist and the founder of equitorial guinea justice souter's good to have

the blasts were caus by the neigent handng of dynate according to president teodoro obiang nguema, who has ordered an investigation and appealed for international assistance to rebuild. in somalia, at least 20 people were killed and 30 injured after a suicide car bomb detonated outside a restaurant near the port in thcapital mogadishu friday. the attack led to the cancellation of a protest over the indefinite postponement of elections amid an ongoing constitutional crisis. in burma, witnesses say two protesters were killed by live fire today during ongog anti-coup protests. burma's main labor unions have launched a general strike as mass protests and the violent crackdown on pceful demonstrators intensify five weeks after the military coup. february an official from the party of overthrown civilian leader aung san suu kyi died over the weekend while in police stody. at least 50 people have been killed since the start of protests. soldiers have begun camping out in rangoon hospitals and university campuses in what a local group says is an effort to terrorize residents. in the philippine

the anchor read out a statement from president obiang he says negligence in the dynamite depot located on the base caused the explosion. given the scale of the destruction and in these times of lower oil prices made even worse by the cave in 1000 pandemic a call on the international community to provide all the help and assistance necessary. being has been in power for the last 42 years amassing half a $1000000000.00 in personal wealth in this oral rich country but according to the world bank 80 percent of the population live on less than 2 dollars a day his son is the country's vice president in charge of the military and the barracks where the explosion took place last year french court charged him with embezzling state funds with a court seizing his 100 $7000000.00 paris home critics of the regime see in these explosions as yet another example of the family's continued neglect of the people of equitorial guinea. pig liz hawk al-jazeera. the other headlines saudi arabia has confirmed another attack on its energy facilities by hutu rebels in yemen the government says a ballistic missi

president obiang. in a statement that the explosion was negri niggas related to. a metre of base biscardi that's that's his reason but that also means that the government all the military are responsible of what happened today it's very early to draw conclusions of course what is the situation on the ground there fred . so far. 17 people have been reported dead but multiple reports saying that the death toll can go because they believe that some people see under the rubble and 400 or more than 400 people are reported injured so so far that's the situation at the moment but people believe that these numbers called to go after they have tried or. after the people of the emergency services have tried to this to people maybe by to morrow will know more about what he's actually hoppin and the extent to how these explosions have affected the people of the small city that this happened in the country's biggest city bata what can you tell us about the place. but it is a port city on the mainland over a tory genie is about $300000.00 people or of course. this small county

the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by present obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. bernard smith al-jazeera. has now speak to. them who has a specialist on security in africa and a lecturer at the university of aberdeen in the u.k. he joins us via skype on the news hour thank you very much mr for speaking to us so it's not clear yet what caused the explosions but the president is adamant that this is negligence the official line therefore is that this was an accident do you 1st of all believe this official lie. so while the official line is the official line so we need to take the official line but there what we need to take into consideration is that the political situation of equatorial guinea has been one where we have seen or heard reports or attempted military coups and even external massive merissa in the case

the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. it's myth. like authorial guinea is one of africa's richest nations thanks to its oil but that wealth 1 doesn't travel far the g.d.p. of more than $8000.00 per capita is multiple that of many sub-saharan african nations and the capital malabo is for stude with new hotels and then airports built with that oil money but the money is not equally shared just 3 percent of government income is spent on health care and it's much the same for education but theodora beyond where mad the president of more than 40 years is thought to be worth around $600000000.00 all plundered from the state 4 years ago a court seize the assets worth 100000000 dollars owned by his son in france alone well david auto is a security expert with global risk in

the equitorial guinea is an oil rich country which has been run by president obiang for more than 40 years critics say he and his family enjoy lavish wealth while most of the population lives in poverty the country suffering a double economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic and the fall in the price of crude oil which provides 3 quarters of state revenue. burnitz al-jazeera. a u.s. court in the city of minneapolis has. delay the start of jury selection in the trial of a white police officer charged with killing george floyd it will now begin on tuesday with many in the u.s. and the world closely watching the case the judge has set aside 3 weeks to choose 12 jurors floyd died in may after an officer kneeled on his neck for the only 9 minutes. across wanted john hendren is in minneapolis john says he said jury selection has been delayed tell us why. well the fact that it is just jury selection probably explains why you got such a small crowd here there were about 100 protesters out here a short while ago if i can just set the scene to begin here this is these are mirrors with what