yes on this one of the 6 opposition candidates running this time he's a former finance minister of sasuke aggressor's government says that. all of our money is outside the country is it normal living here in our country but our money is outside you know in which accounts and private accounts. some in the political opposition and rights groups say there's no space for a democratic process most fear to speak out about it. he's one of few who does mo but he believes the most recent is the dictatorship of their folly a country where. human rights are violated so you cannot conceive of this country as being a democracy i mean people are in jail you will be running for election in jail for this is not a democracy at all. the people expect an outcome other than sausage being announced the winner. the last handout of the day was soft drinks and water thrown over the fence of the nearby ministry of foreign affairs. billions of dollars of oil revenues haven't helped most of its people hope it has made things even harder people say the only time politicians give anything is jaring elections malcolm

sasuke all actions yes we're coming back to you that idea of the politicians accepting what they're being told because again and again and again the voters that we've been reporting with here on al-jazeera saying the same thing we're voting for peace do the politicians really genuinely in a trustworthy sense i.e. can they be trusted do they get that because elections in ivory coast they've they've been a ritual they've gone through the motions they've gone through the process has had a ritualistic element to it but people haven't really trusted some of the elections that they've had particularly of course after independence 1960 going up when the economy started dipping in the very very early 1980 s. people started doubting elections at that point when the economy started going downhill so do all the politicians realise there is a genuine need for change it. i think that's a really crucial issue i would say that 1st of all that al assad was or still has he has something left to prove in terms of his ability to reconcile the country following a conflict that ended in after after a very mes

next president in an election that could see the current one extend his state almost 40 years then sasuke new guy so is one of the world's longest leaders and is widely expected to stamp out 7 people are vying for the top job but some opposition candidates are either in jail or are boycotting the poll the internet has been shut down and there are concerns a vote is not transparent one candidate to get a breeze puff fake who's in hospital cave at 19 is aging people to get out and vote . my dick i'm part i'm in a difficult situation i am fighting jet i demand that you rise up and go vote for change fight don't give up the fight to rise up please do this for me that's enough american webb who has more from a polling station in brazil at this polling station which is in a school in the capital brazzaville just a small handful of people here who have come to vote and one of the things that analysts anticipated with this election is a low turnout because they say that many people here in congo don't feel that there's really a chance of any change we were in this same polling station a few days

the people expect an outcome other than sasuke being announced the winner. the last handout of the day was soft drinks and water thrown over the fence of the nearby ministry of foreign affairs congo's billions of dollars of oil revenues haven't helped most of its people hope it has made things even harder people say the only time politicians give anything is jaring elections malcolm webb al jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. a long dormant volcano is currently erupting in southwest iceland it's in the center of a peninsula between the capital reykjavik and the international airport no one has been ordered to leave but a no fly zone is in place and the faster option in that part of the country in nearly 800 years some grass injure is a volcanologist and assistant professor at the university of missouri in kansas city she says the risk to the population is very low. there aren't a lot of homes nearby the nearest settlement is about 10 kilometers wide and at the moment it's a very small irruption it's what's called the fissure so you kind of get a line and.

the main opposition party boycotted the vote because of concerns about its safety and credibility sasuke close its rival. died of carbon 19 hours after the polls closed so those were the headlines the news continues here now jazeera after the stream stage in terms of watching. i'll just see. you tell me what the government you represent is now illegitimate and we listen we do not sell the fence material in any country during the conflict in yemen we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter. to day on the street and the story of a summit that's a way for kids with disabilities and how it produced some of america's most attend and disability rights activists this script. right there when we can we have been good to people got plans and raised believing we work well very hyper bad and i have to go shower 3 people feeling. i want to be part of the world but i didn't see anyone like to be there but some were killed for the day they came from but if it's somebody said to probably we still go for the kill 6 of them for a song. i didn't know there i was out there with

that often involves the 1st family the government spokes person has been campaigning for president sasuke ahead of sunday's election he's promising economic recovery it's not. corruption it's not. a bad choice no it's. ringback decreasing the price of corn price. china's growing investments here can't be missed on the streets of brazzaville although this one isn't paying off it's one of many stalled constructions here in the hillside suburbs people complain of a chronic lack of any investment for decades homes here were collapsing long before the oil prices and many people wonder if an election will bring any change malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo or a top of the sport his job there and thank you well let's start with the tokyo olympics and the japanese prime minister has confirmed the coven 19 states of emergency in tokyo will be lifted on sunday that's welcome news for the organizers of the games which starts in 4 months time the state of emergency was announced in january and extended twice but it's now ending because the availability of hospital beds has improved