while elections are organized well he morgan is monitoring developments from ethiopia's capital addis ababa so just talk us through this agreement between the military and the opposition how significant is it and what does it actually mean. well there at the moment it's quite significant because it is the 1st agreement to be signed between the opposition coalition known as the forces of freedom and change and a transitional military council they've been lots in negotiations and all the president out of this year was ousted in april and yes talks collapsed several times and they came back together especially after. when the army attacked the pro-democracy in front of the i'm headquarters killing at least 100 protesters according to the protest their protests are aligned medical sources so they're saying that now with the signing of the equipment they've taken a step forward and both sides just sent back this is quite is that next significant achievement they didn't wait for their timing and for the negotiations. the be the hardness of a high level it is with pleasure on this morning to bring

in a directory or a to hit morgan there in the ethiopian capital addis ababa here but thank you the u.s. government's imposing its strongest sanctions to date on me and mas military leaders they target me in moscow monti in chief and several other senior officers as in response to the mass killing of ringing of muslims in 2017 well that led to hundreds of thousands fleeing to neighboring bangladesh washington says the government hasn't taken any action against those responsible for human rights abuses here's how the sanctions will work they barred those targeted on their immediate family of some traveling to the united states comes a year after economic sanctions were placed on the lower level security officials this time it's the military's top brass commander in chief minal hung his deputy so when and to subordinates together they're accused of orchestrating widespread riots violations forcing at least 700000 rangar to flee the country since august 27th when a delegation of the international criminal court is in the bangladeshi capital dhaka right now as there was time to be a child w

some army offices sided with the protesters on the streets so what the opposition figures here in addis ababa have spoken to us are saying is that they're concerned with the military council is trying to do is concentrated power and make sure that only loyalists to the military council are in position and that those who are not loyal and who seem to be having a leaning to the protesters and to the opposition are purged so they were and that this is the they worry that this is more of a purge than an actual attempt to foil a crew that some members of military are trying to organize morgan keeping an eye on the developing situation into don thank you. still to come on al-jazeera puerto rico's governor clings to power as his political crisis depends. and will be on patrol with a good man maybe combat in piracy and kidnapping so one of the world's most dangerous waters. follow the rain showers regenerating it was on parts of southeast asia and callen town and central southern philippines will see the showers grow in the trying to drift story science with the role of the sea holes in the sky betwe

that the and for and if you can mediate is between the 2 sides have joined the consultations in addis ababa i don't think clearly something very. difficult for this. very quickly between themselves the whole issue of the whole issue what happened was. very positive and it was a tremendous progress. in prove what was that each and we were in one we will be back to. who will make the better and progress very quickly this is. from the police if i get. asked talks continue. those back and forth some continued to pressure the military to reach an agreement that will mark the beginning of a new face 1st a down without worry of conflict people morgan al-jazeera. more and more kenyans are using mobile phone apps to borrow money but as it becomes cheaper to take out a loan hundreds of thousands of people ending up on the government's credit blacklist and some companies have been accused of using illegal methods to people into debt as catherine so reports now from nairobi. this is a hub of financial technology in africa so firey com kenya's leading mobile network launched the 1st mobile phone based l

telecoms sector out of some 49 percent of ethiope telecom are up for grabs as the government in addis ababa aims to attract foreign investment and rebuilt the economy. also coming up how the world's gold fever is forcing africa we look at the damage to the environment in the public health in ghana. welcome to do business in africa. i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us and we started with ethiopia a state owned telecoms company which today announced its security net profit of over 1000000000 euros in the year to july and that is good news also for if the opium prime minister made he plans to privatized a swathe of industries and allow foreign and private investors into key state owned companies it's part of a strategy to attract new players to the state controlled economy including its telecom market now the government has announced to sell out to 49 percent stake in ethiope telecom to private firms it will also give telecom licenses to 2 private telecom operators with about 100000000 people ethiopia is the 2nd most populous nation in africa after nigeria and it is the fast

demand more rights and sometimes for their own ethnic groups people morgan has more from the capital addis ababa. activists from the southern nations and nationalities regional state describe the situation in their area as tense especially after the decision from the few federal government to deploy troops to the region they're saying that they're worried this would prompt more arrests now this comes on the backdrop of the ethnic group which is the 5th largest ethnic group demanding its own federal state. and a federal system with each and every state having its own regional president and the ethnic group believe that they have the right to become the 10th federal state in the country the prime minister's office have a right you weren't against a group declaring their own independence and becoming a federal state and they say that constitutional reforms are currently taking place and they've proposed that was supposed to be held last thursday be pushed back by 5 months now that's something that the regional government and some opposition parties have agreed to but activist since they have been p

while elections organized well he but morgan is monitoring developments from ethiopia's capital addis ababa just talk us through this agreement between the military and the opposition what does it all mean. well there at the moment that remain that has been signed it is not a complete agreement it's just the beginning of what. the transition agreement that will be signed for the african union and boy on friday now it be and specifies that it will be 5 members from. each in the stock went on sale and then it's on the opposition and it's the forces folks leading into it and it will be a member. of 5 all sides that stop and. as you can see. what they want to see if it is also the issue of executive. pricing of uprising of ministers nominated by force in chains that's what it up and asked me to cancel and enjoy and be a force that. this. is a landmark and quite a positive step. it is with pleasure on this morning to bring the good news to the sudanese people that we have signed the political document between the transitional military council and the freedom and change alliance it is historic mo

well the opposition figures dealt with figures from the opposition coalition are here in addis ababa to try to finalize the details of the deal that they want to see in terms of calming that transitional government but what they are saying here is that they're concerned that with the military council as i said is trying to consolidate its power trying to keep only loyalists. to the members of the military council and positions in the military let's not forget that when the protests started specifically when the sit in started in front of the army headquarters on april 6th some of the soldiers some of the army also shields were approved for a protest and sided with the protestors and some top senior army officials they are concerns from opposition figures here that the military is trying to basically. members of the military who are loyal or at least are sympathetic with the with the with the protestors and with the opposition movement they are the opposition figures who are saying that they believe that what the military council is trying to is trying to purge islamized leaders becau

it hit the ground just over an hour's drive from the ethiopian capital, addis ababa.aircraft came down. there is actually still bits of debris knocking around, but most of the site has been cleared, and now there'sjust a hole in the ground. once again, it was boeing's mcas system that had forced the plane down. that plane had crashed in a similarfashion. yeah. five months before. what do you think about that? ijust think it makes itjust such a needless loss of life. i mean there were clearly problems that boeing knew about, but still the planes were flying. you know, people had been told everything's all right. in your worst moments, do you blame boeing for the death of your son? yeah. the 737 max has been grounded since the ethiopian crash. it's the biggest crisis in boeing's history. but the company's ceo, dennis muilenburg, refused to be interviewed for this programme. right, thank you. we feel the immense gravity of these events and we recognise the devastation to the family and friends of the loved ones who have perished. there's nothing more important to us than

on that from our guests in a moment 1st this report from people morgan and the ethiopian capital addis ababa. there is also of more than 3 weeks of talks among sudan's opposition leaders bearing fruit after numerous meetings between the groups of the coalition known as the forces for freedom and change and the civilian components of the coalition the 2 sides reached a deal that was all out war korea whatever you know we are a coalition a united coalition but we also think that sudan's revolutionary front groups coalition has to be part of this transitional government so we will have more talks a representation at all levels will ensure that peace is achieved and can guarantee a stable transitional period the 2 sides also agreed to form a hierarchy to the opposition coalition something it had lacked since it was established in january it ends tension between the coalition leaders especially after members signed an initial power sharing agreement with sudan's military council in her last week that was done without the content of the armed groups some of them have been fighting the government f

talks are being brokered by the african union and neighboring ethiopia about morgan has more from addis ababa. there the same chance which were heard at the sit in at army headquarters in her home last month 40 days after the military attack on the sit in the chance are being repeated nationwide the protesters demanding justice not only for the dozens of protesters who were killed then but also for the lives lost in the months before and i would say in the struck groups which. was very early. there are. no we feel they need from the stromberg back or from their families that have died embroidery in very short back in march or 5 in the city and we have to bring back to justice for. order we look at this it in started in april following months of protests demanding the resignation of president already this year he was ousted by a military coup but the sitting continued as protest leaders known as the forces of freedom and change held talks with the gentile talks broke down in disagreements about who should lead the joint transitional government. on june 3rd security forces stormed the peaceful

power sharing body that many hope will eventually lead to civilian rule here morgan has more from addis ababa. it's taken many long days of negotiations to reach this moment more than 3 months after ousting armadale bashir sudan's president of nearly 30 years the ruling military council and the opposition coalition sign a deal that's supposed to begin sudan's transition to democracy then. the transitional military council has reach an agreement with the freedom and change forces you have witnessed the signing of the document it is a huge achievement representing a step towards an all inclusive agreement among all the forces in sudan it ushers in a new era and paves the way for the upcoming steps of the console the dacian and celebration and reinstatement of the constitutional document for the transitional period it's a glorious moment big reman stipulates that each side will have 5 representatives in the sovereign council with an 11th member to be agreed on by both sides. it is with pleasure on this morning to bring the good news to the sudanese people that we have signed the political docume

practice they are doing met the 1st cos a physiotherapist trying to make a difference in the capital addis ababa. rebecca nya dec lost her legs in a land mine explosion she's a refugee from south sudan and was sent to add as a buffer physical therapy treatment now after 2 years she's learning to walk again . when we came to ethiopia they welcomed us we came because of the crisis now we're waiting to learn how to use these artificial limbs this is the 2nd time for me to come here. ethiopia's physical therapy program is just getting started and the demand is staggering with an estimated 105000000 people in the country there are only 7000 doctors a physical therapy but to give an example here was one of the 1st the hands up program started in 2002 in going to enlist and i was among. the students to enroll into this program and after 10 years or in into the stockton program i was also the farthest thing in order to this program so for sure i feel like playing a part of this corporation 3 doctors a physical therapy work at this clinic in alice avodah and treat patients like rebecca others are scatter

faces many challenges is spatially in rural areas it's a special day in this rule school close to addis ababa the distribution of report cards marks the beginning of this summer holidays parents were invited to participate in the year the ceremony as a way to involve them in the children's education. that i journalist are going to think this we don't have much education we have a low status in life the school is good it's a place where our children develop a vision for the future so that they become independent they will help themselves and also help us an advantage. in ethiopia improving education is a priority the country has the world's 2nd highest percentage of the national budget dedicated to education over 80 percent of the population lives in rural areas and significant efforts have been made to build schools in the countryside but the mindset of parents is one of the remaining challenges for keeping children in school. not looking i'm going to make one big issue is to find a solution with the parents the aim should not only be to send their children to school they have to get involved

millions of people there and even then not all of them are qualified harding reports from the capital addis ababa. rebecca nya dec lost her legs in a land mine explosion she's a refugee from south sudan and was sent to add as a buffer physical therapy treatment now after 2 years she's learning to walk again . when we came to ethiopia they welcomed us we came because of the crisis now we're waiting to learn how to use these artificial limbs this is the 2nd time for me to come here. ethiopia's physical therapy program is just getting started and the demand is staggering with an estimated 105000000 people in the country there are only 7000 doctors a physical therapy but give an example here was one of the 1st the hands up program started in 2002 in going to enlist and i was among. the students to enroll into this program and after 10 years or in the launch of the stockton program i was also the farthest thing in order to this program so for sure i feel like playing at the school fish and 3 doctors a physical therapy work at this clinic in alice avodah and treat patients like rebecca others are scatt

between sudan's military council and protest leaders harding that one sudanese refugee in the capital addis ababa trying to make ends meet thousands of sudanese refugees call if you open your home edge of hussein is afraid there may be more like him here in the days to come i expect the. there would be in water for you do today. today increasing all of the violence that is happening in khartoum capital people want to 3 thing peaceful demonstration but there's still been a package by the. military. says he was forced out of sudan in 2011 long before the recent political crisis that saw the sudanese military depose longtime leader omar al bashir. lived in a border camp in ethiopia before moving to the capital 5 years ago. before. losing he's a trained teacher and counselor and teaches english to other refugees he speaks 4 languages. because i'm like you. i got you from. different nationalities like to speak english so i can help them in order to perform or communicate because. they are moving a new way. he earns $142.00 a month half of that is spent on housing at is an ever expanding capital city a

thoughts on that from our guests in a moment 1st this report from him morgan and the ethiopian capital addis ababa. the result of more than 3 weeks of talks among sudan's opposition leaders bearing fruit after numerous meetings between the armed groups of the coalition known as the forces for freedom and change and the civilian components of the coalition the 2 sides reached a deal that was all out war the real what the you know we are a coalition a united coalition but we also think that sudan's revolutionary front groups coalition has to be part of this transitional government so we will have more talks a representation an old liberals will ensure that peace is achieved and can guarantee a stable transitional period the 2 sides also agree to form a hierarchy to meet the opposition coalition. i think it's had lacked since it was established in january it ends tension between the coalition leaders especially after members signed an initial power sharing agreement with sudan's military council in hot its own last week that was done without to content of the armed groups some of them have been fight

while elections are organized well here morgan is monitoring developments from ethiopia's capital addis ababa. it's quite significant because it is the 1st agreement to be signed between the opposition coalition known as the forces of freedom and change and a transitional military council there's been lots in negotiation since one of president out of this year was ousted in april and yes talks collapsed several times and they came back together especially after doing 3rd when the army attacked the put democracies in front of the i'm headquarters killing at least $100.00 protesters according to the protests are aligned medical sources so they're saying that now with the signing of the agreement they've taken a step forward and both sides seem to think that this is quite a significant significant achievement they didn't wait for for their signing and for the negotiations you know the live you heard us of a high level it is with pleasure on this morning to bring the good news to the sudanese people that we have signed the political document between the transitional military council and the freed

negotiator for the forces of freedom and change and he is joining us live from the ethiopian capital addis ababa thank you very much indeed for your time am i right in saying that the talks are specifically taking place in the theater here in capital all to do with those fighting groups in sudan who need to be brought on board before any political settlement can be signed. yes thank you for having me are actually the meetings here and are taking place between the different components of the force so if we demand change including that evolutionary phone which have trouble movements our partners and its components so we have we are discussing the deal itself with them and we are sharing the different ideas about the future of the force of freedom and change on the different strategies to make it more stable and more to present that in full all of its components it got to think its intended structures right i was when we are discussing the future oath so sorry to interrupt i was going to us i mean what all the main points that are being put forward by the fighting groups what do they want to see it

150 people have been arrested in connection with the violence it morgan has more from the capital addis ababa. activists from the southern nations and nationalities regional state describe the situation in their area as sense especially after the decision from the future and federal government to deploy troops to the region there saying that they're worried this would prompt more arrests now this comes on the backdrop of the to dhamma ethnic group which is the 5th largest ethnic group in ethiopia demanding its own federal state beefy opiah is governed on a federal system with each and every state having its own regional president under saddam or ethnic group believe that they have the right to become the 10th federal state in the country the prime minister's office have a ready weren't against the saddam ethnic group declaring their own independence and becoming a federal state and they say that constitutional reforms and electoral reforms are currently taking place and they have proposed that the euro for rendon which was supposed to be held last thursday be pushed back by 5 months now that'

coalition and the talks that are expected to be held later ok here are morgan there live for us in addis ababa thank you very much indeed. now the alleged organizer of the september 11th attacks says he may be willing to help victims' families in their lawsuits against saudi arabia that's according to reports which claim that in return for the check muhammad wants the government to abandon its bid to execute him as he reports from washington d.c. . the survivors and victims of the september 11th attacks believe saudi arabia was behind it and they are suing to prove it now they might get help from an unlikely source suspected mastermind khalid shaikh muhammad in the lawsuit lawyers asked to speak to muhammad and he made a surprising response seeming to offer to cooperate against saudi with a condition remove the possibility of a death sentence writing in the absence of a potential death sentence much broader cooperation would be possible the president who often sides with saudi could face pressure this time to make the deal that it could virtually bankrupt saudi arabia all their assets in the u

that the and for and if you can mediate is between the 2 sides have joined the consultations in addis ababa i don't think clearly something very. difficult for. they solved very quickly between themselves the whole issue of the whole issue what happened was. very positive and it was a tremendous progress. to improve what was reached and new and when we will be back to talk we will make think better and progress very quickly to work this thing to a final from the inclusive argument. as talks continue to happen to those back in her time continue to pressure the military to reach an agreement that will mark the beginning of a new peace 1st to dan without worry of conflict people were going on to their own ideas about her. so if africa's president says he will ask for a judicial review over reports by the country's corruption watchdog on friday cyril ramaphosa was accused of deliberately misleading parliament's about a campaign contribution from opposers says the findings against him are fundamentally flawed and have several in accuracies for me to miller has the latest from pretoria. president

thoughts on that from our guests in a moment 1st this report from him organ and the ethiopian capital addis ababa. there is also of more than 3 weeks of talks amongst a dance opposition leaders bearing fruit after numerous meetings between the armed groups of the coalition known as the forces for freedom and change and the civilian components of the coalition the 2 sides reached a deal that was all out war korea whatever you know we are a coalition a united coalition but we also think that sudan's revolutionary front groups coalition has to be part of this transitional government so we will have more talks a representation at all levels will ensure that peace is achieved and can guarantee a stable transitional period the 2 sides also agreed to form a hierarchy to lead the opposition coalition something it had lacked since it was established in january it ends tension between the coalition leaders especially after members signed an initial power sharing agreement with sudan's military council in her last week that was done without the consent of the armed groups some of them have been fighting the

millions of people but even then not all of them are qualified leah harding reports from the capital addis ababa. rebecca nya deck lost her legs in a land mine explosion she's a refugee from south sudan and was sent to add as a buffer physical therapy treatment now after 2 years she's learning to walk again but when we came to ethiopia they welcomed us we came because of the crisis now we're waiting to learn how to use these artificial limbs this is the 2nd time for me to come here. ethiopia's physical therapy program is just getting started and the demand is staggering with an estimated 105000000 people in the country there are only 7000 doctors a physical therapy but give an example here was one of the 1st the hands of program started in 2002 in going to enlist and i was among. the students to you know into this program and after 10 years or in it took them down to the stockton program i was also the fattest to go to this program so for sure i feel like playing at the school fish and 3 doctors a physical therapy work at this clinic in alice abbott and treat patients like rebecca others are sca

$100.00 people let's bring in here but morgan our correspondent is monitoring developments from addis ababa in neighboring ethiopia haber what more you're hearing about the circumstances of these killings and where they happened. what call it started a north court of fine state specifically the city of 8 high school students came out saying that they do not want to resume studies under these circumstances under the military rule that is currently governing sudan they say they want independent investigations into the killings of protesters at which attack of protesters at the sit in on june 3rd and they're saying that they do not want to resume studies and till there are fair and independent results now we know from the sudanese central doctors committee that at least 8 people have been killed some of them due to gunshot wounds to the head by sniper bullets according to the sudanese central doctors' committee so we know that students have been protesting and we also know that from a low baytown themselves have joined a protest condemning the violence condemning the killing of protesters we a

military and civilians morgan is monitoring developments from over the border in ethiopia's capital addis ababa we are hearing reports of protests ensued on him what are you hearing and how widespread are these protests. well there in the sudanese professionals association the body that has been spearheading calls for protests since december they're the ones who initiated this protest today the protests that marks 40 days since june 3rd now that day has become very infamous because of the number of people killed and the way the security forces attacked the monthlong pro-democracy sit in in front of the army headquarters we've spoken to some protesters in hospital and they're saying that the protests have been largely peaceful but we've also spoken to others because it is a nationwide protest so some of them are reporting that the security forces are using tear gas to try to disperse them to try to put an end to this march that started at around 1 o'clock local time and is still ongoing so it's been going on for more than 3 hours now they're saying that security forces are now using tear gas the

establish the truth but to conceal the truth and speak to him or going to our correspondent who is in addis ababa in neighboring ethiopia we heard the reaction there from the opposition there before says a handful of officers but no mention of the a military general who is widely thought to be responsible for the attack on june 3rd tell us more about what else is new is in this report. well holy we've heard from the head of the investigation on the teach it's had a man's aid and he said that at least he said that 87 people were killed and that about 200 people were injured now this number is very different from the numbers that we got some the sudanese central doctors committee which said that over 100 people were killed and more than 700 engines so the opposition and protesters on the street are disputing this report there is saying that the findings of this committee is not reach is not fair and they're demanding a free and independent investigation that is something they have been demanding full weeks now we've seen people coming out in protests under streets demanding accountability demanding

trial should be buried and their school uniform let's go live now to him organise in the capital of addis ababa and neighboring ethiopia so have to tell us more about what happened today. well richelle protesters came out early in the morning not just in the capital but in various other states to voice their anger they're saying that the violence that happened in a little bit tested in north korea to finance that is unacceptable especially because lots of these protesters were high school students who came up with testing the lack of bread and hikes in transportation the prices as well as fuel shortages which incidentally are the same factors that triggered this revolution in the 1st place in the center and they're saying that the military council should be held responsible for the killings of protesters and they're demanding that the opposition coalition known as the forces for freedom and change which were largely represents the protesters on the ground hold talks with the military council there saying that there has been no justice to part with the hundreds of deaths that has been happening

that square listen especially after there has been it's really talks here in the field in capital addis ababa between the coalition members to try to unite them before they face off the transition into the council to sign that the already talks between the 2 sides have been postponed several times with technical comments between the 2 sides will be meeting later today but that many will see it is the main players who will be signing off on that final document and give it to me today saying that they look at meeting tomorrow and the sudanese professionals association which has been leading the cause of the protests say that this is not going to impact the talks and that they will continue to try and sit on the plantation parliament as soon as possible thank you well the start of a corruption trial for saddam's former president omar al bashir has been postponed until mid august bashir was due to appear in court on wednesday he's charged with corruption possessing foreign currency and accepting bribes but she was overthrown and arrested in a military coup in april after months of protests agains