where i was at a meeting last week and was requested to ask you to name bay view hunterer's point africa town. and that was funny in that meeting because it's all right to have china town, korea town, japan town but it ain't okay to have african town. slavery was light at one time. in the constitution, black people were not human. so now we're in the 21st century and there's a law, proposition 209 says the white contractor does not have to employ black contractors. that is why black people are not working on no jocks in bay view hunter's point. you need to look and it is more serious than you got any idea it is. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is duane gains and i'm also from hunter's point. i'm 50 years old and a native of san francisco. i was born in san francisco general hospital. i've seen the black panthers. i've seen fine stein. i've seen mascoy. im unemployed and i have a two bedroom with my son. i'm a native. why am i unemployed? all i've done here is construction. there's no more love and no more community. all of that is gone in fine stein. this is all about money

africa. >>> the town of greenwood, south carolina is split over the mayor's plan to desegregate a war memorialthe monument honors the fallen from the world wars korea, and vietnam. the names fall under "white" and "colored." some citizens and visitors for that matter say they are absolutely shocked. so is the mayor, who raised money to have new plaques named, which lists the names alphabetically, not by race. he and a local historian differ on the future of the war memorial. >> the term "colored." if it's offensive to me i can only imagine how it feels to african-americans. >> at one time the country wasn't as always as welcoming and integrated as it is now, for different races. >> a state lawmaker the man you see on the left there, as introduced a bill to change the memorial, so that all of the names are honored equally. >>> good sunday morning to you, as we head into the rest of today. temperatures colder than what we saw yesterday. so yesterday, it actually felt like spring. and today it's going to feel closer to winter. same thing as we head into tomorrow. but at least we stay dry over the

africa. a number of towns in northeastern nigeria. >>> a u.s. drone strike in algeria has killed a member of al shabaab. car was hit near the town of badir. 67 people died in the westgate attack in 2013. >>> relative calm has returned to the streets of ferguson missouri after the shooting of two police officers wednesday night. a candlelight vigil asked for peaceful protests. al jazeeraal jazeera's coulombal jazeera'sal jazeera's kristin saloomey reports. >> stopping traffic until they get the reforms they want. >> we got some things that are good and necessary like reforms but justice is not experiencing the trauma or experiencing accountability with the people who initiateor perpetuated the trauma and we haven't had that yet. >> st. louis county police are investigating what happened right outside of headquarters. >> this is an am are bush is what it is. you don't understand it's coming and you are basically defenseless. >> those who gathered outside the police department had mostly disperse and ten the gun shots. >> a cop got shot. >> this is

cape town has one of the highest instances of drug-resist important tb in south africa.son tb has manage to get such a hold here is because people live in such close confines. the levels of drug resist important tb has gotten so bad they want it declared as a public health emergency. the doctor leading the program says the usually method of confining people in hospital doesn't work. this community prom is better. >> if you are depending on a hospital system. you have a limited number of beds. people know they have drug-resist important tb and are waiting for beds but can't, because there are long waiting lists. >> reporter: 90% of patients have now been able to get care. >> a lot of people have this perception that as soon as you diagnose the disease that it's suddenly a big crisis. but remember you are most infection when you are not on treatment. >> reporter: rolling out community-based care like this program here will take government commitment but dr. hughes says without it south africa will never get on top of their treatment. erika wood al jazeera, south africa. >>

. >> and hundreds of people evacuated as wild fires burn in cape town, south africa. massive flames could be seen. the fire started on sunday. destroying several hopes. two dozen volunteers and firefighters are working in the heat to keep it from spreading. paul joined us from south africa with the latest. >> the fires are are so big the smoke is seen from space. it is the worst cape town has experienced. thunderstorms here brought a little rain and a big problem. with the thunder came lightning and struck the grass at cape point, a world famous tourist deft naegz in the end of africa helicopters had to water bomb the fire to constrain it. and elsewhere on the mountains and surrounding forest. six helicopters joined thousands of volunteers and firefighters trying to save the cape town suburban homes. they had a handle on them today. but the southeast wind set up and it is a desperate night. some reports said a cigarette was thrown on the brush on purpose on the indian ocean side. with day side temps of 107 degrees the fire jumped not just the back of the mountain, but

wildfires rage in towns near south africa for the fourth straight day. 12,300 acres on fire.st fire in 15 years. threatening to destroy homes, buildings and even some of the areas wineries. mark crumpton coming up at the top of the -- at the bottom of the hour. >> thank you. the affordable care law obamacare once again facing a legal challenge of the u.s. supreme work. justices today hearing arguments in the case of king versus burwell dealing with tax subsidies that some citizens could get. the argument based on just a few words established the state. does that mean the individual state where does that mean the state as it relates to the country at large? greg store will help us navigate the legal maze. i will see you in a few minutes. >> we will be right back. ♪ >> i am cory johnson. "west." drones are getting a lot of buzz in barcelona. mark zuckerberg attended a conference on this. google announced they will make the first flight this year. ethe ieaee so that is only a matter of time before a drone kills someone. how do you feel about dreonones? we have more than 600 fund

back to you. >> thank you. >> firefighters in south africa battling to put out wildfires in cape town. strong winds and hot temperatures are challenging efforts to contain the blaze. helicopters are being used to douse the flames. the fires are causing widespread damage to thousands of hectares of land. >> kenyan cat farmers are struggling after the leaf is banned. the plant is a stimulant when chewed. farmers say they are now forced to sell it below market price and can only export to somalia. we report now from central kenya. >> growing khat is what families have done for generations. farmers complain somali middle men manipulate the market, forcing them to sell their plants cheap. >> people maximize from profit, so want to maximize their profit and we have no other market, so they sit down and lower the price. >> farmers used to get $600 a bag. now prices can go down just $200 a bag. several european countries stopped importing the plant because of social and health reasons. doctors say it can lead to insomnia, high blood pressure and heart problems. the european market was the mos

africa. >>> let's head down south now, the town of greenwood, south carolina, is split over the mayor's plan to desegregate a war memorial. the monument honors the fallen from the world wars korea and vietnam. the names fall under "white" and "colored." some citizens and visitors say they are totally shocked. so is the mayor, who raised money to have new plaques made which list the names alphabetically not by race. he and a local historian differ on the war memorial's future. >> the term "colored" is offensive. if it's offensive to me i can only imagine how it feels to african-americans. >> at one time the country was not always as welcoming and integrated as it is now, for different races. >> a state lawmaker the man on the left there, has introduced a bill to change the memorial so that all names are honored equally. >>> this video is making some waves. it comes from a new york city school. next we'll tell you what some eighth graders are accused of doing to some much younger kids. >>> and menacing monkeys, we'll tell you why these animals are getting into so much trouble and the creative

military rule 16 years ago and ron cummings is a security analyst and joins us live from cape town in south africam just wondering whether you think that this turn around this apparent turn around what is behind this security turn around, what do you make of the speed and efficacy of response to boko haram in the northeast of nigeria? >> i it can be argued a combination of issues and seen improved resources allocates to the nigeria army. we have seen also the coordination of multi national forces nigeria's neighbors obviously providing assistance in fighting boko haram and i think this is really aided and boko haram was seemingly operating across the lake chad region with relative impunity and for nigeria the operations were limited to borders and boko haram was obviously operating in neighboring countries, nigeria did not have mandate to launch in these regions and coordination of resources and operations at this stage is possibly quite focal to their significant gains we have seen being made against the extremist sector. >> so if the government and its allied forces are establishing significant

firefighters in south africa are battling to put out wildfires in cape town strong winds and hot temperaturesenging efforts to contain the blazes and the fires are causing widespread damage to thousands of hectres of land. thousands of homes have been destroyed by a massive fear in the philippines, most of them were poorly built and the government says it's unable to determine the cause of the fire. and we have the latest now from manila manila. >> reporter: joel tries to put on a brave face. everything that his family has built for decades has been reduced to this lost in a fire that destroyed the homes of over 2000 other families in downtown manila. >> translator: i can't express my brief when i look around me and cannot explain what happened, there is nothing to say except this is a tragedy and we just have to start over find a job, work again, rebuild everything. >> she lost her home too and does not know how long she will have to live in this temporary shelter along with nine members of her family. >> translator: we will be grateful for anything we can get, not just for my family but for

town of damasak in borno. this is latest offensive by neighboring countries inside nigeria. on friday the the africa union reinforced the contingent with 8,000 troops from cameroon and benin. >> security forces have confirmed that the town of damasak has been arrested from boko haram's control. troops acrossed into nigeria yesterday supported by air and ground forces and then arrested control in other areas as we speak. now sources say that the battle has been fierce and a lot of people have been killed, many fighters on the side of the boko haram have been killed. now with this development especially in the states of born o and yurba it has been shrinking. there is likelihood that boko haram will be pushed back if not defeated completely. but there is fear that boko haram will resort to its old tactic of launching gorilla guerrilla warfare. >> protest against "n" aleppo against cease-fire in the city. >> this is what the united nations was hoping to stop. but it has failed to freeze a conflict in syria's second largest city. barrel bombs have been killed hundreds of people in recent months. >> more

towns recaptured from boko haram. hundreds of fighters from south africa and former soviet countries are reportedly fighting alongsidenment troops. the government says their role is limited to training and logistics. al jazeera's nick schifrin is in the region and sent this update. >> reporter: according to senior western official who works here as well as a senior non-commissioned officer inside the nigerian military who was actually injured by boko haram, both of them say that the 40 or so villages that military or nigeria i should probably say, has recaptured from boko haram was done in part or at least because of the help of foreign mercenaries. we have phone issing many senior military officials as well today and over the last few weeks as we traveled out there this region and they insist that the tide is turning against boko haram. not because of the mercenaries but because of a combination of new arms more political will as well as that help of the neighbors countries. >>> oscar pistorius's lawyers have failed to stop an appeal that could see him convicted of murdering his girlfriend. panel of judges will deci

africa. >> what i mean is, they were chased out of these towns and villages, where do you think they've gone to now? >> that's what i'm saying, the pressure is on them, they're killed. of course, some of them, they die in the process. a number of them just have killed. some of them even bleed back to reintegrate into the civilian population. >> the hope, of course, has always been for the families of the 219 abducted schoolgirls from chibok, that this operation would find them alive, but this week, we're told by the military, that there's no clues at all as to where they are. >> we ask that question every day. we are looking, we have not seen dead girls. that is the good news. so i believe they're still alive. i believe we'll get them. >> do you know where they are? >> no, i can't tell you where they are. we are suspecting that they may be in some forest. we cannot speak categorically, but we suspect that the bulk of them may be in some forest. >> many people are questioning how on earth has it been that during these last just few weeks, less than six weeks, the whole picture has changed in

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mall on kenya he and two others were killed when their town was hit near a town. 67 people died in the west gate attack. >> in africa, an appeal against oscar pistorius's conviction for culpable homicide will go to the supreme court. the paralympic athlete was convicted for killing his girlfriend in cock 13. prosecution lawyers want his sentence increased. erika woods reports from johannesburg. >> december of last year is when the prosecution went to court. they argued that the judge, when she sentenced oscar pistorius for culpable homicide instead of murder that she applied the wrong rule of law to do so. they want him convicted for the bigger sentence of murder, because it would mean a longer sentence in prison. they were granted leave to appeal at the supreme court of appeals. that will be happening later this year. what we heard today was for the defense lawyers saying no, the correct rule of law was applied this should go no further. the justice today decided this all needs to be heard in the supreme court this cannot be heard in the lower court. later this year, a date yet to be set the judge will hear an argu

. >>> fire fighters in south africa are battle to go put out wild fires in cape town.s and hot temperatures are challenging effort to contain the bases. the fires are causing widespread damage to thousands of hectares of lands. >>> hundreds of shanties have been destroyed in a fire in the philippines it happened at a compound in the capital of manila. some accuse the fire services of being too slow in their response. >>> in me myanmar police have blocked students protests. in response people in the town staged a sit-in. they want the government to scrap a newly-passed education law that she say curbs academic freedom. police have warned tell take action to restore law and order if the protesters try to bring their rally there. >>> thai airways as been operating a at a loss the government is considering improving a restructuring plan. thousands of jobs are at risk. now more from bangkok. >> reporter: thailand's main international airport seems to be busy as ever, but last year there was an almost 7% drop in the number of travelers. thai airways the national carrier is i

contain a series of wildfires that are tearing through the outskirts of one of south africa's latest cities in cape town us live over the phone from johannesburg. what can you tell us about these fires? >> well martha, fires around cape town are so bad they can clearly be seen from space. sources say these are the worst wildfires cape town has ever experienced. tourists have had to be evacuated and many are wondering as six helicopters are on the table mountain and the forests surrounding, many homes are being burnt and five star luxury lodge has been raised to the ground. volunteers have joined the exhausted professional firefighters many of whom have been putting in double shifts to try to save people's homes. over 50 residents of an old age home had to be treated for smoke inhalation. the fires that are now 15 of them, are thought to have been started by discarded cigarette on the indian ocean side of the peninsula which cape town straddles. with day side temperatures up to 107 degrees, reportedly making cape town the hottest place in the world this week, the fires quickly jumped the back of the moun

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boko haram is under pressure in africa and has been dislodged from towns by a multinational force.he pledge was made in arabic with english subtitles. in madison wisconsin, a vigil for an unarmed black teenager killed by a white police officer. officials say the police officer shot the teenager after he was assaulted. several days after the justice department said it would not press charges against an officer who shot a black teenager in ferguson. before a selloff last week, the s&p capped its sixth year of a bull run. apple gained admission to the dow friday. nasdaq topped 5000 for the first time in 15 years. highflying tech stocks are igniting questions about bubbles. do you remember the mark cuban quote? "if we thought it was stupid to invest in public internet websites that had my chance of succeeding, it is worse today." the bubble comes from private investors. with us is aereo founder chet kanojia. he's been building company since the dot com era. chet, are you seeing signs of a bubble? chet kanojia: it feels like it. i think the difference being it is not public companies, w

talk about ceiling the deal seal island near cape town south africa home to 64,000 cape fur seals, henceound. monkey island off the eastern coast of puerto rico home to at least 800 primates. number three, this one for the birds, island near senegal capital where thousands of tourists flock to witness a variety of bird species flying around. number four speaking of birds, at this cafe in tokyo, called the shop of owls hoot and howell with some of the clientele. visitors line up for an hour for a session with these owls costing 2,000 yen or $17. number five i know all too well about being in the dog house. what about dog island the name of this island off the northwestern coast in florida. if you look at this scene from the island wouldn't be so bad to be put in this dog house, especially all my friends north of florida now with all of the cold. looks great, doesn't it? victor, what's the temperature in south florida, 83 84? he said it was chilly because it was 70 when he got up. oh, the problems in south florida. that wraps up "the rundown" on msnbc. thank you for the privilege of your t

. >>> firefighters in south africa are bringing in reinforcements to battle a blaze in the hills above cape towney are struggling to contain the wildfires because of strong winds and sweltering summer temperatures. thousands of acres of rare plants have already been destroyed. so far, though no reports of any fatalities. >>> kenyan farmers are struggling after many european countries banned the cat leaf. this is a plant which is a stimulant, and is often chewed particularly in somalia. farmers say they are now forced to sell it at below market prices and can only export it to somalia. our correspondent reports from central kenya. >> reporter: growing cat, as it's called locally is what families in the highlands have done for generations. farmers sell most of it to somalia, but they complain somali middlemen manipulate the market forcing them to sell their plants cheap. >> they want to maximize their profit, and they know we are desperate of market. we have no other market. so they sit down and intend to maximize. and that's why they lower the price. rrm >> reporter: farmers say they used to get

africa's popular tourist destinations. thousands of hectares have been destroyed near the table mountains in cape town. >> reporter: battling the wildfire and the elements. some rain made conditions bearable. smoke makes visibility almost impossible. helicopters that are spraying much-needed water risk being grounded. >> we are trying everything that we could, all the resources available. that is currently available. we are using them. firefighters, helicopter. >> the city says that this year's wildfires have been more widespread. 1,000 fighters are working around the clock to contain the fires across the city. they are struggling with flare-ups that spread rapidly. >> linda and her family were evacuated early wednesday, seeking refuge at a community church. >> we weren't allowed in the smoke was too thick and dangerous. they closed off the area. >> there's a lot of smoke in the area. it could be days before authorities let them back into their own houses. it's too late for some. >> people have lost homes, and property like this and the cost of the firefighting operation has been rising. it's nearly 400,000 since sunday. it

africa. >> yeah our correspondent will be taking us to a town in south sudan, where food rations are beingtributed and far too few of them. 2.5 million people in south sudan face acute hunger but getting food to the people is dangerous. one of the safest route is by boat along the nile. we'll take you there, coming up with the rainy season just a few weeks away the rush to get food to the people before it's too late. >> elton john is backing a boycott of italian fashion designers doleche and gabana. they condemned invitro fertilization, with dolche referring to them as synthetic children. >>> now to tonight's first person report. vincent is a pulitzer prize winning photographer. he has taken all kinds of pictures. photos of new york city at night is his new project. he did it while hanging out of a helicopter. >> recently i shot a series of aerials over new york city titled air. i was contacted by men's health magazine to shoot a story about psychology. and i said wouldn't it be a great thing if we went really high over new york city and shoot the street patterns. it liked like a computer

. >>> firefighters in south africa battling to put out wild fires in cape town strong winds and hot temperaturesllenging efforts to contain the blazes. the fires are causing widespread damage to thousands of hecters of land. kenya cat farmers struggles after eu blanzied the leaf the plant is a stimulant when it's chewed and farmers are now forced to sell it at below market prices and only can export to so somalia. >> reporter: this is what families in the highlands have done for generations. >> it's like one dollar. >> reporter: sell most to somalia but say middlemen manipulate the market, forcing them to sell their plants cheap. >> people maximize for profit and want to maximize profit and know we are in the market and have no other market and sit down and that is why they lower the price. >> reporter: farmers say they used to get $600 a bag, now prices can go down to just $200 a bag, several european countries stopped importing the plant because of social and health reasons and doctors say it can lead to insomnia high blood pressure and heart problems, the eu was the most lucrative and farmers

spain were not much better than the savages he had been fighting in north africa, they were pacifying as the word goes, the townsthey took as they march their way up through the peninsula and that meant basically gathering all the men of military age and machine-gunning them all. at the same time they were as angry as they were at the church where i think there was some 6000 priests who were killed in these early first weeks of war by the civilian militia fighting against the fascists. once the government so cold and started to form a professional army, the army officers had defected to decide. this is while this was in such turmoil. once the government started taking control of the military they stopped all the massacres on the republican side but they continued throughout the war because he felt he couldn't just move as quickly. he had to pacify every time he went through so is very much a ground war with atrocities. there is a famous photograph that i would like to have shown you, showing these militia men showing up in it is a huge statue of christ which was part of the very conservative catholic fellowship

town tweeting jokes to her 170 followers. when she was at heathrow she tweeted, going to africa, hope i don't get aids. just kidding.te. so... (audience reacts) >> jon: mmm... the kind of thing you might say in a bathroom to yourself. >> yeah. or if you were writing a very very bad episode of south park. (laughter) so she chuckled to herself, pressed send got no replies. she felt the sad feeling we all feel when the internet doesn't congratulate us for being funny. she got on the plane, fell asleep, woke up in waytown turned on the phone, straightaway there was a text from somebody she hadn't spoken to hence high school that said i'm so sorry to see what's happening to you and while she leapt on the plane she was destroyed. >> jon: on twitter. and in real life. >> jon: in the world. exactly. because that combination of words. i mean, as i lay in bed and i saw that tweet over on my time line, i thought what everybody else thought is -- >> jon: she's a monster, kill her! yes! so then i thought, i'm not sure that's a racist tweet. surely there's a tradition of people not gleefully flaunting white privilege but -- >> jo

. >> firefighters in south africa are bringing in reinforcements to battle the blaze in cape town. they're struggling to contain the fire. the fire has destroyed five homes and thousands of hectares of forest. interest are no reports so far of any deaths. kenya's president has burned up to 15 tons of elephant ivory as part of the nation's efforts of curbing poaching. it is the largest consignment to be destroyed in kenya. rhinos are also poached for their horns. elephants could be wiped out in some parts of elephants in the next few years. the united nations has called for a crackdown to stop the illegal trade around the world. in china the trade of smuggled ivory is booming due to high demand. we have reports from bay beijing . >> these rescued elephants now perform for tourists. print's prince william is expected to be one of the spectators on wednesday. china's government insist this is more than a tourist attraction. it's slowly rebuilding the local elephant population and strengthening laws. convicted poachers now face the death penalty. environmentalizes are cautiously optimi

mall in kenya two years ago and three people were killed near the town and 67 people died in the west gate attack in 2013. stay with africa.l. has accepted a pledge of allegiance from boko haram fighters in nigeria, in an audio message posted online a spokesman for i.s.i.l. is heard saying the counterfeit has now expanded to west africa until recently boko haram was in control of an area the size of belgium, this is a region where it has been most active over the years now the nigerian military says it has taken control of many areas. the military says boko haram is now cornered into these areas. it does have control of several towns and battles are ongoing and we will bring in correspondent and i.s.i.l. accepting this pledge of allegiance from boko haram and what does it mean and what is next for boko haram? >> well many people here are seeing this as empty, as superficial and as part of a propaganda game going on and do not accept there is any cooperation or real collaboration between boko haram and i.s.i.l. that is the view of the government here in nigeria, of the military forces involved in fighting boko haram on the

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recaptureed towns nigeria's military says it only has one town left to recapture from boko haram fighters in yorbe, the stronghold of the group. >>> south africa's president zuma has appeared before parliament. opposition members disrupted the session. >> never, ever have i ever thought that i would pay back the money. firstly, there is no money that i'm going to be paying back without a determination by those who are authorized to do so as by the public protector. >> we have an run down of what is happening in the national assembly. >> presidents are allowed to make security upgrades to their home but the estimated $20 million that zuma made on his house far outstrips anything that any former president has ever spent. the public protector was asked to investigate and in her report she said there were many upgrades to the home that did not fall under the category of security upgrades. she pointed to a swimming pool, a cattle enclosure a chicken run and even an amphitheater. she recommended that zuma pay back the money that was toyed to unnecessary upgrades. he has not done so, and when asked if he would be paying back money during the state of t

reporter: a good prognosis because he had speshcialized care and cape town has one of the highest incidents of drug-resistant t.b. in south africa 2.2 million people and resent tuberculosis managed to get a hold here because people live in such close confines and doctors without borders says the levels of drug resistant tuberculosis is so bad they want it declared as a public health emergency. the doctor leading the pilot program says the report confining tuberculosis patients for months in hospitals doesn't work and proven that community-based care is better, more accessible and cheaper. if you depend on a hospital system you only have a limited number of beds and long waiting list and people know they have drug-resistant tuberculosis and waiting for a bed for treatment and can't because there are long waiting list. >> reporter: 90% of patients have been able to get treatment compares to 50% elsewhere. this is improved survival rates because patients can get their dpks -- diagnose medication at the local clinic. >> reporter: people have a perception as soon as you diagnose the disease then it's suddenly a big crisis but remembe

town. the bizarre creations of china's property bubble. and meet the dog helping to save south africa's wildlife. in recent years, the global trend has been torn the removal of legal restrictions on women's access to abortion has been relaxed in a number of countries. but a number of countries -- in asia, africa and south america -- have laws which criminalize abortion altogether, even in cases of rape. of these el salvador is perhaps , the most draconian -- and the most zealous in its prosecution of women suspected of having had illegal abortions. as a result, women are finding that the state regards their miscarriages as murder and in some cases, they go straight from hospital bed to prison cell. >> i got up one morning and went to the bathroom. i must have fainted, because when i woke up i was lying on the floor in my own blood. at the hospital, they told me i was pregnant but that there was no longer a baby inside me. i didn't even know i was pregnant. they accused me of murdering a defenseless, unborn child. it wasn't a miscarriage, they said. and i was arrested in hospital. the ju

. >> in africa, troops from chad and niger have started their offensive against boko haram. >> the countries launched the operation from a town in the south. troops said they had liberated the city in the north of nigeria which was taken by the militants in november. oh boko haram controls large swathes of territory and has pledged allegiance to islamic state. >> we go live now to our correspondent who joins us live now from northern nigeria. what can you tell us about monday's fight? >> there is an update on the number of casualties on both sides. the officials said 10 soldiers have been killed in the fight and a medical doctor that he saw about 30 soldiers admitted to the local hospital. this is right at the border between the niger republic and nigeria. there's also an update on the number of casualties from the site of the terrorist. more than 300 oh boko haram members have been killed so far, but this number has not been confirmed. >> how are nigerians taken to the presence of all of these foreign troops? >> the reaction has been extremely positive. they have then demanding support for years. many people in eastern niger

towns and village. for chad and niger, defeating boko haram is crucial. five years of violence it is africa's biggest economy. there's the fear that the group, will expand on area of control and become a bigger threat to the entire region. nigeria, which was unable to clush boko haram says it now has hardware for a military victory. our government has ensured that the equipment arrived. by the time it did, we are facing more challenges vut of the approach we -- as a result of the approach we have the equipment. >> the military asked for six weeks to clear the way for boko haram fighters. the offensive against boko haram, forced the group to resort to old tactics of suicide bombing, over the weekend attacks killed more than 50, and injured 100. the group's leader pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. and this is causing serious concern in the region especially in nigeria. >> this was a peaceful country. to that extent. yes, to the extent that my country is taken over by a group of people the nature that we are talking about, i am not worried. >> many want a quick victory before groups like i.s.i.l. c

. >>> firefighters in south africa are bringing in reinforcements to battle a blaze in the hills across cape townre struggling to contain the wildfires. thousands of acres of rare plants have been destroyed as well as at least five homes. so far no reports of any fatalities. we can talk now to the spokeswoman for the disaster risk management center in cape town. she joins us on the line from there. tell us how the battle is going. >> yes, we are trying to contain the fire in three areas [ inaudible ] and also to cut fires in the [ inaudible ] in the valley. it's very hot here. we're experiencing temperatures up to 42 degrees. we came [ inaudible ] aerial support here from helicopters because of the extreme heat and also the smoke. >> on -- obviously you have wildfires every year but this year they seem extremely bad. obviously that is because of the high temperatures are there other factors to blame? >> yes, this is a very dry period. during the 2015 fire this has been a period that in cape town we have lost five homes. we have had to evacuate areas, and now we're still trying to contain the fire

town has have demonstrated against an u.n.-brokered peace plan. the >> the south africa president zuma has been requested why asked why he spent $20 million to upgrade his home. >> never i thought the day that i would pay back the money. firstly, there is no money that i'm going to be paying back without a determination by those who are authorized to do so as recommended by the public protector. >> he canerica woods has more. >> presidents are allowed to make security upgrades to their homes. but the $20 million that zuma spent on his house far outstrip any other president has spent. >> he was asked if he would be paying back the money during the state of the nation speech last month. he didn't answer the question. the police were called, and the eff were escorted out of the house. in the latest question and answer session jacob zuma did answer the question vaguely. he said he had nothing to answer and he had spent nothing, taken not a penny from state funds. and instead he said that he's asked the police to investigate and whether he needs to pay back any money and if s

still to come here on the news hour fears in south africa power cuts could effect the wider economy plus back to school in the town00 school girls were kidnapped from nigeria boko haram last year. find out if dallas got portland's hot streak the next in sports. ♪ ♪ welcome back let's get the headlines on al jazeera, a senior commander of the al-qaeda al-nusra group has been killed in syria abu hamman al-shami died on an air strike in the city on thursday. israeli police say a palestinian man shot and injured after he plowed his car in pedestrians in occupied east jerusalem and people people have been injured. the russian has been released from prison after spending 15 days in custody, and was arrested for promoting a protest rally after the murder of opposition leader borris and we will get more on our top story, a closer look at the al-nusra front and objective, al-qaeda branch in syria taking on the name in 2012 as part of the uprising against the assad regime and the group has been fighting other groups including islamic state of iraq and levante and looking at cutting ties with al-qaeda to be a pur entity and

town in central brazil. the film explores salgado's life. >> he traveled most in africa and started to take picture. but only to accompany his reports. and then he realized, these pictures interested him much more and the contact he was able to establish with the people that was more of him was in there than in the written reports. >> one of his more potent photographs is myans. can you tell me what is so effective about this photograph and where was it taken? >> one day he found this incredible gold mine in brazil with 50,000 men were working in prehistoric conditions with their hands in this big hole. these photographs made him famous. >> he has an incredibly striking aesthetic. his photographs are beautiful. what do you make of the charge that some have made over the years that he makes the horrific beautiful. >> the charge is a very strange one, because photographers have a function in them and for a photographer to pay respect to the person he photographs, even if it's a person in distress i think, is to make a good photograph. >> the documentary has been co-directed by salgado's son, who close

towns and villages have been liberated. for niger chad and cameroon, defeating boko haram is crucial. five years of fighting has cut off trade against he them from the africa's biggest economy bigger threat to the entire region. in nigerian troops wanted to crush boko haram in the last five years say they are now in a position to do so. >> we are now adequately equipped. we have taken delivery of the game-changers. and from the president himself. we have been taking delivery of new equipment one of which what you have seen right behind me right there. and we are planning to defeat boko haram. before this level it was a defensive operation but now we are on the offensive. >> the military had in february asked for six weeks to clear the northeast of boko haram. to pave way for elections. but according to the offensive against boko haram has forced the group to killed more than 50 and injured more than 100. just hours after the group's leader pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l, a move mentioned by the nigerian military as a desperate act. regional force of 8,000 troops is expected to strengthen the group of multinational force already taking on boko haram. mohamed i

so far more than 30 towns and villages have been liberated from the fighters. five years of violence has kept affected africa's biggest economy. and there is also a fear that if the group left unchecked will become a bigger threat in the entire region. they have tried to crush boko haram in the last five years now say they're in position to do so. >> there is a real change. we've taken the liberty of the game changer. we've been taking the liberty of new equipment, one of which you see right behind me there and this was a defensive operation. >> the military in february asked for six weeks to clear boko haram to pave way for elections. but it has forced the group to go to the old tactic of suicide-bombing. over the weekend attacks in maiduguri blamed on the group killed more than 50 and injured more than 100. on friday the african union created a regional force of 8,000 troops to combat the group. this is to to expand the effort against boko haram. >> live for us in abuja ahmed what is the latest you're hearing about this offensive in the north? >> well basically the town of damasak has been recaptured by forc

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