and the african union in time will be expected to ask for more funding particularly for somalia where the european union is cutting back funds. that has been given to the mission. the peace process is expected to pick up in the president's speech. yesterday, together with leaders from east africa, he met the mediators and parties in sudan. now there is a new deadline, august 17, in which if the parties do not sign an agreement, there will be more sanctions on them. >> for now, thank you very. of course, we'll be crossing back to mohamed later on as president obama addresses the african union. >>> a natural gas pipeline which stretches between turkey and iran has been attacked. it affects parts of the pipeline that lays inside turkey's border. a fire broke out which shut it down. the energy minister says it's been brought under control. >>> still to come here at al-jazeera. >> i'm at one of new york's leading robotics lab where the octopus is inspiring a new generation of surgical technology. >> hello again, you are with al jazeera. these are our top stories. the u.s. and turkey agreed

president to address the african union. a short tour of the region is in focus on security and human rights. he is now in the ethiopian capital. we have seen those images in the last half-hour of the main african union building there making a speech to the unit. he has already praised many in the fight against terror. expressing real concern about democratic and human rights. one of the issues obama has been addressing is the civil war and south sudan. tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict area it is hoped the two sides will agree to a peace deal by mid-august, but the rebel leader has told france 24 there are some issues to be resolved. our correspondent has this report. >> calling for a breakthrough in the peace efforts, barack obama underlined the urgency of the situation in south sudan. speaking in addis ababa, he thanked the african union and the radio -- and the mediation force. president obama: the situation is deteriorating. the humanitarian situation is worsening. the possibility of renewed conflict in

to have more funding for the african union peace keeping mission in somalia as a time when the europeans cutting back funding it had been giving to the activities. one of the things that is going to dominate the speech of the president is the south sudan peace process which is one year and nine months and up to now where there has been no resolution. now, the president on monday afternoon had met mediators and also different sides in the conflict and together with the president of uganda and kenya and the prime minister of ethiopia they have given them a new deadline which is august 17th which they say there must be a breakthrough before then otherwise there will be more sanctions that will be put on the parties that are involved in the conflict in south sudan. >> okay interesting speech then we are expecting later on mohamed for now thank you very much and we will go back to mohamed as soon as the president starts speaking. now when the philippines president took office he promised to reduce national poverty and to improve his country's economy but five years on many say he simply fail

. >>> president obama is wrapping up a tour of east africa with a speech at the african union. he's the first u.s. lead tore visit the head quarters of the african block. >> reporter: late on monday president obama joined the leaders in discussing the crisis in south sudan. they urged to come to a quick agreement. options discuss the include sanctions and regional intervention force if the warring parties do not agree by august 17. it's the fourth visit by a sitting u.s. not ethiopia. one aimed at strengthening relations. economic and security ties with the ethiopian prime minister. president obama praised ethiopia as a partner in fight against terrorism. >> ethiopia faces serious threats and its contribution to the african union mission have reduced areas unal-shabaab control. but as the prime minister reminded us, terrorist groups offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. >> reporter: hesome rights groups have criticized his trip. accused of jailing journalists and critics. it's only neighbors that jails more journalists. a number of journalists some of t

president to address the african union union. >> leadership to prime minister and the people of ethiopiaagain thank you for your wonderful hospitality and for hosting this african institution institution. to members of the african union, distinguished guests ladies and gentlemen thank you for welcoming me here today. it is a great honor to be the first president of the united states to address the african union. [applause] i'm grateful to speak to the representatives of more than one billion people of the great african continent. we are joined today by citizens by leaders of civil society, by faith communities and i'm especially pleased to see so many young people who embody the energy and optimism of today's africa. hello and thank you for being here. i stand before you as a proud american american. i also stand before you as the son of an african. [applause] africa and its people helped to shape america and allowed it to become the great nation that it is and africa and its people helped shape who i am and how i see the world. in the villages in kenya where my father was born i learned

he won a court case against african union soldiers following that traffic incident.ers were ordered to pay compensation but that was four years ago and he is still waiting. >> translator: they say they came to order but they are killing people. they killed a man who is driving his car. he is no threat to them or to anyone. >> reporter: she wants the african union to apologize and pay compensation so that her children can go back to school. al jazeera, mogadishu, somalia. >>> the greek government officially started bailout negotiations with creditors in athens and prime minister has urged his party to unite over the bailout measures and earlier this month almost a quarter of the party rebelled over the bailout proposals and parliament eventually approved the measures. now, when the philippines president took office he promised to reduce national poverty and to improve the country's economy and five years on they say he has failed and his final state of the nation address has been over shadowed by street protests as we report now from manila. >> reporter: violence outs

this is a very significant gain by the somali government forces who have been supported by the african unionrs and lost the last two remaining strongholds there and with that goes the key liberty generation that they used to get from vehicles by the main routes and doesn't mean that the military is not intact and it will come out of one of the most successful months which they cut out the campaign of violence against african union peace keepers installations is where somalia in one of the attacks at the tunnel and they killed almost 80 burundi peace keepers and however people who hold the issues in somalia say the timing is a bit, the timing of these offensive against al-shabab is one aimed at giving the u.s. president barack obama what is considered by some a public relations gift especially at a time when the european union which is the key of all african union peace keepers is considering cutting back funding by up to 20% and the president of kenya and the european leader expected to raise the issue of funding with president obama pointing to the retaking of the border of al-shabab saying

president has visited kenya, ethiopia and the first time to address the african union as well. it was an interesting visit because president obama next some tough love with africa on this trip. being quite critical of the current state of african leadership and trying to reach out more broadly to the younger generation of africa and show that the united date is and will continue, and should be a more relevant order to africans. >> that's of love he doled out was really met with a lot of applause and a lot of support. how has the response than in america where your base? >> i think the trip the point was to hit a different set of mess is and this is where the trade and invest them in agenda, the good news story about africa has an emphasized by president obama. the traditional view here in the united states, of place that needs help and aid and development, and there has been a very slow, particularly u.s. businesses slow to realize the economic opportunity. there has been a careful balance struck between the good news tori and the things that still need to change and improve. >>

the president is addressing the african union the first president to address the african union. it reminded me of a state of the union speech he might give here. here's what's wrong right now in africa here is what is going right and here ares initiatives to accomplish, sprinkling in personal an dotes. he made it clear that a rising middle class and an opportunity for business was a very important part of why he is in africa. >> it is long past time to put aside old stereotypes of an africa forever mired in poverty and conflict. the world must recognize africa's extraordinary progress. today, africa is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. africa's middle class is projected to grow to more than 1 billion consumers. >> you know, when you hear that, you hear business, you hear opportunity, but of course, dell the president was there to talk about human rights, peaceful transfers of power which is something that he tried to put by making himself an example, tried to put it on africa, i'm going to be out of office soon, i could stay on if i wanted to, but the idea that a d

president to address the african union.later, scandal rocks the british parliament. we have video showing inging him snorting cocaine with prostitutes. welcome as you tune in from around the world. i am with you for the next two hours. this is cnn newsroom. we begin in ethiopia where u.s. president barack obama starts the final day of his africa trip. in a few hours he will address an assembly of the african union, a first for the u.s. president. he met with the ethiopian prime minister and he discussed the civil war and human rights in ethiopia. the president and the prime minister disagreed over the issue of freedom of the press. mr. obama praised for their role of terrorism against militants. >> there will be a face of serious threats and contribution to the african union mission reduced areas under control, but as the prime minister noted, yesterday's bombing reminds us that terrorist groups like this offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. we have more work to do. >> cnn correspondent robin is f

president to go to either country not to mention to address the african union, we wanted to turn to an oral history project called story corps, a piece that they have produced called traffic stop t. features alex landau, an african-american man who was nearly killed during an encounter with the denver police in 2009. alex landau did this story with his white adoptive father, patsy hathaway. the video gains with her. it's also animated. >> we never talked about race growing up. i don't think that was ever a conversation. >> i thought that love would conquer all and skin color didn't really matter. i had to learn the really hard way when they almost killed you. >> yeah. i was 19 years old. i had picked up a friend, and i noticed that we had red and blue lights behind us. we were being pulled over. the officer explained i had made an illegal left turn and to step out of the car. so i get out of the car first. he pats me down. and then he goes around to the passenger side and pulled my friend addison out of the car. >> addison is white. >> yeah, addison is white. and he had some tpwheed hi

. >> ethiopia is also a continental hub home to the headquarters of the 54 member african union which president obama is scheduled to address. >> this will be the first leader of the united states to address the african union as such, and in fact, the first leader of a major world power to do so, and so this is an important step, recognizing africa's strategic importance for the united states and its place in the world. >> african union forces are at the fore front of the fight against al shabab, the somalia based al-qaeda affiliate that massacred 148 people at kenya's garissa university this past april. president obama will also meet with african union members working to bring an end to the civil war in south sudan that's killed thousands and displaced millions. >> this trip is not without controversy, human rights concerns president obama has promised to address candidly. al jazeera. >> before leaving for ethiopia today, the president gave one final speech in kenya. catherine so i is in nairobi with reaction. >> president obama received arousing welcome in this arena. >> the u.s. pr

of ethiopian troops are part of the african union mission. but it does not mean that al-shabab is out entirely. they targeted the hotel on sunday it showed it still has the capability to attack government-held territories. this is why the president has called for more pressure to be kept on al-shabab. while on his tour of ethiopia he'll be in meetings with delegates of the peace forces. these are those on both sides of the conflict as well as mediations. the president is hoping to add to the groups to come to a quick agreement. diplomats say if they do not agree by the 17th of august there are sanctions on the table that include travel sanctions otherssanction sanctions sanctions, however they do not believe there will be a great break through in the conflict. >> still to come, a potentially harmful mix. why the ban of herbicide. and we have more from the "world health organization." >>> insider by nature this little guy is helping to usher in a new era of soft robotics. >> the u.s. state department has taken malaysia and cuba off its blackli

president has visited kenya, ethiopia and the first time to address the african union as well. it was an interesting visit because president obama next some tough love with africa on this trip. being quite critical of the current state of african leadership and trying to reach out more broadly to the younger generation of africa and show that the united date is and will continue, and should be a more relevant order to africans. >> that's of love he doled out was really met with a lot of applause and a lot of support. how has the response than in america where your base? >> i think the trip the point was to hit a different set of mess is and this is where the trade and invest them in agenda, the good news story about africa has an emphasized by president obama. the traditional view here in the united states, of place that needs help and aid and development, and there has been a very slow, particularly u.s. businesses slow to realize the economic opportunity. there has been a careful balance struck between the good news tori and the things that still need to change and improve. >>

president barack obama has praised recent advances by somali and african union troops against the armed group al shabab but said attacks like the one on the hotel in somalia sunday is a reminder the fight isn't over. he was speaking alongside ethiopia's prime minister on his first day of the visit to the east african nation. he will be the first president to address the african union. >> our security cooperation is pushing back against violent extremism. ethiopia faces serious threats and its contribution to the african union mission in zero malia have reduced areas under al shabab control but as the prime minister noted yesterdays bombing reminds us that terrorist groups like al shabab offer nothing but death and destruction and have to be stopped. we've got more work to do. this past week, affordable care acten troops helped retake two major al shabab strong holds. we now have to keep the pressure on. >> we have raised the number of issues on how the u.s. can support the strengthening of ethiopia's democratickization process. my government expressed its commitment to deepen the democr

obama i also the first american leader to address the african union at its headquarters in the ethiopian capital. while he urged a change in democracy, he said the rest of the world needs to change its perception of the continent. >> it is long past time to put aside old stereotypes of an africa forever mired in poverty and conflict. the world must recognize africa's extraordinary progress. today, africa is one of the fastest growing regions in the world. >> obama called on african leaders to stick to democratic rules and stop changing constitutions to stay in power. >> when a leader tries to change the rules in the middle of the game just to stay in office, it risks instability and strife, as we've seen in burundi. this is often just the first step down a perilous path. sometimes you'll hear a leader say well, i'm the only person who can hold this nation together. if that's true, then that leader has failed to truly build their nation. >> al jazeera has been following events. we are there live now. he talked about a range of things didn't he, but those were very pointed comments about d

and the african union said they will not recognise the rates. we have more now from bujumbura. this is one polling station in the capital. and this have several votes. this is the main opposition party. it seems dispute the call by opposition leaders to boycott, some voted. if you look at the results on the polling station, this is one particular station. this is the ruling party. they have 74 votes. this one is the main opposition party and look what they got. 107. it's seems that despite the call by opposition leaders to boycott, some voted. i must stress this is the urban areas, where the president, pierre nkurunziza, is not popular. in the rural countryside he has a lot of support and the numbers are in favour of the party. officials say the counting ended. different provinces will bring the result to the main center buj. and we should get an announcement soon >>> still to come here at al jazeera. how a prison escape boosted the legend of the mexico's most wanted drug king. plus... >> i'm in mumbai where despite the law workers are cleaning suers by hand, without any safety

he is also going to address the african union but the main thrust of the president's visit is strengtheningnion, this is a relationship that was established more than a century ago and it comes at a time when ethiopia is a rising regional power and also its economy is growing faster than many other economies and joining me to discuss this further is a political analyst and dr. solomon what does president obama want to achieve with this trip of his? >> thank you very much for having me. president obama would like to achieve, to build on the africa age summit that took place in august last year which tried to shift the focus of u.s. engagement in africa which was historically dominated by considerations and humanitarian issues and they want to shift it now to also trade an investment issues as well. and during his visit here this august one of the areas that he wants to build on is the trade relations between ethiopia and the u.s. including investment in the area for example of power in africa and it's one of the countries that has been chosen for his call in africa, that was last year as wel

. >> reporter: al shabaab militants wait to ambush an african union convoy in southern somalia.nt largely unnoticed. until this gruesome terror video appeared online. the al qaeda linked militant group claims they killed dozens of ethiopian troops. showing identity documents purport to show the dead. ethiopian troops training, marching. the ethiopian military is regarded as the most disciplined, effective and battle-hardened among the 22,000 troops of the african union's mission to somalia. their mandate is peace enforcement. their contribution to fighting al shabaab hasn't gone unnoticed. us president barack obama thanked ethiopia for its leadership and cooperation last year. >>: "our counter-terrorism cooperation and the partnerships that we have formed with countries like ethiopia are going to be critical to our overall efforts to defeat >> reporter: those efforts have ramped up just this month with a new ground offensive by african forces, and us airstrikes against shabaab targets in somalia. >>: "obama travelling to ethiopia i think is an indication of continued us engageme

president to the 54 member african union and barack obama did not disappoint disappoint. his criticism of african leader whose remain in office beyond their term limits that generated most to the dignitaries. >> when a leader tries to change the rules in the middle of the game just to stay in office it risks instability and strife as we have seen in burundi. and this is often, and this is often just a first step down a periless step. >> reporter: obama singled out the president ziza whose bid for reelection for a third term provoked as an example of the dangers of trying to stay in power. the u.s. president told the leaders to make their countries more attractive to foreign investment by cleaning up corruption. >> nothing will unlock africa's economic potential more than ending the cancer of corruption and you are right that it is not just a problem of africa it is a problem of those who do business with africa. it is not unique to africa corruption exists all over the world including in the united states. but here in africa corruption drains billions of dollars from econ

to the east africa nation and also talking to regional leaders in south sudan and address the african uniont obama criticized for not having impact of predecessors and bush was praised for the aids epidemic and clinton on trade restrictions on 30 african nations and obama highlights key initiatives as well such as $7 billion africa program to improve electricity across sub sahara and people on help craft against the army and driven out of uganda but still in democratic republic of congo and central republic and southern sudan and $5 million to combat boko haram in nigeria and white house spent hundreds of millions of dollars and deployed 3,000 troops to stop the spread of ebola in west africa. hallelujah is a researcher from the institute for security studies and joins us via skype from ababa and how are people there in ethiopia reacting to obama's visit because he got of course a welcome in his home in kenya, is it quite the same in ethiopia? >> it's not and we expect that kinds of reception and the reception in nairobi was kind of a home coming one and considered barack obama as one of th

president is addressing the african union. >> this was a liberating trip for president obama and from the news coverage of his trip to kenya, one can see this is liberating. he called himself an african-american for the first time. he was dancing. he was compromised because of the footprints of the united states, especially in kenya and ethiopia and somalia, in this mission that the united states has been on. it has led to the militarization of eastern africa with the epicenter of the war against the people of somalia. the people of kenya have been brought into this war. the people called for demilitarization of this region. on sunday morning this is something that the left in the country should agree on. in every aspect of the relationship we have the united states having the history of its military involvement and history of counterterrorism unleashing, forcing that which cannot be controlled. all of the leaders, the foreign minister of sudan, the president of uganda, all have been involved in this militarization of the region. we need conscious, clear guidelines and pathways how we

the international community included the african union say they won't recognize the election result.dely expected the president will win. his opponents say they won't stop trying to remove him from power. >>> many people have left the country, their afraid of the violence that is has already happened and the potential violence as well. 70,000 of them have gone in to neighboring rwanda as catherine soy reports from a jeffrey camp. >> reporter: she came from burundi's capital on sunday, she was a trader selling clothes now she has to rely on humanitarian aid. this woman is far from home. but still afraid. she asked us to hide her identity. >> there >> translator: there are two checkpoints one by the police. if you are carrying luggage they stop you from crossing the border if you are a man they accuse you of being a rebel and take you, we had to pay tribes tobribes to get through. >> reporter: that group she's talking is the ruling party's youth wing whoabz members have been accused of killing and intimidation. many of these people are following very keenly what's going on in their cou

they have to re to see to what extent they'll be able to endure. >> the fact that the african union came out and said we're not going to recognize this result. >> the africa union does not do that very often with one of its own countries. >> no, it's interesting here. on the other hand the point with the african union they want to to run a third term as well. i think on one hand there is a lot of members who want to stay in power so they're not in a good position to give advice. >> it's good to have your thoughts. thank you. >> south sudan's presidential spokesman has dismissed a new report that claims that government troops and allied fighters committed a offensive between april and june this year. 22million people are pleased to have fled their homes. human rights watch interviewed more than 170 survivors and witnesses. the group documented 60 unlawful killings of civilians including women and children. rape was widespread and people were burned alive. some civilians were abducted. others were shot as they tried to flee and then crushed by government tanks well, a spokesperson for sout

catholic soi, al jazerra refugees camp in eastern rwanda. >>> the african union mission in somalia hasallegations of the mass shooting by its force on his tuesday. witnesses in the town say 24 people were killed when african union troops opened fire they claim without any provocation. they say the soldiers shot young men who were playing football then broke in to nearby homes. but the a.u. mission has released a statement and it categorically denounce what is they call a devious allegations. and they deny that their troops were involved in what they describe as an alleged killing of civilians in marka town. >>> the united states says a senior al qaeda member was killed in an air strike in syria two weeks ago. a could you wade i born joey jihad i was a key figure in a group. the u.s. government which had a $7 million bounty on his head said he was one of the few leaders who knew in advance about the september 11th attacks. jamie macintyre has more. >> the pentagon said he was very important and a major facilitator and a leader of a group of veteran al qauda operatives who were operating

home to the headquarters of the 54-member african union which president obama is scheduled to address. >> this will be the first leader of the united states to address the african union as such and in fact first leader of a major world power to do so. and so this is an important step recognizing africa's strategic importance for united states and indeed its place in the world. >> african union forces are at the forefront of the fight against al shabaab the ethiopia be-be based terrorist organization that hit the westgate mall two years ago. if president obama promised to address candidly in a country whose strategic and economic value arguably make it too important not to engage. patricia sabga be al jazeera. >>> suicide bomber may have been a ten-year-old girl, at least 15 are dead. thought she might have benefited with boko haram but the group not claiming responsibility for this attack. at least 47 were critically injured. >>> five day ceasefire is on the way in yemen to allow humanitarian aid to be delivered. arab coalition forces warning they will not honor the ceasefire if houth

. >>> the african union mission no somalia has denied allegations of a mass shoot buying force on hissday. witnesses say 24 people were killed when african union troops opened fire without provocation but the mission in somalia has released a statement saying they category denounce this devious allegations especially as our troops were not involved in the alleged killing of civilians. >>> in iraq, at least 32 people have been killed in a series of explosions across the country. the deadliest was in a show neighborhood in the capital baghdad, 14 people remember killed when a car bomb blew up outside a busy clothing store. >>> anti-government protest have his continued in turkey following monday as suspected suicide attack. protesters say the government hasn't done enough to stop attacks by isil. 32 people were killed in an explosion in a town near turkey's border with syria. the prime minister says a suspect has now been identified. mohamed report. >> reporter: the tenderest of gestures under the most terrifying of circumstances. clutching and caressing the coffin he simply can't bear

al shabab militants wait to ambush an african union convoy in southern somalia.o appeared online. the al qaeda-linked militant group claims they killed dozens of ethiopian troops. identity documents purport to show the dead. the ethiopian military is regarded as the most disciplined, effective, and battle-hardened among the 22,000 troops of the african union's mission to somalia. their mandate is peace enforcement. their contribution to fighting al shabab hasn't gone unnoticed. u.s. president barack obama thanked ethiopia for its leadership and cooperation last year. >> our counterterrorism cooperation and the partnerships that we can form with countries like ethiopia are going to be critical to our overall efforts to defeat terrorism. >> reporter: those efforts have ramped up just this month with a new ground offensive by african forces and u.s. air strikes. >> obama traveling to ethiopia i think is an indication of continued u.s. engagement, possibly some increase and also signaling a u.s. awareness that more needs to be done that the last few years of combined

the international community, including the african union said they will not recognise the result. they expect pierre nkurunziza to win. his opponents say they will not stop trying to remove him from power. >>> we can go lij to bujumbura. the vote counting has ended haru how long before we get a result. presumably the lodger it takes the more tensions will rise. >> exactly. officials are saying they are tallying verifying and all the results from the polling stations will leave the provinces and head to the capital to the main election commission headquarters. after that they'll be checked and then an announcement. bear in mind this is manual counting. officials are not given a date. they are telling officials to stay calm don't panic. >> reporter: earlier, many of the opposition party said they'd boycott the process. interestingly, you pointed out a bit earlier that they were showing decent support. certainly in the bujumbura polling district that you are at. >> exactly. that surprised a few people. they were told by the opposition leaders that if you support the opposition, don't

the african union is holding a conference to discuss the ebola recovery. more. >> reporter: like many teenagers, even when she is doing her chores she is inseparable from her mobile phone. she is grinding [ inaudible ] to go into a meal for her long extended family which lives in this one house. later as she prepares to go out, her older sister does her hair. but ask her about her parents, and she breaks down. her mom and dad along with at least eight other adults in the compound died from ebola last year. the sisters haven't just lost their guardians. the community has lost some of its main breadwinners. now food comes from charities and neighbors. >> translator: this isn't one of those days. chatter and laughter fills the kitchen before the family meal but behind it is grief. most of the people who died were brothers living in such a close knit unit is what made the tragedy worse, making it easier for them to pass the virus to one another. with more than 20 children to feed their aunt is finding it hard to cope. >> translator: thank god for the president

and african union have all said they won't recognize the results. they urge the president not to go ahead with the vote, but he refused to back down. these are pictures of him casting a ballot. there's been months of violence since he announced he was staying for a third therm. critics say that violates the constitution. >> it's another great turn in democracy in the country so we allow the burundian people to vote or to choose someone who they believe in, then the leaders are the authorities they trust and also to choose from the many programs that feed them. >> we have two correspondents monitoring events. catherine soy is in eastern rwanda where refugees blue fled the violence are seeking shelter. first let's go to the capital. we have seen some violence leading up to the polls opening. are people there worried about voting? >> >> they are worried about voting. in the capitol the urban areas very low voter turnout. this is a typical polling station. you can see there's no one waiting in line. election officials say they've been sitting in these r

president addressing the african union summit in ethiopia, warning that no one can be a leader for life. there's no difference between the islamic state and the kurdish pkk. they need to discuss the fight against syria. greece's former finance minister defends a covert plan to have greece tax system. this overshadows the negotiations as they seek a new bailout. first, obama told african leaders they must step down when their turn and. speak patent nclb, he said that no one could be president for life pointed to brandy's leader whose protesters dave and power -- whose attempts to stay in power sparked violence. >> i stand before you as a proud american. i also stand before you as the son of an african. >> this is how he introduced himself before the african union. the first time a sitting u.s. president addressed and 54 states. at the heart of his speech and assurance that the u.s. is committed to supporting africa in its fight against terrorist groups. >> s africa stands against terror and conflicts, what you do know that he had state stands with you. >> elsewhere, performing a balancin

we have reports. >> it was the first ever to the four-member african union. and obama did not disappoint. it was his first criticism of african leaders who remain in office beyond their term limits that resonated most with the government dignitaries. >> when leaders try to change the rules in the middle of the game just to stay in office it risks instability and strife, as we've seen in burundi. and this is often--and this is often just a first step down a perilous path. >> obama singled out burundi's president pierre nkurunziza who has been elected to a third term as an example of trying to stay in power. he has afternooned african clears to make their countries more attractive to foreign investment by cleaning up us. >> nothing will unlock africa's economic potential more than ending the cancer of corruption. and you are right that it is not just the problem of africa. it is the problem of those who do business in africa. it is not unique to africa. corruption exists all over the world, including in the united states but here in a corruption drains billions

president to speak before the african union. we have robyn kreil joining us from addis ababa. >> reporter: john, yes, he is expected to speak at 1:30 local time addressing the union commission. he is expected to touch on issues of terrorism and possibly praising efforts here in east africa and the force in somalia fighting al shabaab. that force has become a model that the african union is key to other countries battling other similar issues. he is expected to talk about women's rights and gay rights and the issue of corruption. the issue of democracy is high on his list. south sudan is another critical issue. we chatted to white house officials yesterday. the u.s. really lost patience when it comes to south sudan and regional leaders and praising the work of ethiopia and kenya and dealing with the refugees. criticizing other countries not helping the peace process. they want agreement reached by the sudan leaders by august 17th. >> robyn, that speech coming a few hours from now. thanks. >>> president obama took time to slam two

but the african union condemned the poll. cuba and the united states have restored diplomatic ties. a monday a cuban flag was raised outside of washington. there are still sanctions in place. there have been wide antigovernment protests in turkey following a suspected isil suicide bombing. the demonstrators say they aren't doing enough to stop attacks by the group. at least 30 people were killed in the blast near the border with syria. iran's foreign minister has been defending last week's nuclear deal with world powers at home. he's told the iranian parliament that the country will closely monitor the implementation of the accord. a diplomatic editor has more. >> reporter: this was the moment the iran deal was ratified by the u.n. security council. the vote will make it binding international law. it starts the clock on the program for the implementation of the deal known as the joint comprehensive plan of action. sanctions imposed in six previous u.n. resolutions will be lifted once the nuclear agency, the iaea, confirms that iran scaled back its nuclear program. >> 90 days from to

president to address the african union.he son of libya's dictator moammar gadhafi among nine people sentenced to death on what the u.n. describes as disturbing. >>> i'm in london where the computer programmers of the future are taking part in a hack-a-thon. >>> not the end for the united states olympic bit and could be the beginning and will announce about the presidency. ♪ well, starting this program with the news that turkish f-16 fighter jets targeting in a place of a mountain area in the southeast and this is after the turkey president erdiwan who discussed this as impossible and we report in the south of turkey. >> turkish f-16 fighter jets don't have too far to fly to hit targets of the new enemy aisle just over the border in syria this was last week and don't have much further to go to target an old enemy, the separatist p.k.k. in northern iraq. many kurds are angry and frustrated the turkish government seems to be equating the them from i.s.i.l. with the threat from the p.k.k. and mainly kurdish city in southeast tu

thing and could possibly bring some calm to the unrest that we've seen over the years. >> the african union mission in somalia has denied allegations of mass shootings on tuesday. 4 people were killed when africa union troops open fired on young men playing football. well, they have strongly refuted the allegation that troops were involved in the deaths saying that their troops are under obligation to avoid civilian casualty and exercise maximum constraint. a senior united nations official has resigned in the handling of child sex abuse in the. she said she had been distracted by budget cuts. the u.n. said that she's resigning for health reasons. security continues in lapaz. but it's lack of development lagging behind the rest of the country. we have this report. >> this is about two kilometers from the center city center. they're preventing anyone or any trucks from coming in to the city. they said they'll keep the city paralyzed they said five years ago they would bring some industry, however these protesters say nothing has happened on tuesday the members the leaders of did not meet with

and on tuesday he makes a major address to the african union which has its headquarters ethiopia is a controversial choice for the first ever visit of a u.s. president obama to ethiopia because of the civil rights situation there. very controversial. freedom of the media is a major issue. some journalists in prison there. the last prime minister's election, there was 100% majority. so suspicions that was not a fair election. now, as far as the theme of that address, the 53 member states, african union goes, it will be along the line of trying to get a foot hold on trade with africa with china now overtake them three times over in terms of the business they do with this continent. one example is this stadium. it was built by the chinese. that was in the late '80s. they are going to refurbish it, 17 million u.s. dollars, that was announced two days before the visit. >> thank you for that. an explosion has killed 14 people. the saturday night attack was in the regional capital the cameroon army is helping neighboring nigeria combat boca haram. very few banks in nigeria offer mortgages. >

president address the african union. if i was writing his speech i would definitely have him address the issue of these remaining dinosaurs in africa. these leaders who have been there forever they keep extending their mandates, presidents for life and leave at the end of their lives. the vestiges of them are a drain on africa and outsiders can't do it for them. >> ambassador, it's good of you to join us. >> thank you very much. >> talking about the leaders the united nations said burundi's elections were not fair or open. pierre nkurunziza won reelection, more than 150,000 have fled the country. haru mutasa reports from the capital where parliament met for the first time since the vote. >> reporter: arriving at the national assembly it is still early days but it seems like he will be willing to work with his rival, pierre nkurunziza after reelection to a third term in power. not betraying his supporters. for those who believe you are letting them down what do you say to them? >> no, i'm not letting down anybody. perhaps

president has praised african union peacekeeping missions in somalia on taking key territory from al-shabab militias. he's talking about the retaking of towns in somalia and from al-shabab by the ethiopian troops who are part of the african union peacekeeping mission. on sunday,al shah, shah babb showed that it still has the capability for attacks. this is the reason why the president has called for more pressure to be kept on al-shabab. while on this tour of ethiopia the president is on monday afternoon meeting delegates from the south sudan police forces. these are the negotiators from both sides in the conflict as well as mediators from the regional grouping. the president hoping to add more impetus to the talks and the groups coming to a quick agreement. diplomats say if they do not agree by the 1st of august then there are sanctions on the table including travel sanctions. >> that is mohammed adow in ethiopia. >> the cease-fire in yemen is falling apart. all of this after houthi rebels and opposition began fighting overnight. this was right after the five-day cease-fire was to take eff

and african union all say they will not accept the results.se are victures of the president casting his violence. there have been months of violence since he announced he would be standing for a third term. critics say it violates the constitution. >> translator: it's another great turn consolidating democracy in the country so we allow the people to vote or choose someone who they believe in, then the authorities who they trust, and also to choose from the many progresses that [ inaudible ] them. >> reporter: on the streets in the neighborhood, a very volatile neighborhood, one man was killed. the body was only removed a few minutes ago by the red cross, and these are people who said they are not going to vote. they have barricaded the road and lit some tires. there are a lot more people further down the road. they are marching up and down. the police are here but keeping a safe distance. they are i suppose wondering how to contain this crowd. in terms of the polling stations, the lines really are not that long. a lot of people say they are b

and the african union condemned the poll saying they will not recognise the results. the election has been marred by violence, hours before polls opened. one person was shot dead in bujumbura. the ongoing violence forced nearly 160,000 people to flee the neighbouring countries. we'll hear from catherine wambua-soi in rwanda. here is our report from bujumbura much >> reporter: after a night of gunfire and explosions in burundi's capital, the dead are being counted. this man was an opposition member. no one knows who killed them or why. it is frightening them. >> people don't sleep all night. we are here. we hear the guns. grenades. we don't know. >> people say he was killed somewhere else, and dumped here. it angered a lot of people. there has been a lot of protests in the last few months and people are concerned there could be violence after the election. >> the neighbourhood has been tense since president pierre nkurunziza announced he would run for a third term. the president voted in his home town, saying that he is impressed by the large voter turn out in the coun

. >>> now, the african union mission in somali denied allegations of a mass shooting by its forces on tuesday. now, witnesses in the town of marker said 24 people were killed when african union troops opened fire. they claimed without provocation. they say the soldiers shot young men playing football, then broke into nearby homes, but the e.u. mission in somali reached is statement in which it says it refutes the allegation of: . >> to burundi, and vote countingeneded in the controversial presidential election that has been marred by violence. defense secretary ban ki-moon called for calm. and to refrain from violence destabilizing the country and the region. tuesday, before the voting explosions and gunfire were heard in the caple of buj. one policeman was killed. they were condemned as an act of terror. the president is expected to win a controversial third term despite a lilt of two terms. -- limit of two terms. the opposition party boycotted the vote. >> reporter: this is a voting station. some people have come out to get an idea about how the voting was going. opposition were ask

good morning. ♪ tom: the president continues his trip in ethiopia this at the african union again withdership of ethiopia. and other african nations, as they address the challenges of the great continent as well, making history in kenya and ethiopia as well. time for the single best chart. here is ending really. brendan: the bureau of labor statistics released a report that said two thirds of workers have access to a attornment savings plan. that is the subject of today's single best chart. here is what we're looking at. this is broken down by wage quartiles whether or not people have access to a retirement savings plan, but more importantly, whether or not they use it. not only does the axis goes up as people make more money, but the uptake rises as well. here is what i am trying to figure out. does this mean better nudging, or do people just need to make more money so they can save money? neil: i think it is a little bit of everything. first of all, the chart is not fixed. we can debate how much it happens, but folks that are in the lowest quartile, over time they can work their way

during his two-day stay, he will become the first to address the african union. hours before arriving in ethiopia, he was wrapping up a tour of kenya, his father's homeland. he called on kenyans to get tough on corruption tackle regionnan insecurity and empower the country's women and girls. here is catherine soi. president bar a.m. intakz obama receives a rousing welcome. >> the u.s. president said kenya is a success story with a vibrant economy and good democracy but is well aware of the economic inequalities and endemic corruption? >> across the country, one study shows corruption costs kenyans 250,000 jobs every year because every schilling that's paid as a bribe could be put into the pocket of somebody who is actually doing an honest day's work. thousands see this as a home coming and so they went all out to welcome him. the posters read "welcome kenya. most people have been here just to catch a glimpse of the president bar application obama. they have been following what he said? >> you don't need to leave your homeland to get a good education. >> this man

just in the last three weeks, african union soldiers and government troops withdrew from at least seven and villages. so this shows that al-shabab have been true to their words. so only time will tell if this is a ramadan offensive or just a spike. >> okay. thank you very much indeed. >>> a u.n.-brokers humanitarian trust is set to come into effect in yemen in the next few hours. the pause is meant for humanitarian supplies to reach civilians. the u.n. estimates at least $21 million need assistance. >> reporter: some aid has trickled in. these trucks will provide desperately needed assistance to hundreds of families forced to leave their homes. and it means that there is hope more aid will reach their areas. most of the road access is under the control of houthi fighters. >> humanitarian agencies and their partners aim to reach people in need and if they have the adequate access aid agencies plan to stockpile supplies throughout yemen, including supplies for nutritional assistance for acutely malnourished children emergency shelters, water, sanitation, and medical supplies, which could