with so many people coming out we have five heads of students attendance including god made the african union. cheer me pissin and also you have seduced. this subject to piss in including cut and the current president of course why not also in attendance you know great. privilege the m.d.c. leader of the opposition leader nelson chamisa says he's now planning for the street demonstrations what's he hoping to achieve with those protests and could we see you know some of those protests descending into police violence. oh they are saying that in maintaining that but this decision is only going to be decided on when it's there when they meet is the admission or cancel but critics are also on the list are saying that he will be shooting himself in default if he is going to do that because already this is him bob winds up beginning to warm up to their judgment that was passed on friday they are warming up to present a must win win so you can see even here at this stage the big companies the zimbabwean companies have put out a huge banner to congratulate president. signed that people are welcoming i

yet african union observers described a credible election process and many money in felt the democracy had been served. and i even heard on the radio there were cases of stolen votes but you can't avoid that in a democracy you have to accept that there are opponents and people who are not even members of political parties who seek to destroy democracy. but others voiced concerns over security in the west african country is that what i don't like is that despite the presence of all these foreign forces mali qaeda hasn't managed to bring security to the country that is a shame really. in some regions violence ma the election process a poll worker was shot and killed in the northern region of timbuktu how even the islamist militants. and lover to turn out mock this runoff vote less than thirty percent of eligible voters costs a ballot. well turning now to. officials say that over one hundred members of the security forces have been killed as they battle with the taliban for control of the city of gaza neve taliban forces launched a surprise attack last friday on the city which is just one

opposition leader nelson chamisa says if he loses his case he lost the regional body senate to the african union and the united nations to intervene and listen.

convent in fact if you look at today he will report and conveyed to egypt that is the african union and to the south into the african development community the point you'll find out that today are similarities in terms of content being as they are content being raised about the white t. the it is said to as the soft intimidation and the soft intimidation actually stems from history we have the ad d. a skid row for violent elections and design of the of in a way would get out of this state from sea that's what he is being alleged and he there will be just a david there prisons close to the polling station who do remind you of what happened in two thousand and eight that's one of the issues raised by the grammy you also have the issue of the media that they broadcast out their national broadcast as a bubble really doesn't go back and was given a badge dogs m.t.f. and this was noted by both e.u. and today a your observations is a also by india i did. together with ira i saw that concerns you raised by these guys in ekiti very difficult for anyone to conceive of if the end of election in th

say there is a provision in the two thousand and fifteen agreement for the establishment of an african union hybrid court i have to say that any sort of progress towards the establishment of that court has been minimal in the last three years and also. in the interests of holding peace separate of the sides have suggested that if that kind of cope were to be established then it would be something which would prevent peace from first of all being established and then being maintained. of course we have seen quite recently u.n. security council sanctions including in individual sanctions on the some come on this but but i would submit ladies of falling short and locking as well in that we the individuals that we have seen that have been targeted. weren't necessarily sanctioned when the sanctions were included so we're talking about people such as the mint information minister michael mcquay. the defense minister on the noon jack these ministers haven't been whereas you know previous come on this in the army fluting whom alone these currently now in a position. those who have had sanctions plac

more protests in the weeks ahead and says that it will also formally lodge a complaint with the african union. it's a reminder of the huge challenges that lie ahead for mr mnangagwa, as he begins his new term of office. he already has secured the backing of the business community. he now needs to heal the political rifts that divide this country. shingai nyoka, bbc news, harare. it's just it'sjust approaching it's just approaching half past 11. you may be familiar with the jurassic park films which looks at dinosaurs dna. well a team of researchers from kent university have pieced together the genetic characteristics of dinosaurs by working backwards from their closest modern—day relatives. the researchers say they have no plans to bring the creatures back to life, but the breakthrough reveals how they dominated earth for more than 180 million years. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernaker. for many of us, not a pretty picture today. a lot of rain out there. a really overcast, grey day to come with outbreaks of rain, heavy at times. and also some strong winds, particul

case he'll ask the regional body staticky the african union and the united nations to intervene and to try and push for a power sharing deal with but officials in the ruling party say that's not going to happen. judgement has been reserved nine judges will rule on the matter friday afternoon. al-jazeera had out of the british government set to release a report on how an avoid economic collapse if it fails to get a deal on its withdrawal from the european union the so-called no deal scenario has sparked dire warnings for the u.k. raffi as the country could run out of food and medicine that major airports could close down talks with the e.u. remain deadlocked just months before britain is due to pull out of the block reports there was a time during the long saga of brics it's when prime minister to resign may used to say. no deal is better than a bad deal for britain on many occasions that no deal especially by which she meant that falling out of the european union without a trade deal was better than one which didn't reflect the referendum results but now it's becoming clear what no dea

say there is a provision in the two thousand and fifteen agreement for the establishment of an african union hybrid court i have to say that any sort of progress towards the establishment of that court has been minimal in the last three years and also. in the interests of holding peace separate of the sides have suggested that if that kind of cope were to be established then it would be something which would prevent peace from first of all being established and then being maintained. of course we have seen quite recently u.n. security council sanctions including in individual sanctions on the some come on this but but i would submit ladies of falling short and locking as well in that we the individuals that we have seen that have been targeted. weren't necessarily sanctioned when the sanctions were whirring flu days away you know talking about people such as them in information minister michael mcquay. the defense minister up on the noon jack these ministers haven't been whereas you know previous come on days in the army fluting home alone those currently now in a position pick up those who

the political route that could involve involving regional countries in southern africa that the african union or the international community particularly want the united states of america to intervene they haven't really take to the streets but some are warning they.

opposition leader nelson chamisa says if you loses this case he'll ask the regional body sadek of the african union and the united nations to intervene analysts say to try and push for a power sharing deal with zanu p.f. but officials in the ruling party say that's not going to happen. judgement has been reserved nine judges will rule on the matter friday afternoon how do we. had out of the united nations is called the war in yemen one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern times it is estimated eight point four million yemenis are on the verge of starvation with many more than just one small meal a day alan fischer monitoring developments for us from neighboring djibouti. the fight to survive comes in many ways all military conflict is torn of this country for almost four years abdul karim ali faces a daily battle just to feed his family he goes to the market in the city of aden when he can but finds every day that the little money has buys less and less today it's bread and milk for abdul karim and his four children it makes life harder harder to support growing children harder to keep tha

well in all the stories we're covering the us a un the african union of prize joseph kabila is decision not to speak of as president of the democratic republic of congo is instead throwing his support behind close ally emmanuel rama zani should dari but there are still fears he will remain a political force behind the scenes from kinshasa catherine sawyer reports. when president joseph kabila finally made it clear that he will not be seeking reelection and hunted over the baton to manage. it ended two years of speculation and anxiety characterized by partisan violent confrontations between police and demonstrators some of his critics like martin for you lou who wants to be president says kabila as legacy is tainted today. gone harmony is security the second is a big issue there is no priests are. scared to the contrary the miller legacy is a province and. we became. the president inherited a country that was just getting out of a civil war back in two thousand and one his father had been assassinated and he was thrust in the thick of the democratic republic of congo's complex politics i

hello and welcome to a new edition of pan african union magazine called africa my name is. and i'm here on the outskirts of lagos nigeria i hope you'll get saying joy the environmental topics we're exploring on this week's edition of the show we will take you to the desert and to the ocean.

many other international organizations and the african union as well there's a lot of foreign businessinterest here and if if the international community somehow signed off on this election then a lot of big companies that want to get back in here start doing business again but for that and international finance of course as well but for that to go ahead it depends on having a reasonable semblance of credibility and really not you know not much violence for that to go ahead but let me just tell you a little bit about what happened where we're standing yesterday it's normally very busy here today it's normally a busy market but yesterday when the protests began soldiers came here and ordered traders to go away. the eye witnesses here say that tear gas was fired just down here and that one lady was shot dead by soldiers just at the end of the square here and another shopkeeper died when she caught a stray bullet down there so there may be among the three people that were reported killed when the soldiers used life fire here in the city yesterday the rest of the traders left in a hurry yo

african union bring to the good offices. democracy in the country by his lot of people which include press freedom and freedom of expression egypt level similar charges against al-jazeera trio bonhomme hama mohamed fahmy i'm peter greste five years ago and as there are explore editor in chief ibrahim helal was sentenced to death and absentia two years ago. reporters without borders ranks egypt one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty countries in this year's watch press freedom index it says at least thirty two journalists are being held in egyptian jails few have been put on trial most of been detained for months or years and over a being held on trumped up charges. those imprisoned included gyptian journalist mahmoud abbas say it known as shock and he's been locked up for five years reporting on the robbers square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist well about us had its h

and then i want to talking about quality a lot of africa and they don't respond to question the african union was against. what's up but what's your message not only some of the whole mantra is that you accept western values and you accept. a western tradition when it comes to racism being anti-racist the rule of law eccentric cetera that's the reason why do they don't want to talk about it ok because all these issues in south africa are in play and as mark said it's complicated as well i would say that you have to be a part of a fashionable minority whites insult their anonymous minority but they're not fashionable well they're not victims enough for liberals to care about this is a big topic i'm going to stay on it alex i want to go back to you talking about human rights i'm reading a title. from the from the the washington post by a woman a woman named jennifer rubin the human rights community lost a champion. who is she talking about oh there's a picture of john mccain your thoughts a picture of john mccain standing next to all the chant of bach the neo nazi leader of you who form the soc

s in neighboring kenya we have question marks as to whether the commonwealth or even the african union will make any statements but the us certainly has and it says in its. text in its social media message that it decried the decried the brutal treatment of m.p.'s journalists and other security forces by the incumbent government and when you have musicians such as chris martin christy hein brian and the african great for me cutie also getting in weighing in on this arrest and the situation in uganda again there is concern there is a lot in the international realms there that there is look uganda is seen as an anchor state it's a country that has seen a significant degree of stability. since the the eighty's and there's been significant investment it is a rough neighborhood it's got south sudan next to it it's got the democratic republic of the congo as a neighbor but there is increasing concern that mr ms seventy after so many terms in office is increasingly becoming a source of instability i think the reading is that his own ambition missed in the seventies vision is probably to remai

opposition leader nelson chamisa says if you loses this case he lost a regional body said it to the african union and the united nations to intervene analysts say he could try and push for a polish sharing deal with zanu p.f. but officials in the ruling party say that's not going to happen. judgement has been reserved nine judges will rule on the matter friday afternoon how do with al-jazeera had any. now watching out is there live from london and still to come on this program we report on the conflict in yemen where currency crisis has left millions who are already starving and in even more desperate situation. and the asylum seekers on the greek island of some months forced to live in makeshift camps teach ever capacity i risking infection and disease. how the weather is now lousy dry cross much of australia but we do have a weather system just rolling through the bike you can see the clouds there just easing outs of western australia across south australia little area of low pressure here that will swirl away high pressure further aist will keep things somewhat dry into victoria melbourne at a

the political route that could involve involving regional countries in southern africa that the african union or the international community to particularly want the united states of america to intervene they haven't really take to the streets but some are warning they could if they are unhappy with the result all eyes are now on those judges when they make the decision and of course the losers what are they going to do next. has won the election and wasn't that person has to be sworn in within forty eight hours if the . election and that has to be held within sixty days. meanwhile how is all of this impacting the very real need to run the country if this limbo drags on. problems there with. the death penalty for human rights activists for the first time. wrested two years ago she took part in protests against discrimination of the shia minority in two thousand and eleven she's one of five activists facing execution human rights watch says the charges against resemble any crime. morocco's king mohammed the sixth has palled nearly nine hundred prisoners to mark the most i'm holiday of. thing c

allowed the rulings on to steal this election they're very very angry they're not happy that the african unionsadek have said that voting was peaceful they are happy that they're saying was free and fair and the election of service have been saying that the current verify these claims made by the opposition that there was a massive rigging and ballot stuffing. there's a lot for us to go through their room and what you've just been speaking about let's take it one step at a time just to clarify the situation for us first of all the results that we were listening to being read out for the remaining fifty eight seats correct in other words zanu p.f. has got at least one hundred nine that's not going to change unless it goes down correct. exactly it's pretty clear that the parliamentary. party is very clearly in the lead. all right so now tell us a little bit about we understood what you were saying the authors of the opposition are not happy with this result what about the opposition leader himself from the party what are they saying about the results of. well today they haven't officially spoken

forward and when they were we hearing that they could want to approach the united nations the african union and the regional body that it to intervene in my way trying to raise some kind of dialogue with them when i got one. we also learned that they haven't ruled out street protests but that is also to take a look at the bodies are concerned that it could go into the streets right police and the army could be deployed we're also hearing speculation that there are some senior people in the m.d.c. alliance who are unhappy with nelson chamisa saying that he failed that he promised them to go for morgan tsvangirai that he was going to win the election he couldn't have called into the court and then saying that he was young he's experienced in terms of politics and maybe he should go you voted like he put up a fight if that is indeed what happens if you don't go it may not be e.d.s. like i say look trying to fight but it was an exhilarating taking twenty three we could see a lot of people by first position right now the prisoners right here at the podium the national anthem is being sung and yo

we need to continue to support the african union mission, the amazon forces, and to continue to work with our partner countries of the european union and other like-minded countries such as japan and korea and others to support and assist somalia's efforts to address the security needs of the country. that means working and coordinating with the president and the six regional states. i believe wext, are successful. i believe we will continue to be confirmed. sen. shaheen: mr. rosenblum, you talked about some of the changes happening in uzbekistan that are very welcome. one of the reasons that we have worked very closely with that government has been because of our efforts in afghanistan and uzbekistan has been very cooperative in those efforts. as we see the continued evolution of the conflict in afghanistan, are you concerned about any spillover into uzbekistan and what might happen as a result of changes in that conflict? mr. rosenblum: senator, thank you for that question. there is the potential for spillover in that conflict and the government of uzbekistan is very aware of that.

more protests in the weeks ahead and says that it will also formally lodge a complaint with the african unionity. he now needs to heal the political rifts that divide this country. shingai nyoka, bbc news, harare. it's it‘s just it‘sjust approaching it‘s just approaching half past 11. you may be familiar with the jurassic park films which looks at dinosaurs dna. well a team of researchers from kent university have pieced together the genetic characteristics of dinosaurs by working backwards from their closest modern—day relatives. the researchers say they have no plans to bring the creatures back to life, but the breakthrough reveals how they dominated earth for more than 180 million years.

south africa's got its own problems right now and so i'm not sure that that's that's an option the african union is definitely somewhere that we can turn to subject so it's really the region i think that the region is very very concerned at the moment and i think it's absolutely vital that their election monitors and not just the e.u. or the americans or the british that are there do not sign off on this this is not any ordinary election this is absolutely a story we've been waiting for so long for a free and fair election this is not free it's not fair and now they are murdering people generally after that they're just never going to be talking about this throughout the evening thank you. democratic republic of congo a physician the former rebel commander sean pierre is back home after serving ten years in jail for war crimes was welcomed by sizes of supporters of the airport and on the roads of kinshasa obama was freed from jail in the netherlands us are successful a few at the international criminal court in the hague now wants to run in december elections catherine sawyer has been following

opposition leader nelson chamisa says if you lose us as case he lost a regional body side of the african union and the united nations to intervene analysts say you could try and push for a power sharing deal with zanu p.f. but officials in the ruling party say that's not going to happen. judgement has been reserved nine judges will rule on the matter friday afternoon how do with al-jazeera. now ugandan pop star has become an opposition party leader is preparing to appear before a military court on thursday everyone's arrested last week has sparked violent demonstrations and battles with police since then his supporters say he's been tortured in custody catherine sort of reports from kampala. the special mosque or up a chunk popularly known by his musical stage name but why he's been in military detention for a week after kills broke out in the north end town of a ruined their presidential where he was seven his convoy was attacked in local election campaigns travelers shot and killed another politician is in intensive care in hospital and several people who were also arrested have been charged

take and committees in the african union said largely was free and fair but the e.u. came out and said while it was better than previous elections there were still some issues like some voters were intimidated ahead of the vote all those things up in the air people wondering when all this is said and done when the results are announced with the. credible. from harare monitoring the situation for a spot for the moment thank you. well for more on the story we're joined in the studio by knox she was an associate fellow of the africa program at chatham house thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera we were hearing there and care correspondent about what's going on sort of in harare now you've obviously been watching developments from from the u.k. and the growing tensions what's your interpretation of it now and how how much danger do you think we are of seeing an escalation this is clearly a high tension moment as we're seeing and the longer it's going to be a very long night across the people wait for the result of the presidential which hopefully will come t

opposition leader nelson chamisa says if he loses this case he'll ask the regional body said it to the african union and the united nations to intervene analysts say to try and push for a power sharing deal with zanu p.f. but officials in the ruling party say that's not going to happen. judgement has been reserved nine judges will rule on the matter friday afternoon how do with al-jazeera. the reuters news agency is reporting that saudi arabia has called off both the domestic and international stock listing of their state oil giant aramco it was expected to be the largest such deal in history which could put the company's value at more than two trillion dollars the plan was central to crown prince mohammed bin sound month's economic reform program it was aimed at raising funds to reduce saudi arabia's dependence on oil when you're talking as an oil analyst and he believes the company's close links with the government could be one of several reached the reasons why the flotation has been cancelled one could be just purely technical being a government state oil company its books have to be completely

convent in fact if you look at the day he will report and to convey the do it today that is the african union and to the south into the african development community report you'll find out that today as similarities in terms of content being as they are content being in a is about the what he says the it is said to as the soft intimidation and the soft intimidation actually stems from the still we have the ad d. a studio for violent elections and design of the of in a way would be yes as this data from c. that's what he is being alleged and he there will be just a david there prisons close to the polling station who do remind you of what happened in two thousand and eight that's one of the issues raised by the grammy you also have the issue of the media that they broadcast out their national broadcast as a bubble of revising go back and was given a badge dog's m.t.f. and this was noted by both e.u. and today a your observations is a also by india i did. together with ira i saw that concerns you raised by these guys negative very difficult for anyone to conceive of it's the end of election in

african union playing to be in a lot of the good offices. democracy in the country by his lot of people which include press freedom and freedom of expression egypt level similar charges against al-jazeera trio bonhomme hama mohamed fahmy i'm peter greste day five years ago and as there are explore editor in chief ibrahim helal was sentenced to death and absentia two years ago. reporters without borders ranks egypt one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty countries in this year's watch press freedom index it says at least thirty two journalists are being held in egyptian jails few have been put on trial most of been detained for months or years and over a being held on trumped up charges. those imprisoned included gyptian journalist mahmoud abizaid known as shock and he's been locked up for five years reporting on the rubber square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can't be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist well about us had its h

african union playing to the good offices. democracy in the country by his lot of people which include press freedom and freedom of expression egypt level similar charges against al-jazeera trio bonhomme hama mohamed fahmy i'm peter greste day five years ago and as there are explore editor in chief ibrahim helal was sentenced to death and absentia two years ago. reporters without borders ranks egypt one hundred sixty one out of one hundred eighty countries in this year's watch press freedom index it says at least thirty two journalists are being held in egyptian jails few have been put on trial most of been detained for months or years and over a being held on trumped up charges. those imprisoned included gyptian journalist mahmoud i was a it known as shock and he's been locked up for five years reporting on the robbers square protests in cairo where hundreds of protesters were killed and thousands injured recently shall can be nominated for unesco is press freedom prize and multi award winning journalist well about us had its

and quite ironic because they were observing missions from they were observing missions from the african uniondies, they had given this election a preliminary thumbs—up, saying it had complied with original laws and guidelines. the european union of the americans had said there was progress from previous elections, but they did have some concerns about the pre—election environment, in terms of voter intimidation. but they made one very important statement that they would wait until the process has ended before giving a verdict. so in light of what has happened now, it is unclear whether they will be able to get a free and fairthumbs—up to they will be able to get a free and fair thumbs—up to this electoral process. and so much hangs on that that the international community of financiers is waiting to hear and see where that —— whether zimbabwe can return to stability, and whether zimbabwe can transition to a democratic state. so all of that hangs in the balance in light of what happened today. many thanks for that update. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomor

actually very happy that as many as forty four countries signed up in the meeting in march the african union i don't think people were expecting that maybe six months ago. so that's a very strong mandate for moving forward with the african continental free trade area and in actual fact we need twenty two ratifications by march for the process to the to go forward implementation to start with the global economy navigating the let's just say uncertain times is that the sense that actually makes more sense to approach a greater into african trade and. indeed yes i mean it's one of the most dynamic. trading relations for most african countries the traffic and trade it's been rising generally speaking and it's dynamic and it's also diversified political which is very important for african countries developmental aspirations so you'll find that whereas with the rest of the world they still try to trade in principally primary commodities such as oil coffee or tea amongst themselves they try to much more what effect are good citizens so that's a very important that in mind briefly andrei i mean free

was stolen and they are unhappy with some of the election observers mainly from sadek and the african union who said that the this election has been largely free and fair so they want something done about it and of course they also say why is it taking so long for the presidential results to be announced they saying the longer it takes the most suspicious they become the election officials have said that they have not rigged the selection people should be patient for the final presidential when they are now it's visible do we know how to why it is taking longer for the presidential results to be announced that is the criticism that. that we've also heard from observers. the e.u. observers have election officials to release those results as soon as possible to avoid chaos if it does happen election officials say the. the reason why it's taking so long is because all the political party agents have to go through all the results and verify them and only when everyone is happy been the commission can release the people expected the results to be released at twelve thirty pm local time today tha

a day they were going to announce the way forward we have been a going to try and approach the african union the united nations a veto body that they can intervene. still in the all that the politics may be aware me about going on the street can ride and give our good boy speculation some people in the leadership among the opposition not happy would now think chinese are the only shit all over when morgans like it i died a few months of going from people wanting to leave it felt he was a few inexperienced politically he promised things that he wanted the election the cockpit he didn't know we're hearing from people want him out he may not be the media but he like maybe twenty three we could see a lot of pressure on him to step out of the darkest part of some people feel he got the right person for the job but what it's actually very much for that for now that is how to mythos and live it and how to thank you. let's move on to other news now and u.s. senator john mccain has died of the age of eighty one they've been suffering from brain cancer mccain spent more than five years as a prisoner o

convent in fact if you look at today he will report and conveyed to egypt that is the african union and to the south into the african development community the point you'll find out that today are similarities in terms of content being as they are content being a is about t what t v it is said to as the soft intimidation and the soft intimidation actually stems from history we have the ad d. a skill all through violent elections and design of the of in a way would be yes as this did from c. that's what he is being alleged and he there will be just a david there prisons close to the polling station who do remind you of what happened in two thousand and eight that's one of the issues raised by the grammy you also have the issue of the media that they broadcast out their national broadcast as above really doesn't go back and was given a badge dogs m.t.f. and this was noted by both e.u. and today a your observations is a also by india i did. together with ira i saw that concerns you raised by these guys in ekiti very difficult for anyone to conceive of it's the end of election in this count

and african union have praised joseph kabila as decision not to seek a third term as president of the democratic republic of congo computers instead supporting his close ally emanuel dramas on the show that r.t. that there are still concerns he will remain a political force behind the scenes catherine sawyer reports from. when president joseph kabila finally made it clear that he will not be seeking reelection and hunted over the baton to man. it ended two years of speculation and anxiety characterized by partisan violent confrontations between police and demonstrators some of his critics like martin for you luke who wants to be president says could be less legacy is tainted. gone harmony's security the second is a big issue there is no precise. skid to the contrary the biller legacy is a province and. we became. the president inherited a country that was just getting out of a civil war back in two thousand and one his father had been assassinated and he was thrust in the thick of the democratic republic of congo a complex politics he's created by some for unifying a country that was