military base has been attacked by the local islamic extremist group al-shabaab it claims loyalty to al qaeda and is listed as a terror group in the u.s. and the u.k. a european military convoy has also been attacked although so far no one has claimed responsibility somalia has been wracked by civil war for decades now with 2 significant parts of the country proclaiming itself tanami the us armed forces have been fighting al shabaab since 2007. african meanwhile says it killed 10 al shabaab militants following a recent attack on an american base journalist an african affairs specialist io johnson says airstrikes only worsen the crisis. one thing is clear is that our ship bob is clearly not a force 'd that's going away they are local jihadists they belong to the somali itself it shows that we would have to stop and look beyond bombs beyond guns beyond bullets and something and how if at all there's an opportunity for negotiating with this group because we've shown over time that the military capabilities that they have the ability to go on the ground. it's going to continue and that t

armed forces have been fighting al shabaab since 2007. africa meanwhile says it killed 10 al shabaab militants following a recent attack on an american based journalist and african affairs specialist io johnson sais as strikes will only worsen the crisis one thing is clear is that our ship bob is clearly not a force that's going away they are local jihadists they belong to somalia itself it shows that we would have to start looking beyond bombs beyond guns beyond bullets and something and how if at all there's an opportunity for negotiating with this group because out we've shown over time that the military capabilities that they have the ability to go on the ground. it's going to continue and the and the united states and the african union on likely to be to dislodge him in the short to medium term. as always do share your thoughts on all of our stories by following us on social media and join us again at the top of the out the latest. the be. what politicians do something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so wh

armed forces have been fighting al shabaab since 2007. africa meanwhile says it killed 10 al shabaab militants following and a recent attack on an american based journalist and african affairs specialist johnson say their strikes will only worsen the crisis one thing is clear is that our ship out is clearly not a force 'd that's going the way they are all jihadist belong to somalia itself it shows that we would have to start looking beyond bombs beyond gone beyond bullets and stopping and how if at all there's an opportunity for negotiating with this group because out we've shown over time let's really tricky disability does the house the ability to go on the ground. it's going to continue and the and the united states and the african union are on likely to be destructive in the short to medium term. thanks for joining us here on r.t. international my colleague jacqueline very good will be here at the top. of the hour with all the latest headlines. for. her. i. guess manufacture consent to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect th

airstrike run by africa in somalia targeted and killed 3 al shabaab terrorists while they were riding in the toyota surface suvi in somalia's lower shabelle region evil terrorist warded good guys when truck blown up and the story well. that's so much it appears that amnesty international felt there was more to this story than what africa was letting on so they'd been a little digging and discovered that all evidence appears to reveal that the 3 men were nothing more than civilian farmers not terrorists. but the story didn't end there at the time of the airstrike afrikan issued a press release stating we are aware of reports alleging civilian casualties were resulting from this airstrike as with any allegation of civilian casualties we received u.s. africa command a command will review any information it has about the incident including any relevant information provided by 3rd parties. however good friends of amnesty international disagree with this statement observing that in may a journalist writing for foreign policy provided africa with evidence that uber how mohammad heerey one of

way to hold an election next year already this week there have been 2 attacks by the armed group al-shabaab on a tally and american troops there as malcolm webb reports from august issue. lee had shrapnel blasted into his chest arm and leg from a car bomb last month a suicide bomber from the armed group al shabaab drove it into a checkpoint outside somalia's capital mogadishu conflict in somalia has dragged on for decades. i don't see any progress our government is not protecting the people every good these are bomb explosion they are also. the achieve nothing. the turns more positive here at the somalia partnership for him meeting the somali government and its international partners the day before it started italian military convoy was bombed in the capital by al-shabaab a u.s. military base was also attacked none of the foreign soldiers were killed. and somalia's government and its partners say security is improving the meeting takes place in the side of british using green zone as a fortified anglaise around the city's airport and the safety of the diplomats inside depends on who curious

to you to go ahead in the next 2 years known as we've already been here for 12 years we flushed al-shabaab out of the towns and cities. has got to get itself. to be a distant part of it to diminish that to model this movie and moving forward and places slowly becoming got to go to. somalia as army is meant to be taking over he special forces have been trained by american troops the. the army's mired in corruption scandals which sometimes make donor countries reluctant to fund it. but at the meeting everyone pledged to push on our efforts continue to ensure that the somali national armed forces are as capable as can be and develop not only the additional numbers needed to ensure the security in the country but the capabilities and the enabling. systems that will allow them to perform as effectively as possible elections are planned for next year the attacks keep happening almost every week. civil war broke out nearly 30 years ago somalis have been waiting for peace ever since. malcolm web al jazeera mogadishu somalia and energy summit in athens has highlighted ongoing tensions between cypru

even to this day africa has dug in to stay in the air strike was conducted against lower level al shabaab members to decrease morale ahead of somali army operations specifically information gathered before and after the strike indicated that all individuals injured or killed were members or ability it's about . once again for calm did not provide any evidence for this claim there's simply just saying it because we know better i know that yeah i don't really understand where they where they get off this like well yeah of course we murdered a bunch of low level al-shabaab well it's a terrorist organization and if anybody has ever read any of the research from our own military in africa about these terrorist organizations as a lower level member it's usually don't have a choice therefore sandu it so what you're saying is you murderer to people who probably didn't have a choice of being married even if they were terrorists and that's what you think is like cool warfare that's where it's made abdulla he has on the amnesty international somali researcher said it's bad enough that the u.s. afric

way to hold an election next year already this week could have been 2 attacks by the armed group al-shabaab on the tali and american troops welcome web reports from mogadishu. happy could be ali had shrapnel blasted into his chest arm and leg from a car bomb last month a suicide bomber from the armed group al shabaab drove it into a checkpoint outside somalia's capital mogadishu conflict in somalia has dragged on for decades. i don't see any progress our government is not protecting the people every good days a bomb explosion they are also bottles of fallen soldiers in somalia the achieve from nothing. the turns more positive here at the somalia partnership for him meeting with the somali government and its international partners the day before it started italian military convoy was bombed in the capital by al-shabaab a u.s. military base was also attacked none of the foreign soldiers were killed. and somalia's government and its partners say security is improving the meeting takes place inside mogadishu using the green zone as a fortified anglaise around the city's airport and the safety o

claimed the strike had targeted members of al-shabaab. meanwhile in nigeria, the imprisoned journalist and former presidential candidate omoyele sowore pleaded not guilty to treason and other charges on monday. he has been jailed since early august after calling for protests against nigerian president muhammadu buhari. sowore, who founded the new york-based news outlet sahara reporters, briefly spoke to reporters on monday before being pulled away by nigerian security agents. >> [indiscernible] amy: to see our interview on the imprisonment, , go to democracynow.org. the trump administration has blocked cuba's health minister from attending a regional meeting of the world health organization in washington. this comes as part of an increasing crackdown by the trump administration on cuba. last week the u.s. placed sanctions on forormer cuban president raul castro along with his children foror supporting te venezuelan government. the united states also recently expelled two cuban diplomats assigned to the united nations. meanwhile, cuba is f

and the border with somalia police believe the homemade devices planted by the somali based group al-shabaab. and the most powerful typhoon to hit tokyo in decades has ripped through northern japan typhoon hit them is paralyzed japan's capital on saturday leaving 3 people dead and 17 missing at brought unprecedented rainfall the calls floods and landslides in some areas and war than 6000000 people have been told to leave their homes there are the headlines keep it on al-jazeera planet s.o.s. that's next. i know on well bring you a planets as a rest paschal from iceland where leaders of the northern maize regions of the planet joining delegations from around the world to discuss the future of the. it is a pristine landscape with fragile ecosystems a vos region that helps regulate our planet's weather and climate but as the ice and glasses melt once inaccessible land and waters in the arctic opening up. a calamity for some and opportunity for others it's exciting assembly is meaty and iceland's capital of reykjavik trying to navigate the very different views on the way forward for this critica

the border with somalia police believe the homemade device was planted by the somali based group al-shabaab a similar explosion in june killed 10 officers in the region of was year also near the somali border 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria locals say gunmen raid that a military post in the town of gusher gama in borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers are dead communities in borno state have been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated to eisele. at least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in booking a facet a group of men opened fire inside the grand mosque in cell mussy in the country's north but in a fast has been struggling with armed conflict for the past 4 years west african heads of state met last month to discuss an end to the violence now final campaign rallies have taken place in mozambique in the run up to tuesday's general election this time around though the ruling party faces a strong challenge from the main rival malcolm webb has more from the capital maputo. president felipe a new c h

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the border with somalia police believe the homemade device was planted by the somali based group al-shabaab a similar explosion in june killed 10 offices in the region of was if also that a small. 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria locals say a gunman raided a military post in the town of galilee ghana in borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers died communities in borno state have been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with eisold and he's 16 people have been killed in attacks on a mosque in but. a group of men opened fire inside the grand mosque in south in the country's north but in a fast so has been struggling with conflict for the past 4 years west african heads of state met last month to discuss how to try and end the violence the final campaign rallies of taken place in mozambique in the run up to choose days general election this time around though the ruling party it faces a strong challenge from its main rival malcolm webb has more now from the capital the puter. president felipe a new see has mozambique

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the border with somalia police believe the homemade device was planted by the somali based group al-shabaab a similar explosion in june killed 10 officers in the region a pushchair also near the somali border. 7 people have been killed in attacks the northeastern nigeria locals say gunmen raided a military post in the town. in borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers were killed communities in borno state have been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with ice all people in japan have become cleaning up the day after one of the most powerful typhoon to hit the country in decades made landfall paralyzed the capital on saturday before moving to the north it brought unprecedented rainfall that cost floods and landslides in some areas only half a 1000000 homes are without power at least 7 people have been killed and 15 are missing it's good wayne hey who is in tokyo now so wayne this seems like the storm came and went fairly quickly. it certainly did we were told to expect that that this was going to be a short sharp storm to come on to japan and t

with somalia the vehicle had to devise the kenyan authorities believe was planted by the group al-shabaab no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. at least 3 people have been killed as typhoon haiyan bass made landfall on japan's may 9th and honshu fierce rain and wind has paralyzed tokyo leaving rivers flooded a normally busy streets deserted 9 people still missing the rugby world cup tournament has been disrupted but the namibia versus canada match just cancelled when a has more from tokyo before the storm made landfall in japan people living in its path were urged to take extreme caution and to prepare for the worst because of the damaging winds that it would inevitably bring the heavy rainfall as well that could ultimately lead to widespread flooding in fact forecasters had said that this storm may bring levels of rainfall not seen in japan since a very powerful and devastating typhoon struck tokyo 1958 causing many deaths we've also had millions of people are asked to evacuate and evacuation advisories or evacuation orders many of those people living in areas deemed to be vu

north and cover delgado province where for the last 2 years militant group has known locally as al-shabaab has been fighting with the government and the electoral commission has said that 10 polling stations there can't open more than fine. 1000 people there won't be able to vote and also an additional on the number of people who lost their voting cards in the conflict the attackers attack civilians attack villages there have been beheadings huts have been burned and that's cause more than 60000 people to flee their homes some are in camps it's not known how many of them still have their voting cards and were able to vote. nothing thank you. more people are being evacuated from their homes in lebanon due to wildfires firefighters are battling at least a 100 fires primarily in the mountainous areas southeast of beirut planes and helicopters have been sent by cyprus to help lebanon on is in the midst of a heat wave with monday's high about 10 degrees above what is normal for october poland's governing nationalist party has won a 2nd power 2nd term in power early results show of the law and j

the border with somalia police believe the homemade device was planted by the somali based group al-shabaab a similar explosion in june killed 10 officers in the region of wind shear also near the somali border 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern nigeria locals say gunmen raided a military post in the town of qana and borno state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers were killed communities in borno state had been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with ice all. final campaign rallies have been held in mozambique in the run up to tuesday's general election it will be the 6th sense the end of the civil war in 1902 the ruling party is challenged by its rival for namo tension remains between them despite signing a final peace deal in august 4 people are vying for the leadership so the main hopefuls include president felipe they now you say who's running for a 2nd term he came to power in 2014 with a reduced majority for his full name a party he's up against another former fighter rather assume the mahdi who's the front man for a namo a p

and libya the group also operates in somalia where it's on the pressure from local armed group al-shabaab it's thought $2500.00 or $4000.00 eisel fighters operate across central asia including afghanistan meanwhile in south asia there have been an increasing number of local attacks inspired by eisel ideology fighters are targeting places of worship in the philippines malaysia and indonesia women are playing an increasingly prominent role and there are concerns across europe about radicalization in prisons and the risks posed by ice will return ease someone may but is a senior lecturer in international relations at lancaster university here in the u.k. any joins us via skype sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera as we can see in what i've just read. tentacles spread well beyond syria and iraq so in light of what impact do you think the death of baghdadi will actually have in the eradication of eisel. so i think it's a tricky one because while the tentacles of the spread out across the world and into disenfranchised marginalized communities this is not a an organization th

so when you meet someone like doctor howell on he is very modest looking woman stood up against al-shabaabislamist terrorist group in somalia when she had opened up her farm to shelter 90,000 people confronted them by shaming them. are you young men doing? why are you even here? are you fighting? you meet her and she is the most unimposing person but story of that confrontation and her continuing support for all these women now supported by her two daughters also physicians. that just stuck with me. i have so many personal stories. i met doctor on the vital voices which is a great organization that highlights women like her around the world and part of what i wanted to do was introduce our readers tomorrow these women because everybody gets a little discouraged and a little down about whatever happens in your own life certainly would have a larger society and i want people to remember historic figures who are willing to take these risks and stand up fight back and speak out today like doctor from flint when he said something is wrong with these children i take care of a pediatrician there'

we do meet someone like a doctor like this who is very modest looking woman who stood up against al-shabaab, islamists terrorist group in somalia and when she had opened up her farm to shelter 90000 people predominantly women and children who saw it on refuge there. they shared up and demanded the basically started over to them. she stood her ground and refused and confronted them by shaming them. what are you young men doing and why are you even here. why are you fighting. you meet her and she is the most unimposing person. but the story of that confrontation and her continuing support for all these women now supported by her to her daughter's there are also physicians. that just check with me and i have so monday stories personal stories, through vital voices which is the great organization that highlights women like her around the world. part of what i have wanted to do is to introduce our readers to more of these women. everybody gets a little discouraging little down about whatever happens in your own live or certainly whatever happens in our larger society, they just want people to re

the border with somalia police believe the homemade device was planted by the somali based group al-shabaab a similar explosion in june killed 10 offices in the region of what dear which is also on the somali border. mexican border police have detained a caravan of up to 2000 migrants they were traveling from the south of the country and hope to reach the u.s. border many of them have been held up near guatemala for weeks or months awaiting residency or transit papers i mean. i'm not afraid i need to go on i don't know what's ahead of me but i'm not scared for different people i thought this migrant caravan is the only way forward without a visa card you can't help from southern mexico kyrgyzstan wants to change the way that religious schools also known as madrassas operate plans to introduce laws to regulate studies in an effort to increase state control over faith schools the hamid reports now from bishkek. its evening class that they've been cheek at down school one of the nearly 130 religious schools and institutions in kyrgyzstan some of the students like cannot come from remote areas

near the border with somalia police say the homemade device was planted by the somali based group al-shabaaba similar explosion in june killed 10 officers in the region of was also near somali border 7 people have been killed in attacks in northeast nigeria local police a gunman raided a military post in the town of gun and bono state on friday a nearby village was also attacked 4 civilians and 3 soldiers were killed their communities in borno state have been repeatedly attacked by groups affiliated with eisel at least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in between a fast group of men opened fire inside the grand mosque in some masi in the country's north. been struggling with armed conflict for the past 4 years west african heads of state met last month discuss an end to violence. final campaign rallies have taken place in mozambique in the run up to tuesday's general election the ruling party faces a strong challenge and its main rival al-jazeera has more now from the capital but part of. president felipe a new sea has mozambique for 5 years. first the economy has grown so

strikes were in response to 2 attacks carried out by the armed group al-shabaab fighters attempt at the storm a military base where u.s. forces trained somali commandos commandos another suicide bomber targeted a convoy of peacekeepers. u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at the chair of the house intelligence committee which is investigating him for possible impeachment in a tweet trump said the democrat adam schiff should be tried for treason trump is accused of asking ukraine to help find the dirt of his political rival joe biden those are the headlines stay with us coming up next it's the stream and more news at half an hour thanks for watching but i. welcome to the stream i'm femi oke a uganda mother has launched a landmark legal effort to be reunited with her child was taken through a forward and adoption but her case isn't linked today we ask has international adoption trick to condom parents for their children single thoughts through twitter and be changed. in most cases adoption gives the child opportunity and stability but some biological parents in uganda have lost

chelsea, so we do meet someone, like at doctor who is very modern looking woman who stood up against al-shabaab, the islamist terrorist group in somalia, when she said open up her charm to shelter 90000 people predominantly women and children who saw it on refuge there and they shared up and demanded the basically she ported over to them. she stood her ground. she refused and basically confronted them by chaining them. what are you young men doing. why are you even here. you meet her and she is the most unimposing person. but the story of that confrontation that her continuing support for all of these women. they are now supported by her two daughters who were also physicians. that you stuck with me. i have so many stories personal stories on help through vital voices, great organization that highlights women like her, around the world. part of what i wanted to do was to introduce our leaders to more of these women. because everybody gets a little discouraged and a little down about whatever happens in your live or certainly whatever happens in our larger society. i just want people to remember