amina howard is worried. she is planning a survival strategy. >> translator: when the protests happened, everything closes. it's not always safe to be out. i'm make sure i have enough food for a few days. >> reporter: some political analysts say the presidential election in june could be delayed because of the political instability. but the ruling party seems to be preparing for poll. it is not just about nkurunziza wanting a third term. what is clear is that things here are unpredictable. amina hopes for the best but says she's preparing for worst just in case. haru mutasa al jazeera bujumbura. >> tens of thousands of people have been protesting in macedonia's capital demanding the stepping down of the president. corruption across all levels of state. robin forrester walker is live for us. take us through why so many have turned out to protest. >> are hi marian. a significant substantial number of people on the streets throughout the day very hot conditions here, thousand a hard core of them have stayed on.

amina is worried.he heard there are more protests planned against the president so she is planning a survival strategy. >> when the protests happen everything else closes. it's not safe to be out. i am making sure i have enough food for a few days. some political analysts say the presidential eley in june could be delayed because of the political instability but the ruling party seems to be preparing for the poll. opposition leaders say they are not happy. near thely won't be credible. what is clear is that things here are unpredictable. amina hopes for the best but says she is preparing for the worst just in case. al jazeera. >>> lots more to come on al jazeera including nine people die as biker gang rivalry turnsz deadly texas. i report on this nigerian is seeing business in 1 wanted goods from europe and america. >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth reports and investigations. start weekday morning

. >> amina hutto paid more than 2,000 dollars to save her children's lives. she never imagined the traffickers would starve and beat her family. holding them for ransom until her mother paid for their release. her eight-year-old son died before they could escape. >> my son was fine in the boat but fell sick when we were in the jungle due the starvation. he vomited and had die re. we drank sea water as there was no drinking water in the boat. >> amina and her surviving children arrived in kuala lumpur two weeks ago. fled violence and poverty in myanmar. this week about 2,000 more were rescued off the indonesian and malasian coast. hungry exhausted and frightened after their ordeal. advocates for migrants are urging regional governments to take action. >> let us now come together. the country has to be open. has to be transparent. you must start having good governance. and most of all i think this can only be sorved if soived if solved if we cut corruption once add for all. >> thailand is title thing security to try and top the trade. the malasian government sa

amina hopes for the best but preparing for the worst just in case. haru mutasa, al jazeera bujumbura. >> executive director of the ngo which campaigns on social justice in africa. joins us now via skype from nairobi. thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. it does seem a little bit strange perhaps that the president would give a speech days after a famed failed coup and not talk about the coup. how does that strike you? >> thank you very much for having me. it was very surprising indeed to see that our many people including international generalists, were are expecting to hear the president talk about the failed coup detat but he didn't mention that. my feeling he wanted to appease the united states of america who train and support the burundian army. and because the u.s. is threatening to stop training the burundian military, it could be a strategy to appeal to them and other donors so they feel some sympathy with him and the burundian government. >> he may not have mentioned the failed coup in the speech but certainly behind the scenes thin

. >> amina saved more than $2,000 to save her children's lives after her ethnic relatives were killed by soldiers. she never imagined the traffickers would starve and beat her family, holding them for ransom until their mother paid for their release. her eight-year-old son died before they could escape. >> translator: my son was fine in the boat but fell sick when we were in the jungle due to starvation. he vomited and had diarrhea. we drank sea water because there was no drinking water in the boat. >> she and her children arrived in kuala lumpur two weeks ago fleeing violence and poverty in myanmar. this last week about 2,000 more were rescued off the indonesian coast. frightened after their ordeal. advocates for prying rants. >> let us now come together, the country has to be open, and you must start having good governance and most of all i think this can only be sought if we cut corruption once and for all. >> thailand is tightening security to try and stop the trade. the plairch malasian government is cracking down on transporters themselves. without an end to the ethnic tensions

. >> amina and her ser fifing children rieivelgd'arrived in can indonesia two weeks ago this week about 2,000 more were rescued off the indonesian and malasian coast hungry exhausted and frightened after their ordeal. urging national governments to take action. >> let us now come together. the country has to be open. has to be transparent. you must start having good governance. and most of all i think this can only be solved if we cut corruption once and for all. >> thailand which is a transit point for many traffickers is tightening security to try and stop the trade. the malasian government says it's strengthening its borders but also cracking down on migrants themselves. governments are under pressure to respond to this rising influx much desperate migrants but without the end to migrants human rights advocates say more of them are going to risk their liefnslives in search of a better life. >> thai crack down on migrants, scott heidler has the story. >> thai government cracked down on these traffickers in the southern part of the country. a mass grave was found at one of these hidden

and amina and scarlet were joined at the pelvis.e baby's brain, the baby's eye, the baby's lungs and the babies' g.i. tract. >> reporter: doctors performed emergency surgery to begin the process of separating amina and scarlet. the outcome, the twins now have separate bladders. our affiliate's cameras were there when dad raoul held baby catalina for the first time. >> god chose us for a reason to take care of them. >> reporter: doctors say in six months, they'll be able to perform the extensive surgery on the twins to separate them completely. >> this is a very rare finding and a rare abnormality, and we want to be sure that we have as much information as is possible. >> reporter: for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to reena for that. but truly miraculous. and we wish them all the best. >> we do. >> thank you, amy. >>> in case anyone missed it. check out this emotional moment on "dancing with the stars." >> i think it's going to be powerful because it's real. >> you know, noah really nailed las

amina's from ghana and three months pregnant. she was hoping to give birth in germany. >> i don't know where to go. right now i have nothing. i have nothing. >> and alima is from nigeria. her father was killed by boko haram. she hope to send money back to her mother when she sets off. >> some of these migrants first arrived in libya to find a job. but like patrick its lawlessness has made him go further north he has paid extra for a life jacket. >> are you worried about? >> trust me. >> you look very nervous. >> yes, i saw some people, some people get attacked. >> reporter: it won't be easy, for now they are in a detention center somewhere in libya hoping to be released soon and try their luck across the mediterranean sea again hoda abdel hamid, al jazeera. >> rescue boat explained the harharrowing system in which they were found. >> filled with people predominantly from eritrea 369 people crammed onto a boat of about 12 meters, that boat would normally take maybe 20, 20 plus fishermen and in this case had 369 people crammed in.

. >> catalina amina, and scarlet were born at 34 weeks. >> we worry about the brains. eyes. lungs. >> reporter: doctors performed emergency surgery to begin the process of separating amina and scarlet. the outcome, the twins have separate bladders. our affiliate cameras were there when dad held catalina for the first time. >> god chose us for a reason to take care of them. >> reporter: doctors say in six month, they'll be able to separate the wins the completely. >> this is a very rare finding. and a rare abnormality. we want to make sure we have as much information as is possible. >> reporter: for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news new york. >> our thanks to reena for that. truly miraculous. we wish them the very best. >> we do. >> thank you, amy. >>> in case anyone missed it. check out this emotional moment on "dancing with the stars." >> i think it will be powerful. because it's -- it's real. >> you know noah named last night's freestyle. makes for an all-out battle. >>> let's go to lara in the social square. >> thank you, george. >>> he'sre's what's coming up on our

. >> amina and her two surviving children arrived two weeks ago. fleeing voyages and poverty in myanmar. this past week about 2,000 more were rescued off the indonesian and malasian coast hungry, exhausted and fighting after their ordeal. advocates are urging the governments to takegovernments to take action. >> let us come together. the process must be transparent. most of all this can only be solved if we cut corruption once and for all. >> thield which is the transit point for many traffickers is tightening security to try and stop aid. the malasian government says it is strengthening its borders but also cracking down on migrants themselves. governments are under pressure to respond to the rising influx of migrants. human trafficking experts say they are going to risk their lives. >>> scott heidler has more. >> it really started about nine days ago when the thai government started to cramp down on these migrant smugglers. a few days before that a mass grave was found at the migrant camp containing hundreds of migrants. some of the times they st