this footage was filmed in beni.nd used tear gas against the demonstrators. voting there was postponed — with opposition parties saying it was a ploy to stop their supporters from influencing the vote. and these pictures are from goma, where police had to clear barricades set up by angry crowds. 0pposition parties have cried foul, and called for a general strike on friday in protest. translation: the coalition demands that the electoral commission immediately withdraws this unjustifiable position on the organised elections across the whole of the democratic republic of congo without any discrimination. the congolese people have already been very patient, they have already accepted three postponements and even accepted a two—year wait and they are now saying enough. the electoral commission has just crossed a red line. let's get the latest now from those two areas which have seen the most unrest. in a moment, we'll hear from our reporter in goma — but first, here's louise dewast in kinshasa reporting on events in beni

the clashes took place in the goma,n cities of beni and seen to be strongly supportive of the opposition. this footage was filmed in beni where police fired into the air and used tear gas against the edmonstrators. voting was postpith the opposition party saying it was a ploy to stop supporters from influencing the vote. these pictures are from goma, where police have had to set up --up barricades se by angry crowds. althere is a gen strike on friday in protest. >> the coalition demands the electoral commission immediately withdraws this unjustifiablend positionrganize elections across the democratic republic of congo without discrimination. tie congolese people have already been very t. we have already accepted three postponements and accepted a two-year wait, and now say enough. the electoral commission has just caused a red line. lucy: let's get the latest from those two areas which have seen the most unrest. in a momenwe will hear from our reporter in goma, but first, our reporter in kinshasa reporting on events in beni. reporter: there were another protest -- a number of protests bu

this footage was filmed in beni.red into the air and used tear gas against the demonstrators. voting there was postponed — with opposition parties saying it was a ploy to stop their supporters from influencing the vote. and these pictures are from goma, where police had to clear barricades set up by angry crowds. opposition parties have cried foul, and called for a general strike on friday in protest. translation: the lamuka coalition demands for the electoral commission, immediately withdrawing its unjustifiable position and organised election across the whole of the democratic republic of congo without any discrimination. the congolese people have already been very patient, who have already accepted three postponements and even accepted a two—year week are now saying enough. the electoral commission has just crossed a red line. let's get the latest now from two of the areas which have seen the most unrest. in a moment, we'll hear from our reporter in goma — but first, here's louise dewast in kinshasa reporting on e

in beni frustrated voters staged their own mock ballot in protest but it will likely only be the next election that their voice is really heard. good. when you bashing is in kinshasa and is following the elections for us when the some parts of the country weren't able to vote for a new president why is that. our fans by them their country being agreeable and the world and allow them to work for security reason and health reasons for example in their new single day for that very evil and good but so they weren't able to work hard. all know the facts of this country's year informed or. even fall on by people of your position is that the matter for you the people invent the symbol while saying that they have the right to cause they revolt so much that for you it will maybe it is maybe also one of the reasons but they all agree that the ball and security work in the main the main reason and probably knowing people in. their own villages who did two shows is only that they were able to go through what you did on the program of that. and you've been speaking with voters at the polling stati

in beni frustrated voters staged their own mock ballot in protest but it will likely only be the next election that their voice is really heard. a good oh those oh. oh. please wendy bash he is in kinshasa and is following the elections for us when he some parts of the country weren't able to vote for a new president why is that. somebody of their country being able grumble and be weren't allowed to work for security reason and health reasons for example and then you say more they say that very good i did but so they weren't able to work hard. all know that built this country here in cornwall. is all on by people of your position is really matter for you the people in beijing and the stable world think that they have the right to cause they will so much as valuable maybe it is maybe also one of the reasons but they are going to see that the ball and the security work in may the main reason and the knowing people in. their own elected goody two shoes is the only thing that they were able to go through what you did on this program all that. and you've been speaking with voters at the pol

and was forcing people to vote a fact in way now in beni where you know people there benis one of the areas where the vote has been postponed the people there. went to the makeshift polling stations that had been set up by the people for the also want their voices had so they thought they would talk to some of them they pay them now counting those votes it was a more protest election than now and that will quickly then go to the electoral commission and to the un as well in goma that the capitol hill in the east we are told vote counting have started but as you mentioned this is a huge country we queue somewhat disconnected with point for structure very limited ways of getting information from many of the country so it really bother complicating what is really a very already a very difficult election. thank you very much. from. afghanistan's presidential election has been for three months to give us more time to organize the ballots the new votes will be held on july the twentieth comes after parliament you polls were heavily criticised with huge delays at polling stations functioning

in beni frustrated voters staged their own mock ballot in protest but it will likely only be the next election that their voice is really heard. so. please when you bashing is in kinshasa and is following the elections for us when the some parts of the country weren't able to vote for a new president why is that. by them their country being agreeable and you know maybe we're going to allow this to work for security reason and health reasons if for example in their new single day for that very goal indeed but still they weren't able to work but. all know the bulk of the countries here in form will ease his fall on people of your position is to send him out there for you people in billions of people will think that they have the right to cause a revolt so much as a little maybe it is maybe also one of the reasons but they are going to see that the ball and the security work in may be the main reason and probably knowing people in. their own villages who did too should be a story that they were able to work toward they don't this program or that. and you've been speaking with voices at t

in beni frustrated voters staged their own mock ballot in protest but it will likely only be the next election that their voice is really heard. good oh those oh. please when you bashing is in kinshasa and is following the elections for us when some parts of the country weren't able to vote for a new president why is that. our fans out of their country being agreeable and you know maybe we're going to allow this to work for security reason and health reasons for example and then you remember they say that very evil and good but still they weren't able to work hard. all know the facts of this country's year in four. years all on by people of your position it should be matter for you the people in pain and the symbol while saying that they have the right to cause the evil so much as high level maybe it is maybe also one of the reasons but they are going to see that the ball and security work in may the main reason and everything lined people need to be a new symbol of their own religion could lead to should be a story that they were able to work toward needed on the program of that. and

take place on sunday but some parts of the country are being excluded the vote is being delayed in beni and would temple areas grappling with an ebola outbreak since august and a human be in the west where more than one hundred people were killed in ethnic violence last week all three are strongholds of the opposition who are accusing president joseph kabila of deliberately postponing the election to hold on to power voting everywhere ows should go ahead on december thirtieth with the results expected in january people living in beni would tembo any you'll be will vote in march which means their ballots won't be counted let's hear from the opposition now is rudi mundy oh who believes electoral commission is working to protect the regime . we can remember. we have election on the twenty third which was december sorry it was the last sunday and ask for another week you know because it was no way you mean. a lot of stick side i was and what went on prior and then it today we wake up in the morning saying again that we went up. yes cousin election or postpone the election in the areas which

parts of the country sparking concern about an upsurge in opposition protests the vote is delayed in beni and we tembo which are dealing with an ebola outbreak and you may be where more than one hundred people were killed in ethnic violence last week the opposition says it won't accept any further perspire moments sudan's president has accused protesters of being traitors after more than a week of rallies calling for him to resign demonstrators who vowed to fight on saying they won't stop until omar bashir is gone and comes as doctors also staged and to government protests with promises of more to follow after there is hippa morgan is in khartoum and has the latest for them is that the standstill are between the protesters on one side saying that they want the government to go away and that they want to see a new government new faces new cabinets new reforms a new policies and president bush you saying he's not going to back down he is going to try to put together to provide new economic reforms and new policies but then people have bad we've been there before we've heard that before we d

demonstrators in beni eastern d.-r. congo are not letting up rallying for the second successive day protesting against a three month postponement of voting in beni temple and all of them opposition strongholds police and soldiers fired tear gas and bullets to disperse them. the electoral commission says one and a quarter million voters from those areas will be voting on sunday because of the a ball outbreak and security problems and the electoral process is or is a sensitive issue in an interview with al-jazeera outgoing president joseph kabila says the election process is going on fairly smoothly under the circumstances this is politics such incidents and this is a country with eighty million inhabitants with six hundred political parties with a million views that crash and you're bound to have differently here and a number of issues the electoral commission has also closed one thousand six hundred voting stations of the capital kinshasa is an opposition stronghold with over four million voters and nearly a thousand po

in the eastern city of beni right now it's been it's been heated two shops are closed businesses are closed and on the one hand this means for the opposition that they can avoid the risk of being accused of provoking violence which could risk them being disqualified from the election or attract condemnation from the international community on the other hand it's possible that this might put more pressure on the population themselves there who are struggling day to day meal to meal to get by rather than actually putting a lot of pressure on the electoral commission which is here in the capital kinshasa meanwhile in the eastern city of goma there have been protests police have broken them up with tear gas and all of this is because of the exclusion of three opposition strongholds from sunday's presidential poll by the electoral commission electoral commission that according to opinion polls the majority of congolese don't trust the police and are detained opposition leaders and activists before more expected protests began over rising bread and fuel prices and home grown into demands t

people in beni in eastern congo take to the streets to protest against the decision by then the tall commission to postpone the elections until march next year this is part of a region where health work is a dealing with an ebola epidemic that has killed many that's a reason given for delaying the election as well as security problems. but protest as here we'll hear none of that they say they must exercise their rights with the rest of the country so some burned sections of an ebola transit center where those suspected of having the disease are held. to not talk and also not benny who gamble retired voters and cranium but tembo gave this government the last election they've been killed by rebels and kept quiet they brought us a bowler and we did not say anything now we can't keep quiet any will how. most of us assume that the but i was the government not concerned about the situation in beni we were told to go is here we accepted this but today they told us we could not vote because of ebola even though they themselves said the sickness was the creasing a few friends said that there

most of us assume that the but why is the government not concerned about the situation in beni we were told to go is here we accepted this but today they told us we could not vote because of ebola even though they themselves said the sickness was the creasing benny and with campbell in the east in the western town of you a stronghold of one of the country's main presidential candidates. and have about one point two million voters he's quite. in a country where the winner takes it all on the fast around every vote counts and he's calling for a nationwide general strike. friday. and . the same. three hours to go before. the nation. everywhere. we have seen. police. believe. as all this was happening the government gave the european union's ambassador to forty eight hours to leave the country mainly because of sanctions. on fourteen individuals including. the ruling party's presidential candidate and presidential choice for the top job the interior minister between december twenty sixth and march twenty seven thousand. people killed mostly by security forces during street protests since.

high across the country ahead of sunday's vote of police firing tear gas to disperse protesters in beni. sudan's government says nineteen people have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began more than a week ago sudanese journalists are striking in solidarity with the demonstrators who angry of the rising cost of living. experts fear another massive eruption of an indonesian volcano will cause a second tsunami has prompted officials to raise the alert level and widen the no go zone which was set up after saturday's tsunami and he four hundred thirty people were killed when a five metre high waves flooded coastal communities and is on jobber island with this report. that you exclusion zone around the volcano no one is allowed to approach within five kilometers but the greater concern is for the people living along the coast on either side of the sun the straits. they've again been warned to stay back between five hundred meters and one kilometer from the shoreline while commercial planes have been ordered to avoid the area all kind of cash is a mix euro and gas and glass ro

three areas from sunday's election two people were killed during a workers' strike in the city of beni on friday and police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters in goma one presidential candidate has filed a case of the supreme court looking to reverse the election commission's decision to delay voting until march catherine so he has more fun. preparations for the election are still going on the electoral commission saying they have it on the people then head but the country's going to the full eighty will get. even today the materials the interest will get to different polling stations across the country this is a logistical nightmare in a country that has very poor infrastructure and it's a rainy season as well and it's compounded by the fact that people do not trust the electoral. electoral process all of the many of them say they do not trust the election commission they feel that the election is not going to be credible one presidential candidate your door. has filed a petition a week the constitutional court asking that court to compel the electoral commission to be i

people in beni in eastern congo take to the streets to protest against the decision by the electoral commission to postpone the elections until march next year this is part of a region where health work is a dealing with an ebola epidemic that has killed many that's a reason given for delaying the election as well as security. but participate as here. they say they must exercise their rights with the rest of the country so some burned sections of an ebola transit center where those suspected of having the disease are held for. me damn well we're tired of voters and brainy and what tempo gave this government the last election they've been killed by rebels and kept quiet they brought us a bowler and we did not say anything now we can't keep quiet any will. most of us but i was the government not concerned about the situation in beni we were told to go is here we accepted this but today they told us we could not vote because of ebola even though they themselves said the sickness was the creasing benny and with campbell in the east in the western town of a strongholds of one of the count

three areas from sunday's election two people were killed during a workers' strike in the city of beni on friday and police fired tear gas to disperse positions supporters in goma one presidential kind of this is file the case at the supreme court seeking to reverse election commission's decision to delay voting until march to speak to a correspondent joins us from the congolese capital kinshasa and tell us more catherine about this decision to challenge the respondents of elections. nick i've just spoken to this presidential candidate that you mentioned in your door calling to say that he is now waiting for the judges of the constitutional court to call him and the electoral commission to hear his case and to make a ruling. seven and seven bench the thing that he's expecting and he says that basically he is asking the constitutional court to compel the electoral commission to reach the end this decision is unconstitutional and the right. vote in those areas and we're talking about one point two million votes in a country where the wind picks it all in one round so he says that. they'r

and three opposition strongholds until march the election commission says it delayed the votes in beni would be over fears of violence on the boat. two former egyptian presidents have appeared in the same court room in cairo. was testifying against jailed leader mohamed morsi the charges against morsi relate to prison breaks at the height of the twenty loving revolution but toppled mubarak. since coming to office almost two years ago donald trump has turned presidential convention on its head that extends to his schedule which has been less hectic than many would expect our white house correspondent kimberly health that takes a closer look at what the us president does with his day. given his background as a businessman with no prior time in elected office donald trump's presidency has been dramatically different from his predecessors. that includes his public schedule it often appears a little light it's an accusation trump denies in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. still trump's daily schedule ha

force us to but that was the government not concerned about the situation in beni we were told to go is here we accepted this but today they told us we could not vote because of ebola even though they themselves said the sickness was the creasing benny and with a hammer in the east and the western town of you may be a stronghold of one of the country's main presidential candidates. and have about one point two million voters he's quite. in a country where the winner takes it all on the fast round every vote counts and is calling for a nationwide general strike. friday. and . the same. three hours to go before. we. finish. everywhere. we have seen. the. county. police believe we are in the fire. as all this was happening the government gave the european union's ambassador to congo forty eight hours to leave the country mainly because of sanctions the e.u. recently renewed on fourteen individuals including a man of the ruling party's presidential candidate and president joseph kabila choice for the top job of the interior minister between december twenty sixth in march twenty seventh a

announced the second postponement in a week in three areas this election on direct the elections the beni pretend bowen you may be initially planned for december thirtieth or no program from march twenty ninth and will be subject to a specific calender. the electoral commission said the three areas would have delayed parliamentary polls and provincial elections in march that means that we can see excluded from the presidential poll that's meant to happen on sunday the electoral commission said the reason was conflicts and then a bowler outbreak all three areas a key opposition strongholds. this is one of the reasons why hundreds of civilians have been killed in a series of massacres around the town of benny in the last four years it's not clear who is behind them the government blames a rebel group called the a.t.f. . or outbreak started in august and spread to the area around benny more than three hundred people have died. campaign rallies were allowed to take place there. and its opposition candidates martin finally threw the biggest crowds i think this is the people that need change in

people in beni in eastern congo take to the streets to protest against the decision by then the tall commission to postpone the election until march next year this is part of a region where health workers are dealing with an ebola epidemic that has killed many that's a reason given for delaying the election as well as security problems. but part of it here with that they say they must exercise their rights with the rest of the country so some burned sections of an ebola trying to center where those suspected of having the disease are held for. me demba we're tired of voters and brainy and but tembo gave this government the last election they've been killed by rebels and kept quiet they brought us a bowler and we did not say anything now we can't keep quiet any will. most of us assume that the but why is the government not concerned about the situation in beni we were told to go is here we accepted this but today they told us we could not vote because of ebola even though they themselves said the sickness was the creasing a few friends said that there was no more ball in the region bu

people in beni in eastern congo take to the streets to protest against the decision by the electoral commission to postpone the elections until march next year this is part of a region where health work is a dealing with an ebola epidemic that has killed many that's a reason given for delaying the election as well as security problems. but part of stairs here. they say they must exercise their rights with the rest of the country so some burned sections of an ebola transit center where suspected of having the disease are held for. me demba we're tired voters and brainy and what temple gave this government the last election was being killed by rebels and kept quiet they brought us a bowler and we did not say anything now we can't keep quiet any will. most of us assume it. was the government not concerned about the situation in burnie we were told to go is here we accepted this but today they told us we could not vote because of ebola even though they themselves said the sickness was the creasing benny and with tamil in the east in the western town of a stronghold of one of the country'

the elections the beni be initially planned for december thirtieth or no program from march twenty ninth and will be subject to a specific calendar. the electoral commission said the three areas would have delayed parliamentary polls and provincial elections in march that means that we can think excluded from the presidential poll that's meant to happen on sunday the electoral commission said the reason was conflicts and then a polar outbreak all three areas a key opposition strongholds. and this is one of the reasons why hundreds of civilians have been killed in a series of massacres around the town of benny in the last four years it's not clear who is behind them the government blames a rebel group called the a.t.f. . or outbreak started in august and spread to the area around benny more than three hundred people have died. campaign rallies were allowed to take place there. and it's opposition candidates martin freely through the biggest crowds i think this is the people that need change in this country most because they've been wars wars of war atrocities the musky ling seized the kid

in beni. own mock ballot in protest. that will likely only be the next election that is really had. now to some other stories making news around the world north korean leader kim jong un has sent a letter to south korean president moon asking for more peace talks between the two in twenty nineteen kim said the leaders of the two koreas who met three times this year at taken bold measures to overcome years of hostility. at least fifty six people have been killed and some are still missing after a trench will rain triggered landslides and flash flooding in the eastern philippines more than twenty two thousand people fled their homes ahead of the storm rescue operations are underway but many of the affected areas are still inaccessible to to flooding. tens of thousands of serbians of marched through the capital belgrade again the protesters waved banners accusing president alexander of suppressing democratic liberties cracking down on political opponents and controlling the media. as the year comes to an end or looking back on some of our favorite stories of twenty eight. our correspon

in beni first rated voters staged their own mock ballot in protest but it will likely only be the next election that their voice is really heard. those old. old. news wendy bashing is in kinshasa and is following the elections for us when we some parts of the country weren't able to vote for a new president why is that. part of the country being agreeable and you know maybe we're going to allow this to work for security reason and health reasons for example and then you say more they say that there is evil and good but there wasn't able to work. all know the lack of these countries here in calling for . the fall on right people of your position is pretty much there for you to keep going billions of people were saying that they have the right because they will so much better you will maybe it is maybe also one of the reasons but they all agree that the border and security work in may be the main reason and you could have the knowing people in being in their own elections who did to assure this only thing that they were able to go toward needed on the program of that. and you've been spe

most of us assume that the but i was the government not concerned about the situation in beni we were told to go is here we accepted this but today they told us we could not vote because of ebola even though they themselves said the sickness was the crazy benny and with the hammer in the east in the western town of you may be a stronghold of one of the country's main presidential candidates. and have about one point two million voters he's quite sad in a country where the winner takes it all on the fast round every vote counts and is calling for a nationwide general strike. friday. and . the same. three hours to go before and then on sunday. the nation. everywhere. we have seen. the. culture and as i said please please we all believe. as all this was happening the government gave the european union's ambassador to the forty eight hours to leave the country mainly because of sanctions the e.u. recently renewed on fourteen individuals including a man of the ruling party's presidential candidate and president joseph kabila choice for the top job of the interior minister between december

in beni for straighted voters staged their own mock ballot in protest but it will likely only be the next election that their voice is really heard. no good. deed abuse when the boss she is in kinshasa is following the elections in the d.r. see for us wendy some parts of the country will not get to vote for a new president why is that. i everyone myself a country like binyan or wasn't and now this or you know and that today some of them tried to organize a small war to show the authority that they were able to organize so they feel that the reason was or even of the fallout wasn't the reason for the wrong one and they wanted to show the rest of the world that it was they were able to organize their nation and the fact of being good is not good for them they didn't allow me. when you've been speaking with voters that were able to participate at polling stations there what do they want from their next president. i've been thinking these many voters today during the entire day of voting and most of them one change i remember young told me that she wants to change to come she wants to be

polling stations in the opposition strongholds of beni and the tempo cited militia violence and outbreaks of. decision lead to unrest the demonstrators accusing austerities of those the suppression the u.n. has also expressed worries over along the lines in the capital of where there is only one polling station for every seven hundred people that service feel fear of violence could escalate in the coming days if it looks like the election is rigged . ok let's cross now to contrast where wendy back she is at a polling station covering the story for us when the very same has started in the last few hours tell us more about how things are going. hi everyone the vote has to six i mean the polling station was open at six but people really started to vote a few minutes ago and for the moment there is no lasting almost at the place where i am saying now. that was mentioned earlier the controversial decision that was taken six exclude more than a million people from voting to tell us more about the reason for that. i clearly. have to use some information saying that some people in the country was

in beni first rated voters staged their own mock ballot in protest. but it will likely only be the next election that their voice is really heard. when you bashes in kinshasa and it's following the elections for us when some parts of the country weren't able to vote for a new president why is that. some parts of the country like being you bougainville and you'll be wasn't allowed this to was for security reason and health reasons if for example in venue same boy they say that. but so they wasn't able to work but as you all know the country here in cornwall. owned by people of your position it should be matter for you people in binion's assemble was saying that if they have the right to vote they will promote that maybe maybe also one of the reasons but they did that and the security was the main the main reason and probably knowing the people in being example with their own it makes included to show that the only thing that i was able to go towards the program of in that sense of the coup and you've been speaking with voters at the polling stations is

truth we are not people you can just trick in foo how can it be the can chasseur votes and then in beni and over there they are not voting. commission needs to take the time to explain to us what happens if a large part of the population can't vote are they going to know the election over there be continuity in the months in between there is total confusion with their calendar and they can take this well beyond. still ahead an al-jazeera first the war now the flood the severe weather brings more misery for thousands of internally displaced syrians. the desperate search to find a group of mine is in india missing now for more than two weeks. i would have a lot of severe weather across the u.s. recently some snow showers across the southwest some very heavy you're right pushing across parts of the midwest it's a big down posed to you through the deep south into the eastern seaboard along the eastern seaboard north carolina said he sees particularly heavy downpours we have had some extensive flooding here things shikwati down as we go on through the next couple of days at least for a time

in three opposition strongholds told they won't be voting on sunday the government says polling in beni and you'll be will be delayed until march due to an ebola outbreak and security concerns over violence since the final results of the elections will be declared in mid january it's effectively means a vote in these regions will be no and voids are a postponed three times elections are due to bring the curtain down on the iraqi president joseph kabila has run the mineral rich country for nearly eighteen ten billion is that spring in. in kinshasa. for us malcolm we've known about the break in east india sea for a while we've known about the violence also so why is electoral commission only now deciding to delay the elections in these areas especially when campaigning has been going on that. we don't know exactly why the campaigning was allowed there the conflict. the conflict said. david a few hours ago that they said i'm sorry. a problem with the audio. mark i'm can you hear me all right we seem to have lost our connection to mark and there will try to reestablish it but earlier we spo

some parts of the country the electoral commission says the vote will be held in march instead in beni tembo and you may be that months after the final results are scheduled to be announced on january the fifteenth some doctors go on strike in sudan as anti-government protests enter the eighth day of jews day riot police opened fire to disperse a mass demonstration and come to president says the protesters are traitors. russia is accusing israel of gross violation of sovereignty osco says it put two civilian planes in danger while launching missiles into syria air defenses near damascus opened fire on what syrian state media is calling any new targets overnight a quote a military sources saying several missiles with down before they hit their targets . the u.n. official charged with monitoring the cease fire in the city of a day that has met representatives from both sides for the first time retired dutch general patrick come out arrives in one day there on monday houthi rebels and yemeni government forces agreed to the ceasefire during talks in sweden earlier this month the huth the r

in beni right now in december people have opted to stay away they are not opening that is a physical stone they're not opening that is this is not going to what the people are just staying home in process and in goma the copy to all of. the r.c. peoples police used tear gas to disperse the protesters this morning we are told that the leaders of this youth group has organized this process this youth group is called loose just so we're told it's been. tried and true groups and that it will continue to test. and till then the top of it should be since that decision catherine we know is your son number will not be able to vote in the upcoming elections how's this going down with the opposition generally who we know well not exactly the mindset of a. yes we've just had a press on and that was held by. folks for a friend of the must have this is quite a list and that is behind martin for you now these areas where there are elections before and these are strongholds of martin but you know and basically of the press conference they called for a general strike they told congolese people to st

people in beni in eastern congo take to the streets to protest against the decision by the electoralcommission to postpone the election until march next year this is part of a region where health work is a dealing with an ebola epidemic that has killed many that's a reason given for delaying the election as well as security problems. but protest is here with that they say they must exercise their rights with the rest of the country so some burned sections of an ebola transit center where those suspected of having the disease are held for. me demba we are tired voters and brainy and what temple gave this government the last election was being killed by rebels and kept quiet they brought us a bowler and we did not say anything now we can't keep quiet any will. most of us assume that. was the government not concerned about the situation in burnie we were told to go is here we accepted this but today they told us we could not vote because of ebola even though they themselves said the sickness was the creasing beni and with tamil in the east in the western town of a strongholds of one of

demonstrators in beni eastern d.-r.congo are not letting up rallying for the second successive day protesting against a three month postponement of voting in beni temple and all of them opposition strongholds police and soldiers fired tear gas and bullets to disperse them. the electoral commission says one in a quarter million voters from those areas will be voting on sunday because of the a ball outbreak and security problems and the electoral process is always a sensitive issue in an interview with al-jazeera outgoing president joseph kabila says the election process is going on fairly smoothly under the circumstances this is politics such incidents and this is a country with eighty million inhabitants with six hundred political parties with a million views that crash and you're bound to have differently here and the number of issues the electoral commission has also closed one thousand six hundred voting stations in the capital kinshasa is an opposition stronghold with over four million voters and nearly a thousand p

again in parts of the country the electoral commission says that the vote will be held in march in beni and that's months after the final results will to be announced on january fifteenth and afghanistan's election commission says presidential elections scheduled there for april will be postponed for several months it says there are still technical glitches surrounding a biometric identification system the commission also warns that more stuff are needed to be trained to help verify votes and lists afghanistan held parliamentary elections in october which were fraught with delays violence and accusations of votes at tampering those are the headlines they'll be more news here on al-jazeera the inside story. rebuilding syria seven years of war has devastated much of the country donald trump says saudi arabia is ready to pay for reconstruction but who will get the money and how will it be spent this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. serious seven year war has transformed ancient cities into ghost towns entire neighborhoods wiped from the map schools and hospitals reduc

truth we are not people you can just trick and flew how can it be the can charter votes and then in beni and over there they are not voting. commission needs to take the time to explain to us what happens if a large part of the population can't vote are they going to know the election over there be country near a teacher in the months in between there is total confusion with their calendar and they can take this well beyond. still ahead on al-jazeera first the war now the flood the severe weather brings more misery for thousands of internally displaced syrians and the two year old boy at the center of a u.s. travel band around is laid to rest. we've got some rain sleet and snow is spilling out of making its way into syria some very active weather still in place across the southeastern corner of europe and eventually easing a little a switch so there we go seven celsius the top temperature for fifteen degrees there for beirut's seven a temperature actually for baghdad and also for kuwait city a little woman haven not a whole lot went to the far east they will continue just around the west

parts of the country sparking concern about an upsurge in opposition protests the vote delayed in beni and in the east which have been dealing with an ebola outbreak since august and you may be in the west when will the hundred people were killed in ethnic violence last week electoral commission says that the vote will be held in those areas in march instead affecting more than one million people have been several delays in the last two years broken demonstrations across the country well i just was earlier this month after more than eight thousand voting machines were destroyed in a fire in the capital kinshasa the opposition says it won't accept any further postponements welcome webb is in contrast to his latest. just a few hours ago bishop from the catholic church just played a key role in campaigning for these elections to take place and they said why is it that this should be done now after those campaigns are allowed in a campaign rally thousands of people gathered together apparently much more risk for about a transition than just polling but it's only now at the last minute you

the elections the beni. initially planned for december thirtieth or no program from march twenty ninth and will be subject to a specific calendar. the electoral commission said the three areas would have delayed entry polls provincial elections in march that means that we completely excluded from the presidential poll that's meant to happen on sunday the electoral commission said the reason was conflicts of the bowler outbreak all three areas a key opposition strongholds. and this is one of the reasons why hundreds of civilians have been killed in a series of massacres around the town of beni in the last four years it's not clear who is behind them the government blames a rebel group called the a.t.f. . of outbreaks in august and spread to. the area around benny more than three hundred people have died. that campaign rallies were allowed to take place there. and its opposition candidate martin finally threw the biggest crowds i think this is the people that need change in this country most because the. war's

the country sparking concern about an upsurge in opposition protests the vote has been delayed in beni and we tembo in the east which have been dealing with an ebola outbreak since august and you may be in the west when will the one hundred people were killed in ethnic violence last week but actual commission says that the vote will be held in those areas in march instead affecting more than one million people have been several delays in the last two years provoking demonstrations across the country the latest was earlier this month after more than eight thousand voting machines were destroyed in a fire in the capital kinshasa the opposition says it won't accept any further postponements. we keep saying we could election but we want a good conviction election is not a gift from the electoral commission to the people of congo it's a rights deceiving rights it's under our constitution people need to elect their leaders this is what we are doing this what we want is what we want especially despair with elections because i think this is the people that need change in this country most beca