from 1970 until he was forced out of power during the arab spring in 2011 he was 83 years old while bierria is in mourning after a fire at a school killed at least 26 children and 2 teachers in the capital monrovia the boys were asleep in the school dormitory when the blaze broke out firefighters believe a faulty electric cable may have been to blame. dozens of civilians have been killed in 2 separate incidents in afghanistan a u.s. drone strike targeted a hideout used by islamic state in the eastern province of non gar but it hit workers in the field instead and the taliban have claimed responsibility for a truck bombing next to a hospital in the southern city of kabul. even by afghanistan's standards these bloody times this hospital in the south of the country pull the brunt of a taliban truck bomb on the 3rd consecutive day of violence and bloodshed in the country at least 20 were killed almost 100 wounded many of them patients we had peace the surge in violence comes after u.s. president donald trump called off peace talks with the taliban which could have seen a withdrawal of u.s. troo

bierria has observed a day of mourning for 27 people killed in a fire it's an islamic school near the capital most of the victims were students they were sleeping when the blaze broke out at night at a boarding school near monrovia it's believed the fire was caused by an electrical fault. the number of u.s. soldiers in somalia has increased and the president donald trump one of their jobs involves training a local group to become an elite force to take on and find says our correspondent got a firsthand look at the so-called lightning force in training. these are the new frontlines in the fight against al shabaab in somalia. and these are the men taking that fight to the armed groups strongholds the united states has at least $500.00 switches in this country but it's trained and paid for somali troops to form the deneb unit or lightning falls. apart from our operations against al shabaab fighters to retake tira trees and of a control we also target their assessments bomb builders and those who kidnapped foreigners in our country we also try to raise the spies in those who provide them