nigeria's elections with just one week to go tens of thousands rally in support of president mohamed who bihari what has he done enough to win another four years in power our correspondent has the latest also coming up more violence in paris says yellow best protesters clashed with police one man was seriously injured but the movement's leaders value will keep marching or eight they were friends. and french artist and writer on the own growth has died aged eighty seven of his film in ireland from caricature and activism to well loved children's books we look at his latest. i'm called aspen welcome to the program the jury in president mohamed who bihari has made his case today for another four years in power addressing tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in lagos there's just one week to go now until the country's presidential election and he's hoping to secure a second term but he's also facing some stiff opposition. as africa's most populous nation prepares to go to the polls president mohammadi bihari is pulling out hopeless stops. he's ruling all progressives congress party so to gove

nigeria's elections just one week to go tens of thousands rally in support of president mohamed who bihari what has he done enough to win another four years in power our correspondent has the latest and more violence in paris as yellow vests protesters clashed with police one man was seriously injured but the movement's leaders down don't keep marching for more they are friends. plus after a hollywood actor the indecent was accused of racist comments fallout from the scandal reaches the barely nala to be live from the latest with the latest on the red carpet. i'm called aspen welcome to the program nigerian president's mohamedou bihari made his case today for another four years in power addressing tens of thousands of supporters and a rally in lagos there's just one week to go until the country's presidential election and he's hoping to secure a second term but he's also facing stiff opposition. as africa's most populous nation prepares to go to the polls president mohammadi bihari is pulling out all the stops. he's ruling all progressives congress party so to govern our supporters at a ma

nigeria's elections with just one week to go tens of thousands rally in support of president obama does bihari but has he done enough to win another four years in power our correspondent as the latest also coming up after a hollywood actor liam neeson was accused of racist comments fallout from the scandal reaches the day when allah will be fine with the latest from the red carpet . i'm calling assman welcome to the program nigerian president muhammadu buhari made his case today for another four years in power addressing tens of thousands of supporters at a rally in lagos there is just one week to go until the country's presidential election and he's hoping to secure a second term but he's also facing stiff opposition. as africa's most populous nation prepares to go to the polls president mohamed who bihari is pulling out hopeless stops. his ruling overaggressive congress party so to govern our supporters i must write in lycos that yours largest city and economic powerhouse but bihari has work to do to convince a jury that he deserves another four years in power many feel that the president ha

president mohamed to bihari his monocle. with final state results still being announced the arithmetic across africa's largest democracy told its own story. and supporters of president mohamed quick to celebrate. the points way it's actually. the. elections because if you look at states destroying. the strongest places were brought in these votes. in terms of numbers because. it's just like not east they have a very huge margin. so are you willing at this point to call this election. i mean yes. because this. is going to so much of. why did you want but i don't do it because i did. you know what. you had. when outside the ruling party headquarters here in aberdeen it's clear a.p.c. supporters know their candidate has won or lost or they call it in for more years a president. but it is likely victory will not go unchallenged. the people's democratic party of. has called the results in correct and unacceptable and edging state use of intimidation tactics and inducements to buy votes chartres the a.p.c. rejects. president bush

tickle problems for the last minute delay these have now been overcome says president mohamed do bihari. and. the delay has led to accusations that the two main parties are trying to manipulate the vote heightening tensions between rival supporters these boiled over on friday when supporters of bihari and of his closest rival actually to abu bakar clashed leaving two people dead the election will be tight alongside widespread corruption and a lackluster economy a bloody insurgency by the jihadist group boko haram has caused biharis popularity to slide in a refugee camp in the northern city of yola those displaced by the insurgents are fed up with the government but many won't be able to vote for change. or not my voters card was burned when we were chased by boko her around the entire village was torched we couldn't salvage anything and we had to flee for our lives if i had a card i would have voted. the last elections held in twenty fifteen were postponed a full six weeks they resulted in good luck jonathan becoming the first incumbent president to be voted out of power. will hope that

open in nigeria's national elections service or a tight race between incumbent president mohamed who bihari and his main challenger actually cool i will back out. and also i was sort of trying to document the terrible deeds that maimed those responsible were destroyed almost even created. instead of the perpetrators the victims were regulated and silence imposed. that was german cardinal reinhard knox with a frank admission as the roman catholic church digs into its history of sex abuse by clergy togo talk correspondent at the vatican for the latest from the pope's conference on for venting abuse as. a mass waiter thank you for joining us. in venezuela a showdown at the colombian border is heating up opposition supporters have confronted soldiers who closed a key crossing point troops fired tear gas at rock throwing protesters in the venezuelan border town of orana early this morning the clashes erupted as supporters of opposition leader idol prepared to escort humanitarian aid deliveries across the border. tear gas and tension on the venezuelan border the opposition supported by leaders fr

president mohamed who bihari is under pressure from challenger. our correspondents on a char sent us this report from that area capital of georgia. people are queued up and determined to make their voices heard this is just one of almost one hundred twenty thousand pointing stations across the huge country there's anticipation in the air but also concern and skepticism. people are concerned about violence they're also concerned about whether this election is going to go ahead as planned without any major disruption without any major interruption but as you can see here behind me people are lined up very excited very anticipating off today to cast their ballot some people are camping here for hours to actually get to the top of the line to vote for one of the candidates that's more than seventy candidates on the ballot list today but it's not just about who is going to win this election there's so much more at stake whatever happens during and after the election we'll see a lot about whether this election was fair free and transparent and it was sa

party that has been declared the winner is it clear though what biharis main rival in this election atiku abubakar will it's that he will accept the results. so far p.d.p. did not sign the declaration that they are actually accepting this result in fact as you're speaking right now members of the opposition party are asking questions at the electoral commission asking questions especially about the four states that are disputed when it comes to p.d.p. there is a narrow margin in some states about one percent difference but they also claim that even more votes cast the sort of polling stations than people who have been accredited the electoral commission is saying to these allegations first of all they're rejecting it but they're also saying they're going to look into these allegations have up for that it's clear they're saying this is the result of a president who haris party won by the six percent and the challenging p.d.p. party and they aren't and it has lost forty one percent of the vote is going to be really interesting especially as the preparing for victory rallies to start s

plus incumbents of mohamedou bihari has clerics is declared the winner in nigeria's presidential election that's after a troubled but with allegations from widespread and regular times. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we begin in the vietnamese capital hanoi where u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un are just hours away from kicking off their second summit in less than a year but leaders are expected to have a brief one on one meeting later tonight donald trump began the day with talks with vietnamese president new. the two countries signed off on a number of trade deals and trump once again held up the u.s. relationship with vietnam as an example for north korea. is pushing pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program in exchange for economic development the talks in vietnam come eight months after a historic summit in singapore the first between the u.s. a sitting u.s. president and a north korean leader and. washington has set only modest expectations for this summit hinting only that it could loosen sanctions on yank takes further steps t

forrest how are these results coming in the middle of the night in nigeria and bihari winning by nearly four million votes. while election officials say despite some issues raised by the agency those issues including the number of those were not adding up to the number of votes the ballot papers were destroyed until today was some people didn't feel that. at all since they even more than they thought the party does in the works of many people they didn't but if they believe the law basically good and didn't think your overall turnout created by just a right i mean what is it that you just want to read many of them really are and that is what. president muhammadu buhari supporters are jubilant this is the party headquarters confirmation that florida has won four more years of power in nigeria africa's biggest economy and top oil producer i feel very excited . in fact it's. very much confortable because. you suck so it's up to. a dispersed and is a successful do don't trade in of this country. don't do selection that has happened is be doing to duntroon of this country and it. does contri

in a crowded field of candidates to stand out president obama do bihari who's critics say he's failed on the economy fighting corruption and insecurity and one time vice president atiku abubakar accused of corruption but promising business friendly policies and jobs despite reassurances by the government down the independent election commission i nick that the polls will happen this time and be free and fair trust in the process has been dented the public trust in government was all that high to begin with the problem is only just over what do you think. if i see one after spending so many years with you this is why we've come out to one who would join and why do you think that is anybody's vote and who do you blame for that you know. tell me you know. you know as a person. nigerians have reason to be hopeful and reason two thousand and fifteen was the first election won by an opposition candidate since democracy was restored after military rule in nineteen ninety nine made people feel that their votes and to. see. this election hundreds. procreating cancer cases the other. step in th

though the vote counting is not over unofficial results suggest bihari has an overwhelming lead over his challenger who. the harvey has pledged to fight corruption and overhaul the country's transport network. a museum in the german city of stuttgart has repatriated a bible and a whip that belonged to one of namibia's national heroes of the clan in chief hendrik whip who was killed during a rebellion against german colonial rule back in one thousand nine hundred five the maybe and it government will safeguard the artifacts until the chiefs descendants agree on a plan to exhibit. announcer the latest turmoil over bricks it british prime minister to resign may has made a major concession by telling lawmakers that she supports a parliamentary vote to delay britain's exit from the european union may's move comes amid growing fears of economic chaos if britain exits the e.u. as scheduled on march twenty ninth without a deal several government ministers threatened to resign if may didn't offer the possibility of more time. prime minister teresa mayes announcement of a motion to the labor e

as africa's most populous nation prepares to go to the polls president mohammadi bihari is pulling out hopeless stops. he's ruling all progressives congress party so to govern i supported a mass rally in lycos that year is largest city an economic powerhouse. but bihari has work to do to convince a jury that he deserves another four years in power many feel that the president has not done enough to fight corruption cover boko haram insurgency and revive economic growth is to go to station. young that's the economy sufficient bad to corruption to pay you to me i thought it would take you know. so so what i was talking about so these days and telephone through promises. this government will come in and they made a lot of promises on people who got to really improve with this new government coming in. after us on time people got to disappointed even my british friends i got disappointed in the government i so much believed in the government when it was coming in with the promises they made but i know did i was disappointed just like n.p.r. and i did. the opposition it's also shouting foul

party officials say they're preparing to celebrate as bihari leads by nearly two million votes but the electoral commission says it continence the final results yet the main opposition p.d.p. accuses the ruling party of trying to break the polls. this. is. the. this is the reason. the. this is that if. all this is the disease that is the you know who did it. has the latest from the capitol a bridge or. there has been no official announcement from the electoral commission of who has won in fact election officials are still releasing the czar's from some of the remote parts of the country there's no indication now how long that process or take prison bihari supporters are very confident that he's the one who won this election the party officials are in the building behind me planning victory rally where they will plan to hold that in a couple of hours the main opposition party is unhappy with the results so far they allege and ford is saying that election officials have been working with prison by trying to steal this election but they haven't told what to do about it its full commission

below and this year with al jazeera live from doha also coming up mohamed you bihari wins a second term as nigeria's president but the main opposition rejects the result also. we both felt very good about having this very important summit in vietnam donald trump praises the head of his second meeting with north korea's kim jong il and in hanoi. about back home in washington a setback for the u.s. president's mexico border wall and upcoming testimony by his former lawyer threatening to overshadow the event. the party of stone says it shot down two indian fighter jets while they were in pakistani airspace and they claim they have arrested an indian pilot as tensions in the future of kashmir region were that india says only one of its helicopters crashed and that was because of technical failure. well pakistan's foreign office says the pakistani air force undertook strikes across the line of construct control from pakistani air space the sole purpose of this action was to demonstrate our rights will and capability for self defense we do not wish to escalate but are fully prepared if forced

the presidential election results an early vote count points to victory for the incumbent mahamadou bihari will have the very latest from all correspondence. chica do a in abuja in just a few moments. iran's president neitherer accepted nor rejected sees a foreign mininisters resesignatin motorists have rallied around mohammad javad zarif who is the architect. of the international nuclear de. and indeed it carries out an airstrike on pakistani territory for the first time in decades. islamabad denies india's claim that a large number of militants died but has vowed to retaliate . we begin this hour in nigeria where people are waiting for the outcome of last weekend's presidential election the main opposition party i is now callig on authorities to stop releasing partial results. until it can provide data on those who voted will any results point to a victorory for the incumbent president mahamadou bihari he's facing a challenge by the former vice president and businessmen atiku abubakar. dozens of people have died in an yes since campaigning began in october but let's get the very latest -

national elections surveys show is a likely to be a tight race between incumbent president mohamed who bihari his main challenger i've. talked to our correspondent and i put a. forced budget deal to move the barrier proved to you just maybe those responsible for destroying well not even greater sanctions i'm pretty sure that was german cardinal ron howard marks with a frank admission as the roman catholic church digs into its history of sex abuse by clergy. i am. a mass waiter thank you for joining us bracing for a showdown at the border a truck care convoy carrying humanitarian aid is on its way to venezuela from colombia venezuela an opposition leader why don't has vowed to deliver the emergency food and medicine over the objections of embattled leader nicolas maduro this follows violent clashes between soldiers and opposition supporters outraged over a blockade of supplies here's what i don't had to say as he sends the aid off. you'll need independent humanitarian aid is on its way to venezuela right now it's a calm and orderly process which will save lives it will mean the images that i w

manipulate the outcome of the presidential election partial results put the president mohamed to bihari in the lead. and a night of surprises at the academy awards in los angeles. and the oscar. drama about race relations. for best picture and britain's olivia colman wins best actress in the faves. i bring golf it's good to have you with us we begin with an about face in the u.k. that could completely change the calculus of brics it for the first time since negotiations began on britain's exit from the european union britain's opposition labor party is calling for a second referendum on breaks that if parliament rejects an alternative plan for leaving the e.u. of that's according to labor's brags spokesman he says on wednesday labor leader jeremy corben who you see right here will put forward an amendment calling on the government to adopt its brakes and plan which includes a permanent customs union i was head of the meeting with party lawmakers tonight corben said labor would do everything in its power to prevent a new deal brecht's. are this is a significant change of plans for briggs

joins us live from the president biharis party headquarters. so what are what is the latest on those results. will the country generally quiet as people way to the final of the show election results supporters of prison bihari also companies one you can hear the news they thought it was planning a victory rally to am local time or nine pm each one of those results are not if they are a non-zero result on still coming in as was when the remote areas right now in the jail and don't know when exactly the final results will come in security has been increased in and around the area we're told that this prison has to come to the venue at some point possibly when the final announcement is made and what about the opposition. well they're not happy so they're not telling the supporters to do anything but then. they are accusing election officials love working with kids a body to try and steal this election they issued a statement saying that the electoral commission should stop releasing results until an investigation is done as far as we know the edge

fifteen many of them a first time voters especially young people one change many are ready to vote bihari out a lot of us are not there's blood shed there's every the government is not doing a lot about what is happening in this country really let's just tell ourselves all there is believe not everything was bad on their deen combin president bihari he has picked corruption i mean. you know you have provided a direction before you can catch. you must check if you serial numbers on this wall at your pointing station grace doesn't find her she's angry. because i have not i don't have my pseudonym my picture is not in votes things to a bit chaotic this morning but in the end on official assured grace she can vote regardless of do just a number on the selection will play out healthy a free and transparent it will be will help determine the future of the country. and now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world sudan's president omar al bashir has declared a year long state of emergency and dismissed the federal government of bashar took the steps amid growin

after an election marred by violence and allegations of fraud president biharis victory has had the stamp of approval from nigeria's electoral commission. you need. thank. you. thank you to. his supporters may be ecstatic but bihari has a daunting to do list before him nigeria's economy is still struggling to recover from a twenty sixteen recession and nigeria's army is still fighting an islamist insurgency that killed thousands of people to hurry campaigned on pledges to fight corruption and overhaul nigeria's decrepit road and rail network in the final quarter of last year nigeria posted year on year growth of two point four percent the highest since twenty fifteen. so what does this mean now for nigeria's economy let's bring in. krishna joins us in lagos adrian is the election outcome good or bad news for nigeria. well of course it depends very much on whom you are talking to if you speak to the government and their representatives they will tell you of course it is great they can continue another four years with their mission their campaign slogan was the next level and that's what th

incumbent president who hamadou bihari voted in his northern home town of daraa where he brushed aside the prospect of defeat is that if you lose i select from what would you accept defeat on congress lead that we've got i've got all the cultural tradition. his main challenger actually to abu bakar has pledged to accept the results if they are credible he and his people's democratic party have vowed to quote get nigeria working again saying that the president has wasted the last four years mugari promise to crack down on corruption and the jihadist group boko her around but the problems still persist. high unemployment is another issue affecting nigerians. many are hoping the election will be a new beginning for the country. did have years as are increases outside a polling station in that area commercial capital lagos' editor and how has the voting been going so far did this week long delay have an impact. well the polling station where i am right now in our pop and there goes everything went pretty well actually most of the people who are registered he already went out to wood so all

fair election and they're saying this in the knowledge they will stay in power or course ok we'll bihari obviously and his cabinet and his politicians know that tonight a lot of those accusations and allegations you just made if i may just make a quick comparison here because the challenges of nature our problems are not limited to just having another election and another president it's a far more fundamental problem than that and look at what happened in syria look at what's happening in most of the arab world look at what's happening in libya if we're not careful we'll have something similar happening in this country simply because you have a massive christian population here a massive muslim population who are badly divided and so it's a reality that thousands of people have been slaughtered over the last three and a half years nobody can deny that it was funny you mention syria because of course as you say many different communities but as for your candidate he says unless we dismantle maffia organizations we cannot progress let's privatise them is your chosen candidate abu bakar bas

blueprint for success well it's all relative according to sci fi a key ally of nigeria's president bihari with this week accuse the country's opposition policy of plotting to emulate the crisis in venezuela and a televised interview the governor of the northern state of could do no want foreign nations against interfering in nigeria's forthcoming general election rules that. you want to come into where we can for the first interview. his strong. did warning comes host of the hills of what some are calling a brazenly unconstitutional power grab in venezuela nicholas madeira found his leadership in limbo after the u.s. and a wave of other countries spoke out in support of their preferred choice for president one kwaito we are ready to recognize one guy do as interim president we will recognize him as constitutional interim president we stand ready to recognize one why do as the interim president of venezuela this discussion in the council is about the right of the venezuelan people to direct their own internal affairs and choose the future of their own country democratically fine claims to

were announced a few hours ago giving bihari more than fifteen million votes. the u.s. president will meet in capital in the coming hours for a second summit the talks between donald trump and kim jong un are expected to focus on denuclearization on the korean peninsula and the u.n. security council on to other news has been discussing the venezuela crisis the u.s. special envoy to venezuela is calling for another member other member to sanction nicolas maduro meant for destroying aid shipments at the border we ask that others join us in sanctioning those who've been involved in the violence over the last weekend and who are fattened by the spoils of the muro regimes corruption we ask of member states contribute to addressing the humanitarian situation in venezuela dozens of nations already have generally have generously done. and we ask you to recognize the nature of the madeira regime and question question the purpose and likely outcome of so-called dialogue with someone who would rather block and burn donated medicine and bread than see it in the hands of venezuelan

hanged in one thousand nine hundred five the controversy was addressed by incumbent nigerian president bihari recently. president by recess he's aware of challenges in a new land many of which he believes would have been solved with more commitment and focus in the past instead of awarding contracts that were not implemented but is that enough are going to land and who will do most for human rights when it comes to multi-national oil contracts that will only use of nigeria for major nation militarism in west africa joining me now is a nigerian politician who is culture minister and aviation minister he was an advisor in president obasanjo's p.d.p. government and he supports over sundress for vice president who have a backer over incumbent president in today's elections very funny guy only in the capital thanks so much for me for coming on we had the former and nigerian central bank official kingsley galu on the show he supported by the nobel laureate. he said that nigeria needed a different kind of politics why are you supporting the p.d.p. in its. first well i think that the suggestion that

folks are being counted in nigeria where president obama biharis hoping for a second there were some reports of irregularities during saturday's delayed election just before voting began the town in the northeast was attacked by suspected boko around fighters hall as more of my boot. overall indications are that this election isn't in fact entirely over what we have are statements from and i know commissioner that's the independent electoral commission backed up by reports from independent observers indicating that some polling stations possibly only a few but some word able to complete the vote on saturday and therefore have gone into additional voting time on sunday in addition to that there are some polling stations we believe that may not have been able to open at all because of incidents of violence of intimidation sabotage the burning of ballot papers and so on these reports that we've heard again we don't know how big of a problem this is in terms of affecting the overall process nor do we know quite how the counting process is going on i'm standing outside the international c

campaigning can resume after its controversial decision to delay the general elections by a week president bihari is calling for an investigation into why the vote was pushed off his ruling parties held an emergency meeting in a bridge or bihari once the reasons behind the delay to be made public but only after polling takes place on saturday those are the headlines join me for more news here to witness to stay with us. talk to old is there a. we urge you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case we listen for you want to be a solution but in your that's not exactly my point we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. digital media and maria ressa is the founder of all the inside rock records hears they can use it is whatever power doesn't like the president of the philippines abroad rico deter day says he wants to kill as many people involved with drugs customers possible analysts his critics public and in. rap learned and online you cite and known to be critical of the government had its license revoked and few weeks ago the end goal is to silence diss

he's seeking a second term and of a hookah the main opposition candidate now bihari has promised to fight corruption but his opponents of focused on what they see as his failure to fix the economy the main contenders made their final appeal for votes on the last say of campaigning on thursday. our this have a quick look then at some of the key moments in nigeria's democratic history fifteen years of military rule ended in nineteen ninety nine and the first civilian to win elections going of us and joe was himself a former army general who motto. was next before good luck jonathan became president in twenty eleven his time in office was widely considered to have allowed for rampant corruption and he became the first democratically elected president to be defeated in an election four years later losing to opposition candidate mohamed bihari. well nigeria has a population of more than a hundred and eighty million people it's also got all oil lots of it is africa's largest producer of crude but the economy consistently underperforms a variety of reasons given including corruption and in

party say they are making preparations to celebrate victory and official results bihari is leading by nato three point five million votes and has enough to avoid a runoff under the actual rules however the main opposition p.d.p. party has accused.

so what are the challenges facing president bihari in his second term database funny for shot reports from the nigerian capital abuja. supporters of president hu hari i gathering here behind me preparing a rally to celebrate their reelected president now that man is basically inheriting his own promises that he has made four years ago which is to revamp the economy create more jobs making sure that the stability and security in this country by combating defeating the militant group boko are all this special in this stronghold in the north east of the country and there's something else of course waiting to be defeated and that's rampant corruption symbolized by this gigantic broom the symbol of the a.p.c. party to sweep that corruption away on top of that the country needs to be unified because forty one percent did not cast the ballot for president a.p.c. party but. p.d.p. party the challenger and that man and his party did not concede to defeat yet they do not accept the result yep it's going to be very interesting to see how the next hours the next days are going to play out as one

he's seeking a second term and atika of a hookah the main opposition candidate now bihari has promised to fight corruption but his opponents of focused on what they see as his failure to fix the economy the main contenders made their final appeal for votes on the last say of campaigning on thursday. our this have a quick look clearness of the key moments in nigeria's democratic history fifteen years of military rule ended in nineteen ninety nine and the first civilian to win elections going of us and joe was himself a former army general who motto. was next before good luck jonathan became president in twenty eleven his time in office was widely considered to have allowed for rampant corruption and he became the first democratically elected president to be defeated in an election four years later losing to opposition candidate mohamed bihari. well nigeria has a population of more than a hundred and eighty million people it's also got all oil lots of it is africa's largest producer of crude but the economy consistently underperforms a variety of reasons are given including corruption an

party say they're making preparations to celebrate victory and official results bihari is leading by native three point five million votes and has enough to avoid a runoff under the actual rules however the main opposition p.d.p. party has accused the ruling party of trying to rig the polls and demanded the cancellation of results in four states journal reports from abuja. with final state results still being announced the arithmetic across africa's largest democracy told its own story. and supporters of president mohamed quick to celebrate. a point where it's actually a little bit clearer now why he's going to india elections because if you look at states destroying. the strongest places where brought gotten these votes he's actually not. numbers because a number. like not western ne base is a very huge margin between. so are you willing at this point to call this election for i mean yes i'm willing because this. is going to get so much of. the. why did you want but how did you win because i did have that she uses the amount of. quantity she has put to. try to join us and i'm fed yo

in a saturday both are being counted in the closely for general election between president mohamed bihari and his main rival a tee up a back. the voting has wrapped up in senegal's presidential elections the president is seeking a second term and faces four main rivals to his bid since coming to office president saleh is developed infrastructure projects and the economy is said to be booming but opposition candidates say the ordinary people are still suffering because of poverty and high unemployment gave us this update on the vote count from a polling station in the capital dhaka it's going on across fifteen thousand polling stations and we're in one of the polling rooms we've just seen earlier these officers taking out each envelope calling out the name of the candidate this in front of observers from the political parties and from the election commission the election commission here says it wants to make the process as transparent as possible i mean this is democracy in action in senegal and so they go as one of the most stable democracies on the continent in much of it is to do with t

were killed in clashes between rival supporters on election day alone with his second term secured biharis first task is to stop the anger at its controversial victory leading to further bloodshed . and now to wanted to go and first parco africa's biggest film festival it's also one of the oldest and most influential movie events on the continent for can foster stages as pago every two years and it's running until saturday here's a look. this is africa's biggest film festival and it's celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. twenty full length movies are competing for the so-called african oscar the golden stallion of. filmmakers and film lovers meet up for the rendezvous of the continent first of all to spark a means a lot to me it brings together many people from different nations and different backgrounds it's a moment of sharing. the mind of five guys says. it's very rare to see a cultural event that lasts for fifty years in africa it's true that everyone has made a real commitment from the book in a big government to the actors and also the filmmakers while holding up well despite the la

they say they are celebrating and that this is their way of making it clear president mohammed you bihari one saturday this election with more than fifteen million votes your pants. problem with supporters and that is an indication that the b.c.s. widely accepted election result of. absentee will promote good hands of. the main opposition leader abu bakar plans to challenge the results in court. in isn't a jury witnesses. for . the nigerian if. it is easy really. that. the opposition insists there was widespread rigging and a geisha rejected by the ruling party opposition parties don't have a great record when it comes to dealing with courts in africa those in zimbabwe and democratic republic of congo recently appealed election results and failed is not clear how success with a legal challenge made by nigeria's opposition would be. nigeria is africa's most populous country the recent election was a continent of not just democratic societies how the eventual dispute is handled is crucial but i do and i'm impressed by the temperament of the position in terms of do we get chosen to whoever h

they say they are celebrating and that this is their way of making it clear president mohammed you bihari one saturday his election with more than fifteen million votes. supporters and that is an indication that the b.c.s. widely accepted. absence. of the main opposition leader back up plans to challenge the results in court. with. that. the opposition insists there was widespread rigging an allegation rejected by the ruling party opposition parties don't have a great record when it comes to dealing with courts in africa those in zimbabwe and democratic republic of congo recently appealed election results and failed it's not clear how successful the legal challenge made by nigeria's opposition will be. nigeria is africa's most populous country the recent election was the continent's largest democratic exercise how the electoral dispute is handled is crucial but i do and i'm impressed by the temperament of the position in terms of the we've chosen to be able to choose and please clarify the process. the process they're going to form and they claim that they have evidence that has never hap

shortly after a campaign spokesman announced the unofficial numbers bihari supporters raced to celebrate their candidate's victory outside party headquarters in the boucher the hari took office in twenty fifteen insult a second term with pledges to fight corruption while overhauling the country's old road and rail network. and joining us tonight from a boucher is our correspondent funny for targeting to you funny it's reported that president karzai has taken a leave that just can't be beat now in this election what more can you tell us. definitely brian there was some excitement outside of this building outside of the electoral commission where these votes are being politically to two or two old all of the states that are bringing their results in here because the most populous states kind of state and states were announced for the p.c. party securing more than one point half million votes for president to hire so that definitely puts him into a lead situation even though there's no bottom line yet no final result yet ever the spokesperson has just mentioned of the a.p.c. can paint commi

concluded yet but one of the candidates is already chanting victory incumbent president mohamed who bihari he has taken and a salable lead over top opposition challenger i think you are now shortly after a campaign spokesman announced the unofficial numbers haris of reporters raised to celebrate their candidate's victory outside party headquarters in. doha took office back in twenty fifteen insult a second term with pledges to fight corruption while overhauling the country's creaking road and rail network. and joining us tonight from a budget is our correspondent for needs a chore good evening to you funny reporter the president has taken a lead the just can't be beat now in this election what more can you tell us. definitely brown there was some excitement on side of this building outside of the electoral commission where these votes have being. two or two old all of the states that have bringing their results in here because the most populous states kind of state and not states were announced for the p.c. party securing more than one point half million votes for president will higher so

last two weeks destroyed thousands of voting machines in a number of states president mohamed do bihari is running for a second term he's facing businessmen and former vice president a t.v. crew a back up and around seventy other candidates or several people were killed in assam he didn't want to biharis rallies on queues day witnesses say the rush happened off the president but finished addressing the crowds in the southern city of port harcourt. i have signed a peace accord according pledging to participate in free and fair elections the leaders of nigeria's most popular political parties had worried observers with accusations of blocking access to campaign rallies and vote rigging plans. and exactly is what we're doing and. the future. of country. for. the trees this is evidence the true. disposition. electrum outcomes members all south africa's largest union are holding a strike of a lone scale layoffs at state and private companies the group represents what because across mining money for trying to finance the public sector through its alliance with the a.n.c. it's previously been

they say they are celebrating and that this is their way of making it clear president mohammed you bihari won saturday's election with more than fifteen million votes the balance here and the problem with time supporters and that is an indication that the bases widely accepted election result of beriberi upset they will deny gams of the of the main opposition leader abu bakar classes challenged the results in court. in is a nigerian witness and a little too old for. the warriors and his best friend. he was a long and only people for the simple reason that he doesn't always remain in nigeria if murder. or is. it is will be easy really. that. the opposition insists there was widespread rigging and allegation rejected by the ruling party opposition parties don't have a great record when it comes to dealing with courts in africa those in zimbabwe and democratic republic of congo recently appealed election results and failed it's not clear how successful the legal challenge made by nigeria's opposition will be. nigeria is africa's most populous country the recent election was a continent of no

but serene canada nigeria where president mohammed bihari is hoping for a second term there was some reports of irregularities during saturday's delayed election just before voting began a town in the north east was attacked by suspected boko haram fighters one soldier and five others died holes are said to open in less than an hour and senegal as people vote for their next president and come back later macky sall his campaign on a booming economy but his opponents say corruption and employment and debt are still major problems saudi arabia has a place to send bastard to the u.s. with its first female on boy frances removed and bandar takes over from the king son prince khalid been solomon who's been appointed vice defense minister francis is the daughter of a former ambassador to the united states and previously worked for saudi arabia's general sports authority or korea's leader is on his way to vietnam for his second summit with the u.s. president it's believed kim john will travel most of the way to annoy by train the student donald trump there on wednesday talks expected to focu

an investigation into why the country's presidential election was postponed by a week mohammed who bihari says the election commission needs to explain what he calls its incompetence. definitely very. well i said incompetence militias so it. has to be explained to the nation after the election we have to know exactly what happened and. i know it's our employees to. make sure that this is still we willing to accept. is that making progress. except in confidence. the crew of a spanish warship has been accused of ordering commercial vessels to leave disputed waters near gibraltar before being challenged by the british navy the government of the british overseas territory says a spanish ship sailed away after the brave confrontation members of the european parliament have been refused entry to venezuela by the government they were invited by the national assembly and opposition leader one who has declared himself interim president of venezuela. those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next it's talk to al-jazeera to stay with us and watch. the week began with news of a ninety day truce

called on their supporters to stay calm after the vote was postponed by a week president obama due bihari and opposition leader. baca say they're disappointed with the decision commission says is to ensure a free and fair vote. syria and russia say they're prepared to open humanitarian corridors to allow people in the refugee camp to return home more than forty thousand refugees live in the camp on syria's border with jordan. and u.s. military planes carrying more than two hundred tons of aid for venezuela have arrived at the colombian border president nicolas maduro has accused the u.s. of deploying warplanes. thousands of people have turned out in iran for the mass funeral of twenty seven revolutionary guard soldiers who were killed in a suicide car bombing earlier this week in iran's sister. province streets in the central city. came to a standstill as people gathered around vehicles continue the coffins of the deceased ahead of him. ron's revolutionary guard has threatened retaliation over the attack you don't like. the sun we will get revenge for the blood of our martyrs on the saudi

campaigning can resume after its controversial decision to delay the general elections by a week president bihari is calling for an investigation into why the vote was pushed off his ruling party's held an emergency meeting in a bridge or bihari once the reasons behind the delay to be made public but only off the polling takes place on saturday those are the headlines join me for more news here after witness do stay with us. talk to old was there a. week you personally one of the main beneficiaries is that the case listen if you want to be relations with india or that's not exactly my point we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on which is their own. digital media pioneer maria ressa is the founder of the online site rock records he is they can use it is whatever power doesn't like the president of the philippines broad rico to take says he wants to kill as many people involved with drugs just possible analysts his critics public and in the. rap learned and on might you cite and known to be critical of the government had its license revoked and few weeks ago the e