l m n rebel group that forms part of a larger peace plan for blue nile and south kordofan regions the sudanese people's liberation movement has been fighting the government since 2011 after south sudan gained independence from sudan iraqis have turned out in large numbers in baghdad to demand that of american forces protesters responded to a call by the country's most influential religious figure the shia cleric who. public anger in france over pension reform continues in what's become the country's longest period of strikes in 40 years tens of thousands of people have been marching in paris thousands of others have been doing exactly the same across the country the government says the reforms are necessary to make the system more sustainable right those are the latest headlines coming up next life at. it's a mobile world. with calls texts and apps to help make all lives easier. but not everyone is benefiting. yes. chan mobile phone apps be designed to help make it better well. this series challenges app developers from around the world to visit communities who are missing out and the

renesas on staff is nearly complete ethiopia expects to start filling it this year with water from the blue nile that egypt relies on the nile for 90 percent of its water supply and fear is it could have a shortage of water when ethiopia starts to fill the debt and out more about the diplomatic fallout in a moment but 1st our reporter traveled to the site of the mega projects. a concrete colossus 145 meters high construction work covering a total of 11 square kilometers it's poised to become the country's biggest source of electricity. project is now well under way if europeans grant renaissance that is the biggest construction site in the country and africa's largest hydroelectric paradigm it is almost 2 kilometers long and will produce more than $15000.00 take out hour of electricity starting 2022 using the waters of the blue nile river every year the devil potentially provide power for tens of millions of ethiopian households and a significant part of the electricity will be sold to neighboring countries to complete the project in time 6000 employees are working around the clock often under t

long and will produce more than 15000 hour of electricity starting 2022 using the waters of the blue nile river as the year the double potentially provide power for tens of millions of ethiopian households and a significant part of the electricity will be sold to neighboring countries to complete the project in time $6000.00 employees are working around the clock often under the scorching sun in the hottest months temperatures can reach up to 50 degrees. husband a mechanical engineer here from the in 2011. the proposal is to store water so the water. flows and. instead of one generates electricity and the project doesn't consume. all the water stored will pass through the turbine generating electricity and water as a means to them again on each side of the river 2 powerhouses will host a total of 13 turbines the construction was delayed considerably over the years mainly because of corruption and mismanagement issues exist has been working here for 5 years like many others he wants to see the dam completed as soon as possible . a country has a problem of access to electricity so this proj

of sudan as well as a faction led by abdul aziz and hill who controls areas in south kordofan and blue nile and the deal that has been signed today between monica gars group and the government includes security arrangements which means where will medical doris forces go now that a deal has been signed between him and the government and includes their integration the deal also includes humanitarian access to those who have been displaced affected by the war that started in 2011 just before saucer and gained its independence but the government is also engaged in other peace talks and that is yet to produce results the government is right now engaged in talks between it and the rebel groups from darfur and it says that it wants to achieve comprehensive peace in various armed zones in sudan before february and right now as they are holding talks there are other factions that are holding out and not ready to hold to negotiate with sudden sudan's government so while this is significant a lot remains to be done for the sudanese government to achieve that aim of a comprehensive peace that they have

movement is part of a larger regional peace plan the government is spent amending self role in the blue nile and south kordofan region which borders south sudan and the morgan reports. a breakthrough after more than 3 months of talks sudan's government signing a peace deal with the sudan people's liberation movement north or s.p.l. and led by america it's part of a bed by the sudanese transitional administration to end years of conflict in various parts of the country. the deal that we have signed addressed a number of issues it addressed the issue of legislation in the 2 areas south kordofan and the blue nile it also addresses the issue of land and wealth and power distribution as well as security arrangements we will lead our country forward the s.p.l. m n started fighting the sudanese government in 2011 after accusing it of marginalization and impeding democracy a remnant of the event southern sudan as p.l.m. it's made up of sudanese who supported the movement and stayed behind following south sudan's independence in 2011 mostly in south kordofan and blue nile states the 2 states were sup

movement and stayed behind following south sudan's independence in 2011 mostly in south kordofan and blue nile states the 2 states were supposed to have the chance to decide whether they wanted to be part of sudan or join south sudan the s.p.l. and itself is split into 2 with the other led by abdul aziz and hello who is it to start negotiating with the government the war has killed tens of thousands and displaced 400000 more than 20 rounds of talks between the s.p.l. m n and the former saddam his government overthrown in april last year failed to produce results. in a minute by signing this deal it confirms our determination to reach a peace deal that will change the lives of people and establish an era free of marginalization and violence under the previous regime people in sudan generally and areas of conflict in particular have paid the price as a result of injustice and lack of political stability now is the time to end the misery and bring the prosperity the people of sudan deserve the peace talks are mediated by neighboring south sudan which is also mediating between sudan's government a

government since south sudan gained independence in 2011 they've been demanding self rule in the blue nile and south kordofan region ordering south sudan here morgan reports. a breakthrough after more than 3 months of talks sudan's government signing a peace deal with the sudan people's liberation movement north or s.p.l. and led by america it's part of a bed by the sudanese transitional administration to end years of conflict in various parts of the country. the deal that we have signed addressed a number of issues it addressed the issue of legislation in the 2 areas south kordofan and the blue nile it also addresses the issue of land and wealth and power distribution as well as security arrangements we will lead our country forward b s p l m n started fighting the sudanese government in 2011 after accusing it of marginalization and impeding democracy a remnant of the event southern sudan a spare limb it's made up of sudanese who supported the movement and stayed behind following south sudan's independence in 2011 mostly in south kordofan and blue nile states the 2 states were supposed to

movement and stayed behind following south sudan's independence in 2011 mostly in south kordofan and blue nile states the 2 states were supposed to have the chance to decide whether they wanted to be part of sudan or join south sudan the s.p.l. and itself is split into 2 with the other led by abdul aziz and hello who is it to start negotiating with the government the war has killed tens of thousands and displaced 400000 more than 20 rounds of talks between the s.p.l. m n and the former saddam his government overthrown in april last year failed to produce results. in a minute by signing this deal it confirms our determination to reach a peace deal that will change the lives of people and establish an era free of marginalization and violence under the previous regime people in sudan generally and areas of conflict in particular have paid the price as a result of injustice and lack of political stability now is the time to end the misery and bring the prosperity the people of sudan deserve the peace talks are mediated by neighboring south sudan which is also mediating between sudan's government a

from going to school and business the nile river is egypt's life lot but high up on the blue nile tributary ethiopia sees hydroelectric power as the key to its drive to modernize that 6 cairo and up for conflict with sudan sandwiched in the middle egypt takes 90 percent of its agriculture and drinking water from the nile just 20 kilometers from the sudanese border if the opiah has been building 145 meter height grand ethiopian renaissance dam to provide hydroelectric power to rural areas and boost the economy egypt fears ethiopia's dam could pose an existential threat this week foreign ministers from egypt if you and sadat a meeting in washington to reach a deal water use during the years it will take to fill the dam and into the future once ethiopia's hydroelectric plant is commissioned let's go over to reporter maria get nicholas who she's following the story for us how justified are egypt's concerns in this dispute. well you jim's concerns of course are many about it's access to fresh water as you said the elder presents about 90 percent of egypt's press fresh water resources and mainly

it addressed the issue of ,egislation in the two areas south and the blue nile.bout wealth and power to shoot vision as well as security arrangements. we will lead our country forward. reporter: the group started fighting the sudanese government in 2011, after accusing it of marginalization and impeding democracy. a riven of the southern group, whos made of sudanese supported the movement and stayed behind following the independence in 2011, mostly in south court is an and blue nile states. they had to decide if they wanted to be a part of sudan or join south sudan. it is put into two, with the other led by a man who has yet to start negotiating with the government. the war has displaced many, 400,000. 20 rounds of talks, between the group and the government overthrown in april last year, failed to produce results. >> by signing this deal, it confirms our resignation to establish an era free of marginalization and violence. under the previous regime, people generally and areas of conflict in particular have paid the price as a result of injustice and lack of poli

l s p l m n that's a rebel group the forms part of a larger peace plan for blue nile and south kordofan regions where the sudanese people's liberation movements been fighting the government ever since 2011 that's when south sudan gained its independence from sudan talks between the rebels and the transitional government started last november almost 400000 people have been displaced by the conflict sort of our correspondent morgan nash is in the sudanese capital khartoum and him give us more about the deal. well martin the deal has been signed by sudan's transitional government and the rebel movement sudan's people liberation movement north led by america let's remember that there are 2 factions of the s.p.l. and north and the one that signed with the sudanese government today is the one that is being led by america and who has forces in blue nile but there are still a lot of other armed groups armed rebel groups that the government is currently negotiating with what we do know is that the 2 sides have agreed to humanitarian access to areas that are under control of north under american

sudan's government has signed a peace agreement with a rebel group as part of a larger peace plan for blue nile and south kordofan regions all right job to date for now those are the latest headlines coming up next here it out is there it's inside story. china is stepping up efforts to contain a new corona virus outbreak but people abroad have already been affected so are these efforts enough or is the world witnessing the start of a global epidemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. china's reporting people of coronavirus outside the epicenter of the outbreak have now died this is health authorities fear around the world the infection rate could increase during what's usually china's busiest travel period of the year hundreds of millions of chinese are preparing to celebrate the lunar new year although beijing has canceled all 'd public celebrations and as the death toll rises more countries are taking their own precautions scott hi there has more from beijing. rushing to catch the last trains before the lunar new year many of these passengers at the beijing west railway s

to step in and help resolve a dispute with egypt over a contentious dam on the blue nile negotiations ended last week without agreement egypt depends on the model for 90 percent of its water and worries the grand renaissance dam being built by ethiopia will threaten supplies if he'll be a believe south africa's leader may be able to mediate because is taken over as chair of the african union. the nile river is important to both countries and there must be a way in which their interests can be addressed and there must be a way in which a solution can be found as for ourselves we are willing to play a role in facilitating or whatever. agreement that can be crafted and we would remain supportive to finding peaceful solutions german company seaman says it will honor a deal to provide infrastructure for a coal mine in australia that's despite growing pressure from environmental groups which link carbon emissions to the bushfires devastating launch costs of the country every protest in australia and other countries since the firm signed the deal in december as siemens bosses there's no lega

asked soph africa to step in and help resolve the dispute with egypt over a contentious dam on the blue nile. ended last week without agreement egypt's depends on the line for 90 percent of its water and worries that the grand renaissance dom being built by ethiopia well threatened surprise ethiopia when the south africa's leader may be able to mediate because he is taking over as chairman of the african union. malta's new prime minister says he'll strengthen the rule of law after the scandal surrounding the murder of journalist daphne cohen a guy lead c.-a robert a below will be sworn in on monday after being elected leader of the governing labor audie he replaces joseph muscat who stepped down after being accused of protecting powerful friends implicated in the $27.00 killing police in colombia say therefore and of prague to assassinate the former leader of the nod to mob. rebels police say they killed 2 men who planned to kill rodrigo and don't know better known as to go he now heads a political party formed when fox reach a peace deal with the government in 2016 after more than 50 years

minister has south africa to step in to help resolve a dispute with egypt over a new dam on the blue nile because ations ended last week without a deal of the ground in a sense that egypt depends on the river for 90 percent of its water supply it's hoped the south african president will be able to find a peaceful solution in his role as incoming chair of the african union in the eastern mediterranean there's a scramble for natural resources cyprus wants to become a regional gas player but the island's divided state this is complicating things if it's to drill for newly discovered reserves have angered the self declared republic of northern cyprus and is back in turkey is increasingly asserting itself in the region or a challenge says this. on the south coast of cyprus an oil terminal waits expectantly out in the eastern mediterranean there's gas early last year exxon mobil found big reserves in cypriot waters if they're pumped the t.t. ies energy hub here could get a big gas boost cyprus certainly will at least part of it but not the self declared republic of northern cyprus recognised on

dan's government has signed a peace agreement with a rebel group as part of a larger peace plan for blue nile and south kordofan regions all right jump to date for now those are the latest headlines coming up next here it out is there it's inside story. china is stepping up efforts to contain a new corona virus outbreak but people abroad have already been affected so are these efforts enough or is the world witnessing the start of a global epidemic this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. trying is reporting people with corona virus outside the epicenter of the outbreak have now died this is health authorities fear around the world the infection rate could increase during what's usually china's busiest travel period of the year hundreds of millions of chinese are preparing to celebrate the lunar new year although beijing has canceled all 'd public celebrations and as the death toll rises more countries are taking their own precautions scott hi there has me.

minister has asked south africa to step in to help resolve the dispute with egypt over a new on the blue nilebecause asians ended last week without a deal you git pens on the river for 90 percent of its water supply. stay with headlines here and al-jazeera got more news coming up right after al-jazeera well. thank you but that's you. back home life continues despite there being no chance of getting a job families still value education i see the youngest generation now filled with potential in brilliance. to have. a lot of education think they got it again i'm sure nothing was. i do. think. it is 6 am and the time that little john. great granddaughter has to wait if she's to try and reach to school on time. i walk with her as she makes her way through the camp to the place where the bus will because. this is education for the children of the come this is what school means. i feel like we're standing in a war zone. as we wait for the bus that no one seems to know how long it will be before it comes to our. there is no shelter a bus stop or seat for the children to sit on if their legs are tired

government since 2011 when south sudan gained independence the group has been demanding self rule in the blue nile and south kordofan region ordering south sudan. these are the headlines that stay with us latin america a giant in turmoil is coming up next that i'm going to have more news for you at half an hour i hope you'll join me then. a clap of thunder and latin america. extreme right wing politics are back in brazil the less golden years are fading fast from the caribbean to. defeat has followed defeat almost everywhere the right is gaining ground in argentina the conservatives won the 2015 elections chile has changed direction. of venezuela is caught in a period of uncertainty and protests have set light to nicaragua. and bolivia able morale as was ousted in what many are calling a. hard time for the last. 5. after years of glorious gemini the lot an american left to suffer on president setbacks. showing yourself to be in that camp can prove to be suicide. only too well having run for the presidency on 3 occasions and losing every time. a personal failure. or the collective defeat of an enti

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signed a peace deal with the s p l m n the rebel group the phones part of a larger peace deal for blue nile and south kordofan regions this is in these people's liberation movements been fighting the government ever since 2011 and that was just before south sudan gained independence from sudan tolls between the rebels in the transitional government began last november almost 400000 people have been displaced by the conflict. the pentagon has given update on service members injured in iranian missile strikes on a base in iraq earlier this month and says $34.00 u.s. personnel have now been diagnosed with concussion or traumatic brain injuries initially the u.s. said there were no casualties it's not clear yet how severe those injuries are. still to come here and they are jazeera news out in sport the world rally champion gets off to a bad start with his new team for the team to. join africa's largest trade and investment in the wonder i.e.t.f. gives you access to more than 1100 exhibitors and 10000 visitors and baez and more than 5000 conference delegates from more than 55 countries participa

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