that's the cameroon minister of communication. thanks very much. >> greece and germany's finance ministers agreed to disagree after their first meeting with the greek bailout. in berlin to face one of the greece's toughest critics. wednesday, visiting the european central bank to try to gain support for his government's anti austerity view. the e.u. will no longer allow greece to use the national debt for loans. >> the meeting did not go well, saying we didn't even agree to disagree. he said we didn't discuss greece said death. he stated the well known german line that it is important, he said that agreements are adhered to. we the german government have gone as far as we're able to go in negotiations. he is referring of course to the agreements that have been signed by previous governments not austerity measures that were under discussion in september when the previous government fell. however, this was not an unforeseen outcome. the meeting did not start under terribly auspicious signs with the german government wednesday night

needs to understand that this problem cannot be handled by cameroon or the five countries niger, cameroon and nigeria. we need logistics. we need intelligence. we need equipment which will enable us to face this ferocious terrorist group to help us work out a problem a plan that we will put at the disposal of the trick ken union the security council in order to give us an official mandate and other countries to help us so we can curb, we can rad date boko haram. >> a team drop the international criminal court is in nigeria ahead of the presidential elections next week. they are urging all parties to refrain from violence before, during and after the vote. >> no one should be incited to commit violence, elections should be held under peaceful circumstances, and a warning that anyone who incites violence anyone who commits crimes the prosecutor is watching and the office of the prosecutor will not hesitate to take action against anyone who incites violence in nigeria. >> sending text messages or using the mobile internet is impossible in democratic republic of congo. the government pulled t

most of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon. for the chaddian troops everyone left in gamboro is a suspect. these men are suspected of belonging to boko haram they are finally released but only after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. chaddian army lost 17 of its fighters while fighting against boko haram. the town said they didn't mind control of boko haram. >> only thing boko haram asked us to do was to teach our children the koran when when we told them we had the koran they left us alone. >> they put together 8700 soldiers to fight boko haram. caused the delay of nigeria's elections by six weeks. the chaddian troops are part of an original effort against radical group and think town or village taken from its fighters was taking the realities of the postponed election a little closer. mohammad adow, al jazeera nigeria. >>> group's leaders said the areas of chad, niger and cameroon will not be able to stop him. the third video released in as many days. ambassador robin sanders good to see you. t

troops from chad and cameroon are stepping up their offensive against boko haram. ♪ the story of theian child refugee who has become a musical prodigy in the united states. ♪ now, the u.n. international court of justice is right now ruling on genocide charges that were brought by both serbia and croatia, charges against each other and relate to the conflict that began after croatia broke away from yugoslavia in the 90s and this is the international criminal court and so far said serb forces committed widespread crimes in croatia but they did not amount to genocide and that is when croatia liberated to controlled parts of the east and let's talk to jeffrey, the chief prosecutor in the serbia president and is live now from london and thank you for talking to us. so they have both been cleared of charges of genocide but that doesn't mean that atrocities were not committed. >> no not at all. genocide is a very particular crime which requires a very particular intent the intent to destroy a part of another group simply because of the nature of that group or because of the ethnicity of tha

a united front african leaders meet in cameroon to device a plan to fight boko haram. >>> fragile easte the u.s. urges pro-russia separatist in eastern ukraine to stop their attacks. >>> and 10s of thousands of pima tends a memorial ceremony for the victims of the denmark shootings. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> egyptian jets have carried out air strikes targeting fighters link today the islamic state of iraq and the levant in response to a video lease odd line showing members of the group decapitating 21 egyptian hostages. the strikes come at a time of political crisis in libya the security situation there is already fragile. with warring armed factions and two rival governments. isil's ideology appears to be spreading outside of the base in iraq and syria. we'll be looking at why more and more groups are pledging allegiance to it. meanwhile, egypt is getting more military hardware from france in a multi billion dollars deal buying 24 fighters jets. we'll be covering all of those angles as we continue with this bulletin. but first let's look ate egypt military campaign, katlyn mcgee reports. >> reporter:

reports coming in of fighters killed on the boarder with chad and cameroon. they say it is evidence that the military is able to expel what they call terrorists from nigeria. much has been made of the fact that you have foreign forces fighting boko haram in syria. they say this is not knew it's a multi national force composed of thousands of soldiers and organised by a bilateral agreement. they also have an interest in security on the boarder. boko haram launched attacks in the neighbouring countries like chad and cameroon where we see supporters coming in. when you talk to non-governmental organizations and merge vi management organizations dealing with the fall out there is concern about the impact this has on civilians. there is concern about the impact of this on the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of displaced people. it's difficult to know whether the authorities are prosecuting the war against terrorism, and the real human impact of all of this. >>> the army amounts a defensive against a group associated with a rwandan genocide. the fighters h

troops from cameroon and chad are stepping up offenses against boko haram. child refugee who has become a music prodigy in the u.s. ♪ hello, iraqi government and powerful shia malitia declaring victory over isil in the province, the fight has been led by the group held a victory rally on monday and now says it is ready to move north into isil strongholds. and we were at the rally and joins me now from baghdad to tell us more and jane it appears this was not the iraqi government celebrating, what was the significance of this celebration? >> reporter: well that is part of the interesting thing. this obviously is supposed to be iraqi show and had to rely on unexpected partners. this one, a key one is one of the man shia malitia and like to be called part of the mobilezation forces and a quarter of iraqis who answered a call by a leading religious figure and this one in particular the batter core is headed by hadi a former transport minister and now basically almost a shadow interior minister. he holds considerable power and the malitia itself has led the fighti

cameroon and chad have recentry taken on boko haram. we have reports on the fight for control of strategic town of gamboru. >> this is the town of gamboru a town on the board ever cameroon. it is now under the control of chadian troops. they patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decided to come back j we've combed the whole area. nobody is here now. probably some of their your ready hiding in some houses, likely remote abandoned houses. >> for nine months boko haram controlled gamboru big parts remain deserted. many of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon. others escaped to safer parts of northern nigeria. for the chadian troops everyone left is a suspect. these men are suspected of belonging to boko haram. they're finally released but only after convincing the forces that they're not affiliated with the group. the battle for gamboru has not been an he is one for the chadian army. it lost 17 of its soldiers during fighting of boko haram. yet, residents say they didn't mind boko haram's rule of t

in a statement the network said: >> nigeria is getting more help from its neighbors chad and cameroon to fight boko haram. al jazeera has more from the capitol of chad. >> chadian forces are stepping up their offensive against boko haram targets inside nigeria using helicopters and jet bombers, they have been targeting towns and villages inside nigeria under the control of boko haram. the last few days, their target has been a town not far from the border nigeria shares with cameroon. they have been targets positions off the boko haram fighters from the ground and other town. inside cameroon, chadian ground forces of carrying out strikes against positions of the boko haram fighters. there's been no independent verification of a death toll, however the chadian forces claiming to have killed more than 100 boko haram fighters in the bombings they have been carrying out on the positions held by boko haram. the offensive by the chad forces are coming at a time boko haram has been growing in strength and has been holding towns and villages from where they have been carrying out cross border

borders on monday and suspected members of the group kidnapped 20 people from a bath in northern cameroonling from the town of kosa to mora close to nigerian border and 12 of the hostages were killed and explosion ripped through a local market in difa and the third attack here in four days and mohamed has more now on the fight for control of the nigerian town of gambaru. >> reporter: this is the town of gambaru on the border with cameroon and until recently a stronghold for boko haram fighters, it's now under the control of chadian troops and they patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> translator: they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area no one is here now and probably some of the j injured are hiding in remote abandon houses. >> reporter: for nine months boko haram controlled it imposing a strict law for people living in the town and parts remained deserted and people were forced to leave to neighboring chad and cameroon and others escaped to northern parts of nigeria. for the chadian troops everyone was a suspect and these men susp

. >>> boko haram fighters have warned niger chad ask cameroon that there will be more attacks and theountries have sent troops to fight the nine nigerian group. >> reporter: they say that they have united in order to will eliminate an expanding threat. leaders in central africa are in the cameroon capital to finalize an offensive against boko haram. >> this session is historic because we most use to to respond to the barbaric actions of the terrorist group boko haram. they have the military ask hugh tan resources of a conventional army making the fight more complexion and costly in cameroon and chad. >> reporter: the community has agreed to spend $86 million to fight the group and cameron cameroon and chad have committed 9,000 soldiers to be sent to nigeria this is why they are mobilizing. these pictures from friday show the first raid on chad soil. five people killed in the village in the south of the country. and in niger thousands of people have left their home to his escape fighting between the army and boko haram. so just as regional countries step up their campaign against it th

. >> nigeria-based boko haram as warned nyjer chad and cameroon there been more attacks.y say they will carry out bombings in the countries sending troops to fight them of the threat thr*et comes at ring that would leaders meet to device a plan to battle boko haram. >> reporter: they say they have united in order to eliminate an expanding threat. leaders in central africa are in the cameroon capital to finalize an offensive against bicycle haram. >> translator: this session is historic because we moved use it to respond to the barbaric actions of the terrorist group boca huh a. this group has the military and human resources of a conventional army but uses methods making it more costly for cameroon and chad. >> reporter: the economic community of central african states has agreed to spends $86 million to fight the group. and cameroon and chads are among countries that have committed 9,000 soldiers to be sent to nigeria, this is why they are mobilizing. these picked picked from friday show the first raid on chad soil. five people killed in this village in the south of the

we look at what's been done in cameroon. [ sirens ] >> thousands of people took part in this rally to voice their opposition to boko haram. but this is not nigeria where the armed group is based. it's in the capitol of cameroon where boko haram has launched attacks in the north. >> in the extreme north we have 70 closed schools 150,000 of our own displaced people. 200,000 nigerian refugees, and 55,000 children who need to go to school. cameroonians have mobilized because the danger is never so far. >> the march was intended to educate other cameroonians about the threat that boko haram has become. people showed solidarity for their fellow citizens and support for their army. it has been drawn into what has become a regional conflict against the armed group. >> the cameroonian army will go against boko haram. >> with violence, destruction and refugees spilling over into their countries cameroon, niger and chad had no choice but to join nigeria's fight against boko haram. chad deployed soldiers to the lake chad area. >> they will we come together and shout in one voice. >> but after six

that has prompted chad niger, and cameroon to send troops into nigeria.oko haram has promised to fight any nations that join the fight against them. our correspondent has more on the latest attack. >> reporter: the details of this fresh attack come from an unnamed security official. and suspected members of the boko haram group stormed this village in the very early hours of friday morning. according to the security official there were at least 30 suspected boko haram fighters. however, there is some discrepancy if you would like about how many people may have been killed. what does this mean for the broader fight against boko haram? when you talk to those who are supporting the military offensive, the various military offensives going on against the group by countries like nigeria, chad and cameroon they say this is an ongoing battle. no army has said they are able to defeat boko haram. but when you talk to critics of the authorities, they say this news of this latest attack is just more evidence of the ineffectiveness of the armed forces who are battlin

the next day the attack cameroon troops killed at least three soldiers and a number of civilians. this has drown in nigeria's neighbors and african union into the conflict, discuss ago united strategy at a meeting in cameroon. officials are trying to put together a new multi-national joint task force. >> we are going to elaborate a plan that will ensure logistical supports and goals we want to achieve. it will be the management of this operation that will determine the right deployment of forces on the ground and this will be submitted by the african union to the u.n. security council. >> the united nations security council condemned the spike in violence and welcomed the new force. the council remains concern that boko haram is undermining the peace and stat of the central western african reasonable that. as consultations go on, so do the attacks. al jazeera. >> equatorial guinea has been find $100,000 after its supporters rioted during their final defeat. the home supporters attacked ghana fans after they went ahead, injuring 36 people. they will be allowed into saturday's third

it's in the capitol of neighboring cameroon where boko haram has launched attacks in the north. >> in the extreme north we have 70 closed schools 150,000 displaced people. 200,000 nigerian refugees, and 55,000 children who do not go to school. they mobilize because the danger is never too far. >> the march was intended to educate other cameroonians of the threat that boko haram will become. it has been drawn into what has become a regional conflict against the armed group. >> the cameroonian army will go up against boko haram. >> with violence, destruction and refugees spilling over into their countries cameroon, niger and chad had no choice but to join nigeria's fight against boko haram. earlier this month the neighboring countries deployed a force of 8700 soldiers to the lake chad area. the tone of saturday's march was one of resolve and unity. >> we've seen them come together together. >> but after six years an estimated 13,000 people killed, boko haram has proved it's a foe that won't be easily defeated. al jazeera. >> u.s. president barack obama has signed a bill that gives the d

suspected members of the group kidnapped 20 people in northern cameroon between kozo on the nigerian12 of those taken were killed. next door explosion in a local market in the town and a third attack in four days. our correspondent mohamed adow reporting on the fight of the control of the strategically important nigeria town. >> reporter: this is a town on the nigerian border with cameroon until recently a stronghold for boko haram fighters. it's not under the control of chadian troops and patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> translator: they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area and no one is here now probably some of the injured are hiding in some houses particularly remote abandon houses. >> reporter: for nine months boko haram controlled camp -- cameroon with law on the town and big parts remain deserted and most of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon and others escape to northern nigeria and further chadian troops other left and these men are suspected of belonging to boko haram. they are final

this group has also launched an offensive in cameroon just this week. the military there as well as in chad have pledged to help fight the threat. leon? >> alison latest claims by isis are meeting with heavy skepticism here in the u.s. and now the white house is setting a new strategy to deal with the terror group.

the last few days, their target has been a town not far from the border nigeria shares with cameroon. they have been targets position offle boko haram fighters and from the ground and other town inside cameroon, chadian ground forces have also been cutting out strikes against positions of the boko haram fighters. there's been no independent verification of a death toll, however the chadian forces are claiming to have killed more than 100 boko haram fighters in the bombings they have been carrying out on the positions held by boko haram. the offensive by the chadian forces is coming at a time when boko haram has been growing in strength and has been holding at towns and villages from where they have been cutting cut--carrying out cross border raised. joanne agency accused of raising rates on investments this is a huge settlement. what more can you tell us? >> almost $1.4 billion, and it's a little different. weaver seen the banks at the center of that global financial cries. they've paid huge settlements in the past, but this is differently, because standard and poors or s&p is a credi

town that borders on cameroon. it is now under the control of chadian groups. they patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters want to come back. >> they're outside of the town. we've combed the whole area. no one is here now maybe in abandoned houses. >> for nine months boko haram controlled gamboru. big parts remain deserted. most of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad or cameroon. for the chadian troops everyone left in gamboru is a suspect. they're finally released only after convincing the forces they're associated with the group. they lost 17 of their soldiers fighting with boko haram although some say they didn't mind boko haram in their town. >> the only thing that the boko haram have told us to do is to teach our children the qur'an. we told them that we have a qur'an. they left us alone. >> it has cost the delay of nigerian election by six weeks. it is part of an regional effort against a radical group. al jazeera. niger gentleman. >> the armed group al-shabab has shot killed a mem

most people left for neighboring chad and cameroon. the chadian troops, everyone left is a suspect. this man suspected of belonging to boko haram. they are finally released after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. the battle has not been an easy one for the chadian army. it lost 17 of its soldiers during fight, boko haram. some of of the residents say they didn't mind boko haram's rule over their town. >> we used to go and come back from our forms without problems. they asked us to teach our children the koran. when we told them we prayed and have the koran they left us alone. >> there are eight thus 500 fighter to say fight boko haram. elections in nigeria are delayed six weeks. there is a regional effort against the radical group and any town or village taken from its fighters will bring the reality of holding those postponed elections a little closer. >> the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog said contaminated water leaking from japan's nuclear plant is still a challenging issue. the international atomic energy

a rainforest in cameroon in 1908. a hunter in the region was infected by a chimp he had killed and butchered. his book, the chimp and the river, how the aids epidemic really began, david, welcome. >> good to be with you. kennedy: so when did -- what is the traditional thinking about when aids started and how were you able to push it back to 1908? >> yes, well, you mentioned this whole story that still lives in people's minds that it began in the early 1980s and homosexual communities in los angeles, san francisco and new york, this canadian airline steward was supposedly important patient zero, but work in the last eight or nine years by small number of biologists has traced it to its real origins and the story is much different from what we think we know. as you said, it goes back to the southeastern corner of cameroon in central africa in the very early part of the 20th century. 1908, give or take a margin of error, it's an informed estimate based on the new work. kennedy: where a hunter was infected with the chimp'

be last week chad sent hundreds of troops into cameroon which they're using as a base to launch attacks against the group. the african union has launched an tack against boko haram. >>> robert mogabe took over the rotating post on friday and says it's not his business what the west says or does. the 90-year-old is subject to travel bans by the u.s. and the european union. >>> bahrain, the opposition says the government is punishing activists who took part in antigovernment protests. demonstrations for democratic reform have been taking place in bahrain for almost four years. the government say most of the people on the list are now are abroad and can appeal the decision. >>> there's a growing campaign to save two australians convicted of drug trafficking in indonesia from execution. the government is facing what it calls a drugs emergency. step vaessen reports. >> drug rehabilitation centers with a huge drug program 18,000 die every year because of drug abuse..abuse. >> translator: all my friends who are using with me have died. i have no more friend left. i want to die i hate myself so

fighter jets from chad, cameroon and nigeria are already targeting boko haram. let's get more on the coup in yemen. let's go live to washington d.c. >> >> the u.s. government is not pleased with the way that the political situation in yemen is working out. they have been steadfastly calling for a political resolution that includes the houthis at the table not anyone acting unilaterally. this is the sedate democratic's deputy spokesperson. >> we are closely monitoring developments. we ever clear that any political solution must be based on the broad consensus of all yemeni stake holders adhere to the national dialogue outcomes. the unilateral declaration i should today by the houthis does not meet the standard of a consensus r. senses based solution to yemen's political crisis. there is as process under which you change the government through the constitution. that obviously was not followed today. >> this of course raises the big question, how are the u.s. and yemen cooperating today on yemen counter terrorism initiatives something the president of the houthi ha

in a town between nigeria and cameroon. it's retaken five towns in the region held by the armed group. it was a joint defensive with local vigilantes helping troops. lijian soldiers repelled an attack from the north-east of maiduguri. boko haram launched attacks from nigeria to cameroon and chad. >> boko haram fighters are thought to control half of borneo state in the north-east of nigeria. fighting continues in eastern ukraine. pro-russian separates captured the town. they announced a plan to boost. dozens had been killed over the weekend. two days ago talks on a new ceasefire collapsed in minsk. >> we will mobilize up to 100,000 in the army. because of the situation on the france people who are able to carry weapons. after today's event it has become urgent. it will be a generalisation. >> charles stratford is in the eastern ukranian city and has more on what is happening. >> flanked by the two leaders of separatist republic. ukraine blamed for a failure in the new initiative. trying to restart peace talks. two men that

forces in nigeria cameroon, and chad. genie: it acts in the name of islam, as does islamic state.lo: we talk about these groups and we say they want to impose sharia law. that they are acting in the name of islam and following the koran. what does the koran say? looking at this, it wonders what is in the koran. it is a special issue and l'obs reads the kloran. it's the central religious texts for islam. it comes from the word of god. it interviews and islam specialist and a historian. she takes a look at what fundamentalist islamists are doing when they interpret the koran. at least those who have read the koran. she says most of them have never read the koran. they have a tendency to misquote and take it out of context. they can say pretty much whatever they want. she says everything is possible when you want to commit the name of -- when you want to commit violence in the name of rex

chad sent troops to neighboring cameroon to help dispel the group there. first time there has been attack on their own soil. we know again speaking to sources on the ground by news agencies that several people were killed. there is a bit of discrepancy about the exact numbers and you can imagine it's an incredibly remote area and unnamed security sources are saying that chadian forces were eventually able to push back fighters but as you can imagine there is a lot of fear and concern that this could be the first of such attacks to come. remember the authorities here in nigeria, military authorities and the region are doing their best to try and combat the group but now again we see these sorts of attacks happening and raises the question of just how effective the military strategy is and will worry military authorities in the region there is no question. >> thanks evon. in nigeria the deadline for people to collect photo i.d. cards is extended to march the 8th postponement of presidential elections due to take place on saturday. as harry reports from abuja

this comes as six central african heads of state met in cameroon for security talks.attacks have hit inside cameroon niger and chad and the countries aren't deploying troops in the collaborative force. >>> to denmark where memorials for the victims of the shooting are to be held. nick spicer has more from copen haigen. >> i'm standing in front of the cafe and cultural center where the coming hours of the ceremony of remembrance will take place. flags are flying at half mass across denmark today. the prime minister provided some details about the alleged killer saying he was probably a lone wolf and that he had a background in gangs and had a violent past. the danish media is identifying him as omar an dual al hussein a 22-year-old born and raised in denmark. he's said to have done some time in jail after knifing a man on a commuter train. he came out of jail two weeks ago. the police have arrested and now have kept in jail for questioning for a period of ten days two men they say have assisted the suspect by shelter sheltering him between the two attacks. the second h

they crossed the border into cameroon and killed about 70 people in a rampage. troops from five countries including nigeria, chad and cameroon are taking part. >>> people in jordan have reacted with anger and sorrow over the killing of a pilot by islamic state militants. some have gone into mourning while others are calling for revenge. about 200 people offered prayers at a ceremony in the capital. they read out versus from the koran. they confirmed the death of the lieutenant after islamic state posted video online showing him being burned alive. >> what happened to the hostages and the jordan january pilot totally unacceptable. >> the pilot's father said that the militants are criminals who must be eliminated. >> translator: moaz was not only by son, he was a son of all jordanians. we're all grieving from the bottom of our hearts. i want the government to come down heavy on the militants and defeat them. >> king abdullah cut short his trip to the u.s. and flew home. crowds of people gathered near the airport to greet him. they expressed support for the governm

forces from cameroon chafd chad and african union where boko haram fighters may be hiding and living.people who split in the northeast will feel comfortable enough to go back to these areas and vote in the presidential election which is scheduled for the beginning of march. some people are skeptic challenge, they said they've heard this kind of talk from their government so many times before. the government in the past has said in a few months, few years they may be able to defeat boko haram, but that hasn't happened. a lot more different now countries coming in to help nigeria maibs with maybe with that force and that help they may be able to help. >> fighters will defeat regional armed forces sent to crush the group he vows. it follows an incurs into boko haram in cameroon last week when they set fire to homes and killed dozens of people. a town right on the border, fighters came from a nigerian town close by. gambaru is a five minute walk away connected by a bridge. chaddian officials say they killed boko haram fighters. mohammad adow now reports on the fight for the strategic town

remember they have launched attacks in the neighbouring countries, like chad and cameroon. however, if you talk to non-governmental organizations, emergency management those dealing with the fall out from what has been going on in the areas, there's concern, worry that the exact of this is having on civilians. there's concern and worry about the impact of this on tens of thousands of displaced persons. it's difficult to know what the authorities are prosecuting the war against terrorism, and the impact of all of this. >> and in this hugely volatile area nigeria is considering - is supposed to be holding a presidential election on 5 february, and, indeed elections on of 20th of february. is that still going ahead. because, of course there are doubts over the number of people dispossessed if you like, by that turmoil in the north-east. but that they can't take part in the election. >> that's right. according to the electoral commission in the capital, it will be held in those three dates, borno and adamowa. they are conscious of the security situation. they've been promised a

they will join nearly 9,000 strong force from nigeria, chad and cameroon.o haram released a video in response to the announcement of the force. they vowed to defeat the coalition. boko haram launched attacks along the nigerian borders. suspected members kidnapped 20 people. it was travelling from the town of cosa to near the nigerian border. security sources say 12 of the hostages were killed. an explosion ripped through a local martin it's the third attack in niger in four days. mohammed adow reports on the fight for control in the town of gamboral. >> this is a town of gamboral on the nigerian border. it's now under the control of chadian troops. they patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> they are now outside the town. no one is here now. probably some of the injured will be in remote abandoned houses. >> for nine months they controlled the area. imposing a strict form of islamic law. big parts are deserted. most of the people were forced to leave for neighbouring chad and cameroon. others escaped to other parts. for t

most of the people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon. others escaped to safer parts of northern nigeria. everyone left in gamboro is a suspect. they are finally released but only after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. the battle for gamboro has not been an easy one for the chaddian army. it lost 17 of its soldiers during fighting with boarm. yetboko haram. yet some say they didn't mind boko haram's ruling of the town. >> the only thing boko haram asked us to do away tell us to teach them the koran. >> a regional force of 8700 soldiers to fight boko haram. that threat posed by boko haram is causing the delay of nigerian elections for six weeks any town and village taken from its fighters will bring the reality of holding those postponed elections a little closer. mohammad adow, al jazeera acknowledge lagos. >> abdul lahi was killed near the somalian capital. >>> security remained tight across the capital as lawmakers vote whether or not to retain the old cabinet. 40 ministers, 22 voteagainst. in yemen pol

cameroon is taking actions. the company launching air strikes. hundreds of thousands of argentines marched through buenos aires demanding answers for the death of prosecutor alberto nisman. the defiance came a month after alberto nisman's body was found in his apartment. al jazeera lucia newman is in buenos aires tonight. >> reporter: not even relentless rain kept tens of thousands of argentines marking a month since the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nisman. many colleagues fellow prosecutors, led the march. angry that the government refused to honour alberto nisman. the sign says god may forgive them but not the nation. for once argentina wants to know the truth. there's too much political interference in the justice system. on the other hand it's suspicious that a prosecutor who precisely was investigating the president ends up dead and no one knows what happened. president cristina fernandez de kirchner has ridiculed suggestions that she may have played a part in the from's untimely death. >> this is where alberto nisman's office used

. >> this is the town on the nigeria border with cameroon.il recently, it was a stronghold for boko haram fighters. it's now under the control of chadian troops. they patrol around the town in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> they are now outside the town. we have combed the whole area. no one is here now. probably some of their injured are hiding in some houses, particularly remote, abandoned houses. >> for nine months, boko haram controlled the area, imposing strict islamic law on people living in the town. big part of the town remained deserted. most people were forced to leave for neighboring chad and cameroon. others escaped to northern nigeria. thought chad troops, everyone left is a suspect. these men are suspected of belonging to boko haram. they are released after convincing the forces that they are newt affiliated with the group. the battle for the town has not been easy for chadian army. it lost 17 soldiers during its fighting with boko haram. some residents didn't mind boko haram's rule over their town. >> we used

. >>> it follows an incurs by boko haram into cameroon killing dozens of people in the town of fotokalfive minute walk across the bridge on the right. chaddian soldiers have advanced and killed boko haram fighters. joined nigeria in that fight against boko haram. mohammad adow has more on the battle. >> this is the town of gamboro on the nigerian border with cameroon. they patrol around in case boko haram fighters decide to come back. >> translator: we are now outside the town, we have combed the area. no one is here now. probably some of the injured are hiding in houses, particularly abandoned houses. >> reporter: for nine months, boko haram controlled gamboro imposing a strict form ever of control over the people in the town. these men are suspected of belonging to boko haram. they're finally released but only after convincing the forces that they are not affiliated with the group. the battle for gamboro has not been an easy one for the chaddian army. it lost 17 of its soldiers during fighting with boko haram. yet some of gamboro's soldiers say they don't mind boko haram in the town.

boko haram has launched cross-border attacks from nigeria to cameroon and chad. they share a long porous border. fighters are thought to control half of borneo state in the north of nigeria. there was a growing refugee. more than 14,000 crossed lake chad in early january from the north-east town of baga. there has been more attack in north-east nigeria ahead of the february 14th elections there. on monday one person was killed and 18 injured in a car bomb attack on a campaign rally held by nigeria's president, jonathan goodluck. >> nigeria's main opposition leader says he'll make the country a safer place if he is elected. he was addressing supporters at a rally. >> translation: our main job is to improve security that is a priority because people need to be free to go where they want to go and day or night to make a living. >> human trials have begun in liberia. one of the most affected west african countries of ebola. 30,000 chose to take part. the ebola epidemic killed 5,000 in the west african region. parties in sudan called nationwide boycotts of upcoming pr

chad and cameroon have sent force to say fight the group. we have more on how the offensive could affect the upcoming general election. >> the nigerian military confirmed that chad and cameroon soldiers are fighting boko haram in parts of northeast nigeria. they say this is part of an ongoing multi-national strategy to fight the group in the region. they say much is being made of the fact that there are force here's but say this is not a story and that there's no limit to the number of foreign force that is can fight the group. the fact that these forces are present is more evidence that they are winning what they call the war against terrorism and against boko haram in the country. now in a separate development there are concerns about what impact the insecurity in the region and the fighting in the region might have on the upcoming presidential election on the 14th of february. the electoral out short here said the election will hold in these places, it will go ahead despite their concerns about security they've been promised additional se

the last few days, their target has been the town not far from the border nigeria shares with cameroon. they have been targeting positions of the boko haram fighters and from the town, chad forces have been carrying out strikes. there is not independent verification of a death toll, however the forces of chad are claiming to have killed more than 100 boko haram fighters in the bombings that they have been carrying out on the positions held by boko haram. the offensive by the chadian forces are coming at a time boko haram has been growing in strength and has been holding towns and villages from where they have been carrying out cross-border raised inside cameroon. >> there is as lot more to come on al jazeera news hour. >> it's right for me to be free, then it's right for all of them to be freed. >> inside first interview since freedom an egyptian jail, al jazeera journalist peter greste calls for the immediate release of his colleagues. >> where are all the tourists? we find out why kashmir is going through a bad patch. >> in sport the new england patriots superbowl victory parade has

now, chad, niger nigeria cameroon along with benin all pledged to create an international force to fight boko haram. we have more now. >> the details of this fresh attack come from an unnamed security official. what we know is that the group boko haram suspected members of the group stormed this village in the very early hours of friday morning. according to the security official there were at least 30 suspected boko haram fighters, however, there is some discrepancy if you like about how many people may have been killed. now, what does this mean for the broader fight against boko haram? >> well, when you talk to those who are supporting the military offensives, the various military too fast going on against the group by countries like nigeria chad and cameroon, they say this is an ongoing battle. no army has said that they're able to defeat boko haram. it's difficult to know where the group are, to know where the members are, to know how they're planning their attacks. when you talk to critics of the authorities, they say this news of this latest attack is just more evidence of the inef

last week, the group kidnapped at least 60 people in cameroon. the attack strengthened calls for african nations to work together to combat the group. those calls were echoed by ghanian president john mahama, who spoke to dw while visiting germany recently. >> i believe that the time has come for us to deal with it in a more comprehensive manner. and i believe a regional force would be the way to go. >> the nigerian military has invested few resoruces in serving the north of the country. while the capital abuja is well protected, troops in the north are poorly supplied. many end up defecting and joining boko haram. >> if the opposition candidate -- the army is a complete failure. it's corrupt and supplies boko haram with weapons. >> and some analysts say the only hope of defeating boko haram rests on a candidate standing in february's presidential election. a former military commander and a muslim, he recently declared war on bogota rom. -- boko haram. >> if the opposition candidate buhari loses the election, he's likely to launch an appeal, sinc

. >>> boko haram fighters have will wantedly killed more than 100 people in northern cameroon. armed group attacked the town that is on the border between the two countries. >>> meanwhile, a major regional offensive is underway to try to flush out boko haram armies from chad, cameroon and indeed nigeria are using ground troops and war plane to his hunt down the armed group. boko haram has stepped up violence affidavit february 14th election. >>> so with just over a week to go until that presidential ballot. political parties are in a final race to convince undecided voters but their campaigns are being somewhat overshadowed by tensions and sometimes violent divisions between the parties and the main lex to recall body is concerned that the country may not be ready for the election to go ahead. a report from the capital abuja. >> reporter: it's the peak of the election campaign season in nigeria. and politicians are in a desperate push for a vote. at rallies like these through the media and at public spaces, they are looking for support. but there have been acts of violence duri

he met with leaders from chad and cameroon both participating in a multi-national ground and air offensivegainst boko haram. >> is scheduled to begin next month hadi says he is technically the president. he left the capital friday after being held for weeks under house arrest by houthi fighters in a statement obtained by al jazeera, he called the houthi since september i will legitimate. mohammed vall has more from aden. he was expectedto as each envisioned on the local a den t.v. at the last minute that statement was obtained by al jazeera. it included quite a few points one of them is that every decision every appointment every change that took place since september 21st, when the houthis stormed sanaa should be annuled and considered void legally and he mentioned there that those sdekz, those appointments were taken by an illegal militia of the capitol of yemen. he sdmand the international community to come to -- continue to support the solutions political solutions after the downfall. those include the gulf initiative, the terms of the gulf initiative and the terms of the yemenin natio

armies from chad, cameroon and nigeria are using ground forces and war planes. boko haram which has been fighting since 2009 has stepped up violence ahead of nigeria's february 14 election. >> the cameroonian minister of communication said cameroon can't defeat boko haram alone. >> what the international community to do is to understand that this problem cannot be tackled by cameroon, we need intelligence we need equipment which will enable us to face this ferocious terrorist group to help us work out a plan that we will put at the disposal of the african union which will increase the security council in order to give us official mandate and other country to say help us so that we can address we can eradicate boko haram. >> the creator of the silk road website faces life in prison at his trial in new york. he was found guilty of drug and money laundering charges. he'll be sentenced for allowing users to buy drugs weapons and other goods. the site enabled more than a million drug deals worth at least $200 million. >> still to come on the news hour we'll see the p

cameroon's interior minister says more than 90 people were shot osh burned. in revenge chad, cameroon and nigeria have all been working hard to stop boko haram. randall pinkston has more. >> reporter: a pitched battle for control. chaddian forces launched an offense against boko haram in northern nigeria. the fight for a border town of gomburu. 200 boko haram fighters were reportedly killed and g omburu was secured. >> translator: they acquired weapons and were killing people. it is not godly what they were doing. >> but witnesses say boko haram fighters slit more than a dozen chaddian soldiers' those when they attacked the town of photokol. the town was eventually retain but at a high cost. regional fighting force to hunt down members of boko haram. >> if the international community does not demand, it will spread not only in the central africa and other regions. all over the country. >> reporter: the reaction force is sizable. 7500 soldiers from five african nations. france has sent military advisors and is also flying intelligence missions to track boko ha

on wednesday fighters killed dozens in cameroon. cameroon is where three days of cries talks are being held to finalize the african union plans to battle boko haram fighters. the u.n. are also attending the summit. last week,a.u. leaders agreed to send troops to fight the group. chad and nigeria are already targeting boko haram. >> a threat posed by boko haram and the global drop in the price of oil is create ago tough financial environment in nigeria. the economy is underpinned by oil exports and the price slump is putting pressure on nigeria's currency as we plain. >> she is shopping for toiletries in the capitol. the prices have nearly doubled because of the falling global price of oil. sellers buy goods in dollars from abroad. the local currency has lost nearly 10% of its value against the dollar, making the goods more expensive to import, so sellers have passed the increased costs on to customers. >> it's ridiculous. i came to the market today with an intent of spending 7,000, but ended up spending 9,000. when i was asking the

earlier in the week, the group attacked a town inside cameroon, leaving nearly 100 dead. the escalation in the violence is happening at regional leaders are meeting in cameroon to finalize plan for a coordinated military response against boko haram. military chiefs are attending the three day summit. leaders from the african union agreed to send 7,500 troops to fight the armed group. >> insecurity is not the only cries in nigeria. the global drop in oil prices is causing economic difficulty. the country's economy is underpinned by oil he can sports and the price slump is affecting the nigeria security. we explain from the capitol. >> she is shopping for toiletries in the niger we know i don't want roll. the prices have nearly doubled here because of the falling global price of oil. sellers buy their goods in dollars from abroad, but the local occurrence has lost 10% of its value against the dollar, making goods more expensive to import so sellers ever passed increased costs on to customers. >> it's ridiculous, because i came to the market today with the intent of spending