area and two people hostage the security forces killed two attackers and arrested three others catherine sawyer reports now from neighboring kenya. hours after the attack on a hotel in mogadishu volunteers and rescue workers still clearing the debris and pulling out. this siege is over and once again residents of this city. just two weeks after another tack the. close to four hundred people were killed and dozens are still missing out of how low you are two of the attackers were killed and three others were. battle between our security forces and the terrorists we don't yet know the official death toll the rescue is still ongoing but the fight is over. most of those killed were security forces this hotel is popular with government officials and members of parliament it's very close to the presidential palace and the president was supposed to hold a meeting here with somalia's five regional states and i'm going to. i was driving a truck to the front of the hotel i saw a car exploding at the gate of the hotel i don't know where two of my clients have gone i don't know if they're dead or alive i s

at least potentially six million people have boycotted this vote for media thanks very much catherine sawyer joins us live from kisumu in western kenya catherine one protester shot dead by the security forces what happened. i'm actually right outside the hospital where this protester was brought up we saw a lot of ambulances going to this area very close to this hospital where confrontations between police and protesters have been happening police were firing tear gas at a group of young men young men were with hallyu thing or using things to throw stones at police we heard gunshots earlier on so this young man he's nineteen years old he was brought here with a gunshot wound to the i he was bleeding profusely doctors say they couldn't stop that the several other people that had been brought to this hospital twelve people have been brought here with different. different injuries four of them others have gunshot wounds as well so the situation is very tricky roads. i have been blocked and we had a very hard time just trying to get around to some of this areas and the people that we talked to t

to vera of a member we'll leave it with you for me to cross over to your colleague in ours catherine sawyer's in the stronghold of kissimmee sporadic small flashpoints in the capital catherine the scene is very different where you are there it is still an opposition stronghold. absolutely let me just start by saying we've also had some incidents in some areas and protesters in some parts have been told already out on the streets saying that there's not they're not going to come out and vote and just coming back to. let me just paint a picture for you saw hill in august or in the last election this browns was full of people queues and queues of voters but today we've seen nobody polling materials have just arrived here but we've spoken to the returning officer that's the chief. electoral commission official here in kisumu central it's called and he said he's not been able to distribute voting materials to any of their one hundred and ninety nine palling stations in his area of of parisian he says another challenge she's facing is that his staff members are not coming to work they're supposed t

august opposition leader says that he won't take part nor recognize the result of the rerun catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. kenya is on sale or at least on a stage at a theater in the capital nairobi this is a rehearsal of a satirical play showcasing the country's political uncertainty over the repeats presidential election and what's at stake. just. the most sought after values peace democracy are respected regional economy things the director says are being put at risk in a double down to. the lessons. comes out. now and has to be affected by. out in the real world many people are equally concerned about what's going to happen after the election most kenyans even those in the rural areas are very much aware and engaged in the politics of the day many say they've lost confidence in the ability of the electoral commission free and fair election but when you ask people whether or not they're going to vote the opinion is largely divided along partisan lines in kisumu in the west of the country almost everyone is fiercely loyal to opposition leader. they say they will not vote for govern

and i was there as catherine sawyer has more on those protests we're talking about that's from an opposition stronghold in western kenya. yes protesters have been out on the streets all morning they blocked roads. lighting bonfires as well they said they're very angry and particularly after the supreme court. straight that tomorrow they're not going to go to vote they will not. not even wrap up here. they said they also angry with the police. brutality since all gassed during protests thousands of people. have been killed including children and people who. are saying that police have killed must most people people are saying that will not it's very difficult even to see how things like polling material will get. to the people who want to. see how. the love and a lot of tension. now in a joint move with the u.s. council has imposed sanctions targeting alleged latest finance is on facilitators of iceland iraq syria and yemen and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula eleven a yemeni nationals a charitable organization and a supermarket make up a list of thirteen the sanctions include asset freezes

poll is also asking his supporters to stay away so shortly we'll be getting the latest from catherine sawyer who is at the site of the protests as you can see right there but first we'll cross over to family there miller she's joining us from nairobi so that supreme court ruling on the elections did not happen five either as we're reporting there weren't enough judges i suppose the most obvious question is why weren't there enough judges. will of course of this petition that came before the supreme court only happened in the last day or two and that's why the voters would want to the supreme court to rule on whether or not they would be an election based on two major things one that the opposition leader raila odinga had withdrawn from the race and secondly that the electoral commission chairperson that just in the last week said he couldn't guarantee a free and say election given the political climate at this time the court the justice of the supreme court tomorrow god then said when addressing the court today they couldn't reach a quorum because not all the judges seven of them would not b

keeping people safe is proving difficult as all continues to take control of surrounding districts catherine sawyer al jazeera. is a former somali minister of planning and international cooperation he says the government needs to urgently rethink its security and intelligence operations. i think the soldiers are doing everything they can but they're not getting the necessary equipment the intelligence that they require our intelligence agency is still unable to simply eavesdrop on on phone calls and many of these are tax are organized by people who are using mobile phones are simply cards are not registered yet and more importantly a lot of financial transactions is still take place with mobile money and that is virtually unmonitored by the by the federal government of somalia and that is simply unacceptable in this day and age well i think al-shabaab has been at it for well over a decade now and it has ebbed and flowed you had times where they would increase the number of attacks and the seriousness of attacks their top or fourteen mego bomb which by the way they have not claimed because probably

be withdrawing from the race throwing the east african nation into further political turmoil catherine sawyer has more from nairobi. the reason given by the interior minister is because of valen increasingly we've seen people being robbed a shop being vandalized particularly here in nairobi and in some ways well. opposition. who've been hired have been hired to infiltrate their peaceful demonstrations have also accused police of using excessive force a couple of years a couple of man a couple of weeks ago we so a video of police beating up a university student inside the elect a whole yesterday in protest several people were injured some have been hospitalized with bullet. they blame the police so are the opposition like i said saying that the police are also are using excessive force the kenyan national human rights commission as well to come out with a report saying that immediately after the president was declared nine or gassed there was some protests and. people were killed including children and most of them have blamed the police as well so the cabinet minister thing that this band rea

the electoral commission of failing to make the changes necessary for a more credible outcome catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. well into. the. unprecedented times in kenya the only other candidate expected to be on the ballot paper for the election rerun late in the month has pulled out. and he's not opposition coalition say they will not participate in a poll they feel is predetermined one where the same individuals and companies that oversaw the last election are still in place. and i think. almost foldable. going to have to. really. have a big liberal to help them. in this battle. over in terms of the people ok. in the world of her. believe that all with the best. but judging from the bench in front of the liberals did you. talk. to. supporters have been staging demonstrations against the electoral commission. and calling for elektra forms commission officials say some of the opposition demands are and reasonable and there is simply no time to implement them the political situation in the country is worrying many i'm afraid of what fellas i think have moved on i am a strong feeling th

participated in the poll he may yet help to change the way elections are held in the future catherine sawyer al-jazeera western kenya still ahead here on al-jazeera israeli settlers are accused of violence by palestinian only farmers in the west bank. and the japanese devils burning up take you streets but failing to attract young fans. from the waves. to the contours of the east. we should say a lot of dry weather once again across much of the middle east but there is some right in the forecast that's spilling out of turkey we've had some very lavish i was recently just coming across the balkans boca area has seen some flooding this increasing cloud willing continue just make its way across the black sea heading towards the caspian sea system some pieces of wetter weather coming down towards syria easing across cyprus basis out of the mediterranean as we go through the course of sunday elsewhere it's generally settled generous sunny temperatures getting up into the low thirty's over the next day or two low to mid thirty's across iraq and potentially barely a clue. out of the sky maybe just

protesters have made it impossible for voting materials to get to a number of polling stations catherine sawyer reports from the opposition stronghold of. at and informally set up road block in kisumu this men are using an electricity pole to make sure no vehicle carrying ballot boxes passes through. the hole all the while they're saying no election no who and calling themselves the national resistance movement the new wing of the opposition coalition led by riot we are not supposed to work because of our father . so we don't know why people are bringing the. box in if you so much for. voting has been called off in four counties here in western kenya threats and violence have made it difficult for electrical mission officials to get stuff ballot boxes and voting slips to polling stations about one point eight million registered voters are affected when it comes to. when their lives. the political and religious leaders say the saturday election should not have been called in the first place we the people. be respected our. lead presidential candidate. tended toward. to get. hold of many people a

the for me to leave it in the capital nairobi let's go to another major city in kisumu where catherine sawyer joins me from really an opposition stronghold and of course one wonders what the situation is like considering the opposition leader has told his supporters katherine to avoid going to the polling stations. absolutely so hill and it's been such a struggle just getting a polling station that's open this morning in the last hour we have gone to four polling stations that are closed roads many roads have been blocked using stones and boulders as well then we find our way to this polling station and find a bit of a panic here because transporters who are carrying the voting materials had not arrived and also one not answering their call so there was a bit of a panic there finally the boss calling covering the ballot boxes has arrived and but there are no voters we managed to get one person who is interested in voting just you and your mori thank you very much for joining us you went to your polling station and you found it closed could you just explain to us. what happened and how you fel

least twenty three people died security forces killed two attackers and arrested three others catherine sawyer from kenya. hours after the attack on a hotel in mogadishu volunteers and rescue workers are still clearing the debris and pulling out. the siege is over and once again residents of this city. just two weeks after another attack the wost in somalia's history close to four hundred people were killed and dozens are still missing out how. two of the attackers were killed and three others were. battle between security forces and the terrorists we don't yet know the official death toll the rest of the fight is over most of those killed by security forces this hotel is popular with government officials and members of parliament it's very close to the presidential palace and the president was supposed to hold a meeting here with somalia's five regional states and i'm going to cry out i was driving a truck at the front of the hotel i saw a car exploding at the gate of the hotel i don't know where two of my clients have gone i don't know if they're dead or alive i saw four dead bodies. claimed

victory invalid now president kenyatta says the vote will still go ahead in just over two weeks catherine sawyer has our report from nairobi. well into. the. unprecedented times in kenya right loading and his not opposition coalition say they will not participate in a poll they feel is predetermined one where the same individuals and companies that oversaw the last election are still in place. almost foldable. going to have to. have a deliberate. decision. in the coming election. in place with the people ok. with the new world of hurt. believe that all reversed. but judging from the tension hundred villages did you hope to. achieve. supporters have been staging demonstrations against the electoral commission. and calling for electoral reforms commission officials say some of the opposition demands are and reasonable and there is simply no time to implement them the political situation in the country is worrying many i'm afraid of what fellas i think have moved on i am a strong feeling that kenyans not really moved on but they've accepted that species . this and that. in order to conflict that. p

kenyatta but there are fears of a floor vote on the consequences that could have on the country catherine sawyer reports. kenya is on sale or at least on a stage at a theater in the capital nairobi this is a rehearsal of a satirical play showcasing the country's political uncertainty for the repeat presidential election and what's at stake. this year. the most sought after values peace democracy are respected regional economy things the director says are being put at risk in a double down to. the lessons. the plea comes out of him. now and has to be affected by. out in the real world many people are equally concerned about what's going to happen after the election most kenyans even those in the rural areas are very much aware and engaged in the politics of the day many say they've lost confidence in the ability of the electoral commission today live off free and fair election but when you ask people whether or not they are going to vote the opinion is largely divided along partisan lines in kisumu in the west of the country almost everyone is fiercely loyal to opposition leader raul odinga they

and we can now speak to catherine sawyer who's joining us from nairobi celebrations going on behind you as we can see but with so much political uncertainty over the election do we even know if there's going to be an election at this point. daryn let me just start by saying though who is expected to come here in a short while to preside over these celebrations opposition leaders on the other hand are in western kenya where they're mourning people they say have been killed by police during protests now back to your question a lot of people are asking the same question will there even be an election and now it's becoming increasingly clear that it's difficult to have a credible free and fair election one commissioner who has resigned and fled the country has say to the chair passing of the commission in south i say that he cannot guarantee a credible election he's called for talks between right and president uhuru kenyatta he did meet with my loading guy who said who rate a rate that he wants the election postponed and electoral reforms carried out then he can consider joining rejoining t

election and are demanding major changes before the vote is rerun later this month al-jazeera catherine sawyer has more now from nairobi. the country wide protests called by the opposition a hard. luke you are right outside. the. movie a few protesters were discussed. by police in the state in the sunni west and kenya has been peaceful protests as well one of the opposition wants is some electoral reforms ahead of the election and to see if we also want a deal that was stapled in parliament last week and election amendments bulldozed it will do parliament the head of anything else they say this bill is going to taste now some of the proposals include among other things the strengthening of the manjula system so that if there is a dispute that this minute. supersedes anything outside the opposition that's saying that it's in bad faith and all this back and forth and political grandstanding causing a lot of concern and making the walk of the electoral commission really difficult and we're running out of time. but u.k. government is trying to arrange flights for about one hundred ten thousand str

flown to turkey for further treatment it is the deadliest single attack in somalia's history catherine sawyer has more from nairobi. attack military plane was used to transport several somalis with serious injuries from saturday's attacks in mogadishu they'll receive treatment in touch. other countries like kenya and ethiopia are also offering logistical help while locals have reason to the occasion helping where they can like retrieving bodies from the rubble providing food and water for my agency workers and just being there for those who are grieving. we have been able to take those. systems of the government and other partners we will prevail. but people here are also angry hundreds to to the streets of the city protesting against the attack blaming al shabaab the armed groups fighting the government and african union peacekeepers inside somalia i thought. it was a message i've never seen anything like it in the last twenty seven years i saw a little boy's head lying on the ground it was shocking. no one has yet claimed responsibility while speaking to al-jazeera and al shabaab spokesman

overshadowed by the controversy surrounding next week's presidential election the second this year catherine sawyer reports now from nairobi. it's supposed to be a day when kenyans celebrate men and women or not the country in different ways but this. has been overshadowed by whether or not the presidential reelection will take place next week it's being organized by a commission that has admitted to being divided and vulnerable to political interference hardline positions by politicians how far the polymerized the country along ethnic lines president. and once the opposition against disruption. yes but this is. a man on. the. kenyans are. many people in kenya are concerned about what's going to happen next. great for their lives some of those who don't want to run which. they cannot guarantee. they can. at least give hope to the nation. i want us to meet of the ballot we only have a few days to go what dialogue can be held strong a person in a vote. which is the main opposition led by right ses that eve the election is held next week it will hold power street protests but he the election doesn't h

overshadowed by the controversy surrounding next week's presidential election the second this year catherine sawyer reports now from the capital nairobi it's supposed to be a day when kenyans celebrate men and women who are not the country in different ways but this. has been overshadowed banned certainty over whether or not the presidential reelection will take place next week it's being organized by a commission that has admitted to being divided and vulnerable to political interference hardline positions by politicians have father polymerized the country along ethnic lines president. says he's ready for the election and wants the opposition against disruption to the. the independent is literally boundaries commission. it staff and entities this must seize for some of. the. equally. regardless of fish class but this is. a man on. the span. kenyans are. what many people in kenya are concerned about what's going to happen next really wants to see the afraid for their lives some of those who don't want to rock the chance process and. say that he cannot guarantee. the rights and our lives if they can

is expected to speak live at the celebrations are reporter catherine sawyer joining us from nairobi so with so many twists and turns leading up to this election that's meant to be taking place next week and we don't know if it will how is the mood at these celebrations what the significance of the celebrations was with all this uncertainty. the celebrations are in a very significant this is supposed to be a day where that you know is set to unify kenyans where kenyans get to celebrate freedom fighters who fought for the country's independence those who later fought for the democratic space in the one nine hundred ninety then just modern day people who are on the country in various ways so it's a unifying day but we're seeing so many divisions kenyans are divided now more than ever along ethnic lines all position. not up with the politicians across all both our own completely opposite sides for example like you said we're looking at is going to be here to lead the national celebrations but then we have opposition leaders holding up events in western kenya where they say they're mourning

positions strongholds at least six people have been killed in violence since the days repeat poll catherine sawyer now reports from those opposition strongholds in the western part of kenya kisumu. at an informally set up roadblock in kisumu this men are using an electricity pole to make sure no vehicle carrying ballot boxes passes through. all the while they're saying no election no who and calling themselves the national resistance movement the new wing of the opposition coalition led by right we are not supposed to work because of our father. so we don't know why people are bringing a. box in. voting has been called off in four counties here in western kenya threats and violence have made it difficult for electrical mission officials to get stuff ballot boxes and voting slips to polling stations about one point eight million registered voters are affected when it comes to stuff . when their lives. are political and religious leaders say the saturday election should not have been called in the first place. the people. being respected. tended toward. with election hold off many people are hoping

very much for giving us your input there let's cross over to the kenyan capital nairobi where catherine sawyer other correspondent is also waiting to speak to she also followed the election this news has come as quite a shock nobody was expecting it catherine. nobody wasn't expecting it so hill president at times indeed in kenya this press conference that we're talking about is still going on right now the other senior members of the nasser that opposition coalition have spoken and we were listening in to rial odinga making this statement saying that the national coalition has officially with the drone from the election and these are statements that we've been hearing for the last couple of days supporters of rial odinga other senior officials saying the same thing that they will both point the election the way even saying that we will not just will quote the election we will. there will be no elections so a lot of uncertainty there with people asking what does that statement mean that there will be no election doesn't mean that there's going to be disruptions particularly in the strongholds o

to be delivered to the supreme court and the old the first poll held in august irregularities catherine sawyer joins us live now from kisumu in western kenya katherine what's the picture where you are. peter i am at a place called conveyor there's been running battles between police and protesters for quite a while police have been pushing them back using tear gas and we also heard what sounded like gunshots a little earlier and then those young men there have been using slings to throw stones at police so we've been here for a while and it's also been very difficult getting to this location peter they've been there roadblocks improvised roadblocks that have been set up and it took us we had to very carefully negotiate our way through this roadblocks to make sure people there telling us that they want to make sure that no materials gets to the polling stations and peter actually no but syrians have got into police stations in this area it's called central earlier we were at a polling station the only polling station that we managed to get to it was a struggle getting a polling station that's o

still not clear who carried out the bombing a senior al shabaab members denied responsibility catherine sawyer reports from i will be in neighboring kenya. when people in somalia's capital mogadishu are trying to come to terms with one of the worst car bomb attacks ever a truck bomb exploded outside a hotel at an intersection lined with government offices restaurants and shops hours later a second blast struck another business district in the city most of the buildings in those areas have been destroyed the still being pulled out of the rubble president mohamed up to live from a jew visited the scene his government has declared three days of mourning and you know. the target of these terrorist is not government officials but civilians as you see here there are no government buildings only civilians who are going about their daily life we have to come together and fight these monsters until we eradicate them from our country and speak into our desire the united nations deputy special envoy to somalia say despite such attacks the security situation around the country has improved a great efforts

says that he won't take past nor recognize the result of the rerun catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. kenya. or at least on a stage at a capital nairobi this is a rehash. showcasing the country's political uncertainty over the presidential election and what's at stake. the most sought after. democracy i respected regional economy things the director. comes out to show. us to be. ectomy mission out in the real world many people are equally concerned about what's going to happen after the election most kenyans even those in the rural areas are very much aware and engaged in the politics of the day many say they've lost confidence in the ability of the electoral commission today live off free and fair election but when you ask people whether or not they are going to vote the opinion is largely divided along partisan lines in kisumu in the west of the country almost everyone is fiercely loyal to opposition leader raul odinga they say they will not vote here the governor visits the family of a seventeen year old boy sage who have been shot by police he says he'll pass a million sure no el

area and took people hostage the security forces killed two attackers and arrested three others catherine sawyer reports now from neighboring kenya. hours after the attack on a hotel in mogadishu volunteers and rescue workers still clearing the debris and pulling out. the siege is over and once again residents of this city. just two weeks after another attack the wost in somalia's history close to four hundred people were killed and dozens are still missing out how. two of the attackers were killed and three others were. battle between security forces and the terrorists we don't yet know the official death toll the rescue is still ongoing but the fight is over most of those killed by security forces this hotel is popular with government officials and members of parliament it's very close to the presidential palace and the president was supposed to hold a meeting here with somalia's five regional states and i'm going over really well i was driving a truck at the front of the hotel that i saw a car exploding at the gate of the hotel i don't know where two of my clients have gone i don't know if th

the electoral commission of failing to make the changes necessary for a more credible outcome catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. well into. the. unprecedented times in kenya the only other kind of data expected to be on the ballot paper for the election rerun late in the month has pulled out. his not opposition coalition say they will not participate in a poll they feel is predetermined one where the same individuals and companies that oversaw the last election are still in place. almost foldable. going to have to. really. have a belief. system. in the rest of the. interest of the people ok. in the world of. believe that all we've been. searching the presidential. elections to do. is. to. supporters have been staging demonstrations against the electoral commission. and calling for electoral reforms commission officials say some of the opposition demands are and reasonable and there is simply no time to implement them the political situation in the country is worrying many. families i think have moved on i am a strong feeling that. they've accepted that species. and that. in order. that. pe

the electoral commission enough time to introduce reforms to help deliver a more credible vote catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. well indeed. then the variable unprecedented times in kenya the only other kind of data expected to be on the ballot paper for the election rerun late in the month has pulled out. his nasa opposition coalition says it will not participate in a poll they feel is predetermined one where the same individuals and companies that oversaw the last election are still in place. and i were. both wrong almost foldable. going to have to put up three and. have a big liberal to follow. in the rest of the. employees with the feet ok live in the world of hurt. believe that old with the best. church in the full extension hundred villages did you have to talk. to. opposition supporters have been staging demonstrations against the electoral commission. and calling for elektra forms commission officials say some of the opposition demands are and reasonable and there is simply no time to implement them the political situation in the country is worrying many i'm afraid of what fellas

coming back all right mohamed we will check back in with you in the meantime let's cross now to catherine sawyer he joins us from consumer and western kenya and catherine as we said at the top of the newscast we know at least one person has been killed in all this today what do you know about the circumstances of that. at the hospital where this young man died he is nineteen years old he was shot on the thigh he was bleeding profusely so health workers couldn't contain that now since then we have seen a stately stream of ambulances coming in and out of this hospital this hospital is very close to some of the areas where confrontations between police and protesters are still going on so people are still brought being brought in with various injuries just before i came on air show there's a man who was brought in he had this injury right here on his head health workers still trying to contain that as an emergency several other people have been badly injured as well so there's been that going on and a lot of roads leading to some of these areas have been blocked young people saying who are mining t

problems they'll tentative would mean more harsh economic times for an industry already struggling catherine sawyer al-jazeera. the kenyan coast. man was military has launched an internal investigation after its soldiers were accused of killing and abusing rehang of muslims more than half a million of fled to neighboring bangladesh many saying they witnessed rape and arson by troops as military says it's responding to armed fighters attacking its outposts. in a camp of cox's bizarre way met one woman who lost most of her family for. there is nothing but. my baby was in my lap when the soldiers hit me and he fell out of my arms then they pulled me closer to the wall and i could hear that he was crying you know after a few minutes i could hear that they were hitting him too she tells us soldiers for me and mars army had set a fire outside the house they were in and then the unthinkable. my baby was thrown into the fire and then they raped me. these are pictures of resume a son sadik he was one and a half years old and very playful a happy child she still can't believe is gone and i feel like and then

this week that he would be withdrawing from the race throwing the nation into political turmoil catherine sawyer has more from nairobi. the reason given for this ban is in security and it's not a blanket ban it's a ban on protests in the central business district of nairobi in western kenya and . at the kenyan coast this is where protests have been most sustained and increasingly particularly in nairobi and been seeing incidents of people be robbed shops being vandalized as well the opposition says that have been hired to infiltrate what they see as peaceful demonstrations they also blame the police for using excessive force for example a couple of weeks ago we saw a video of police harvesting and beating up university students inside their campus here in nairobi yesterday during the protests dozens of people who were injured several of them have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds they blame the police so the interior cabinet minister at that press conference saying that what they're doing is trying to prevent an escalation of violence and it's going to be interesting how this goes going forw

let's hear now from our series catherine sawyer witnessed some of those protests and opposition stronghold in western kenya. so people here in kisumu are very young by this saying they reject the results. of direction from the leader right away what. is going to determine what happens next but first straight ahead they say that this is a sham election they also say that they want a fresh election in one thousand days so you think. commission chair given the wrong result there is. no actually the solution lies within the to. the protagonist of course fighting for power but the end result is the common man is not getting anything on the table. i don't see anybody really don't. think it's going. to work we don't want. this is one of four counties where the election was cancelled because of security reasons and collectively there are about one point eight million registered voters and people here are very young. and they will do whatever he tells them to do. the united states is pledging sixty million dollars to support a new force to patrol the south western sahara desert the so-called five c

right that's the view from the capital let's hear now from catherine sawyer who's in the western port city of kisumu an opposition stronghold and it's protesters have been out on the streets all morning they've blocked the road using stalls and goldeyes been lighting gunfire those well they said they're very angry and particularly after the supreme court. this is the first straight tomorrow they're not going to go to the world they will not recognize all working out and when they will not even wrap up night here. they said they also angry with the police. brutality these are cast during protests thousands of people who have been killed including children and people who. are saying that police have killed my. people people very angry saying that will not release me it's very difficult even to see how things like pulling material will get a. lot of people would want to bolt to see how that would happen because i love and a lot of tension which i promise you we're here and she's been monitoring the conversation what's been said about it so it's very mixed right now a lot of different tre

due to take place on thursday ok from as a miller we thank you for that update from nairobi or catherine sawyer has more on those protests from an opposition stronghold in western kenya. yes protestants have been out on the streets all morning blocks road using stones and goldeyes lighting bonfires as well they said that very angry after the supreme court. said that frustrate that. they will not. looking out and we will not even wrap up night he. said you know with the police. brutality. during protests thousands of people. have been killed including children. saying that police have killed my. people people. that will not. even to see how things like pulling material will get. to. see the people who would want to gloat. and a lot of tension when government forces are launching an offensive to recapture the last part of iraq a territory still in isolates hands they've been dropping leaflets warning civilians of the imminent assault i saw her suffer two major defeats in iraq in recent months after fierce fighting in mosul and how we joined the group holds territory in the west near the border wi

presidential election and are demanding major changes before the vote is rerun later this month catherine sawyer has more now from nairobi. the country wide protests called by the whole position have been luculia right outside the offices of the electoral commission. a few protestants were dispatched using tear gas by police in the state. he left in kenya there's been some peaceful protests this month what the opposition wants is some electoral reforms ahead of the election and to see be able to want a deal that was stapled in parliament last week and election amendments build almost equal to parliament the head of anything else he said this bill is going to taste now some of the proposals include among other things the strengthening of the my new old system so that if there is a dispute that this is my new old colleague supercede that anything outside the opposition that's saying that it's in bad faith and all this you know back and forth in political grandstanding causing a lot of concern and making the walk of the electoral commission really difficult and we are running out of time. banglades

that he would be withdrawing from the race or any east african nation into political turmoil catherine sawyer has more from nairobi the reason given by the interior minister is because of balance increasingly we've seen people being robbed a shop being vandalized particularly here in nairobi and in some ways well. opposition. legs who've been hired have been hired to infiltrate their peaceful demonstrations have all thought queues of police of using excessive force a couple of years a couple of man a couple of weeks ago. so a video of police beating up a university student inside the lecture hall yesterday in protest think you soon will several people were injured some have been hospitalized with bullet wounds they blame the police so are the opposition like i said saying that the police are also are using excessive force the kenyan national human rights commission as well to come out with a report saying that immediately after the president was declared we nine all gassed there was some protests and dabblers of people were killed including children and most of them have blamed the police as

winners in south sudan's war and those are actually the words here of our own correspondent catherine sawyer wrote this piece in al jazeera dot com back in april she has been on the ground she's spoken to people a lot of whom actually resent the idea of being you know boxed into the camps of by the government all rebel supporters it is an al-jazeera reporter notebook which you will find under the more menu at al-jazeera to come we're jumping off the grid early today sars here with the story out of indian administered kashmir which well you heard about this online you brought it to amazing and we all sort of went. really come on actually it sounded so crazy we questioned if it was even true but bright chalk was all wrong the loose and city that's in administered kashmir and no one knows who they are or why they're doing it but it's scaring women. now women to get the cars in the last two months at least two hundred females have reported having the head cut off by mouth attack and they've been protesting since now many of the women were left unconscious off to the assailants sprayed them in th

crowded intersection in the capital mogadishu on saturday it's still unclear who was responsible catherine sawyer now reports from nairobi in neighboring kenya was when people in somalia's capital mogadishu a trying to come to terms with one of the worst car bomb attacks ever a truck bomb exploded outside a hotel at an intersection lined with government offices restaurants and shops hours later a second blast struck another business district in the city most of the buildings in those areas have been destroyed still being pulled out of the rubble president mohammed up to life visited the scene and his government has declared three days of mourning and they said you know. the target of these terrorist is not government officials but civilians as you see here there are no government buildings only civilians who are going about their daily life we have to come together and fight these monsters until we eradicate them from our country and speaking to al-jazeera the united nations deputy special envoy to somalia say despite such attacks the security situation around the country has improved a great eff

mogadishu at least twenty seven people died in saturday's attack which has been claimed by the group catherine sawyer reports. hours after the attack on a hotel in mogadishu volunteers and rescue workers are still clearing the debris and pulling out more bodies the siege is over and once again residents of this city are in mourning just two weeks after another attack the wost in somalia's history close to four hundred people were killed and dozens are still missing dozens were injured in the attack but many were rescued two attackers were killed and three were captured alive most of those killed were security forces this hotel is popular with government officials and members of parliament it's very close to the presidential palace and the president was supposed to hold a meeting here with somalia's five regional states and. i was driving a truck at the front of the hotel i saw a car exploding at the gate of the hotel i don't know where two of more plants have gone i don't know if they're dead or alive i saw four dead bodies. claimed responsibility the group remains active in mogadishu and other up in