year since agreed to fully accept the terms of the algiers deal and normalize relations well catherine sawyer joins us live now from nairobi in neighboring kenya catherine clearly an historic meeting between both leaders what can we expect to happen today. the president and prime minister prime minister. ahmed al currently at the presidential palace where the president. it is being hosted to launch and just talk about the reaction of the ethiopians in the capital addis ababa daryn you just need to see how many people really showed up in addis ababa as well. at the airport there were so many people many others lined the streets just cheering on the two leaders as they headed to the presidential palace this was darren and thinkable to many ethiopians just a couple of months ago that they would see the president of a retreat out on if you can soil unthinkable for regions as well who also welcomed prime minister a big on sunday in. march a lot of people have been talking to darren saying that they hope this is the beginning of what is going to be a successful and prosperous a friendship so the pr

australia asia south america and africa where one of the best vantage point was in kenya where catherine sawyer joined in the spectacle in marketing so it's a clear sky here in my guardian really are looking at the blood moon right now it's completely in the shadow of the are quite a beautiful sight and right next to it is a planet mars another ref a nominal happening right there. planet mars in the sun while opposite sides of the art a phenomenon that happens every fifteen to seventeen years but it's the moon that amazed most. when you're reading this to see. the moon the moon the day day. to. but we have come to realize that it does. and. only you know not true i have just seen the cheating like something is cutting it the traveling telescope group has come to this canyon village to shoot a local modify community close to the marvels in the sky trying to get as many people to look through to look at the sky and to appreciate what we have in the sky but also to look through the telescopes and to you know learn a bit of science i spoke about mars and the opposition phenomenon just tell us a lit

year he agreed to fully accept the terms of the algiers agreement and normalize relations will catherine sawyer joins us live now from nairobi in neighboring kenya catherine clearly an historic meeting between the leaders of both countries what are they expecting to happen here today. very story daryn and we expect president after work to be landing in the capital addis ababa within this hour he's going to be received by a prime minister ahmed then going to go for a private lunch at the presidential palace the president is then going to get told to travel to an area in the south called what this is an industrial city. and tomorrow sunday richard president is expected to open an embassy as well as address a public forum to town hall a millennium of all now this is a fast to visit as we mentioned very historic first visit by president after work you too if you know pia in twenty years and things peter things daryn have progressed very quickly lot of observers have been by surprise it all started when prime minister be reached out to the rich and president back in april and then very and agreed to

the floods killed nearly two hundred people and left more than half a million others homeless catherine sawyer reports now from the town a river on the kenyan coast. it's hard to imagine now but a few months ago this place was full of holmes and villages swept away by flags the west seen for years in kenya areas along the kenyan coast are most affected. is one of more than sixty thousand people in this region love lost their home since april he shows us what is left of the house he shared with his wife and eight children he would like to return and rebuild but fears that the nearby river may break its banks again during maureen's due at the end of the year. it's a big drain now but even if a rebuilt only trains will be flooded again and the river has no barrier so he stays in this camp for displaced people one of a hundred and eight shelters across the region but there's not enough help for every one of the other challenges that area's accessibility to these some of these areas and we would want to leave it in a kenya and suffer because of floods saw one hundred grave and then use a boat and t

destroyed to make way for a new twenty million dollar dual carriageway in the capital nairobi catherine sawyereports. people here in canberra are trying to salvage whatever they can we're talking about thirty thousand people affected by this demolitions the full doses came yesterday people had been given two weeks to vacate this area the government saying that this is a government road reserve the road is going to cut across this area kibera an important road linking two parts of the city is going to ease congestion and people here are saying that yes it's important for this development but there have been asking for more time to be able to move to other areas i mean we're talking about like i said thirty thousand people seven thousand families we had schools here health centers children were just about to see to their exams so parents really lamenting and saying please give us time to be able to get other alternative living spaces give us time to have our children at least rightly exam before they move but the government saying that this has to be done we've also seen human rights organizatio

this year since agreed to fully accept the terms of the algis agreement and normalize relations catherine sawyer has more from nairobi. president after work he received a rousing welcome from ethiopians who lined the streets cheering on the two leaders as their convoy headed to the presidential palace the president is also expected on sunday to open. an embassy in the capital as well as address a public for a lot of ethiopians and eric and say that this is only good for the progress of the two countries they hope this is the beginning of what is going to be a prosperous friendship it was unthinkable to many of them just a few months ago that you know they would see a president out there working on if you can so he hasn't been to a few people for the last twenty or so he has chosen thinkable as well for retreat and still see a prime minister in asmara the capital of the retreat as they did last sunday when he visited and this is also good news for the stability of the region this is a region that has several countries in conflict in the fact that you know this one situation as has been resolved a

also accused of failing to make a report assessing the environmental impact of the facility catherine sawyer returned to the rift valley to talk to the victims of the soul a disaster. buried his wife and child close to where their home once to do it was swept away after down collapsed during hearings in many many people here remain traumatised they say compensation given by the owner is not enough and they were duped into signing forms they weren't allowed to read so. one hundred fifty thousand i was given fifty nine hundred dollars for each unit but there's no price to life but fifty nine hundred mg my little boy could have grown up to be worth more than that we were just told that their money was an apology the sunlight tragedy in this village happened just when many were prepared to sleep more than two hundred families leave some decided to bury their loved ones on the sport where their homes were to serve as a reminder of what happened. the government has said that the dam was built illegally and hadn't been inspected for years the director of public prosecutions has ordered their arrest

growing problem in kenya farmers a struggling following a series of multibillion dollar scandals catherine sawyer reports. mesha kiplagat spam is one of the largest maize farmers in the rift valley but this has not been easy now we're stuck with this maze thousands are struggling to sell their crop government warehouses off for the cereals but has run out of money to buy more grain and private millers are buying cheaply families accuse boat officials of fraudulently importing maize from uganda and mexico instead of buying locally it's a nineteen million dollar corruption scandal implicating senior managers and politicians do you think corruption is the biggest problem for you. here corruption is the only problem this is. because you filed the middlemen kimmie. imported maize. and sold it to the cereals board now in us genuine firmus. we're told by the syrians bodies food. they have now reduced by half the amount of maize they've planted. this maize will be ready to harvest in november in a good would fetch the keep family about ninety thousand dollars but this is definitely not a good idea they'r

leaders signed a pact to restore diplomatic and trade ties ending a twenty year military standoff catherine sawyer reports. days optimism for a change in the horn of africa rapid progress is being made after prime minister at the mohammad an expected to be made peace with their retreat and president at their wake he. was given a huge rose welcome when he visited the capital asmara last sunday thousands of their retransmit lined the streets flags flew side by side. these were once bitter rivals whose three year wall from one thousand nine hundred to two thousand led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. both countries. have since been in a state of what's described as war but peace during their meet in asmara their leaders agreed to normalize relations by fast reopening embassies restoring flights allowing direct phone calls and easing economic ties now president up there where he's visit to ethiopia is cementing the throwing of frosty relations the sudden change to restore ties is surprising and is expected to have far reaching consequences for millions of their retreat and ethiopians

they reached out to eritrea castro many thanks they don't exist catherine sawyer there in nairobi met brighton is chairman. a political think tank covering the horn of africa he joins us now live via skype from mombasa kenya matt good to have you with us so the deal is done but all of the hard work lies in the future doesn't it one of the challenges the main challenges that lie ahead. i think there are three main categories of challenges that the parties face after this initial sort of honeymoon period and the first of enthusiasm for the agreement which which is well justified but the first set of challenges relates to the actual implementation of the peace agreement and these include the transfer of territories and of populations in both directions across the border they have to do with the normalization of relations including movement of people and of trade which involves questions of. currency exchange and also the the status of eritreans who fled their country and may not be properly documented a second category of challenges has to do with the impact of this agreement on the dome

the floods killed nearly two hundred people and left more than half a million others homeless catherine sawyer reports from the town of river on the kenyan coast. it's hard to imagine now but a few months ago this place was full of our own farms and villages swept away by flags the worst seen for years in kenya areas along the kenyan coast are most affected. is one of more than sixty thousand people in this region love lost their home since april he shows us what is left of the house he shared with his wife and eight children who would like to return and rebuild but fears that the nearby river may break its banks again during maureen's do at the end of the year. it's a big drain now but even if a rebuild only trains will be flooded again and the river has no barrier so he stays in this camp for displaced people one of a hundred and eight shelters across the region but there's not enough help for everyone of the other challenges the areas accessibility to these some of these areas and we want to leave it in a kenyan suffered because of floods saw the hole to drain and then use a boat and then w

also accused of failing to make a report assessing the environmental impact of that facility catherine sawyer returned to the rift valley to talk to victims of the slide disaster. paul mundy a buried his wife and child close to where their home once stewed it was swept away after a dam collapsed during hearings in may many people here remain traumatized they say compensation given by the owner is not enough and they were duped into signing forms they weren't allowed to read so. one hundred fifty thousand i was given fifty nine hundred dollars for each unit was a small price to our life but fifteen hundred mg my little boy could have grown up to be worth more than what you were just and all that the money was an apology the so lie tragedy in this village happened just when many were preparing to sleep more than two hundred families leave here some decided to bury their loved ones on the sport where their homes were to serve as a reminder of what happened the government has said that the dam was build illegally and hadn't been inspected for years the director of public prosecutions has ordered

jiang as their presidential candidate the spite the fact that he may not even be eligible to run catherine sawyer reports that. supporters of john pierre bemba have little doubt who they want as their presidential candidate his martyr to them by is in belgium after his trial of the international criminal court in the netherlands for crimes against humanity who was found guilty in two thousand and sixteen for failing to prevent rebels from his congolese liberation movement from raping and killing in neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two and three appeal court judges recently of a time his i.c.c. conviction and eighteen the prison sentence. there are no congress in kinshasa members of this former rebel group now or political party say the hague trial was politically motivated. and they are confident the back to take his place in politics. and then. we held our last congress and twenty eleven in the absence of burma because he was in jail at the hague the difference today is that ben ben has been following our proceedings from his house in belgium it's only a matter of time be