arrested and then released the chairman of the african union has spoken out calling for calm catherine sawyer reports was this protesters in tanzania semi-autonomous region of zanzibar are mostly supporters of safe shareef hope that the main opposition presidential candidate was arrested in the early morning at a polling station during advance voting a special group such as security personnel election officials and people with disabilities he was related released was it's been tense in the last few days on the island with fighting between opposition supporters and police after a political rally of the candidates tanks and troops from the tanzania and mainland have also been deployed voting continued at the polling stations despite demonstrators alleging that the election will be reet. it's a few protesters who wanted to cause destruction and destructive voting we have arrested some of them they're criminals everything is going well no there is no major problems of the polling stations several people on are reported to have been shot and killed and others injured after attempting to block the

westgate mall in nairobi a 3rd man who was charged under kenyan terrorism laws was acquitted catherine sawyer was outside the courts and sent us this update. the prosecution had 44 witnesses and the case was really heavily hinged on telephone conversations that the prosecution says the accused with the attackers were killed in that siege that took 4 days in 2318 so the prosecution saying that for example one of the sas one of the accused spoke 109 times we thought one of the attackers between june 28th and september he said the other 2 accused also interacted with with the attackers. leaders of the greek far rights golden dawn party have been found guilty of running a criminal group thousands of protesters gathered outside the court to hear the verdict police fired tear gas to break up the process her affair is facing as armenia and azerbaijan continue their bastille over the disputed karabakh region both of these pictures they say shows evidence of attacks on populated areas germany and france have announced plans to sanction people labeling the part of the blame for the poisoning of russian

arrested and then released the chairman of the african union has spoken out calling for calm catherine sawyer has our report. the at this protestors in tanzania semi autonomous region of zanzibar are mostly supporters of st sharif from that the main opposition presidential candidate was arrested in the early morning at a polling station during advance voting a special group such as security personnel election officials and people with disabilities he was related released. it's been tense in the last few days on the island with fighting between opposition supporters and police after a political rally at the cannes tanks and troops from the tanzania and mainland have also been deployed voting continued at the polling stations despite demonstrators alleging that the election will be reet. it's a few protesters who wanted to cause destruction and. we have arrested some of their criminals but everything is going well no there is no major problems of the us in the zanzibar acapella several people on pemba are reported to have been shot and killed and others injured after attempting to block the dis

now the tank came 2 years after kenya sent troops deployed into neighboring somalia more from catherine sawyer she joins us live from nairobi catherine a significant sentence that's been handed to answer those 2 men. yes indeed and this is a case hala that has taken so long to conclude it started back in 2013 right after that attack on westgate mall 4 of the attackers who stormed that more killing 67 people were killed but the chief magistrate in his ruling last month say that this the 2 men were somewhat involved. i did support to the attackers and today we have a lot of statements from both lawyers with the defense saying that pleading for leniency essentially saying that this men have conducted themselves well saying that their role was peripheral and then the prosecutor's on the other hand saying that they needed to be given the maximum sentence because whatever all it is that they played 67 lives were lost and that trumps everything now the chief magistrate agreed with the defense saying that that was a significant attack and it doesn't matter how nominal the role this 2 men played so. as

is something that they're not willing to entertain your questions already being raised there catherine sawyer watching this election for us from the kenyan capital nairobi thanks so much catherine. well the u.s. presidential candidates are making their final push to try to win over voters there with just under a week to go now until the election there crisscrossing the country campaigning and battleground states more than 70000000 americans have actually already voted a wreck or that could lead to the highest of a century mike hanna reports from washington. a final from the tick week of campaigning before election day president doing a swing through 3 of the states with polls indicate he's neck and neck with joe biden wisconsin michigan and the brusk. attempting to remove one issue from the agenda at the beginning of the day tweeting fake news media is going full on covert covert we are rounding the 99.9 percent and he's attempting to reset the conversation around an economy he claims to have revived. it's troubling the number one reason i'm standing here because of trade and how we turn that

military personnel and with tanks as well so tense tense times ahead of this big election tomorrow catherine sawyer across that election for us from the kenyan capital nairobi thanks so much catherine. don ethiopia and egypt are expected to resume negotiations over a controversial dam project on the river nile after a 3 month suspension the african union mediated talks follow the us president's warning that the project could spark military action from egypt ethiopia has accused donald trump of inciting war after he said egypt might blow up the dam ethiopia built the grander nascence dam on the blue nile which is the source of most of the nile's bourses egypt in sudan both downstream depend heavily on the us and fear that their water supplies could be pushed at risk ethiopia says the hydro power the dam will produce is essential for its economic crisis before point 6000000000 dollar project has caused nearly a decade of tension between all 3 of those countries ethiopia denies egypt answered on its claim that its dam will control the flow of africa's longest river the nile and aims to provide electri

term but leading up to the vote the government has been accused of cracking down on dissent catherine sawyer reports from neighboring kenya. president john palmer marco fully popularly nicknamed the bulldozer wrapped up his campaign in the new capital of tanzania. some analysts say he's favorite to win and throughout the campaign he's exhibited confidence outlining his achievements in the last 5 years staring clear of accusations that his government has ruled by violently clamping down on critics and curtailing the freedoms of the media neuroma . a minute. let's protect peace in tanzania peace will prevail if you vote for me for another 5 years alone bring even more development and progress. i'll go full his main opponent to lease and finished his campaign in the former capital directly. he recently returned home from belgium to run for president he left tanzania 3 years ago critically injured when he was shot multiple times pass aliens who haven't been caught he's accused the president of being a dictator and doubts the election will be credible. there wasn't any local mission has the respo

westgate mall in nairobi a 3rd man who was charged in the kenya anti terror laws has been acquitted catherine sawyer was outside the court she sent us this update. the prosecution had 44 witnesses and the case was really heavily hinged on telephone conversations that the prosecution says the accused hired with the attackers were killed in that siege that took 4 days. so the prosecution saying that for example one of the sas one of the accused spoke 109 times we thought one of the attackers between june 28th and september he said the other 2 accused also interacted with with the attackers leaders of the greek far right golden dawn party had been found guilty of running a criminal organization thousands of protesters gathered at the court to hear the verdict. to break up the demonstration. there is confusion over who has taken over as prime minister following. resignation a replacement was named after a parliamentary session on tuesday however a group of opposition parties say that choice is invalid and they have nominated their own man for the job. and as opposed to new the battle over both of releas

this off to kenya's government sent troops into neighboring somalia well al shabaab is base catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. this is a case that has taken quite a long time to conclude it started in 2013 right after that attack on the westgate mall here in the city nairobi 4 assailants all of that attack were all killed by security forces but this 2 men who were in the dock today were found guilty of helping and supporting that crime and today the lawyer is presented their final statements with the defense asking for leniency saying that the men have. conducted themselves well in the duration of this case also saying that the right their role in that attack was very small was peripheral we also heard from the convict themselves also asking for massey and insisting that they are innocent the prosecution on the other said hansei no matter how small their role was 67 people were killed and that trumps everything chief magistrate francis and i agreed with the prosecution sentencing the 2 men to 33 years and 18 is respectively right after that ruling we talked to the defense lawyer who said

acquitted dozens of people were killed when government besieged the westgate mall in nairobi catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. band and a friend were driving into the basement parking of the westgate mall when they had the 1st blast then got shots from moment he thought it was a robbery what's in it traumatizes me most is where i was hiding there's a security guard who was right next to me was shot in the head. and i didn't realize i was injured until you out a rescue team arrived and as i was trying to get up that's when i realized i had a lot of blood that security guard was among the 67 people killed in a 4 day siege in september 7 years ago 4 gunmen stormed up market mall and will be seized by security forces their taxes why eventually killed in a government operation that some kenyans criticized as being on coordinate head slowing response and clumsy. the armed group al-shabaab based in neighboring somalia say this man carried out their talk. 3 men suspected of helping coordinate their talk was charged with multiple offenses including conspiracy to commit a terrorist act the judgmen

autonomous region of sounds about said at least 8 people were killed during protests of a ballot for catherine sawyer is monitoring that poll for us from the kenyan capital nairobi. i've been speaking to our colleagues in tanzania been visiting polling stations in dar es salaam dodo mother copy told and zanzibar as well and they say voting in those polling stations and going to is going long small few people are waiting patiently in line but what they've also noticed is that voters hung out seems very low very few people are coming out to vote but this is ali hours of polls close at 13 g.m.t. about the internet speed still very slow people i'm talking to in tanzania saying that services like what's up. messaging still a big problem we've seen a statement from one of the telecommunication companies tanzania apologizing and saying that they are facing technique called he chose about the security. inspector general of police of tanzania issued a statement yesterday warning giving a stun warning to anyone who's going to try to disrupt the selection of course this is in light of the violent incidents that

people were killed during protests in the semi autonomous region zanzibar and the ballot for old catherine sawyer has more now from nairobi in kenya. throughout the day we've seen a lot of conversation online a lot of conversation in tanzania as well especially with opposition supporters claiming widespread a geisha and the opposition leader to lisa has been tweeting as well saying that he is receiving reports that he's polling agents are being denied access to polling stations in some parts talking of ballot stuffing intimidation some people's names missing from the voters register and so on and in another tweet he is calling for mass action without giving details really of what this. is we have not been able to identify into to verify independently this information but then i have to tell you the electoral commission president has just had a briefing to talk about what has happened throughout the day and he said that today's process has gone fairly smoothly he did address those concerns and allegations by the opposition and say that it is not sure that those allegations are not based on evidenc

catherine sawyer al-jazeera nairobi. archaeologists in egypt to found dozens of coffins which lay understood for close to 3000 years 59 sealed wooden boxes containing mummies were buried in 3 welsh austins a cholera which is south of the capital cairo egypt sent to ministry hopes the latest discovery will help attract tourists who are staying at home because of coronavirus travel restrictions. so this is out there these are the top stories the team of doctors treating the u.s. president for cavan $1000.00 say they are cautiously optimistic with his progress and suggested he began showing signs of the virus on wednesday afternoon which is earlier than previously disclosed dolla trump was admitted to the walter reed national military medical center in maryland on friday he'd been suffering from fever and fatigue but the physicians say that fever is not gone and trump is not having any difficulty breathing he's been receiving experimental treatment for cave at 90 just 72 hours into the diagnosis now the 1st week of it in a

year term his government has been accused of suppressing his critics as well as the opposition catherine sawyer has been monitoring the elections from the kenyan capital of nairobi. i've been speaking to our colleagues in tanzania been visiting polling stations in dar es salaam dodo mother copy told and zanzibar as well and they say voting in those polling stations and going to is going on small 3 people oh wait.

2nd 5 year term his government has been accused of suppressing his critics and the opposition catherine sawyer has been following that election from the kenyan capital nairobi people who are voting today we're seeing they're concerned about what's what might happen especially. the opposition since his defeat we've been hearing very aggressive. opposition opposition both in towns in both in the mainland tanzania and zanzibar using a very aggressive told saying that they already believe that the election is being rigged attuned leads to in his final campaign telling his supporters that these results are announced prematurely. aimee's sense that election is being stolen then this people he's supporters should go out to the streets and mosque process close to 17000000 americans have already voted with just under a week to go now before the us presidential elections the coronavirus pandemic continues to cost a shadow of a campaigning nearly half a 1000000 new infections just in the past week. u.s. secretary of state mike compare as his house at china's ties with sri lanka during his latest stop on

shopping center in nairobi the 2003 siege lasted several days and left 67 people dead from nairobi catherine sawyer reports. 7 years after the westgate mall attack trial happened chief magistrate francis and i read out his verdict over 3 and a half hours the prosecution's case he says follows. it was given by 4 to 6 witnesses prosecution lawyers used call logs of telephone conversations between the 3 accused and the gunmen who were killed in the 4 day siege in 20132 men up to and hussein hussen were found guilty of conspiring to support their talk and having materials linked to terrorist activities in the prison is buying that there is a strong link i mean what the fast and what there was in the communication attack was that they were involved in the us. one of the accused lieben of dollar mark was acquitted of all charges benmore has been waiting for the judgment he and a friend were driving into the basement parking of the mall when they hard the 1st blast then gunshots what's a little more ties is being lost is where i was hiding there's a security guard was right next to me was shot in the head

ok thank you for that catherine sawyer following the election in tanzania from nairobi. polls have just closed in ivory coast whose motion is choose between president to understand what time and his rivals of the opposition has promised to disrupt the process raising fears of civil unrest and that interest has more. on voters' card at the collection center. the election commission says voters have claimed less than 42 percent of the cards some say that illustrates how many people in ivory coast feel about the presidential election. in the above with. i will not go under the current circumstances because you can only go where your safety is assured i don't see such conditions in place i'd rather stay home in the run up to the vote dozens of people have been killed i mean the escalating political tensions . that in a country still recovering after months of pre-election violence in 20102011 but left about $3000.00 people dead incumbent president alassane ouattara is running for a 3rd time against an independent after 2 other candidates boycotted the election and called sup

attack at the westgate shopping mall in nairobi 67 people were killed during the attack in 20130 catherine sawyer joins us live now from nairobi katherine when will we get the sentencing. while the magistrate gives his sentence on the 22nd of october he said the defense lawyers and the prosecutors all agreed to this the prosecutors say that they want the survivors and some of the families that lost their lost loved ones to give their testimonies ahead of that sentencing and the defense lawyers say that they want a pre-sentencing report from the different security organizations now the prosecution case peter was heavily reliant on call logs of come does a show and telephone conversations that were held between the accused and the attackers 4 of them this attackers who were all killed during the operation in westgate in 2318 in fact prosecutors saying that one of the accused spoke to one of the gunmen a $109.00 times between june and september of 2013 the lawyers also say that one of the accusers is involved in the part chase of a vehicle that was used to transport the attackers to the westgate mal

to secure a 2nd 5 year term and his government has been accused of cracking down on the scent catherine sawyer has more. arran samwell came to cast his ballot in a copy told adama has won 29000000 tonnes of man's who registered to vote and hopes his voice will count. i have come to vote and exercise my constitutional duty to elect the leader that i feel is best suited to bring development of my province and maybe change. now she is in the semi autonomous region of zanzibar here they get to vote for their old president he says he wants a better life regardless of who he will be people who they want to fish for world peace secondly they want improvement for those who are an employed here they want things to be easy they want to infrastructure to be in place here they want health he said he says but allegations of election fraud by some opposition candidates are worrying many a lot is at stake in this election opposition leader. appears to be preparing to contest the result he alleges widespread iraqi larry it is and threatens to call for mass action the electoral commission has responded by sayi

for 4 days the attack came 2 years after kenya sent troops into neighboring somalia 5 nights catherine sawyer who is in nairobi catherine it's been 7 years but this verdict will finally give some crucial for the victims. yes finally and. the chief magistrate chief magistrate francis and i really summarize 70 is all of that trial that started right after the attack on westgate mall he summarized this trial in about 3 and a half hours where he talked about the witnesses 46 witnesses were used by the prosecution and really the prosecution lawyers relied quite heavily on call logs. 5 of conversations between the accused people and the 4 attackers were killed in the hour westgate attack they were killed by security forces so the prosecution lawyers saying that the accused were in constant communication weave that attack and months and days before that attack in fact the lawyers say that one of their cues as. talk to one of the gunman a 109 times between june and september of 2030 in the prosecutor prosecutors also say that vehicle that was used transport. the attackers to the westgate mall that ve

mall that's in the kenyan capital nairobi dozens of people were killed al-jazeera correspondent catherine sawyer joins us live from nairobi catherine where they've been saying about this there. yes this is a ruling that has taken about 3 and a half hours with the magistrate really recapping 7 years since the trial started in 2013 when after this westgate mall was attacked the prosecution had 44 witnesses in total and the prosecution case was quite heavily hinged on telephone communication between the suspects and the attackers of that mall were killed. during that 4 day siege and the prosecution also relied on evidence of the vehicle that was carrying that with the prosecutors saying that it was one of the one of the accused was involved in this view of the prosecution also saying that all the 3 accused were in constant communication with the attackers and also the prosecution saying that. all the 3 attacks there's really there's a conspiracy to commit this terrorist but the defense lawyers came out and said that all this evidence really is circumstantial and there is no direct link to their cue

on the westgate shopping mall in nairobi 67 people were killed during that attack in 24 team catherine sawyer joins us live now from nairobi so katherine just talk us through what happened in the courtroom today. yes peter the magistrate chief and chief magistrate francis and i read his bad dicta in 3 about 3 and a half hours a trial that started as you mentioned 7 years ago 20. the prosecution had 44 witnesses and the case their case was heavily reliant on call logs of telephone conversations they say between the accused and 4 of that attack who stormed into the westgate mall they were all killed by security forces so the prosecution saying that there was conversation constant conversations going on between the accused and those attackers in fact they say one of the accused. to one of the gunmen a $109.00 times between june and september. 23rd teen the prosecution also produced evidence of the vehicle that was transported to the attackers to the westgate mall they say one of the accused was involved in part chasing that vehicle they also produced a laptop computer which they said which they

opposition were the votes has been marred by complaints so restricted internet access and fraud catherine sawyer reports from nairobi and they bring kenya. this was asleep moments before the main opposition presidential candidate. was arrested. just called for mass protests in tanzania semi autonomous island region citing widespread irregularities in wednesday's paul was heading to the town square when police intercepted him and other party leaders. part esther's who had started gathering was also does past others were beaten up as form video shows for the most part streets remained empty and many shops closed people are afraid of a violent confrontation with security forces following claims that police shot and killed several protestants in another island ruling party presidential candidate dr hussein we were later declared winner with 76 percent of the vote by the zionist electoral commission on the mainland where president john mcafee is up against opposition candidate to lease were more. problems lisa says he's election agents why denied access to thousands of polling stations police force t

years after kenya's government sent troops into neighboring somalia where is based on his ear as catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. this is a case that has taken quite a long time to conclude it started in 2013 right after that attack on the westgate mall here in the city nairobi 4 or assailants of that attack were all killed by security forces but this 2 men one in the dock today were found guilty of helping and supporting that crime and today the lawyers presented their final statements with the defense asking for leniency saying that the men have conducted conducted themselves well in the duration of this case also saying that the wrote their role in that attack was very small was peripheral we also had from the convicts and solve also asking for mafia and insisting that they are innocent the prosecution on the other side hans said no matter how small their role was 67 people were killed and that trumps everything chief magistrate francis and i agreed with the prosecution sentencing the 2 men to 33 years and 18 years respectively. for the offense of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act in

the demonstrators who said the ballot papers had been pre-marked ahead of the vote let's join catherine sawyer whose life was in nairobi so katherine you've been following events so what's the latest. well let's start with zanzibar town and that's arrest of the main opposition leader the presidential candidate of a.c.t one of the lendell. fave sharif amid who was arrested this morning at a polling station today is our early voting advance voting for special groups like security forces election officials people with this disability and so one so when police were arresting safe they said that he had no business being in a polling station this is that he is not a special group so he's still on the police cassidy but he's a lawyer has been allowed to see him. safe is a very to better and politician very influential who has been in this game for decades and if you remember in 2015 during the presidential election he claimed victory. paul was annoyed this election was annoyed by the zanzibar electoral commission and save himself refused to participate in the repeat election and this time he has been

center in nairobi back in 2013 at sage lasted several days that left 67 people dead from nairobi catherine sawyer or. 7 years after the westgate mall attack trial happened chief magistrate francis and i read out his verdict over 3 and a half hours the prosecution's case he says follows. it was given by 4 to 6 witnesses prosecution lawyers used call logs of telephone conversations between the 3 accused and the gunmen who were killed in the 4 day siege in 20132 men up to and hussein hussen were found guilty of conspiring to support their talk and having materials linked to terrorist activities in the prison is buying that there is a strong link. with the fast on what their case was in their communication. was that they were involved in the us. one of the accused lieben abdullah all mark was acquitted of all charges ben more who has been waiting for the judgment he and a friend were driving into the basement parking of the mall when they hard the 1st blast then gunshots what's a little more ties is being lost is where i was hiding there's a security guard who was right next to me was shot in the hea

with 6000 fans allowed inside the stadium to watch it live and will go to katherine sawyer now she's there catherine this is a significant event for kenya in more ways than. one isn't it. absolutely and this just to go back to the 6000 pounds yes 6000 people are allowed in the stadium but the medium he's fairly empty peter and to go back to your question it's significant in benny ways for starters this is the past events 1st major school to track and field events being hauled on the continent because of the crown of art and that makes that hump rounded thousands of oxalate it's also important because it's the 1st such event to be held in kenya and because kenya government is really pushing to have more international events happening here people are spoken to government officials i've spoken to officials say that this is significant because the thing to open those doors it's also named after one of the world's greatest oculus keep talking you know that i'm not particularly that his broad keep kaino passing and joining me to discuss all this is our last mccoury he's us all the analyst the last thank y

protests over a ballot for so let's speak to katherine sawyer now who's watching this election for us from the kenyan capital of nairobi and catherine so a polls have closed as i say but there have been reports about these widespread irregularities what more do you know about. rob salute throughout the day we've seen a lot of conversation online a lot of composition in tanzania as well especially with opposition supporters claiming widespread allegations of the opposition leader 2 lisa has been tweeting as well saying that he is receiving reports that he's polling agents are being denied access to polling stations in some parts talking of ballot stuffing intimidation some people's names missing from the voters' register and so on and in another to eat he is calling for my section without giving details really of what this. is we have not been able to identify. to to verify independently this information but then i have to tell you the electoral commission president has just had a briefing to talk about what has happened throughout the day and he said that today's process has gone fairly smoothly he did address those concerns and all