verdict it's important to note that great now we see continued abuses against civilians in the central african republic renewed violence as part of a new battle that coalition formed and impunity has been such a key driver of crimes committed in the central african republic and perpetrator should take note of justice is not always possible today we see the rule of law has reached suspects and it sends a clear message that justice can be done it should be done and it may be done for would be perpetrators in the future. thanks for the round up at least kept associate director international justice program on human rights watch thanks for your time. thank you take good care. there are upset in somalia's capital mogadishu supporters protested the delay of the country's elections. security forces clashed with gods from the procession president mohamed to life a modest have a spot last week but politicians could not agree on how the election should be conducted the tension comes somalia is grappling with the long running threat from al-shabaab jihad is it said since. now us africa the process 100000 vets fro

verdict it's important to note that great now we see continued abuses against civilians in the central african republic renewed violence as part of a a new battle that coalition formed and impunity has been such a key driver of crimes committed in the central african republic and perpetrator should take note of justice is not always possible today we see the rule of law has reached suspects and it sends a clear message that justice can be done it should be done and it may be done for would be perpetrators in the future. thanks for the round up at least a couple of associate director international justice program at human rights watch thanks for your time. thank you take good care. chaos erupted in somalia's capital mogadishu i suppose i can support us protested that the leader of the country's elections. security forces clashed with gods from the procession president mohamed afterlife a modest have a spot last week but politicians could not agree on how the election should be conducted the tension comes somalia is grappling with the long running threat from al-shabaab jihadism said since. now africa ha

verdict it's important to note that great now we see continued abuses against civilians in the central african republic renewed violence as part of a a new rebel a coalition formed and impunity has been such a key driver of crimes committed in the central african republic and perpetrator should take note of justice is not always possible today we see the rule of law has reached suspects and it sends a clear message that justice can be done it should be done and it may be done for would be perpetrators in the future. thanks for the round up at least a couple associate director international justice program on human rights watch thanks for your time. thank you take good care. of. chaos erupted in somalia's capital mogadishu i suppose this is a fortress protested that the leader of the country's elections. security forces clashed with god's from the procession president mohamed afterlife a modest time expired last week but politicians could not agree on how the election should be conducted the tension comes somalia is grappling with the long running threats from al-shabaab jihadism said gents. now africa

became involved in the central african republic and in this case in particular. yes these men have been brought to the i.c.c. around 3 or 4 years ago one of them a politician he was a lawmaker and he was actually arrested when he was started shooting in parliament during a presidential election that he was brought to the i.c.c. and has followed him a little later both prominent politicians and for the i.c.c. does a very important case because they had also dealt with another case earlier of violence that happened in 2003 in the central african republic that case was the end to divert it was acquittal so it is a lot at stake here also for the court that they will have some kind of verdict here because as we know the i.c.c. doesn't have enough or at least not much of a guilty verdict soldiers also this pressure on the prosecutors to come up with a very solid case the defense of course and also the 2 suspects have been maintaining their innocence from the start that they were arrested ok step thank you so much for that update from the hague was nasty to hans de mari

time that the 2 main major suspects in the way for violence that happened in 20132014 in central african republic are actually on trial here it's a trial that will be closely watched also in the central african republic at the moment where violence is still happening we're talking about 2 leaders one is more like a military leader that's yet at them and none so now is seen as a very close confidant of former president bush these are who's also been held accountable or been accused of being behind this violence and so now is seen as the man who has been financing this violence the prosecutor has outlined a very detailed description of how well organized the anti baloch a militia swore they were very systematically going from one muslim village to the art of attacking the muslim minority in a country and basically aiming to remove the muslim population from the country altogether there were some really startling details about how houses were marked make sure that the population of people who were living there could not return home so a modern a 1000000 people were displaced during this wave of viol

coming up charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity 2 former politicians from the central african republic on trial at the world's top court. a call for an independent commission to investigate the attack on the u.s. capitol the house speaker wants to get to the truth of what happened a winter storm sweeps through parts of the u.s. bringing a record subzero temperatures traffic headaches and leaving millions in the dark. hello thanks for joining us military has denied carrying out a coup and pledged once again to hold elections next year a spokesman for the armed forces say they had no choice but to seize power moments later the lawyer of the deposed leader and she said the military has filed additional charges against her vats as protests across the country enter their 11th day scott idlers monitoring events from neighboring thailand he has more on the military's latest statements. bottom line is they're saying that they had to do what they did and they said that that's why they had to take over the government because the elections were fraudulent back in november they also went a bit fur

this is due to be news africa on the program today in security in the central african republic people are being forced to leave their homes as rebels push on to seize the capital the u.n. say is more peacekeepers on needed to keep the public safe. and on the international day of women and girls in science i'll be talking soup zimbabwe's stephanie travel she's made history as a black woman in formula one. hello i'm christine wanda it's good to have your company rebels in the central african republic say they will temporarily allow the passage of aid convoys to the capital . but the u.n. is calling on the rebels to end a blockade off the major road that leads into the capital the rebels who control about 2 thirds of the country and at one point have surrounded the capital have lost some ground the central african republic ministry along with its randon and russian and lies a series of towns in recent days at the end of last month they head of the un peacekeeping mission in the cia are requested additional reinforcement he said the security situation was testing the ability to keep peopl

the former child soldiers in the central african republic who want to take back their futures off to a violent past. yes we will get the story behind feel bored winning nollywood film the plains. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company there have been violent protests in several cities in sudan this week of a dire economic conditions it is believed the protests saw politically motivated and that act loyal to the else did former president omar al bashir behind them on thursday prime minister up to 180 in charge of dismantling obama has published structure has a wide range in order to prosecute members office of duns its ruling party now the protests so government buildings and vehicles on fire and properties pillage markets were also a nuisance in several city authorities impose a curfew to try to curb the unrest. and for more on the situation in sudan i'm joined by one of us a political commentator in the country welcome today's everything is africa we've heard that these pros has politically motivated is that the case of a city that was politically and economically motiva

and the former child soldiers in the central african republic who want to take back their futures off to a violent past. that's we will get the story behind feel bored winning not only would fill the ranks. hello it's good to have your company there have been violent protests in several cities in sudan this week of a dying economic conditions it is believed the protests saw politically motivated and that axes loyal to the else did former president omar al bashir behind them on thursday prime minister up in a hot dog gave a committee in charge of dismantling obama has published structure has a wide range in order to prosecute members off so done its ruling party now the protests so government buildings and vehicles on fire and properties pillage markets are also a nuisance in several cities. impose a curfew to try to curb the wrist. and for more on the situation in sudan i'm joined by one of us a political commentator in the country welcome to day to everything is africa we've heard that these pros has put this city motivated is that the case. of a city that was politically and economi

the former child soldiers in the central african republic who want to take back their future off to a violent. past we will get the story behind feel bored winning not only would fill the planes. it's good to have your company there have been violent protests in several cities in so done this week of a dying economic conditions it is believed the protests saw politically motivated and that x. has roiled to the ousted former president omar al bashir behind them on thursday prime minister up to $100.00 doc gave a committee in charge of dismantling. structures a wide range in order to prosecute members also dones its ruling party now the protests so government buildings and vehicles on fire and properties pillaged markets were also looted and several city. imposed curfew to try to curb. and for more on the situation in sudan i'm joined by one of us a political commentator in the country welcome today's everything is africa we've heard that these protests are politically motivated is that the case of to their political and economically motivated instructing the empowerment dismantling com

verdict it's important to note that great now we see continued abuses against civilians in the central african republic renewed violence as part of a new battle that coalition formed and impunity has been such a key driver of crimes committed in the central african republic and perpetrator should take note of justice is not always possible today we see the rule of law has reached suspects and it sends a clear message that justice can be done it should be done and it may be done for would be perpetrators in the future. thanks for the round up at least kepler associate director international justice program at human rights watch thanks for your time. thank you take good care. chaos erupted in somalia's capital mogadishu a simple question supports us protested that the leader of the country's elections . security forces clashed with god's from the procession president mohamed deny if a modest 10 a spad last week but additions could not agree on how the election should be conducted the tension comes somalia is grappling with the long run in threats from al-shabaab jihadists and said since. now us africa th

still to come this half hour a former central african republic football official and a rebel nicknamed rambo deny multiple counts of war crimes as they go on trial at the international criminal court. and a bisht for vet corners the cryptocurrency searches past another record and towards the mainstream. there in australia isn't quite as extreme as it has been the still plenty of rain around top end and coming down through western australia i think welcome showers formerly probably not flash flood territory now they become a little lighter $28.00 in perth warmer than that significantly in adelaide most of south australia victoria's in warm summer mode at the moment but the on shore breeze for sydney and the indeed brisbane will mean it's a little cooler and there are few showers particularly big ones i think were pier in tropical queen's less so dam in brisbane some of the shows might appear in the outback near a birdsville hoping because it's been bone dry here but not many i have to admit and heat carries on in melbourne for the tennis players the rain if anything intensifies in new s

still to come this half hour a former central african republic football official and a rebel nicknamed rambo deny multiple counts of war crimes as they go on trial at the international criminal court. and a vision for bitcoin as the cryptocurrency surges past another record and towards the mainstream. well thought is underway in that part of you has been freezing for a couple of weeks it's the atlantic group providing that warm relatively speaking that was monday's front this is coming in through tuesday so over time we get to wednesday there's a bit of a block here through poland but cold air is hard to push out of the way there's be a line of snow stretching down through ukraine and down towards well probably rumania south of that it's already been snowing that things are slowly improving greece and turkey and behind the improvement is in temperatures rather than anything else the yellow represents temperature risen significantly in the last 2 days alone so burdened up 7 london to about 11 o'clock that does mean to be some rain it was mostly not now the weather in greece has been at

news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 2 former politicians from the central african republic face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity the international criminal court. as military promises to hand over power after elections but it denies carrying out a coup and insists it had no choice but to seize power. vaccines on hold israel prevented 2000 doses of coronavirus shots from being delivered to the gaza strip. and winter storm sweeps through parts of the united states bringing a record subzero temperatures traffic headaches and leaving millions in the dark. and i've had to stand with all the sports news for serena williams wins her australian open quarter final but standing in her way as she aims for a 24th grand slam title. cruised past. in melbourne. so we begin this news hour at the hague where 2 former militia leaders have just pleaded not guilty the start of their trial for war crimes committed in central african republic. patrice edward in guy so now we're leaders of the mostly christian and black a movement they're accused of coordinating targeted violence

news africa on the program today in security in the central african republic people are being forced to leave their homes as rebels push on to seize the capital the un saves more peacekeepers on needed to keep the public safe. on the international day of women and girls in science i'll be talking suit zimbabwe's stephanie travel she's made history as a black woman in formula one. hello i'm christine wanda it's good to have your company rebels in the central african republic say they will temporarily allow the passage of aid convoys to the capital . but the u.n. is calling on the rebels to end a blockade off the major road that leads into the capital the rebels who control about 2 thirds of the country and at one point have surrounded the capital have lost some ground the central african republic ministry along with its randon and russian allies reached a series of towns in recent days at the end of last month they head of the un peacekeeping mission in the cia are requested additional reinforcement is if the security situation was testing the ability to keep people in the cia are saf

time for a short break here now jazeera when we come back a former central african republic football attentional and a rebel nicknamed the rambo go on trial for war crimes at the international criminal court and a fierce winter storm in southern parts of the u.s. needs dozens dead and millions without more in that state of. the worst snow in seattle that's for 50 years 70 percent of the land mass of the u.s. is covered in snow it's not surprised to see it in iowa but even here is pretty cold as you can see so the farmers are working hard on the cattle enjoying their day how often do you see snow down in mississippi that there it is all the same. and not everyone is used to it and the cold will stay in this more snow on its way not right down to the south coast but even here houston's any of 5 degrees but that junction between the feet of gulf air temporarily where things do warm up and the cold that still exist for the north will be the production of big thunderstorms and again tornadoes are possible snow in the northern flank freezing rain in between yet again and we've got freezing

the central african republic mine president independence. peace accords and many years of dialogue with armed groups yet insecurity still looms large in the country where people have had enough and want protection. as a result the book to the streets of the capital a few days ago protesting the arms embargo imposed by the united nations security council in 2013. i am a shopkeeper because of the insecurity we can no longer go to the market to sell our goods and take care of our children we can no longer pay our rent so that's why we have come out today to tell the un to lift the embargo so that security can return to our country i am a widow how am i going to look after my children. after the unsuccessful attack on the capital bangui the government tightened security by imposing a curfew and declared a state of emergency in the entire country for international aid organizations work is becoming very difficult most organizations have pulled out of the risk zones in the capital. but could oh go it will go direct or the united nations form for p

so 2 former leaders of a rebel group in central african republic have denied committing war crimes 7 years ago when the country descended into civil war the trial for. a police edward in guy so now began at the international criminal court and choose day 30 years of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape to move silica rebels overthrew the government at the time they were allegedly leaders of a predominately christian rebel group. i have understood everything that has been said here and i categorically say these counts are not correct i reject all the charges you have laid against me. i don't recognize the charges brought against me i am not guilty. to serve us in the hague or following the trial and so tell us more about the significance of this case being brought by the i.c.c. well in the last couple of hours we heard some really interesting details from the prosecutor about this case he basically outlined how this and he baloch a movement operating a christian mostly christian militia who actually committed his violent out of revenge against the muslim minority

the former child soldiers in the central african republic who want to take back their future is off to a violent posture. that's we will get the story behind feel bored winning nollywood fill the range of. hello i'm christine one day it's good to have your company there have been violent protests in several cities in sudan this week of a dire economic conditions it is believed the protests soften the city motivated and that axes royal to the ousted former president omar al bashir behind them on thursday prime minister up to him dr gave a committee in charge of dismantling the shias publish structure has a wide range in order to prosecute members off sudan's it's ruling party now the protests so government buildings and vehicles set on fire and properties pillaged markets were also looted in several cities authorities impose a curfew to try to curb the youngest. and for more on the situation in sudan i'm joined by one of us a political commentator in the country welcome to days everything is africa we've heard that these protests are putting a city motivated is that the case of a city t

a journey to europe began in 2013 he was a victim of the civil war in the central african republic he shows us where he got shot in the arm. so i can only move my arm this far it can't go up here i'm just gonna. sit in the middle of the interview the day breaks down after leaving the central african republic his family made their way through chad and then to libya from here they tried to cross the mediterranean to europe. the libyan police caught us in the middle of the sea. they took us to zawiyah. me my wife and my child. my wife was 7 months pregnant at work circle. a day fund his family managed to escape the detention center in zawiya. the little girl was born in this house. 'd on july 23rd 2019. 'd the family has been stuck in libya for 2 years even though a death as a u.n.h.c.r. refugee count. ready ready ready ready alone which. 'd 'd 'd in theory this card should allow him to access un and. it's clear i'm a war victim gives the u.n.h.c.r. won't take any responsibility i don't even know why i keep this card it's useless. today adel frisks leaving his house to go to a un h.c.l.

sit in the middle of the interview the day breaks down after leaving the central african republic his family made their way through chad and then to libya from here they tried to cross the mediterranean to europe. the libyan police caught us in the middle of the sea. they took us to zawiyah. me my wife and my child. my wife was 7 months pregnant one circle. a gay friend his family managed to escape the detention center in zawiyah. their little girl was born in this house. 'd 'd on july 23rd 2019. 'd the family has been stuck in libya for 2 years even though a death as a u.n.h.c.r. refugee haunt. ready ready ready ready ready ready you. 'd 'd in theory this card should allow him to access un. it's clear i'm a war victim feels like the u.n.h.c.r. won't take any responsibility i don't even know why i keep this card it's useless. today adel frisks leaving his house to go to a un h.c.l. center office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees getting an appointment with someone there was his only hope of leaving libya without having to risk the mediterranean crossing. is always o

now to form a militia leaders from central african republic have pleaded not guilty to a series of crimes including rape murder and torture they're going on trial at the international criminal court accused of senior roles in the mainly christian militia which persecuted muslims sébastien reports now from the hague. but these. listened quietly when the long list of charges was read out murder rape recruitment of child soldiers they both unite and the involvement should have been . mr president i repeat i don't recognize myself in the accusations against me i am not guilty. but prosecutors say they have overwhelming evidence that you got a nice sauna have let the anti baloch out movement in a campaign meant to remove the muslim population from the country almost known as commando ramble and i saw not a right hand man a former president francois as the organizer. as the evidence will show and i saw his participation in this strategy was integral and he contributed to it fully aware that the group he was helping to structure our finance instruct and organise was known by september 2013 as th

time that the 2 main major suspects in the way for violence that happened in 20132014 in central african republic are actually on trial here it's a trial that will be closely watched also in the central african republic at the moment where violence is still happening we're talking about 2 leaders one is more like a military leader that's yet at home and none so now is seen as a very close confidant of former president bush these are who's also been held accountable or been accused of being behind this violence and so now is seen as the man who has been financing this violence prosecutor has outlined a very detailed description of how well organized the anti baloch on militias were they were very systematically going from one muslim village to the other attacking the muslim minority in the country and basically aiming to remove the muslim population from the country altogether there were some really startling details about how houses were marked make sure that the population of people who were living there could not return home so modern a 1000000 people were displaced during this wave of violence

running. 2 former militia leaders are on trial at the hague for war crimes committed in the central african republic. of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape after muslim seleka rebels overthrew the government and 2013 both men deny the charges. to democracy activists in hong kong have pleaded guilty to organizing an illegal assembly and $2197.00 others including media tycoon jimmy lie denied the charges it's related to a demonstration in august 29th against beijing's influence in the territory drew nearly 2000000 people an investigation has been launched in peru to find out why nearly 500 people including many government officials were secretly vaccinated ahead of health workers the former president martin vickery has apologized after it was revealed that he and his wife received injections in october the world health organization says much needed ebola vaccines are on routes a guinea the stockpile is being flown in from geneva in the u.s. 5 people have died from the virus and 10 others. those are the headlines on al-jazeera more news coming up after witness. teaching you to s

in the middle of the interview the day of great stone after leaving the central african republic his family made their way through chad and then to libya from here they tried to cross the mediterranean to europe. the libyan police caught us in the middle of the sea. they took us to zawiyah. me my wife and my child my family my wife was 7 months pregnant one circle. and girlfriend his family managed to escape the detention center in zawiyah. and their little girl was born in this house. 'd on july 23rd 2019. 'd 'd 'd 'd 'd the family has been stuck in libya for 2 years even though a death as a u.n.h.c.r. refugee card. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready in theory this card should allow him to access u.n. aid. well it's clear i'm a war victim feels as if the u.n.h.c.r. won't take any responsibility i don't even know why i keep this card it's useless. today adelphi risks leaving his house to go to un h.c.l. cinta office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees getting an appointment with someone there is his only hope of leaving libya without having t

after leaving the central african republic his family made their way through chad and then to libya from here they tried to cross the mediterranean to europe. the libyan police caught us in the middle of the sea. they took us to zawiyah. me my wife and my child. my wife was 7 months pregnant circle. and his family managed to escape the detention center in zawiyah. their little girl was born in this house. 'd on july 23rd 2019. 'd 'd 'd the family has been stuck in libya for 2 years even though a death as a u.n.h.c.r. refugee card. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready in theory this card should allow him to access u.n. aid. it's clear i'm a war victim feels as if the u.n.h.c.r. won't take any responsibility i don't even know why i keep this card it's useless. today adel frisks leaving his house to go to un h.c.l. cinta office of the united nations high commissioner for refugees getting an appointment with someone there was his only hope of leaving libya without having to risk the mediterranean crossing. is always on his gaunt. dumont everyone suppose these men in this country y

sit in the middle of the interview the day breaks down after leaving the central african republic his family made their way through chad and then to libya from here they tried to cross the mediterranean to europe. the libyan police caught us in the middle of the sea. they took us to zawiyah me my wife and my child. my wife was 7 months pregnant circle. and girlfriend his family managed to escape the detention center in zawiyah. and their little girl was born in this house. 'd on july 23rd 2019. 'd 'd 'd 'd the family has been stuck in libya for 2 years even though a death as a u.n.h.c.r. refugee card. ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready ready in theory this card should allow him to access u.n. aid. it's clear i'm a war victim the u.n.h.c.r. won't take any responsibility i don't even know why i keep this card it's useless. today adel frisks leaving his house to go to a un h.c.l. cinta office at the united nations high commissioner for refugees getting an appointment with someone there was his only hope of leaving libya without having to risk the mediterranean crossing. is a

what's more still to come this hour including a former central african republic football official and a rebel nicknamed rambo deny multiple counts of war crimes as they go on trial at the international criminal court. of bush to bitcoin as they cryptocurrency surges past another record and towards the mainstream. and india's cricket is wrapping up a huge win over england in the 2nd test has come out in support. of. well thought is under way in that part of you has been freezing for a couple of weeks it's the atlantic group providing that warm relatively speaking that was monday's front this is coming in through tuesday so over time we get to wednesday there's a bit of a block here through poland but cold air is hard to push out of the way this be a line of snow stretching down through ukraine and down towards well probably rumania south of there has already been snowing that things are slowly improving greece and turkey and behind the improved is in temperatures rather than anything else the yellow represents temperature risen significantly in the last 2 days alone so burdened up 7 lo

facing trial at the hague have pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes committed in central african republic you can tom and patrice edward. leaders of the mostly christian black and we were accused of coordinating targeted violence towards muslims when was them select the rebels overthrew the government from its inception and i saw i was aware of the n.t. block as organizational policy that policy entailed violent targeting of muslim civilians and western c.a.r. who based on their role aegis national or ethnic affiliation were perceived as collectively responsible for complicit with and supportive of the telic you will hear this referred to as the criminal policy or common purpose in our presentation memos military has denied carrying out a coup in has pledged again to hold elections next year a spokesman for the armed forces says they had no choice but to seize power protest against a military takeover and now in the 11th a defeat department is monitoring events in men mufon hong kong and she has more on the latest statements from the military. we didn't really hear anti anything new most

leaders something did not guilty at the start of their trial for war crimes committed in the central african republic fredricka tallman petry said warden guy so now are accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape from 2013 to 2014 both men deny the charges from its inception and i saw i was aware of the n.t. block as organizational policy that policy entailed violent targeting of muslim civilians and western c.a.r. who based on their role aegis national or ethnic affiliation were perceived as collectively responsible for complicit with and supportive of the telic. you will hear this referred to is the criminal policy or common purpose in our presentation. as military has the carrying out a coup and pledged again to hold elections next year a spokesman for the armed forces says they had no choice but to seize power protest against the military takeover are now in their day the palestinian authority says israel has stopped 2000 coronavirus vaccines being delivered to the gaza strip the 1st doses were supposed to be given out on tuesday more than 2000000 palestinians living in

which could allow her to be detained indefinitely. 2 former leaders of a rebel group in central african republic have denied committing war crimes 7 years ago as the country descended into civil war alfred a rebel leader known as rambo and former football official patrice it will go sauna are accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape in 2013 are being tried at the international criminal court in the hague. to stay with us al jazeera world continues next hour back after that with news or tommy then if you can thanks for watching. thanks. to our. local drug. squad. bluestone how do you mean squat. and that cripple and so i see is not need to be at the end the most i want on you just say they have just pulled an idea been me me out sour bade me been. bad but damn. important move. move to the finals out had the book can turn the blood pumping will limit joe gentz. again of all your. really suggest government. should not even. when i'm seeing the. going to continue to. work as a bidet stina to us spain at 7 in a 10 year knesset. should be an african union leader shabby wha

mutilation torture and murder as it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan. the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. many former child soldiers have been rehabilitated after a childhood from hell. in the half ducted in 1995. when i was still 9 he asked. so i stayed there for 5 years had them come back they picked me from those from my parents and then cut off for 22. maintains has been killed so i sent away from mountains. laura leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now on grounds trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today. in your day w. correspondent a wendy basher has been following this story a welcome when they talk us through the key points of the verdict in this case which the judge described as exceptionally extensive and complex. as we all know demigod when it was all the kit today by the i.c.c. for war cream and cream against humanity but also for the sake

international efforts to find a political solution 2 former leaders of a rebel group in central african republic have denied committing war crimes 7 years ago when the country descended into civil war the trial for alfred patrice. began at the international criminal court on tuesday they are accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape and iraq's president condemned a series of rocket attacks in the northern city of erbil calling it a dangerous escalation 3 blasts were heard and smoke was seen near the airport where u.s. forces are stationed an iranian backed shia group claims to have targeted the military base one foreign contractor was killed and several others were wounded including a u.s. service member. those are your headlines on al-jazeera do you find a show starts right now. if you find fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers around the globe. that you can. chart. or track. your writing again. yeah ok hard to tell for sure yeah yeah it's over time for dale well you know my story and i suppose yeah. yeah. whereas i was a lawyer as well as you know

this is news africa on the program today insecurity in the central african republic people are being forced to leave their homes as rebels push on to seize the capital the un say's small peacekeepers on needed to keep the public safe. and on the international day of women and girls in science i'll be told.

from the african union on the conflicts that are taking some parts of the continent like central african republic of course but also in ethiopia. none of those conflicts are specifically on the agenda is certainly possible that they will be discussed ethiopia is the official host of this summit although it's happening but actually this year it's not happening in ethiopia's capital addis ababa earlier just a couple of months ago when that conflict integrate but we began the chairman south african president opposed to try to intervene and he sent 3 former presidents from across the continent to addis ababa to meet with prime minister to try and start peace talks and try and deescalate that conflict it didn't succeed they didn't get to meet prime minister they didn't get to meet with the p.l.f. and there were reports of low level fighting continuing right up until now ethiopia the government of ethiopia has made it pretty clear it considers this conflict to be a domestic affair it's not open to any kind of foreign attempts that mediation we would only expect to see the african union raising its voic

do you and says a convoy of humanitarian aid has reached the central african republic.area escort. they have managed to transport food and medicine. a surge in violence linked to this dispute of elections in december has displaced more than 200 hasn't billions -- 200,000 civilians. says it will continue to pressure. >> late last week. designated and as a member of not one but two terrorist group lists. >>we notified bail of the secretary's content. we did that late last week. we have also been very there about a second element. this intends to revoke that designation has nothing to do with our view of the houthi's and the reprehensible conduct, including as you mentioned attacks against civilians, kidnapping of american civilians. we are committed, as we said last night, to helping saudi arabia and its territory against further attacks. our planned action, the attempt to delist, is due to the humanitarian consequences of this last-minute designation. we can do two things at once. underscoring the fact that not only is it working with the u.n. special envoy, but it has i

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on the various conflicts of course says this trial region there is also the unrest in the central african republic but perhaps even more importantly for the african union in ethiopia ways headquartered the conflict in to greater region what can we expect to hear on that. when on these conflicts officially on the agenda although we can expect them to be discussed maybe at some level ethiopia's officially the host of this summit although it is happening virtually and of course is you know it's in northern ethiopia it's a great province where there's fighting low level fighting still going on right now from the conflict that began in november and in november the african union tried to intervene and start peace talks the chair cyril ramaphosa president of south africa he's now the outgoing chair of this summit but back then in november he sent 3 former heads of states to addis ababa the capital of ethiopia to try and start those peace talks they each met with ethiopian prime minister of the animated but they weren't allowed to meet with the leaders of the 2 graham people liberation front thus the enem

mutilation torture and murder as it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. a leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today. and my 1st guest today is a former child soldier in the n.r.a. and has since become an activist in the sent a poignant joins me from here in germany welcome to do it i mean is africa in a sense i just want to begin by asking you how you were recruited by the little its resistance army yeah thank you so much for having me. i was that it like did you do a lot of peace in northern uganda to come in the middle of the night. to join the man. so i was force at gunpoint with my shovel to move to walk with them besides my dad the same night it was abducted as a night my dad was abducted unfortunate if we need couldn't make it and was killed us the night i was forced to move

to former leaders of a rebel group in the central african republic of denied committing war crimes 7 years ago as the country descended into civil war after dick atonement and former football fishel at the our sauna are accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape in 2013 are being tried at the international criminal court in the hague. do stay with us the fans who make football is up next by for now. what is that they've been doing with the money that it's boring we bring in the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world i'm living in argentina as congress is debating a bill seeking to raise billions of dollars from the super rich for families hit odd by the pandemic counting the cost on al-jazeera. play. i. this is some power. despite being in germany's 2nd tier of football and without a single major trophy to its name it has become one of the world's most iconic teams. and it's all down to their fans. these are no ordinary supporters they love football of course but for them some paoli transcends sports for them football is about politics

struggle to secure vaccines also on the agenda growing unrest in the hell region and in the central african republic was a serious malcolm webb is following the summit from nairobi. protecting the african center for disease control and also there a used vaccine task force to report to the african union to update them on progress in this summit comes at a moment where the african continent finds itself at the bottom of a lot over grossly on equal allocation the distribution of covert 19 vaccines around the world experts estimate that the richest countries will have vaccinated most of their populations at some point later this year and the world's poorest countries many of which are in this continent will not vaccinate the same amount of their population till maybe 3 years from now or possibly never till the african union's task force has been trying to collectively buy vaccines on behalf of other countries is aiming to get about 600000000 vaccines that's about half the number of people living in the continent 1300000000 is the total population that pales in comparison for example to the u.k. which ha

mutilation torture and murder as it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. many former child soldiers have been rehabilitated after a childhood from hell. in the half a ducted in the 195 when i was still 9 he yes so i stayed there for 5 he said then come back they picked me. from my parents and then. it all for $22.00. man teams just been killed. so i said life among those. a leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now trial has been a chance for victims to confront an ongoing trauma the effects of which are still felt today. and we are joined now by wendy bashi our d.w. correspondent who has been following this story so wendy the judge said that this was an exceptionally extensive and complex case summer is the key points for us. yes how everyone so the key point defect that domine can when he has been to the i.c.c. for war crime and crime against humanity but also for sexual crime that inc

news africa on the program today in security in the central african republic people are being forced to leave their homes as rebels for shong to seize the capital the u.n. saves small peacekeepers on needed to keep the public safe. and on the international day of women and girls in science i'll be talking to suit zimbabwe's stephanie travis she's made history as a black woman in formula one.

the conflict in ethiopia is to grow a region growing unrest in the south hell region and central african republic let's go live to webb who's in nairobi and monitoring this virtual conference malcolm that's what extent is it going to be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic. one of the items that that is on the agenda and we certainly expect to get some attention the task force responsible for buying vaccines and me african center for disease control are expected to report on progress in development to the african union now this comes at a time where africa finds itself at the bottom of a very grown grossly on equal distribution of the available vaccines around the world which is countries are expecting to. most of their populations by late this year and the world's poorest countries this might not happen for another 3 or even never happen at all and of course many of the world countries are here in this continent african union being trying to address this they set up a task force late last year. 600000000 vaccines i mean half the number of people that live in the continent 1300000000 is the popu

says a convoy of humanitarian aid has reached the central african republic the 1st since rebel groups brought to the border with cameroon last month with an aerial escort 13 of the $108.00 trucks and managed to transport food and medicine into the capital of benghazi a surge in violence linked to the disputed elections in december has displaced more than 200000 civilians. the u.s. state department has defended the removal of the rebels from its terra black list over the u.s. says it will continue to pressure the who for what it calls reprehensible conduct or when jordan has more now from washington d.c. . late last week the bight met ministration notified congress that it's going to reverse one of the trumpet ministrations final acts in all this designating the hope these a member of not one but 2 terrorist group lists we notified the hill of the secretary's intent to revoke the foreign terrorist organization and specially designated global terrorist as the nations of. we did that late last week we have also been very clear about a 2nd element this intent to revoke that designation ha