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is either everything is africa on the program today the tara in easton the democratic republic of congo we have an exclusive report from a d.-w. team imbedded with u.n. troops in the region it's the largest such peacekeeping mission. and in the other congo the death of the main opposition visa has overshadowed the country's election should brace off a coup and i was the main rival of president danny says whistle who's expected to extend his 36 e.-l. hold on power. class african leaders pay respects to tanzania as former president john noble 48 at a state ceremony in the capital to be laid to rest later this week. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to the program it's good to have your company the democratic republic of congo is home to the un peacekeeping mission get a violent insurgency in the country shows no signs of abating for nearly 3 decades eastern congo has been mobbed with insecurity and frequent outbreaks of violence caused by armed groups last year more than 2000 civilians were killed in attacks by these rebels there are say to be over 100 odd groups in the region and experts

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group of experts on the democratic republic of congo and also a senior research at the s. issues of security studies in pretoria we asked him if the un peacekeeping mission in congo had failed. that want to score is the response to a compressed problem they have to deal with big territory and they have to face 150 groups scots are on the country some of them a sponsor about politicians or use them to be to secure their position kinshasa they listen bituminous going to governments the us administration but it's also not been goob by city did activities of institutions and you know when you go work in the government in the consul where government is capable to accompany what they have to do and don't look this good and this has been lacking in it yes if it passed and yes but security needs of noise at least what's in the isa no there have been many components within what is called the i democracy force getting in and being a 2nd time. and then remember who are trying to return to canada to china you want in the city to me james i've been attacked but to go to system doesn't

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dooney mcquay guy is a doctor from the democratic republic of congo and a nobel peace prize laureate he travels the world campaigning for a cause. for much of the work to do we consider the cause for which we are fighting to end rape and sexual violence against women during war a noble cause you can know. unfortunately the change has been slow in coming but peter and the women the rape victims expect a lot from our advocacy do not appear to only. with him in the fight for peace. the 61 year old in his hand of the german institute for medical mission schneider has been supporting danny mccuaig in the d r c and in germany for years often billionaire had. in the end he said it's not only mine it's your nobel prizes well what are you doing to change things and this challenge is also our cause we don't just want to applaud him and say great man we want to support him and make sure that we're doing what we can to help him in the fight for peace and comfort. but how can she help the new mccuaig in his fight against sexual violence and for peace in the democratic republic of congo. but there

of congo. where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protest with violently put down. reverend a ali was involved in that campaign he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing what do those voices if you might be with is there are ignored. the choice of today's voice everything on the brazzaville side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing the president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the electoral commission. says he's monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers

do need is a doctor from the democratic republic of congo and a nobel peace prize laureate he travels the world campaigning for a cause. or to move to the we consider the cause for which we are fighting to end rape and sexual violence against women during the war a noble cause to do vocal no. unfortunately the change has been slow in coming up piece of land the women the rape victims expect a lot from our advocacy not who could do again. with him in the fight for peace is. the 61 year old in his hand of the german institute for medical mission schneider has been supporting tony mccuaig in the d r c and in germany for years i can tell you know how to in berlin he said it's not only mine it's your nobel prizes well what are you doing to change things and this challenge is also our cause we don't just want to applaud him and say great man we want to support him and make sure that we're doing what we can to help him in the fight for peace and comfort. but how can she help danny mccuaig in his fight against sexual violence and for peace in the democratic republic of congo. that there's one

group of experts on the democratic republic of congo and also a senior research at the s. issues of security studies in pretoria we asked him if the un peacekeeping mission in congo had failed. that want to score is the response to a compressed problem they have to tear with big territory and they have to face 150 groups scots are on the country some of them a sponsor but politicians all use them to be to secure their position kinshasa they listen bituminous going to government previous administration that is also not being goob by city did activities of institutions and you know when you go work in the government in the consul where government is capable to accompany what the efforts of been done of this given this has been lacking in it yes if it passed and yes but you really need to noise at least what's its isa no there have been many components within what is called the i democracy force and being a 2nd time. and then remember who are trying to return to uganda to china you want in the city of meetings at the not attack but to go to system doesn't assist in that effor

of congo. where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protest with violently put down. reverend. was involved in that campaign he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing to his voice if you might be with is there are ignored. the choice of today's voice everything on the president's side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the electoral commission. billy sheehan says he has monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers h

it will outbreak in the democratic republic of congo according to the health minister she's believed to have contracted the disease from the infected semen of her husband who was himself an able a survivor. nurse moment barry mckee has experienced past evil outbreaks in this temporary wards outside key to a hospital in temple suspected abler cases will be isolated upon arrival they have 4 rooms here no more. when beara fears the outbreak could be difficult to contain the government did not make the outbreak public until 4 days after the able a patient died. then was that. if the government had released the result on the same day and locked down all contacts the disease wouldn't have spread like this with the pentagon today and. instead the highly infectious body was buried in the traditional manner which in congo means many relatives touching the body more than 70 contacts have been tracked by the ministry of health since that one school truthy we risk our lives we are here at the frontline because we take care of all the sick people who arrive when we were told that the 12 epidemic

to name is a doctor from the democratic republic of congo and a nobel peace prize laureate he travels the world campaigning for a cause. or legend in the work to the we consider the cause for which we are fighting to end the rape and sexual violence against women during war a noble cause he will call no. unfortunately the change has been slow in coming up to the end the women the rape victims expect a lot from our advocacy no 2 people could do again. with him in a fight for peace. for 61 year old is head of the german institute for medical mission schneider has been supporting danny mccuaig in the d r c and in germany for years i believe you know how to act as is there in berlin he said it's not only mine it's your nobel prizes well what are you doing to change things and this challenge is also our cause we don't just want to applaud him and say great man we want to support him and make sure that we're doing what we can to help him in the fight for peace and comfort. but how can she help tony mccuaig in his fight against sexual violence and for peace in the democratic republic of cong

voting for a new president in the republic of congo the incumbent hoops to extend his 36 year rule to leading opposition candidate is hospitalized with 90. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the palestinian authority begins its covert 19 vaccine rollout after receiving more than 60000 doses through the international kovacs. more violence in man march 20 kook protests continue un's top official echoes calls for sanctions against the military leadership. plus enjoying a taste of freedom in taiwan where a thriving economy is bucking the global trend. so voters in the republic of congo choosing the next president in an election that could see the current one extend his state almost 40 years then sasuke new guy so is one of the world's longest leaders and is widely expected to stamp out 7 people are vying for the top job but some opposition candidates are either in jail or are boycotting the poll the internet has been shut down and there are concerns a vote is not transparent one candidate to get a breeze puff fake who's in hospital cave at 19 is aging people to get out and v

is not a victim but congo is the one playing a double game. according to french prosecutors more than a $1000000.00 of congo's public money has been spent on suits and shirts in this shop in paris. it's just one investigation among many corruption scandals that often involves the 1st family the government spokes person has been campaigning for president sasuke ahead of sunday's election he's promising economic recovery it's not. corruption it's not. a bad choice no it's. ringback decreasing the price of corn price. china's growing investments here can't be missed on the streets of brazzaville although this one isn't paying off it's one of many stalled constructions here in the hillside suburbs people complain of a chronic lack of any investment for decades homes here were collapsing long before the oil prices and many people wonder if an election will bring any change malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo or a top of the sport his job there and thank you well let's start with the tokyo olympics and the japanese prime minister h

dooney mcquay guy is a doctor from the democratic republic of congo and a nobel peace prize laureate he travels the world campaigning for a cause. for much of the work to do we consider the cause for which we are fighting to end rape and sexual violence against women during war a noble cause to be a vocal know. unfortunately the change has been slow in coming her piece of land the women the rape victims expect a lot from our advocacy no 2 people could really. with him in a fight for peace is. the 61 year old as hand of the german institute for medical mission schneider has been supporting danny mccuaig in the d r c and in germany for years i can tell you how to in berlin he said it's not only mine it's your nobel prizes well what are you doing to change things and this challenge is also our cause we don't just want to applaud him and say great man we want to support him and make sure that we're doing what we can to help him in the fight for peace and comfort. but how can she help turn him in his fight against sexual violence and for peace in the democratic republic of congo. but ther

his rule of the republic of congo is lighted by crises and corruption scandals which he says he will and. will put an end to immortalities which i call corruption there 1st laziness and indiscipline and absenteeism do you understand. a lot of the people here don't really look like they're paying a lot of that in the president's speech is normal for people to be made to return political rallies here in congo and given they're not out there is only really the ruling party has enough resources to do that on any kind of scale. no expense was spared here at the final rally of his campaign a french public relations company helped to run it but not everything followed the script. when people started chanting and the curfew is in place to prevent the spread of coded. didn't have anything to say about this . some opposition parties and politicians are boycotting the election others are in jail after disputing the results of the last poll. but here is one of the 6 opposition candidates running this time he's a former finance minister of south sudan queso his government and. all of our money is

the image few people in congo brazzaville expected to see. the main opposition candidate please call calling on his supporters and hours before his death. i'm having trouble from fighting against death but i ask you to rise up go and vote for change so i will not be fighting in vain. he already knows he might not see the outcome of the elections. and he said after weeks of campaigning he tested positive for covert 19 on friday hours later on an emergency flight to france the man that keep campaigning till his last breath. was declared dead. rise up as one man make me happy i am fighting and you to go fight for change you owe it to the future of your children that you need of. yes. his video went viral and shocked many in congo brazzaville the country has so far only had 10000 official cases of covert 19. the incumbent president is widely expected to win another term he's been in power almost throughout since 1997 and says the elections were success. i've noticed the election campaign went on peacefully everywhere in the country i believe this

still ahead here on al-jazeera the man they call the empress 6 reelection and republic of congo after 36 years. and a sleeping giant awakes as a long dormant volcano erupts just 40 kilometers from iceland's capital. the tornado threat now has gone but it was quite dramatic and this is how it happens this is a put this on loop for you can see have these streams of plows go inland from this coastal area that's rather more humid air coming yes cold air is coming from the west you get these thunderstorms to topple sunder storms that is lightning and that's what caused by of tornadoes was some damage there that's a big a scale the last 10 on its way through florida a few hours ago now it's all linked to a system which is its head is quite caught in fact it's going to be some morning still there would have been some morning stone passing new england possibly even new york then all. things improved during saturday and the sure on this east coast of florida or maybe georgia when you got on shore brazen or poor weather than the pacific side takes over the action this isn't a slowly opening fro

the eastern democratic republic of congo is rules for a rival militias. women are movies rebel fighters many of them experienced abuses teenagers. we're on foot the beauty of the landscape cannot distract from the constant fear of kidnap of being caught up in fighting. as soon as we get close the rebel militia sends an escort to take us to that base. one of them is mama for either she joined the militia almost 20 years ago after another group attacked her village the man killed her parents with machetes 6 of them raped her she was just 15 she'd already been married the same group had killed her husband. i felt defeated my life had defeated me i saw what they had done to me and how they killed my family i couldn't continue my life like it had been i mean really so i decided to become a fighter and drive them out. given the chance she'd shoot them on the spot she says when a former teacher began recruiting people to take revenge she joined him many in her group survived similar trus it is it's a militia of traumatized damaged young people. they killed my fa

malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo . with post of the votes counted after israel's 4th election in just 2 years the clear idea of who will end up in power but it's a small palestinian israeli party which may hold the key force of reports from west . one months or a bus decided to split from the rest of the mainly palestinian israeli joint list alliance and campaign separately it was a big gamble that earned him plenty of blowback now with 5 seats in the israeli parliament his united arab list in theory has the power to bestow either side a majority. vote so he can be kingmakers in the elections we need to 6 eighth's that we can establish our status and influence in politics for the future the next generation. of us is politics a religious and conservative right wing israeli politicians call him and he's ironist left wing is criticize his stance on. issues and yet his openness to engage with and potentially support either the bloc led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu or the one trying to remove netanyahu from power ha

political opposition in the republic of congo say they've been cheated the electoral commission said president denny sasser ingress a one with nearly 90 percent of the vote but to do it again with a bone to congo is not a democracy you can see what happened to congress a dictatorship pure and simple. presidential polls one sunday results were announced 2 days later the supporters here don't believe the results but also many of them say they're not surprised some of the opposition candidates boycotted the elections entirely to others who won in the last election are in jail serving sentences of 20 years forced labor that they were given off the challenging the result of the last election the police power fake the most prominent opposition candidates is dead was announced just after voting he tested positive for covert. many of his supporters think he was poisoned his party officials say they've discovered widespread irregularities like polling stations where the president won more than 6 times as many votes as the worst people voting liberal politically not a democrat human history th

malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines japan's prime minister says north korea has far too ballistic missiles yes he does so guesses they fell outside japan's exclusive economic zone so korean and u.s. intelligence are now analyzing the launches. at least 300000 brazilians have died from cold with 19 president general sanaa has repeatedly downplayed the threat of the virus from the outset but has no caved to maintain pressure and announced a national.

still to come on al-jazeera we speak to one woman in the republic of congo sensor activist husband was abducted by government agents and she hasn't seen him since. some attacks from china north korea the u.s. secretaries of state and defense send a symbolic message this is to some. it's time for the perfect. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again the weather set fair across japan and the cherry blossoms starting to come out nicely now it's going to stay fine and dry for the most part over the next day i would say well so weather will be a little further south and west was so shocked by this band of cloud this stationary weather front juicing rain across central parts of china to run over towards shanghai as we go on into with the state passed a fine a dry 18 celsius not too bad but have an 18 in seoul as well cools off a little as we go on into a friday for turkey but it warms up a touch in so i'm going to say some rain sleet and snow moving towards beijing hopefully that will help to clean the air here after a recent sandstorm heavy showers continue across central parts of chi

congo's billions of dollars of oil wealth haven't helped most of its people. all businesses had to close for polling day people were only allowed to move on foot in the internet has been switched off rights groups say that means the counting in tallying will happen in the dark the electoral commission says the result will be announced in about 4 days malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon is beginning the most turbulent week of her career she is accused of mishandling sexual assault allegations against her predecessor and it's threatening to undermine her relationship and possibly her ambition sake scotland out of the united kingdom so no whole reports from adam. a difficult week ahead for nicholas sturgeon that could see the 1st minister fighting for her own and scotland's political future it may very well be that i didn't get everything right that's for others to judge but in one of the most invidious political and personal situations i have ever faced i believe i acted properly and appropriately and tha

malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo . yes president joe biden as a point of common interest to manage the steady arrival of refugees and migrants at the southern border the vice president will lead u.s. efforts with mexico and central american countries to stem the flow of migration members of congress have been visiting emergency facilities that have been reopened recently it follows a growing outcry after images revealed over crowded and makeshift conditions at a center in texas and so it's not like someone sits around. the table from one of the what amounts to going to great idea whatsoever and we have given money do you really haven't taken our kids rushed to the border the mercury to take for cross rivers and there were those people lying we would be. one of the ways we learned is that. if you deal with the problems in your country it benefits . the people through 3 counties there. an investigation into a deadly fire at the world's biggest refugee camp is now under way the campus conses bazaar in bangladesh is home t

any hope of covert is a disease or westernesse not for africans there is no covert in congo. what i believe is that corona kills it kills a lot of people so much you know what. a survey conducted by the ministry of health in goma showed that a quarter of all those questioned believe covert 19 does not exist one reason for that according to the minister 80 percent of cases he has shown no symptoms and of the 20 percent with symptoms most isolate at home nobody really knows how many people got caught with 19 already. the population things people died because they had diabetes high blood pressure heart disease that's where the doubts set in but we continue communicating to the people listen covert exists every day we have new cases and we don't want the numbers go up. we are now going to meet a group of young activists in goma set up that the government doesn't enforce wearing masks in public and they feel like it's their responsibility to raise awareness about the dangers of rides. as part of. a group of young people who don't get tired of telling people to wear a mask a tough

multiplied the one that became one of the crossroads at the original transatlantic slave trade in congo the relationship of equality between africans and portuguese collapsed so a lot of became from that on from 50 ninety's on became the most important single port the single place in africa from where africans left for the americas 23 percent something like that out of all africans a lot from. going heavily to brazil which of course is the biggest area where africans go in the americas by far almost half of all africans end up in brazil and lawanda was the was really an outpost of brazil many ways needed to meet up. down muscle devoutly they determined that a merchant should import $20000.00 slaves per year that these slaves became contractual objects they stopped bartering with if you did it then became something highly speculative that he so figures then amounted to thousands of slaves were counted by lots and no more one by one and even the language changed they spoke of pieces please define the slave in terms of stature and age as calculations were made in terms of profitability. th

the leading opposition candidate in the republic of congo. died he was being treated for code that 19 votes in the presidential election of being counted president dennis the soon widely expected to win. japan has lifted a state of emergency in tokyo as pressure mounts on the government to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control ahead of the olympics the measure imposed in january bars and restaurants have been closing at 8 pm many other businesses have switched to remote working with infections rising for months ahead of the games experts are warning against complacency. just days before the olympic torch relay is organizing committee say they're taking all precautions to minimize the spread of the virus it's an effort to turn around public opinion with polls showing 80 percent of people in japan want the olympics canceled or postponed again. this week in fukushima the torch relay with start old though it is a grand starts greatly simplify it but no one including spectators to prevent infection he edition will take all possible measures

they were expecting him to win the republic of congo's presidential elections so. we need change and nor topsy they must do an autopsy to know if you really died from covert 19. kill us had travelled to paris for medical treatment his death was announced early on monday for a lot of the people living in a neighborhood that is favored really seem like a distant reality they watch the news it seems like it's something that affects all the people in richer countries plus there's a mistrust of the government and that hasn't been helped by things that have happened to former opposition candidates and by things that people from the ruling party have said. during the election campaigns the prime minister campaign for president any sense who. is ruled for most of the last 40 years. he made what were widely understood to be threats to kill us what we call the likening him to a child who plays with fire or tries to fight his father a mole suffer for it but what of what the hope. this man john marie michel macaco ran in the last election 5 years ago challenge the results alon

maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up in the program the republic of congo holds its presidential election with the internet shut down roads are blocked and the main opposition leader in hospital battling coded human rights. another 4 people are killed in me and ma why some protesters rallied at dawn to avoid confrontations with the security forces and thousands have been evacuated and dams overflowing and homes have been washed away as australia suffers its worst flooding in decades. welcome to the program we begin this hour in northwestern syria where at least 7 civilians were killed one of them a child when shelling by government forces hit a hospital at least 16 others were injured appen in the rebel held town of in the west and aleppo countryside this footage which is yet to be independently verified shows civil defense rescue is carrying injured patients outside and even after the initial strike the shelling continued around the hospital michael moore was on the do much for the. but i had bloody lot of luck to you as you can see the shelling of the hos

polls open in republic of congo's presidential election but the leading opposition candidate is admitted to hospital with copd 19. elevator and clark this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up coronavirus restrictions are trigger resistance across europe as the country's brace for another wave of infections. and its infection spike police in brazil's biggest city are breaking up parties to contain outbreaks. plus a taste of life in taiwan where a thriving economy is bucking the global trend. so then the polls have open for republican congress presidential election president dennis gay so is widely expected to extend his 36 years in power there are reports of internet outages ahead of the poll some opposition candidates are either in jail or have refused to stand or another candidate. who is hospitalized with covert 19 has urged people to vote. competitive in. my dicom partly it's i'm in a difficult situation i'm fighting death i demand that you guys open go vote for change fight don't give up the fight rise up please do this from a. all right quick look at some of the leading candi

women are fighting in militias in congo.books we begin in germany where the world's 1st criminal trial on torture in syria has taken place 1st verdicts have been announced for the bereaved families of the victims it is just the beginning. there always fresh flowers next to add a must if is portrayed. he disappeared in syria 8 years ago the few remaining photos of him his daughter was 1st most precious possessions she's looked at them a 1000 times trying to conjure up his presence the day it happened what was a way her mother then living in northern syria was on her way to visit her husband in damascus they hadn't seen each other in months 15 minutes before she arrived she called them and said i need to stay in i'll be there in 15 so he said that i clean the how everything is perfect and i'm just waiting for you'll. see our 15 minutes later she i've. she called him and he never responded oh oh. you know i mean. of the day i was like this is according to neighbors armed men had come to take allie most of her away. her mother a

they were expecting to win the republic of congo's presidential elections.st do an autopsy to know if he really died from covid-19. reporter: he had traveled to paris, his dental to announced early on monday. >> really seemed like a distance reality, something that affects older people in richer countries. plus, there is a deep mistrust of the government. that has not been helped by things that have happened to former opposition candidates, or things that people from the ruling party of that. reporter: during the election campaigns, the prime minister campaign for the president who was ruled for almost 40 years. he made what were widely understood as threats, likening him to a child who plays with fire. and that he would suffer for it. this man ran in the last election five years ago. challenge the results along with another opposition candidate. they were both accused of threatening state security, sentenced to 20 years of forced labor. imany people here think there s no way he would leave power, whatever happened in the election. he voted as his opponent w

i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program republic of congo holds its presidential election with the internet shut down roads have blogs on the main opposition leader seriously ill with coded on the. grief and anguish but no social distancing as thousands pay their last respects to tanzania as late president john mica food. soldiers shooting night and day in myanmar where anti coup protest has shown no sign of backing down. no welcome to the program we begin in northwest syria where shelling by government forces has hit a hospital at least 7 people were killed one of them a child despite the facility being built underground to avoid becoming a target it happened in the town of in the west in aleppo countryside mandy reports . a place meant to care for people and keep them safe the earth becomes a scene of chaos the hospital was hit by mortars fired from a syrian army outpost. bloodstained survivors who carried out and treated elsewhere i mean it's hard enough that a child and health care workers died in the bob barker and about that day father

some of the national parks in congo was he and his family. i would love nothing more than to live in peace. but poachers and farmers are hunting them and threatening to speak. what's being done to protect them for. you to minutes on w. . i subscribe to b.w. books something more in the world we make our captive for. me books. and i'm game did you miss that 17 trillion land out of killed worldwide sure so that we can. but it's not just the animals still suffering it's the environment we went on a journey to find ways out of the machine if you want to know how old one cliff to the priest i'm going to trust changed as he says listen to our podcast on the green . this is news and these are our top stories f.b.i. director chris ray has told us no mike is there's no evidence to support a right wing conspiracy theory that the siege on the capitol building was carried out by leftist extremist posing a strong supporter as he described the events of january 6th as domestic terrorism and vowed to hold the rioters accountable. the european union and the u