all right let's bring in our panel in london on gomo president of the congolese exile government from kinshasa to undo the r.c.s. ruling party spokesman and also joining us from london indigo ellis a risk consultant at various maple croft welcome to you all to the program indigo let me start with you do you believe that elections in the r.c. will actually take place next week. well that's a very good question i think ultimately we thought that these would these elections would take place on the twenty third i think many international observers did think that they would take place however with this week delay i don't think that we have a guarantee that these are going to happen actually as promised on the thirtieth i think what's far more likely is that they will be extended further and what we're building into our forecasts maple craft is that these elections will actually take place over a much longer period we're probably looking at pushing them into definitely q one twenty nineteen instead of this thirtieth of december day which is a real shame for the process of democracy in india

the germans or the british or south africans has to be the congolese. so wherever you have congress using investing in their country they definitely have the support of the state and we've been encouraging that and we continue to encourage that since you took over in two thousand and one in two thousand and three you credited with the signing of a peace deal which ended who really is reduced congo is conflicts that time. here we are about fifteen years later and complex is still going on there are more than four million people displaced who are regular massacres in the east it's been a very brutal conflict in kasai and recently as in this the failure to and congo is complex we don't have anywhere in the congo as we speak a situation of a civil war the situation is pretty bad a little villages who are being massacred you are what you are some. people let me give you another short or long also depends on you know we have twenty six provinces in this country not ten not to eleven twenty six forces do you know in how many provinces we have problems in only

people we have yes the congolese people but you also have a state.we have a state so the state has to guide. and of course even in quite a number of instances where it has been necessary we've had to deal with our own situations through dialogue that we've done but as far as i'm concerned and what i do after this process i believe the congo is much more important than any individual in this country me included so. first of all this organizer of elections for myself. that sky's the limit thank you very much wolf. a controversial politician elected to the highest office in latin america's biggest country. brazil is about to inaugurate its new president. join us live from the capital brasilia on inauguration day. in the first episode of science in a golden age i'll be exploring the contributions made by scholars doing medieval islam in the period in the field of. professor jim. brings the brilliance of the pasta line. that's going printable almost doesn't look real all we've done is block out the light from the room and then allow it to come through the

saudi the out of congolese and you have to force. people in the eastern cities if any in the tempo demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could vote. i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations in protest. thousands came opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa was greeted with chants calling him a big liar and saying that she has every kind of weird. millions of voters across the country counties will be contentious and many congolese say they wanted to accept the result they don't believe. now can web al-jazeera kinshasa or the democratic republic of congo. while staying with the story catherine sawyer reports now from the opposition strongholds in the capital. falling station in one of the city's opposition strongholds the gate the still open to political. lot of people standing here many of them very frustrated with moving their names to the

all right let's bring in our panel in london on gomo president of the congolese exile government from kinshasa to undo the r.c.s. ruling party spokesman and also joining us from london indigo ellis a risk consultant at various maple croft welcome to you all to the program indigo let me start with you do you believe that elections in the r.c. will actually take place next week. well that's a very good question i think ultimately we thought that these with these elections would take place on the twenty third i think many international observers did think that they would take place however with this week delay i don't think that we have a guarantee that these are going to happen actually as promised on the thirtieth i think what's far more likely is that they will be extended further and what we're building into our forecasts maple craft is that these elections will actually take place over a much longer period we're probably looking at pushing them into definitely q one twenty nineteen instead of this thirtieth of december day which is a real shame for the process of democracy in india.

all congolese people for the past time ever in the country's history. let's just come back to the here and now for a second joseph because the election commission as you know under fire for announcing that various areas won't be voting on till next year march that means about one point three million people won't be able to vote so how can the selection be seen as free and fair which is what president kabila wants us to believe. daryn that's extremely an important point in part i was actually piling it together because there's so many issues clearly it starts from that very particular point that this election cannot necessarily be to be seen to be free and fair and you could argue probably except for. the wind because he's supporting the support base in that area is about eighty percent and election in which that is a substantial difference disenfranchisement you can't really call it a free and fair election but i'm really talking about it within the context of the malays that we face on the continent and particularly in that country but anything five ge

congolese president tells al-jazeera why he believes his country's sovereignty is at stake. also ahead the bolivian teenager born with us left and is transforming the lives of other young people. and of the sports news roger federer allowance his first big prize of the new tennis season and d.c. with that story in about thirty minutes. experts in indonesia are worrying that another volcanic eruption could cause a second tsunami at least four hundred thirty people died five metre high wave flooded coastal communities near the soundest. straight on saturday robin brought her story. a new exclusion zone around the volcano means no one is allowed to approach within five kilometers but the greater concern is for the people living along the coasts on either side of the sunda strait they've again being warned to stay back between five hundred meters and one kilometer from the shoreline while commercial planes have been ordered to avoid the area i'll kind of cash is a mix euro and gas and it's classic rock fragments and minerals and all kind of glass and it's very very scratchy or i

the desires of the congolese people for peace and for justice and for democracy that's a story that absolutely needs to get out to the global community i mean certainly have to say you know al-jazeera has done quite a lot of stories and a lot of other international media have you have covered it especially the past few days and testimonies like that of dr denis before i go of course are invaluable because it's very graphic and often heartbreaking descriptions are actually the kind of think that will come across and will make people empathize but you live in the united states so your advocacy group obviously does what it can to raise the profile what do you do when what do you feel what have you found works to make people care or you know obviously a lot of people will care but to see action when it comes to dealing with with the sea from the international community. well several things work one is making sure the proper narrative is shared we often we've seen in the last few days the narrative that's been put out there on the congo has come from the president himself joseph kabila w

this would allow the congolese people. weep for loved ones. to forgive their torturers to overcome their suffering and finally to project themselves into a civil future finally. after twenty years of bloodshed for a massive population deplete displacements the congolese people. desperately awaiting implementation of the restaurant's ability to protect the civilian population when their government cannot just not want to do so. that people are waiting to explore that are to our lasting peace. and to achieve peace there has to be at her arrest and the principle of transparency is credible and peaceful elections. i've. also heard the people of the congo let us go to war so let's build us date as the heart of africa where the government services people a state under the rule of law. capable of bringing lasting and harm manias development not just in the d r c urch of the whole of africa where all. political economic and social actions will be based on a people centered approach to restore human dignity to all citizens. your majesty's. most disting

in europe because i wondered what part of my career would now tank i learned that the congolese women in kiev are had mobilized to ask me to return from sin will be easy. to. contradict the security confronting the danger dr mcqueen he decided to return to the government. supported by the women of cuba he returned more determined than ever and radicalized his struggle. that in. on some big goal no together we say no to sexual violence no to the rebellion no to those who wish to become ministers and generals by killing their fellow countrymen you are but your so we the population must say no. this is. the best place for the. this call to the police is she says court of egyptian policeman makes it possible for me to get to very risky places was it no solution otherwise i would be a prisoner at the hospital and that's a life i couldn't ban for long. distance but. of course i will open it for when i arrived here the first time i want struck me it was the women who came in on stretchers. even though most of them whenever death. i came from behind plateaus and surrounding villages. of your

well that is something that the congolese people now i have to bring to the international community. here you. see long walks and i think it is very good that the noble committee has stated figures six million victims of the conflict that is a good thing that has that has been said several hundred thousand women have been raped that has been set as well and i think that it's very important that the congolese people now ask for justice no one is going to do it instead of them and i can rest satisfied only when justice is served for all these hundred thousand women and those a million victims thank you but to me i'm. this is kelly magnum are from everybody and my question is for an audience. i was struck in your book by the fact that they will look using propaganda to advertise the fact that they could rape women as as a way of. getting new recruits and i wonder. how do you think behaviors need to change in the world for people not to be attracted by that sort of propaganda and also feel self how you know whether or not you find it difficult to trust men after this experience. dies whe

while awaiting the appeal, the in theon will be making days ahead, and it invites the congolese people to maintain the highest vigilance. correspondent,ur who explained the latest reaction to the government's attempt to postpone those elections. >> the main announcement by the opposition andhe the opposition leader are asking the congolese people to reject the decision by the collect -- pole.alition to delay the the opopposition is asking the popupution to nonot takake partt all in the presidential election, the second announcement is the opposition is asking, calling on the people onorganize a general strike friday, a general l strike to protest against the decision by ththe commission to paiaially delay the election. the oppositions surprised by the fact the coalition decided to posostpone the election for security reasons, when in many cicities and regions across the congo, there are security problems, people are dying. citiest these three should be excluded from the vote . according to the opposition it is because they are o opposition strongholds. w wanthoritities do not these cit

elections these are congolese elections and that's what everybody has to understand and there are.issues that have arisen whilst in the way we've been able to do as a nation we don't want anybody to judge us and that apart from the congolese people experts are worried that another eruption could cause a second tsunami in indonesia at least four hundred thirty people died in the five metre highway flooded coastal communities near the sunda straight on saturday bright explains more. and you exclusion zone around the volcano means no one is allowed to approach within five kilometers but the greater concern is for the people living along the coast on either side of the sun does straight. they've again being warned to stay back between five hundred meters and one kilometer from the shoreline while commercial planes have been ordered to avoid the area all kind of cash is a mix euro and gas and it's classic rock programs and minerals and volcanic glass and it's very very scratchy are in et so the dangers about going up into the atmosphere so plain if there is not a large rips in the ash g

elections these are congolese elections and that's what everybody has to understand and there are. issues that have arisen whilst in the way we've been able to do them as a nation we don't want anybody to judge us and that apart from the congress. just a short while ago really commission and here in the capital kinshasa one thousand six hundred polling stations he uses about twenty percent of the capital polling station be used in voters will be directed at the polling stations instead they said that the reason for this is the warehouse fire a couple of weeks ago in which the electoral commission says some of the voting machines were burned now the capital has about fifteen percent of the. so the capital has the greatest concentration of voted in the country from the most densely populated areas we do expect to see long queues here on voting day and removing twenty percent of the polling stations is only going to make those queues longer quite possibly it will mean some people can't vote in the capital is also an opposition stronghold both for martin for you lou one of the key oppo

the out of congolese you have to force. people in the eastern cities of benny in the template demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could vote i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations him protest thousands came opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa was greeted with chants calling him a big liar and saying that she has a recount where. millions of voters across the country counties will be contentious and many congolese say they wanted to accept the result they don't believe. i mean go live now to malcolm he is still there in the congolese capital kinshasa and that map of what you witness yesterday's seem to be a great deal of enthusiasm for these more than eighty million people trying to make a difference in their country but what about those what more than a million people who just were not able to vote. lot of frustration for

they're out of congolese and you have to force. people in the eastern cities if any of the template demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could. i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations him protest. thousands came. opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. and. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa he was greeted with chants clearly of a big liar and saying that she has every level where. millions of voters across the country counting will be contentious many congolese say they voted to accept the result they don't believe.

of congolese that it was significant problems in some cats the country a lot of congolese don't trust the electoral commission even if you really were the winner of this election can you really expect to be given a victory yes to be called. what. if you can't for the first use the willing of congolese change the change to change the chief of committed to change the president and to change the system because the congolese said that we did twenty years of emily's. de electoral commission tried to keep. and it is a system. power but the congo is human and there's no way they have to go that wired. for less important just within the last few minutes some social media services of all shuttle here in the democratic republic of congo what do you think about that. some people mentioned too early dismantling that dollar shoot down the social media but because they are afraid i don't know why they are fred they have to lead to d. count three to go as he has to go easy everything has to be flawless you know so we can come we've come up with a result of dr congo lives people are expecting we don'

in europe because i wondered what path my career would now tank i learned that the congolese women in kiev are we had mobilized to ask me to return from. contra to all the rules of security confronting the danger dr mcwade he decided to return to the government. supported by the women of cuba he returned more determined than ever and radicalized his struggle. that. i am some little girl no together we say no to sexual violence no to the rebellion no to that. this is. the first place for. this in this school to do the police who she says caught of egyptian policeman makes it possible for me to get very risky places. it norm. otherwise i would be a prisoner at the hospital and that's a life i couldn't ban for long. distance but. for when i arrived here the first time i want struck me it was the women who came in on stretchers. even though most of them were near death. i came from behind plateaus and surrounding villages. i would stay here and let me ask for two weeks at a stretch i would leave twice a month to see my family how long have you spent separated from your family like this. f

sorting this out of congolese you have to force. people in the eastern cities if any in the tempo demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could vote i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations him protest. thousands came opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa was greeted with chants calling him a big liar and saying that she has a recount where. millions of voters across the country counties will be contentious and many congolese say they wanted to accept the result they don't believe. webb al-jazeera kinshasa or the democratic republic of congo to yemen and who see rebels say they fired four missiles into saudi arabia they say they targeted saudi forces near the city of jos and in a separate development two saudi soldiers were killed while fighting with ruthie's near the yemen border that's according to saudi media. well the u.n. team monitor

of obstructing the electoral process and related human rights violations in retaliation the congolese government has opted to egypt the e.u. and bassett are giving him forty eight hours to get out. that leaves sunday's election already two years behind schedule largely without international observers mostly because. accreditation more protests against the electoral commission decision are planned for today opposition parties have called for a general strike. you're watching. you can always get the latest. from the apple store that will give you. news from around the world as well as push. the next hour with another full of course you get all the latest news and information. on our website. we. want to show the continent. and join the. challenges the seventy seven percent.

of obstructing the electoral process and related human rights violations in retaliation the congolese government has opted to egypt the e.u. and bassett are giving him forty eight hours to get out that leave sunday's election already two years behind schedule largely without international observers mostly because they've been denied accreditation more protests against the electoral commission's decision are planned for today opposition parties have called for a general strike. that would not join a you're not getting he is in kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo thank you notes opposition parties have called for a nationwide so-called ghost town general strike today what is the situation like in the country. so it's important to know to look at the exact places of the country so if you look at the east where we have been the. those places. where the elections will be postponed they are people to go people are going on the streets we have protests the day shops are closed so their people are respecting the opposition also in goma which is also in some five but if yo

of obstructing the electoral process and related human rights violations in retaliation the congolese government has opted to egypt the e.u. and bassett are giving him forty eight hours to get out. that leaves sunday's election already two years behind schedule largely without international observers mostly because they've been denied accreditation. internees is also agency has lowered the death toll from last week's tsunami the official told now stands at four hundred twenty six dead with twenty three people still missing authorities have also warned residents to stay at least one kilometer inland in case the eruption of the un it crack a trigger is another tsunami as such warnings have not stopped some residents from trying to start rebuilding their lives on a santos sent us this report. sometimes the sea is a friend sometimes a photo mark says he's a fisherman in love one west java who is look to the sea for his livelihood and as a source of food. i could make as much as fifty euros a week from fishing curing the monsoon season we depend on our store it's where we sell food to tour

of obstructing the electoral process and related human rights violations in retaliation the congolese government has opted to egypt the e.u. and bassett are giving him forty eight hours to get out. that leaves sunday's election already two years behind schedule largely without international observers mostly because they've been denied accreditation more protests against the electoral commission's decision are planned for today opposition parties have called for a general strike. but as we near the end of twenty eighteen or taking a look back at some of our favorite reports from the year one of them took us to cairo to meet waller and head out to women bucking egypt's macho culture by boxing both of them have tackled stigma all their way to the top nell they want to lend a knockout blow for equality in the country. how dear packs a punch it saves her from unwanted male attention here on the streets of cairo sexual harassment can be a common experience her training partner while law is just as fierce she's egypt's heavyweight boxing champion strong women in a macho world and out on the

of obstructing the electoral process and related human rights violations in retaliation the congolese government has opted to egypt the e.u. and bassett are giving him forty eight hours to get out that leave sunday's election already two years behind schedule largely without international observers mostly because they've been denied accreditation more protests against the electoral commission's decision are planned for today opposition parties have called for a general strike was. now if you follow european football you know that the sport can generate billions of dollars in revenue money that has led to a booming industry and well paid players but that reality does not represent the rest of the footballing world and the african nation of ball in for example trying to make ends meet is a daily struggle even for professional football player. who's. just gabbing nice football club f.c. . actress and it's hard to find anything out of place just a bunch of professional footballers training. but imagine playing on an empty stomach sees these players fast fighting what can i say i fight som

this out of congolese you have to force. people in the eastern cities if any in the template demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could vote i think when it came to voting this made their own polling materials and open their own polling stations in protest. thousands came opinion polls indicate that most congolese trust the electoral commission. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa was greeted with chants clearly give a big lie in saying that she had to recant when. millions of voters across the country counted will be contentious and many congolese say they wanted to accept the result they don't believe. web al-jazeera kinshasa the democratic republic of congo. joins us now live from the capital kinshasa so katherine bring us up to speed on what's been happening there are people still waiting to vote. yes they are housed but let me just fast give you some information that we're getting from an area called zero south cuba and democratic republic of congo right at the bor

that's the view of most africans across the globe that in mind this was able to be a congolese leaderfor all congolese peoples for the past time ever in the country's history an election in which that is a substantial difference disenfranchisement you can't really call it a free and fair election but i'm really talking about it within the context of the malays that we face on the continent and particularly in that country but anything fired out of this if they were to bring the country together then that is perhaps a step ahead that is really how low we are starting from because hardly fifteen years ago even gone we did not know what other ability not know where they would find themselves in rwanda or company or really whether or not it would be overrun by nearly the fast what they call the fast african african world war what are the polls have closed in bangladesh where the election commission is reportedly in investigating allegations of vote rigging as security was tight but at least four people were killed in election related violence a prime minister shake is seen air is seeking

for the congolese people these these paul he's a really important and the like the one who is green the change in the country today i was i was the young man who. vision and he worked. very very early and i think you know why are you coming early this is really important for me at the moment i. would think machine is pretty important for me because i can change my life he was really cool that that will do what will be the occasion for people to have more jobs and who have to do all good things to have a good life so yes people have been waiting and do put them maybe the coming but of course. we don't know exactly what is the we take this and. yeah ok wendy bash reporting from can shasta thank so much. he telling football club will play the next two home matches in a completely empty stadium after. it was subjected to racial abuse in milan earlier this week was the latest in a series of incidents in italian football with authorities struggling to eradicate the problem in the absence of an effective official solution some fans are now taking it upon themselves to show racism the red card.

all congolese peoples for the past time ever in the country's history an election in which there is a substantial difference disenfranchisement you can't really call it a free and fair election but i'm really talking about it within the context of the malays that we face on the continent and particularly in that country but anything fired out of this if they were to bring the country together then that is perhaps a step ahead that is really how low we are starting from because hardly fifteen years ago even going we did not meet other ability not know where they would find themselves in rwanda or company or really whether or not it would be overrun by nearly the fast what they call the fast african african world war time for a short break here not just europe when we come back. they made nazi salutes and shouted heil hitler sirrah of the far right the growing threat of extremists in germany. north korean leader kim jong un says his trip to seoul will happen just this year as planned.

this out of congolese and you have to force. people in the eastern cities of beni into temporary demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could. i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations him protest. thousands came opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa was greeted with chants clearly have a big liar in saying that she has every kind of where. millions of voters across the country counties will be contentious many congolese say they wanted to accept the result they don't believe. malcolm webb al-jazeera kinshasa the democratic republic of congo. caffein story joins us live now from a polling station in an opposition stronghold of the capital haven't you been witnessing hell this balance thing going all day in case one of you saying. well so let me just start by saying look this is a situation here polls close but many people still in line

a fly in the congolese capital kinshasa has destroyed thousands of voting machines just ten days before the presidential election party see about seventy percent of the equipment was incinerated opposition leaders had raised concerns that congress fast use of voting machines could lead to possible manipulation in favor of president. the election commission's the vote rigaud ahead is set to step down after seventeen yes his presidency has been dogged by allegations of corruption and human rights abuses here we have a story of one activist group seeking to raise that legacy. the. fight for change they saying is also the name of their movement they demand political change in the democratic republic of congo the. politicians don't know what it means to invest in development they prefer to line their own pockets with money instead of using it for everyone. the majority of those involved are students and young academics they want the state to be more accountable to its citizens which has led them to today's campaign for weed removal . on the early don't want to show the state that we are here

the streets to protest according to human rights watch almost three hundred people were killed by congolese security forces during the mostly peaceful demonstrations over the past three years. has friends currently in prison there were at the same demonstrations she was a tackle was herself repeatedly detained and beaten by prison guards. that got me angry i asked them why are you doing this that hurts when you hit me. your club it really hurts. but they nevertheless hit me two three four times. i wasn't pain i thought to myself that is the pain of freedom i have to endure it for. the democratic republic of congo has countless problems corrupt politicians exploitation of natural resources armed conflicts in the eastern part of the country there are more than four million displaced persons. and an absolute lack of infrastructure. we have two countries in the states the cities and then the rural areas these rural areas were ignored for a long time which is why eighty percent of the populace lives with almost no infrastructure . and joseph kabila is not on the ticket in the upcoming elections

for me the point was to show them the congolese culture our culture our objects and to show them what artists created for us that it was meant to explain all of that. it is a point was not the images suggesting that whites are superior to blacks my kids didn't even ask me about that one point that they wanted a month but that seemed to go on to come up with. that despite the change of focus the reopening of the royal museum for central africa is not likely to end the debate over the best way to deal with belgians colonial past. you know robin in the past one of the arguments against returning looted art to to africa has been that there aren't perhaps enough museums in africa how is this art is that true well it's really a post colonial attitude of the africa cope with this it's a mammoth task there's no doubt about it especially when there's a report commissioned by the french president recently which came out in the arms of ninety percent of african art is not in africa. but they're all great museums all over the continent ready to take what they consider the fire i mean a great time

opposition parties are accusing the congolese government of grave human rights abuse welcome what has more. mangas told us how her brother rossi was killed it was earlier this year he was at a protest calling for the already read you elections please stop the march that's normal here on the streets of kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo and rossi was shot he died in hospital after all that. but marie says his ideas live on. we will not shut up because it's our country they have guns and they can kill but he said they can kill all eighty million of us they can even kill me but can they kill all congolese. reraise neighborhood clean most people of four and it's a similar story throughout most of hungary meanwhile on the home full of people make billions of dollars every year from the country's vast mineral wealth as people say they want change rights groups say people are really free to demand it but the bar. cap jamba spent nearly forty years trying to challenge that he's a human rights lawyer. i assure you it can not be a free election because the regime is alread

saudi they're out of congolese and you have to force. people in the eastern cities of beni in the template demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could. i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations him protest. thousands came opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa was greeted with chants calling it a big lie are saying that she has a recount when. millions of voters across the country counties will be contentious many congolese say they wanted to accept the result they don't believe. web al-jazeera kinshasa a democratic republic of congo. all right still ahead here on al-jazeera uncovering isos grim legacy another mass grave is found in northern iraq. the u.s. state of california takes the lead with tough anti gun laws and you get tougher and then you get. however we're seeing some really heavy rain stormy weather across southern parts of the u.s.

this out of congolese and you have to force. people in the eastern cities if any in the template demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could. i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations him protest. sounds came opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa greeted with chants calling her a big liar and saying she had to return when. millions of voters across the country counties will be contentious many congolese say they won't accept the result they don't believe. just a short while ago the internet services are being switched off here in kinshasa and one hundred been any official statement from the old so with these responsible yes but of course one of the key pieces of information people want to be exchanging right now are results to the different candidates trying to compile own tallies from those polling centers across the country and of c

the out of congolese you have to force. people in the eastern cities of benny into temporary demonstrated last week when the electoral commission said they could. i when it came to voting activists made their own polling materials and opened their own polling stations him protest. thousands came to opinion polls indicate that most congolese don't trust the electoral commission. when its president came to check on a polling station in kinshasa. chance clearly. saying. millions of voters across the country can't even if you can just so many congolese say they won't accept a result they don't believe. and malcolm joins us now live from kinshasa. getting the impression really that the day started with great excitement the people could vote then turn to frustration what's the saying now is there a sense of people being angry about not being able to take. voting literacy. in many places but in the places where it didn't definitely a great deal of frustration some of those polling stations that are very late still voting right now

the congolese reality he put first of all the interest of the country interest of the people and. later his own interests. this is. has been described as the accidental candidate who was little known outside and back. to prominent and popular politicians. and. who are excluded from the election are backing him i want to give. and i have to have. we have to leave because. every year we create at least five point one million jobs. is the leader of the largest opposition party. he's opponent inexperienced and only riding on the popularity of his late father the founder of the party. i have more political experience than some of my opponents i joined politics twenty five years ago and i started from the bottom i was chosen to lead the party grassroots and succeeded to where i am i am my father's son but also my own. the candidates are promising much the same deal. and corruption provide the basics jobs education health care but an economic strategy to talk to some of those pledges are not realistic and maybe hard to implement we need to plan ahead this country we need to plan for. thi

catherine just mentioned the congolese government is accused of suppressing the political opposition reports now from can just. told us how her brother rossi was killed it was earlier this year he was at a protest calling for the already read you elections please stop the march that's normal here on the streets of kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo and rossi was shot he died in hospital. but marie says his ideas live on. we will not shut up because it's our country they have guns and they can kill but he said they can kill all eighty million of us they can even kill me but can they kill all congolese. reraise neighborhood clean most people up for this is similar story throughout most of hungary meanwhile. people make millions of dollars every year from the country's vast mineral wealth people say they want change rights groups say people really free to demand it when they are bar. cap jamba spent nearly forty years trying to challenge that he's a human rights lawyer. i assure you it can not be a free election because the regime is already used to courts to block

the congolese reality he put first of all the interest of the country the interest of the people and. all interests. this is. for you lou has been described as the accidental candidate who is little known outside and is nominated back. to prominent and popular politicians. and. who are excluded from the election are backing him i want to give. and i have to have. we have to leave because. every year we create at least five point one million jobs for people of color. is the leader of the largest opposition party. he's. inexperienced and only riding on the popularity of his late father the founder of the party. i have more political experience than some of my opponents i joined politics twenty five years ago and i started from the bottom i was chosen to lead the party grassroots and succeeded to where i am i am my father's son but also my own. the candidates are promising much the same deal. and corruption provide the basics jobs education health care but an economic strategy as we talked to say some of those pledges are not realistic and maybe hard to implement we need to plan ahead th

elections these are congolese elections and that's what everybody has to understand. and the . issues that have risen while in the well and we've been able to do them as a nation we don't want anybody to judge us and that apart from the congress people. so the recent announcement by the electoral commission just a few hours ago that around twenty percent of the polling stations here in the capital kinshasa won't be open those voters will be redirected to other polling stations is going further cause and the mung opposition supporters the capital is opposition dominated area we'd expect to see long queues here apollo on polling station anyways densely populated a significant proportion of the electorate is here by reducing the polling station by twenty percent we're going to see even longer queues lot of opposition supporters saying this is yet another attempt to frustrate their their chances. so this is damaging the credibility of the election just a couple of days before it's going to have a have a long the last opposition this bill saying they should proceed and go

activists not human and congolese going to college is dennis macwhich it have been awarded the twenty eighty nobel peace prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence in conflict zones. in an exclusive interview live from all slow we talked to this year's laureates about their fight for justice the nobel interview and al jazeera exclusive. watching out as they're allowed to take out the top stories right now the french interior minister says the so-called yellow vests protest in paris are under control now earlier hundreds of people were detained during a fourth weekend of demonstrations against the government's economic policies. are the sticking points to emerge from the third day of yemen talks and sweetness over a transitional government who believe that what worked if it includes all political parties but government negotiators are resisting the proposal china has seven candidates ambassador to protest the arrest of an executive from tech giant weiwei it says there will be consequences of canada doesn't really snag one show and mediately and the u.s. is accusing her o

as you just mentioned the congolese government is accused of suppressing the political opposition from malcolm webb who reports from the capital kinshasa. there are a two mangas told us how to have brother of rossi was killed it was earlier this year with a protest calling for the already overdue elections please stop the march that's normal here on the streets of kinshasa the capital of the democratic republic of congo. and rossi was shot. he died in hospital that's all that you talk about. but murray says his ideas live on. we will not shut up because it's our country they have guns and they can kill but drusie said they can kill all eighty million of us they can even kill me but can they kill all congolese. reraise neighborhood is it clean most people up for it is a similar story throughout most of hungary meanwhile it's my new home full of people make billions of dollars every year from the country's vast mineral wealth but people say they want change the rights groups say people are really free to demand it. from a cop jamba spent nearly forty years trying to challenge that he's a

skype connection from the d r c let's bring in a teetotaller got him over he's president of the congolese exile government he joins us via skype from brussels ok so what's your response first of all to reports of troops have been firing over the heads of and to government protesters is this likely to up the ante in the standoff between the government and the opposition. thank you very much assad a very trusting day for me especially here what is happening in our country again just weeks ago we predicted this that a government is not willing to organize the election is permanently using a delay tactic just to west the whole scenario for the feature phone nation now what is happening is a complete or unacceptable and a government how to lend a value inclusive it when it come into the country devalue the election in our country killing all deanery citizen when they are calling them to recognize them to be elected to elect a leader of the choice is completely unacceptable where they come in to try and to use another form of delay tactic just to west people time let me a cyst on the valley of

is a mature man and the congolese now d m a rod is a young woman. u.c.d. none the less they are related to one another just as they are related to every person who is a victim of abuse they bring to mind the words of an earlier peace prize laureate topical carmen of yemen whose prize also recognize the struggle for women's rights from this very podium she said in justice against. one person is injustice against all mankind see a muslim arab woman invoked the battle waged by women in male dominated societies and described it as a fight for the dignity and rights of women and men alike she dedicated her award to all those women whom history. and the severity of ruling systems have made unseeing to all women who made sacrifices for the sake of a healthy society with just relationships between men and women to all those women who are still stumbling on the past of freedom in countries with no social justice and equal opportunities. today's peace prize laureates join a long tradition of champions of human dignity carrying on the work of cover called car money a