joined now from new york by peter soulsby who's a senior analyst on yemen with the international crisis group thank you very much for speaking to us so ominous comments here about the prospects for this ceasefire deal surviving we know that they're already been multiple primes of violations by both sides what are we likely to see happen next. well that's a really good question and it really comes down to how do you want to respond to each other over the weekend and we have reports that the who feeds them liberally or not it's a stew food storage facility with a mortar which lets the loss of a lot of food to day there were plans to reopen the summer data road coalition is blaming the who he's prevented that from happening another ignores the these airstrikes so we're seeing a lot of attacks on one of the knots yet in that sense really get things going again in the city so what we have to hope for is that u.n. special envoy martin griffiths can convince them one not to really get back into it data and to get these redeployments of forces from in around what they read in the some moving because

ambassador just as the wild should stay out of the crisis group is going to be crossing over to new york in a moment to speak with our correspondent there but first let's hear some of what was said today in the council now it's time for every other nation to pick a side no more delays no more games either you stand with the forces of freedom or you're in league with the juror and his mate i'm going to hear if those we want to take the opportunity to say that in this case the u.s. is not behind the coup d'etat. it is in the vanguard of the coup d'etat. it is dictating the orders sort of the nice the urge all parties to refrain from the use of force we called for the organization of free and fair elections with international observers with all candidates allowed to go run for office and until then there is only one credible and legitimate institution and this is the national assembly the is really new but it's the venezuela does not represent a threat to peace and security if anything represents a threat to peace it is the actions of the united states and its allies aimed at the ouster of

minister to separate content disposed of the usual diplomatic niceties of such summits saying the crisis group calls the implosion of europe. this is an issue that presents a major challenge for europe which might lead europe to implode because europe able to coordinate a unified vision. there is no disguising though the impact of the thousands of asylum seekers now are arriving in cyprus the buffer zone the device the island between the turkish controlled north and the internationally recognized republic to the south stretches for more than one hundred miles it's easy for the human traffickers to find a way through these are some of the boats they use now impounded and beached by the police. bewildered to find themselves closer to baghdad the berlin the catholic charity character as does what. can to help most of them are too afraid to show their faces. just. told us he was forced to provide sexual favors to all who eventually smuggled him across the stuff as it is very difficult this man said he'd now lost all. job lived on the streets and was always hungry there are hundreds more like him b

and see as always thank you eleven briscoe is the latin american caribbean program director at crisis group he joins us now via skype from a book with sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so we heard from our correspondent on the venezuela border we know that there's been a lot of the plough mysie going on at the u.n. and beyond over recognition of the opposition leader why do venezuela what do you make of all that recognition that there has been for quite a few countries and the deadline now from the e.u. do you think it's just symbolic or do you think a lot of these countries will actually see it through. well it's you know the countries we're seeing starting with the united states extending to many countries in latin america announced easily also in the in the countries of the your reunion the question is at the moment under me is the thing. which is not resolved is how far will this diplomatic gesture this largely symbolic gesture or initiative interim president who has no control over the main leaders of power or the armed forces for the police state his country to w

is a senior consultant for southern africa at the international crisis group he says the warning from the zimbabwe government is disturbing what we're hearing out of. of course is par for the course in terms of previous experience with the government moving into the default position of allegation and threat so yes it is it is a disturbing statement and it comes on top of a range of other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks look at a couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused the m.d.c. civil society groups in business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front there is. a number.

since june well earlier i spoke to peter solsbury a senior analyst on yemen with the international crisis group he says a deal done to withdraw from her data isn't working because both sides of the conflict of interpreted it differently the deal that was made in stockholm last summer between these reserves to the internationally recognized yemen so the redeploying their forces from inside the date of july the ports the north and that they would be replaced by quote unquote local forces the government interpreted that to mean one thing which was in effect their guys would come in and who these in terms of the other way which was that they were going to take their frontline fighting forces out and replace them with police forces. loyal to them and that's been a real bone of contention and the issue is really bad they can't come soon agreement over what those local forces look like and it's all they can do but it's really difficult to see how this moves forward. well republicans and democrats have launched a fresh attempt to end u.s. support for the saudi led coalition in yemen politicians from bo

earlier, i spoke to phil gunson, a senior analyst for the international crisis group, who is in caracas. much will depend on which way the militaryjump. right now, they're notjumping at all, they're staying firmly behind nicolas maduro. although there are hints, if you read between the lines, that the military are not happy with the way things are and they may be open to some kind of negotiation and indeed, mr maduro himself, just a couple of hours ago, has said that he is open to some form of negotiation as proposed by countries like mexico and uruguay, who are taking a more neutral stance on this. which way do you think the military might move, if they move? i suppose it may not be entirely helpful to mr guaido, within the country, that he has the backing of the united states? that is a bit problematic. the us is clearly taking the main role here, and given the us history in latin america, it makes it very easy for mr maduro to say that this is merely an imperialist plot to take over venezuela and in fact, it's not really that. much of the rest of the hemisphere and most of the bigges

league and in johannesburg south africa pearce picu is senior consultant for southern africa at the crisis group that's an ngo focused on conflict resolution it's good to have your in the street and we're going to start with a community and we're i mean what is striking about this show is the amount of people online who are saying they have been affected and affected by the rising fuel costs so many people sharing their stories so i want to share just three. this is shami on twitter who says i used to pay two dollars to and from work and i now have to pay five dollars we used to buy two leaders of cooking oil for two to three dollars and now it's ranging from ten to fifteen dollars what pains me the most is that the salary remains the same someone else echoing her sentiments this is andre who says public transportation prices went up one hundred fifty percent increase my salary remains the same taxes are out of reach especially for those of us who work after hours and thieves have become a menace so those are just in addition to one person who sent us a video comment the talent is in how and thi

you're saying that they are on the back foot but here is the assessment by the international crisis group they're saying that al shabab has proven as resilient across parts of east africa as in somalia itself adapting when under pressure by relocating its operations and reorienting its recruitment you don't agree thank you i just want to read to read that for a terrorist group to remain relevant and to prove its resilience they simply need to carry out you know an attack in a year or an attack after every two years for them to to stage a comeback and this is typical of any terrorist organization al-shabaab has been active inside somalia has been active on the fringes of the kenyan borders in monday but it has never carried out a major terrorist or other it has never staged a major terrorist attack in the capital city of nairobi scene's twenty thirteen when the attire wisk it ok well they have been trying to attack kenya but most of their plans have been thwarted by security agencies meaning that the unable to penetrate the country as they used to before or right think please go ahead beca

phil gunson is a senior analyst for the international crisis group, and joins me from caracas. you see this crisis going next and how do you see it ending? much will depend on which way the military goes. right now, they are notjumping military goes. right now, they are not jumping at all military goes. right now, they are notjumping at all but staying firmly behind nicolas maduro. there are hints, if you read behind the lines, the military are not happy with the way things are and they may be open to some kind of negotiation and indeed, nicolas maduro himself, just a couple of hours ago, has said that he is open to some form of negotiation as proposed by countries like mexico and uruguay who are taking a more neutral stance on this. which way do you think the military might move if they move was to mark suppose it may not be entirely helpful that one kool—aid oh has the backing of the united states ? oh has the backing of the united states? —— juan guaido. oh has the backing of the united states? -- juan guaido. it makes it easierfor nicolas states? -- juan guaido. it makes it

is a senior consultant for southern africa at the international crisis group is concerned after the president's spokesman warned the crackdown is a taste of things to come it is a disturbing statement and it comes on top of a range of other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks look at a couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused of the m.d.c. civil society groups in business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front there is a number of of new stories circulating at the moment talking about splits within the party between the military and the party and so forth and there is a lot of confusion as to actually where the center is in terms of the extent to which zanu p.f. is marching in step and the government is marching in step of course is a good question some people say there are these huge splits others say a good cop bad cop approach is being pursued but that certainly is one of the big burning questions at the moment that many of us are trying to look into. the african union says it's perspiring a hi

minister to separate content dispose of the usual diplomatic niceties of such summits saying the crisis group calls the implosion of europe. this is an issue that presents a major challenge for europe which might lead europe to implode because europe's able to coordinate a unified vision. there is no disguising though the impact of the thousands of asylum seekers now arriving in cyprus the buffer zone in the device the island between the turkish controlled north and the internationally recognized republic to the south stretches for more than one hundred miles it's easy for the human traffickers to find a way through these are some of the boats they use now impounded and beached by the police. but will that to find themselves closer to baghdad the berlin the catholic charity characters does what it can to help most of them are too afraid to show their faces and i don't mind to with what plays that they will just see these. two only dissolves so. widely dissolves this man told us he was forced ever fide sexual favors to who have ventured he smuggled him across this buffer zone it is very diffic

to piers to go in johannesburg is a senior consultant for southern africa at the international crisis group good to have you with us is a bad way slipping back into or for terrorism. what is certainly looks that way i mean the statement that you're referring to came from george who is one of the spokes people around the president and is a ratcheting up of of the president's messaging because he was fairly careful earlier this week not to point fingers and to talk about a comma having a comma situation what we're hearing out of. of course is par for the course in terms of previous experience with the government moving into a default position of allegation and threat so yes it is it is a disturbing statement and it comes on top of a range of other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks look last couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused the m.d.c. civil society groups in business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front. do you think this sort of approach is going to spawn a split within the ruling or

the risk obviously of conflict i've been briscoe latin american caribbean program director at crisis group service thank you. rescue teams are continuing to search for more than three hundred people missing in brazil after a dam holding waste from an iron mine burst it happened on friday in the town of broome of the new in maine s.k. state at least thirty four people have been confirmed dead after more bodies were recovered from the mud brazil's national mining agency has ordered a valet s.a. mining company to suspend operations and the country's environmental agency has already find the company sixty six million dollars the cause of the disaster isn't yet known. same i want thank you i don't know if he's dead how is he going to be ok people for god's sake they'll destroy him to marry ana and now it is destroyed the medina is still apples. when i reach the window i hadn't released from the water the mud to the trees only everything going down a huge noise i got my mother started running to get the car we had some relatives here we put the people in the car and then we left and we did leave

caracas by skype phil gunson who's a senior analyst covering the andes region at the international crisis group then we have in washington d.c. sonia shot specialist on latin american relations with a special focus on venezuela and then from merida also venezuela by skype is paul dobson a journalist from venezuela and alice this dot com thank you all for joining us on this important discussion pulled off and if i could start with you let's let's begin with the election itself those who believe that nicolas maduro was free and fairly elected are in the minority to say the least. is that what you think is that what you say. well i think it's important to remember that the international press doesn't necessarily represent the views of the governments of the world the peoples of the world and be elections here in venice weyler were received by independent electoral experts observe this election at present as he nominates he declared that elections are free fair and transparent be this included members from the african union from the ceiling which is the council are literally experts or latin americ

she's now the international crisis group's asia group director. barnett rubin, director ofn/ the afghaniskistan program at the center on international cooperation. he too served in the oba administration's state department and was one of the originators their plan to start talks with the taliban. welcome to you both. laurel, let me souart with y. help us understand the significance of this draft framework agreement. is this the beginning of the end of the u.s. involvement in afghanisben? >> it coulthe beginning of the end of the american war in afghanistan. whether it's the beginning of the end of the war inth afghanistan k remains to be seen and depends on the details that are to follow. but, nofetheless, the results the talks of recent days are significanin severalspects. first of all, it's the clearest sign yet of the u.s. intent towi draw forces from afghanistan. secondly, this is the first time that t u.s. has been willing to be seen openly and publicly as negotiating face-to-face with the taliban and putting the question of american troop pr

rights groups are warning that the crisis in zimbabwe couldn't golf the whole region if it's not urgently addressed human rights watch says supporters of the ruling zanu p.f. are beating people and handing them to police if they're. been protesting against the government alexey o'brien reports. with broken limbs and bruised faces this group waits for treatment outside a clinic and harare. soldiers broke into a house in the middle of the night destroying property in the process they too tense to beat us in our own was full of blood to. it happens during demonstrations against president innocent men and god was moved to double fuel prices to counter a deepening economic crisis. security forces responded with what rights groups say was an unprecedented use of excessive force live ammunition rubber bullets and tear gas. they had no mercy they wanted to kill us but i managed to escape the protesters had set fire to a police station barricaded roads and looted shops hundreds of people were arrested and are now making their way through the courts including prominent activist pasta event. he's fa

caracas by skype phil gunson who's a senior analyst covering the andes region at the international crisis group then we have in washington d.c. sonia shot specialist on latin american relations with a special focus on venezuela and then from merida also venezuela by skype is paul dobson a journalist from venezuela and the alice's dot com thank you all for joining us this important discussion pulled off and if i can start with you let's let's begin with the election itself those who believe that nicolas maduro was free and fairly elected are in the minority to say the least. is that what you think is that what you say. well i think it's important to remember that the international press doesn't necessarily represent the views of the governments of the world the peoples of the world and be elections here in venice weyler were overseen by independent electoral experts observe this election at present as he nominates he declared that elections are free fair and transparent be this included members from the african union from the ceiling which is the council are literally experts or latin america an

you're saying that they are on the back foot but here is the assessment by the international crisis groupthey're saying that al shabab has proven as resilient across parts of east africa as in somalia itself adapting one under pressure by relocating its operations and reorienting its recruitment you don't agree thank you i just want to read to read that for a terrorist group to remain relevant and to prove its resilience they simply need to carry out you know an attack in a year or an attack after every two years for them to to stage a comeback and this is typical of any terrorist organization al shabaab has been active inside somalia has been active on the fringes of the kenyan borders in monday but it has never carried out a major terrorist or other it has never staged a major terrorist attack in the capital city of nairobi scene's twenty thirteen when the attire whisk it ok well they have been trying to attack kenya but most of their plans have been thwarted by security agencies meaning that unable to penetrate the country as they used to before or right think please go ahead because i

league and in johannesburg south africa pearce picu is senior consultant for southern africa at the crisis group that's an ngo focused on conflict resolution it's good to have your industry we're going to start with a community and we're i mean what is striking about this show is the amount of people online who are saying they've been affected affected by these rising fuel costs so many people sharing their stories so i want to share just the read. this is shami on twitter who says i used to pay two dollars to and from work and i now have to pay five dollars we used to buy two leaders of cooking oil for two to three dollars and now it's ranging from ten to fifteen dollars what pains me the most is that the salary remains the same someone else echoing her sentiments this is andre who says public transportation prices went up one hundred fifty percent increase my salary remains the same taxes are out of reach especially for those of us who work after hours and thieves have become a menace so those are just in addition to one person who sent us a video comment the talent is in harare and this is wh

caracas by skype phil gunson who's a senior analyst covering the andes region at the international crisis groupthen we have in washington d.c. sonia shot specialist on latin american relations with a special focus on venezuela and then from merida also venezuela by skype is paul dobson a journalist from venezuela and the alice's dot com thank you all for joining us on this important discussion pulled off and if i can start with the list let's begin with the election itself those who believe that nicolas maduro was free and fairly elected are in the minority to say the least. is that what you think is that what you say. well i think it's important to remember that the international press doesn't necessarily represent the views of the governments of the world the peoples of the world and be elections here in venice wait no we're overseen by independent electoral experts observe this election at present as he nominates he declared that elections are free fair and transparent be this included members from the african union from the ceiling which is the council are literally experts or latin america

minister to separate content dispose of the usual diplomatic niceties of such summits saying the crisis group calls the implosion of europe. this is an issue that presents a major challenge for europe which might lead europe to implode because europe able to coordinate a unified vision there is no disguising though the impact of the thousands of asylum seekers now arriving in cyprus the buffer zone the device the island between the turkish controlled north and the internationally recognized republic to the south stretches for more than one hundred miles it's easy for the human traffickers to find a way through these are some of the boats they use now impounded and breached by the police. but will did to find themselves closer to baghdad in the catholic charity characterized does what it can to help most of them are too afraid to show their faces and i don't mind what police just. told us he was forced into fide sexual favors to who eventually smuggled him across this buffer zone it's very difficult this man said he now lost all hope he has a new job he's lived on the streets and was always hu

this let's speak to piers pigou he's a senior consultant for southern africa at the international crisis groupwho joins us live from johannesburg appears this figure of fifty three million dollars which the government says it's setting aside for compensation is nowhere near what white farmers are asking for but in a country where much of the population is in dire poverty why is the government even talking about this figure at all. it's not entirely clear which part of the broader set of compensation claims this fifty three million is marked for it would seem that it may be a priority payment to investors who took the zimbabwean government to the international center for the settlement of disputes on investment which is a world bank body rulings were made against the zimbabwean government and to the tune of we think over forty million dollars for the government to. underscore its verbal commitments to compensation issues and to really access international financial institutions it needs to make good on the rulings that were made by the center some years back but as your piece show yes sorry now

he has had a long and impressive career in senior leadership positions with the international crisis group, usaid, and the world healthworl. his interest in latin america and u.s. leadership was fostered when he first worked as a fellow and then a staff member on capitol hill. began andy his career he was a peace corps volunteer. mark, over to you. mark: i want to thank kimberly for that kind introduction. i should mention that when she served in bulgaria, i visited her country as peace corps director. her program was exceptional. that was partly because her director was a remarkable woman. she believed that women's empowerment was fundamental to development and to democracy. it inspired countless others throughout her life. i should note that looking around the audience, we have another former director of the peace corps, erin lambs. -- erin williams. aaron williams. that is what the peace corps has done. it has given a start to many of us who wanted to do something and contribute to u.s. foreign -- in and a fundamentally a fundamentally different way. couldas a way we contribute to the d

said it's because of his policies that the go to that the country is now facing an economic crisis opposition groups have also come out and said that they believe that these protesters have legitimate reasons to be protesting and demanding that president on the ship step down now at the moment there is no step there's no middle ground for the two sides the demonstrators are saying that they want president i want you to step down and that is the only compromise they will that they will be able to accept from him but the president said he is going to continue he's going to try to improve the economy he offered to increase salaries of civil servants but that obviously fell in deaf ears as people continue to protest with more protests and demonstrations being planned in the coming days as well so it's not clear how this would end when it would end with two sides having different demands and new middle ground there are concerns that more lives would be lost amnesty international says at least thirty seven people have been killed as of last week but the opposition groups are saying that more than forty ha

said it's because of his policies that the go to that the country is now facing an economic crisis opposition groups have also come out and said that they believe that these protesters have legitimate reasons to be protesting and demanding that president obama the should step down now at the moment there is no step there's no middle ground for the two sides the demonstrators are saying that they want president i want you to step down and that is the only compromise they will that they will be able to accept from him but the president said he is going to continue he's going to try to improve the economy he offered to increase salaries of civil servants but that obviously fell and deaf ears as people continue to protest with more protests and demonstrations being planned in the coming days as well so it's not clear how this would end when it would end with two sides having different demands and new middle ground there are concerns that more lives would be lost amnesty international says at least thirty seven people have been killed as of last week but the opposition groups are saying that more than fo

she was a china analyst for an international crisis group rationalizing on china's foreign policy and she did that work from beijing so she is particularly well-equipped to talk about the chinese perspective. she has been looking at it in some detail for a long time. then we will turn to dan kleinman. he is a senior fellow in age- specific security program at the center for near american security. before joining their he worked in the office of undersecretary six policy. stand and abigail grace who was recently on nsc staff just came out a couple of months ago with a paper entitled power play addressing china's belt and road initiative strategies. these are freshly developed perspective on what the us policy response should be and so i think it is appropriate and fitting and very useful to have him finish up our panel discussion. then we will turn it over to the audience and take some questions and hope to have a good conversation here on the topic. with that let me turn it to jeff to get it started. >> thank you walter. thank you to heritage for hosting this event, thank you to the p

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rights groups are warning that the crisis in zimbabwe can golf the whole region if it's not urgently addressed human rights watch says supporters of the ruling zanu p.f. people and handing them to police if they are believed to have been protesting against the government alexei o'brien reports. with broken limbs and bruised faces this group waits for treatment outside a clinic in harare. soldiers broke into a house in the middle of the night destroying property in the process that tends to beat us in our own was full of blood. is happened during demonstrations against president innocent men and god was moved to double fuel prices to counter a deepening economic crisis. security forces responded with what rights groups say was an unprecedented use of excessive force live ammunition rubber bullets and tear gas. they had no mercy they wanted to kill us but i managed to escape the protesters had set fire to a police station barricaded roads and looted shops hundreds of people were arrested and are now making their way through the courts including prominent activist pasta event. he's faci

caracas a member states of what's called the leave a group a platform of salt and north american nations have been commenting on the venezuelan crisis eleven of the fourteen nation group have come out in support of the opposition leader here's what some of them had to say i want to express that colombia recognizes one who i don't know as president of venezuela and supports this transition process towards democracy so the venezuelan people are liberated from dictatorship. but i could blow in as well i know said you had a. movie or i have recognized why and why do as venezuelan president. you will do the brazil together with all other countries come pricing that. which are recognizing this fact we will give full political support to take this process to an end to this you see let me say on behalf of canada that we recognize and express our full support for the interim presidency of venezuela assumed by the president of the national assembly one quite though in compliance with the constitution of venezuela and we the members of the lima group are preparing a fuller written statement which we hope will come out very soon it's an importa

that i must be here war in yemen has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian crisis a short term ceasefire say aid groups is only the first fragile step in pulling the country back from the brink. since two thousand and fifteen the rebels with backing from iran have been fighting against the yemeni government which received support from saudi arabia. the un hopes the kings can be ironed out of the current ceasefire in the next few days but what small progress has been made since december is threatened by the constant sound of gunfire. of the only os the direction off the charity oxfam will see in city key how hopeful he was that yemen's fragile ceasefire would hold i think due to four years of war the world has seen the war through went on crisis millions of starring in a separating from malnutrition the country that the brink of they mean then there is economic decline identical labs and also the infrastructure so. i think it we are really really hope also for things that are moving on right. there so even agreement we have seen positive signs from both the conflicting parties however we do know hope th

the war in yemen has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian crisis a short term ceasefire say aid groups is only the first fragile step in pulling the country back from the brink. of un hopes the kings can be ironed out of the current deal in the next few days but small progress has been made since november is threatened by the constant sound of gunfire. and we asked will seem to be the direction off a charity oxfam in yemen how hopeful he was that yemen's fragile ceasefire would hold i think the two four years of war that wald has seen the war went on crisis media and having children are suffering from malnutrition in the country that the bank of play means that they cannot make decline into kolob and also the infrastructure. so. i think we have really the only hope also for things that are moving on the right track. again and we have seen positive signs from both the conflicting parties however we do not hope that a month and if it's because it would be important to have some kind of more cream in the. last year and also after this he will see that we are so you'd hope that even countr

anything but here war in yemen has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian crisis a short term ceasefire say aid groups is only the first fragile step in pulling the country back from the brink. since two thousand and fifteen the who the rebels with backing from iran have been fighting against the yemeni government which received support from saudi arabia. the un hopes the kings can be ironed out of the current ceasefire in the next few days but what small progress has been made since december is threatened by the constant sound of gunfire. earlier we spoke to his own my c a political analyst on yemen we asked him whether it's likely the u.n. special envoy can implement the peace deal reached in sweden. there's a lot of international pressure under his arm of the saudis as well to basically maintain the truce that has actually struck on friday that unfortunately have been multiple violations by all factions and for data that spirit of stock comp is being strained currently with those violations u.n. employees are now also had to come over as they had a u.n. observation team and they that observe the tr

crisis not only for my home state of texas but for our entire country. we need to work together to secure our border. as the leader of the speaker's group of the border crisis, i had the opportunity to travel multiple times to our southern border and coup tries where are unaccompanied minors were coming from. i talked to the people who were spending their people to the united states. in addition to the crime and violence, i was told time and time again that the recent people and children that were risking their lives to the united states was because of the lack of enforcement. . in order to discourage people from taking this sometimes deadly trip to the united states it's important they know our borders are secure. it's time to get to work on a bill that will fund the government and -- that will reopen the federal government and fund border security. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. >> how much time do i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman has 11 minutes remaining. ms. roybal-allard : i yield three minutes to the gentleman from mississippi, mr. thompson. the s

can you tell us about the dynamics of this gender-based violence crisis and what women's groups and others are doing to make a difference? . >> thank you. thank you for being here. during what john described starting 1996 we saw a new phenomenon of sexual violent acts destroy a community. and the women who came to ask for 1987. because the girls were just younger but i had to hear and listen to the stories of the horrors. then i remember i met a woman after the rape who was forced to eat the flesh of her kids who were killed in front of her. and then a group of women after they were raped so we could talk about what was happening to women to describe this and the organization denouncing that phenomenon of rape and those atrocities. so as a journalist so we led a campaign challenging the sexual violence we went to the international criminal courts and we got the social support women have paid the price but they have that capacity of resilience and so with the question that they are strong they are working hard and they never gave up and that's why i have hope and then to make change happen.

the war in yemen has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian crisis a short term ceasefire say aid groups is only the first fragile step in pulling the country back from the brink. since two thousand and fifteen the who the rebels with backing from iran have been fighting against the yemeni government which received support from saudi arabia. the u.n. hopes the kings can be ironed out of the current ceasefire in the next few days but what small progress has been made since december is threatened by the constant sound of gunfire. oh for more on this let's bring in his i see he's a political analyst on yemen currently in cairo thanks for joining me as we just heard the u.n. special envoy martin griffith is in yemen he wants to implement that pay still ray tracing and sweden one of the hopes. there's a lot of international pressure underfoot is out of the saudis as well to basically maintain the truce that are actually struck on today that unfortunately have been multiple violations by all factions and for the desperate of stock comp is being strained currently with those violations a un emp