the women and men live in the town that's at the same time off reconsideration between ethiopia and eritrea. and the movement in the movie is saying enough is enough and demand decent housing. then why don't the african kids that's the reality will need someone who say's the future should be different. i'm christi paul come to africa i'm glad you're tuned in if you piss prime minister has really paid a starring role when it comes to feeding the rift with neighboring eritrea last june ahmed governing coalition announced that it would fully exception implement the peace deal that would end its all a war with eritrea that wall is today known as africa's deadliest border conflict if you say it has accepted the outcome of a two thousand and two border commission ruling which awarded disputed territories to eritrea it's one of those territories is a town in eritrea called bad name it's right on the border with ethiopia has a population of about one thousand six hundred most people they are ethiopian and the town is so that ethiopia's control. at the end of this road lies about me a highly symboli

one of those territories is a town in eritrea called bad name it's right on the border with ethiopia has a population of about one thousand six hundred most people they are ethiopian. and the town is still and if you have control. at the end of this road lies about me a highly symbolic town on the border between ethiopia and eritrea. the effects of the war like the dust in the air hang heavy around one hundred thousand people were killed now two decades after the conflict began it still feels like a no man's land and people living here just don't feel as though they're part of the peace process. and as husband died in the war she can't bear the thought of but me being under eritrean authority for her it would be like handing over a child. who other many people sacrificed their life for. and of the one you have to now you can see the graves in our cemetery. committed. many children grow up as orphans. so why should we give away i love myself i will die for me just like my husband. reconsideration with eritrea last july was seen by many as a political victory ending decades of instabil

also news from sudan where president bashir has announced the reopening of the border with eritrea it was closed a year ago following accusations by our team that the eritrean government was supporting rudd. since it down if countries deployed troops in the eastern border town of disputes would lead to this degree of passing on this day we salute our fellow brothers in eritrea the president government and the people from this spot in crystal i announce that our border with eritrea is now open eritreans are our fellow brothers and we are on the same boat it is true that politics can tear us apart we have lived in politics that brings us together our historical relations territorial proximity and blood but. mom and val has more on the story now from our ten president obama bashir seems to be sending two messages one of them is to the region that he has been in egypt for the last few days and immediately after that visit we see him open the border with it we are one of the countries that have sided with egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates and behind in the blockade against qatar

the people from misrata includes all i announce that our border with eritrea is now open trains are our fellow brothers and we are on the same boat it is true that politics can tear us apart we have lured in politics that brings us together or historical relations territorial proximity and blood by. russia says it will host talks between the taliban and afghan politicians opposed to president ashraf ghani next tuesday one u.s. official is labeled the move an attempt to muddle the u.s. backed peace process meanwhile the taliban is saying it's not seeking a monopoly on power in a future administration in afghanistan this week the u.s. envoy said that bin agreements in principle towards a framework for peace with the taliban but that framework was drawn up without input from the afghan government meanwhile a report on u.s. operations in afghanistan shows the government's influence has declined kabul controls around sixty three percent of the country that's down almost two percent from the previous quarter as the taliban is slightly increased its influence controlling nearly eleven perc

and a contested ethiopian town could soon become officially eritrea what does that mean for the people who live there. it's bad and a whole lot more coming up next on that d.w. news africa and don't forget you could of course always get all of your news headlines and by heading out to our web site that's w dot com for now thank you so much for spending just part of your day with me and i'll see you at the top of the island. get ready for something new on d w t w news often bringing you stories cross the major stories that shape our well enough for the news the news africa. that we were . when we were. eighty percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship listening. audience. stories of people who will go for information. they want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us. once upon a time there was a young girl. with a burning ambition. to become a conductor. i was a very curious child and very excited and in love with music and i would go to concerts with my parents and always. here and for being on stage with the musicians an

at the end of this road lies about me a highly symbolic toll of the border between ethiopia and eritrea. here the effects of the war like the dust in the air hang heavy around one hundred thousand people were killed now two decades after the conflict began it still feels like a no man's land and people living here just don't feel as though they're part of the peace process. and as husband died in the war she can't bear the thought of bad me being under eritrean authority for her it would be like handing over a child. who other many people sacrificed their life for. and of the you have to now you can see the graves in our cemetery. many children grow up as orphans. so why should we give away my love myself i will die for me just like my husband. because he ation with every trial last july was seen by many as a political victory and then decades of instability. many people and bad men were confident that they would benefit from prime minister major reforms but now they feel like the agreement is being imposed upon them to the who is the town mayor he is determined to restore the border al

men who live in the town that have the same to offer reconstituting ancient between ethiopia and eritrea. and a movement in namibia say is enough is enough and demand decent housing. then why don't the african kids that stop the reality will need someone to say is the future should be different.

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back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. web al-jazeera. ethiopia . members of saddam's parliament have called for an emergency session over the government crackdown on protests several politicians say they're worried about the use of force against demonstrators hundreds of people have been arrested since rallies against president omar al bashir began in december human rights activists say at least forty five people have been killed nigeria's ruling all progressives congress party has held a rally in lagos ahead of next saturday's election president rouhani is hoping to secure a second four year term but the main opposition party has accused the president of trying to silence his rivals the people's democratic party says it's been kicked out of its planned rally venue. and dozens of people have died in northern india after drinking contaminated alcohol the government ordered a c

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. will take more than a new theme the african union to change that. malcolm webb al-jazeera. ethiopia. the us democratic party senator elizabeth warren has officially begun had twenty twenty white house bid she made the announcement at the home state of massachusetts her campaign is centered on workers' rights fair wages and why the access to health care warren who first emerged as a consumer activist during the financial crisis as one of her party's most recognizable figures. the democrats meanwhile are in crisis in the state of virginia where the governor is defying calls to resign over a racism scandal ralph more than initially apologized after an old photograph emerged showing a picture of two men one in black face another dressed in a coup klux klan costume has since denied he was in the picture but admits to wearing blackface at another college party nor the most potential successor a fellow democ

state me and mom so the president on what i was sure was announce the reopening of the border with eritrea has been closed for a year off of how to accuse the government of supporting rebel groups in sudan both countries deployed troops to the eastern border town of disputed this announcement of course at the same time there are so many protests demanding president bashir step down. and the taliban says it's not seeking a monopoly on power in a future administration in afghanistan the group says it's looking for ways to co-exist with others earlier this week the u.s. envoy said there had been agreements in principle towards a framework for peace with the taliban but that framework was drawn up without any input from the afghan government which the taliban regards as. iran is preparing to mark the fortieth anniversary of the nine hundred seventy nine revolution on friday the islamic republic which was created after ayatollah. khomeini returned from exile in the following weeks his supporters toppled the shah of iran from power. by the time i told him he stepped off the plane into iran the p

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. web al-jazeera. ethiopia protesters are out on the streets of haiti again demonstrating against the government of president he's been trying to calm tension in the country after two protesters died on thursday joining similar demonstrations against him the protesters accuse the government of being involved in a corruption scandal and won't resign for not investigating the allegations. economist and professor in haiti he says changing leaders his own liking to improve the situation. the government actually facing a very very bad economic situation and a lot of call for the president resubmission it's very difficult i know people has to stay home and the government can't even ensure security for the people i think it's going to be easy for even another government because the situation is very difficult when out and i would talk about a coun

he's from sudan where the president tomorrow bashir is announced the reopening of the border with eritrea it was closed a year ago following accusations by hard to that the eritrean government was supporting rebel groups and sit down with countries deploy troops to the eastern border town of over the disputes ahmed al has more from khartoum. president obama seems to be sending two messages one of them is to the region he has been egypt over the last few days and immediately after the visit we see him open the border with it we are one of the countries that have sided with egypt saudi arabia the united arab emirates and behind in the blockade against qatar in terms of the we see that this is a very important message for the people of kosovo on the border with eritrea last year in june when the border was closed after reports that the ija to organize in the military exercises their populations on both sides of the border how tremendously suffered because their livelihood depended on the exchange of commerce and also on movement between the two sides between the two countries now more bashir

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who are displaced across the continent are not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that malcolm webb al-jazeera. ethiopia. nigeria's ruling all progressives congress has held a rally in the commercial capital lagos ahead of next saturday's election president bihari is hoping to secure a second four year term for the main opposition party the people's democratic party has accused the president of trying to silence it. was expected to hold a rally in the capital of on saturday says it was shot out of the venue. democratic republic of congo's new president felix's a k.d. has invited all political exiles to return home he made the announcement cheering a visit to neighboring republic of congo where ten tens of thousands of people fled during former president joseph kabila as seventeen year rule many of the exiles were radical opposition voices in the party founded by shia katie's late father etienne felix was sworn in last month

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. al-jazeera. ethiopia the meeting between the leaders of the u.s. son north korea later this month will be held in vietnam's capital hanoi donald trump used social media to tell his followers that his representatives have left north korea after productive meetings and that he's looking forward to seeing. the summit is set to take place on february twenty seventh. the united states is hoping afghanistan can strike a peace agreement involving the taliban before elections in july u.s. special envoys expressed cautious optimism about the prospects of a deal during a speech at the institute of peace in washington d.c. . held meetings with taliban officials to discuss an ongoing process for a political settlement to the seventeen year conflict nothing is agreed to everything has been agreed. and the other issues that must be dealt with or issues

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here a getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. take more than a new theme the african union to change that. al-jazeera. ethiopia . still ahead on al-jazeera. dying for a drink how dozens of people in india have lost their lives after drinking alcohol . with six weeks left for britain's exit from the e.u. the concerns and fears of britons living in germany. and it's a case of double delight for liverpool in the english premier league the olympics they make that can force. we've got a good mobile flow in our weather across north america at the moment outbreaks of rain sleet and snow making the way for a still some warmth into the southeastern corner miami gets up to around twenty six celsius pushed a little further north not to woman atlanta seven degrees celsius a single figures for many so minus seven therefore also a cold crisp sunshine coming through the next band of wintry weather pushing out of the northern plains pushing over towards the midwes

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. malcolm webb al-jazeera. ethiopia. israeli forces say they've arrested a palestinian man in connection with the murder of a teenager a man was arrested during a raid at a mosque in the occupied west bank he's being questioned over the death of nineteen year old israeli. he was killed in jerusalem on thursday and mc tension has led to violence between palestinian protesters and israeli forces the funeral has been held in goals for a fourteen year old palestinian boy he was killed by israeli forces. friday during protests at the border of israel palestinians have been staging weekly demonstrations at the border since march last year. the toy opposition party has bowed to pressure from the king to reverse its nomination of his own. the sister of a prime minister in a palace statement king veggie or a long cold described princess bid for offi

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home.people here a getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. al-jazeera. ethiopia australia's largest city has been lost by severe storms causing flash flooding and cutting power to thousands of homes follows record rainfall in queensland last week which has led to flooding in the state's north west australian culture minister toured the area where hundreds of thousands of cattle have died in the military is delivering fodder of cattle. absolutely devastating up on i could grow up we've got. this is it i should. just say. yeah day's paper. i'll say it again i'll just themselves up with this guys talked about up a bit. i'm sure of it a tie opposition party has bowed to pressure from the king to reverse its nomination for his sister for prime minister in a palace statement king corn described princess bed for office as inappropriate and unconstitutional the thai rak such hard party wanted her to run aga

them while acting as their interpreter they now live scattered throughout the area they come from eritrea somalia ethiopia and most are still minors so their faces may not be shown on camera. are you looking for an internship i guess i don't exactly have a place yet but i will you also want to go into a medical profession right no no. what do you want to be what profession thank you no kinda got you know got canada oh a childminder that's so nice. most of all they like talking about boys after all they're young girls west of his he was in his post him self so that you can see everything is. yellow like all the foreigners and the dishes go they stand like this all the time ok just to go and watch them is hilarious. fatima tries to find a playful way to familiarize the girls with the new open western world of femininity and. sexuality despite their trauma. you know i mean when our girls are phenomenal. they talk about sex all the time about having babies about their figures and make up but i think they're all in delayed puberty the confusion of wall flight and detention in libya prevented t

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home.people here a getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. al-jazeera. ethiopia so notion i do is research institute for global dialogue a south african think tank she says it would take a long time for the african union to effectively deal with the refugee crisis. i think it's a really massive task and agenda for the african union but italy given the fact that the african union has to deal with its internal resourcing crisis as well in terms of capacity dealing with the fact that it has to also create a reform agenda and of course it's just also ratified and announced the african continental free trade agreement all of the issues that you put that you highlighted actually synergetic they link to each other so it's the repression the internal domestic issues of what we've heard in the inset around the refugees internally displaced people who are fleeing conflict at a domestic level it's also the que

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. web al-jazeera. ethiopia . to haiti now where president has been trying to calm tension in the country after two protesters died in demonstrations against him government says fourteen also injured when protests in port au prince turned violent demonstrations accuse government leaders of being involved in a corruption scandal and want to resign for not investigating allegations the president had this message for the protesters. we went to elections are part of the population voted i am president i am ready to speak to all my brothers and sisters over the difficulties of the country is facing to my brothers and sisters in the opposition the doors open so as to reach a solution. at an economist and professor in haiti he says changing leaders. through the situation. the government actually facing a very very bad economic situation and a lot o

monitoring group on somalia in eritrea they said this that despite an escalation in u.s. airstrikes targeting us about meters the fight there has been no significant degradation of the group's capability to carry out such a ton i agree with that assessment in fact that has been the case for some time to strike us or the rose or these things these are just minor i mean if you want to approach you have to combine it on the ground and also a nutritionist is full of civil and i think would have been on the moment is the only external is our fighting al shabaab in fact somali government is not able to lead it's almost to design its own scooty policy and knocked on it simply because we don't have the kabab the capability of all what do you think the message they're trying to send without only. the uptick in attacks that we've seen recently in somalia must just believe that we are still here and we are clear of targeting wherever we want to target that's exactly what they are sending and that is that nobody can just disprove that what about the incident in puntland the gunman as

called eritrea. >> what did they tell you about that journey for them? why did they choose the united states? >> they chose the united states because the united states is the beacon of freedom, hope, and opportunity to the world. they were incredibly lucky to have refuge here in the united states and to be able to have political asylum. for us, when i say us, me and my younger sister, it was important growing up that we not take for granted the opportunities that we had. that we recognize these freedoms that the united states has, it's unlike anything else in the rest of the world. it's important for her and died to pay it forward in the eyes of our parents, and that we really take every advantage and opportunity. so their journey to this country has had a large impact on my life and career choices in terms of deciding to be a public service. >> what were they fleeing? >> violence in ethiopia during the war. like so many other immigrants and refugees to the united states, they were seeking to rebuild their lives. to be able to pursue their dreams, and in

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. malcolm webb al-jazeera. ethiopia. though when voters in thailand had to the polls next month many will be hoping for an outcome that leads to improved human rights particularly free speech the military has run the country since a coup in twenty fourteen and since then it's been working harder to silence critics of the time joining hundreds of people. seeking justice and says a small group gathered outside the office of the thai prime minister in bangkok they risked a wrist demanded investigation into the murder of two critics of the military government and monarchy and the disappearance of another they went missing from neighboring laos and in december the bodies of two of them were found in the mekong river tyler thirty say they had nothing to do with the murders all of these cases create people people are afraid to express their views

while others are criticizing him and his legacy accusing him of committing crimes against humanity in eritrea and somalia during his rule now one other person here says that the statue is a bit of a slap in the face to the people who suffered at the hands of his government and his forces violations of human rights while others i think you might this isn't working properly but this person said that there was a mixed legacy there and for many people across the continent he was simply an african hero so let us know what you think about the story and the statue get in touch with us on twitter using the hash tag it's a news group andrew thank you very much for that let's not take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour and africa's most populous nation will be voting in presidential and parliamentary elections on sunday incumbent president mahmoud abbas is running again for president and on a direction commission office in nigeria has been burnt down but it hasn't dampened the fervor ahead of the big day reports from my degree in northeast nigeria where prep

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that. web al-jazeera. ethiopia the turkish president has said there are many lessons to learn from the collapse of a residential building in istanbul try better one has been to the scene of the destruction at least eighteen people died when the eight story building collapsed on wednesday the cause is being investigated but officials say some of the top floors were built illegally. at least one person aside and almost a hundred others have been injured when two trains collided in spain it happened in northwestern barcelona one of the trains was heading to barcelona and the other was on its way to man the rest on the same track. the pilon chang winter olympics were hailed as a big success in paving the way for friendly have relations between south and north korea but as celebrations begin marking the first anniversary there's also going controver

back at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. people here are getting by many more who were displaced across the continent on not. to take more than a new theme the african union to change that malcolm webb al-jazeera that is about ethiopia. right now we can speak to solution i do his research or at the is it you for global dialogue that says south african think tank she's joining us from cape town thank you very much indeed for your time. africa has the largest number of displaced people that includes refugees and internally displaced people in the world the causes of people moving away from overcalls are many conflict is one of economic deprivation is another and of course repression do you think the african union is prepared willing or capable of dealing with these core issues. good afternoon i think it's a really massive task and engender for the african union particularly given the fact that the african union has to deal with its internal resourcing crisis as well in terms of capacity dealing with the fact that it has to als

at the center for refugees these men from eritrea sing songs from home. many more who are displaced across the continent. will take more than a new theme the african union to change that. ethiopia . live coming up a look at how art has helped transform. into a tourist destination. and the revolution in france. the relationship between two countries. hello we have yet another spell of unsettled weather making its way across parts of the middle east at the moment big area cloud sliding out so very rock into iran pushing over towards afghanistan it's making way for the next weather system actually cloud hit just around turkey cyprus looks pretty wet we go through sunday some heavy stuff right here and that rain making its way into the events a beirut with temperatures struggling to get to around fifteen celsius just want to show i was into western parts of iran will see temperatures falling away quite sharply as we go on into monday to rather around nine celsius noticed some snow around the southern areas of the caspian sea but lots of cloud and rain piling

women and men live in the town that's at the center off record city ancient between ethiopia and eritrea. and a movement in the movie is saying enough is enough and demand decent housing. then white dolls for african kids that's the reality we'll meet someone who say is the future should be different. i'm christine wonderwall come to news africa i'm glad you didn't if you know his prime minister has really played a starring role when it comes to feeding the rift with neighboring iraq trade. stephanie coalition announced that it would fully exception implement the peace deal that would end its all the war with him.