in january the university mostly from the garissa town. university staff are hoping hundreds more will feel safe to come and start courses in september. mercy and her friends practice a song for a memorial. they say they never want to go back but they say they will never forget what happened that day or the friends they lost >>> malcolm is joining us now from garissa university where students have gathered to mark thatso thatsomeber-- that some ber gathering. >> reporter: it reopened in january but it was only for part-time students and mature students. most of the people here today, there have been some officials, people from garissa town, some from this local area. in other parts of kenya there have been other ceremonies as well. they're waiting to see if the intake of students will be willing to come back and feel it safe enough to come back in september when the next academic year begins, but earlier told here there was some prayers, people recounted testimonies, recalled memories of what happened that day and so for some of the people

. >> some politicians, government officials, university staff, residents of garissa town and a handful of students gather for a ceremony. there were prayers. some account testimonies of what happened more than a year ago when this attack happened. this memorial is recently been constructed, and it lists the names of people that were killed that day. there were a lot of painful memories laid to rest. >> the u.n. security council has agreed to send u.n. police to burundi. the country has experienced unrest since april of last year when the president decided to seek a third time. nearly 500 people have been killed and a quarter million people have fled to neighboring countries. turkey's president is attending the opening of a new islamic center in the u.s. state of maryland land. president erdogan is set to inaugurate the center in america which has a turkish-style mosque. it was funded by the turkish government. i speak with john hedron who joins us from maryland. i imagine that the turkish president is not there just to open this particular mosque. what else is he up to? >> i'm sorry, i

in january the university reopened for part-time students, mostly from garissa town. university staff are hoping hundreds more from all over kenya will feel safe enough to come and start courses in september. mercy and her friend practice a song for a memorial ceremony. along with most survivors they were transferred to another university in another part of the country. they say they never want to go back, but they say they will never forget what happened that day or the friends they lost >>> crossing over to malcolm from garissa university where that attack took place. malcolm, i assume a somber mood to that anniversary. >> reporter: that's right. the memorial happening here today, several dignatories have come. it is going to culminate with the unveiling of this memorial. it has the names of those who were killed. with he is the dean of the students here. are people here starting to recover from this? >> yes. we've recovered. it's hard to forget what had happened in this area where innocent lives were lost, but life has to go on, but their memories will still remain

in january the university reopened for part time students, mostly from garissa town. university staff are hoping hundreds more from all over kenya will feel safe enough to come and start courses in september. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: meryy and her friend practice a song for a memorial hearing. they were transferred to other parts of the country. they say they never want to go back, but they say they will never forget what happened that day nor the friends they lost >>> malcolm joins us line. as you say, this was an attack that shook the nation. what are we expecting to happen there today? >> reporter: there is a memorial event planned here. some politicians are coming from the capital. there's going to be some speeches, some prayers and singing, and the unveiling of a new memorial which you can see here. it has recently been completed and it has all the names of the victims. there will be another one in nairobii. the survivors of the attack here, very few of them, are here any more. they were mostly transferred to assist the university elsewhere. most of them weren't from t

officials, university state staff, people from garissa town to commemorate those who were killed.he hundreds of students who survived the attack aren't here they mostly came from other parts of kenya. most of them were transferred to another university after the attack. most of them say they never want to come back. in their new campus in the city in western kenya, these survivors held their own memorial ptaiz says he still struggles to study. the attackers went from room to room killing everyone but somehow missed his. >> i can study in the day. when people are talking, some guy you feel like you are back. it's a fear inside of me always. >>> back at garissa artists paint a muiral. university staff say the cleanlied up classrooms and improved security will help to attract a new intake of students from across the country come september. they hope the many lives lost here won't put them off. malcolm web, al jazeera, garissa, kebia. >> one of nell son-in-law mandela's former cell mates has called for south africa's president jacob zuma to step down. he said president zuma can go so

garissa georgia fashion alive. >> it's easy to see georgian girls wearing georgian fashion. it's a small town so buyers and designers enjoy a close relationship. >> we really think in the same way. we crete something that they like. they like something that we crete. i think georgians have sun tas taste. >> a taste intriguing who see potential here. >> you need to involve some international talent not to rebuild but to finesse the edges of what is happening here. what is happening here is great. there are really exciting things that tweaked a little bit could propel it on to a much bigger platform. >> in other words today tblisi, tomorrow maybe the world. al jazeera. tblisi. >> let's go straight on to the sports. >> thank you very much. and nick, one of the biggest rivalries in international football will have it's latest chapter later saturday. barca is ten points ahead of real with eight games left this season. and the team will be looking to erase memories of the 4-0 loss they suffered last time. >> we need to enjoy it. playing against good players, and sizing each other up against barcelo