in goma the number of residents has nearly doubled in the last 7 years. especially due to the many refugees who have come. only 11 kilometers separate the city from the national park so it's no wonder that 80 percent of the charcoal used here is illegally sourced from virunga. like in most places in africa the charcoal business here is also a shadow market. the dealers buy their charcoal in villages and then sell it here. well enough that i got a good price range depends on how old the tree was that used to make the charcoal you know what i was told from young trees cost $20.00 u.s. dollars so. the older the trade the more energy it supplies and the higher the price like you are going to be. retailers prefer cheaper softer charcoal because they can sell it in small portions and you some households buy the higher quality tougher charcoal and i personally deliver to the wholesale dealers. just as in europe here too it makes a difference where the wood for charcoal is from but it's also just as important to reduce the charcoal consumption. the men and women

the world wildlife fund in goma is very engaged in the topic of. kidney and his team hope for lasting peace in order to save the national park. and city since 1906 this region has gone through a lot of unrest that we didn't know before that there were the looting wars from 1902 onwards just over and then came the 1st liberation more than 1906 that forced many to flee if you all that had an impact on the environment but there's a lot of them. in goma the number of residents has nearly doubled in the last 7 years. especially due to the many refugees who have come. only 11 kilometers separate the city from the national park so it's no wonder that 80 percent of the charcoal used here is illegally sourced from virunga. like in most places in africa the charcoal business here is also a shadow market. the dealers buy their charcoal in villages and then sell it here. well enough that i got a good price range depends on how old the tree was that used to make the charcoal you know what i shall call from young trees cost $20.00 u.s. dollars so. the older the

is not just in betty but also in goma way you want to tell us about what's been happening than them. absolutely people here are quite angry but fully let me just fast go back to that press conference that arlo was talking about he says that the military did not mention which armed groups are saying and have infiltrated these protests who these men are will come from outside benny but i did speak to that governor of north q will benny is a territory in north to the governor who said to me that they believe that this potus have been infiltrated by members of a militia a rebel group called my my this is a group that is more entrenched in the community is more accepted by most many people in that area so he says that there are fears that this group has infiltrated this protest he says that the government the government forces are going to continue using force until this situation is sorted out but then even up even with him saying that there is genuine anger in the streets of many and here in gomers while here in goma we've been here for a week and we've seen protests every day last week

you know factional groups operating in different parts of the region we're told including here in goma so he said that security forces are going to continue using force until the situation is contained and back to your question about their reaction i've been watching been following conversation online and i've been talking to some people here in goma as well and they're very angry about those sentiments by the authorities they say of thora these want to deflect the attention of what's really going on in beni they want to vilify the protests they want to show that the protesters are violent yet their reason genuine concern there is genuine frustration in beni about the state of security they were saying that they told me for example there's an ongoing government offensive against a.d.f. rebels in the area about 20000 soldiers have been deployed for that operation the spokesman of the army has said that so far they've killed about 80 rebels and several of their commanders but people are saying why is it then even after a month into this operation a.d.f. rebels are able to come back to vi

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catherine all dizzy or goma. well still ahead here on al-jazeera are warning of long term toxic effects of to gas exposure as protests in chile enter a 7th week and the defamation trial of tesla must begins over comments he made after a cave rescue in thailand. however the weather squat is fine and dry across a good parts of central and southern china to make the most of it because the challenge is under way particularly to the north the southeastern corner come down into the philippines and of course hey we've been keeping a close eye on our typhoon comrie that's going to continue making its way further westwards more very heavy rain across the good part of the philippines but further north you go there's a fine weather 21 celsius there for hong kong but as it's often makes its way into the south china sea is pushing for the southwest and west with temperatures dragged down quite a bit actually some cloud of rain coming in hong kong no warmer than around 16 degrees is that wet weather the tatty with the windy we

group for groups that are operating in different parts of the region we're told including here in goma and i've been watching and then following conversations online by calling these and speaking to some people here in goma as well were very angry by those statements by the statements by the military they say that the military is also ricci's are trying to vilify the protests are trying to create a perception that the protest of violence and be flexing from the main issue which is a state of security in beni that people are very frustrated about the same for example has been an ongoing operation against a.d.f. rebels the spokesman says as if so 1st killed 80 also rebel 'd commanders as well but then people are saying why is it you know that 20000 soldiers deployed for that operation then why is it that a.d.f. rebels are still able to come to villages like we saw last week and kill people so that's the anger here that also people are also angry that the national government and the president himself has not sayed anything about what's going on in beni right to catherine thank you for bri

the protesters are violent they say that there is genuine anger on the streets of benny and here in goma about the state of security and unless that changes they will not relent. the bangladeshi government's been sharply criticized about the way it's set to be preventing thousands of fro ing a refugee children from getting an education human rights watch says teaching inside camps is inadequate particularly due to language barriers and children are banned from enrolling in schools outside camps hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims are sheltering in bangladesh after fleeing a military campaign in neighboring me and maher the former malaysian prime minister najib razak has been on the witness stand for the 1st time to defend himself against corruption allegations the trial in the high court house to do with a multi-billion dollar scandal that malaysia's state fund known as one and now is accused of illegally receiving about $10000000.00 when he was in office he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges which include money laundering and abuse of power. lawyer has also emphasized the all

undetected early enough in goma the w.h.o. chief also met with those tasked with containing the disease some of whom had been at it from the front lines in beni because of the and citing security situation. well we know that some humanitarian agencies are evacuating their stuff members in beni we spoke to officials with the world health organization who say that they have evacuated hundreds of them about 400 and fiftie they're saying that security is paramount these health workers responded have to be safe and that really means that responders cannot go to areas in beni where people are still getting infected by a boy and this could turn out to be very dangerous is indeed. catherine so we thank you for that update. the white house. part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump presidents had been given until sunday to confirm whether he'd sent legal representatives of a house hearing on wednesday trump accuse of asking ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden and biden's son in exchange for mil

the un peacekeepers of failing to protect them from rebel attacks catherine sawyer joining us from goma from the eastern d. r.c.s. largest city it was a tense day over in beni on monday what are you hearing about the situation on tuesday. why our team in beni has visited the general hospital there and they've told us about quite a few things that are quite difficult to see 15 people are in hospitals suffering gunshot wounds doctors there saying they have to arjun's 0 the operates on 10 of them and one woman who was shot in the head died last night and that's how the death toll has now gone to 5 they also so a team also so people who have been attacked in recent a.d.f. attacks they talked about people who have you know huge wounds caught by a machine by machetes they he talks to a woman who said that 5 of his children were killed so people who are victims of a.d.f. rebels who have very horrific stories to tell are in that hospital as well and on the streets of benny things are calm now but very tense and this follows those dramatic scenes we so all yesterday the military effectively taki

undetected early enough in goma the w.h.o. chief also met with those tasked with containing the disease some of whom have been ever had from the the frontlines in beni because of the unsighted security situation. in other world news a u.s. president does this restoring tariffs on steel in a newman imports from argentina and brazil donald trump made the announcement on twitter saying that the 2 countries have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies which is not good for our farmers he says therefore effective immediately i will restore the tariffs on all steel and aluminum that is shipped into the u.s. from those countries that speak to al-jazeera as serious a bowl is in when osiris argentina both argentina and brazil were among u.s. allies that president trump exempted from seal an entire this in march 28th teen and they both have a warm relationship with donald trump these 2 countries why this announcement now and how is it being received there. well it certainly comes as a surprise because as you just s

in goma the deadly to change also met. with containing the disease some of whom have been at it from the a ball of frontlines because of the and citing security situation health whatever hopefully the number of them for like a 15 year old by the end of the year but they also think. that's a huge it's a waste and you know that is not resolved quickly. was the right. protesters in india have held more vigils for 27 year old woman who was allegedly raped and murdered near hyderabad an angry crowd gathered outside the police station where 4 men are being held in connection with her death they've also been peaceful protests elsewhere in the country with campaign is calling for stricter laws and why the changes in society. thousands of protesters known as sardines of rallied in milan they gets the far right party the saudi movement has become a symbol of resistance to the party's controversial leader much hassle vini it started as a response to the growing strength in the north of the country of the right wing coalition led by t

in goma the w.h.o. chief also met to those tasked with containing the disease some of whom have been at it from the apollo frontlines because of the and citing security situation health was mostly in the number of the 4 like a 15 year old by the end of the yard but they also said that this thing. was a huge it's a waste and you know bang it is not his fault he. was on the run. now that prime minister joseph muscat has announced he will stand down next month he's come under increasing pressure over the investigation into the murder of journalist daphne cardona 2 years ago cut in opposite a young reports it covered up by snow my age is definitely in the defiant and under pressure to resign as prime minister josef most that announced on national television that he's stepping down and that the president particularly stand i will write to the president of the labor party so that the process for a new leader is set for january 12th 2020. that day i will resign as the leader of the labor party in the days afte

saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of goma distorts the facts. from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program says. russia's investigative committee has released to the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening it was shooter was 39 year old to give any man year old who lives in moscow region he killed and f.s.b. officer before being shot and killed himself another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured and the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing here's a quick reminder of what happened that evening. because usually when you get to the end with her it's 3 sounds we needed here realize that we should hide then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. to us and that's when the mom wasn't shooting randomly and i think we heard him shout out something but we didn't manage to make out what he was shouting at. them in the city in a baseme

in goma the w.h.o. chief also met with those tasked with containing the disease some of whom had been at it from the frontlines in beni because of the unsighted security situation. when we spoke to the director general of the walled health organization last night he said the priority now is to make sure that all responders are safe security is paramount and this also means that they're not able to deploy to areas where people are still being infected by a boy and this also means that the situation when it comes to fighting this disease could just get bad for the health workers. catherine sawyer they're monitoring the situation for us and thank you catherine. in libya an airstrike has killed at least 3 people in the capital tripoli and jet targeted the hour for one neighborhood in southern tripoli on sunday military sources say the attack was carried out by forces linked to the war on after and as my one daughter why had reports from tripoli it's not the 1st time civilians have come under attack the trip

base because it's going to ground everything and we have been talking to the daven he were here in goma on the. benni is in the province so i've been talking to the governor who is saying that it seems that this port the security forces are not anymore bottling ordinary protest and that he's saying that people are armed with crude weapons like a mushtaq to say that they have by lead that even the talking residents of any who do not want to be involved in this plot is place a security forces are going to continue using force to contain this situation. the dollar and global stock markets fall in after the surprise announcement from u.s. president donald trump that he's reimposing tariffs on steel and that lou minium imports from argentina and brazil thank for junk food. well brazil's government says it's already in touch with washington about the tariffs which president. says he's confident will listen to brazilian economic concerns in argentina's foreign ministry says it will begin negotiations with the us state department could a civil has reaction from. the warm relations between the u

taxi driver men's human goma from durban has always enjoyed singing arias on the road a passenger recorded him and put the video online it went viral and now the south african cabbie is us star. lindsay was just 27 years old the top of south africa already knows he shot to fame when a passenger films him singing opera in his taxi and the video went viral oh. oh. oh. oh. oh oh it's just get to my emotions so much because i didn't realize it will go this far. it can just go. to facebook maybe. pundits old school and that he was one of them or just saying no can you bring that guy it's a common platform in my wedding or something like that just just a small things that small ball would be like kids. menzies phone is constantly ringing he gets requests for interviews from all over the world invitations to perform and give or dishes to men's wear shop even offered him if pretext for his next events. all over the. men's e is currently rehearsing for an upcoming performance at the piano player is menzies former teacher gets up in the market is known menzies since primary school and he himself had

in goma the w.h.o. chief also met those tasked with containing the disease some of whom had been ever hit from the frontlines in beni because of the unsighted security situation. when we spoke to the director general of the world health organization yesterday when he came to go he said the priority now is keeping health workers safe and what this means is that all are responders in bed we are now not able to deploy to some of these areas like where people are still getting in infected and this really is detrimental to the fight against. all right so catherine so i thank you for that update from goma well the united nations has been trying to stabilize eastern democratic republic of congo for the last 20 years its mission as you've been hearing known as one of sco has more than $18000.00 personnel and it's the 3rd largest peacekeeping operation in the world where the $100.00 armed groups are believed to operate there raiding villages and running illegal mines and the allied democratic forces are a.d.f. i

base because it's going to ground everything i have been talking to the governor of north here in goma. is in the province so i've been talking to the governor who is saying that it seems that this port the security forces are not anymore battling ordinary protesters the he's saying that people are armed with weapons like a machete is he saying that they're violent they're even attacking residents of many who do not want to be involved in this process they say security forces are going to continue using force to contain the situation richard is a spokesman for the d. or c. army he had this message for people in the area. we are calling on our populations and all other members of society in north kivu province to stop working with our enemy population should not forget about the real enemy the police is not the enemy do your see soldiers is not the enemy un is not the enemy has the real enemy. the u.s. president donald trump has announced he's reimposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from argentina and brazil on twitter he said the 2 countries have been presiding over a massive

catherine joins us live now from goma in eastern d.r. c so catherine what is the latest there on the violence. well since that killing of the couple yesterday by andrew more than there was a child with this couple when they went to pick a taxi to go to areas that nobody else is going to because it's still unsafe so these taxi drivers got in constable questioned them the couple was not very clear on their answers they had no idea and when the taxi people sashed the bags they found all this paraphernalia military equipment bullets military congolese military uniform as well so people gathered and stoned the couple to death but the child is safe so since that happened people inventing houses they want to take charge of their own security because they don't feel that government security forces are doing it so they've set up checkpoints in some areas and us arching people who are coming in vehicles that are coming in particularly from areas where this killing to have happened they say they do not trust anymore the security forces with. with t

taxi driver men's human goma from durban has always enjoyed singing arias on the room a passenger recorded him and put the video online it went viral and now the south african cabbie is us star. lindsay is just 27 years old the top of south africa already knows he shot to fame when a passenger films him singing opera in his taxi and the video went viral. and. it's just get to my emotions so much because i didn't realize it. go the spa. it can just old school to facebook may be part of it soul to either of you as one of them or just saying can you bring that guy to come and perform in my wedding or something like that just just a small things it's. like kids. menzies phone is constantly ringing he gets requests for interviews from all over the world invitations to perform and q 4 dishes a men's wear shop even offered him a free taxi to for his next event. menzi is currently rehearsing for an upcoming performance the piano player is menzies former teacher something the mechanic is known menzi since primary school and he himself had no formal music training he's mostly self-taught the next da

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al jazeera as catherine sawyer reports now from goma the largest city in eastern the r.c. . the congolese military has been reinforcing in the eastern town of beni the this people are marching on a un peacekeepers base at what they see as if the un forces to protect them against attacks by rebel groups including the so-called democratic forces determined to keep the mission out protesters have already damaged a number of u.n. buildings supporters started a little over a week ago the congolese army has been sent to end the violence but has failed to stop the a.t.f. killing more than a 100 people in the last month and up to 2000 in the last 5 years now they are ordering the public off the street insisting they and the un are on their side so. we're calling on the population and all members of society in north kivu province to stop working with our enemy the population should not forget about the real enemy the police is not the enemy the earth the soldiers are not generally the un is not the enemy the real enemy is the a.d.f. rubble. the violence in beni is now hampering effor

catherine saw we heard more from goma the largest city in eastern democratic republic of congo. it's still very unsafe on the streets the situation quiet and sartain as it hard our producer in bed all day talking about you know gunshots throughout the day running battles between security forces and protesters who are trying to get to this u.n. base which is one of the main u.n. bases which is very close to an airport so security forces say they cannot allow protesters to get to that base because it's going to ground everything i have been talking to the governor of north he would here in goma not. benny is enough province so i've been talking to the governor who is saying that it seems that this port the security forces are not anymore battling ordinary protesters that he's saying that people are armed with weapons like a machete he's saying that they're violent even attacking residents of many who do not want to be involved in this process they say security forces are going to continue using force to contain the situation the united nations has been trying to stabilize eastern

thank you for giving us that update from benny let's bring in catherine so she is joining us from goma that's the largest city in the eastern democratic republic of congo and where you are catherine there's a general strike being observed right now in support of the protestors. yes i'm hearing the morning 5 a lot of shops were closed the streets are empty but it seems people are coming back to do their businesses where we are now a few clothes a few shops a still clothes on and on a normal day it will be a bit small busier than it is now but then again like i said people are still coming people are coming back to do their jobs. traffic has now started moving and i did mention just going back to that situation in benny i talked to the governor of north kivu benny is in north kivu province and the governor expressed a lot of concern saying that if this protest in beni continue unchecked then they could eventually be infiltrated by militia groups are not just talking about a.d.f. me. there's also another group called my my which is more entrenched with the community he says that the gover

protesting also been .n the provincial capital goma they say the situation is not acceptable.he army has warned protesters to keep off the streets. >> we spoke to the governor who said the provincial government also has reports that some protesters armed with chevys and clubs. machetes and clubs. >> the group has caused a lot of harm. and it is causing tension within the population. but protests will not solve the problem. areven some politicians telling the armed groups to join in the protest. the sentiment by many protesters is that they won't relent. some are angered by the military, claiming the protests have been infiltrated by armed people. they say the army is trying to vilify the protesters and deflect attention from what is really going on in that region. they say there is genuine anger and frustration about the state of security and this is an issue that needs to be addressed. explosion has ripped through a factory killing at least 23 people. have started in a tile factory north of the capital khartoum. extreme weather and an economic crisis have left nearly half of

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that's her live now to catherine so who's in goma that's eastern diaz's largest city catherine you're on the ground there give us a sense of what it's like both in goma and in beni after all of yesterday's violence. well go mice quiet today schools have been closed by them children have been told they can go back to school today university students have also been protesting against what is happening in benny saying that they're supporting the people of benny and in benny's that hospital doctors are saying they'll have to perform a modern suicide juries and many of the patients who are there both who are needed all of them have a baby in admitted with gunshot wounds the woman who died last night was shot in the head in the process that's how the death toll is now at 5 our team in beni in that same hospital also met with the victims of a.d.f. attacks the reason a.d.f. attack some of them had deep deep deep wounds a.d.f. has been attacking people using machetes one woman told us that 5 children were killed others had very or if the stories on the streets of benny things are calm back ten

extremely vigilant you know it's true on the convoyy of around forty armored vehicles is heading to the gomaregion a terrorist hotbed in the borders of mali. nijaz undertaking of fasting the french army is trying to stop this harvard branch of the islamic state group from establishing itself and its average desert region. of a troll is alerted to the presence of a possible terrorist group named bonnie ththconvoy gives chase but there's no sign of them when the soldiers such nearby huts. then cover camouflage gear destiny to is and mobile phones but the terrorists a one step ahead of it on of sobre todo total use in a closet. he offered to useful we're being watched all the time when. they're. told that werere comin. in the leave before we arrive. but they don't necessarily have time to take everything with them. so we're able to attain material like this. the only official to insure without a cause of the french army works in parallel with the malian army they stop in the village and speak to the locals to see if they can glean any information. muhammad is a teacher it comes to work every da

event so the flow if you like it's a way of taking emphasis taking tools and discussion away from goma their way from ukraine and switching to russia. what do you make of those arguing including a lot of vice president that the sanctions actually aren't harsh enough. that's that's his judgment well there's a saying that far too harsh and therefore it's easy to judgment statements and so on the americans would like their very harsh judgment they would like. not even states who are clean going to be the relations between america and russia president. in fact not very friendly so if integrators would come in and they be very critical of russia. and they will try and achieve that from their point of view. i'm actually mother damage to russian interests and to declare that russia is in fact not a bay it's a national international news and so on to go their own way and snow and this is no example and that's all in many ways it's politics and the last region called south you know war politics it's a war of words. the states in fact would say we're outside politics we're on the streets here sp

is blamed for killing more than $100.00 civilians in the past month catherine soy has more now from goma. it was found out that this man was a sergeant in the army and he was going to work in need to which is a neighboring province he was accompanied by his wife was also stoned to death and their child who is safe and what happened is that they were boarding a taxi to take them to this area but the taxi moment was very uncomfortable because we're asking to go to places where killings have happened places where people are fleeing in fear and when they were father interrogated people are saying they did not have answers that were clear that they did not have ideas as well when their bags was searched there was military fatigue bullets medical kits as well and so on and so they were stoned to death now what people have done people of benny have done since that time is saying that they were they're going to take charge of their own security so they've set up this checkpoints in some parts and there are people who are coming into the city and via calls particularly those who are coming from a

forces of failing to protect them against rebels catherine sori has more from goma . the spokesman of the military did not give much detail about the body of the peacekeeper they found in an operation against rebels in the forest he said he's going to leave that to the united nations to give us details but we know last year 7. killed in a joint operation against a.d.f. the year before 15 were killed these are some of the most deadly attacks that have happened in this in that region and in this country the spokesman also talked about the progress that troops are making in the fight against a.d.f. they say he says that they have taken several bases in the forest of a.d.f. he says that they have killed 6 commanders as well and groups fighters are very much on the run but a lot of people in beni that with talks to do not seem to be a piece by this they're saying why is it that with an ongoing fence even there are about $20000.00 congolese troops with the u.n. currying out this offensive so why is it that a still able to come to their villages and attack them so brutally t

swat team armed with assault rifles came running in the opposite direction and then we heard massive goma fire we don't know what exactly happened their offices all sista stay away from the windows and they let us leave the bar after a few hours. and was recently means if the when we heard strange sounds we needed to realize that we should hide then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back since i don't know who was screaming because i didn't see anything it felt like the shooting last and for a very long time it seemed to me that it was about 15 minutes but maybe it just felt like that some random shots were heard for the whole hour until 7 pm. i'll take us on a run cause i was following developments on the same course. the area behind me is a cordoned off that's where the attack took place of course this is the iconic russia's f.s.b. a building which was also home to the k.g.b. during as soviet times and this is where that tactic place now this is the only area that's blocked off at the moment there right after that attack took place this entire place was blocked for both

week saying they're failing to protect civilians from attacks by rebel groups catherine soy is in goma the largest city in eastern d r c and she explains who the government things is behind the violence i did speak to that the governor of north q will benny is a territory even off he was i spoke to the governor who said to me that they believe that this potus had been infiltrated by members of a militia a rebel group called my my this is a group that is more entrenched in the community is walk cept it by many people in that area so he says that there are those fears that this group has infiltrated this protest he says that the government the government forces are going to continue using force until this situation is sorted out. u.s. president donald trump is restoring tiresome steel in a new minimum imports from argentina and brazil is accusing them of what he called massive devaluation of their currency hurting american farmers both brazil and argentina say they will negotiate to stop the more protesters are gathering outside malta spawn a man calling for prime minister joseph muscat

and so i is in goma she says people and i taking security into their own hands that killing of the couple yesterday by angry more than there was a child with a couple of when they went to pick a taxi to go to areas that nobody else is going to because they feel unsafe so the taxi drivers got uncomfortable question them the couple was not very clear on their answer they had no id and when the taxi people start the bag they found all this paraphernalia military equipment bullet military congolese military uniform as well so people gathered and don't there couple to death but the child is safe the fear is that happened people in beni have to they want to take charge of their own security because they don't feel that government security forces are doing it so they've set up checkpoints in some areas and are latching people who are coming in vehicles that are coming. in particularly from areas where the killings have happened they say they do not trust anymore that the q 2 quarters with death with their safety and there is an ongoing operation in the forest to use a joint operation of the un a

another member of the team that investigated an alleged attack on the ground in the syrian city of goma last year he says the final report interviewed said it suppressed and distorted their findings. the fact finding mission report does not reflect the views of all the team members that deployed to doom or only one fact finding mission team member a paramedic of the so-called fact finding mission core team was in duma we are not insisting on being right in our assertions but we are demanding to be heard we have been stonewalled throughout by obfuscation exclusion and even thuggish bullying behavior. the alleged chemical attack in april last year reportedly killed dozens of civilians in response the united nations and its nato allies france and the u.k. were quick to conduct airstrikes against the syrian military targets the biggest western military action of the 8 year war now the o.p.c. w later deployed experts to do much to investigate and their subsequent report pinned of the blame on the syrian government which is what i gather you have commented on the latest revelations. i don't k

in goma the w.h.o. chief also met with those tasked with containing the disease some of whom had been evacuated from the a ball of frontlines in because of the and cited security situation well one of the most reduce the number of the war like a 15 year old by the end of the year but they also said that if there. was a huge if it's a question you know that is not resolved quickly after the iraq go. or some was prime minister is shutting down the government and ordering as many state workers as possible to help deal with a spiraling measles outbreak so far at least 53 people have died on the pacific island meister of them young children schools have already been ordered to close and travel is being restricted as many as 100 people are falling ill every day well earlier i spoke to james nichols he is with unicef astray and he says efforts to contain the outbreak have been well coordinated so far well there has been response literally from the 1st day of. the upright and unicef has been working very closel

people have also been protesting inaki was provisional capital goma they say the security situation in baghdad is not acceptable the army has want to protest as to keep off the streets saying people have joined in. to the gallon or move the provisional government well it was rewards that some protesters are armed with machetes and clarks. we know that because. for the security forces. and the. police but. even some politicians telling the group to join in the protests the only solution is to support. but the sentiment by many protesters is that they would. leave here angry by the military claiming that the protests in beni have been infiltrated by armed people they say they're trying to vilify the protesters and deflect attention of what is really going on in that region they say there is genuine anger and frustration about the state of security and this is an issue that needs to be addressed i gently catherine al-jazeera. the world health organization say that efforts to eliminate measles globally have baxley as the death toll in some was outbreak continues to rise 60 people have died

past month the most recent attacks on friday claimed 14 lives catherine sawyer joins us live now from goma in eastern d.c. catherine what's stopping the authorities getting a handle on this. well it seems very much that their congolese military is incapacitated is very thinly stretched this is an area peter that has groups roaming around in the countryside controlling remote villages where there is no government presence in the government is also government troops are also dealing with that so they seem to be a seen live thinly stretched with no resources and also we have been talking to the spokesperson of the military where operations are going on in beni and he said that they are making grounds they are have taken several bases all the a.d.f. deep in the forest and as you mentioned they confirm the killing of a senior rebels commander so they are saying that this is a on the run but it seems very much peter according to people we talking to that these people seem to be running in their own direct because they are coming back to villages and attacking people and and you know killing peop