the west african country of guinea-bissau is one of the poorest places on earth. the health system barely functions. that is why one clinic has become so important. largely funded by the red cross, it treats thousands of patients from across the region. lisa ellis reports. >> turning things around. these people are learning how to move again. they all suffered strokes. it is a clinic with a difference. it attracts patients not just from guinea-bissau but from across the region i offering a service that is unique in west africa.. >> wee provide freree treatmentr everyone.. it is universal treatment for eveveryone who needs it even if ththey are vulnerablor very pooror. if they cannot contribute, they get it for free. >> the clinic closet o offer of treatment for free is unheard of in this reregion. it is especially foror guinea-bissau, one of the poorest countries in the world and a place w where most have no access to even basic health services. the standard of medical treatment across guiuinea-bissau is v very poor. it is made possible with financing from the int

and helping people get back on their feet all straight here to the clinic in guinea bissau that's become a rare beacon of hope in one of the boldest poorest places. in traditional healing in south africa it's a 21st century may close but not everyone thinks it's small and. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along there is a race against time in south sudan with warnings that parts of the country could tip into famine in the coming months devastating floods that submerged entire towns have destroyed crops and killed livestock the world food program ses 5 in the hall 1000000 people are facing hunger next year. he bore the capital of belmont state is normally a flourishing town but since october when one usually heavy rain started falling nothing is normal anymore. you know. i've been destroyed by a flood. of people. so most of. the been destroyed the whole market. is really covered with a lot of human rights that been destroyed and disappeared you need. to know the situation is not just causing hunger but could also threaten the fragile peace in the ar

the two men have promised to bring stability to guinea bissau, which has suffered nine coup attemptsay with us on bbc news. still to come: the man teaching children confidence through medieval battle. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today. and then we'll be in france and again, it will be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. reporter: just good? no, fantastic! that's better! big ben bongs this is bbc news. the latest headlines: authorities in texas now say two parishioners have died after a gunman walked into a church in fort worth and opened fire. president trump has called for unity in the fight against anti—semitism following a knife attack on the house of a rabbi in new york state in which f

the two men have promised to bring stability to guinea bissau, which has suffered nine coup attemptsnce from portugal in 197a. dozens of former prisoners who were part of a swap between russia and ukraine, have arrived in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. there were emotional scenes as family members met the men, who were released after presidents vladimir putin and volodymyr zelensky agreed to a deal in paris earlier this month. these people have arrived after being imprisoned and that rebel—held territory of donetsk and luhansk an sand ukraine. territory of donetsk and luhansk an s and ukraine. they are seeing their relatives for the first time in 3— five years. children have grown up without knowing if their fathers. this highly emotional moment, the best possible new year gift for the families but ukrainian government has been paying a high price for it. in return, it has handed over those under terrorist attack charges. many in ukraine say this is a prisoners swamp on russian terms. as we see the president volodymyr zelensky warmly greet the prisoners at the airport, we are reminded

votes are being counted in the presidential election in the west african state of guinea—bissau.ful conduct of the poll. both candidates — domingos simoes pereira from the ruling party, and the opposition's umaro cissoko embalo, are former prime ministers. the two men have promised to bring stability to guinea—bissau, which has suffered nine coup attempts since independence from portugal in 197a. tens of thousands of residents in the australian state of victoria have been told to evacuate amid worsening bushfire conditions. officials are predicting a day of extreme danger, with rising temperatures combined with thunderstorms and a change of wind direction. phil mercer's report contains flashing images from the start. it's arguably the world's most dazzling fireworks display but but thousands of people want sydney to scrap its new year's eve spectacular. they say it would be an insult and could traumatise some of those affected by the bushfires crisis. the city's lord mayor, clover moore, said she shared the deep sympathies of those who've signed the petition but stressed that the

antics prime minister competing to become president in guinea bissau well as to the polls the incoming president shows the america of us fails to make its to the final round of fighting. now thousands of families in western kenya all coping with the aftermath of flooding and heavy rains that began on christmas eve many fear the flooding could get worse as they wait for aid to iraq. east africa is being battered by abnormal behavior rains into the indian ocean being warmer than usual. in the kenyan county of kisumu water has crept everywhere residents struggle to find safe and dry places away from the muddy waters they are appealing to the government for help. children food went with the water school shoes and the books for the kids to my belongings outside here and i don't know where i will go to. there's no place to sleep we don't even have tents no water to drink and i have children in college as well as in secondary and primary schools. adult court it started on christmas night has left homes and businesses sup merged this week's floods are the latest to hit kenya earlier heavy rain

to its prime ministers all competing to become president of guinea-bissau as forces head to the polls the incumbent president chose a marquee of us fail to make is the final round of voting. there's been a stabbing attack at a jewish holiday celebration in new york city authorities say 5 people were hospitalized with injuries 2 are in critical condition the attack appears to be the latest in a string off anti-semitic attacks in new york this month. and then you have been on hundreds of protesters rallied outside the home of the new prime minister demonstrators fired flares and demanded the resignation who is backed by the islamist group hezbollah lebanon is script by its worst political crisis in decades . australia is bracing for a mother week off bushfires as temperatures are expected to seoul 55 his have been trying to contain the blazes since september 8th people. 8 people have died 2 of them firefighters excuse me many of those on the front lines of volunteers and now the government ses it will pay them for their if it's. it's one of australia's worst bushfire seasons over. with

and helping people get back on their feet also take you to the clinic in guinea bissau that's become a rare beacon offer hope in one of the world's poorest places. to think traditional healing in south africa it's a.

vote counting is underway in guinea-bissau his presidential runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president jose maria of us who failed to get through the 1st friend last month one candidate has accused the interior ministry of stuff and ballot boxes. and the un has sent a rapid response team to the central african republic due to fighting between armed groups and shop owners being forced to pay the money at least $40.00 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday in the mainly muslim p.k. 5 districts the un is warning against an escalation of violence that's what states the u.s. continues not to syria after witness. accounts of the cost $29.00 t. want to give the world struggle to put aside short term economic game to save the planet for glass of america to the middle east people took to the streets to ask the spread of wealth at a trade war reshapes globalization counting the cost on al-jazeera. of the u.s. was good when he looked at the funny to. me. but . you know what it was he did not put a little thing on the tip toe around the body and not that on the b

east gippsland in victoria voters in guinea-bissau heading to the polls on sunday for a runoff vote to decide their next president 2 former prime ministers domingo simonas pereira and omarosa scorm barlow will battle it out in the 2nd round with many people frustrated by the deadlock parliament violence broke out in the lead up to the election. the presidential candidates in taiwan are also taking part of the live t.v. debate ahead of next month's election the 3 politicians a challenge each other social and economic policies of course you can follow their stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com we'll use it often up next it's inside story with the read applicator do stay with us for. it can fly a $27.00 times the speed of sound russia says it's really deployed evan guard miss out is the world leader in hypersonic weapons so how will it affect the global arms race this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dead you know russia says its new hypersonic weapon is a technological breakthrough on the scale of sputnik the 1st satellite launched by the soviet union in 1967

the inconclusive elections in guinea bissau also came up for meeting a formation right now as we speak leaders in this building behind me discussing the final details of their plans for all these 3 items as well as other issues that may come up during the discussion. we'll cross back to the latest thank you for that update from. 2 days of talks are due to start in sudan's capital hard to the latest effort to resolve disputes over the largest hydroelectric dam in africa the $4000000000.00 grand if european renaissance dam on the river nile is nearing completion if europeans say it will provide power to 17000000 people revitalize the economy neighbors sudan and egypt fear it will reduce water supply for drinking and irrigation staying in sudan and has reached a remote rebel held area for the 1st time in nearly 9 years as have a morgan reports from blue nile states the welcome arrival of food and other essentials coincides with talks to end years of fighting when she heard that aid would be arriving in the state them says she walked for more than 8 hours to queue for it after mor

escalation of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias voters in guinea bissau are heading to the polls to choose their next president 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president jose maria of us who was eliminated in the 1st round last month he zoned to respect the result following fighting during election campaigning. hot and dry weather that sealed unprecedented bushfires in australia is forecast to return residence in the state of victoria and a threat to our being want to get out now organizers of sydney's famous fireworks display on new year's eve say that it will go ahead but not if catastrophic conditions are again declared those are the headlines more news in half an hour during the next with inside story to stay with us. it can fly a 27 times the speed of sound. is the world leader in hypersonic weapons so how will it affect the global arms race story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dead. russia says its new hypersonic weapon is a technological breakthrough on the scale of sputnik the 1st satellite launched by the soviet union in

the west african country of guinea-bissau is one of the poorest places on earth there are few hospitals the health system barely functions that is why one clinic for rehabilitation has begun so important largely funded by the international committee of the red cross it treats thousands of patients from across the region you know. reports from. turning things around. these people are learning how to move again they've all suffered strokes and there's a physical rehabilitation center going to be sound in west africa but it's a clinic with a difference it's a track's patients not just from going to the sound but from across the region by offering a service that is unique in west africa. where we provide free treatment for everyone it is universal treatment for everyone who needs it even if they are vulnerable or very poor if they cannot contribute to get it for free. clinics offer of treatment for free for those without means is unheard of in this region it's especially unusual for going to the sound one of the poorest countries in the world and a place where most have no access to even ba

or wounded since have to launched his campaign back in april the vote counting is underway in guinea-bissau his presidential runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president jose maria of us to fail to get through the 1st friend last month one candidate has accused the interior ministry of stuff and ballot boxes. and the un has sent a rapid response team to the central african republic due to fighting between armed groups and shop owners being forced to pay the money at least $40.00 people were killed in the capital bangui on thursday in the mainly muslim p.k. 5 districts the un is warning against an escalation of violence that's how it states the news continues not just syria after witness. counted the cost 2019 what are you it's been a world struggle to put aside short term economic game to save the planet for glass of america to the middle east people took to the streets protesting you know the spread of wealth out of trade war reshapes globalization counting the cost on al-jazeera. and that is always good when he can meet all of the family to the. media so we're going

has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau us presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year of course says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries using the west african financial community from the c.f.a. well ditch it and when they come is like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the plant common currency the coal which is chattel to roll out in 2020 greece i'll just. play again i'm fully back to where the headlines on al-jazeera india's prime minister narendra modi is due to appear shortly at a rally in new delhi as protests against a controversial citizenship continue at least 20. 5 people have died so far in violence fueled by opposition to the bill which some say discriminates against muslims sabina she is in new delhi and says most of the violence against protesters has happened in states governed by more d.s.p. j.p. poddy there have been huge rallies justin had. along with not direct hundreds of thousands of people came to

algiers or. 3rd counting is underway in guinea-bissau as presidential runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president shows a mario vazquez who failed to get through the 1st round last month one of the candidates for mario says so called bono has already accused the interior ministry of stuffing ballot boxes. the test is in india continuing their pressure on the government by coming out in large numbers against a new citizenship law the legislation makes it easier for religious minorities from 3 neighboring countries to become indian citizens but excludes muslims. was at a demonstration in new delhi and says the protest is there i'm not willing to give up jummy a 1000000 university in new delhi has become the epicenter of protests against the citizenship law recently passed by the indian government today some of the students being knocked at some of the scenes from the days when police boss to meet some of these students this is that they want an inquiry against these police officials 26 people have been killed but only the relative a want of these people has manage

was when iran happened in afghanistan in nicaragua and vietnam cambodia laos in goa mozambique guinea-bissau out ethiopia you name it but the united but the reagan administration using the club of militarism they doubled the military budget they put enormous pressure on the soviet union and ultimately the soviet union for a lot of reasons cracked apart and the us became sort of the ruler of the roost again and i think the u.s. intends to overthrow the government in china and they hope that in the post putin era russia will come apart and that would be the way they're used to polarity would be reassembled and i think that's the real plan here ok well i think it's an interesting plan but i think it's really really far fetched ok if you look at the band i mean it's a far fetched you know but i think that i thinking you know because we're all the stuff we've seen in the last 2 decades i think you're right ok unfortunately i think you're absolutely right and that's what makes it really insane look at you know do we go to james here i mean 40 years of relative success in china i mean hundreds of m

desperately poor country very corrupt it's one of the least developed on earth now voting is underway in guinea bissau for the presidential election runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to do plays president jose marti of arch who was eliminated in the 1st round last month these are going to respect the result following fighting during election campaign in the west african countries one of the country's one and a half 1000000 people have long been mired in poverty corruption and drug trafficking. protesters have stormed oil field in southern iraq and cut off its power supply exports or to expected to be affected because extra port will be supplied of the oil fields meanwhile thousands of students are rallied in the regional capital basra but angry at the political deadlock over a new prime minister protesters say the political system is corrupt and most iraqis are being kept in poverty and in baghdad marches demanded the release of protesters they say were abducted at least $450.00 iraqis have been killed and thousands injured during 3 months of the latest demonstrations demanding new leaders

has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau us presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year ek or says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries using the west african financial community front the c.f.a. will ditch it and when they come is like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the planned common currency the echo which is shuttle to roll out in 2020 homage to greece. at least 11 people have been killed in airstrikes by syrian government forces and their russian allies in the latest attack on edler province a busy market was struck in the town of the darkened and then the main voters people were fleeing the attack syrian troops are advancing on the country's last rebel held areas capturing to move or that is on the southern edge of adlib the u.s. secretary of state might pompei as has russia and china have blood on their hands after they've vetoed a u.n. resolution to allow cross border aid into syria on friday while mullard fade

vote counting is underway in guinea-bissau as presidential runoff to form a prime minister has a competing to replace president jose many of us who failed to get through the 1st round last month one of the candidates motto says soco and balo has already accused the interior ministry of stuffing ballot boxes it's hoped that the results will help the west african nation and its long running political turmoil. the governor of new york has describes an attack on orthodox jews is an act of domestic terrorism 5 people were injured when a man armed with a machete stormed into a rabbi's home during hanukkah celebrations in upstate new york it's the latest attack against the jewish community in the us as well as iran's ruslan jordan reports 37 year old grafton thomas faces 5 counts of attempted murder after an attack at a hanukkah party a month see new york a witness called the attack terrifying just winging it is the word knife i don't know what it was back and forth with the people descending this grand after me when they came out here is going to have to be hey you all got you but that's it that

has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau us presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year a course says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries using the west african financial community from the c.f.a. well ditch it thank you and when they come is like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the plant common currency. which is chattel to rule out being printed printed at greece. what the world health organization is saying the an about a patient in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo has become the 1st person that a relapse in the current outbreak the organization says 11 new cases have been confirmed in the past week and all of believed to have caught the virus from the person who relapsed so far more than 3. 1000 people have been infected in the epidemic in congo which is killed more than 2000 people since the middle of last year the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record. well now to somalia many farmers that have

on that as we get it we've got now polls opened in sunday's runoff the presidential election in guinea bissau to former prime minister's domingo simmers pereira and omarosa scorm barlow will battle it out in the 2nd round with many people frustrated by the deadlock parliament violence broke out in the lead up to the election incumbent president has a medley of ash was a limited after finishing 4th with 12 percent of the vote. in the united states those a movement to change the way kids play american football to make it safe in the state of new york is the latest to consider amending the rules in the attempt to reduce head injuries but even with a new study highlighting the risks of the game as resistance as there was christensen the reports. saturday night on the gridiron for many families playing american football is a tradition. one that starts at an early age. it's really fun competitive. 11 year old ryan for ranch act loves playing the game even after suffering a mild concussion and it's just a really fun sport and i like to hit people. but those hits even the ones that don't cause concus

and temperatures of over 40 degrees celsius are expected in east gippsland in victoria voters in guinea-bissau heading to the polls on sunday for a runoff vote to decide their next president to former prime minister's domingo simmers pereira and omarosa scorm barlow will battle it out in the 2nd round with many people frustrated by the deadlocked parliament violence broke out in the lead up to the election. the presidential candidates in taiwan are also taking part of the live t.v. debate ahead of next month's election the 3 politicians a challenge each other social and economic policies of course you can follow the stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com we'll use it often up next it's inside story with the read up a gator to stay with us for. it can fly a $27.00 times the speed of sound russia says it's merely deployed evan guard miss out is the world leader in hypersonic weapons so how will it affect the global arms race this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm dating russia says its new hypersonic weapon is a technological breakthrough on the scale of sputnik the 1st

of fighting following years of unrest between muslim and christian militias voting has begun in guinea-bissau or for the presidential election runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace a president. who was eliminated in the 1st round last month he is vowing to respect the result of infighting during election campaigning demonstrators have gathered again in central hong kong saying they won't be backing down from the protests that have disrupted the city for more than 6 months to hold to their demands for change and against china's increasing influence over the territory. the taiwanese president trying when has faced off against a main rival in a televised debate ahead of next month's election this year more nations cut their ties with taiwan and switch to beijing leaving the self-governing aren't just 15 diplomatic allies china favors independence from beijing a rival hunk or you want closer ties in the hot dry weather that john president of bushfires in australia is forecast to return. in sydney though say they will go ahead with the big fireworks display on new year's eve but

this is 17-year-old abass fofana, a refugee from guinea bissau who previously lived at the shelter. >> what people are doing right now, i no longer feel comfortable living in spain. it is not right. what i can say is people should stop what they're doing and leave immigrants alone and let us do what we came here to do -- study. help us get a diploma and work. amy: and this is juan gonzalez martinez, a resident of the neighborhood where the shelter is located. >> the past few month, the far right wing political party, the fascist fox, has put a focus on the neighborhood, on targeting these youth for their own electoral and partisan purposes. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadadcasting from insie united nations climate change conference here in madrid, spain, where representatives from almost 200 countries have gathered for the final days of negotiation. the climate summit, known as cop2p25 or confererence of part, has so far focused on meeting the 2015 paris a aeement too lim global

has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau us presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year ek or says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries using the west african financial community front the c.f.a. will ditch it and when they can always like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the plant common currency the coal which is chattel to roll out in 2020 homage to greece. well what exactly is the c.f.a. frank the currency was created by france back in 1905 and is used by 14 african nations into zones one is in west africa including senegal ivory coast and bikini faster and the other is in central africa made up of 6 countries that entered into bonn and chad now the currency is pegged to the euro and has the financial backing of the french treasury and return france holds 50 percent of the foreign exchange reserves of member countries critics say the currency is a remnant of french colonialism and restricts gross while the president

to protect african lives the same way we protect our rights people are telling their votes in guinea-bissau presidential election runoff in the hopes of ending months of political turmoil in one of the world's poorest nations to form but prime minister is competing to probably replace president chose a mario vos who was eliminated in the 1st round last month he's vowing to respect the result and he's the 1st president there in 25 years not to be ousted 5 directly through the west african nation has long been by poverty corruption and drug taking . is a visiting fellow at the for all his lousy center for africa at the london school of economics he says it will be a close rice. one of them seems to be a general and also an academic at the same time and the other is actually. the head of the main party going to be sell now what seems to be the essential difference actually is that the incoming domingo's pereira of the main party is actually counting on support for for the main party where i still position seems to be wanted to gang up with the un to talk to see whether they can actually remove

has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year a course says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries are using the west african presidential community from the c.f.a. well ditch it thank you and when they come it's like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the plaid common currency. which is chattel to rollout been printed printed at greece. while health organization is saying that an ebola patient in the eastern democratic republic of congo has become the 1st person that a relapse in the current outbreak the organization is saying 11 new cases have been confirmed in the past week all believed to have caught the virus from the person who relapsed so far more than 3000 people have been infected in the about the epidemic in congo but has killed more than 2000 people since the middle of last year the outbreak is the 2nd worst on record. many farmers in somalia have been left on able to feed th

has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year a course says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries are using the west african financial community from the c.f.a. well ditch it and when they come is like nigeria and ghana want to adopt the plant common currency the coal which is chattel to roll out in 2020 greece. and send this file that story the ivorian president and i'm still the knight the renaming of the you are a common currency that says it will remain pegged to the. demo so i'm happy to announce that in agreement with the other heads of state of the west african economic and monetary union we. added to reform the c.f.a. front with the 3 following major changes 1st renaming the currency from the c.f.a. to the echo 2nd the end of centralization of half of all reserves with the french treasury and the closing of its operating account and 3rd the withdrawal of france from all management

various levels of compliance and there is also the issue of the elections presidential elections in guinea bissau but most importantly the countries discussed the deteriorating security situation in the in the so how and the region well hundreds of soldiers have been killed over the last 4 months now there was a fund launched a few months ago at the last meeting of the course meeting of 1000000000. a fund to aid military operations in the region which of course already more than about $100000000.00 according to the commission of the ecowas has been disbursed to militaries or armies in the region to tackle these insurgents but to talk about this deteriorating security conditions security problems in the as well as the lectured region is. retired i am a military officer in nigeria an air force officer in nigeria who is also. a senior research fellow at the nigerian defense college group captain said they got about share will talk to us about this fund is it something that can really solve the problem in west africa problems in mali child and all those countries affected by violent attacks over the

has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau us presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year ek or says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries using the west african financial community front the c.f.a. well ditch it and when they like nigeria and ghana would want to adopt the planned common currency the echo which is chattel to roll out in 2020 greece. that is an awakening as an associate professor at haverford college and the author of constructing democracy in africa and she says that more needs to be done to address the underlying issues that lou to violence. there needs to be economic growth and and political capacity to to address tensions within populations in these countries another word cities groups that are acting are able to recruit locally and that variability to prove right has to do with local discontent we had from the u.n. special representative and this is what he talked about he said that more needs to be done to

has to be a response to address the root causes of violent extremism the meeting also reviewed guinea-bissau us presidential elections and importantly the plan for single currency next year a course says 7 countries now meet the criteria for a single currency but it's not clear if french speaking countries are using the west african financial community franc the c.f.a. well ditch it and when they come is like nigeria and ghana want to adopt the plant common currency the echo which is shuttle to roll out in 2020 homage to greece. well let's get more on this now we're joined by suzanne away an associate professor at haverford college and the author of constructing democracy in africa she's joining us live from for the delfina very good to have you with us on algis they are so they went nearly 5000 reported reported fatalities in the hell between november last year and just march this year there is obviously a big problem with security in the region what's needed to combat it well i think so this meeting is is positive that you're getting a robust regional response to the issue but it goes deep

well vote counting is underway in guinea-bissau presidential runoff 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president. bush who failed to get through the 1st round last month one candidate has accused the interior ministry of stuffing ballot boxes hundreds of indians have protested against police brutality in the capital is on risk continues over a controversial citizenship law demonstrators wore badges to symbolize injuries inflicted by police on several student protesters at least 26 people have been killed since the law was introduced and around a 1000 arrested has been following the demonstrations in new delhi and sent this report. protesters wore bandages in a sign of solidarity with students at jamia millia islamia university in new delhi . they accused police of the capital of beating them up by demonstrating against the new citizenship law 2 weeks ago. her in unison they chanted slogans against the law. and reenacted a moment of resistance. when a group of female students formed a circle around their main friend trying to protect him from the police. and october easter wh

votes are being counted in guinea-bissau presidential runoff election people hope the result will help them turn a page on your constant political turmoil 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president. who failed to get through the 1st round last month was the 1st leader in 25 years not to be ousted in a military coup it was the african nation is long be mired in poverty corruption and drug trafficking. a rhino believed to be the world's oldest has died at the age of 57 state conservation authorities in tanzania say the eastern black rhino who was named faust died of natural causes she had poor eyesight and wounds from hyena attacks that was 1st seen out in the wild back in 1965 by a scientist from the university of doris salaam according to experts rhinos are expected to live between 37 and 43 years there are only 5500 black rhinos left in the world. this by being battered by social and economic unrest government is standing by its some vicious promise to go carbon neutral by 2050 the commitment is being praised by environmental advocates but in cities like coronet it's

algiers or vote counting is underway in guinea-bissau presidential runoff it's hoped the result will help the west african nation turn the page on near constant political turmoil so former prime ministers are competing to replace president whole save mario vos who failed to get through the 1st round last month one of the candidates omarosa so-called volatile has already accused the interior ministry of stuffing ballot boxes or michael moore is a visiting fellow at the fear was largely center for africa at the london school of economics he says it will be a close race. one of them seems to be a general and also an academic at the same time and the other is actually. the head of the main party isn't going to be subtle now what seems to be the essential difference actually is that the incoming domingo's pereira of the main party is actually counting on support for the main party who are still position seems to be wanted to gang up with the un to talk to see whether they can actually remove the main party out of this seat for once there is a clear possibility that the underdog may win. b

a look at guinea bissau now where people are casting their votes in a presidential election runoff inthe hopes of ending months of political turmoil in what is one of the world's poorest nations 2 former prime ministers are competing to replace president germany of ours who was eliminated in the 1st round last month he is vowing to respect the results and is the 1st president there in 25 years not to be ousted by a military coup the west african nation has long been mired in poverty corruption and drug trafficking michael moore a visiting fellow at the photos the center for africa at the london school of economics is with us now nice to see you michael i mean that is something in and of itself isn't it that he the former president was not removed by the military and he is already stating yes i will go with whatever happens here oh yes indeed and there are quite a lot of positive aspects to this particular around of because of for the 1st time in about 20 to 25 years an incumbent actually served his full 5 year and for the 1st tower i'm also that they're going to have a smooth transfer

voting is wrapped up in guinea-bissau after a presidential runoff election people hope the result will help them turn the page on near constant political turmoil 2 former prime ministers are competing to replay . president joseph murray of us who's promising to respect the outcome after being eliminated in the 1st round loss was the 1st leader in 25 years not to be ousted in a military coup michael moore is a visiting fellow at the for rose lousy center for africa at the london school of economics he says it will be a close race one of them seems to be a general and also an academic at the same time and the other is actually. the head of the main party going to be sell now what seems to be the difference actually is that the the main domingo's pereira of the main party is actually counting on support for for the main party where i still position seems to be wanted to gang up with the un to talk to see whether they can actually remove their main party out of this seat for once there is a clear possibility that the underdog may win. because the said the opposition parties in the round of