landowners are being blamed for invading and building on wetlands how much costs are reports from harare. and dorothy wakeling strongly objected when a property developer try to build houses on this protected area is one of several with lands in harare ecosystems such as marshes and urban areas that soak up and store extra rainfall and water we have seen all over most of these open spaces that are lived unfortunately that is the target of developers with just randomly booting on these. scientists say wetlands purify and still groundwater which is then gradually released into rivers and lakes years of drought in zimbabwe have made these water bodies even more precious in history you've had cities over the thousands of years that have dried up and people have moved away from those cities we heading in that direction and i cannot say that strongly enough. we are i don't know anyone in the city who does not have to problem. many dams rivers and lakes are slowly disappearing several parts of the country apart just as the economy worsens was a bobbins a coming to harare from smaller towns and

slowly disappearing several parts of the country apart just as the economy worsens was a coming to harare from smaller towns and rural areas and it's limited $2000000.00 people live in and around the capital putting a strain on its already depleting water sources. city councils approved development permits after an environmental impact assessment has been done municipal officials deny allegations made by some environmental activists that they are purposely allowing landowners to build illegally on with lands and more of that is being used to draw the board for action. drilling other institutions yet. those resources can be used to predict this somewhat. they're full of going toward just took a bored witless but as they are not fond of coming. to release a piece of land that they presume is works in predicted zimbabwe is a signatory to the international ramsar convention a cittie for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands but as urban migration increases the even more pressure to build and grow food in marshy areas conservation a say protecting these few remaining water bodies le

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a property developer tried to build houses on this protected area is one of several with lands in harare ecosystems such as marshes and urban areas that soak up and store extra rainfall and water we have seen all over most of these open spaces that are lived unfortunately that is the target of developers with just randomly booting on these. scientists say wetlands purify and store groundwater which is then gradually released into rivers and lakes years of drought in zimbabwe have made these water bodies even more precious in history you've had to seize over the thousands of years that have dried up and people have moved away from those cities we heading in that direction and i cannot say that strongly enough. we are i don't know anyone in the city who does not have a water problem. many dams rivers and lakes are slowly disappearing several parts of the country apart just as the economy worsens wars of bombings are coming to harare from smaller towns and rural areas and it's a method $2000000.00 people live in and around the capital putting a strain on its already depleting water sources.

spring and is monitoring events from zimbabwe she's joining us from harare so was this results expected. well as a quitter as when i was usually suspected by it expected by many maligned because jane when people voted in choosing a presidential rerun a lot of the polling agent and the local election observers were doing their own tally had their own and official results that they were giving out in these an official results so that the creator had a huge lead over. over the president so he wanted to know basically was how much of a lead he had and he let at the mission that he had more than 50 percent of the votes edith actively the present and he's going to be sworn in on sunday he is in his mid sixty's he's a former party he is a man who grew up from parents who were poor farmers in malawi he's a university graduate and throughout his campaigning period he has been saying that he's going to focus on the poor create jobs and to fight corruption and the say that this is really significant for africa it's a triumph for african democracy the question now is what kind of leader is he going

coffin when they're already struggling for hours thanks very much for that to her reporting from harare. still ahead here on al-jazeera. tree with an unprecedented coalition government. no taxation without representation why america's capital wants to become the nation's 51st. and though the more heavy rain in the for central and eastern areas of china plenty of activity a real bungle there across the central region some heavy downpours in the meanwhile across eastern china in particular look at these images coming out of this particular province we have 37000000 people that are being evacuated to the last few days from 38 counties and the taking about across the south in the east as many as 11000000 people have been affected by. these floodwaters morena say throughout sunday work its way towards shanghai also heavy rain but generally to the east of japan sunny but heavy downpours over the next couple of days and it's through monday that the rain will care off the east coast of china push across the elysee and begin to push these heavy downpours across into the korean peninsula carol sk

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for us on the ground in harare thank you very much gary now pakistan has announced a record increase in fuel prices only days before the end of the financial year there coronavirus has dented the economy which has shrunk for the 1st time in 7 decades most drivers will now have to pay around a session 4 percent more to fill up a lawyer that varies depending on the type of fuel the move has prompted a wave of outrage on social media our correspondent come on high has more from the family that. well the reaction will be. strong when they have a price whether it's the electricity traffic. away their fuel price is about discomfort at a time when the government had earlier announced a considerable reduction in the oil price because of a crash avoided price to go in the international market and now we are told that because the prices have hiked up they want to pass that on to the public and also the fact that they say that data needs to where the supply chain because the price . there were reports of hording and extensive exports to of on its. track that of course had led to a crisis situat

is monitoring events in malawi from harare she's with. her any reason to think that things will be any better run this time around. or voting was generally peaceful across the country except with some cases of violence in the central region what's important to note about last year's disputed election is that in that incident the issue was more not about voting but about the actual results process judges it that some of the results back been what change using typewriter correction fluid this is people voted more than one thought a lot of people away and that's going to be the same outcome this time around the difference with this election is that this time the went ahead to get more than 50 percent of the vote and that's where the thing that's where they could be some problems because prison without it could have thought probably a few to sign a bill that is if no one gets more than 50 percent of the vote in this rerun then there would have to be a runoff in 30 days to the 2 leading candidates so if with some real the no one gets more than

peter says it wants the result an old out of a toss is monitoring events from zimbabwe's capital hararend it's expected he's going to be thwarted in on sunday in the capital a long way he's in his mid sixty's he will form a pot. of pork in malawi he's a university graduate and he has managed to. galvanize just making the youth and he's promising them that when he became when he becomes president he's going to focus on public key create jobs and fight corruption corona virus infections a surge in the u.s. where 2500000 cases have been recorded so far and a total 125000 lives have been lost florida reported a record daily high of more the 9500 new infections from saturday all out of his own of them recorded over 3500 cases. protests against femicide are taking place in bogota with rights groups accusing the colombian government of being unable to protect women in the demonstrations that are in response to the killing of a woman and her daughter. the u.k. has said to waive its 14 day quarantine for people arriving from countries it considers to be low risk for coronavirus it's expected to

has been monitoring events from zimbabwe's capital harare and it's expected he's going to be sworn in on sunday in the capital. city he's a former party. of poor farmers in malawi he's a university graduate and he has managed. to speak to the youth and he's promising them that when he became when he becomes president he's going to focus on public create jobs and fight corruption. the justice minister of democratic republic of congo has been released after being arrested on saturday the brief detention of celestin descended follows a recent disagreement with the president proposed judicial reform spot demonstrations earlier in the week rwandan forces have killed 4 gunmen during an attack in google near the border with burundi rwanda as army says 3 of its soldiers were injured in the cross border assault tensions are high between the 2 neighbors with their india accusing rwanda of arming rebel groups and there's been a fresh surge of new coronavirus cases in the united states there are now 2 and a half 1000000 cases while 125000 lives have been lost spikes of new cases in both florida a

of incumbent leader peter says it wants the result an old hermit has more from zimbabwe's capital harare and it's expected he's going to be sworn in on sunday in the capital a long way he's in his mid sixty's he's a former party. of poor farmers in malawi he's a university graduate and he has managed. to galvanize the youth and he's promising them that when he became when he becomes president he's going to focus on public create jobs and fight corruption the justice minister of the democratic republic of congo has been arrested once the country deals with the crisis over proposed judicial reforms the plan spark demonstrations earlier this week with people blocking roads outside parliament. has reportedly been taken to the prosecutor's office after police surrounded his home in kinshasa on saturday. london forces have killed 4 gunmen during an attack in near to gulu near the border with burned one desire he says 3 of its soldiers were injured in the cross border assault tensions are high between the 2 neighbors with burnley accusing rwanda of arming rebel groups to oppose the late preside

is in harare and says it's lost consumers with payment headaches. people have reacted in shock anger and confusion this is a country with serious cash shortages doesn't actual a banknote you going to st it's hard to find a u.s. dollar it's hard to find that african rand it's even hard to find in zimbabwe dollar most people here say using their mobile phone so now they're asking how are they going to make their transactions the government if they need a reason why they suspended this particular platform is because they say some individuals some companies are abusing the platform by trying to a few of the black markets and devalue the dollar the biggest telecoms company here in the body can it which has about $10000000.00 subscribers nationwide has told it described as that they do not listen to the information ministry from the government they listen to the central bank told they describe as you keep using these tax forms and as of now people are still able to pay for their groceries using their mobile phone the economy in zimbabwe is worsening while

observers to try to ensure fairness this time around it's out of a task the following developments from harare for us tell us what more you're hearing how do specially about that issue of things being free and fair after the controversy of lost time. voting is being going generally well across the country except for some parts in the central region with some incidents of violence have been reported the incident with last year's election wasn't so much the issue between a voting it was an issue basically of the result judges ruled that some of the ballot papers back then the results would change using typewriter correction fluid if that some people voted more than once it was interesting with this one is that this time the winning candidate had to get more than 50 percent of the vote and that's where the that's where some of the problems could arise because president peter metallica so far hasn't signed a bill that says if no one gets more than 50 percent of the vote then there has to be a runoff within 30 days between the 2 leading candidates so the concern is if after this rerun no one gets m

president peter says it wants the result an old tosser has been monitoring events from zimbabwe's capital harare and if it did he's going to be sworn in on sunday in the capital a long way he's in his mid sixty's he's a former party he's the son of poor farmers in malawi he's a university graduate and he has managed. to galvanize just thank you the youth and he's promising them that when he became when he becomes president he's going to focus on poverty create jobs and fight corruption the justice minister of democratic republic of congo has been released after being arrested on saturday the brief detention of celestin sending follows a recent disagreement with the president proposed judicial reform spark demonstrations i leave this week and wonderfalls of killed 4 gunmen during an attack in. near the border with the rwanda's army says 3 of its soldiers were injured in the cross border assault ties have been strained between the 2 neighbors with their india accusing rwanda of arming rebel groups. the number of confirmed corona virus cases around the world is nearing 10000000 the us accounts for

what our correspondent is in harare with more on the new president's priorities. a lot of them. live in rural areas. struggling to make they need to go to towns in the sixty's people are living hand to mouth. also struggling to make ends meet one is in the. dividing the manufacture and able to be made much. of the. president. and vice president. individuals. have used. the big. at the polls to manage political ambitions of people and find ways to drastically improve. all there is plenty more ahead on this news hour including colombia's coronavirus restrictions have forced some venezuelans. restrictions pushed turkey. to turn over a. 1000 . states facing the prospect of military raids have fled their homes the u.n. says urgent measures are needed to save civilian lives religious were ordered to leave as the army prepared to launch an operation against the rebel groups seeking . ethnic. they want to evacuate has been called off after the u.k. australia the u.s. and canada all called for an end. to the so called clearance operations refugees and humanitarian groups say the operatio

detractors for the economic woes so let's explore this bit more we go across one study by there in harareand what's been the reaction from the public about. many shop and. the country with serious cash actual cash it. is hard to find the demand on the street is hard to hide. so they now asking why they got paid for their transaction. the reason why they did . this particular. and business is it. being the. final. value. of the biggest company here in. the statement to describe it. yeah we had a bit of problem with the sound there with trying to back off the new progressive. evacuations in rescues are underway in southern china following heavy rain and flooding more than 40000 people have been forced out of the province alone since tuesday a rescue is used the road to bring 6 people to safety after they were stranded in the flooded river and there's heavy rain it's expected to continue until choose the . top of the weather and that is a problem not isolated to chill in a very heavy rains that overtly net but yes europe has seen some very heavy rains for the last few weeks as well say becau

we'll see what happens thank you very much for the time being here with bringing us the update from harare or the democratic republic of congo's justice minister has been questioned by prosecutors and released hours after being arrested it comes to a country deals with a crisis over proposed judicial reforms would spark demonstrations earlier this week of people walking roads outside parliament. was arrested after police surrounded his home in kinshasa it's thought his arrest followed a recent disagreement with president felix. much more to come on the al-jazeera news hour including probably. no time to be silent protest against fantasising colombia after the brutal killing of a mother and her daughter. a giant swarm of locusts closes in on india's capital with highlights of the city's international airport boring to watch out. i mean up and sport football fans in bordeaux aren't happy we will be here to tell you one. started to see that thunder we break down and talk about for the weather across western europe now loss of showers rolling in from the atlantic that will introduce some fresh

following this one from harare for what more do you hear from from malawi and particularly on that issue of things being free and fair this time . well in the big cities along. the lines were long and a lot of people turned out to vote in the rural areas and smaller towns some polling stations open late but eventually things got started there was an incident a minor incident an isolated incident in the central part of the country people waiting in line to vote that they saw a suspicious looking group of young men in line just opposition stronghold some of the people in the line thought these guys were at to give it to suspiciously they went up to them in manhandled them the police had to intervene and dragged those group of men into a police station but that was about it generally the whole feeling we're hearing from people is that it's been relatively quiet relatively peaceful and people have been voting not because the crowd of virus endemic international observers can't come to malawi to observe these elections that's what the church has been involved in the church is widely respected

members and n.g.o.s have been volunteering as observers part of a task is watching this one from harare for his high what do you know about well how it's going today under what i suspect would be quite tense circumstances. well in the big cities the long way blantyre this very long lines and things are going with at least moodily into smaller towns and in some rural areas some polling stations opened late but eventually got started and again things they seem to be going smoothly a few pockets of violence here and there but nothing usually significant what's interesting is that because the coronavirus pandemic international action observe it unable to come to serve these elections so you have a lot of church officials who are on the ground at the polling stations and the church is very respected in malawi's people trust the church that respect the church and they hope the church remains neutral one thing of concern that people have been mentioning is that at the polling stations the polling agents the polling officials all wearing mostyn gloves but a lot of people in the long lines on pr

election has led to victory for the opposition candidate and straight to her who joins us live from harare and as i say it's a historic moment what can we expect from chuck where his presidency. well let's wish you could have spent a lot of time talking about unity and good governance and when he was giving the acceptance speech he told people that he got from a poor villages poor farmers and he said that the value back then his parents were still able to send him to a fairly good school he managed to graduate from university and he achieved what he what he wanted to achieve in life and he knows that in today's malawi it's becoming a very hard for young people to achieve their dreams because economy isn't doing well and because of rampant corruption he knows that people in malawi are going to disillusioned with the way the country has been governed for the past few years and he's going to try and change that he also knows that up some people did not vote for him he also has people to be patient you see they probably watching him wondering what kind of leader he's going to be he didn't seem