this is "inside story." ♪ hashem: hello, welcome to the program. i am hashem ahelbarra. resurgence of ebola in guinea is raising fears of an uncontrolled spread of the disease. it has already been detected in the democratic republic of congo, neighboring sierra leone and liberia also tracking cases. the world health organization has asked six countries to be on high alert. the crisis comes as many african nations are struggling to contain the coronavirus. africa is seeing a sharp rise in covid-19 deaths, and health care systems are overstretched. it is feared there could be more for thales if ebola is -- more fatalities if ebola is left unchecked. the who has shifted 11,000 vaccines to help fight the disease in guinea. south africa is leading the rise in coronavirus deaths on the continent, accounting for nearly half. a more contagious variant has pushed hospitals to the limit and it has spread across other nations. the mutation is feared to reduce the impact of vaccines. south africa has just switched from astrazeneca doses to johnson & johnson shots over concerns. they

hashem: let's bring in our guests. a former director of nigeria state security service and a security analyst. and the executive director of the west african network for peace building. come to the program. the government is being blamed for not doing enough to stop what has become basically armed bandits in nigeria taking advantage of isolated villages, poorly guarded schools most of the time without fences, they launch their attacks and kidnapped children. security forces, where are they? mike: the people have the right to blame government. if the government fails to provide for the problem, i think the government will be addressing and you can see they are coming with fresh ideas. hashem: you have heard mike talking about the need to change the way security forces operate, but this seems to be something missing here, basically how the army and police, there's no intelligence gathering because some people say they heard about plans to kidnap schoolchildren in that particular area and before no decision was taken by t

hello welcome to the program hashem somalia has been working to west a bit since its 1st democratically elected government in that cate's came to power into a 1012 but a dispute about this month's delayed election is fueling divisions and worsening lambaste grievances the presidential vote was missed after the government failed to agree with the regional leaders on how the poll should be held now there is anger and confusion as to whether the president should remain in office after his term expires and the standoff led to gunfire on the streets of mogadishu on friday we'll bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report from katherine sawyer. barely heard a protest march started in the other airports when this happened. an intense firefight between government forces and paul opposition fighters the demonstration had been called by opposition presidential candidates and was being led by some of them they included somalia's former prime minister of hiding and opposition leader abdul rahman of. delays in holding a presidential election and the continued. life for my job and the top pos

syria journalist and iranian affairs analyst allie hashem joins us now live so ali let's start with the 1st question of these rounds or this group of inspections which you ron has said it will suspend if u.s. sanctions aren't lifted would that mean a violation of the iran nuclear deal how do they sit with the j c p o a well it's only technically might not be a clear violation of just given that iran is committed to the additional proc a protocol of the nonproliferation treaty on telly and it's right now stopping this commitment without ratification of the whole. the way what we know the whole context is more about the political context therefore this is the the angle that iran is trying to pressure of the international community from mainly the united states and you 3 germany the united kingdom and france by that try to get as much concessions us possible and concessions concessions yeah i mean lifting the sanctions that you just mentioned there are you just mentioned there are more than 1600 american sanctions on iran that were most of them were imposed during the donald trump term and