absolutely, and you know, come all the i, c, j, the international crisis group is really just the latest to warn about escalating violence in myanmar. we've heard it before from the u. n. and now the international crisis group is saying that now the one of the main reasons for this escalation and violence is because of the formation of armed and t g into forces. and these are locals armed with hunting rifles in sometimes quite rudimentary weapons. some of these made and make sure the jungle factories now using that local knowledge of the areas where they live to inflict and to launch attacks on the me, on my military. and they've been able to fix some rather significant casualties on the military known as the commodore. and now the men military has been responding to these attacks with overwhelming force it's launched attacks from populated areas . it's used as strikes helicopter gunship, artillery. now, the un estimates that so far, 230000 people have been displaced by fighting and insecurity so far. and the i, c, g says the international crisis group says the elderly and the young, mor

she just, her, the international crisis group says these new groups are also using the inside knowledge of forest her and fix, serious on the casualties provoking, serious counter tags. florence louis has more of the story from kuala lumpur. the one of the main reasons for this escalation and violence is because of the formation of armed and te june to our forces. and these are locals, armed with hunting rifles, and sometimes quite rudimentary weapons. some of these made and makes have jungle factories. now they using their local knowledge of the areas where they live to inflict and to launch attacks on the me, on my military. and they've been able to fix some rather significant casualties on the military known as the commodore. and now the men military has been responding to these attacks with overwhelming force it's launched attacks from populated areas . it's used as strikes helicopter gunship, artillery. now, the un estimates that so far, 230000 people have been displaced by fighting and insecurity so far. and the i, c, g says that the international crisis group says the elderly and

we can speak to william davidson who's a senior analyst at the international crisis group and joined us from washington d. c. at say this a you investigation. really, how comprehensive do you think it can be? the question will be, i think the level of access that the african union investigators get on the ground . i think they seem to have a fairly broad mandate sometimes as of what they're looking at. obviously there's been many reported a trusted potentially investigated it, difficult to integrate throughout has been getting information out of the out to the region. it's now easiest to get to, to great for about a terry an accident and journalists, for example. but it's not necessarily easy to get all over to grade and speak to the people that investigation needs to visit all the places they need to. so i think that's the sort of major outstanding question on the whole, you would welcome this investigation. yes, a crisis group, we would, we welcome all investigations, all reporting event and to grey. the problem has been the lack of timely information coming out to the region. duri

and the i, c g says the international crisis group says the elderly and the young are more vulnerable to violence and displacement. not only that, some of these conflicts and areas which haven't seen violence in decades. so it means local age. organizations has now got to set up new supply lines and they've got to set up new operations to reach those areas. sweden's prime minister stefan lawson is officially handed in his resignation. the left leaning social democratic party leader had a week to either call, quit, or call a snap collection after losing a no confidence motion parliament. it's now up to the parliamentary speaker to find a replacement. often a former union both lead a fragile minority coalition for 3 years. peruse electoral jury is set to resume its review of contested ballots on monday as tensions mounts between rival camps after the presidential race. earlier this month, supporters of leftist pedro castillo say he should be declared the winner after the official count gave him a $44000.00 vote lead his right wing rival cake of which maury has made unproven claims of fr

honda, their deputy director over the hold of africa international crisis group. great to get your thoughts. thank you so much for coming on al jazeera this morning. the former president of the philippines venue, aquino has died. the 61 year old had been hospitalized on thursday morning in manila, aquino was the only son this to the country's famous symbols of democracy. jimmy la ellen dorgan looks back at the life of the leader who lives a mixed legacy. been ignoring me, a 3rd came from a long line of filipino politicians. he was the son of a much loved president, as well as a national hero, his father, benito, nina akina junior, a well known opponent of president for a dinner mark was, was assassinated at manila airport. in 1983. his killing on the tarmac was described as breathing treatment. and shocking if i were to know his widow corazon aquino, who had seats out of politics, took over his room. she became the face of a people power movement that led to the end of the 21 year rule by marco. regarded by many as a dictator. she eventually became the 1st female

let's get more on this note from william davis, and he's a senior ethiopia analyst at the international crisis group and join snyder at from the us. great, have you with us on the user now, your group international crisis group, they have a presence in the region. i don't the grades. what have they been telling you about the situation in te grey itself? just how bad is it there? what i think you described in your report, there's nothing about the conditions currently integrates or the situation, the political security situation that has led to this humanitarian situation that we are not hearing from people on the ground. this has been a devastating complex in terms of interrupting livelihoods. those likelihoods will already run ripple. the nature of the conflict means that the rich prevention of aid and from a work is getting into some areas. and that is largely because of the ongoing conflicts. so in these areas of gray, where the full regional leadership has a strong hold, they are believed to have considerable support from the verbal population. and i think it is that which is leading to this blo

william davidson is a senior analyst of the international crisis group, specializing in ethiopia. he's joining us now from fort myers in florida. thank you very much indeed for being with us on. i'll just see if the prime minister gets the mandate that he has hoping for. will anything change in ethiopia? well, we have to wait and see and need these expectations that that might give the problem as the apartment that is building party the confidence to change course and try and reach out some of these political opponents that by the boy caught to the election or are engaged in insurgencies against the government and not very much includes the situation in, in to great. i think it is reasonable to hold out some hope here, but also we can see reasons why perhaps that will not happen. and it does seem to have been something of a systematic exclusion of some opponents from the democratic process with the government having gained a majority, we might expect to see a sort of continuation of that. and then we took out the tick rates situation. well, the federal government just classified t

he's the iran director at the international crisis group. the international crisis group. you very much fo| here thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. we haven't got many specific details, happily, yet, but all sides are about progress. what might they mean? 50 i think the are what might they mean? so i think they are working _ what might they mean? so i think they are working on _ what might they mean? so i think they are working on a _ what might they mean? so i think they are working on a joint - what might they mean? so i think| they are working on a joint draught which has some brackets and it and they have been able to progressively resolve some of those brackets, but there are still some serious differences remaining. i think one has to understand that in the meantime, when the deal was basically being violated both by the united states and iran, things have been done that are not easily reversible. for instance, the us has imposed sanctions on iran for pretexts that are not related to its nuclear programme, for instance

according to the international crisis group, many but not all of these gangs are made up of members ofup. traditionally they made their living from cattle rearing but climate change and competition for resources has left many of them without an income. controversial islamic cleric ahmad gumi has made acted as a self—appointed mediator between groups of kidnappers and the government, but the sheikh says the marginalisation of the nigeria's fulani population is counterproductive. they are voiceless in nigeria so they express themselves in a violent way. it's dangerous for a nation like nigeria that has a lot of money to allow a big segment of this population, without any formal or informal education, to behave in a certain manner. i understand that they might be unhappy with the way they've been treated by the authorities in the past. do you think that that killing, that action is justified? it doesn't justify crime at all from whatever angle it is. so, it is a war situation, when you put people in the middle of a war, they feel it is right to kill the opposite. that is what is happening

as in me and my taking up arms and forming militia to fight against the military into international crisis. groups. as these new groups are also using their inside knowledge of forests to inflict serious army casualties, science and a golden age is next on al jazeera and after that moline is along with your news out from the wells most populated region in depth stories from across asia and the type of coaches had conflicting politics. and when i went on out there, ah, modern high volunteers in medicine and help of course the results of many centuries of development, research and experimentation, much of which took place in the atlantic world between the 9 and 14th century, a golden age of 5. during this time, scholars in the stomach world made huge contributions to medicine and created a body of knowledge that was tremendously important and influential around the world. for many hundreds of years. i'm to cleaning, which is professor of theoretical physics the born in baghdad. i'll be exploring state of the art biomedical science and covering the contribution made to the field by the scholars, the

william davidson is a senior and i was the international crisis group and we appreciate your time, so thank you very much indeed. thank you. the opposition candidate in armenia. snap election says he has evidence of fraud in sunday's vote. i'm a president, robert charlie and made the claims during a news conference yet. yvonne, early on tuesday, he was defeated by prime minister nicole washington, called the election to ease anger over a peace deal he signed with us by john human rights watch wants the un to ramp up pressure. nicaragua was leaders ahead of planned elections. a newly released report find high profile arrests and human rights violations against government critics. the group says it's a strategy to eliminate political competition and allow president daniel ortega to return for a full time. still ahead on the blockade of gods on the production line, high and dry at a popular soft drink company and to fight to save the great barrier reef. while warnings in the un has i noticed alias government ah hello. well, is looking pretty good across the middle east. well, the thing t

protest of the me and my taking up arms and for the militias to fight them in attrition to international crisis. group says these new groups are also using their inside knowledge of the forests to infect serious army casualties, provoking to be a counter attacks yesterday with the headlines on al jazeera phemie is here. next. with the stream, talk to al jazeera, we can, the army were attacking ringo, and now they're attacking everyone in me on my do you regret words like that? we listen. absolutely. nigeria with a woman present it would be great. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on sierra the i am from the okay, bringing you the bonus edition of the stream. i like to think of it as the directors cut of never before seen conversations. and must see again, tv coming up on take you behind the scenes of a recent stream episode about israel and palestine done by system on filter commentary. and what does american power look like? in his book, sorry, for the war journalist and photographer peter van male. she has 2 decades of photograph documenting the impact of the u.

say it is investigation, goes allegations with him. davison is a senior analyst of the international crisis group, specializing in ethiopia. he says reconciliation needs to be on the agenda following the election. and the does seem to have been something of a systematic exclusion of some opponents from the democratic process with the government having gained a majority, we might expect to see a sort of continuation of that. and then we took out the tick rate situation, while the federal government had just classified the ruling party that was removed from paula that the t p f as a terrorist organization. so it be quite a significant backward step for the federal government to start opening negotiations, which is going to be a change of heart that there is a lot of work to do. there's no doubt that it is currently experiencing a difficult period. i think that is even acknowledged by the supporters of, of i b and those parties participates in the election. the chronically difficult socio economic conditions that compounded by the copied. 3 downturn and also a debt crisis. and then the civil war in

june to the international crisis group says some of these groups just armed with hunting rifles and other makeshift weapons have used their numbers and knowledge of the local terrain to infect serious casualties on me and miles military. you're up to date with the headlines on how to 0. i'm back with inside story and just a few moments on counting the cost of focus on nigeria to recessions and for years growing and security and unemployment, oil companies packing up and leaving even the threat of piracy in the gulf of getting that could just what nigeria needs to do to confront multiple challenges. counseling the call on al jazeera us church start setting these down. it's done by the middle of september. what about the afghan tooth? assisted them during 20 years of war. the thousands of translators and interpreters have a future in america or continue to live under the threat of the caliber fixes inside the door. ah, hello everyone, i'm come on. santa maria, for nearly 2 decades, thousands of afghans have risked their lives to work with us troops in what became america's longest war. but

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are falco ams is a senior mexico analyst for the international crisis group is based in mexico city, but it's currently in germany. join us via skype from our book, and thank you very much for being with us. how much do you think come on harris can achieve with this visit? well, 1st of all, i think we have to be realistic about what the visit like this actually achieves, right? so the positive thing is that they are going to keep on talking. but beyond that, not a lot of concrete steps actually that would live up to the gravity of the situation . happen, agreed upon. basically the situation we're looking at right now is that there are signals being sent which are positive of a set. so those are a good basis to talk about the future, talk about bilateral corporation and what it should look like. but a lot of the measures agreed upon so far, including forensic aides, which is in self positive. it cannot make aid and combating smuggling are necessary steps, but not sufficient to actually go to the deep would cause us off the legs, off democratic and governance. and the rule of law, whic

if you'll be analyst at the international crisis group in the hague of a is program officer at international institute for democracy and electoral assistance, a warm welcome to you all, samuel, let me start with you today. how have people and if you'll be viewed this election, i mean, do they actually see this as the beginning of a real transition to democracy? you know, i woke up just to be got the calls and the line up i have seen, you know, it was supposed to take my polling station where i reside. and i can post because i don't need to ship. but the line up was long. people are excited, it's not going to be the most part of next, but the feel care has never known an election that's perfect. but the people wanted to express that idea. they wanted to highlight the issues that they care about. but i saw some kind of excitement among the money and the people that i met today and throughout the day. and i'm let me get your viewpoint. you wrote a piece recently in which you said that many saw elections as harbingers of the success of the much touted transition. what about now? do you feel the

who owns to is a senior mexico analyst for the international crisis group. he says the agreements made during harris's visit to mexico don't go far enough. i think we have to be realistic about what a visit like this actually achieves, right? so the positive thing is that they are going to keep on talking. but beyond that, not a lot of concrete steps actually that would live up to the gravity of the situation . lot of the measures agreed upon so far, including forensic aides, which is in self positive economic aid and combating smuggling are necessary steps, but not sufficient to actually go to the deep wood causes off the lack of democratic and governance. and the rule of law, which a lot of mexican citizens suffer from these days, the lack of protection from the mexican state that ultimately makes them flee. so here we have a lot of ground to cover still in the coming years. and so essentially what we've seen over the past of 15 years, really off of fail security policies and mexico on the umbrella of the so called, warren directs and increasing militariza

the body of state, while join a foreigner, is the deputy director of the one of africa ad international crisis group. he says both countries will have to make concessions if they hope to reach a peaceful agreement here. certainly if you will want to see the sudanese move themselves from the question before they engage in any real negotiations. sudan for its part wants to see if you've been recognition of its sovereignty over that area, which they claim is guaranteed by a $19.00 oh, $2.00 agreement. ideally, we do return to a sort of soft border arrangement that allowed apparently free movement across that border land. a course that frontier between sedan and g o. p that allowed if you can farmers to, to, to farm in that land pursuing these traitors to sell their crops and other trades into ethiopia. so we'd like to return to some kind of status quo, but unfortunately, the increased tension means that we'll have to take further steps to make sure that that conflict does not expand. certainly people on the ground are highly affected by the sudanese on the ground who had been most displeased by what th

groups. this month. the us agency for international development says to gray is facing the world's worst hunger crisis in a decade. government and retrain troops launched and offensive against regional leaders into gray last november, ongoing fighting as disrupted humanitarian efforts on the ground. 3 employees of the international medical charity doctors without orders were killed in an attack on thursday. we see a, there i is in our try and priest and the founder and chairman of the and jo, a gen sia hi be sharon joins is joins me by skype now from bergen in italy. so can i ask you, this is the figures are remarkable on either of us. estimate is double the, the 350000 mentioned or cited by the united nations. what have you heard about for starvation into grey and the cause of this? yes. a lot of be concerned, i heard this a few miles this we receive a lot of distress call. that's the money that many largest part of the people is really suffering fame, latanus, or for the water. even basic medical assistance. so many a remote area of that region is still totally isolated. so it is more than 350000 peopl

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