the former president of ivory coast has been acquitted of war crimes and ordered released from jail immediately. following the saudia tehran this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. we should to the british people to resume a once of a belief future for the u.k. if m.p.'s reject plan to leave the european union. beijing heads back off to canada's prime minister justin trudeau condemns china's death sentence of a canadian man plus. from the school it's been tagged to make jesus and even the sculptures create didn't want to churn in israel. while it's an acquittal for the former president of ivory coast has been jailed for seven years for war crimes the international criminal court ruled the prosecution has not proved its case against. three thousand people were killed in post-election violence in one bag but refuse to leave office the court ruled by both should be released from prison immediately the chamber by majority here saw its. that the prosecutor has failed to satisfy the burden of proof to the requisite standard. as for seen in article sixty six of the rome statute grants the de

i ask when he will return to ivory coast since. i don't know when he will return back to the motherland soon but i don't think he knows himself when he will return home. while many may fear return. for his supporters the party has just begun nicholas hawke al-jazeera. the greek prime minister. has survived a confidence motion by just one vote called the voters off to his government lost its parliamentary majority on sunday when his main coalition partner walked out it's all the result of a controversial deal to rename greece's neighbor macedonia northern macedonia and an attempt to resolve a twenty seven year dispute between the two nations a narrow victory is sure to pave the way for greece to ratify the name change. u.s. president donald trump has signed legislation and shoring federal workers taking unpaid leave will get back pay once the partial government shutdown is over but as it stretches into its fourth week many civil servants are struggling to get by on day reports from washington d.c. . in downtown washington d.c. the s

the face of a former leader accused of war crimes is about to be decided we go live to ivory coast for the latest. in the super bowl or the man who could influence the russia investigation hearings are set to begin on donald trump's nomination for u.s. attorney general. in less than twelve hours british m.p.'s are due to vote on to resume his deal to leave the european union the prime minister's warning politicians to back the agreement or risk no breaks at all but all sides are bracing for turmoil because m.p.'s widely expected to reject the plan that's going to join the how he's live for us in london china it looks like a historic defeat is in store for tourism a. yes indeed i think barring any last minute concessions by the prime minister by the government to defeat is not really in question it is merely the scale of that defeat that people would be waiting to find out about. the jury's amaze interventions thus far don't appear to have made much a dent much of a dent in the huge opposition to deal much of it coalesced around the northern ireland backstop hugely contentious that reas

come to ivory coast it's unclear whether this is a provisional. provisional intervention so that means that perhaps there will not be allowed to come back to ivory coast or either way there might be a third country where he will be allowed to say. those decisions will be made in the next months and weeks in the next weeks to come but once for certain this news here in i read it is going to bring back the old divisions and tensions that once. the civil war that had been in two thousand and two thousand and eleven during that contested election that left three thousand people dead that's the fear from many of the victims that we spoke to yesterday. during president why. as a mandate for the past several years he has successfully brought back the economy into place but has failed to bring back re conciliation there were two bishops put into place truth and reconciliation put into place there where. there were various promises made to the victims but those have not been fulfilled and many of the victims fear that now that. it's believed that they will

or let's bring in our panel jim warmington is on skype from abidjan ivory coast's is a researcher at the africa division of human rights watch also on skype from the cost senegal is a political analyst and founder of the watty think tank and in berlin is mark care of sin deputy director of the foundation and author of justice in conflicts the effects of the international criminal court interventions on ending wars and building gentlemen thank you all for being on inside story thank you for joining us jim warrington in abidjan the acquittal of law back both celebrated as we saw by his supporters but disappointment of course for the victims of the post-election violence of twenty ten twenty seven what implications for peace and justice in ivory coast. that's the question that everybody is asking here in abidjan but i just want to touch on on your point about victims and. as you sir in the reporting that preceded this conversation this debate there's no doubt that awful crimes were committed in warranty ten twenty eleven people were alive in the streets women were raped people were kill

now the international criminal court has blocked the release of former ivory coast president after a new appeal by prosecutors the court at the hague had said bag was free to go a day after his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity he was tried of a post-election violence eight years ago in which three thousand people were killed . in libya five people have been killed in fighting between rival armed groups on the outskirts of tripoli the violence fractures a four month old u.n. brokered ceasefire libya has been in conflict since the two thousand and seven uprising that toppled gadhafi the government in tripoli has been working on a new security plan but little without a national police force or army yemen's opposing sides are meeting for a second day in jordan as part of the united nations led peace effort the talks between the yemeni government and who the rebels are aimed at making a deal on prisoner exchanges a shaky cease fire is holding around the key port of data which is helping to allow food and medicine into the war torn country. voted unanimously to deploy up to

it is a necessity for the ivory coast. we have to look at what is ahead of us. >> the acquittal has been deplored by critics. him of launching a campaign of murder, rape, and persecution. >> police have fired tear gas at crowds queueuing for bread in te capital. businesses are shut on this third day of the stay-at-home strike to more than double the pricice of fuel. france has banned the sale o ofa controversial weed killer, round up. a chemical that environmentalists belelieve caus cancer. president has signedd a degreeeeo make it easier for people to buy guns. his first step to overturn regulations that have kept civilians from bearing arms. on a a far right platatform. he says this and other changes will help the country dedefend ititself. 500 hundred or in migrants have crossed into guatemala. donald trump took to twitter to react to the news, trying to use it to demand a wall be built along the southern border of the united s states. moment at the border of guatemala and honduras. a few hundred were allowed to pass wh

but first the international criminal court will release former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo after rejecting a prosecution bid to extend his detention the court in the netherlands ruled by a bow is free to go a day after his shock acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity they related to post-election violence eight years ago in which three thousand people were killed the prosecution had planned to appear on that i should butler is joining us from the hague to tell us about the reaction when it was announced that bagwell would be released. as i will when the judge period the international criminal court said that faith in the trial was over the former ivory coast leader laura backbone looked visibly relieved he punched the air and some of his supporters began celebrating now all this comes just a day after key and his former minister of charles a good day were acquitted by this court of crimes against humanity relating to that post-election violence in ivory coast and twenty ten twenty eleven the judge in fact said that the prosecutor's case was too weak it didn't stand up an

well what this decision means is that the former ivory coast leader loral backbone and say he's well minister charles day will remain provision in detention here in the hague it follows the appeals chamber all the international criminal court accepting a request by the prosecutor not to free the two men well on tuesday the two were acquitted of crimes against humanity for post-election violence in twenty ten and twenty eleven in the ivory coast the judge said that the prosecution actually failed to build a strong enough case to convict them the judge then on wednesday said the two were free to go but that is when the prosecutor said that they they opposed the release of these two men and one of the main reasons they said is because they wanted to file an appeal against the acquittal was they were doing that they fear that bag i knew they could flee to a norm i see seasick nutri countries such as the ivory coast and then fail to appear at any future trial when what happens next is there will be another hearing on their release in february and after that a decision on whether the to re

i ask him when he will return to ivory coast since. i don't know when he will return back to the motherland soon but i don't think he knows himself when he will return home. while many may fear returned. to his supporters the party has just begun nicholas hawke al-jazeera abidjan to grace our prime minister and the press has survived a confidence motion by just one vote suppressed call the vote after his government lost its pot of entering majority on sunday when his main coalition partner walked out as the result of a controversial deal to rename going since may but macedonia northern macedonia and an attempt to resolve the twenty seven year dispute between the two nations and now a victory should pave the way for going to ratify the name changed johnson awful us has moved from athens. the government has survived to this those who have confidence by rebuilding its majority in parliament by attracting six employees that it needed to get fifty percent plus one vote so it's a razor thin majority but it is a constitutional majority of the

the international criminal court has just ruled to keep former ivory coast president in custody until a new hearing in february. also the government and did thic republic of congo rejected an african union request to suspend the announcement to final results for the disputed presidential elections. and as many as 1.2 million french women experience some form of sexual abecause or assault in 2017, but they were just -- there were just four convictions. this according to a new report. >> breaking news coming out of the hague. major decision from the international criminal court has just ruled to keep the former ivory coast president and his youth minister in custody until a new hearing in february. the judges ordered they should be freed immediately, but a day later the prosecutors filed a last-ditch attempt to keep them bind bars arguing they might abscond. the charges against humanity, in connection with disputing a 2010 election that left 3,000 people dead and more than half a million people displaced. the first former head of state to go on trial at the i.c.c. get more from frank. f

the former president of ivory coast is acquitted of war crimes the international court says longer bug will be released on wednesday and after a war of words lines of agreement the turkish president and donald trump consider creating a safe zone in northern syria. we begin this hour in the kenyan capital nairobi where a luxury hotel complex is under attack and witnesses has reported explosions and gunfire but lease a an operation is still ongoing and their main concern is that the attackers all still in the building the armed group al shabaab has told al jazeera its fighters are behind this attack. well al jazeera is nairobi producer joy tony joins us from nairobi what are you hearing about the attack it appears to still be under way. yes under way we're just two hundred meters from where i'm growing. just like half an hour ago there was a huge explosion and saw the police of also released a statement saying that there's several still in the building and they're trying to get the situation under control. joy can you give us a sense of the atmosphere there because it seems as though thi

well what this decision means is that the former ivory coast leader laurent gbagbo and his woman minister charles play good day will remain provision in detention here in the hague it follows the appeals chamber all the international criminal court accepting a request by the prosecutor not to free the two men while on tuesday the two work acquitted of crimes against humanity for post-election violence in twenty ten and twenty eleven in the ivory coast the judge said that the prosecution actually failed to build a strong enough case to convict them the judge then on wednesday said the two were free to go but that is when the prosecutor said that they they opposed the release of these two men and one of the main reasons they said is because they wanted to file an appeal against the acquittal was they were doing that they fear that bag i mean do they could flee to a norm i c c signatory countryside just the ivory coast and then fail to appear at any future trial what happens next is there will be another hearing on their release in february and after that a decision on whether the to remain

and the former president of ivory coast is acquitted of war crimes the international criminal court orders immediate release. we begin here in london where prime minister to resume a seen her breaks it withdrawal agreement overwhelmingly rejected by politicians including more than one hundred from within her own party in a historic parliamentary vote this is how the figures came down just a short time ago you had two hundred two votes for two reason may's deal four hundred thirty two voted against that means the prime minister lost by two hundred thirty votes al-jazeera as paul brennan has our report. the eyes to the right two hundred into. the nose to the left four hundred and thirty two. two hundred thirty vote margin of defeat was an emphatic rejection of teresa mayes bret's its strategy but still the british prime minister is refusing to resign stead throwing down a challenge to the crowd a chamber every day that passes without this issue being resolved means more uncertainty more bitterness and more rancor the government of hurt has heard what the house has said tonight but i ask memb

i ask when he will return to ivory coast since that. i don't know when he will return back to the motherland soon but i don't think he knows himself when he will return home. while many may fear return. for his supporters the party has just begun nicholas hawke al-jazeera. the presidents of brazil in argentina have increased pressure on venezuela's lead in a little calling him a dictator. and a mockery made the comments during the meeting in the brazilian capital mockery accused along in his presidency three fictitious elections comes a week after second began a second term in office with many countries in the region have called in the just minutes. federal workers who haven't been paid for weeks in the u.s. getting increasingly desperate president trump signed legislation to ensure that they receive back pay but only once a partial government shutdown ends. reports from washington d.c. . in downtown washington d.c. the sounds of a rhythm and blues classic but in a sign of the times in america the lyrics take on a new twist. and for som

the former president of ivory coast lower bag bo remains in jail in the hague despite his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity prosecutors have petitioned the international criminal court to keep him detained while they appeal against his acquittal he was tried over post-election violence eighty years ago in which three thousand people were killed by still faces a twenty year jail term back home for financial crimes those were the headlines of course you catch those stories on the web site at al-jazeera dot com back with more news in half an hour we continue with witness here i'll just silly. your poor. little difficult. to get work to through feel good to was good good good to know things are those you can you know still is your little. kid either did you love a fairy freak to tell us the eat the markets and the losing of louis deal do with the bumpiest we do to get a good workmanship is. the when you. lose what you don't care if you were good and doing you good man no good the stuff our ground. q well i'm not advocating but i like a good year which is that. gay people gay

both countries scores were raised for having functioning democratic and governance systems both ivory coast and senegal improve significantly for the second year in a row may need to do legal and policy reforms as well as a stranger a stronger rather political will against corruption in the two countries now already of zero is the worst in terms of perceived corruption and a record of one hundred is awarded that to the most transparent countries according to their own citizens keep that in mind as you watch this report. despite its dreary weather denmark regularly features in the top five on the world happiness index and maybe that's partly because the danes feel they can trust their public officials in recent years denmark and new zealand have consistently top transparency international's list and twenty eighteen was no different denmark once again landed the top spot on the corruption perceptions index scoring eighty eight points one and head of new zealand in second place on eighty seven finland singapore sweden and switzerland all tied for third norway the netherlands canada luxembourg

supporters of former ivory coast. leader loaned by both celebrated as news of his acquittal spread across the country. and the international criminal court ordered his immediate release we're. right up there but it is a moment of incredible joy we feel like we've been freed he is a leader our president a man of peace. eighty witnesses gave evidence thousands of documents were produced but after seven years in prison the judges say the prosecution failed to prove that by going codefendant charles beleaguered they were guilty of crimes against humanity including murder rape and persecution for all these reasons the chamber by majority here by decides. that the prosecutor has failed to such as. the burden of proof to the requisite standard as for seen in article sixty six of the rome statute. grants the defense motions for acquittal from all charges against mr. bug who was arrested in two thousand and eleven found hiding with his wife simona in a hotel room in the ivorian capital abidjan a humiliating moment for this for

supporters of former ivory coast leader known by both celebrated as news of his acquittal spread across the country. in the international criminal court ordered his immediate release we're. right up there but it is a moment of incredible joy we feel like we've been freed he is a leader our president a man of peace. eighty witnesses gave evidence thousands of documents were produced but after seven years in prison the judges say the prosecution failed to prove that by going codefendant charles bleakly they were guilty of crimes against humanity including murder rape and persecution for all these reasons the chamber by majority here by decides that the prosecutor has failed to satisfy the burden of proof to the requisite standard as for seen in article sixty six of the rome statute grants the defense motions for acquittal from all charges against mr long bible and mr childs bug who was arrested in two thousand and eleven found hiding with his wife simona in a hotel room in the ivorian capital abidjan a humiliating moment for this former head of state unwilling to hand over power after an.

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his daughter says if he is set free, he will come back to ivory coast. supupporters hopepe he will return to politics. offmmanuel macron kicked two monthshs of town hall meetings, trying t to turn thehe tide of mass public anger in frfrance a against him. protesters named for the security jackets all motorists have to have in their vehicles. b by a professornse of law and political science. thank you for comining to speako us. you hosted a dedebate on the protests. you are a at a protest l last saturday. where do you fall on this issus? it t is a tough queuestion. it h has moved me a little bit. most of the complaints and amands arere sympathetic to justice oriented, equality, but there platform, are lingering questions about , before of nationalism the debate, one of the things that is so amazing is the has broughtht,is we had unheard of response for the debate last night. movement is not identified, and in part, one's role and place and relationship to the movement is going to shapape the identity of the movement. >> is the not having a leader a streng

off the seven years behind bars for more ivory coast president will soon be afraid bad he's expected to be released on wednesday after the international criminal court acquitted him of war crimes charges judges said the prosecution failed to show his involvement in violence that followed the disputed twenty ten presidential election . supporters a former ivory coast leader loaned by both celebrated as news of his acquittal spread across the country. and the international criminal court ordered his immediate release. but. it is a moment of incredible joy we feel like we all have been freed he is a leader our president a man of peace eighty witnesses gave evidence thousands of documents were produced but after seven years in prison the judges say the prosecution failed to prove that by going codefendant charles bleakly they were guilty of crimes against humanity including murder rape and persecution for all these reasons the chamber by majority here by decides. that the prosecutor has failed to such as. the burden of proof to the requisite standard as for seen in article sixty six of t

the international criminal court acquits the former president of the ivory coast of war crimes and orders his release. after a war of words and lines of agreement the turkish president and donald trump considered creating a safe zone in northern syria. allow an obstacle hotel complex in kenya's capital is under attack at this hour with reports of at least two explosions and heavy gunfire people are being rushed to safety several cars were a blaze by the buildings and nairobi police say they have cordoned off the area it is unclear at this point who is behind the attack but we are monitoring this story for you we are going to go live now for more from catherine sawyer who is joining us on the from in kenya so catherine what are you hearing. well i've been talking to some journalists out there and i see some pictures that are coming out that. this is as you mentioned a huge concert complex great restaurants high end restaurants and banks and things like back happened is that this one. arrived just about an hour or less in an hour ago and there was a suicide bomber there according. to explod

top stories on al-jazeera the international criminal court has acquitted the former president of ivory coast of war crimes charges the i.c.c. ruled the prosecution did not prove its case against a long who's been in jail for seven years three thousand people were killed in post-election violence in two thousand and ten when bugout refused to leave office the court says he'll be released on wednesday morning to allow time for the prosecution to respond the chamber by majority here by decides. that the prosecutor has failed to satisfy the burden of proof to the requisite standard as for seen in article sixty six of the rome statute grants the defense motions for acquittal from all charges against mr long backbone and mr childs liquid orders even drill ease of both accused when it has more on this now from abidjan in ivory coast. people are streaming out of their workplace to on to the streets just a moment ago the crowd behind me were chanting bag groceries bag vote three it's a victory for his supporters especially in this neighborhood over to control a popular suburb of abidjan at least song

well what this decision means is that the former ivory coast leader laurent gbagbo and his woman minister charles playgroup day will remain provision in detention here in the hague it follows the appeals chamber all the international criminal court accepting a request by the prosecutor not to free the two men well on tuesday the two work acquitted of crimes against humanity for post-election violence in twenty ten and twenty eleven in the ivory coast the judge said that the prosecution actually failed to build a strong enough case to convict them the judge then on wednesday said the two were free to go but that is when the prosecutor said that they they opposed the release of these two men and one of the main reasons they said is because they wanted to file an appeal against the acquittal was they were doing that they fear that bad i mean do they could flee to a normal i c c signatory country side just the ivory coast and then fail to appear at any future trial when what happens next is there will be another hearing on their release in february and after that a decision on whether the to

the international criminal court acquits the former president of ivory coast war crimes and orders his relates. to french president is up a dialogue with the nation as he tries to address the concerns of the vest protest movement. the latest from the kenyan capital nairobi first of all reluctantly hotel complex is under attack and witnesses have reported explosions and gunfire so they say an operation is still ongoing and their main concern is that the attacker was still in the building the group has told al jazeera behind this attack and so far five people are confirmed dead. upon my colleagues. landing into evolution just attending every. so i went to. all the way up and i didn't go to these conditions i didn't measure the industry. you need to reach that was too dangerous you know we need hear something new i didn't see nothing but after he isolated. for even. more updates on that to come meanwhile it is a big day in the united kingdom make or break time really for theresa may and the government in just a couple of hours parliament will vote on the prime minister's plan for leaving

now after seven years behind bars for the ivory coast president laurent banned by will soon be a free man is expected on wednesday often social criminal court acquitted him of war crimes charges judges said the prosecution failed to show his involvement in violence that followed the disputed twenty ten presidential election it was hot reports from the john. supporters of former ivory coast leader alone by both celebrated as news of his acquittal spread across the country. and the international criminal court ordered his immediate release. but it is right up there but it is a moment of incredible joy we feel like we've been freed he's our leader our president a man of peace. eighty witnesses gave evidence thousands of documents were produced but after seven years in prison the judges say the prosecution failed to prove that by going codefendant charles bleakly they were guilty of crimes against humanity including murder rape and persecution for all these reasons the chamber by majority here by decides that the prosecutor has failed to such as. the burden of proof to the requisite stand

or a bad vote soon to walk free off the incessant criminal court acquits the former ivory coast president of war crimes. and why these cultures there the nine eleven memorial in new york caused an uproar. an attack that lasted more than seventeen hours as a nairobi hotel is over kenya's president has offered his condolences to the families of the victims and his promise to find all those who were responsible instance began when attackers talked to three cars and destination a ball in the lobby at least fourteen people were killed. we will seek out every person that was involved in the for funding planning and execution of this hideous act we will pursue relentlessly wherever they will be until they are held to account we will continue taking every step. to make our nation inhospitable to terrorist groups and their networks let's take a closer look at where the attack happens the dissident to hotel is part of a luxury riverside drive complex and can his cattle be many embassies noffs as a base in the area as in westlands district us about two columns as well another attack happened in two

celebrations in ivory coast as former president is quoted of crimes against humanity but for the victims the verdict is painful. and getting tough on crime brazil's new president decides to arm the public to help fight staggering crime. the british prime minister is facing a no confidence vote after m.p.'s rejected her breaks a deal two hundred two voted for may's agreement with the european union four hundred thirty two words. instead including one hundred politicians from her own party which means that may lost by two hundred and thirty votes well after the crushing defeat the opposition labor party table to no confidence motion in may's minority government which will be debated on wednesday paul brennan reports from london the eyes to the right two hundred into. the nose to the left four hundred and thirty two. the two hundred and thirty vote margin of defeat was an emphatic rejection of teresa mayes bracks it's strategy but still the british prime minister is refusing to resign stead throwing down a challenge to the crowded chamber every day that passes without this issue being resol

celebrations in ivory coast as former president back bows acquitted of crimes against humanity but for the victims the verdict is painful. and sport palestine keep up their hopes of reaching the knockout rounds of football's asian cup. we began in the u.k. where prime minister theresa may has seen her breakfast withdrawal agreement overwhelmingly rejected by parliament so let's take a look at how the vote came down two hundred two voted for teresa mayes deal with the european union four hundred thirty two voted against that means the prime minister lost by two hundred thirty votes she must return with an alternative a proposal. by the start of next week but before that the u.k. leader faces a no confidence motion and her minority government label by the tabled rather by the opposition labor party to be debated on wednesday paul brennan has the round up of the day's dramatic events from london. the eyes to the right two hundred into. the nose to the left four hundred and thirty two. two hundred thirty vote margin of defeat was an emphatic rejection of teresa mayes bret's its strategy bu

former president of ivory coast is cleared of war crimes by the international criminal court. and in support palestine keep up their hopes of reaching the knockout rounds of football's nation. and we begin in the u.k. where prime minister theresa may withdraw all agreement overwhelmingly rejected by politicians including more than one hundred people from within her own party so this is how the vote came down two hundred two voted for theresa made steel with the european union with four hundred thirty two voting against that means the prime minister lost by two hundred thirty votes after the crushing defeat the opposition leader the opposite position literally a leader of the labor party pardon me tabled a no confidence motion in may's minority government which will be debated on wednesday paul brennan has this round up of a dramatic day of events in london. the eyes to the right two hundred into. the nose to the left four hundred and thirty to. two hundred and thirty vote margin of defeat was an emphatic rejection of teresa mayes bret's its strategy but still the british prime

the international criminal court acquits a former president of ivory coast of war crimes on orders his release. after a war of words with lines of agreement the turkish president and donald trump consider creating a safe zone in northern syria. canada's prime minister justin trudeau condemns the death sentence of a canadian man by a court in china and in sport the latest from the australian open as serena williams started strong in her quest for a record equalling twenty fourth grand slam singles title. follow it is a big day in the united kingdom as members of parliament they're prepared to vote on teresa mayes crucial brags that deal after months of debate and they go she ations there's a lot at stake m.p.'s are about to begin their final debate on the contentious issue of leaving the e.u. on march twenty ninth we have two correspondents across developments for us shortly . will go to ne barca in london derry in northern ireland but first jonah hole in london so jonah and it's widely expected that the government is going to suffer a big defeat here but the question is by how much. ye

the international criminal court has halted the vilest of former ivory coast president following a new prosecutions early in the course of that event for you to go. to his wife and. inside the house. friends family members politicians and supporters celebrate the international criminal court's decision to acquit the former president. it was a party organized by his wife's human backbone she's wanted by the international criminal court in august she was parted and freed after being sentenced by an ivorian court to twenty years in prison for her role in the two thousand and eleven civil war. since then she's refused to talk publicly until now breaking her silence to speak to al-jazeera she's due to watch and see her i am behaving in joy because we won remember the whole walled was mobilized against ivory coast against the regime of bug bo and today the international criminal court washed him from guilt the court has confirmed that he is innocent. during a seven year long legal fight prosecutors presented eighty witnesses and thousands of documents to the court in the hague faced with wha

the international criminal court will release form ivory coast president laurent gbagbo after rejecting a prosecution bid to extend his detention the court in the netherlands ruled that by boat is free to go a day after his shock acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity they were related to post-election violence eight years ago in which three thousand people were killed the prosecution had planned to appeal to the has the latest now from the hague tell us more about the response that to remarks by the judge. wasn't as you can imagine it was an extremely relieved laurel back by the former our rico's leader when the judge said that the trial was over as far as he was concerned and back by around one of his former ministers charles blade good day were free to go back go punch the air and looked extremely pleased this was of course the result that he would have wanted it brings to the end this trial for now it also brings to the end his detention more than eight years in detention and he can now walk out of this building perhaps in a few days it depends what the judge decides and le

orders the even adriel ease of both accused when it has more on this now from abidjan in ivory coast people are streaming out to their workplace our own to the street just a moment ago the crowd behind me were chanting bag three bags of three victories for a hit the border especially in this neighborhood of. a popular suburb of abidjan. at the international criminal court in an uproar. liquidate have libraries right hand man harking. back bow or really any other thing.

the job especially no alan fischer al-jazeera washington victims of post-election violence in the ivory coast eight years ago have protested against the possible prison release of former president laurent gbagbo the international criminal court is about to decide whether to acquit and free him after seven years behind bars is accused of crimes against humanity three thousand people were killed when he refused to accept defeat against alison ouattara who's now ivorian president an artwork displayed in northern israel is causing outrage among the arab christian minority the artist who created the sculpture says the museum used it without his permission but the museum says it supports freedom of expression or about and money has more. this is a sculpture that's caused so much outrage in titles macc jesus it displays a fast food outlets famous mascot hanging from across an important symbol in christianity haifa museum is added to disclaimer that it's not meant to cause offense but it has. on friday hundreds of protesters face off with police on the streets at a attempted to force their way into t

capsized in the mediterranean sea three people have been rescued so far the refugees from nigeria ivory coast gambia and sudan while on a rubber dinghy that sailed off the libyan coast more than two thousand people drowned or went missing while trying to reach europe last year in sudan more protests are expected over the next few days demonstrators are planning to hold a march to the parliament this was the scene in the northern region of my house on saturday villagers chanted slogans calling on president omar al bashir to step down what began as an outcry over the rising cost of bread has turned into the biggest challenge to bush's twenty nine year rule several people have been killed in the government crackdown over the past few weeks. tens of thousands of women have taken part in rallies around the wilds to mark the second anniversary of the fast women's monch the movement of volved in response to the election of president donald trump and calls for more equality the main event was held in the u.s. capitol hill elizondo has more from washington d.c. . thousands of women here you know centr

verde both countries scores were raised by having functioning democratic governance systems both ivory coast and senegal improve significantly.

years only twenty countries have significantly improved their scores including a still media and ivory coastsixteen have significantly worse and including australia chile and malta. the biggest free trade zone in west africa opened its doors today at least partially only fifty kilometers away from the nigerian capital lagos the lucky free zone has its own deep sea fort and a sizable airport three universities and schools are set to follow the area is meant to service the whole of the west african market but as three hundred million consumers. this is west africa's biggest construction site the leckie free zone there's not much to see yet but when it's finished it's supposed to be as big as washington d.c. countless production facilities storage buildings a fertilizer factory and of the biggest oil refinery in africa that means nigeria would be able to export oil products like gas diesel and synthetic materials instead of just roll crude as it does now the freezone is divided into quadrants one city has just been inaugurated it's reserved for the residences for the one million or so people se

in seattle criminal court has blocked the release of former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo after a new appeal by prosecutors the court at the hague has said backbone was free to go a day after his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity he was tried of a post election violence eight years ago in which three thousand people were killed . how one of the toughest driving competitions in the world is coming to an end but that car rally has led teams to the peruvian desert to start and finish this year the course has been shorter but for many just as challenging miles sanchez has walked from pisco. the finish line is almost in sight and the dakar rally has a clear and very familiar leader he is two time winner nasser realty he's the first competitor from the middle east to have won the race twice and now the driver from qatar has a fifteen minute lead and is favored to win again i like the u.s. is produced to raise familiar ground and it's given him the edge when we know. that . hundred percent we know what we need. because as. i am coming from qatar we have a lot of savvy eno

is where will they go these days and lawyers have said that he would like to go straight back to ivory coast back bow it's less clear some news on afghanistan the peace talks there if it's a stumbling block with the taliban threatening to walk away from the gauche ations have accused the u.s. of deflecting from the issue withdrawing forces from the country a meeting between the u.s. special envoy an afghan reconciliation a little sad and taliban leaders last week was canceled and now it has spawned a planned trip to islamabad for talks with pakistani leaders. now to the u.s. where the speaker of the house of representatives has urged president trying to delay his annual state of the union address which is jew on january twenty ninth now cited security concerns because of the government shutdown it is now the twenty sixth day since donald trump and the opposition democrats failed to agree the federal budget in a dispute over funding for trump's mexico border will the president says he's ready to sign legislation ensuring eight hundred thousand government workers are paid once the shutdown is

the international criminal court has halted the release of former ivory coast president laurent gbagbo after a new appeal by prosecutor says the course in the netherlands said bye bye was free to go a day off to his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity he was trying to have a post-election violence eighty years ago in which three thousand people were killed by a still faces a twenty year jail term back home for financial crimes natasha has more from the hague. the judge is saying that the prosecutor's case was extremely weak in a way is a blow to the international criminal court you know it's been around for more than twenty years and so many convicted three individuals quite low level individuals never a government leader in fact it was just year twenty eighteen zaps or the former vice president of congo shop here pember a well his case was thrown out and so some say that it means it calls into question if you like the credibility of this court it's abilities but we spoke to the spokesperson for the prosecutor here who said in fact it's just evidence that the court is doing

mortuary worker quoted by the reuters news agency has claimed responsibility for the attacks former ivory coast president on barboza expected to be freed from jail later on wednesday the international criminal court acquitted him of crimes against humanity but bo has been behind bars for seven years he was accused of ordering violence following the disputed election and twenty ten protests over rising living costs in zimbabwe have continued for a second day and the stay internationals at least eight people have been killed and more than two hundred detained the protests broke out after the cost of fuel was doubled during the worst economic crisis and a decade well those are the headlines on the al-jazeera a.j. selects is coming up next thank you very much for watching. shadowy financial operations are propping up north korea's economy bring the elite fueling the nation's missile and push its. investigates north korea's secret money on al-jazeera. even a man without a doubt not a monolith and i guess the talk that joe hockey is contemplating at the athletic league out we are hoping the prime min

i ask when he will return to ivory coast since. i don't know when he will return back to the motherland soon but i don't think he knows himself when he will return home. while many may fear return. for his supporters the party has just begun nicholas hawke al-jazeera beach on. there's just a month to go until nigerians go to the polls at least ninety one political parties have registered and more than seventy have put forward presidential candidates elections that have always been big business this whole party spend hundreds of millions of dollars and publicity that just sticks and even vote by bus as ahmed idris reports from sokoto state reduced spending has affected campaigning. nigeria's campaign season is underway and candidates are seizing the ball but the crowd here may be huge but they're not close to numbers seen during the last general elections in twenty fifteen then the country's banks are open to politicians every day of the week most nigerians including politicians of noted how that has changed. democracy is growing an