al jazeera ethiopia. >> you can find more about the day's developing stories on the al jazeera website. >> this week, diplomat and author. >> i always say they have a big responsibility to address this issue and to promote tolerance to promote respect to promote that religion lead to peace, not to blood. >> the u.s. alliance for civillations office claims to connect governments organizations and individuals to promote peace. much of his work is currently focused on combating terrorism. >> many muslims have been victims by their own so here we are not talking about religion, but lack of education being marginalized on society pushed to the back. they come with anger and hatred. >> he served at president of the united nations general assembly for a year in september of 2011. he speaks out about his tenure and how changes are needed president world body. >> i think united nations security council general assembly all united states nations as a whole from the u.n. charter should be reformed. >> i spoke with the high representative in new york. >> your mission as the head of the u.n.'s alli

katherine soy, al jazeera, ethiopia. >>> and you can keep up to date with all of our news on our website is on your screen. the address. aljazeera.com. >> as the world's most elderly nation - japan is dancing with a demographic disaster. people are living longer and birthrates are falling fast. no other country has a greater percentage of old people. the government has responded by raising taxe

al jazeera ethiopia. >> you can find more about the day's developing stories on the al jazeera website. >> this week, diplomat and author. >> i always say they have a big responsibility to address this issue and to promote tolerance to promote respect to promote that religion lead to peace, not to blood. >> the u.s. alliance for civillations office claims to connect

achievement and hope the benefits of this group will soon trickle down to them catherine, al jazeera, ethiopiaf here thanks for me and the news hour team and marteen is next. ♪ special report >> unfortunately, you can't "should have", all we can do is move forward >> a nation forced to take a closer look at race. >> ...check which ethnicity... i checked multiple boxes... this is who i am... >> what does it really mean to be the minority? >> black history comes up, everyones looking to hear what you have to say, because you're the spokesperson... >> how can we learn from the past? and create a better future? an al jazeera america special report race in america all next week part of our special black history month coverage on al jazeera america ♪ the fight and ukraine says the men are holding off pro-russia rebel who claim to have surrounded the town. ♪ hello i'm live from doha and also to come on the program, malaysia opposition leader jailed after losing a last-chance appeal against his sodomy conviction. anticorruption aap supporters celebrate after routing the bjp in state elections i

ethiopia. . . >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >> top stories here on al jazeera. pro-russian separatists say they have surrounded the town of debaltseve. they cut off the supply line between the towns of donetsk and luhansk. anwar ibrahim has been convicted of sodomy, his appeals have all fallen through. >>> are congratulation of the aap leader and opposition pleerd leader arvin kegewal. >>> presidential vote scheduled for february 14th in nigeria pushed back six weeks. on monday the national security advisory told al jazeera opposition leaders will be driven out at the time of the vote. international coalition also being formed to get boko haram out of its stronghold. on monday, niger voted to send in troops, chad and cameroon, reeseing its leader abu bakar sh shakar. >> hearing from ash-har quraishi. >> nothing is more impo

jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. coming up, the big invest. china is making in developing ethiopia >>> and the yukon arctic ultra - serious problems competitors are facing. >> human rights groups are criticizing the united arab emirates, saying arab workers are being abused in abu dhabi and are calling out the american institutions. as paul beban tells us they are putting pressure on the u.a.e. to fix the problem. >> reporter: it's sold as a modern island paradise in the middle of the middle east. it's betting that museums, and luxurious lifestyle will make it a global destination. researcher says that there's another side to it. >> the reality, as with a lot of things, when you scratch that surface, there's something deeper darker more sinister underneath it. >> he says he and other human rights watch researchers found it an atrocious track worker on the migrant workers, coming from poor countries, to build the area. confiscated passports, stlp wages, all issues that more than 100 workers reported to human rights watch between 2013 and 2014. when some went on strike to protest how

jazeera, somalia. >>> let's get to nairobi and speak to matt the director of research at the somali ngo and good to have you with us matt and ethiopiat growing economies in africa and why are people migrating away? >> well, this is not a new phenomenon, it's something that has been going on for many years. really since as early as when the land was established in 1998 and of course somali land before that. there has been a steady stream of migrants in ethiopia mainly looking for work as labor, as domestic workers and of course they are very active human smuggling routes from the northern somali coast to the arabian peninsula. >> causing problems in somali in terms of competition for jobs or racial tension? >> well, it has been a source of tension. not really because of competition for jobs but just the coexistance caused friction in 2009 there was attacked on ethiopian and settlements around the town and more than 20 people were killed in grenade attacks so it's something that comes and goes and have been spurts of violence but by and large it's also an accepted part of the economy in which human migration and smuggling and traffick