president joseph kabila promised to visit the displaced this week but he has battles of his own many congolese a furious with him for clinging to power after his term expired two years ago and for refusing to call elections critics argue he's doing little to prevent the ethnic violence. problem we had problems between the two communities even before two thousand and three we controlled it's because the government was absent today all the legal and security forces are present there how can we justify then these level of atrocities this is why we're saying it was done willingly by the authorities. a leader with one of the tribes says both sides are being manipulated . we have form a militia members without jobs in our community and it's easy to manipulate them the enemy of our province is profiting from the unemployed young boys in order to destabilize it to re province the un is warning of a worsening situation thirteen million people need humanitarian assistance four point six million children are acutely malnourished and there is an epidemic of cholera and six violence if new troubl

but isn't it your own leader, the president of the country today, joseph kabila, who has generated aount of instability in your country by refusing to leave office when he was supposed to leave office. his term in office should have finished in december 20 16. it is still not clear, even today, if he is prepared to leave the presidency. prime minister, that deal is not really worth the paper it is written on. in several important ways, president kabila has already broken the transition deal that was signed in december 2016. that deal made it clear that the prime minister should be nominated by the opposition, but you were the prime minister and you we re you were the prime minister and you were not nominated by the opposition, you were nominated by president kabila himself. exactly. the president pointed your prime minister. the opposition did not choose you, the president chose you. in fact, the leader of your own opposition party, when you decided to cross the lines and joined the government as prime minister, your own leader of the macro six party, which was your party, said he ne

and what they said is that the political crisis around pretty joseph kabila exacerbating this situation. very much indeed removes essentially a functioning government from playing a role in attempting to alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis but also that political uncertainty is another factor if leading to the humanitarian crisis itself joseph kabila his term ended in december last year there was a deal struck in terms of which he would stand down now there are elections show told for the end of this year but a report released on this day by abundance go that is the u.n. body attempting to stabilize d r c along with human rights council says that political conflict plays a very major role in the ongoing crisis in the d.r. c. points out that last year alone more than forty people were killed in demonstration connected violence violence being carried out essentially by joseph kabila as troops so this political uncertainty once again one of these factors driving people out of the capital driving people out of their homes making them some of the many millions of internally displaced p

next month because the un's overreacting about the humanitarian needs on the ground president joseph kabila is still not gone to a refugee camp in northern it to a province that he promised to visit charlotte bellus reports. she tried to run but marie last child fell ill trying to escape her attackers. one of the london militia cut me with a machete my brother helped me run away but i was also hit by two arrows on my side four of my kids were killed that same day launch of a new family are among the tens of thousands of congolese who have been injured and displaced during clashes between rival tribes the haman's and lenders who are based in atory province is the latest flare up in land disputes that date back to the early one nine hundred seventy s. villages have streamed into to mess. displacement camps and over the border into uganda. we've been living in a very difficult situation we don't know what the president thinks about resolving the situation so we can go back on. president joseph kabila promise to visit the displaced this week but he has battles of his own many congolese a furiou

president joseph kabila promised to visit the displaced this week but he has battles of his own many congolese a furious with him for clinging to power after his term expired two years ago and for refusing to cool elections critics argue he's doing little to prevent the ethnic violence. yeah. we had problems between the two communities even before two thousand and three we controlled it's because the government was absent today all the legal and security forces are present there how can we justify then these level of atrocities this is why we're saying it was done willingly by the authorities. a leader with one of the tribes says both sides are being manipulated. we have form a militia members without jobs in our community and it's easy to manipulate them the enemy of our province is profiting from the unemployed young boys in order to destabilize it to every province where the un is warning of a worsening situation thirty million people need humanitarian assistance four point six million children are acutely malnourished and there's an epidemic of cholera and secure violence if it t

is overreacting president joseph kabila has also failed to visit a refugee camp in northern it forward province where many of the victims have fled charlotte ballasts reports. she tried to run but marie last child fell out trying to escape her attackers. one of the london militia cut me with a machete my brother helped me run away but i was also hit by two arrows on my side four of my kids were killed that same day lot children and family are among the tens of thousands of congolese who have been injured and displaced during clashes between rival tribes the haman's and lenders who are based in atory province is the latest flare up in land disputes that date back to the early one nine hundred seventy s. villages have streamed into domestic displacement camps and over the border into uganda we have been living in a very difficult. situation we don't know what the president thinks about resolving the situation so we can go back home president joseph kabila promised to visit the displaced this week but he has battles of his own many congolese a furious with him for clinging to power after

president joseph kabila promised to visit the displaced this week but he has battles of his own many congolese a furious with him for clinging to power after his term expired two years ago and for refusing to cool elections critics argue he's doing little to prevent the ethnic violence. yeah. we had problems between the two communities even before two thousand and three we controlled it's because the government was absent today all the legal and security forces are present there how can we justify than these level of atrocities this is why we're saying it was done willingly by the authorities. a leader with one of the tribes says both sides are being manipulated. we have former militia members without jobs in our community and it's easy to manipulate them the enemy of our province is profiting from the unemployed young boys in order to destabilize it to re province where the un is warning of a worsening situation thirty million people need humanitarian assistance four point six million children are acutely malnourished and there is an epidemic of cholera and secure violence if it tro

president joseph kabila promised to visit the displaced this week but he has battles of his own many congolese a furious with him for clinging to power after his term expired two years ago and for refusing to cool elections critics argue he's doing little to prevent the ethnic violence. problem we had problems between the two communities even before two thousand and three we controlled it's because the government was absent today all the legal and security forces are present there how can we justify then these level of atrocities this is why we're saying it was done willingly by the authorities. a leader with one of the tribes says both sides are being manipulated . we have four. members without jobs in our community and it's easy to manipulate them the enemy of our province is profiting from the unemployed young boys in order to destabilize to re province where the un is warning of a worsening situation thirty million people need humanitarian assistance four point six million children are acutely malnourished and this is an epidemic of cholera and secure violence if it troubles in a

under the current president, joseph kabila, the country has been marred by civil war, corruption, andndate ended in 2016 has inflamed tensions. one area that's seen an increase in violence is the province of ituri, where two ethnic groups — the lendu and the hema — are again in conflict. our africa editor fergal keane and cameraman tony fallshaw travelled to mazzei — the scene of a recent village massacre in which more than a0 people were killed. the killers arrived at the hema village of maze, as the people prepared their evening meal. the extreme cruelty of what followed lives in the memory of the village. they were attacked by members of the lendu ethnic group. this man witnessed his sister's marie's murder as he fled. when un and local officials arrived the following morning, they found scenes of horror. women and children hacked where they had been cornered. four—year—old rose was strapped to her mother's back when both were set upon by a man with a machete. she was found beside her murdered mother. now, her father says rose is silent and far away. the dead were placed in these m

course you've got layered over that the political situation where the term of the sitting president joseph kabila expired at the end of last year his second term there's been pressure for him to step down as the constitution demands now you have election a shit job for the end of this year and just to add as well a recent report issued today in fact by the money school which is the u.n. body within the d r c and the un human rights are states very clearly that over the last year there were repeated incidents of political suppression sometimes violent some forty people it says with killed in the course of the year in violence related to demonstrations so there's layer upon layer of issues within the d.r. see resulting in a massive impact on the millions of people who live within the country mike hanna live at the u.n. in new york thanking activists say syrian government forces have been arresting hundreds of people as they leave eastern ghouta over the past few days tens of thousands of civilians have been getting out of the rebel held area which has come under heavy bombardment by the government

thirteen million people there are in need of aid says the long delayed election to replace president joseph kabila has led to an escalation in violence one two million people have become internally displaced just in the past year. humanitarian needs caused by internal conflicts have doubled over the last year thirty million people need humanitarian assistance more than four point six million children are acutely malnourished including two point two million suffering severe acute malnutrition we're seeing mushroom in epidemics including the worst outbreak of cholera in fifteen years. there is also an epidemic of sexual violence most of it on reported and unaddressed and much of it against children. zimbabwe and president. has publicly blamed more than eight hundred companies and individuals accused of illegally stashing millions of dollars over sayings as government has set up a mine today and the stigma to return stolen assets all face prosecution critics say mornings to be done to make sure that the recovered body benefits ordinary people. in the capital harare. zimbabwe interface sticks to cash

caught up in the violence complain the government does little to keep them safe but president joseph kabila is grappling with his own crisis he refused to step down when his to tims in office came to an end in two thousand and sixteen under an agreement brokered by the catholic church kabila was allowed to stay on provided new elections were held in two thousand and seventeen. that deal wasn't honest and simmering frustration spilled onto the streets last month opposition supporters were killed congolese authorities now say elections will be held in december but kabila is opponents say it's just more delay tactics. many are looking to the catholic church for leadership in a country where its members make up about half of the population the church holds some sway leaders have called on the faithful together on friday to remember those killed and to keep pressure on kabila to give up power. but a resolution seems a long way off as long as the political tummo continues there is little prospect of security and stability improving media not harmed al-jazeera sarah learns presidential election is

more than fifteen hundred people in the region and less than four years they accuse president joseph kabila of failing to protect them and want u.n. peacekeepers and the congolese military to keep them safe but i beat up on a limited set then the army general was here last night and then the enemy came to kill us how do we explain the situation someone needs to tell us something about the iraq president has filed in all of us by building plans he succeeded on his plans to kill civilians. the rebel group was formed in neighboring uganda back in the ninety's eventually moving to the d.l.c. after a failed bid to turn uganda into an islamic state the brain india national party the twenty years but it's in the last four that they have cemented they refute a shoe in for brutality killing hundreds of civilians as well as mess rape and recruiting child soldiers. around four and a half million people have been displaced by fighting with rebels as well as interest nick violence seeking refuge in camps like these the united nations describes the situation in the democratic republic of congo as a forgo

peacekeepers around the beni area in the east of the country villagers there say their president joseph kabila has failed to protect them. we are leading our houses and you can come and take them through able to protect your priorities looking after rich people and not the whole majority just do what you worked with tired of being skilling. a diplomatic dispute between chile and bolivia has come to a head of the international court in the hague bolivia which is a landlocked country is fighting for chile to granted access to the coast in a dispute that is part of the countries against each other for more than a century on wednesday the court heard the final arguments from both sides says lucien newman the reports from santiago. in chile is in bolivia the final round of the world court hearing over their territorial dispute was followed like at the hall of fame match for the world cup match with a lot more at stake. bolivia a landlocked country which oddly enough has a navy says chile is obliged to negotiate a sovereign corridor to the pacific ocean that it lost in one thousand nine hundred thre

peacekeepers around the beni area in the east of the country villagers there say that president joseph kabila has failed to protect them. only bigger houses and you can come and take them through able to protect your priorities looking after rich people and not the whole majority just do what you worked with tired of being skilling. the french policeman killed in last friday's terror attack on a supermarket in southern france has been honored in a ceremony led by president emanuel mccollum the tenant colonel tom swapped places with a hostage during a supermarket attack in saving her life but losing his own president mike honda livered a public eulogy in the post humorously awarded bill tom the legion of honor france's highest award. poland has signed the largest arms deal in its history four and three quarter billion dollars for the patriot missile defense system from the united states it's the latest and biggest step in poland's efforts to upgrade its military which is accelerating and since russia's annexation of crimea in two thousand and fourteen two thirds of its weaponry is old soviet e

country with militant groups operating there's been a ongoing political crisis with the president joseph kabila overstaying his constitutional term new elections are due in december but there's been great political opposition in recent months and a report just released on this day indicates that there's been massive political violence as well with some forty people being killed in the past year in demonstration related violence but this is what the u.n. representative for the region to see humanitarian needs caused by internal conflict have doubled over the last year thirteen million people need humanitarian assistance more than four point six million children are acutely malnourished including two point two million suffering severe acute malnutrition we're seeing mushroom in epidemics including the worst outbreak of cholera in fifteen years there's also an epidemic of sexual violence most of it unreported and unaddressed and much of there against children so i wonder if the background to all of this one of the reason for this being at such a crisis point. well as i mentioned there's been layer

people there are in need of aid marco kark says the long delayed election to replace president joseph kabila has led to an escalation in violence more than two million people have become internally displaced in the last in the last year alone humanitarian needs caused by internal conflicts have doubled over the last year thirteen million people need humanitarian assistance more than four point six million children are acutely malnourished including two point two million suffering severe acute malnutrition we're seeing mushroom in epidemics including the worst outbreak of cholera in fifteen years. there is also an epidemic of sexual violence most of it unreported and on addressed and much of it against children still ahead on al-jazeera venezuela says its new cryptocurrency will solve the country's financial crisis washington has different ideas and saudi arabia's crown prince heads for the u.s. and the trump administration for pay as our welcome fit for a future king. we've got more stormy weather gathering across the southeastern corner of the u.s. you can see this little area cloud making

armed conflicts in multiple regions of the drc are worsening, as president joseph kabila refuses to step down more than a year after the end of his term. inin siberia, at leaeast 64 peoe were killed when a fire tore through a shopping mall in the city of keremovo sunday. at least 16 people are still missing, and authorities say the death toll is likely to rise. in paris, thousands of people marched saturday to protest turkey's military offensive against the syrian kurdish city of afrin. this is s protester nursel kili. state has become an invading power because it is occupy in a territory, one thatt isis foreign to turkey. across the border, this territory is not only an autonomous k kurdish town, but t is officially syrian territory. it is an occupyingg force, which is in efrin and what turkey is china do is to eradicate a whole population of the not only democratic autonomous system company secular society model which is starting to sprout the very heart of the middle east and especially in afrin. amy: the protests inin paris cae as the turkish military says it has taken full control o

thirteen million people there in need of aid he says the long delayed election to replace president joseph kabila has led to an escalation in violence humanitarian needs caused by internal conflicts have doubled over the last year thirteen million people need humanitarian assistance more than four point six million children are acutely malnourished including two point two million suffering severe acute malnutrition. re seeing mushroom ing epidemics including the worst outbreak of cholera in fifteen years there is also an epidemic of sexual violence most to be unreported and unaddressed and much of it against children. facebook's chief information security officer is stepping down the new york times says that alex thomas disagreed with the company's handling of revelations that russia used facebook to spread false information well earlier a u.s. democratic senator sent a letter to see you and mark zuckerberg demanding a response to allegations the dot of fifteen million users was harvested by a political consultancy for a whistleblower who worked at cambridge analytical says the doctor was used to

caught up in the violence complain the government does little to keep them safe but president joseph kabila is grappling with his own crisis he refused to step down when his to tims in office came to an end in two thousand and sixteen under an agreement brokered by the catholic church kabila was allowed to stay on provided new elections were held in two thousand and seventeen. that deal wasn't honest and simmering frustration spilled onto the streets last month opposition supporters were killed congolese authorities now say elections will be held in december but kabila is opponents say it's just more delay tactics. many are looking to the catholic church for leadership in a country where its members make up about half of the population the church holds some sway leaders have called on the faithful together on friday to remember those killed and to keep pressure on kabila to give up power. but a resolution seems a long way off as long as the political tumult continues there is little prospect of security and stability improving medium mahommed al jazeera. presidential election is heading to

peacekeepers around the area in the east of the country villagers there say that president joseph kabila has failed to protect them. we are leaving our houses and you can come and take them through able to protect your priorities looking after rich people and not the whole majority just do what you worked with tired of being skilling. a diplomatic dispute between chile and bolivia has come to a head at the international court in the hague bolivia a landlocked country is fighting for chile the granted access to the coast in of this view that has pulled the countries that are the countries against each other for more than a century now on wednesday the court heard the final arguments from both sides says and see a new man now reports from santiago. in chile is in bolivia the final round of the world court hearing over their territorial dispute was followed like at the hall of fame match for the world cup match with a lot more at stake. bolivia a landlocked country which oddly enough has a navy says chile is obliged to negotiate a sovereign corridor to the pacific ocean that it lost in one

says the long delayed election to replace president joseph kabila has led to an escalation in violence more than two million people have become internally displaced in the last year alone. he managed area needs caused by internal conflicts have doubled over the last year thirteen million people need humanitarian assistance more than four point six million children are acutely malnourished including two point two million suffering severe acute malnutrition we're seeing mushrooming epidemics including the worst outbreak of cholera in fifteen years. there is also an epidemic of sexual violence most of it on reported and on addressed and much of there against children . the palestinian president has blamed a mass for a bomb attack on a convoy transporting the prime minister last week without mass describes tuesday's attack on gaza who escaped on the injured as despicable and sinful and speaking at a meeting in the occupied west bank also has part of the us ambassador to israel and dismissed a u.s. plan for reconciliation talks. i love the but. this plan began being implemented when troops

more than fifteen hundred people in the region and less than four years they accuse president joseph kabila of failing to protect them and want u.n. peacekeepers and the congolese military to keep them safe but i beat up on a limited set then the army general was here last night and then the enemy came to kill us how do we explain the situation someone needs to tell us that we should get a copy of the president has filed an a list by building plans and he succeeded on his plans to kill civilians thank the rebel group was formed in neighboring uganda back in the ninety's eventually moving to the d.s.c. after a failed bid to turn uganda into an islamic state the brain india sees the room good national park to twenty years but it's in the last four that they have cemented they refute taishan for brutality killing hundreds of civilians as well as mess rape and recruiting child soldiers. around four and a half million people have been displaced by fighting with rebels as well as interest nick violence seeking refuge in camps like these the united nations describes the situation in the democratic

the fighting is part of a nationwide surge in violence as drc president joseph kabila tries to hold on to power, two years past the end of his term. in january, the international organization for migration warned the humanitarian crisis in the drc has reached breaking point, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting in recent months alone. in panama, the silver letter spelling out the name "trump" or pried off trump international hotel and tower in panama city monday as a hotel owner claimed victory in a two-week long battle against the trump organization. the removal of the name came as the panamanian court ruled to evict trump management team and allow the hotel owner to regain control of the property. in west virginia, a historic wither strike continues every public school in the state shut down. for the last nine days in the strike, teachers are demanding a 5% raise and a cap on spiraling healthcare costs. meanwhile, graduate students at the university of illinois, urbana-champaign are entering their second week of a strike over wages and health insurance for the g

plaguing the country and tensions have soared that's because of uncertainty surrounding president joseph kabila future he is due to face elections in december that have been delayed twice since his second and final term expired and that was at the end of twenty sixteen mike hanna joining us live from the united nations listening to that briefing to tell us more about it and what the u.n. is saying it can actually do mike. well what you're outlining there is a litany of disasters a compared to you know of factors that have led to this massive crisis within the d.r. see what the u.n. is doing at the moment needs one thing it needs money at this particular point only four percent of the aid needed for twenty eighteen has been raised by the u.n. this meeting taking place here in new york is a preliminary part of what will be happening at the beginning of april april the thirteenth where a donor's conference will be held to raise money to get this necessary funding for the crisis or to deal with the crisis in the d.r. see but important to note too that this is a ongoing developing crisis the figures

caught up in the violence complain the government does listen to keep them safe but president joseph kabila is grappling with his own crisis he refused to step down when his two terms in office came to an end in two thousand and sixteen under an agreement brokered by the catholic church kabila was allowed to stay on provided new elections were held in two thousand and seventeen. that deal wasn't honest and simmering frustration spilled onto the streets last month opposition supporters were killed congolese authorities now say elections will be held in december but could be his opponents say it's just more delay tactics i. mean you're looking to the catholic church for leadership in a country where its members make up about half of the population the church holds some sway leaders have called on the faithful together on friday to remember those killed and to keep pressure on kabila to give up power. but resolution seems a long way off as long as the political tumult continues there is little prospect of security and stability improving medium mahommed al jazeera. sandman's presidential elect

and in burundi recently extended their terms and joseph kabila in the democratic republic of congo stayed in power by delaying new elections others have failed in the face of popular opposition like looking at fossils long serving president les kampala who was driven out by protests in twenty fourteen and then there is russia's vladimir putin who got around the term limits problem by becoming prime minister while dmitri medvedev kept the seat warm for him put in then returned as president in two thousand to twelve and he's expected to be elected to a fourth term next sunday. tongan is a political analyst who advises the chinese government on economic and development issues he believes she wanted to abolish term limits to ensure his legacy. i think the real concern is what happens in the future or how if and how she unwinds this kind of power coupling that he's created i mean if you go back to deng xiaoping he centralized power and then at the end he tried to make sure that there was a much more disciplined way of exercising a least for the next two generations and even with jiang zemin yo

burundi are just two of a number of leaders who've recently extended that term limits there while joseph kabila in the democratic republic of congo is stayed in power off to his term expired by delaying elections well others have failed in the face of popular opposition like bikini long serving president lies a comp aura who was driven out by protests in twenty fourteen and then of course as russia's vladimir putin got round the term limit problem by becoming prime minister while dmitri medvedev kept the sea room for him was a long low before putin returned as president in two thousand and twelve and is expected to be elected for a fourth term think someday kerry brown is director of the lao china is to use it king's college here in london he joins me now via skype thanks very much for speaking to us and those who are hearing that the. potential end of term limits for heads of state is by no means a trend that is restricted to china how would you say compares to his counterparts around the world. well he's in control of a much bigger country in a more important country and also a country which