he will challenge joseph kabila who's been the president for the last seventeen years its people in power now stay with us. a story of blackmail. this person. you know has killed i have strangled i have a story of current which a lot of the fear is real. passion. and the very same just. last month south african president jacob zuma was pushed from office after a decade before the corruption allegations his former associates the billionaire gupta brother was a fugitive from justice i mean claims that they blew.

for december's presidential election he's the son of former opposition leader security challenge joseph kabila who's been president for seventeen years. the last remaining staff have left the u.s. consulate in the russian city of st petersburg as the diplomatic fallout continues over the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in the u.k. moscow set the south a deadline for the closure as part of its response to the expulsion of more than one hundred fifty russian diplomats across the world but has called for tibetans to remain united as he marks sixty years of political asylum in. fact to every city in justice now. in palermo system media talian state is on trial for concluding with the mafia. the chief prosecutor in the case and the most threatened man in italy is judge antony no di matteo. i'm in a funeral or to temple and south. east but it will come in the new company you're the one will. do the didn't have a hold or any natural to say the sentiment to good to see people or. to change. it sure you got. the dishing out. there you go. so do a lot of it if you are going to just l

challenge joseph kabila who's been the president for the last seventeen years its people and palin alse they with us. a story of blackmail. these parasites. and. you'll have killed i have strangled i have a story of current which a lot of the fear is real. passion. and the very same just. last month south african president jacob zuma was forced from office after a decade before the corruption allegations his former associates the billionaire gupta brother was a fugitive from justice i mean claims that they looted state assets there were those are under scrutiny we've been tricked some in the role played by international companies in a scandal so toxic it will haunt south africa for years to come. in two thousand and nine jacob zuma came to power having sold himself to south africa as the people's president he promised to grow the economy fight poverty and create millions of jobs. nine years later and it hasn't ended well last month zuma amidst growing corruption allegations step down a south african president forced out by his own governing african national congress the liberation party

severe food shortages half of them are children but the political situation is unclear president joseph kabila is still in office even though his term officially ended in december twenty sixth seen no date has been set for elections which have repeatedly been postponed amalgam web is following the journey of the refugees he's traveled from uganda's capital kampala to the chung wali refugee camp near lake albert where most of them have been resettled. i'm standing in uganda this is lake albert and on the far side you can just about see killed in the democratic republic of congo and it's after in those hills in recent months that militia have been attacking villages setting hearts on fire chopping people up with machetes killing some and that's what prompted thousands to get in boats across the lake you can see some of the kinds of boats here that they've been using these wooden ones have an engine strapped on the back that's a better way to cross but for people who can't afford to take it in one of those they have to get in a canoe and paddled in which case the crossing can take one or two days

the union for democracy and social progress wants to take the presidency from joseph kabila and for those wanting to know why the security forces were breaking this gathering up he dismissed rumors of a trade off deal with kabila in which he would become prime minister and kabila would remain in power. don't let yourself be distracted leave them to their own distractions we must prepare and you must prepare yourselves to get me to win this election. he came to relaunch the struggle for change in this country there must be an election and we must respect the rules of the game the support look strong but in a democratic republic of congo there's a divided opposition she's a kennedy is one of two figures vying to topple one and a half decades of rule by kabila this policy appears to be divide and keep on ruling his refusal to stand down at the end of his latest term led to protests that were crushed with violence in kinshasa dozens of people were killed. the catholic church brokered a deal kabila could stay on for one more year and organize elections due in december then stand down but this

don't know where their next meal will come from the political instability surrounding president joseph kabila is not helping he is refusing to step down despite passing his term limits and perspire winning elections repeatedly and visitors malcolm webb is retracing the refugees journey from the end to the beginning he has traveled from uganda's capital kampala to the king wali refugee camp where most of them are sheltering right now he's crossing lake albert heading from the landing site on the congolese side where refugees are fleeing the fighting before getting on the water he has this update. i'm standing in uganda this is lake albert and on the far side you can just about see hills in the democratic republic of congo and it's after in those hills in recent months that militia have been attacking villages setting hearts on fire chopping people up with machetes killing some and that's what prompted thousands to get in boats across the lake and you can see some of the kinds of boats here that they've been using these wooden ones have an engine strapped on the back that's a better way to cros

food shortages half of them children the political situation in the country is unclear president joseph kabila is still in office even though his term officially ended in december two thousand and sixteen and no date has been set for elections which have repeatedly been perspire on al-jazeera as malcolm webb is retracing the journey of the refugees he's travelled from uganda's capital kampala to the chiang wali refugee camp. all of the people here who arrived here in uganda in the last few days having fled violence at home in the democratic republic of congo and all the people that we've spoken to tell similar stories they say militia came to their villages with guns machetes people were hacked to death people had limbs cut off or shot hearts were set on fire so they fled to make the perilous journey here many walked for days on foot and crossed by lake albert in rickety boats overfilled is a strong risk of storms some boats that capsized but those that have made it here say they're glad to be here it's safer than what's going on at home and now they're in this refugee settlement they're waiti

faced severe food shortages half of them children the political situation is unclear president joseph kabila is still in office even though his term officially ended in december two thousand and sixteen and no dates been set for elections which have repeatedly been postponed. following the refugees journeys and joins us now from the sever gar landing site on the shore of lake albert in uganda's american explain the significance first of all of where you are. we're in uganda as you said on the other side of lake albert over there it's a democratic republic of congo you can just about see some hills on the far shore line and in those hills in the last few months the militia have been attacking villages setting houses on fire chopping people with machetes and shooting them and that's prompted tens of thousands of people to get in boats and flee across the lake to come here and you can see some of the kinds of boats they've been coming in they're made of wood normally these boats have an engine straps on the back this is the best way to cross for those who can afford to pay the ticket for the bo

he will challenge for us and joseph kabila who's led the country for seventeen years. this is all of us. and we must behave as. if we conduct ourselves in orderly and disciplined manner i promise you that i will be the president who will finally allow for our founding father's dream to be realised the last remaining staff have left the u.s. consulate in the russian city of st petersburg as the diplomatic fallout continues over the poisoning of a former double agent in the u.k. moscow set a saturday deadline for the closure as part of its response to the expulsion of more than one hundred fifty russian diplomats across the world britain accuses the kremlin of being behind the nerve agent attack on. his daughter. moscow denies involvement. renowned physicist stephen hawking was the pride of one of the world's most prestigious universities people in the english city of cambridge have shown just how much he was loved by lining the streets for his funeral peter sharp reports. this was a very personal opportunity for close friends and family to say their goodbyes that insist

face severe food shortages half of them are children the political situation is unclear president joseph kabila is still in office even though his term officially ended in december twenty sixth and no dates been set for elections which have repeatedly been disposed of. retracing the journey of the refugees he's traveled from uganda's capital kuala lumpur to the. refugee camp. all these people ran for their lives i. now patients run in there waiting for buses to take them to a place to make new homes in this refugee camp in uganda. rita liza's stories typical a few days ago a militia attacked her village in congo killed her neighbors with machetes she fled with her five children she's pregnant with her six see if you go out and get one good we saw the fighting had started then they started burning houses with people inside so we went into the forest and hid for three days then we decided to run and we came to uganda and militias from the lendu ethnic group been attacking villages in breeches province called it to re since january the u.n. says that the cost more than seventy thousand to flee her

displaced and 2 million children are facing severe malnutrition amid a surge in violence as president joseph kabila tries to hold on to power, more than a year after the end of his term. this is filippo grandi, the united nations high commissioner for refugees, appealing for more international aid. >> i want to make a strong appeal to the international community. africa is far away. it is far away from the rich countries. many of these refugees will not track for thousands of miles and cross the sea and arrivive in europe through my the world of their existence as the syrians did come as others did. they stay here. they suffer here, but there are equalally in need. amy: the united nations is slated to hold a major donor conference next week to raise funds for the democratic republic of the congo. president kabila's administration is boycotting the event and denying his country is facing a humanitarian crisis. in canada, kinder morgan has suspended most of its work on the $5.8 billion trans mountain pipeline following massive indigenous-led protests against the project. if built, the pipeline would

face severe food shortages half of them are children the political situation is unclear president joseph kabila is still in office even though his term officially ended in december twenty sixth and no date has been set for elections which have repeatedly been perspire and. malcolm webb is retracing the journey of the refugees he's travelled from uganda's capital kampala to the china refugee camp. all of the people here who arrived here in uganda in the last few days having fled violence at home in the democratic republic of congo and all the people that we've spoken to tell similar stories they say militia came to their villages with guns machetes people were hacked to death people had limbs cut off were shot hearts were set on fire so they fled to make the perilous journey here many walked for days on foot and crossed by lake albert in rickety boats overfilled the strong risk of storms some boats that capsized but those that made it here say they're glad to be here it's safer than what's going on at home and now they're in this refugee settlement they're waiting for humanitarian workers to giv

displaced and 2 million children are facing severe malnutrition amid a surge in violence as president joseph kabila tries to hold on to power, more than a year after the end of his term. this is filippo grandi, the united nations high commissioner for refugees, appealing for more international aid. >> i want to make a strong appeal to the international community. africa is far away. it is far away from the rich countries. many of these refugees will not track for thousands of miles and cross the sea and arrive in europe through my the world of their existence as the syrians did come as others did. they stay here. they suffer here, but there are equally in need. amy: the united nations is slated to hold a major donor conference next week to raise funds for the democratic republic of the congo. president kabila's administration is boycotting the event and denying his country is facing a humanitarian crisis. in canada, kinder morgan has suspended most of its work on the $5.8 billion trans mountain pipeline following massive indigenous-led protests against the project. if built, the pipeline would trip

actually come from adding to the situation is the political instability surrounding president joseph kabila and now he's refusing to step down despite passing his term limit her persona in elections repeatedly as there is malcolm webb his retracing the refugees journey from the end to the beginning he's traveled from uganda's capital kampala to chiang wali refugee camp that's where most of them are sheltering right now he's crossing lake albert heading from there to send the landing site on the congolese side where refugees are fleeing the fighting before getting on water he sent us this update. i'm standing in uganda this is lake albert on the far side you can just about see killed in the democratic republic of congo and it's after in those hills in recent months that militia have been attacking villages setting hearts on fire chopping people up with machetes killing some and that's what prompted thousands to get in boats across the lake we can see some of the kinds of boats here that they've been using these wooden ones have an engine strapped on the back that's a better way to cross but

the union for democracy and social progress wants to take the presidency from joseph kabila and for those wanting to know why the security forces want breaking this gathering up he dismissed rumors of a trade off deal with kabila in which he would become prime minister and cabello would remain in power. only be distracted leave them to their own distractions we must prepare and you must prepare yourselves to get me to win this election. he came to relaunch the struggle for change in this country there must be an election and we must respect the rules of the game the support look strong but in a democratic republic of congo there's a divided opposition she's a kennedy is one of two figures vying to topple woman a half decades of rule by kabila whose policy appears to be divide and keep on ruling his refusal to stand down at the end of his latest term led to protests that were crushed with violence in kinshasa dozens of people were killed. the catholic church brokered a deal kabila could stay on for one more year and organize elections due in december then stand down but this is a place whe

security is the son of the former opposition leader etienne tshisekedi he'll challenge the president joseph kabila but it is unclear if the vote will go ahead as planned could be less that the country for seventeen years but has overstayed his mandate by more than twelve months. because he all of us a t. think you do you and we must behave as teeth if we conduct ourselves orderly and disciplined manner i promise you that i will be the president who will finally allow for our founding father's dream to be realized. is the president of the congolese support group u.k. he says there is doubt about the election happening at the end of the year. to be on this mystical below we go history someone who does not learn how to respect develop a constitution saying that it would be election this december is still a question mark let me just mention on that because in relation to the upcoming election the regime has refused to accept some assistance four million congolese people as i know if you didn't come we got a growing number of people in the monitor action and more recently proposed to the government to

shortages more than half of them children the political situation of the country is unclear president joseph kabila is still in office even though his term officially ended december two thousand and sixteen and his government has repeatedly perspire own presidential elections al-jazeera as malcolm webber is retracing the journey of the refugees he's travelled from uganda's capital kampala to the chance refugee camp from where he now joins us so malcolm will call the sort of conditions are people facing there in the camp where you are. the people here lined up waiting there they've just arrived within the last few days having made a fairly difficult journey covering long distance on foot and also travelling across the nearby lake albert by boat to get to here right now they're waiting to get a few items from u.n. workers and manage their own workers from plastic sheets and a few other utensils out of which they'll go and build themselves a small shelter on a plot of land that they'll be given near here those conditions are very basic indeed every living under these plastic sheets for many weeks ahea

more than half of them are children the political situation in the country is unclear president joseph kabila has stayed in office despite his term officially expiring in december two thousand and sixteen and his government has repeatedly perspire in presidential elections. well al-jazeera is malcolm webb is retracing the journey of the refugees he's traveled from uganda's capital kampala to the economy refugee camp from where he sent this report. all of the people here who arrived here in uganda in the last few days having fled violence at home in the democratic republic of congo and all the people that we've spoken to tell similar stories they say militia came to their villages with guns machetes people were hacked to death people had limbs cut off or shot huts were set on fire so they fled to make the perilous journey here many walked for days on foot and crossed by lake albert in a rickety boats overfilled the strong risk of storms some boats that capsized but those that have made it here say they're glad to be here it's safer than what's going on at home and now they're in this refugee s

joseph kabila has been in power since 2001. his two—term constitutional limit. that he's exploiting.e been postponed twice already. here are a couple of people who were at today's rally. translation: at the bubble, there is no hope in our life. we feel like orphans. —— at the moment. translation: we are afraid to is our leader. young people don't have jobs. children don't study. people are dying all the time. but nothing changes. opposition supporters there. journalist louise dewast was also there. the newly elected leader of the party to arrive. party to arrive. umbrella it was on the rise since 2016. —— composition party was authorised. authorised. addressing publicly his supporters and members of his party. and members of his party. people were eager to hear what his message was in an electoral year. not everyone's convinced today's rally is a good thing. here in luanda, angola. a way of avoiding some tough questions at that summit. today was in terms of pr speaking, a great pr stunt. he has done. evaluating how the electoral process is going in congo. is going in congo. prevent f