she was the speaker of parliament in an ally of former president joseph kabila after hours of debate politicians even those who support could be lower voted to impeach or feel like they're going to basically think it was time everything is cyclical her time has passed she did nothing and we don't think we'll miss her. but this was about more than one woman. it was a vote for president felix just a kitty and how much support he would have in building a new coalition and after 2 years taking a clear majority in parliament that they're not change began today we had a hybrid government before but now the congolese people the members of parliament have demonstrated that they were fed up they were fed up with the computer family and his supporters who pretended to have a majority the president has security came to office last year but without a majority 300 of the 500 seats in parliament were loyal to his predecessor joseph kabila the 2 leaders came to a power sharing agreement but she security said it hamstrung him and as if it's to annex reform all combat corruption the shaky coalition f

joseph kabila rule d r c for 18 years before stepping down around 2 years ago his favorite presidential candidate lost to felix just a kennedy in the long delayed 2018 elections but camilla's power was retained when his allies won a parliamentary majority in the same vote just ahead they formed a coalition government with camillus common front for congo after assuming power last year major disagreements arose between the coalition partners leading to political deadlocks in the past 6 months they have differed over security electoral process and constitutional court appointments to name but a few. all right let's bring in our guests in goma we have thomas fasc senior democratic republic of congo researcher of human rights watch most of all is researcher at the center for research on the congo he joins us from washington d.c. now vanda wall deputy project director for central africa international crisis group she joins us from running in in the netherlands welcome to each of you combine how fragile is the current political situation in d.r. c n n considering the unresolved issues from the

thinks it's real and violates the constitution party is made up of allies of the former president joseph kabila that holds most cabinet posts kabila supporters have also been protesting against the move in the capital kinshasa. voting is due to close in the next hour in guyana in an election to choose the next president and members of parliament the incumbent president not a coup for audio is facing 11 challengers but his main rival is the man he replaced 4 years ago john dramani mahama ghana is regarded as africa as most stable democracy and both have signed a pact saying they will accept the officially declared winner 275 parliamentary seats will also be up for grabs in monday's poll. has more from the largest polling station in ghana. voter turnout for this election has been very very impressive. thousands of candidates or rather thousands of voters 2 hours before polls open here and. to choose their next president and of course members of parliament although there are 12 candidus running for this election. not only choices down to 2 personalities of the 2 dominant political parties in this

violates the constitution the party holds the most cabinet posts and it's made up of allies of joseph kabila a former president. votes are being voted is after got his presidential and parliamentary elections with results due later on tuesday and it's expected to be a close race between the president a coup for ardor and his main rival john dramani mahama interest reports from the capital accra president ford who are huge to vote at a polling station his sister katie hoping to to seat against this protest as you defeated 16 the president is confident his performance of the past 2 years will mean another term in office. we have a mature civilized people that get it and keep it as we have proved in the past we have deep attachment democratic values was no culture i don't have a molecule surprise that this is going there is scrutiny of this across the country . in the northern town of family his main challenger former president john muhammad voted but raised concerns about shoddy preparations especially with the late stops and problems with ratification machines on voting day. you're just like

is dictatorial and violates the constitution the party is made up of allies of former president joseph kabila and holds most cabinet posts united states the european union and a number of latin american countries say they won't recognize the results of venezuela's parliamentary election allies of president nicolas maduro won the poll was the opposition boycotted people were electing a new congress the only government branch controlled by opposition parties and their leader one high though as rejected the results and has launched a referendum to come to the vote. the important thing for venezuelans is not to be apathetic about the situation on the contrary it's participation protest and demonstration the response the slap in the face that you want to give mature oh to the dictatorship to poverty to indignity is in the streets and it's on december 12th the organized and mobilized in yet another blow to president donald trump's attempt to overturn the presidential election results the state of georgia has recertified its outcome in last month's vote it confirms democratic president elect joe bid

plan is dictatorial and violates the constitution party's made up of allies of former president joseph kabila and holds most cabinet posts kabila supporters have also been protesting against the move in the capital kinshasa. united states has imposed sanctions and a travel ban on 14 chinese officials the targets members of the top decision making body of china's legislature it's in response to this one of occasion of elected opposition figures in hong kong last month china's parliament gave hong kong authorities powers to expel politicians who supports the city's independence the international olympic committee has agreed to include breakdancing in the 2024 paris of the big games surfing skateboarding and sports climbing will also be added to the list of events you i.o.c. rules allow host cities to hand-pick sports to include in the games based on local popularity and public appealed paris organizers say they want to offer sports like break dancing to attract a new and younger audience the world's largest music recording company universal has acquired bob dylan's entire back catalogue of more

to tauriel it violates the constitution the party is made up of allies of the former president joseph kabila that holds most cabinet posts. the european union have strongly condemned the unlawful attacks on journalists politicians and activists in afghanistan in a joint statement your members held be a taliban responsible it follows a warning from the un of an increase in targeted killings by an identified attackers across the country from kabul failure contre free reports. it's been more than 3 months since a man's father a peace advocate and minister of education employee was killed on his way to work an explosive device was placed in his car i'm on wants answers the government is responsible to find the killers if they find the killers of the killers the u.n. says targeted assassinations by unknown assailants an activist government employees journalists and others have increased by 50 percent this year compared to 2019 these attacks spread fear and insecurity often they are carried out by unknown gunmen but another method is more lethal. magnetic bombs placed on cars have become the signa

joseph kabila rule d r c for 18 years before stepping down around 2 years ago his favorite presidential candidate lost to felix just a kennedy in the long delayed 2018 elections but camilla's power was retained when his allies won a parliamentary majority in the same vote just ahead they formed a coalition government with camillus common front for congo after assuming power last year major disagreements arose between the coalition partners leading to political deadlocks in the past 6 months they have differed over security electoral process and constitutional court appointments to name but a few. all right let's bring in our guests in goma we have thomas fasc senior democratic republic of congo researcher of human rights watch a most of all a is a researcher at the center for research on the congo he joins us from washington d.c. now van de wall deputy project director for central africa international crisis group she joins us from running again in the netherlands welcome to each of you combine how fragile is the current political situation in d.r. c n considering the unresolved issues

dictatorial and it violates the constitution the party is made up of allies of the former president joseph kabilathat holds most cabinet posts kabila supporters have also been protesting against the move in the capital kinshasa. more people are fleeing if yo p.o.'s northern region every day through that though the government's declared the fighting is over refugees are crossing to neighboring sudan in the hope of trying to build a new life has their story. you drop your refugees at the camp getting ready for a long stay they use this plastic sheets to top the ceilings of their new homes the un distributed 480 of them on sunday it also provides these bumble sheets to be used the side walls just creative ways to cook food are tested here as well solo over designed to do the job with no environmental impact the norwegian refugee council distributes cash amounts equivalent to about $25.00 per individual if we give them cash they can buy whatever is the. same cards baby milk formula new clothes and underwear because they've been in the same clothes for 3 weeks now. they can borrow that from from local

clashed with those backing his predecessor joseph kabila both inside and outside the building on monday and tuesday the brawls come after the president moved to end the country's governing coalition on thursday parliament will vote on a motion to force out its weaker who's from could be less people's party for reconstruction and democracy. a major outbreak of brown locusts has been the clarity in 3 provinces in south africa more than 100 farms are being invaded by the insects who've been feeding on grass and cereal on properties in the western cape northern cape and the free state. lots more still to come in this news hour including donald trump valves to intervene in the texas lawsuit a day after the supreme court rejected another republican effort to overturn the presidential election result in rio tinto restitution an australian inquiry finds the mining giant should pay for destroying sacred aboriginal drop shelters and sport will tell you why this football star just became $10000.00 poorer. will cold and wet saw dry pretty much sums up the weather across europe at the moment nothing

form a new government without the majority party which is made up of allies of former president joseph kabila and holds most cabinet posts. the world's largest music recording company universal has acquired bob dylan's entire back catalogue of more than 600 songs his body of work spanned 6 decades he sold more than 125000000 records globally coming up next it's rewind. hello and welcome to rewind i'm richelle carey and the decade since we launched al-jazeera english back in 2006 and built a library of moving and powerful documentaries here army wine revisiting some of the best of them and looking at how the story has new dawn today we are rewinding 10 years to 2008 and rug omar set out on a unique journey across the united states to get to the heart of what it meant to be muslim in america and that was back in the decade of $911.00 and the iraq war that followed since then of course the world has turned with the rise of isis the political upheavals that followed the arab spring the chaos that is and go 1st libya then syria and of course the election of donald trump and his travel ban so today

and supporters of his predecessor joseph kabila violent protests erupted inside the parliament building earlier this week when she said k d try to form a new majority opponents say the president's actions are illegal hundreds of police have been deployed to stop rival protests outside the government office. the world food program has received this year's nobel peace prize for its efforts to combat global hunger the u.n. agencies chief executive david beasley accepted the award from the f.p.s. headquarters in rome the traditional oslo ceremony was moved online because of the coronavirus pandemic w.s.p. as it was hailed for its efforts in preventing hunger as a weapon of war accepting the prize beazley warned of an approaching hunger pandemic with hundreds of millions of people headed for starvation. while speaking to al-jazeera he said he hoped the refugee crisis in sudan will not become a protracted one more than 47000 ethiopian refugees have fled across the border since the conflict in te grey began last month but the world food program is already struggling to generate funding for exi

gives president felix she said katie i'm age of victory in his power struggle with predecessor joseph kabila speaker jeanine mobile and there was a close ally of the former leader violent protests erupted inside the parliament building earlier this week when the president tried to form a new majority opponents say his actions are illegal. the world food program has received this year's nobel peace prize for its efforts to combat global hunger the u.n. agencies chief executive david beasley accepted the award for the peace headquarters in rome the traditional oslo ceremony was moved online because of the pandemic the w f p was hailed it for its efforts in preventing hunger as a weapon of war accepting the prize that beazley warned of an approaching hunger pandemic. because of so many wars climate change the watchword use of hunger as a political and military weapon and a global hills pandemic that makes all of that exponentially worse 270000000 people are marching toward starvation failure to address their needs or cause a hunger penned him it was will draw the impact of cove and if that's no