malcolm webb, al jazeera, kampala. >> patience, a very warm welcome, thank you for being with us. what reason was being definitive for besigye being detained today? many say he wassing traffic but what was the real reason. >> the real reason is there is no way museveni's government could anticipate the reaction. a caring number of people who are following him, they thought the best of way to stop him is to arrest him and so he do os not hold the rally. but when they arrested him this backfired and instead, people started to chant and to reaction and to gather and in time the police had no choice, that to react with violence. and this seems seemed like a gross misescalation. i mean it, here is only two days from the election and violating human rights, u.s. state department, said it is a very combustive situation. the international community is watching. it seems like the violence was the only solution because they need the test the waters, they need to know just how ready the opposition is. because the opposition has also threatened that they will be defiant to museveni's governme

. >>> live to kampala and al jazeera's correspondent. in a week or so when the dust settles, difficult to see how the election will be reviewed as being completely free and fair. >> lots of people say that it's not. the commission says that it had been. the opposition and supporters, of which there are many here in kampala are disputing that. the president of the opposition, the main opposition party a short while ago said that he not the best candidate. but they put out a statement saying the ugandas should not accept the results, saying that the results were expected to come from the commission in a couple of hours from now, that they were fraudulent. it's likely that we may see that hearing. that's why the police say they surrounded the house, and they are not letting anyone in or outside. it's a measure to stop violence and unrest here in kampala. >> there's a generation in uganda that nose him as being in charge. why is he, like a lot of world keen on the idea about staying in power. he's been there for 25 years plus anyway. >> he s

after driving around the kampala suburb for hours. wherever he goes, more and more supporters follow. there's no doubting that here in the capital he has the numbers. >> there's about 85% of ugandans live in rural areas, not in the city. all parties say they have the rural vote. >> ugandans are waiting to see if polling will be free and fair, and if the parties will accept the results. disputed results could lead to unrest. >> meanwhile, here in kampala a lot of people are complaining about the fact that social media sites are shut off. most of them complied. right now military police passing. we heard reports a short while ago that there were a crowd of angry youths at a polling stations and they were shouting in anger because of a delay. that car of military police may be on the way there. the social media had been shut off. that is for security reasons, but, of course, there's a lot of social media users in uganda don't believe that. they feel it doesn't add to the credibility or transparency of the electoral process. >>> thank you

main opposition leader was detained twice as he tried to hold campaign rallies in the capital city kampalapolice fired tear gas. supporters threw rocks. sergio is the main challenger to the president who has been in power for 30 years. >> the final campaign rally to here in kampala. the main opposition leader and his supporters were met with tear gat fired by police -- gas, fired by police as he tried to walk through the center. police say he was held because he didn't stick to an authorized route. and his diversion would disrupt businesses. his supporters would not see it that way. >> the dictatorship is so scared that they can't allow it with the supporters. >> police say that when they took him, it was not an arrest. >> we simply arrived him and his campaign team to coordinate and harmonize his programs with the police. >> a short while later he was released and back on the campaign trial. >> in thursday's poll he is running against the incumbent president. he ruled for 30 years, and is seeking another five. this is the fourth sim betajay ran against him. >> the process the full process

let's go to malcolm web in kampala. >> is there any suggestion that it is getting more serious. that there are charge levied against him and that they may take it further? >> what is slightly different they have described their detention as brief detentions and per recommendtive measures. this time they said they would be charging him. they said him and his forces were creating protests and there would be violent opposition. they said it would be peaceful. this comes in contact where the opposition say that the election was rigged. local observers say it was rigged. and as you mentioned before, strong criticisms from the international community as well. a short while weigh we spoke to the former president of nigeria the chairman of the commonwealth groups of election observers. let's listen to what he had to say. >> well, first of all we have preliminary statement, which was made two days ago. before the election was formerly declared. we pointed out a number of anomalies in the process leading to the election. something that should not have happened that happened on the day of

. >> malcolm webb has been following the election closely in the capital kampala. he was there when the result was formerly announced. >> the electoral commission has just announced it's results for the presidential election. it said that incumbent president museveni got nearly 70% of the vote, and kizza besigye, the opposition leader, got 35%. local observers say there was rigging and there has been strong criticism from strong european union and commonwealth observers. meanwhile, the several key opposition players are in their homes surrounded by the police and soldiers, they say this is a restriction on their democratic freedoms trying to stop them from communicating with their supporters or protesting against the result. the police say these are preventive arrangements trying to stop the violence here in uganda's capitol of kampala. >> a state of emergency has been declared in fiji as it gets battered by one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. tropical cyclone winston with gusts over 325 kilometers an hour. that's the equivalent of

malcolm webb reports now from the capital of kampala. >> he came in 30 years ago. now the president wants another five-year term. >> here at his final rally in the capital of kampala thousands of supporters waited in the sun for hours. what he's doing here, he's. >> he started speaking some people left. people here said they had been told $1.50 to attend. the party has denied paying people to attend rallies. the main opposition leader lost three times before in elections he said were rigged. and this time supporters were handing money to him at rallies. >> it's voice of the people is that they have been failed in the last, and what could be done in that long period cannot be done in another five years. >> the other prominent candidate former prime minister critics say he was involved in the government's alleged corruption. he denies it, but his supporters say that he can bring change from powerful connections within the government. >> my. >> well, she campaigning has been largely peaceful, the opposite significance has been arrested several times, and monday's unre

. >> we join malcolm webb in kampala. the results have been rejected by the opposition. they're calling for an independent audit. will they get it? >> we don't know yet. kizza besigye, the opposition candidate, are in their homes surrounded by police and soldiers. kizza besigye said that his phone and internet seem to have been blocked as well. they seem fairly isolated and they're not able to communicate at all. the election audit in 2006 when he ran against museveni for the second time, he said that time he and his supporters took it to court. and in the court process the high court judges ruled in several different cases of irregularities they had confirmed that it had happened. they didn't rule that that would effect the outcome of the election. besigye would say that they made that ruling under duress. he ran against museveni again for a third time in what he called a rigged election. he didn't bother going to court because the court system here is not free and fair. this time we don't know what will happen if they will try to pursue it. >> kizza besigye has been pu

i'm not happy. >> malcolm webb, al jazeera, kampala, uganda. >> still ahead we have sport, including lindsey vonn's season is in jeopardy after crashing at a world cup race. we have more coming up in just a moment. >> disciple babb bay weighs president robert mugabe has been protesting against birthday celebrations of his 92nd birthday. he said there is no place for factional fighting over who will be his successor. >> for weeks newspaper headlines have been talking about the infighting of the ruling parties, and wha and--one faction is trying to outdoor the other. a few years ago it was unheard of. they people wondering if he was addressing issues. and he did, and this is what he had to say it has no place at all. it should never have been allowed. >> presidential mugabe's comme comment, we are we know the same factions within the party. then three is the role of the first lady, people are not sure where she stands, and then there is the army as well. we do know all these factions say the one thing. they respect the president, they respect robert mugabe. >> now time for sport. here

kampala, uganda. >> plenty more still ahead on the news hour.imbabwe's president hosts a laugh relinquish birthday after one of the country's worst-ever drought. >>> history repeating. venezuela hiked petrol prices for the first time in decades. in sport we'll have the latest from the madrid derby as real overhauls its city as rival in la liga. >> hunted to the brink of extinction. >> we need an urgent method that stops the killing. >> now fighting back with a revolutionary new science. >> this radiocarbon dating method can tell us if trade of ivory is legal. >> it could save a species. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> techknows team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> i'm standing in a tropical windstorm. >>...can affect and surprise us. >> wow, these are amazing. >> techknow, where technology meets humanity. >> only on al jazeera america. >> fighting in syria has mostly stopped after the conditional truce. russia said it halted attract that have grayed to the--have agreed to the cease-fire. russians are rallying in m

malcolm webb, al jazeera, kampala, uganda. >>> a series of grenade blas the iblastsin burundi's capital buj. u.n. says 432 people have been killed and more than 230,000 people have fled to neighboring countries. >>> now mental health care in england is so poor and underfunded that lives are being ruined. that's according to a report from the national health service, so just how bad is the problem? according to the report, one in four people will experience mental problems every year and 75% of those who do experience a problem receive no help whatsoever. those who experience severe mental health problems can experience on average 15 to 20 years shorter life span than healthy people. trying to deal with the problem is costing the nhs almost $40 billion a year. navy barker reports. neave barker reports. >> alice evans has a mental disorder that affects her moods around thoughts. >> it was very, very frightening and i started hearing things and seeing things that weren't there and i felt very threatened. >> alice was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and anxiety disorder. needed supp

we go to kampala. >> violence in the wake of a disfooted election. this man was shot as security forces cleared protesters from some neighborhoods of ca kampala. the opposition leader and some of his party officials plan to announce provisional results he here at the party headquarters. unfortunately they say that the election results are rigged. when police arrived supporters became angry. police said such opposition announcement were against the election laws. the officials say that the incumbent is in the lead. >> you cannot make announcement because that is illegal. >> here in the capital opposition supporters don't have confidence in the official results. it took tear gas and gunfire to clear the streets. >> the city is relentless and still groups of people mostly young people hanging around the street corners. what happens in the respective vote count will dictate what happens next. >> the disputes weren't just in the capital. angry opposition supporters afte after the alleged ballot stuffing. with tensions running before the final counts are e

. >> protestors from uganda's capital kampala. opposition leaders kizza besigye, when police arrived supporters became angry. the police said such an announcement is against election laws. besigye was bundled into a police van and taken away. that's what prompted protests, incumbent yoweri museveni is in the lead. >> you cannot make a pronouncement because that is illegal, illegal. >> but here in the capital, opposition supporters don't have confidence in the official results. it took tear gas and gun fire to clear the streets, some were detained. the city's restless and tense, there's the remains of the burning roadblocks and still groups of people, mostly young people hanging around on some of the street corners. what happens on the respective vote counts will determine what happens next. the disputes weren't just in the capital. in the town of kisesse angry opposition supporters were dispersed after they alleged ballot stuffing. chance to vote friday in several polling stations across the country but with tensions rising before

kampala police spokesperson is calling it preventive arrest.ssentially what we can tell, house arrest. this goes the same for another opposition candidate, who is also at his house, not able to leave. preventive arrests at the moment for these opposition officials. a number of complaints coming through. we've seen protests, scuffled after election materials were not delivered on time. two people died noo-n these protests which had quite a heavy-hand the response from the police and military. in fact, secretary of state john kerry from the united states calling uganda's president museveni asking that the police and military act a little calmer on the streets. he asked for restraint from uganda's police and military. >> robyn thank you so much. we'll stay in touch as those election results continue to come in. >>> you're watching "cnn newsroom." >>> still ahead, bernie sanders and hillary clinton, they look toward south carolina. and cnn sat down with one of hollywood's best known actors to discuss the race for the white house. morgan freeman tel

malcolm webb is in the capital kampala. >> reporter: police have described this as house arrest. to keep people safe. the chief observer of the european elections joins us. has the election been free and fair? >> it's difficult it answer it directly. there were elements promising for the future of the country. the people, taking part in the election and voting - they have tries many things, bringing it to the attention. opposition arrival for the residents. so i think the country has come close to achieve that, to us. and the opposition says it's been treated unfairly. they've not been allowed to hold it in the last couple of days. there has been multiple extensions. what is the european union's response to that? >> we have been informed of that. we have observed it all over the country. we are going to make it based on the information, but what you mention, we also witnessed here in kampala, and we want to issue complex, comprehensive statement with set of recommendations. what we think they should do, in order to be partner for the european union, which is the situation now, an

five former evertons were included, including david kampala scoring an equalizer. during the game. there were cones thrown from the crowd. a second such incident. after the break, chelsea cashed in on their opponents lack of experience. quickly they restored their lead. >> the manager, gus hiddink never stopped the captain. gary cahill scored number three. >> hazara showed his best form, the free kick giving chelsea their fourth. number 5 should have arrived after an upending, and oscar missing from the spot. as car went on to set up traore to wrap up a 5-1 win >>> there's not much left in the league for chelsea, to be honest. where they normally should be, it's a good reaction of the team, and focus on the game. so we play in the two other leagues, f.a. cup and champions. >> not the best thing to do it together. we have just the team players, we cannot mix in more. i think that is one thing, report all the system. that's why we have been in the final, that's why we wanted to previous to this, today, if we could. because i think that would have more important things in this moment

. >> paul's work supposed to open -- polls were supposed to open paulan cap paula -- cam kampala, butallot boxes were not delivered until late. people here have been waiting since early morning. up voting materials turned very late. people waited for at least five and a half hours. they are hoping they can cast their ballots ahead of the deadline, which is 4:00 local time. harry panic has swept across parts of one australian town. homes have been inundated with the fast-moving tumbleweed. more on the prickly invader. >> harry panic has set in. while it might sound like the , inise of a harder b-movie this rural town it is a very real problem. people here are no strangers to the evocatively named tumbleweed , but this time around, it is getting silly. chairsave a table and and probably a few plants. >> i spent eight hours yesterday cleaning up the tumbleweed. and this is what i've got today. >> before the planned started arriving -- the fuzzy plant started arriving in december. some are blaming local farmers for not cutting the grass. the weed flourishes in hotter drier months. this bo

malcolm webb is in kampala, the ugandan capital. >> betajay and supporters want to protest the election result, saying it was rigged. police say any protests planned protests are likely to be violent. betajay and supporters say it will be peace: for this reason place say they placed him under preventative arrest and they want to challenge the results. betajay wants to go to the commission to get the paperwork necessary to do that. he wasn't allowed to go. it would turn into a procession and cause unrest. the electoral commission said it's the results he needs instead. >> the egyptian military says the sentencing of a 4-year-old boy to life imprison for murder was a mistake. an army spokesman said the court should have sentenced a 16-year-old with a similar name. a 4-year-old was convicted with 115 others in connection with protests by muslim brotherhood supporters. the boy's father spent four months fighting it. >> indonesia is the world's second biggest plastic polluters after china. the country is aiming to change that by imposing a charge for plastic bags. critics say it will do litt

we go to the capital of kampala. >> they say that the election results were rigged. the election commission denies it. they say he'll be charged. and his supporters want to challenge the election result in the supreme court. they want to go to the commission to try to get some of the paperwork necessary to do that. they said it would turn into a procession and cause unrest for the electoral commission. >> we spoke to the former president of nigeria whose chairman of the observer group have been overseeing these elections in uganda, and they say that he was guilty of gross incompetence. >> first of all we have the preliminary decision two days before the election we pointed out the number of anomalies, or if you like minuses in the process leading to the election. something that should not have happened but happened on the day of the election itself we saw that this amount to incompetence. gross incompetence on the part of the electoral commission. we are assured that they were fully prepared, but when it came to the crunch they were not prepared at all. we said this

at least two people were reportedly killed during clashes in kampala and more than 200 members of the opposition have been detained including the opposition candidate, kizza besigye. yoweri museveni achieved 70% of the vote but opposition disputes that. >> reporter: wanted to become member of parliament for her rule constituency but said she lost the party's primaries because they were rigged. so she decided to run independently. says she was cheated of victory again. she shows us these ballots, found stuffed in ballot boxes for presidential and parliamentary elections. >> the stuffing was not for me alone, it was for my opponent and for the president. and we got out those ballots which were stuffed and i handed them over as exhibit to the police. >> reporter: when ugandans voted on the 18th of february, election officials were sharply critical. yoweri museveni was declared the victor for another five year term. >> regarding the critiquing, there was no such a thing that ever happened and they always justify their loss on someone else and most especially the nrm. >> reporter: in anoth

two people were killed during fighting in kampala. more than 200 members of the opposition has been detained. the opposition is continuing to dispute the re-election of the president for a fifth term >>> the bulldozers are about to arriving in the oldest red light district in jakarta. thousands of prostitutes have been evicted as part of a plan to switch you have red lights. some say they are forced on to the streets with nothing to eat. >> reporter: soulmate river is a popular destination for sailors and traders. not any more. sex would workers and bar owners are out of work. >> they live in a shanty town for 50 years, raising chin and grandchildren, making money doing laundry. >> i'm crying all the time. i can't eat. i want to eat. i don't have the money to by food. i'm sad that my grandchildren have to go through this. >> it's a dark hidden world. forced evictions many the end of an era, they were forced to pack up their lives. lives of joy and sadness. 200 of 1300 families have been given a low-cost apartment. sex workers return t

the main opposition leader was detained twice as he tried to hold his final rallies in the capital kampala. police fired tear gas while some of his supporters threw rocks. one supporter was killed. >> reporter: the final campaign rally at uganda's presidential elections are here in the capital. the main opposition leader and his supporters were met with tear gas fired by police as they tried to walk through the city center. police say he was held because he didn't stick to an authorisingd route and his diversion would disrupt businesses. his supporters don't see it that way. >> the dictatorship is so scared, they can't allow him to interact with his supporters. >> reporter: the police say that when they took him it was not an arrest >> we have simply asked him and his campaign team to coordinate and harmonise his programs with the police. >> reporter: a short while later he was released and back on the campaign trail. in thursday's poll he is running against incumbent president. he has ruled for 30 years and he is seeking another fight. this is the fourth time he has run against him. >> th

. >> malcolm sent us this update from kampala. >> the election announced results for the presidentiallections. just over 60% of the vote and the runner up was the main opposition leader who they say got just over 35 they say this is a restriction, protesting guess this result. police say he made arrangements to try to stop unrest, violence in uganda's capitol. >> the islands of fiji in the south pacific are being battered by the strongest storm ever recorded there. sigh colon wins with the equivalence of a category 5, with speeds of 325 kilometers an hour. more on the state of emergency from carolyn malone. ism posed a lot 6:00 p.m. many opted to stay at home rather than go to government shelters. many buildings are flim see and may not withstand such powerful winds. >> with the support of the red cross have been constantly in contact with the communities with the anticipation of the highly likely basis with the cyclone office. iji is an archipaelego prone to see flooding. this is slow-moving and likely to dump rain on land destroying crabs further along the coast, the 7s team helps c

at least two people were reportedly killed during fighting in kampala. more than 200 members of the opposition have been detained including opposition besigye. donald trump received a boost in his bid to win the u.s. presidential nomination. chris christie is backing the billionaire front runner. he dropped out of the race for the white house a few weeks ago. counting is underway following voting in ireland. the first exit poll from friday's parliamentary election indicates the coalition has failed to get votes to secure a second time. the gale party and labor coalition partner may seek support to continue on. scientists have teamed up with a computer to make plant-based foods which taste just like meat products. our correspondent has been vetsing on the potential food revelation >> reporter: some say we are what we eat, but what if what we ate changed rapidly. using artificial intelligence is making plant based food that replicates the taste, text ur and even smell of animal-based structure by copying their molecular structure. >> reporter: what is this

and now there are more allegations of vote rigging as malcolm webb reports from kampala. >> reporter:da's ruling nrn party for years, she wanted to become a member of parliament but says she lost the party's primaries because they were rigged so she decided to run independently but says she was cheated of victory again. she showed us these ballots, she says she found ruling party officials stuffing them in the the boxes for parliamentary elections. >> this was not just for me and my opponents alone. it was for the opponents and the president. and we got out those ballots which were stuffed. and i handed them over as an exhibit to the police. >> reporter: when ugandans voted on the 18th of february, election observers were strongly critical. incumbent president after 30 years in mower, was declared within fore another 5-year term. the ruling nrn party says its victory was fair and that opposition parties were beaten because they are weak. >> regarding the preticking, there is no such a thing that ever happened. and they were there is justified -- they will always justify their loss on

reports suggest he was holding an illegal rally in central kampala. he has lost three disputed elections against the president. >>> still ahead, a damning report on mental health across england. we'll tell you what it says. >>> i'll report on how the berlin film festival is highlighting films which show the complex reality of life in iran. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> top stories on al jazeera, in the town of azaz in syria, 14 civilians have been killed whens missiles hit a hospital, school and other locations, turkey blaming russia for that he is attacks. >>> doctors without borders says its hospital has come under attack in idlib, killing seven people. the medical group said either syrian forces or russian forces were responsible. >>> a deal has been negotiated in morocco for weeks and we have this report. >> after months and months of fighting, libyan's warring factions have now formed a nationa

police van and driven to this police station here which is about 40 kilometers outside of the capital kampala and we understand he is still in there now >>> apparently he was going to storm that election building. looking over the past three or four days, is he really that dangerous? >> reporter: he certainly has a lot of support here in the capital and there has been unrest. there was unrest following the last election in 2011. there has been a little bit of violence this time on polling day. police had to fire tear gas to break up crowds. besigye wants to get crowds on the street to protest the results and other actions. that's something that the government wouldn't want to happen. the police say they're trying to keep people and property safe, tribing to stop violence, but, of course, there is, it seems, some anxiety within the regime that things could escalate and get to a point that possibly they couldn't control. it seems they're doing everything they can to prevent that >>> you have somebody leading the opposition who, obviously, is speaking to a constituency up and down the country. h

i do so on behalf of my colleagues back in kampala come.back in kampala we're condemnation of commendations, so this is extremely inspiring for me and i want to thank you. i also want to thank my good colleague at ucsf some of whom are in the audience today. jeff jensen, kimberly and [calling names] for inviting me to ucsf. more partly i want to thank the support of the american people. impotently in support of the bay area community to our work and we would never have achieved what we have achieved without your support. now i want to take the chance to thank you on the people of the bay area and ask you to continue your support because your support makes a difference. sometimes between life and death for individuals in my country. so, thank you very much and again, i appreciate the behalf of my friends and colleagues in kabbalah, thank you again. >>[applause] >> congratulations. thank you again. now i like to recognize supervisor jane kim four for next commendation. >> thank you. so, the group that i'm bringing up today is a group that is

. >> al jazeera's malcolm webb has been following events all this week in the capital kampala and wasre when the result was formally announced. >> reporter: the electoral commission has just announced its result for the presidential elections it says the up company bent president got just over 60% of the vote the runner up was the main opposition leader who they say got just over 35%. the opposition have already said the result is tpraupblg let and rigging. local observers said there was rigging and strong criticism from the european union and commonwealth observers. meanwhile, though, the several key oppositions players are in their homes surrounded by police and soldiers not allowed to move in and out. they say this is a restriction on their democratic freedom trying to stop them communicating with their supporters or protesting against this result. the police say this is are preventive arrangement to his try to stop up rent and violence here in uganda's capital cam pap pakampala. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in fiji as if gets bat earth by within of the strongest stor

i do so on behalf of my colleagues back in kampala come.back in kampala we're condemnation of commendations, so this is extremely inspiring for me and i want to thank you. i also want to thank my good colleague at ucsf some of whom are in the audience today. jeff jensen, kimberly and [calling names] for inviting me to ucsf. more partly i want to thank the support of the american people. impotently in support of the bay area community to our work and we would never have achieved what we have achieved without your support. now i want to take the chance to thank you on the people of the bay area and ask you to continue your support because your support makes a difference. sometimes between life and death for individuals in my country. so, thank you very much and again, i appreciate the behalf of my friends and colleagues in kabbalah, thank you again. >>[applause] >> congratulations. thank you again. now i like to recognize supervisor jane kim four for next commendation. >> thank you. so, the group that i'm bringing up today is a group that is

. >> malcolm webb, al jazeera, kampala, uganda. >>> clear win are sun likely, voters are torn between fears of political instability and the urge for change after years of austerity. al jazeera's navy barker reports. >> the government's prom continued economic recovery but not everyone is convinced they can finish the job. the prime minister is hoping for enough support to be the first president to fill two terms. the main opposition party and its leader are hoping for an election recovery. the party was once among the most powerful in europe but was swept from office soon after the country's financial crash. >> i work in the financial industry myself so i know the corporation tax the way it's important to keep the companies in the country. >> there are people outside dublin who have not seen the recovery yet and they're wondering why not. >> six years since ireland on the verge ever bankruptcy secured a multibillion dollar bailout. but now the island's economy is the fastest growing, while some want to remain on this road map to recovery, others are desperate for change. thousands of

. >> malcolm webb is in kampala and send us the latest. >> supporters want to protest against the election. the electoral commission denies it and police say planned protests are likely to be violent. it's for this reason that police placed him under arrest, saying that he'll be charged. supporters say they want to challenge the election results in the supreme court. they'll try to get some of the paperwork to do that. and cause unrest in the center. the election commission will deliver those papers to his home instead. >> the commonwealth group was chaired. the election commission was guilty. first of all, we had a preliminary statement made two gays ago. before the election formally declared. we pointed out the number of anom lease if you like, or minuses. it happened. on the day of the election itself, both in the cities and the rural areas, as we observed them. we say that these amount to gross incompetence on the part of the electoral commission which showed them. when it came to the crunch they say they had no room for it to happen. >> thousand of refugees stranded in the north of th

a delay of four hours particularly in kampala, the headquarters of the electoral commission the opposition of some people against the opposition, we cannot say that we know exactly why the delay happened but it happened against short order that was given by the electoral commission. i'll say this, in a place, that come of them have been there at 6:00. by 10:00 no there is no sign of materials. i don't know if, in fact, there were other places. >> thank you president. that's the former prime minister to the president. >> thank you very much. much more ahead including after ten years in power we'll look why bolivia appears to have decided enough is enough for its president. plus... >> we're reporting where 30 people have been found to have escaped the syndicate. >> we have more on the nba coming up a little later. >> first, a massive clean up is underway in fiji after cyclone winston hi, the strongest storm to hit the nation. >> the word being used around fiji is platenned. these were villages on remote islands. on iffy's main island phone lines are cut. boats have not reached them yet nor p

. >> some in kampala listened on the radio. others watched football. police and soldiers deployed heavily in some neighborhoods. back at besigye's house, his party tried to enter but was not allowed. >> we have a lot of unearn the. president museveni say they operate. >> while the supporters of president museveni prepare to celebrate, opposition supporters wait for their leaders and wait for their next move. >> for more on the ugandan election results let's speak with a senior confidentiality for african world media and african politics. thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. first of all, your reaction to these election results. >> well, first of all we expected the result as it is because everybody knew that president museveni had launched a massive campaigned, and covered the entire countries. but we knew that the results was going to go in the heart of the ruling party. so that was expected. >> explain to me a little bit why you thought that. because we know that the main rival of museveni. kizza besigey said that the elections was a

i do so on behalf of my colleagues back in kampala come.back in kampala we're condemnation of commendations, so this is extremely inspiring for me and i want to thank you. i also want to thank my good colleague at ucsf some of whom are in the audience today. jeff jensen, kimberly and [calling names] for inviting me to ucsf. more partly i want to thank the support of the american people. impotently in support of the bay area community to our work and we would never have achieved what we have achieved without your support. now i want to take the chance to thank you on the people of the bay area and ask you to continue your support because your support makes a difference. sometimes between life and death for individuals in my country. so, thank you very much and again, i appreciate the behalf of my friends and colleagues in kabbalah, thank you again. >>[applause] >> congratulations. thank you again. now i like to recognize supervisor jane kim four for next commendation. >> thank you. so, the group that i'm bringing up today is a group that is

in the capital kampala, many polling stations did not open on time because of the late delivery of ballots and other supplies. the president faces a strong challenge from a man leaders calls a dictator. although recent polls have shown the current president with a lead ... analysts say this will be his toughest challenge. the investigation into a deadly bombing in turkey continues this morning. authorities remain on the scene in ankara ... clearing any remaining vehicles caught up in the explosion. the bomb went off in the turkish capital during rush hour last night. 28 people are dead and dozens more are hurt. there has been no immediate claim of responsibility ... but turkish officials say they've identified kurdish militia members as the attackers. been arrested in connection to the bombing. just after a bus driver gets all the students of an alabama school bus the bus is caught on camera engulfed in flames. in this dramatic video, shot yesterday, you can see plumes of smoke rising from the burning middle school bus. luckily all 15 students on board and the driver evacuated as soon as t

malcolm webb, al jazeera, cam pal, kampala, uganda. >> he's already on the growing list of longest serving across africa. the president of equatorial guinea tops that list. he has been in power for 36 years after ousting his uncle in a violent coup in 1979. he's joined by the president of angola. who has also been president for 36 years. and robert is the only surviving african leader to have been continuously in power since winning independence, he became prime minister of zimbabwe in 1980. and then president seven years later. that puts him in fourth place with 30 years in office. joining me now is richard the director of the royal african society, a pressure group promoting a deeper understanding of african issues and he's also work as a judge i was and broadcaster across the continue next for more than 30 years, you will be very familiar with some of the facts and figures we just that yotalked through. tell us about the significance of this victory for the president. i suppose it's not a surprise to most people. >> no. this election was always going to be won by him, by hook or by croo

: polling was peaceful in most areas, but voting materials arrived late in and around the capital kampalaporters say that the delays targeted opposition areas. the electoral commission denies it. police fired tear gas to break up angry crowds near some polling stations. but since the opposition leaders have not been able to access their supporters, the streets have been quiet. police on the roads to this house have become a familiar sight. some visitors are allowed in and out. his supporters are waiting to see if and when he will be allowed to move. malcolm webb, al jazeera, cam pal, a uganda. >>> the race for the white house is hotting up with two candidates cementing their front runner status in the latest primary caucus. on the democrat side, hillary clinton is breathing a sigh of relief after narrowly beating her rival bernie sand nurse nevadnevada.and donald trump prt everything a row with the pope could dampen his hopes. he won 32 percent of the vote. by marco rubio and tread cruz tight battle for second. half becoming a distance fourth jeb bush dropped out ending his dream of becom

i do so on behalf of my colleagues back in kampala come.back in kampala we're condemnation of commendations, so this is extremely inspiring for me and i want to thank you. i also want to thank my good colleague at ucsf some of whom are in the audience today. jeff jensen, kimberly and [calling names] for inviting me to ucsf. more partly i want to thank the support of the american people. impotently in support of the bay area community to our work and we would never have achieved what we have achieved without your support. now i want to take the chance to thank you on the people of the bay area and ask you to continue your support because your support makes a difference. sometimes between life and death for individuals in my country. so, thank you very much and again, i appreciate the behalf of my friends and colleagues in kabbalah, thank you again. >>[applause] >> congratulations. thank you again. now i like to recognize supervisor jane kim four for next commendation. >> thank you. so, the group that i'm bringing up today is a group that is

i do so on behalf of my colleagues back in kampala come.back in kampala we're condemnation of commendations, so this is extremely inspiring for me and i want to thank you. i also want to thank my good colleague at ucsf some of whom are in the audience today. jeff jensen, kimberly and [calling names] for inviting me to ucsf. more partly i want to thank the support of the american people. impotently in support of the bay area community to our work and we would never have achieved what we have achieved without your support. now i want to take the chance to thank you on the people of the bay area and ask you to continue your support because your support makes a difference. sometimes between life and death for individuals in my country. so, thank you very much and again, i appreciate the behalf of my friends and colleagues in kabbalah, thank you again. >>[applause] >> congratulations. thank you again. now i like to recognize supervisor jane kim four for next commendation. >> thank you. so, the group that i'm bringing up today is a group that is

i do so on behalf of my colleagues back in kampala come.back in kampala we're condemnation of commendations, so this is extremely inspiring for me and i want to thank you. i also want to thank my good colleague at ucsf some of whom are in the audience today. jeff jensen, kimberly and [calling names] for inviting me to ucsf. more partly i want to thank the support of the american people. impotently in support of the bay area community to our work and we would never have achieved what we have achieved without your support. now i want to take the chance to thank you on the people of the bay area and ask you to continue your support because your support makes a difference. sometimes between life and death for individuals in my country. so, thank you very much and again, i appreciate the behalf of my friends and colleagues in kabbalah, thank you again. >>[applause] >> congratulations. thank you again. now i like to recognize supervisor jane kim four for next commendation. >> thank you. so, the group that i'm bringing up today is a group that is