malcolm webb reports. >> ruling party supporters are celebrating their victory. but throughout the island opposition supporters are not happy at all. they say the poll election was illegal and a fraud. they say they won the election in october last year and they say was free and fair. but for that reason they boy caughted and the ruling party won with 90%. >> past elections have been sometimes been violent and it's been a heavy deployment of police and soldiers. opposition can blame some of their activists have been intimidated and attacked by people working with the security agencies but the ruling party denies that the police are helping it with the political agenda. they say that the election was free and fair and supporters are celebrating what they say is a legitimate victory. >> just ahead here on al jazeera where in southern turkey kurds are welcoming the first day of spring with little to celebrate. the early bird catches the world, we don't know what that means, but twitter is ten years old today. we'll tell you more about that. >> the only live national

malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: hundreds of people queued to vote at this polling station in october, this time harmed any came. that's because opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the elections rerun and they have many supporters here on the island of pemba. we found a group just down the road. >> translation: we don't recognise the voting. we don't recognise it. >> reporter: this polling station in a nearby town is buzzer. more people are coming to vote. ruling party supporter are saying they will vote today. the ruling party has its support base. >> reporter: the president voted in the capital. he heads the government where tanzania. the opposition says his ruling c.c.m. party has already rigged the rae run. party officials and the electoral commission deny it. the c.c.m. party has dominated tanzania's politics since the 1960s. his father led the country to independence. >> c.c.m. is the only party that i believe can hold this country together. his tore a.m.ly to improve that any other party comes to power here cannot control this country. >> reporter: opposition leaders

malcolm webb >>> when south korea's president came to power three years ago, she called for a miracle park geun-hye wanted levels of happiness to match the political and economic stage it had reached. >> reporter: it is a busy evening here. a young crowd is hanging out in one of the happening cities in one of the richest countries. many carry pressures and concerns. these final year students are playing a game which tells them with whether they belong to the dirt spoon, silver spoon or gold spoon class in this rigidly stratified society >> translation: it does occur to me i should settle for what i should get and not what i want to do. >> translation: i can see why people want to leave. >> reporter: south korea has some of the longest work hours in the world. a recent poll of job seekers by a recruitment website suggested 80% of members in their 20s would leave the country if they could. for many young south koreans long hours of high pressure work in a job you don't particularly like is the reward for a child of long hours, ultra competitive study. it is hardly an appealing prospect.

malcolm webb reports now. ♪ >> reporter: since winning tanzania's presidential elections in october lasts man has caused a stir. we saw him addressing judges and lawyers in the capitol. he has declared an unprecedented crackdown on corruption and wasteful spending. >> reporter: there are people using public money the way they want. yet there are very poor people in this country. there are officials who cannot find a suitable hotel in this country, so they opt to go to europe for a board meeting. >> reporter: just days after being sworn in, in november, he played a surprise visit to the main hospital. we found broken equipment and patientings sleeping on the floor, so he fired the director. the government says it was losing millions of dollars of revenue here ever year. he fired top officials and ordered the lost revenue to be recovered. the trending hashtag, what would he do, has been a vehicle for thousands of jokes about saving money. this communication's analyst says it shows a longing for better governance. >> i would like to see his team work along the same lines that he has, and fo

malcolm webb reports now. >> reporter: hundreds of people queued to vote at this polling station in october. this time hardly any came. that's because opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the elections rerun and they have many supporters here on the island of pemba. we found a group just down the road. >> translation: we don't recognise the voting. we don't recognise it. even if they declare the results, we do not accept them. >> reporter: this polling station in a nearby town is busier. more people are coming to vote. party supporters are saying they are voting today and it is in urban areas where they have benefited more from government infrastructure and jobs that the ruling party has its support base. >> reporter: the president voted in the capital. the opposition says his ruling c.c.m. party has already rigged the rae run. the party officials and the electoral commission deny it. the c.c.m. party has dominated the politics since independence from british rule in the 1960s. his father led the country to independence. >> c.c.m. is the only party that i believe can hold this cou

malcolm webb, al jazeera. >>> the republic of congo has partially lifted a communications blackout it imposed during presidential elections. the opposition is planning new protests haru matasa now. >> reporter: official figures show the incumbent won sunday's election with more than 60% of votes cast. riot police are on stand by in case there is trouble. the leaders say protests are being organized for the coming days. they believe sunday's presidential election was rigged. >> the feeling of the population is they reject of the current system. >> reporter: the government says the polls were free and fair. on thursday a communications blackout to stop opposition candidates from publishing their own results was partially lifted. after days of frustration, some mobile networks are working again. opposition leaders have been able to speak about their rejection of the official results, both on local, private radio stations, and on stations based in france. some opposition leaders are using the radio to talk to their supporters, and they are telling them to come out on to the streets and pr

malcolm webb, al jazeera, zanzibar. >> the death toll from a yellow fever outbreak in angola is rising. the world health organization said 150 died from the disease mainly in the capital. the first case was reported in december. >> two people have died from ebola in guinea three months after the country was declared free of the vice russ. wednesday, the world health organization said the region was managing the virus but medics say there will be flare ups because of the fluid with the virus in survivors. >>> south sudan is accused of supporting rebels fighting against the government of the president. people along the border hope the tensions will pass, allowing them to start much needed trade. we have a report from sudan's white nile state. >> just a row of rocks and tires serves at a road block here along the border between sudan and south sudan. people walk back and forth to bring coal or to take a sick child to the hospital. despite lingering tension between the government, there appears to be a welcoming feeling, a reminder that until 2011, the two countries were one. >> our brothe

malcolm webb reports from the capitol. >> reporter: since winning importance nia's election last year declared an unprecedented crackdown on corruption and wasteful spending. >> translator: there are very poor people in this country. there are officials who cannot find a suitable hotel in this country, so they opt to go to europe for a board meeting. >> reporter: just days after being sworn in, he paid a surprise visit to the hospital. he found broken machines and patients sleeping on the floor. so he fired the director. the government says it was loosing millions of dollars in revenues here because of corruption. he has caught the attention of social media users all over the continent and beyond, the trending hashtag what would he do has been a vehicle for thousands of jokes for saving money. some say it also shows a longing for better governance. >> i would like to see his team work along the same lines that he has, and for this momentum to be sustained, and i will be interested to have this conversation again in one year, and see has there been change, and something that we can say