in mali do you think this is impacting in some way the instability that we're seeing in mali or do you think it's france's presence in the country or is not helping secure any kind of stability political or otherwise moving forward what appears significant is that yesterday it was as you may know the 67 adversity of the independence of mali for media treat coups in the mean time . see me go tell who is really the strong man on the stage and. made a new key to the people so that they support the foreign partners in the war against jihadists and and he named the french they ration he named me new small the u.n. mission in mali and also tech which is that nascent gathering of special forces from europe you know there that's very true but i may say also that you know that. because each other and when talking to french trekkie just military politicians some of them would say that france is still there but we looked at least to one point i think it's very interesting to insist on it that you were asking the question about the new man. just be aware that mr do these 2 retire. officer what i w

peacekeeping presence you know mali that's the from what you have to hear. the fighting is what they want more slowly early on how the proper noun signals who brought issues were only in there are now also in the center of sort it's more and more but it's. not all done it's sure you can use a lot of groups and the needs want gone are. disgraces isn't even looking for will not do a bit of usually. just you being at home and. they want to go for a few to do a little project so my kids and it all is an ability in mali saw their presence is an ordinance is building what and or line but they needed to do to work. and cannot be concrete solutions. do you agree with what mohamed said. i didn't think green is not speaking important to going to there is a new and resent being younger because it meets every aspect of it and it is indeed a roll up for the human rights commission. because it's not been the condensing a lot of i'm using both from the army but also from the security forces my m p 3 fourths it's their own it is absolutely crucial it is also important to sa

network in mali. and last but not least mohammed tell us about yourself. i don't know. you know and. there's a day. i. understood. and was willing to go live. so 3 weeks ago mali a coup and echo us the economic community of west african states responded by sensually having a sanctions slapping sanctions on the country and closing down their borders to the country and also stopping the flow of money there in addition you have the fact that there are 45000 refugees in mali those are people coming from outside the country to mali and internally you have internationally displaced people 250000 people you have 15000 u.n. peacekeeping troops and from france 5000 soldiers that is the context of this coup which has drawn up a riding of opinions from people in mali adolescent. valuable are afraid of the military power they just have to clean up the country and sweep away all doubt an image from which they must not take power and refuse to give it to civilian we're civil rule has lasted too long in this country it's necessary to turn to the military over there now to see what wil

more news in half an hour the stream is next looking at what is next for mali in the wake of a military coup thanks for watching a c half an hour of our. i'm melissa chand and i'm guest hosting this week for a few days you are watching al-jazeera is the stream competition and today we're going to be talking about mali to be weeks ago a coup took place there after a summer of protests so now what does the future hold for this west african country as usual and get on you to post your comments and questions we'll try to get as many as possible so you too can join the string. welcome everyone and welcome to our guests now go away and fatima and mohammed i'm going to ask each of you to introduce yourselves to everyone we'll start with me ugly. i know i am right and you're getting ready you know and i and your chair are . where we should be in a working on a democratic or. welcome the other way fatima tell us about yourself. how i came out of that. what if you. end up with i mean i'm also defined there are. network in mali and last but not least muhammad tell us about yourself. i don't know.

peacekeeping presence you know mali that's the from what you have to hear. the fighting is what they are on last fall the early on. the problem and soon as you probably know issues were only in there are now it is also in the sense of sort it's more and more but it's. not all done it's sure you can use. a lot of 2 groups and the needs 100 can are. disgraces isn't even looking for will not do a bit of usually. they want to go to a few 2 to 2 and 2 projects so my view and it all is an ability in mali saw their presence just an ordinance is what and or money they needed to do to work. and can't be concrete solutions. yagami do you agree with what mohamed said. i didn't grief that because important to consider is the un president being younger than me if there is a lot of it and indeed there are all of those human right is the commission is not absolute because it's not been the commencing a lot of abuse these both from the but also probably the security forces my insecurity towards the there and it was absolutely crucial also important that news cannot do anyth

around a road map for a return to democracy mali's military on the opposition agree on a transition after last month's coup. thanks for joining us the afghan government and the taliban officials have come face to face for the 1st time to negotiate a return to peace after decades of fighting there in the qatari capital to find a political solution to end nearly 20 years of war from doha here's a summer binge of 8. after decades of war and conflict of understand finally has a shot at peace. this is a former of the minister whose government's been fighting the taliban and here is the co-founder of the taliban still a potent fighting force once on enemies they sit in the same room facing each other for the 1st time since the start of the nearly 2 decades long afghan war follows a fruit we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof again after more than 42 years of upheavals aggressions jihad and resistance all the negatives we all know what happened to us throughout these years and where we stand today we now need to address this unique opportunity to move towards a new

military leaders who are behind a coup in mali are given a deadline to pick a transitional president. call it playing football with judeans. fighting extradition we could leaks founder julian assange refuses a u.s. request to have him extradited to face trial on espionage charges. with the sports news including the return of illegal messi he doesn't want to play but he's back in training with boss of the club blocked. welcome to the news hour saudi arabia has overturned the death sentence of 5 people involved in the murder of journalist. they've been given 20 years in prison instead 3 others have been given sentences ranging from 7 to 10 years and the u.n. expert who investigated the killing says the verdicts are a parody of justice alexy o'brien begins our coverage. the saudi hit squad accused of killing journalist jamal khashoggi was caught on camera landing in turkey and entering the kingdom's consulate in istanbul that's where a prominent and well connected critic of saudi crown prince mohammed bin selman was interrogated killed and dismembered but while $21.00 men were detained b

the west african regional bloc of us says it will lift sanctions on mali if a new government is swornin later this week members of the group closed their borders to mali and impose trade restrictions after last month's military takeover a president able to him because he was forced to resign and mediators are in mali for talks with the coup. the key suppress actual moment i'm very happy with what is going on in mali the young military men that took power are doing a good job they were following what equinox which is far and accurate during the september 15th meeting i'm very happy to be back where things are getting back to normal i'd like to thank the military for their actions taken and i hope it will be one of my last meetings as a mediator because after the swearing in ceremony things should get back to normal mali doesn't need sanctions and they're not beneficial for the region or the world i hope that after the president's swearing in on friday sanctions will be lifted eko us doesn't wish to sanction member countries but they have to do it for molly's good so it's time for thing

soldiers seized power on august the 18th and forced mali's president into him book archita to resign he was detained for 10 days before being released to get medical treatment is advisors say he's in abu dhabi west african leaders initially called for hated to be restored to watch us but they've since dropped that demand and they're now calling for a prompt transition to civilian rule mali's military leaders have pledged to give up power after a transition period they're now in talks with opposition groups but i'm a dangerous is joining me now from the nigerian capital abuja let's talk about those talks between the opposition and the military leaders what is the latest situation with those talks. there they are rob they are consulting widely initially they wanted to be to be a meeting or consultation among the officers of the military government and a few other people they caused take orders in by michael then an objection was raised by m. 5 the group that led the series of demonstrations or protest against president the prime. that eventually led to his overthrow by the military. of

mali's military groups have agreed to a transitional government. they've also agreed to hold elections at the end of bad period the former president. was ousted in a coup in august. the bangladeshi government wants to move more than 100000 refugees to or moat island in the bay of bengal some are opposing the aid agencies are concerned by the threat of flooding and cyclons. reports. are 100000 growing as will be moving to if the bangladesh government can persuade them to government leaders the remote island 60 kilometers off shore in the bay of bengal is better option than the world's biggest refugee camps in cox's bazaar more than $300.00 rohingya refugees are already here after being rescued in. in myanmar we suffered a lot of atrocities which is why we escaped to bangladesh then we tried to go to malaysia because some of us got engaged. and wanted a better life but the malaysian navy refused us and she and food. just back into the sea we drifted for months until the bangladesh navy rescued us and saved our lives we are 10 li grateful for it. was

by the new vice president of mali of the transition of mali colonel a see me going to who is leading the military the new president is the former defense minister under president in 2014 also a former military man or colonel and so it seems that the leadership in the transition leadership is heavily based on security given the situation in mali where there is still an armed insurgency in the north in the center of the country this comes as no surprise that it will address the issues by the protest movement the 5 who want to see the return of the state in mali in places where they have been deserted interestedly this is have been in the last few days where we've seen the foreign minister of algeria heavily involved in negotiations try to find a new leader in mali remember that there was the 2015 algiers accord signed as part of the accord this new government will not only have to reform the the the political scene in mali but also address the the peace accord which involves changing the constitution so a lot of work ahead for this transition team that will be sworn into power on frida

attacks back in afghanistan government and the taliban are accusing each other for the violence and mali its main opposition group is accusing the military junta of trying to cling to power after last month's kate snow distancing itself from the plan for a transitional government that's your state's inside story is up next. frozen out diplomatically and financially mollies coup leaders say they can't count a road map back to democracy well the plan lead to the end of regional sanctions will a skeptical opposition return to the streets this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than nearly a month after mali's military coup agreements seem to have been reached on a transition the plan sees a return to civilian rule within 18 months the ruling announced the political charter on saturday after talks with the political and civil society groups but has been rejected by the coalition that led protests against the post president to bring him back a cater the west african bloc echo us is due to discuss mali during a summit on tuesday well this is what the military announced

well the talks us to will continuing in mali and they are spreading the talks to the regions so as to get why . acceptance with a 1000000 people what they were looking for is how to reach a consensus about forming a transitional government and who will be part of that transition government as well as how long that transition government will be in place for for democratic elections to be organized and a formal handover of power to civilian administration is agreed now. the economic community of west african states insisted that a minimum of 9 months and months some of 12 months transition program should be in place and that the military should have no role to play in either the office of the president or the office of the prime minister however they made some concessions that. retired military personnel who are not actively engaged in service can be either the prime minister or president of the republic now of course insisted that this should be done as quickly as possible but the military in burma court is insisting that ecowas and any other country organization has no business in dec

that extreme that would be the best for mali and here's what it was so there's a war. and our correspondent in cape town comes face to face with one of the country's most notorious alleged crime bosses. and the artist in cameroon painting with sad to keep memories and i. hello i'm christine one to it's good to have your company as marty brady's for the inauguration often interim off an interim government on friday the block off west african nations known as appear ready to missed tough economic sanctions on body as soon as they try to now ecowas is the economic community of west african states it imposed sanctions just off to last month's military coup that pushed aside a democratically effects his president. could this be the flight that brings mali relief from the painful economic sanctions imposed by ecowas former nigerian president goodluck jonathan is the front man for ecowas as it negotiates with mali's military junta over the country's transition back to democracy jonathan signaled his approval of the interim president announced early this week. we have seen tha

this is date every news africa coming up on the program the big one in mali a former colonel has been hauled out of retirement to lead molly's transition council and dole is a towering think of what strong means to the army so how will it leave general negus who wanted a civilian in the job to react to his appointment. and the doc said we'll see you and i'll show you how physicians in cameroon reaching patients who contract in the pandemic. also police have stepped up the night road drops in kinshasa and they're mostly targeting taxis it's because of the rise in kidnappings in the city. hello i'm christine it's good to have your company west african deeds is all yes to react to the appointment all the president of mali's transitional government until . he has been named interim president by molly's genting the it is the 17 year old former defense minister is a retired colonel now the regional body ecowas had insisted that the president off the transitional government must be a civilian. last week the body to step up economic sanctions and impose a total embargo on mali if that and oth

and a road map for a return to democracy mali's military and the opposition agree on a transition after last month's coup. a make over for one of istanbul's famous landmarks but that's causing concern for many turks and it's for lewis hamilton a secure position for the groom for the reigning world champion inside the leader of the front of the grid for the 7th time in braces. welcome to the news hour the afghan government and the taliban officials have come face to face for the 1st time to negotiate a return to peace after decades of fighting there in the qatari capital to find a political solution to end nearly 20 years of violence. that's killed over 40000 people from doha here's a song. after decades of war and conflict of understand finally has a shot at peace. this is a former of the minister whose government's been fighting the taliban and here is the co-founder of the taliban still a potent fighting force once on enemies they sit in the same room facing each other for the 1st time since the start of the nearly 2 decades long afghan war follows a fruit we want all the people of af

central hell region is among the continent's hunger hotspots more than half of the populations of mali burkina faso and the share suffers from food insecurity defined as the lack of regular access to the food they need in mali the trend is even getting worse and for more on this i'm joined by david beasley the executive director of the world food program he joins me from berlin dave it's good to see you as always when we talk about food insecurity this term help us understand what that looks like on the ground for someone in mali or say burkina faso. well it's not good at all i mean did it was already bad before code we had economic deterioration a lot of serious issues with the sri newsgroups terrorist groups trying to exploit the situation and not to mention the climate change moving down and millions of people being displaced and all the sudden coby comes right on top of that and so globally we're seeing from and i'm not talking about people that are going to bit hungry i'm talking about people that are on the brink of starvation that number was 135000000 before would now we see tha

to silence is a line to mali to the. brute to the mountain. west african leaders condemned the coup shutting its borders and stopping financial transactions with a landlocked country following the meeting they greed to an 18 month transition to full civilian rule and the lifting of sanctions if a whole transition team is put together in matters of days not months. on stage this weekend the military didn't have presented their roadmap in charge or where the military remains largely in power to civil society actors politicians and religious leaders the gender took the applause as a sign of their support however the influential and 5 opposition movement disavowed mali's military leadership in their methods. we denounced intimidation and methods dating from another time as well as the bug grabbing by the military leadership that goes against the a spear ation filching. in july the un condemned these militaries extrajudicial killings of civilians they are meant to protect they along 4000 french and european troops are fighting armed groups in north

this is dead everyone is africa coming up on the program for the big one in mali a former colonel has been hauled out of retirement to lead mali as transitional council and dole is a towering figure with strong links to the army so how will the regional leaders who wanted a civilian in the job react to his appointment. and the doctor so we'll see you know i'll show you how physicians in cameroon and reaching patients who conned travel in the pandemic. also police have stepped up the night road props in kinshasa and they're mostly targeting taxis it's because of a rise in kidnappings in the city. i'm christine it's good to have your company west african beads is all yes to react to the appointment off the president of mali's transitional government dole pictured here in gray has been named interim president by needs is the 70 year old former defense minister is a retired colonel now the regional body ecowas head insisted that the president of the transitional government must be a civilian. last week the body threaten to step up economic sanctions and have posed a total embargo on deman

military leaders who carried out a coup in mali have a week to pick a transitional president and prime minister west african leaders set that deadline just a short while ago the 15 nations nation regional bloc ecowas is pressuring the military leaders to hand over power to civilian rule the block has imposed sanctions on mali and closed its borders the military rulers who overthrew president abraham book arcades say they will step down after a transition period of history says joining us in the nigerian capital so any response from the military on bad deadline that has now been set by echo us. well they haven't responded yet to the course directive or the core statement because for the last 3 days the military has been trying to reach out to so many factions so many opposition groups and stakeholders as they call them in mali money in politics to agree on a transition timetable to agree on a transitional government already a course or spelt out its own conditions about how the transition government will look like 1st of all they want a civilian to be president a civilian to be prime mi

coup is the latest event in 8 years of upheaval in mali in 2012 armed groups took control of the north and declared islamic law before being defeated by french and african troops calculator was sworn in as president a year later but he was accused of corruption of mishandling the economy and of failing to improve security and the last straw came in april when the courts overturned some results in disputed parliamentary elections in favor of cases party and that led to months of opposition protests ok let's go live to mechanic who is following developments from senegal as capital dhaka and what more do we know about this man been sworn into office. well yes by and is going to be the man that will be. in moments to come in front of what is an exceptional audience in exceptional circumstances no not the usual heads of states foreign heads of states dignitary present for this ceremony because the is sanctions in place that no one could travel in a side from the president of getting the south that's president there exceptional also because not only is a president being sworn in but also a v

to do you do when the military in mali is to put to police come. on to the crime. sometimes it's on the summit of. this. now that's not being done. to silence is a man to man the. brute to do martin mao. west african leaders condemned the coup shutting its borders and stopping financial transactions with a landlocked country following the meeting they greed to an 18 month transition to full civilian rule and the lifting of sanctions if a whole transition team is put together in matters of days not months. on stage this weekend the military didn't have presented their roadmap in charge or where the military remains largely in power to civil society actors politicians and religious leaders. took the applause as a sign of their support however the influential and 5 opposition movement disavowed mali's military leadership in their methods. we denounced intimidation and democratic methods dating from a not of time as well as the. need to read the ship goes against the a spear ation filching. in july the un condemned these militaries extrajudicial killings of civilians t

i'm very happy with what is going on in mali the young military men that took power are doing a good job they were following what equinox which is far and accurate during the september 15th meeting i'm very happy to be back where things are getting back to normal i'd like to thank the military for their actions taken and i hope it will be one of my last meetings as a mediator because after the swearing in ceremony things should get back to normal mali doesn't need sanctions and they're not beneficial for the region or the world i hope that after the president's swearing in on friday sanctions will be lifted eko us doesn't wish to sanction member countries but they have to do it for molly's good so it's time for things to follow the right. cause more from dakar in neighboring senegal. right now goodluck jonathan is in the capital bamako to try to find. a nomination for a new prime minister they clearly want to see a civilian they want to see a man that they support to be in charge of that role as the head of government we're hearing that perhaps it would be someone from the m 5 opposi

mali is marking 60 years of independence from france but the celebrations have been muted following last month's coup the former defense minister will be sworn into office on friday as interim leader after being picked by a committee led by the army. a parade to mark 60 years of independence leading the celebration is the military commander who forced mali's president brain boubacar keita to resign last month as see me go he is now been named interim vice president because you don't like the usual mali in an address to the nation goodenow and the concession he made to the west african body ecowas his demands to name a civilian president the retired colonel and former defense minister dined out at the age of 70 he supposed to represent the aspirations of young man aeons calling for an end to corruption and bad governance and down resign from key does government in 2014 after disagreeing with the former president's plan to integrate armed groups into the money and. terry. he's an honest man and a patriot is our criteria we need in our leaders along he will make it we all collectively have

trying to forge a new beginning in mali after months of protests and a military takeover and interim leaders made for a return to civilian rule but will mali and success their new leaders in building your ancient gets international support this is inside story. hello there welcome to the program i'm hala my he'd seen the people of mali have had a challenging few months their military has been in paris since august after forcing the resignation of president ibrahim boubacar kaita now as the nation marks its 60th in the.

hello and welcome to the show i'm sam is a than nearly a month after mali's military coup agreements seem to have been reached on a transition the plan sees a return to civilian rule within 18 months the ruling announced the political charter on saturday after talks with the political and civil society groups but has been rejected by the coalition that led protests against the post president to bring him back a cater the west african bloc echo us is due to discuss mali during a summit on tuesday well this is what the military announced an interim president and vice president who will be chosen by a group appointed by the jointer a transitional council will serve as the national assembly or parliament for 18 months until elections can be held but here is the big sticking point the transitional government could be led by someone from the military the opposition and ecowas insist it must be a civilian. so let's bring our guests into the show we have joining us from by macau 100 publisher of a mag dot com 100 writes extensively on security and conflict in the saha region in the on they c

well the coup was the latest event in 8 years of up he evil in mali in 2012 armed groups took control of the north and declared islamic lore before being defeated by french and african forces aber him because he was sworn in as president a year later but he was accused of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security the last straw came in april when the courts overturned some results in disputed parliamentary elections in favor of peter's party now that led to months of opposition protests let's go live now to nick carter who's following developments for us from senegalese capital nick over to you. yes we've seen exceptional ceremony in under exceptional circumstances no heads of states usually present no dignitaries there really. for malia and biology is that we saw for the 1st time the new president of transition by and out take to the stage addressing key issues the end of corruption he said and the return of the rule of law and that led to a standing ovation he also said that he will organize free and fair elections really challenging 18 months ahead for the

and independence day celebrations in mali have been muted following last month's coup soldiers made a wreath at the monument of independence in the capital bamako on monday the appointed defense minister and all interim president so those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story of what it. trying to forge a new beginning. after months of protests and a military takeover and interim leaders named for a return to civilian rule but said their new leaders will be grangemouth scats international support this is the inside story. hello there welcome to the program i'm. the people of mali have had a challenging few months their military has been in paris since august after forcing the resignation of present.

operation at hand in mali one $1000000000.00 a year is spent to ensure that mali is stable and they're not under attack by armed groups there's $4000.00 extra french troops and european troops british german troops is the biggest german deployment of troops in mali this bite that massive military presence well that has not brought the peace for ordinary mali and so that's the challenges at hand for the new leadership in mali. is nicholas reporting live there from dhaka nicholas many thanks indeed. but over of homes damaged or destroyed by floods in sudan has risen 214-0000 the level of the nile river remains high in parts of the country farmland was also damaged many of the 18 states in river nile state those affected are trying to find a way to rebuild as they wait for financial assistance let's go live now to cop to mount a serious hit morgan is with us here you've been traveling in the worst affected areas of the country what have people been telling you about their experiences. well adrian people mostly have been focused on the losses that they have incurred because of the floods b

by the new vice president of mali of the transition of mali colonel a see me going to who is leading the military the new president is the former defense minister under president in 2014 also a former military man a colonel and so it seems that the leadership in the transition leadership is heavily based on security given the situation in mali where there is still an armed insurgency in the north in the center of the country this comes as no surprise that it will address the issues by the protest movement the 5 who want to see the return of the state in mali in places where they have been deserted interestedly this is have been in the last few days where we've seen the foreign minister of algeria heavily involved in negotiations try to find a new leader in mali remember that there was the 2015 algiers accord signed as part of the accord this new government will not only have to reform the the political scene in mali but also address the the peace accord which involves changing the constitution so a lot of work ahead for this transition team that will be sworn into power on friday and

still isolated and sanctioned by very neighbors mali years have marked 60 years of independence from france the mutant celebrations come a month after the military coup that brought the country region into crisis. a parade to morgue 60 years of independence leading the celebration is the military commander who forced mollies president keeter to resign last month see me go is now been named interim vice president as you know. in an address to the nation who don't know and the concession he made to the west african body ecowas his demands to name a civilian president the retired colonel and former defense minister bind out at the age of 70 he's supposed to represent the aspirations of young mali and is calling for an end to corruption and bad governance and resign from key does government in 2014 after disagreeing with the former president's plan to integrate armed groups into the modern military. he's an honest man and a patriot these are criteria we need in our leaders along he will make it we all collectively have to help him despite the announcement the west african body of course

with all the latest on the situation in mali thanks very much indeed for that. now venezuelan security forces have committed crimes against humanity with the knowledge and support of the president nicolas maduro that is the finding of independent investigators commissioned by the un's top human rights agency their report says that police and military responded to protest against the duros government with tactics including extrajudicial killings disappearances arbitrate detentions and indeed torture it's based on hundreds of interviews with victims and witnesses the office concluded the crimes are part of state policy and not isolated incidents and they say that the international criminal court should open an investigation take this on we can speak to paul seals who is a member of the u.n. fact finding mission on the republican venezuela and he joins us live by skype from edinburgh missiles welcome to the program now the mission was unable to travel to venezuela for this report to tell us how you went about your investigation thank you the investigation essential

interest groups in mali many people did not attend especially the m 5 movement that pressured cater to to a point whereby the military had to step in to overthrow it. they said they were not invited and many of the many many of their members were not even part of the consultations that resulted in the calling of that meeting so basically they want to know who will be part of who will be part of the transition committee and how long it will take they want to see a quick resolution of the conflict quickly tend to democracy just like of course itself let's talk about the meeting that's happening in asia at the moment what is going to be the main focus of that meeting. well the meeting has started since friday they've been discussing serious series of issues ministers of finance ministers of economy ministers of foreign affairs and of course the issue of security but the most important thing that they want to look at and what they have been facing is the issue of money one of the most important things by the way there is also the question of corporate 19 an economic recovery post covered 1

this is did every news africa coming up on the program the big one in mali a former colonel has been hauled out of retirement to lead molly's transitional council and dole is a towering figure with strong links to the army so how will regional leaders who wanted a civilian in the job react to his appointment. and the doctor so we'll see you know i'll show you how physicians in cameroon are reaching patients who conned travel in the pandemic. also police have stepped up night road drops in kinshasa and they're mostly targeting taxis it's because of a rise in kidnappings in the city. hello i'm christine one it's good to have your company west african beads is all yes to react to the appointment all the president of mali's transitional government dole pictured here and he has been maimed interim president by the ages the 17 year old former defense minister is a retired colonel now the regional body ecowas had insisted that the president off the transitional government must be a civilian. last week the body to step up economic sanctions and impose a total embargo on mali if that and othe

central hell region is among the continent's hunger hotspots more than half of the populations of mali burkina faso and the share suffers from food insecurity defined as the lack of regular access to the food they need in mali the trend is even getting worse and for more on this i'm joined by david beasley the executive director of the world food program he joins me from berlin dave it's good to see you as always when we talk about food insecurity this term help us understand what that looks like on the ground for someone in mali or saber faso. well it's not good at all i mean did it was already bad before code we had economic deterioration a lot of serious issues with the sri mr druce terrorist groups trying to exploit the situation and not the mission then climate change moving down and millions of people being displaced and all of sudden totally comes right on top of that and so globally we're seeing from and i'm not talking about people that are going to bit hungry i'm talking about people that are on the brink of starvation that number was 135000000 before code now we see that num

lot of warnings indirect threats but really no action taken well now to political developments in mali just 2 days after being sworn in the president has named an interim prime minister former foreign minister me will take over the role it's hoped the appointment will end sanctions placed on mali by west african countries following a military coup last month the bloc demanded a civilian lead to be installed as a condition for lifting the sanctions which. government has a clue just 18 months before national elections take place nicholas hock is following the latest developments for us from a car in neighboring senegal he says i want his appointment is essential in winning support from the international community but security element is still in the hands of the president and the vice president and that's in their head but really the day to day nitty gritty of getting the state back on track well that's and then in the name in the hand of this new prime minister who will be nominating a new government on tuesday what's interesting about the nomination of this man is that he has the polit

the past few days but flood victims say it hasn't been enough the leaders of the military coup in mali have been told to hand over power to a civilian government immediately military gentz have met with west african heads of state as the deadline imposed by the bloc to nominate a civilian president has come to an end there is nicholas hawk what's the. president greeting miley's new strongman colonel a see me going in addressing monday's coup leader as mr president no firm hand shakes but a warm welcome graters on his 1st foreign visit reading west african heads of states those sanctions on the country after you ousted president booker kater from power and weeks ago in a bloodless coup. to do. is to put. this to. the. brute. forget leaders condemned the coup shutting its borders and stopping financial transactions with a landlocked country following the meeting they greed to an 18 month transition to full civilian rule and the lifting of sanctions if a full transition team is put together in matters of days not months. on stage this weekend the military didn't i presented their roadmap

a new prime minister from mali is the troubled west african nation hopes sanctions will be lifted. and covered in south america as deaths continue to mount on the pandemic is resurrecting old tensions between the continent's 2 biggest nations. come to the program has been a major escalation in the conflict between armenia and azerbaijan of the disputed region of nagorno-karabakh at least 16 service personnel have been killed and many more injured both sides have declared martial law and a blaming each other for starting the fighting dozens of armenian military reservist living in the disputed region have been summoned for jury duty many homes have been damaged and azerbaijan says 5 members of one family were killed by all means shelling all been forced to walk as more. as a very tunks under attack according to army news defense ministry it also claims that is very drones and helicopters were also destroyed but civilian casualties are among those reported killed early in the morning ground say. gena forces launched large scale aggression including missile attacks. along the line of

but what about the people of mali what do they make of it all do you think. well molly and a lot of my leaves are tired of these back and forth a lot of them some of them stated this during the conference they said they're not happy and of protest they're tired of all these but again if you look at the momentum the m 5 p. movement had in the past few months you realize that there is a lot of work that needs to be done in mali the military must convince them in 5 to be part of the process otherwise this is going to be a very very difficult situation for both sides and i believe is what leaders of the economic community of west african states will and this will analyze before they agree to anything with the military leadership in mali robert thanks for that put into the picture the interest reporting from. talking about you know jenny study by for the latest on harken salim what's going on is the story we talk about it's really the soldiers queuing up the lines i know you're out there we've got one name left and it looks as if we might actually use that name at

central hell region is among the continent's hunger hotspots more than half of the populations of mali burkina faso and share suffers from food insecurity defined as the lack of regular access to the food they need in mali the trend is even getting worse and for more on this i'm joined by david beasley the executive director of the world food program he joins me from berlin dave it's good to see you as always when we talk about food insecurity this term help us understand what that looks like on the ground for someone in mali or saber faso. well it's not good at all i mean did it was already bad before code we had economic deterioration a lot of serious issues with the sri mr druce terrorist groups trying to exploit the situation and not to mention the climate change moving down and millions of people being displaced and all of sudden totally comes right on top of that and so globally we're seeing from and i'm not talking about people going to bit hungry i'm talking about people that are on the brink of starvation that number was 135000000 before code now we see that number spiking to

mali marks 60 years of independence from france. for the first time in history, world leaders have been meeting virtually for the annual nodded nations general assembly because of the coronavirus. on tuesday, the fight against covid-19 dominated the speeches. ,ost called for a united fight calling for the united nations to repurpose itself in a world changed by the pandemic. on the same day the u.s. death toll from the virus passed 200,000, donald trump once again pointed the finger of blame at china. >> like all the other world leaders speaking at the united nations, president trump's speech was prerecorded. his words, though, as controversial as ever. >> we have waged a pierced battle against the invisible enemy, the china virus which has claimed countless lives in 188 countries. in the united states, we launched the most aggressive mobilization since the second world war. >> fact checkers in a country that has suffered more than most from covid-19 unlikely to check those claims. the president intensified his attack on china. >> w

and one month after the coup in mali military and political leaders find common ground agreed to the formation of a transitional government. hello welcome to the program our top story this hour afghanistan government and the taliban have started his story talks in an attempt to end decades of war the unprecedented meeting taking place in the qatari capital follows months of delays and obstacles though the have also been gestures of goodwill with prisoner releases on both sides at stake during these talks a permanent cease fire the rights of women and minorities and how the taliban will be disarmed. reports now from. after decades of war and conflict of learn to stand finally has a shot of peace this is a former minister whose government's been fighting the taliban. is the co-founder of the taliban still a potent fighting force. once on enemies they sit in the same room facing each other for the 1st time since the start of the nearly 2 decades long afghan war follows a futile we want all the people of afghanistan to be reunited under one roof again after more than 42 years of upheaval

are holding a summit in asia that will focus on talks to form a civilian government in neighboring mali the 15 nation regional bloc ecowas says impose sanctions on mali and closed its borders it's pressuring the military leaders who control of the country last month to hand over power to civilian rule the military leaders who overthrew president even before hate to say they'll step down after a transition period let's take a closer look at what happened in mali after months of protests led by opposition groups soldiers seized power in august the 18th and forced mani's president even him to resign he was detained for 10 days before being released to get medical treatment is advisers say he's in abu dhabi west african leaders initially called for hated to be restored to office but they since dropped that demand and they're now calling for a prompt transition to civilian rule mani's military leaders have pledged to give up power after a transition period and they're now in talks with position groups while on a dangerous is joining me from the nigerian capital. ahmed just bring us up to dat

under these principles cannot now be betrayed you must put mali back on the irreversible path towards a return to civilian power and the organization of elections quickly france like its african partners more specifically can only remain committed under one condition i state this and i state it very clearly france is present on mali and soil as its present on the other the soil of countries in the region at the request of sovereign states and regional organizations the very minute where these states wish to see our departure or wish to fight terrorism alone we will withdraw. and thus. reiteration of that request the need that i have asked for in power and then know what chuck which was then re confirmed by the governing giunta in mali and on this topic we will remain very vigilant because we believe in the sovereignty of people and we believe that our action against terrorism can be useful and lasting only if we define the priorities and sovereignty and if we work towards a bold solution of together collectively libya the crisis as if they had a profound impact on regional stability a