mohammed qubaty in the studio >>> to other world news. the fine state of elections is underway. voters are returning to the polling, electing 36 governors and other representatives. people are angry because voting materials have not arrived. police fired live ammunition to deploy a crowd. let's join ynonne ndedge who is covering the election from river state. there was tension a while ago. tell us about the situation now. are people able to vote? >> well unfortunately we are now getting reports that one person has been killed in election violence. we are trying to contact the police in river state to find out whether this is accurate information. it wouldn't come as a surprise given what we witnessed - gunfire at a polling station where election material was supposed to be distributed but none arrived. where aam now is a polling -- where i am now is a polling station where things are going smoothly. people are behind me and are lining up to get accredited to take part in this election. that process is running from eight in the morning to one in the afternoon. in the afternoon th

long-standing partner of the united states in the region >>> joining me to talk about this is mohamed qubaty an advisor to the last three prime ministers. let's talk about the air strikes across yemen and where they took pleas. starting with aden which is important strategically. yes, most of the resistance by the fighters the freedom fighters gains the rebels -- against the rebels of the houthis was going on in aden. there were five gary sons and gatherings which the allied arab forces hit the bases and gary sons. the houthis end ali abdullah saleh's - they went between the civilians, and that is why part of this... ..in aden itself. >>> moving to tiaz what happened there. >> there's activity they have been hitting areas there. not far from that when the tiaz border there is al qaeda, there was resistance and they managed to hit some of the troops trying to come down to help in aden. and a city port - this is the same smoking coffee if people remember. the allied forces hit and some garrison at the ceasefire, and they secured the area almakha. and there's ground for what happened. >> yes, f

. >> thank you for your thoughts on that mohammed qubaty >>> to nigeria, where elections are under way, people are casting ballots, it's a vote watched to see if muhammadu buhari's party will defeat. people will choose 29 state governors and local politicians from 36 states. the elections are important because government has enormous power and influence, and have unfettered access to the treasury and control the health strings. there's a battle for control of two key states lagos, which have a g.d.p. higher than all. the river state with the largest wells in nigeria is the other. ynonne ndedge covers the elections. earlier on there was reports of violence. >> that's right. we are hearing that a local television station, channels had its crew cameraman and correspondent roughed up the camera kit was taken away. it's been returned by supporters of the ruling party. there's other word of electoral materials not arriving. several polling stations around 4,000 statewide, and in one incident, there's a dispute about the fact that result sheets have not shown up. the ballot papers are there,