. >> in a moment, we'll go live to nairobi to get an update on how the voting is going. >> first, a look at the two main candidates. >> he comes from the kenyan political elite. he is a son of the country's founding president. he and his running mate have both been indicted by the international criminal court. they're charged with orchestrating the violence that erupted after the last general election in 2007 in which more than 1200 people were killed. it was the worst bloodshed since independence. they see this as a western conspiracy. >> our opponents say the europeans are against us. do our work for them more for you? i know i work for you. >> he has said it will cooperate with accords. the other main candidates is the incumbent prime minister, odin ga. they have a longstanding rivalry. supporters say he was robbed of victory in the 2007 vote. he joined the unity government and supported the 2010 constitution which she says make elections more democratic. he has focused his campaign on food security and economic progress. >> we want to change the life of kenya. our main goal is jobs,

let's go to our correspondent in nairobi where young kenyans are using technology to monitor what is happening around the country. what is the latest? when do we expect results? >> we just heard from the iebc with a statement saying 53 of those returning officers are now in nairobi. the rest of them are still to arrive. we are expecting them hereby road and by air. once they arrive, they will give their results, which will be verified and made public as soon as possible. but it is an extremely slow process. let me tell you where i am. i am at the innovation hub where young kenyans have formed an organization that means kenya.on in what they are doing is getting information via text message, twitter, e-mail, and bringing it all into the system here and mapping various incidents going on around the country. the response indicates serious incidents. most of what they have gotten in have tosuch reports -- do with the voting process. yarrabin small incidents of violence, but mainly it has been a peaceful election. what they are doing here is an extremely important job. it is really giving

to discuss the situation in rwanda i'm joined by on the revolt chick in nairobi he is a novelist filmmaker and an investigative journalist in washington we have anthony kim he is a senior policy analyst at the center for international trade and economics and in london we crossed to michael amoa he is an expert on africa at the london school of economics ok anthony if i could go to you first how would you describe the situation in rwanda because there's a lot of positive news coming out but there's a lot of political news that isn't so positive so give me the balance. that's true what is going to is kind of interesting transition as we have seen there has been making a lot of positive progress in terms of economic development over the past twenty years so this is a combination of both good governance and less than forty in aid but more importantly the gyro the one people want to achieve a better future that's why they've been implementing a lot of good policies in terms of moving forward the countries ok michael in london how would you assess the situation in the country. i mean i think i c

al-jazeera come in nairobi, kenya. hoping for peace. >> tim, tell us about what's been happening. remind us of the events that led us to this? peaceful andvery protest in the capital because it is not only a chance for them to come out in the street and make their feelings known but it's also a national holiday celebrating this country's liberation of from the ottoman empire. there is a mixture of people representing all types of opinions, but just to remind you briefly of the timeline of events that have brought us to this point, i remember earlier on in february, protests mainly triggered by high electricity prices morphed into a wide approach against austerity and within a few weeks, the prime minister officially resigned on february 21st and he said he was not prepared to be in power where he needed the riot police to keep control. it looks as least as though bulgaria is heading for an election on may 12th. in a way, the campaigning has already started because people have been out making their points about how they think things should play out here. >> they and you come let hi

. ♪ >> al-jazeera, in nairobi and cobble -- kabul.he executives that caused the exact -- the collapse of a kabul bank receive hundreds of millions of dollars. hugo chavez is now fighting a dangerous infection. rebel fighters in syria said they have captured the city of alvac a, the biggest prize in two years of fighting and it could be a major turning point in the uprising. >> the statue of the late president of syria, being pulled down by a jubilant crowd. showing their contempt for a family that has ruled the country with an iron fist for more than 40 years. the rebels say that they have taken control of the city from government forces. this video appeared to show that the governor of the province had a senior leader moments after they were arrested. it is a severe blow to the regime. has ruled the falling into the hands of the rebels, they made significant military gains. they made huge gains of land to the east, the suburbs of the capital, the countryside to the south. mainly led by the [indiscernible] widely believed to be the mo

he is speaking to us from nairobi. south africa's government says nelson mandela is responding well to a treatment for a lung infection. he was taken into the hospital on wednesday. this is the third time the 94-year-old has been in the hospital in preent months for a re-occurring illness. tanya, do you have the latest on mandela's health report? >> well, the south african presidency which is the official voice on all matters relating to the former president says if his conditions change they will let us know but for now it remains the same and he is continuing to respond positively to the treatment and under close bservation from him. i agree with the hospital dation increases they are getting used to the fact that how many of them would want him to live forever, one day unimportant to they will have to stay goodbye. he does have are history of lung problems and infections because he contracted you are the berk lois sis while he was prison. they say it's in pretoria, and that's really a deliberate strategy to preserve

sunday services in nairobi preached peace and reconciliation. countryon said the needs to put the presidential election behind them and heal. >> it is about the nation of kenya being able to move forward. be able to go to these people and preach the message. maybe you did not vote for me, but i am ready to be your president of all kenya. >> 5.3 million votes is what he got. tensions are highest where he has a large following. is these people limos that the winner needs to reach out to. the supporters here discuss the outcome of the court case. that they will not accept the ruling. >> the finality of the decision does not represent the fairness of the decision. >> she knows that the president- elect has a tough time ahead. kenya is very tribal. the president-elect needs to see how we can talk to all sides and bring them together. that is a huge responsibility. >> there has been a peace offering given it to his political rival. they are trying to show that the government of canada will not ignore them. >> hamid karzai is in talks. the taliban is o

at the moment, we don't even have that. >> thanks very much, nazanine moshiri in nairobi. opposition parties in bangladesh have called for another national strike. more than 70 people have been killed in the past week as violence continues across the country. our correspondent, who we are not naming for security reasons, sent this report. >> he once ruled bangladesh as the military ruler. he is now in his 80's. his political party is an ally of the awami league. they are critical of the government's handling of recent unrest. >> i feel sorry when i look at them. their actions cannot be accepted. who are they to declare where the national flag will be hoisted. have they become the national government? so much audacity will not be accepted." -- accepted. >> they were gathering every day. mammals -- members of the jamaat-e-islami party were convicted. the original protest site is now cleared. supporters have taken to the streets. this has provoked a heavy were -- heavy response from bangladeshi security forces. they are furious at the tactics used by police on unarmed protest

this is the sprawling nairobi's slums that saw some of the worst violence after the -- nairobi some -- slum that saw some of the worst violence after the last election. >> we want to vote. we want to choose the people we want to be the new leadership. everybody is willing to support one another. >> for the first time, kenyans are being asked to vote in a new constitution. you can see them going into their color coded ballot boxes. the key one is this white one, the voted for president. despite the impressive turnout, not everyone got to vote. margaret is from a town that was chased from their homes. >> they told us we can go back to our country. we decided not to go back. >> five years on, she and more than 200 others still live here in this temporary village that is fast becoming permanent. it is a long way from where she is voted -- registered to vote. the process could continue to a second round in april. it has run more smoothly than many had expected or feared. the key will be whether everyone accepts the outcome, winners and losers alike. >> now the news. syrian opposition force

we go across live to the phone from the capital, nairobi. talk us through the challenge that raila odinga has submitted. >> we've been waiting for the selection petition to come through, and it was very close o the deadline when it did, so it was a petition basically saying that the i.b.c. had failed to hold a fair and free election and were criminally negligent. now, odina has said he's not challenging the decision that can be determined the president. what he's saying is that this is an actual battle which is the hidden struggle between the change and the status quo. basically criticizing what happened and saying that he has been forced to challenge the decision. now, what happens next is that the supreme court and the judges there will have to look at the petition, look at the evidence presented to them. they have two weeks to do so, but what has happened already, because of this petition, is the en august ration of the president-elect, uhuru kenyatta has been delayed from 26 march to 16 april, and that is if the court actually throws out

. >> reporter: it's storybook time at the kibera school for girls in nairobi, kenya. a special experience in a unique place. children like vanessa ioma are some of the poorest on earth. but here -- ♪ -- she gets a chance at a better future. >> my dream is to be a doctor. >> reporter: these kids live in a place where dreaming isn't easy. >> welcome. >> reporter: thank you. >> this is my home. this is where i grew up. >> reporter: kennedy was also raised here in kibera, kenya's sprawling slum where about 1 million people live without clean water or electricity, and two out of every ten children die before their fifth birthday. kennedy and his american wife jessica are helping some of the girls beat the odds. they built the kibera school for girls as a labor of love. why do you all like clifford so much? >> because he was a good dog. >> a good dog. >> reporter: in a country where most children never attend school, these girls are getting the skills to break the cycle of poverty. >> it's an amazing thing to see when a parent looks at their child, and sees that they have t

have a better future that's why they build up their already economy and i think the gentleman in nairobi mentioned something very important the young population they want greater you can i mean freedom to have a better economic future so that's why i said as i said earlier this is very critical time for lawanda this kind of political situation as well as on going economic development they have to find out really how to get through it with these ideals and i go to london i mean is rwanda just at the center of an asset grab actually known who are. not truly and i think you see they're exploring what is your name and it's been a concern is but its neighbor is. maybe there are things around i think what they're actually in against at the moment it's to do with transportation or links to the road that you asked to rely on all these neighbors to be able to transport things so that's why exports may need to kenya and uganda and tanzania and neighboring countries and of course you have to rely on these countries to bring imports in as well essentially the whole picture is that this is a country

. >> live in nairobi. rose as theorea north delcared war against the u.s. lesupported south. weaponrynds ots of are on both sides since the war in the 1950's. the north was incensed by war games with the south and the u.s. >> a delcaration of -- declaration of all-out war. although they've been at wr ar since 1953. and the promise to shut down a border issue between the countries. >> these north korean threats threaten war, cutting the military hotline. harming the peace and stability of korea. >> stability is important for those on the south korean island near the sea border declared after the war, disputed by tne he north. pyongyang shelled it in 2004, killing four. >> what if the attacks happen again? i will live here but i am scared of another attack. >> if the north provokes again, i think there will be all-out war. i don't think the north would be that wreckless, but they're jsuust unpredictable. >> kim jong-un threatened to attack the u.s. for military exercises including b-2 bombers. breakshei do not think war out. if it does, the north will fall. why would they start

. >> peter, speaking to us from nairobi. the former pakistani president has flown home after four years in self imposed exile. pervez musharraf was greeted by supporters. the former military ruler says that he wants to run in the next election and is unfazed by a death threat from the pakistan taliban. former president and general has threatened to come back on many occasions, but he is finally here. he comes home to a very different pakistan and the one that he left. he was a very unpopular figure when he left. here he used to have the support of the main political party. sources are telling us that they are not sure if they will do any kind of deal with him. in order to make this work, to have some kind of success in the general election, he needs to make alliances. at the moment he does not have the kind of political clout to make those alliances worthwhile. he needs to make deals with people. he said he wants to try to unite the people who are undecided, who are against the dynastic and family politics of pakistan. he wa

it's me and the answer, of course, nairobi memorial. wait, hold on! -- the republicans want information on the benghazi attack which the white house says is pointless. the democrat s wan to know the legal justification for the drone killing which the president says is totally legitimate. it's clear what the president is going to do next. >> the norkts reports the -- "new york times" reports they are cooperating. rather than agreeing with democrats to release classified information on the legal just fictions involved in the targeted killing drone program. >> jon: what? do you remember the state of the union with the promise of transparency on the drones. the state of the union speech promises are supposed to be slightly more durable than new year's resolutions. it's been ten days, my man. i was on atkins after january 1 for 12 days. come on. i shouldn't be surprised. there was the telltale cutaway as he was talking about transparency during the state of the union. >> that our efforts are more transparent to the american people and to the world. [ appla

police through teargas in protesters in nairobi. they're supporting odinga's petition to the supreme court. he says authorities manipulated the results. in the syrian capital has intensified. the free assyrian army is in control of the eastern half of the district. -- free assyrian army is in control of the eastern half of the district. fighting has closed the country's main international airport to all but military flights. there has been further violence. >> there is heavy fighting going theetween the army and syrian official army. today, we're talking about the brigade of the free syrian army. with theare engaging official army and several people have been killed and injured and armored vehicles have been destroyed at the damascus airport. anyofficial army, particular area in damascus, it is impossible for them to come back to that spot in syria. that -- they tried to recapture it, but they failed to do that. the planeslling us are landing every two or three days. reports talking about algerian planes landing in the airport bring

supporters cheered as ken i can't's president-elect uhuru kenyatta arrived at nairobi's election center over the weekend. a delayed final tally made it official. kenyatta won a razor-thin victory over prime minister raila odinga, enough to diffuse the widespread fear of post election violence. >> we dutifully send out. we voted in peace. we upheld order. and respect for the rule of law. we maintained the fabric of our society. >> ifill: kenyatta is kenya's richest man and the son of the young nation's first president. but his election comes under a cloud. in 2011 he was indicted by the international criminal court in the hague on charges that he helped orchestrate a post election blood bath in 2007. the violence between rival tribal groups left more than 1,000 people dead. kenyatta and his running mate william faced trial in july and odinga has promised to challenge the election results. >> these elections have serious weaknesses within our election system. weaknesses which we thought we had dealt with in the past. >> ifill: odinga's lieutenant said today the election commission is now

report from nairobi, security remains a big issue. >> in their tiny, one-room --ck, the family is biggiebusy packing their bags. he plans to move his family outside of the capital. >> i know my neighbors. i have lived with them, studied with them. i'm sure violence will happen here and i don't want my kids to suffer, so we are moving away. >> can you also faces other security challenges. also faces other security challenges. it is on the receiving end of reprise those -- reprise those -- reprisals. this is a popular shopping district, the scene of a bombing. at least 20 people were killed and more than 100 injured. this man was injured in the last bombing. , hel in the hospital frequently goes out to campaign. >> we need to see more use of intelligence. we need a better way of dealing with this before it happens. and when it happens, we need to apprehend the culprits before they can make more violence. moreey are preparing for violence after the elections. officials of the uk agency are training employees of numerous aid organizations. think everyone was caught unaware. people were not e

updating us on the latest in nairobi. leaders across latin america and beyond writing in venezuela for hugo chavezneral of ahmadinejad. put ondy will be permanent display in a military museum. we have more on the morning in caracas. >> they waited all night and all they are under the scorching sun. hundreds of thousands of mourners one in the prospectus to the president to have lost. inside the military academy, he lays dressed in his impeccable uniform and beret. >> he looked very circassian. you would have thought he was emaciated, but it was his same imposing face. >> even in death, he remains bigger than life. imposing, but the most important thing was the energy, the vibration he still radiates. crowdearly afternoon, the than the impatience group. >> we want this year president. we want to see our president. >> he is not dead. he is here in everyone of us. we want to see our president, even if he is dead physically. >> it was clear there would not be enough time to put his funeral up for all to see, prompting the gov

i am joined by our correspondent in nairobi. this has been a close result. rivalse winner of's accept it? >> this has been a very hotly contested race in the presidency. they have given credit to the electoral commission that it has , buta very commendable job it seems they are going to contest. has been invited to the international criminal court. how's that likely to affect international relations. >> it will affect international because it will be very difficult for them to run while going to in the criminal court. >> thanks very much. germany's pro-business free democratic party is holding conventions in berlin. to halty is struggling its plummeting support ahead of parliamentary elections had of september. at the policy level, that are set to endorse a gay marriage and discuss passing a minimum wage. i am join now from the conference by my colleague. isls indicate that russler one of germany's most unpopular politicians. what will this election mean for him personally? >> he is one of germany's least popular politicians. the picture in his own party is

in nairobi, in a moment. plus -- to immediately suspend all policeman that were involved in the incident. >> south africa takes action against officers involved in dragging a suspects through the streets. riots.ladesh, the ducks polarizing and police bracing for more violent protests -- the death toll rising. >> thank you, good night. >> a final blessing and then he was gone. pope benedict becoming just an ordinary pilgrim now. the kenyan human rights commission has found evidence of bribery by the two main political parties taking part in monday's election. have released footage showing candidates passing money to the voters. bribery money is being paid out. go and to the bribes have already started. have been looking at the footage you have as well. while it does not show voter bribery directly, it does show from thees for governor yatta andonging to ken those of raila odinga hang out handing out class. -- cash. >> there are some people who have been captured in footage either directly dishing out cash or h

you've lived in nairobi for a couple of years.raveled all over africa photographing the situation. what does the violence there come down to that you have seen? is this about tribal divisions mostly? >> reporter: well, i think john that many times, a lot of these conflicts can be wrapped into a narrative of tribalism, violence quite easy. they're often a lot more complicated than ethnic rivalries. i can only speak based on experiences. i've been in travel, but many time, it's a complex mix of land and politics and resources. many other factors. while tribalism is many times one of those factor, it sometimes isn't the only factor, so when it comes to something like tana, a story i paragraphed for the "new york times," it was a conflict very much to do with tribalis measuring, but also over land and resources. you have the herder population and a -- population and so a lot of it was about land and resources. it's typical to say it's tribalism and ethnicity all the time where it plays a major role and especially in kenya and parties

we go live outside the supreme court in nairobi. what is the mood among canyons there? --kenyans?people have been waiting for so long to get a decision. people are just resigned to it. many are home watching or waiting for the decision to come up on television. there is a small group of protesters supporting the opposition. they have generally been good neighbors and the people have been glued to the screens. they havereme court, the top lawyers presenting a ise and it depends if there enough evidence for there to be a run off election. the country's political outcome rests in the hands of these six judges. what do we know about these judges and how fair are they expected to be? these judges have an incredible reputation in kenya. some of them called for reform in the 1990's and the chief justice is well known to most kenyans. believe in the system and the supreme court and abide by what the supreme court decides. it depends on whether there is a concession and people are told to support the other side. what the judges have had to do in two weeks to go through piles and piles of e

executives say the nairobi facility will become a model for production platforms in emerging economies. honda aims to expand its market share in kenya. 140,000 motorcycles are sold each year in the country. chinese and indian makers account for 90% of the growing market. mplts a group of japanese companies have jointly developed a new electric car. they say it is one of the world's most efficient. a business run by kao university professor and 26 other firms have teamed up for the project. electronics and housing makers are among them. a highly efficient motor is embedded into each of the four wheels. also, a carbon fiber body minimizes the weight. the developers say power consumption is 20% less than other electric vehicles now on the market. they can go from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in just 4 seconds. the battery can be recharged at households and runs about 320 kilometers per charge. a new recharging system has also been developed. users who recharge at home can choose the power source such as wind and solar among the registered suppliers. the malaysian government is said to be

and wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in johannesburg, nairobi, new york city, atlanta, georgia, or in memphis, the cry is always the same. we want to be free. this global vision of the world led me to see that the african-american struggle was only one aspect of a worldwide struggle which i have come to see as history's greatest freedom struggle. during the past 2-1/2 centuries, a majority of humanity has overcome major systems of oppression. notably inherited forms of status based on race, class, and generalder. and this transformation of the world's peasants, and many of us are not too many generations removed from peasantery, has been the most important achievement of the modern age. * and i have learned that this freedom struggle has been accomplished not simply through this transformation accomplished not simply through freedom struggles, but through the mass migrationses that brought my parents out of the south toward opportunities in the north. and with that great transformation of peasants into citizens is still going on right here in san francisco and in calif

"bbc news" in nairobi. >> still to come on tonight's program, dennis rom bids fairway to wong yang after a most unusual round of basketball dipe massachusetts. >> a ceremony has been held in jept where a hot air balloon crashed on tuesday killing 19 people. investigation suggested that a fire broke out when a landing cable tore one of the fuel tubes. officials from hong kong and japan were among those who attended today's services. >> for three days after that crash in which 19 people are killed, there is a small ceremony that is going on right now where the basketball landed and many of the bodies found. here now are local officials, but officials from hong kong and japan, and officials representing other balloon agencies throughout europe. they have felt the repercussions over what happened very badly. nine from hong kong were killed, and among them were two from the u.k. we have heard her emotional tribute to them from family and friends and colleagues who worked with them. but there was another couple from scotland. michael was the only survivor of the tourists. he hasn't been discha

a grenade attack in a suburb of kenya's capital nairobi left one person injured two explosives thrown onto the roof of a restaurant police and paramilitary forces later secured the scene vote counting continues in kenya following the presidential election violence after two thousand and two thousand and seven all of more than a thousand people there dead. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says he supports states in the middle east arming syria's opposition if they are sent to moderates not extremists he made the comments on a visit to cutter whose government's been supplying weapons to rebels this day after opposition militants overran the city of all right in the north of syria attacking symbols of the national government there in our case to make sure cross talking about five minutes we look at how weapons are getting to the rebels in syria as the conflict starts rolling in neighboring states. there is no states either from the us oh from the european union from to kill from saudi arabia in the sense of supporting them in the way the libyan opposition has supported fuel position on