aljazeera, nairobi. >> he's a consultant in government.nd he said there are risk when's it comes to chinese doing business in africa. >> there's no due diligence against corruption, and they're not known for promoting democracy. it's not something that they promote in their country, and they're not likely to promote it in africa. they are on economic gain on their part. and we are the ones responsible for ensuring that as far as we take advantage of the new global political situation, we are also careful not to abandon the most fundamental social values that we hold dear, like democracy and corruption. >> a european union military force is now operating on the streets of the capital of the central african republic. >>> estonian soldiers conducted their first patrol. 150 soldiers from france and estonia. >>> it was one of the lasting midges of the balkan's war. sarajevo city hall in flames, and now more than 20 years later, the landmark building has finally risen from the ashes. >> he remembers the night when he and his fellow firefighters

to blast struck a marketplace in downtown nairobi in the latest of what has been a wave of unrest lamed on militants. the u.s. and british embassies travel alerts, warning of an increased threat inside kenya. >> a flood of trauma arrived at nairobi's national hospital. left scenes of death and instruction in their wake. among the casualties, city dwellers visiting a bitty market -- busy market where one last hit. exploded atminivan the same time. >> i heard a blast. i thought it was a tire blast. when i got there, there was a second one. i have helped more than 16 people so far. >> the blasts are the latest in a stream of terror attacks. the most rheumatic of which was the al qaeda linked group deadly attack on -- most dramatic of --ch was the al qaeda league linked group last year. more than a dozen people have been killed in attacks over the past 18 months according to the embassy. nationals were urged to leave the country, a blow to the kenyan tourist industry and a move that according to the president plays right into the plans of the terrorists. >> i urge my fellow citizens to join

busyist roads and we have a security specialist for franklin consultants and is live from nairobi.s this look like the work of el-shabob? >> most certainly el-shabob holds the tactical initiative from the border in mandara all the way down to the coast. >> and why would el-shabob target members of the somali community in kenya? >> el-shabob are aware that the kenya police developed a certain technique or tactic that does not differentiate somali citizens from those who might be guilty. in fact, by targeting their own people in eastly they participated the rounding up of some 12 somali citizens as well as refugees and placing them in the stadium, processing them, in essence -- >> we may well have lost andrew. i think we have lost andrew. i'm sorry about that. we lost the picture, it's broken up, andrew talking about the security situation especially for samali in kenya which experienced a number of attacks believed to be from el-shabob, al jazeera has the first images of the jailed reporter since his arrest in egypt last august. the pictures of him have been taken on saturday. we ma

they both exploded and the deputy police commissioner of nairobi said bombs were on the buses. what's quite typical here of late of bomb attacks has been grenades being thrown, but at this point it appears that the bombs were on the bus. it's not clear whether they were suicide attacks or bombs planted. it's likely the buses were very busy driving down that road, and anybody on the bus is likely to have been hurt. so severe casualties, and for several hours after the attacks the ambulances were desperately trying to reach there and get through the traffic and get people to hospitals. now, nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack right now, but as you've said, this is part of an escalating pattern of attacks just within 24 hours four bombings now, two last night in the port city of mombasa and one at a bus as well. in that case it was grenades thrown at a bus that hit the bus and people getting on. another one was a bomb found within the grounds of an upscale hotel down by the beach there. an extremely big escalation of attacks. although no one has taken responsibility,

. >>> two buses have been hit by bombs into nairobi. the attacks happened while the buses moved along one of the nairobi's busiest highway, a day after two explosions killed four people in the coastal city of mombassa. >> victims of an alleged mass rape are waiting to hear if their attacker will be brought to justice. a military court will give its verdict in a few hours. dozens of congolese soldiers are accused of taking women. >> reporter: this woman says when she was 16 rebels abducted her, keeper her for six months, when she escaped, she was pregnant. a few months after giving birth, things were worse. >> translation: we heard ta government soldiers were coming and looting. 17 came to where we were hiding. they raped all of us. one of them took my baby boy. i found him the next day, later he died. >> she is one of dozens that say they were raped at the same time in the same down east of democratic republic of congo. the soldiers along this road following the shore after being defeated by the rebels, when they reached here the town,

he's not at home, he's in the kenyan capital nairobi.e was threatened by the al qaeda-affiliated armed group al-shabab. who is fighting the government. somalia is a dangerous place in the world to be a reporter. >> i came here, and you know when you became a journalist it is to live life formal. no family members here, like sisters and brothers, father and mother. it's a peaceful life. >> the stresses for life for somali journalists are getting worse. registered as refugees many freelance at companies like this one. the kenyan's response to attacks by al-shabab is to order refugees back to the border, including reporters. a nairobi suburb home to many somalis, people are scared of being sent to camps, rife with violence and infill freighted from the -- infiltrated by the fighters they are fleeing from. somal was a journalist when he fled. for journalist threatened by the group, the camps could be a death sentence. >> because the security is not 100% there. it's like somalia. maybe some elements can kill. maybe they can kill you. so we no

terror returns to nairobi. two blasts ripped through a market in the canyon capital. -- kenyan capital. resilience blaming the world cup for skyrocketing housing costs. brazilians blaming the world cup for skyrocketing housing costs. welcome. a new year has begun in the world's largest democracy. narendra modi, the right-wing leader of the nationalist the jp, has secured the biggest margin of victory in 30 years. more than 30 million people vote it. the scale of the victory was clear after just two hours of counting. the new prime minister is a controversial figure but his strong academic record as a governor inspired a people worn down by poor economic growth. andrew north reports. his piece does contain some flash photography. >> the new face of india with an inspirational story. narendra modi was once a railway station keyboard. now he is going to be the leader of the world's largest of moxie. thomas he is -- largest cressey. he said he is going to transform. this has laid the foundation of modern india. you

when the buses were traveling on a busy highway in the capital city of nairobi. local media say the two vehicles were going to separate destinations the explosions come a day after someone threw a grenade at a bus stop in the coastal town of nome boss of four people were killed. no one has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks but authorities say militants are likely behind them. india blames a series of similar attacks on the islamic militant group al shabaab based in neighboring somalia. the attacks include last year's deadly siege at a nairobi shopping mall the left more than sixty people dead. afghan authorities have ended search and rescue operations for survivors of a landslide in the northern province of bob after sean davey estimate friday's disaster killed more than five hundred people two thousand others are still missing. the government sent soldiers and police to look for people who survived a landslide but officials say it's not possible to remove mob as dozens of meters thick they also say there could be more landslides the government on sun

jane ferguson, al jazeera, nairobi. >> china is looking out always for new and innovative ways to stay in touch with the major global markets. it's now proposing a new way of getting between beijing and new york city. it is a brand-new high speed rail link, yes. according to chinese state media, the proposed line called the china to russia plus the united states line will stretch a colossal 13,000 kilometers which is longer than the trans sigh beerian expressway, the world's longest. it would head up through the rural northeast up into siberia in russia before entering a tunnel underneath the bearing strait. it would have to be 200 kilometers long. it would cond overland through canada and down to the east coast of the united states. a few fancy taking a ride. the whole trip will take about two days and that is just one way. it is, of course, a long way off at the moment. >> still to come in this news hour which german football club is facing relegation for the first time in its history. we will have that and the rest of the sport in just a minute or two. >> techknow... >> we're here i

jane ferguson, al jazeera nairobi. >> and we have a consultant and public affairs government and he isrobi and thank you for being us with and there is no doubt that china brings massive construction projects to africa and does help to improve infrastructure but what strings are attached to the deals? >> reporter: there is a good risk in how chinese do their business in africa. and the risks are that there is no or nothing against corruption and china is not known for promoting democracy, it's not something they promote internally in their country and are not likely to promote it in africa. and specifically in kenya the one of the projects that they have brought in is the standard gauge real way and there is no economic rationale for abandoning our meter gauge to go to standard gauge and except for the money bags that china will bring. we in kenya in particular and africa in general need to be careful how we evaluate the generosity, so called generosity from china. >> it brings bags of money, all these projects to africa, is there a concern that it then under mines work that other coun

a nairobi place and people are scared they will be sent back to camps and infiltrated by the al shabaabthey are threeing from and he was also a reporter in somalia when he fled in 2006 and said for journalists already threatened by the group the camps could be a death sentence. >> because the security it's like somalia and maybe some elements can kill you so we are not going there. if there is no other solution we are ready to face the consequences and we go back to our country in somalia. >> reporter: there are other refugees from somalia but don't have the paperwork and not registered and won't come on camera to talk to us and they are at even greater risk to be sent to somalia or refugee camp. reporters who managed to get out of somalia these streets are their new home. but the threat of being sent back into danger haunts them everyday now and i'm jane ferguson with al jazeera nairobi. >> demonstrators have been rallying in support in caracus and have seen violent protests as the economy worsens and we report from there and some people blame the president maduro for man handling the

she cannot prove she is nairobi's mother. takes us to an where many haitian immigrants and descendents live. that much she can stand. but right now, she says they are robbing her of her identity. her entirelived life here without papers, but giuliana's children born on dominicans fosoil got birth certificates and citizenship. i am not american because my parents are foreigners who came here illegally, but i don't know anything else. i say even if our parents are foreigners, i do not feel like one. all i have is my birth certificate from here in the dominican republic. it says i was born here. if i was born here, i am dominican. >> government spokesman rodriguez says every country decides for itself who is allowed in its borders. these of the dominican government has been accommodating, and the haitian government has a very positive attitude, he says. there has been a lot of support from the international community, including the eu and eu.n. to help provide haitians with national id's. even createdt sentences here where the h

also ahead, a string of explosions rock the kenyan cities of mombasa and nairobi. no hope for thousands buried under a landslide in afghanistan. those who survived are in desperate need of help. and sky scrapers and highways, panama gets a $15 billion makeover. pro-russia acvisits have stacked the police headquarters in the southern ukrainian city of odessa. this comes two days after violence left more than 40 people dead in the city. police have now released most of those who were arrested on friday, earlier, supporters smashed windows and broke down a gate at the police compound. jonah h. ll sent us this update. >> anger has been building since friday permating the shock, if you like. and building in particular because people on sunday were allowed into the remains of the burned down building in which so many people had died on friday and they had gone from that building en masse to the central police station where around 100 people action we believe, were being held, being arrested after that violence pro-shan crowds have been gathered outside the police station

two crowded buses were hit by home-made bombs in nairobi.comes after twin explosions killed two people in the port city. jane ferguson reports. >> reporter: bombs on two buses in the capital nairobi exploded 4:30pm. they were travelling close to one another down a busy highway in the city center. dozens were rushed to kenyatta distribute hospital. >> one out of the 16 arrived dead. six are critically injured. all of them are in stable condition at the moment and are being attended to by the medical team. >> no one claimed responsibility, but bombings in kenya increased sippings the country's military entered somalia to fight the group in 2011. in recent months they escalated dramatically. less than 24 hours before this attack grenades were thrown at a bus in mombassa. a bomb was discovered in an upmarket hotel in the same town. kenya's government vowed to step up its counter security crackdown, named operation security watch. attackers are still able to strike targets in major cities at will. >>> the international community has been accused

chinese premier li keqiang met the top leaders of four east african countries in nairobi. officials at kenya's presidential office say china signed an agreement to spend $3.6 billion on the project. the amount represents 90% of the costs required to build the 600 kilometer railway that will link nairobi and mombasa, kenya's second largest city. li said the deal is only the beginning. he noted that the railroad will eventually connect seven east african countries but criticism about chinese investment is mounting in africa. some experts say china sends its own workers to africa for these kind of projects and that doesn't help to raise local employment. the latest deal also went to a chinese company without any bidding for the contract. >>> users share a wealth of content online. everything from self-help tips to scandalous pictures and music videos. developers at websites promoting viral media collect some of that and encourage viewers to share it. and more and more businesses are trying to cash in now. nhk world's rosa fabrino reports. >> reporter: at this technology and m

three people die the moment sixty were injured when the devices exploded in the capital nairobi. these attacks were the second in successive days the somali islamist group al to buy up to boldly behind the bombings. report comes in and week out. yes again beat stopwatch as of two halves make bombs hit two buses traveling on the pc mode to wait outside the capital nairobi on sunday. at least three people were killed more than sixty injured including children. the death toll is expected to climb the expressions on the two co wrote with his second attack in as many days. four people died in the port city of mombasa on saturday when it could make such a consecration. no one has yet claimed it was too busy for the broth but for the disappointing two forces that if the money from this group house to bath. there's been an increase in london attacks the air the government decided they wanted to make room for money at the party of clayton minchin said yesterday if it goes. the welsh was shot last year but that was constructed by ruby which any shop that sixty seven people in an indoor sho

the attacks include last year's deadly siege at a nairobi shopping mall. that left more than 60 people dead. >>> afghan authorities have ended search and rescue operations for survivors of a landslide in the northern province of bara shan. they estimate friday's disaster killed more than 500 people. 2,000 others are still missing. the government sent soldiers and police to look for people who survived the landslide. but officials say it's not possible to remove mud that's dozens of meters thick. they also say there could be more landslides. the government on sunday decided to call off the search. the japanese government is providing humanitarian aid following a request by afghan authorities. it includes 100 tents and 300 blankets that will be sent through the japan international cooperation agency. >>> at least 18 people died and more than 100 others were injured when a train derailed in western india. the accident happened on sunday, about 100 kilometers south of mumbai. local authorities say the engine and four of the train's 20 cars jumped the tracks so

well it was shot last year by the way station to nairobi with any shop that sixty seven people in an indoor shopping mall now that the growth of ten yes but you cannot somali population. one after the troubled country opponents of the intervention in its tenants had pizza and then my arm got caught up in his oscar winning actress who can tell the government has responded by misty autumn two thousand people on suspected terrorists in charge is i bought it now seems to be donated to the pilots could be compromised he said nigerian president goodluck jonathan has pledged to find the missing school girls were kidnapped by islamic militants. speaking to the first time about the incidents the president admits that his security forces still do not know the location of the guy was nobody to have been taken from this golden boy of state by poking around on them. in the fall of two hundred amazing. the official figure is different from those issued by the school and parents. speaking of live television address the nation the president said it was a trying time for the country not a corporation

twin blasts went off in the kenyan capital of nairobi today.least ten people were killed and 70 more injured. police said two improvised explosive devices were detonated in a market area near nairobi's downtown. the white house condemned the bombing as u.s. ambassador to kenya requested more security and is reducing the number of staff stationed at the embassy in nairobi. in turkey, protests against lax safety conditions in the country's coal mines turned violent today. police fired water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of thousands gathered in the town of soma. that's where almost 300 miners were killed in an underground explosion and fire on tuesday. the turkish government and the mine's operators denied any negligence was to blame for the disaster. on wall street today, stocks staged a late afternoon rebound. the dow jones industrial average gained 44 points to close at 16,491. the nasdaq rose 21 points to close at 4,090. the s&p 500 was up seven points to close above 1,877. for the week, the dow slipped more than half a per

. >> sing to celebrate their bond after ten weeks of counseling and therapy the center in nairobi, kenya. the refrain, don't lose hope stand firm and stand against torture. they continue to meet as tmentumeni support group. tumeni means support in swahili. >> these are plawses of hope. >> kurt oversees the centers in the u.s., africa and the middle east. >> survivors and victims of torture are able to rebuild and recover. >> experts say torture is still being carried out in more than 100 countries. >> there's no category that's spared. there are men, women and unfortunately and especially in the case of syria i think, increasingly children. more than half of the torture survivors, survivors from syria are children now. so not even -- even kids are spared. >> we were were granted an interview with the survivor who has political asylum and is studying to be a scientist. but he feared being on camera even in shadow, tipping off security officials back home who would go back to his family. >> the purpose of torture is really to dismantle the person both physically, lose trust in themselves,

al jazeera, nairobi. >> now to headlines from all around america.dallas area are cleaning up after storms and high winds tore through their city. up rooting trees and tore roofs off of homes there. thursday storms knocked out power to 34,000 homes in all but 200 of them had powerrer power restored this morning. a new poll fines 60% in georgia disapprove of their state's newly passed gun laws. georgia gun owners can be armed in schools, bars, government buildings and even inside churches. the poll conducted for the atlanta constitution found 39% of people dislike those laws and at the same time 57% said they believe owning a gun helps to protect people. >>> the center for disease control said the deep south has the highest rate of h.i.v. and a.i.d.s. and it's particularly dire in mississippi in young men 13 to 24. we have more from jackson. >> cedric was diagnosed with a.i.d.s. nearly ten years ago. >> i almost died because i ignored being treated. >> reporter: today he is on a mission to stop the spread of h.i.v. in his home state. >> i just think i

. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> a group of armed vigilantes is trading machine gun fire with members of the knights templar cartel until early this year, the town of nueva italia in mexico's western state of michoacan was under the control of the cartel but after more than a decade of fear, something changed these men armed themselves, and town-by-town, they began to drive the cartel out. they call themselves autodefensas, or self-defense forces. their leaders claim that 20,000 have joined the armed movement. their advance has been welcomed by many, but it's also plunged this state into a new kind of lawlessness. >> we've just arrived to michoacán and we've heard that four heads have been discovered on the steps leading to this church here in this small town of zacan. >> it's a gruesome warning from the templars, as the autodefensas approach this town from the south the bodies were taken away by authoriti

. >> explosions in nairobi have left at least 10 people dead. >> police say two improvised bombs were detonated at market. no immediate claims of responsibility though similar attacks have been blamed on somali islamic militants. they said they would only encourage terrorists. turkish police have fired at thousands of protesters in the eastern town of soma which is still grieving -- grieving. >> operators denied any negligence at a press conference. they were among the latest antigovernment rallies that have been ongoing for three days. >> there have been mass funerals for 300 miners that have been killed. there is little hope that any of the men underground will be found alive. >> thousands gathered to take part in a symbolic funeral ceremony. this young boy's father died in the accident. >> people are crying and the tears won't stop. >> the fire that hampered rescue efforts are out. no clarity on how many are still underground. >> a maximum of 18 miners trapped. we don't think it will exceed 302. >> they still don't know what caused the accident. neither it nor turkey's government a

these have taken place in nairobi. several hours flight from mombasa.2 information that scores of people have been injured. all we have is there were twin blasts in that market. much more throughout the next few hours on bbc world news. our main story today, results in india's marathon general election are coming in. it's a historic win for the bjp. this man, narenda modi, india's new prime minister. >>> for me, tim willcox and the team, bye bye. hey, razor. check this out. listen up, thunder dragons, it's time to get a hotel. we can save big on killer hotels with priceline express deals. somewhere with a fitness center? hey you know what man, these guys aint no dragons. they're cool. these deals are legit. yeah, we're cool. she's cool. we're cool. i'm cool. hey, isn't that razor's old lady? not anymore. priceline savings without the bidding. if you have a business idea, we have a personalized legal solution that's right for you. with easy step-by-step guidance, we're here to help you turn your dream into a reality. start your business today with legalz

in kenya thousands marched through the capital nairobi demanding they do more to bring back the girls. rallies from texas and other places in u.s. called for the girls to be freed and to punish boko haram. i'm joined by the deputy assistant secretary of state for the department's bureau of african affairs. your boss told the senate committee that freeing the girls from boko haram is a top priority of washington. that is a big change. how is it that going to translate to action in nigeria? >> thank you. freeing the girls and having them returned to their homes, families is a top priority for the united states government. that is why we are doing all that we can to support the nigerian government's efforts to find the girls and bring them back home. >> is the u.s. considering going further, sending more resources beyond the teams already there, and the aerial surveillance that is in pleas? >> as you know, we have added unmanned aerial surveillance to help with the search for the girls. at this point i can't say, i can't speculate on what other measures may be needed. let's see what happ

we have nor from nairobi, which is the last stop. [ singing ] >> reporter: these students are singing m mandarin, preparing to perform for the chinese prime minister. they are aware how important his visit is for kenya. after years of studying the language, they hope to turn their hard work into jobs with chinese companies, based in kenya. >> this is a good opportunity to get a career and employ people. it's massive. >> their teacher is excited too. >> we encourage them to go to china and come back. they realise that there are so many opportunities for them. we have so many companies established here in kenya, and realise that the chinese people, and local people who can speak the language >>> students at nairobi see their economic future tied to china. ed. >> the place young kenyans come to learn mandarin is an entire institute. all the classrooms are labelled in chinese. there's a lot of evidence of chinese culture in the corridor. on the stare way is an -- stairway is an indicator of why kenyans want to learn, there are photographs in the haul of businessmen selling their product.

. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. >> india is looking ahead to the inauguration of narendra modi next monday after his party formerly elected him prime minister yesterday. modi heads bjp party, which swept to elections last week. modi is headed to pakistan for the inauguration. it is seen as an olive branch. no word if pakistani president my sharif will attend. india is growing 5% a year compared to 10% in 2010. to succeed modi will have to make good on his promise to eliminate red tape to boost domestic and foreign investment in the country. there is a lot of at stake. a recent note citigroup called india the land of 1.2 billion opportunities. a reference to the country's fast growing population. check out this graphic, and you begin to get the extent of the opportunity. fewer than 5% of indians own a car or a laptop. fewer than 15% have refrigerat refrigerators or washing machines, and fewer than half own a

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she can't even prove she is nairobi's mother.he takes us to her settlement outside of the city where many immigrants and descendents live. that much she can stand. now, she says that they are robbing her of her identity. her mother lived her life here without papers. . birthedhis children thickets and citizenship. say i am not dominican because my parents are foreigners. but i don't know anything else. i say even if our parents are foreigners, i don't feel like one. all i have is my birth certificate from here. it says i was born here. if i was born here, i am dominican. >> a government spokesman says every country decides for itself who is allowed in its borders. he says the dominican government is being accommodating. the haitian government has a positive attitude. there's been a lot of support from the international community, including the eu and uh provide haitians with national ids. vitamin and -- the haitian government to give national ids to citizens. giuliana was one of many who afterominican citizenship a court ruling t

in 2009 to cancel my visa, returned to nairobi.on numerous occasions, offers, my place in kenya, our family house in kenya, to travelers or anyone else that would like to come by. this is a family tradition we have. we have traveled most of our have been given accommodation, and we have given accommodation. when i came back from the emirates, i get a call from an , who itance in dubai knew of not so much, but we had several conversations. some occasion, one or two to do occasions, i offered for him to come to kenya, or if he was ever in kenya, he should look me up, something like this. he called me and asked me to accommodate two young gentleman, his friends. i thought they would be coming from the emirates, but i cap -- apparently they came from england. when i was asking for more information, the phone had cut. happenedeno to be on a watchlist, they came to stay with me, and after two weeks, my home was raided by .ocal law enforcement after the rated -- i was not there, i read it in a story -- i secured some legal documentation b

it's an orphanage for elephants located just outside nairobi in kenya.parents--their mothers, mainly--have been killed by poachers for their ivory. as we reported in april 2009, a young elephant can only survive a day or two without milk. so the orphanage's first job is to feed them. the principal of the orphanage--the principal, headmistress, head nurse, and ceo--is dame daphne sheldrick. she founded the place and has been working with elephants for 50 years. >> this is little seguta. this is the one that was in a coma... >> oh, right. >> when she arrived, was on a drip for 24 hours. we never thought she'd be alive in the morning. so she's our little miracle, this one. >> but daphne's problem is that she's caring for too many miracles. poachers are killing more and more elephants for their tusks, creating more and more orphans. a few african countries have been given the right to sell their ivory stockpiles--more than 100 tons of tusks--to china and japan. and conservationists point out, this is yet another blow to africa's elephants. do you see any cor

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>> the authorities in kenya are investigating two bomb attacks on crowded buses in the capitol of nairobi. three people were killed and 60 injured. this was on sunday. this followed two explosions on saturday which killed four people. >>> a frenchman has been killed in yemen's capitol, it happened close to the french embassy. gunmen open fired on a diplomatic vehicle carrying the man who is working for the e.u. mission. two others were wounded. >>> in iraq a suicide car bomb has left at least three people dead. it targeted a restaurant on the main highway between baghdad. the u.n. estimates 600 civilians were called across iraq last month. >>> at least 22 people including children are dead after two boats capsized off the coast of greece. they were close to the island between turkey and greece. survivors say 60 people were packed on the boat. 14 were dead and the bodies of another four people were recovered at sea. we have more from athens. >> authorities have found a total of 22 drowned bodies in the eastern ey aegean sea. most of them came in a boat 10 meters long overfilled with 60 peo

. >>> at least ten people have been killed in two separate explosions in kenya and nairobi. first bus was a bus, and then sect star gets market area. >> reporter: millions of kenyans depend on buses like this to get around. lately they have become deadly. explosions are thrown at the bus or placed inside. often small ball bearings are used in the explosives, and whoever was sitting here is unlikely to have survived. >>> 11 people have been killed in syria in a car bomb. [ inaudible ] which al jazeera cannot dentally verify appears to show the aftermath of the car bomb. it went off in front of a mosque during friday prayers. >>> and in the northern city of aleppo, rebels fired a rocket that killed 13 people according to syria's state news agency. >>> and southwest of aleppo there has been a barrel bomb attack in the damascus countryside. barrel bombs have killed throws of civilians. >>> in libya at least two people have died in fighting in benghazi. the caretaker prime minister has called the violence illegal. >> reporter: the situation in benghazi is now relatively calm, but

. >> reporter: he brought his family to nairobi from the refugee camp in northern kenya two and a half months ago. they had been at the camp for three years after they fled violence and famine in somalia. he thought they'd have a better life here, but frequent attacks in kenya prompted the government to move refugees back into the camps or to their home countries. somalia was not an option for him. >> translator: the reason i can't go back to somalia is i have no money, and with the little security there, i have no reason to go back. >> reporter: so now they're on the move again, back to the country -- camp they struggled so hard to leave behind. here are other refugees heading back. life in the city has become unbearable. many somalis complain they're harassed by police. these refugees say they'd rather go back to the camp in the north than live with fear in the city. more than 5,000 refugees have returned to the camp, and roughly 300 deported. >> translator: we can't go to our homes. we are too scared. that's since this operation started. we cannot stay here any longer. >> reporter:

. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the turkey-syria border. >> venezuela. >> beijing. >> kabul. >> hong kong. >> ukraine. >> the artic. real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. joseph. >> people have been voting across india in the past five weeks in the country's largest election. 800 million eligible voters in india. cast their ballots in the final day of voting. the main hindu opposition party bjp, and ruling congress party has been plagued by scandals. final results expected on may 16th. >>> protesters came out in thailand. vowing to take down the current government in place. current administration is still in support eve of yingwat chinw. >>> vietnam's government rarely tolerates protests like these. the fact that it has is perhaps the measure of the deepening official age are that china taps maritime ambitions in the south china sea. >> china not only violates vietnam's territory says this territory but it also shows its ambitions to invade the entire sea. shaky video shows a recent confrontation in these troubled waters. a chinese ship rams a

also ahead, a string of explosions rock the kenyan cities of mombasa and nairobi. no hope for thousands buried under a landslide in afghanistan. those who survived are in desperate need of help. and sky scrapers and highways, panama gets

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it was behind the sooj of the westgate mall in nairobi. the group wants islamic law in somalia, and foreign troops, including kenyan forces, out. international forces pushed al-shabab out of the capital mogadishu in 2011. the group managed to attack targets in the city. this assault will cause more concern because the group was able to get through parliament defenses and reach somali's top politicians. . >> in neighbouring djibouti there has been a grenade attack at a restaurant popular with westerners. two have been killed, a dozen others injured. djibouti had dozens of troops, fighting as part of the african union mission and is home to the biggest military base in the region. >>> a car bomb exploded outside an alcohol shop in northern iraq. 11 were killed in kirkuk. they witnessed a growing number of attacks in this city. >>> votes are being counted again in malawi presidential election after an attempt by the president to order a re-run. as reported the election commission admits more votes were cast than there were registered voters.

. >>> joining me now from nairobi is david, a consultant for africa world media. the u.n.ecurity council to talk about a report that could narrow the hunt for jonathan cohn. does that mean they have jonathan cohn in their sites, david. >> first of all, we went to the peace table, to the negotiations in 2005, we knew that there was going to be uganda - we had an aim, and we got it. if it had not been the stubbornness of the american government [ inaudible ] again, it's the wishes of all the peace lovers. all of us went to negotiate. we risked our lives [ inaudible ] that you should not strike kony, i said that kony should not be struck. we should get an agreement, it was signed. they went ahead to scuffle the agreement, to hit kony, and look at the consequences - he killed as many as possible, which is not good for the region. i don't think that what is going on in the great lakes region, in south sudan, i think this will give him ammunition and redirect himself and a portion goes to one of the warring parties. this is dangerous. >>> is the l.r.a., do you think, still a thr

at least three people have been killed and close to 60 injured when two homemade bombs exploded in nairobi on buses. this is a day after two blast at the kenyan coast killed four. in that attack a grenade was thrown at a bus stop. these are the latest strikes in a wave of violence that hit kenya since it sends troops to somalia to fight the extreme and -- and the extremist al-shabaab rebels almost three years ago. let's come back now to europe on a lighter note where napoleon has come back to life here and well, sort of. the infamous emperor was imitated on the italian island of elba as residents and history fans dressed up in costumes for an event to mark 200 years since the frenchman was exiled to elba. a kicks off 10 months of celebrations, the length of time napoleon stayed on the island. here is charlie hawkins. >> 1814 on the bay, a cannon announces the arrival of the emperor. napoleon disembarked his ship and depth foot on the island of elba the place he has chosen for exile. 200 years later, costumed enthusiasts from all over europe celebrate the bicentenary of the event. >> it has

a warning jane ferguson's report from nairobi may contain images that you may find disturbing. >> reporter: this is all that was left of a bus that was targeted. attackers threw a grenade at it and a group of passengers. blood sustained the streets as emergency services arrived to carry await the injured. >> i saw three people dead immediately after the blast. there were men injured. we took about eight people to hospital. many took themselves to get treatment. >> minutes later a second attack in the same city. a bag with an improvised explosive device. people passing by managed to take cover and remarkably no one was killed. police say they don't yet have an splaption for who was behind the blast. kenya was a tart. it's trying to publish the kenyan government. mombassa is a major port for the east african region. as well as being a draw card for tourists. the president said it's a tax like these that are bringing kenya's tourism industry in its knees. >>> a curfew has been imposed in the indian state as 31 muslims have been shot dead in the last three days. the army deported troops. polic

. >> in kenya, at least ten people are dead after a pair of explosions in nairobi this morning at a bus stop. kenya's government said people were injured. and no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. >>> and a growing professor in nigeria. the president canceling his visit 20 the village where the girls were abducted. goodluck jonathan called it off for security reasons. he did it in the northern states where the military is fighting boko haram, and he's going to paris instead to attend an international security summit that's being convened to discuss boko haram. and there has been a major about face from the state security department about boko haram. they waited too long to put them on the terror watch list, and rescuing the abducted girls is a pop priority for the u.s., and finding them is getting harder >> reporter: on capitol hill, reiterating the united states' commit to finding the nigerian schoolgirls. one of the biggest problem is not the abductors, but instead their own government. >> it tutu long for the nigerian government to accept the united states assistance,

. >> in neighboring kenya, bus talks taking place on sunday in kenyas capitol, nairobi.ve been several attacks in recent days. on saturday, another passenger bus and beach hotel were targeted. so far, no one claiming responsibility. the al-qaeda linked group ago shabab has launched several attacks in retaliation they say for military groups in somalia. >> 250 girls were abdugouted from a school last month by an armed group. the president is under fire for not doing enough to set them free in nigeria. >> nigerians operating for the kidnapped girls to be found. the president set up a committee to investigate how the object duckies take place and why the rescue effort so far has failed. >> some church goers are planning overnight vigils until the girls are found. >> it's painful. i am a father. i have children, i have daughters, i have a son. it's painful. if i should put myself in the shoes of the parents. >> the president said this: >> what we request is up to this time, they have not been able to come clearly to give police clear i eye dent filing the gi. >> the might of

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al jazeera mohammed abdul sent us this update in the from the kenyan capitol in nairobi. >> it's difficult to verify who actually broke the cease fire but the two sides in the south sudan conflict continue to trade accusations. a government and his spokesmen said it's actually the rebels who attacked their positions in the unity and upper nile states, a claim denied by the rebels. a spokesman for the rebels has said that it's actually the government fors who attacked not only their positions in the unity and upper nile states but also in a third region. now, this renewed violence comes as a setback to efforts by the humanitarian community to bring back 1.5 million people who are spread across the country. people were displaced by the violence. they have only up to the end of this month to grow their own crops or the humanitarian community says there will be a cat stro catastrophfee in south sudan. it will affect almost half of the country's population. now, with the renewed violence in south sudan, it would be interesting to see what those countries who are called the granters of this peac