. ♪ >> this is the i-hub in nairobi, a creative workplace. young i.t.repreneurs, programmers, designers, and technology fans exchange ideas here. >> hi, my name is juliette wanyiri, and i'm currently the lead of gearbox, which is the maker space, which we are excited to set up in nairobi. and the need for this is that there is a growing hardware community in kenya. >> and at gearbox, they can run riot. they work with mini computer modules, such as raspberry pi. properly combined and programmed, these small computers can control almost anything from a distance. >> if we have a product in africa, it should come from africa. but, yeah, i'm definitely excited to see how things go. and being here, i have realized that a lot of people's ventures depend on the internet, and so, we will be helping their ventures run better, and so we will also do some final mail solutions. >> tanzania is still far from having comprehensive internet coverage. only in dar es salaam is it more or less reliable. the women from apps and girls are fighting their way into the digital

and warnings coming in nairobi. part of the ongoing threat. >> thank you for updating us on that situation. >>> now, the pakistani army says 120 fighters have been killed in airstrikes in north western pakistan, part of a military offensive that began on sunday, targetting taliban strongholds in north waziristan. on monday government jets pounded targets, killing at least 12. the operation was seen as a response to an attack on pakistan's busiest airport in karachi. now to kamal hyder. this is part of a big military offensive to flush fighters out of the area. the taliban issued a warning, saying that they are going to retaliate. >> indeed. the taliban are saying that they are now in a state of war, and that very soon they'll be launching reprisal attacks across pakistan. however, the military is still on with its operation, which is likely to last weeks, if not months. according to reports, a large number of people are stuck in north waziristan. they are going to be issued with designated areas for an orderly withd

i live in nairobi and this is my home. karibuni. welcome. to the living room.this is my living room. this is where i stay. a lot of times people write ideas for things that we want to do together on the walls. so, you will find a lot of half-started ideas like for music, writing, books. i'm always releasing my books to the wild. what happens is with our book-party -- when you get a book at the party, when you've finished the book, you're not supposed to keep it in your house, but to drop it somewhere else in nairobi, like in the open. well, this is my working space. i'm a dj as well as a freelance writer. this is something i'm working on currently. so, that's my workspace, my living space. thanks for visiting, and see you again some other time. bye-bye, world. >> and from kenya, we head some 11,000 kilometers across the pacific ocean to a group of islands in the south pacific. palau is home to only about 20,000 people. sounds like ideal conditions for wildlife and yet, below the lush green surface, palau's natural riches are under threat. its biodiversity is wo

we have the director of the wild life program from nairobi.g with us here can you give us the depths and scale of this problem? >> financially speaking it is a scale we have never seen as of this before. we estimate the legal trade and wild life including rhino and elephant te elephant tusks and also timber exceeds $20 billion mark a year. this is twice the total of finance in the international community. that gives a sense of magnitude and scale of this illegal economy. >> how did you gather evidence for this report? >> this is a report we have assembled with data and statistics also colleagues with the united nations. it is at the moment an estimate. illegal trade is also difficult to measure in accurate terms. we have data linking natural resources to illegal trade to g heading of environmental crime. it is a parallel to the economy. >> can you be more specific to us for instance the illegal trade with charcoal you're linking to the al shabaab group we've seen in kenya today? >> for instance the illegal trade is not matter of illegally trad

malcolm webb, al jazeera, nairobi. >> bobby womack has died at age 70. his career spanned six decades. he wrote hits for many the great musicians of the 20th century. in 2009 he was inducted into the rock-n-roll hall of fame. >>> dozens of young people in gaza are trying to forget about the troubles around them and they use music. >> reporter: this ten-year-old and his friend unpack their instruments. [♪ music ] they have been playing classical arab music for five years and they practice every day. he recently won a prize at a music festival for palestinian children in the occupied west bank. he was supposed to play there again but israel closed the gaza border. [♪ music ] >> i feel joy when i play with my friends. music gives people joy and it takes us away from the siege. >> more than half of gaza's population of 2 million are children. many are exposed to political violence almost every day. the organization defense children international say more than 350 children were killed in gaza during the invasion at the end of 2008. another 30 were killed in r

we cross to our correspondent on the line from nairobi. what can you tell us about these attacks? >> gunmen stormed a township in the late hours of sunday evening and were involved in a gun battle lasting several hours into early hours of this morning. several gunmen were involved. they fired at the police station at three lodging houses and started to fire indiscriminately into the town. many people in the town fled into a neighbouring forest. the red cross is talking about 20 people being killed in the attacks. the numbers will be higher. they have been unable to assess the full damage given that many fled into the forest. [ inaudible ] they are trying to figure out the scale of the operations. >>> we know that this is a popular tourist site. give us an idea of the sort of area this is. is it a troubled area and has anyone claimed responsibility? >> it's important to point out that the attack was not on the lamb u island, which is the popular tourist site. this is a township on the mainland. particularly important to note is that it doesn't seem that this is an attack, there's n

. >> let's go to nairobi and speak to dennis. pictures are dreadful coming out of the area aren't they? >> the graphic pictures that we can't show viewers. military trucks are collecting bodies on the streets. the buildings set a blaze, police station as well. there's so much happening, so many activities happening now. rescue teams are there trying to assess the situation and counting the number of houses that were burned, vehicles burned, people that have disappeared. hotline numbers have been issued out for those that have lost family members to make their reports. when the attack happened, so many people escaped and went to the bushes and forest to hide. many that are still unaccounted for as we speak. the gunmen is yet to issue a press briefing on the situation and the gunman. they think it's al shabaab. there's another theory. could this be an issue of a gang that attack the people there and set a blaze buildings because of dispute. this is not a tourist destination. lamu is. the motive of this attack is being investigated

dennis is in the capital city of nairobi. the latest. >> reporter: top security agents are in the area to speak a while ago making announcement saying they're confirming 15 are reported dead. most of them from the forest and nearby bushes. this is coming at a time when people are out raged especially social media. the trending topics are about attacks there and insecurity in general saying that the government and all the top security agencies keep promising kenyans of security. they're slow to act and quick to react. >> dennis, al shabaab claiming responsibility as we've now acknowledged. do we know why? in revenge for earlier attacks. have they said why exactly? >> in the last couple of hours there's been a twist to this theory as to whether al shabaab was responsible even though they've claimed responsibility for two attacks. the gunmen say this issue is all about politics. they're saying in that particular area, there have been an issue of resources and land with a tribe there being accused of taking over land and people r

this picture shows damaged buildings and burned out cars and we have more from the kenyan capitol nairobieporter: they drove in on sunday with two mini vans and tells you how many attackers were in the attack and several believed to be involved and estimates say 50 gunmen involved in this attack. gun battles lasted hour but extent of the damage transpired in the early hours when it was clear government buildings and local lodging houses and a petrol station and restaurants and coffee shops were damaged by gunfire and many people fled into a nearby forest seeking refuge through. it's important to note the attack appears to be targeted local as opposed to attack targeting westerners or tourist targets per se. in that sense this attack will appear to be different. authorities immediately pointed the blame at al-shabob with a larger context there is an on going terror threat in the country and seen foreign governments issue travel warnings to their citizens, the united states reviewing the level of its staff in the embassy in nairobi and uk is shutting down the consulate and this comes as yet

hot spots and east coast of the united states where it's 5:00 in the morning and nairobi where greste based and asia and australia and the big hash tag for sidney where he was from in australia as well. forgive the slight lag we have here on the ipad, but this is what is happening with free aj staff and aj trial, i'm terribly sorry with the the lag we are getting here but this shows you, something happened and we had a fall off recently and we have 12000 tweets per hour and it has fallen and i will have to check on that and forgive me because this is moving so, so quickly and quite difficult to keep up with it. so let me just bring up the map again and we will keep going there. here we go. there is the free aj staff as well and to remind you how big this has become in a very, very short space of time, pretty much global condemnation right across the world. >> and you have run through it earlier but give us an idea how much social campaign, social media campaign helped bring attention to this case and what it has done to journalists who are in jail. >> reporter: really good point and i

skill sets so you can replicate what's already working because if this idea alleviates poverty in nairobi there's slums in mumbai that people should definitely know about this idea and in sao paolo and in manila and anywhere around the world where there's an urban slum people should be able to find out about this idea and find other people who are like them who want to and these problems that's the idea behind the website i love it now that's such a great idea i mean giving people the tools that they can all access all around the world we have this information revolution and we need to really seize on it to work together really quickly and plug your website where people can get involved and help out. awesome so project or that's the name of the website and i've recently along with the book i've released a bunch of wire frame so i plan on developing it much further to become more interactive and i don't care if it's me or somebody else who has more talent ability and web development that can accelerate this product it's about helping people thank you so much jordan phoenix social entrepren

place like nairobi which is very cosmopolitan, those are different than other areas.i did note that you gun that had its first gay pride parade which is remarkable given the danger involved with that. we can quibble about what the nature of the danger is. whether it is the population that is feeling animosity or the political class. easy way it is a big problem. i point to my discussion of community norms in the book. family is a very important dynamic in sub-saharan africa. the thing that is your shoulder against everything and the thing people look to to drive norms and create support systems. the discussion talk about senegal and gambia where it is illegal but it has been practiced for centuries. the norms in the community in senegal where they're trying to eradicate the practice where it was you had to do it because it was like wearing white on your wedding day, a cultural tradition. over the course of one generation i would say steady work with in these communities for 15 years. in one generation the norm shifted. no longer a practice. the problem was solved by p

it's located at the edge of nairobi international park and takes elephants from all over kenya, most often by poaching. this elephant was two years old when his mother was killed. he stayed with her three days before she died. >> it is unfortunate that they are being killed because of their tusks, their ivory. elephants needs this ivory. >> reporter: these elephants were very traumatized when they came here. they'll be in this sanctuary for three years before being integrated into the wild in five to ten years depending on how well they adapt, and how well the other elephants accept them. last year poachers killed about 27,000 elephants in africa. most recently this one. he was one of the country's best known elephants because of his impressive tusks. they are no more than ten such elephants left in kenya now. africa has fewer than 100 of these so-called great tuskers. >> we're on the tipping edge of losing elephants across large parts of africa. >> reporter: that's why the illegal trade in wildlife is one of the main issues being discussed at the united nations environment assembly

. >> reporter: it's feeding time at the sanctuary for elephants located on the edge of nairobi national park. he was two years old when his mother was killed. he stayed with her three days before she died. her mother was also killed. she was rescued. she had spear wounds. >> the biggest enemy of elephants. it's unfortunate that they're wanted for their tusks, the ivory. >> once they are ready these animals will be set free. these elephants were traumatized. they will be in the sanctuary for three years. spending on hodepending on how well the other elephants accept them. >> these are sad days. last year poachers killed 20,000 elephants. in africa close to 100 have been killed here in kenya this year alone. most recently this one, he was one of the country's best known elephants because of his impressive tusks. they are no more than ten such elegance in kenya now. africa has fewer than 100 of these so-called great tuskers. >> i think right now we're at the tipping edge of losing elephants across large parts of africa. we've lost them in some countries already. >> reporter: that's why the

more from nairobi. >> he has been charged with with very serious offenses, murder, forceful -- and terrorismas well as the prosecution has asked for more time to investigate. they have been analyzing the phone records, the defense is arguing that he needs to be released on bond, the judge is going to rule on that on monday. this is a very high profile attack the government has said from the on set, what happened as a result of political instigation, with an aim of ethnic cleansing. am sha babb claimed responsible for that attack, but the government said that al-shabaab is taking advantage of the situation for publicity. the opposition has blamed the government criticized the government for using politics as a ruiz to cover up it's incompetence in preventing the many attacks that have happened in the country since kenya soldiers went in to fight in 2011. there has been about 66 attacks and saying that the government has failed to prevent this, and it should own up instead of covering up and playing a blame game. >> a victim wounded in wednesday's bomb attack, has died in hospital. raiding the

radio reporter yousef anu al bakar was killed in a car bomb incident on his way to work in nairobi, kenya. >>> a group that trains and supports reporting around the world, we asked what he thought about today's egyptian court verdict. >> david my reaction was shared by that of an awful lot of people. just rarely do you see a case so clearly where a sentence is given down regardless of the evidence. these three journalists were reporting news, that's their job it's an important function and they simply reported something the government didn't agree with and this is the reaction. >> what is it about journalists in general in egypt that has the government so terrified? >> the situation in egypt is very unstable. they're on the third administration in just a few years. this was an election, it was a landslide, but that doesn't really say a lot in this situation. so the government is trying to establish its policies, what it's going to do. president sisi, i'm not sure what his agenda is. but clearly he doesn't want to tolerate any dissent. there is a belief, we've seen it in other parts of the

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he lives in nairobi with his partner. >> admit we're scared. >> in one slum, pastor john preaches against homosexuality. there is no doubt where he stands. to be gay and live in one of these overcrowded slums is enormously risky. >> people live in close quarters. it is impossible to hide from your neighbor. there's no such thing as privately. >> michael lives here in a tiny one room shack. >> living in this community is hard because i have to keep my sexuality a side, keep it on low profile. >> he and his partner move constantly, sometimes more than once a month. >> so what would happen if you didn't move? >> i stay in one place, it's dangerous for me because people might start to suspecting like the neighbors asking questions. >> and doing this just taking a walk together is taking a big chance. homophobia isn't at the level of uganda, at least not yet. activists are pushing for a special antisexuality bill in kenya. >> if every man would join the being homosexuality. we are seeing it as a tool, as a weapon of mass destruction. >> antigay laws are already inshrined in kenya's penal code.

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they have carried out a string of attacks in kenya, including the massacre at nairobi's west gate mall last september in which some 67 people were killed. >> the israeli prime minister has today spoken by telephone to the palestinian president, calling on him to help track down three kidnapped israeli teenagers. a massive operation is under way to find them. 100 palestinians have been rounded up. there has been outcry over israel's heavy-handed tactics, resulting in a 19-year-old palestinian shot done. here is more. >> forcing their way in, israeli soldiers raided this home in hebron sunday, blowing up the front door when the occupants refused to let them in. one was injured. israel is expanding the search for the missing students, rounding up dozens of palestinians over the weekend. >> terrorists carried out the kidnapping of three israeli teenagers. we know that for a fact. we will do whatever insides to be done to protect our people. >> three students aged 16 to 19 nt missing after hatch hiking. this was after the establishment of a new palestinian government backed by hamhuis. that

riek machar made the comments in nairobi, where he's been talking to president kenyatta. he demonstrated that he is not in total charge of his forces. he says he's committed to the roadmap for peace. >> we are negotiating. nobody is being forced to. some could opt not to accept it. >> the prime minister would have done anything. i'm hoping he'll come for the 9 june meeting. in that i'm hoping that it will also be something substantial that we will sign, that we will give direction to the negotiators and the mediators. >> a smoking ban comes into force in russia, making it illegal to light up in bars, restaurant and cafes. it comes despite calls from smokers and the hospitality industry to water down the legislation. >> it's early evening and a post-work crowd is settling into its drinks. here a drink goes with a cigarette. the hd son bar is popular. as russians day, the air could get to thick, you could happening an axe. from june the 1st, the bar's owners are saying to stump it out. >> when - people don't come because there's too much motorbiking. i'm looking -- smoke. i

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. >> this is the worst attack since the siege on nairobi's westgate mall in september. al-shabaab claimed responsibility for that saying it would keep targeting kenya for as long as soldiers stayed in sow ma i can't. this will do nothing to help kenya's already suffering tourism industry. >> more palestinians are being arrested by israeli soldiers searching for three missing teenagers. 150 palestinians including hamas leaders have been arrested since the teenagers disappeared on thursday. jane ferguson has more. >> reporter: the palestinian family that live in this house say israeli soldiers came at 9:30 on sunday evening. they blasted open this door which threw a lot of debris through this hallway, then they came in the entire family were here which included a lot of children. the eldest son of the family was arrested, and then they searched the entire house. there is hardly room in this house that has not been turned upside down like this children's bedroom. now the family say that the soldiers ended up taking home mobile phones as well as laptops. ever since the israeli teenage settler

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some of the flipflops end up here in the capital of nairobi, with a company that watches as the women transform them into art. they are sold to the u.s., to homes and zoos. >> it's really about using trade, a trade-based solution, to a problem of global pollution in the oceans, and this is really an african solution to this global problem. >> so here in this workshop, they do their job. they see it as a new and good solution to protecting the beaches and erasing poverty. aljazeera, on the south coast. >> i'm dave, the national forecast. and the weather will be changing here across the northeast. but it will take awhile for all of this rain to slowly clear out. back into the steady rain, moving through pennsylvania and new york, there are showers developing, and they can develop a little bit more rain. a flash flood watch is in effect, and we have had flood warnings in effect in philadelphia and portions of new york and new england. because of all of the rain that has come down already, more showers developing this afternoon as things start to heat up a little bit with breaks in the cl

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we have more for us from the kenyan capital nairobi. the gunmen drove into the town on sunday evening in two minivans, giving you anned in of how many attackers were involved in the attack. several have been involved, estimates putting it up to 50 gunmen involved in the attack. the gun battles lasted several hours. the extent of the damage transpired in the early hours of monday morning, when it was clear that several government buildings, local lodging house, a pret roll station, restaurants and -- petrol station, restaurants and coffee shops were damaged. and many people had fled into a nearby forest seeking refuge there. it's important to note that the attack appears to note that locals were targeted as opposed to an attack targetting westerners or tourist targets. in that sense this attack will appear to be different. authorities pointed the blame at al-shabab, and this comes with a larger context that there is an ongoing terror threat in in country. there has been foreign embassies issuing travel warnings to the citizens. the unite

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the project director for the central africa at the international crisis group and she live now from nairobind thanks for joining us on al jazeera and seems like one step at a time is the way to secure regional security and forces seem to be doing the job slowly and carefully. >> well, for the moment what we can say, that the surrender, the voluntary surrender of f.d.n.r. is a response to threat of the international community that was recently made by the special envoy so it's not that there have been some very military operation that triggered that surrend surrender. the surrender is response to the resent community of the special people that say all f.d.n.r. commanders have to surrender or the forces including the international and we go after them. >> reporter: most of the problems on the eastern border with rwanda and uganda and seems securing that particular area and that expanse is a very difficult job to do, it's a huge area. >> reporter: well, it's definitely a huge area and there are many armed groups than the f.d.n.r. but f.d.n.r. are actually very important in the situation right

riek machar made the comments in nairobi, where he's been talking to kenya's president. he admitted that he is not completely in charge of his forces. he said this in an interview with the afp agency. he is committed to the roadmap for peace. a frenchman has been arrested with a shooting at a jewish museum in brussels, three died, another injured when a loan gunman opened fire. french investigators questioned a 29-year-old man after resting him in marr say. china september a response to the u.s. defense secretary who accused of it destabilizing the south china sea reason. chuck hagel was told his criticisms were groundless and he denounced japanese president shinzo abe. he had called on other countries to respect the rule of law. >> translation: we will never accept provocations by others under the pretext of positive passivism that stirring up tension for their -- passivism. the speeches made by mr abba and mr hagel gave me the impression they coordinated with each other and staged provocative actions against china. >> richard is a writer and senior fellow at the school

the comments were made in nairobi. where he has been talking to president kenyatta, and he is not in charge of his forces. he said this in an interview with the newsagency. riek machar is committed to the roadmap for peace. >> we are negotiating. no one is forced to accept that they could have opted not to accept it. i wouldn't have done anything much the prime minister would have done anything. but i am hoping that he'll come for the meeting. and this that i'm hoping that it would be also something substantial that we will sign, that will give direction to negotiators and mediators. >> rebel fighters in syria say they have blown up a tunnel killing 40 government soldiers. the islamic front claimed responsibility. a tunnel under the hotel was blown up by rebels in the old city of aleppo. >> three al jazeera staff held in equipment will return to court. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have been in gale for 155 days. another al jazeera correspondent, abdullah al-shami has been held in a cairo prison w

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the free aj staff hashtag grow and grow, particularly in places - you see in western europe, but nairobi - that is where peter greste was based, australia where he's from - you saw the sydney hashtag pop up. there's more chatter now. if i go to hashtag.org you see the kick up. this is a 1% sample in the last 24 hours. it started 300 tweets an hour and now close to 950,000 tweets an hour on this. we want more and more. you can contribute by tweeting free sj staff. we show you what others have been up to. here is a picture from brisbane, showing peter greste's parents using their ipads and waiting for the verdict. peter's brothers and cousins are in cairo, the parents are in australia. a picture from the courtroom. this lady is the fiancee of mohamed fadel fahmy. she is there in court today to see what will happen. what else did we spot? a lot of journalists. the last count is something like 150 journalists, embassy staff. these are taken by patrick kingsley, from the guardian newspaper. he's showing a large number of people six, seven rows back, and coverage. there'll be a lot of coverage