. >> in kenya police investigation is underway after security drill at a nairobi university ended in chaos. one person died and 30 were injured at the university on monday. catherine soi has the details. >> one student died on monday. she sustained head injuries while fleeing what she thought was gunmen. another student recovering from jumping from the first-floor window. he fractured his legs. >> i see four men advancing, wearing white, something red. and they had a gun. now it is kicked in. >> but the university was not under attack. it was a security drill gone wrong. the this student's legs and hands are broken. she jumped off the second-floor balcony, and she's still too traumatized to talk to us. in all, more than 30 people are injured. many of the students said they were not informed. they panicked, and some of them jumped off the window ledges. >> the university administrators said that they told local police about the drills, but these police spokesman said that they did not inform the relevant security forces. >> the responsibilities of sending in specialized movements and

catherine soy now from nairobi. >> these protestors demand answers from their government. they often wake up to report of new corruption scandals. lucy and her friends traveled from the outskirts of nairobi to join in the demonstration. >> we don't want corruption anymore. we want everyone to benefit. i don't have any money and i want changes. >> kenya's anti corruption commission has taken 350 people to court this year, six cabinet secretaries have also been forced to resign because of corruption allegations. >> many kenyans are angry about corruption especially in the public service. the president declared corruption a threat to national security, but these people want to see more action. >> in this forum, some think tanks discuss the latest scandal. last year, the government traced roughly $2 billion in capitol from european and american investors. this was to pay off loans and fund building projects. it's not clear on what projects $1.4 billion has been used. >> i think the president has made many statements that seem i am passed against corruption, however, in terms o

her parents live 100 kilometers north of nairobi and come in every other week to visit and help take care of rachel. >> at first it was really hard. she did not eat. she did not want to talk to anyone. we have to make sure that she's well taken care of. >> they'll never forget the images from the attack and the days the family members spent looking for her not knowing if she was alive or dead. >> i was realized that life is in the hands of god, and you have to find strength no matter good or bad. >> garrisa university is due to open next year. many security changes have been made in this region. >> the number of al-shabab-related attacks in northern kenya have gone down significantly. the officials say this is because of better intelligence and coordination with a local community. >> but members of the somali community believe that security has come at a cost to them, he said his nephew was arrested by police before the attack. his family has not seen him since. >> we have looked everywhere. we went to the police station where he was taken. we went to more to yo more mortuaries, but

catherine soi, nairobi. >> there has been an explosion near a metro station in istanbul. the direct's mayor said that it was a pipe bomb. they're still investigating the cause. the blast happened near a subway station during evening rush hour. five people were injured. it cracked the windows of a passing train. passengers were evacuated and some trains were stopped from running. israeli forces are shot and killed two palestinians. they say were involved in separate knife attacks in the occupied west bank. the 16-year-old was shot dead near the settlement south of jerusalem. on tuesday israeli forces said he tried to stab a performance-enhancing drugs. later a 19-year-old woman was shot after trying to stab a soldier near a settlement. >> gunmen have kidnapped a tunisian aid work in yemen. she was kidnapped as she was leaving home to go to work with the red cross. another worker was kidnapped but released just a few hours later. the charity has suspended all movements of its staff in yemen and called for the immediate release of its staff. >>> hundreds of women are running

. >> undergoing rehabilitation at this spinal injury hospital in nairobi. rachel was studying at garena university in northern kenya when al shabaab soldiers attacked in april. her parents live north of nairobi, just coming to the city every other week to take care of rachel has taken a toll on the family. >> at first it was very hard. she would not eat. she did not want to talk to anyone. we had to be there to make sure she was well taken care of. >> they'll never forget these images from the attack and the day family members spent looking for her not knowing whether she was alive or dead. >> i have determined that life is in the hands of god and you have to no matter, good or bad. >> garisa university is due to reopen next year. a police camp has now been set up inside the university compound. many security changes has also been made in this region. the number of al shabaab related attacks in northern kenya has done gown significantly. security officials say this is because of better intelligence and coordination with the community. but members of the som

we have reports from nairobi. >> these protesters are demanding answers from their government. they often wake up to reports of new corruption canneddals. lucy and her friend come to nairobi to join in the demonstrations. >> we don't want corruption any more. we want everyone to benefit. i don't have any money and i want changes. >> kenya's anti-corruption commission has taken more than 350 people to court this year. six cabinet secretaries, which is a third of the cabinet, have also been forced to resign because of corruption allegati allegation. many kenyans are upset over corruption especially in the public service. these people want to see more action. >> when were these transactions done? >> in this forum some of kenyan's economic think tanks discuss the latest scandal. last year the government raised roughly $2 billion in capital after borrowing from european and american investors to pay off loans and fund building projects, but it is not clear $1.4 billion has been used. >> i think the team is i a impassioned against corruption. we have not seen action that is commisera

catherine soi reports from nairobi. >> these protesters demanded answers from the government. and wake up to reports of new corruption scandals. lucy and her friend travelled from the outskirts of nairobi to join in the demonstration. >> we don't want corruption any more. we want everyone to benefit. i don't have any money, and i want changes. >> kenya's anticorruption commission took 350 people to court this year. six cabinet secretaries, which is part of the cabinet, have been forced to resign because of corruption allegations. >> many are angry about corruption, especially in the public service. the president declaring corruption a threat to national security. these people want to see more action. >> when the transactions are done. done... >> reporter: in the forum they discuss the latest scandal the euro bond. last year they raised millions after borrowing from the stock exchange, to fund loans and building projects. it's not clear on what projected $1.4 billion has been used. >> i think the president made many statements against corruption. however, in terms of action, th

. >> caller: a security drill at a nairobi university, which ended in chaos.ne person died and more than 30 were injuries. kathryn say jury reports. she sustained head injuries while trying to escape what she thought were gangman at the university. also thought students were under attack. he jumped from the first floor window, and fractured his legs. >> is barricaded on the stairs i see four men, wearing white, hide something red, and hide the gun. and they are on the floor, and this is not the first floor. kicked in. >> but the university was not under attack it was a security drill gone wrong the student led in hands are broken. she jumps off the balcony, and is still too traumatized to talk to us, two other people, one with a spinal injury, are in intensive care. in all more than 30 people are injured. many of the students were in the security drills started. >> the disabilities of -- the specialized. >> fighting on their own, and yet it was agreed and that's why we are saying the entire level of -. >> and the attacks of the university in kenya, earlier thi

we can go live to bujumbura from the kenyan capital nairobi, to mohammed adow. what we are seeing is an escalation in political violence in burundi today. >> yes, indeed, it is, and this morning, there's an uneasy calm with airlines that cancelled flights to burundi, parting again to fly back. however, there's a massive security operation going on in some suburbs of the capital. the police mainly targetting the areas where they believe some of the young men who carried out the attacks on the military basis were from. one of the military bases was in that neighbourhood, and today it's different from saturday, where people walk up to dozens of those on the streets, mostly young men, who had their hands bound behind their backs. some of them, they say, had a bullet wound on the top of their heads, and some of them were clearly killed, execution style. >> right, so these young men, for the most part. who staged the attacks, presumably to get access to weaponry, they have political affiliation the with the opposition, the opposition to the president pierre nkurunziza

the fact that the condition african, and in zanzibar and nairobi are affected by the historical pollutant actions in the west. at left, it is not a thing of compensation. >> the narrative from media in the south, a demand for what is just is at odds with the idea contained in reporting from the north or west where the question is what is climate change. the western world, producing the bulk of the science concluding that carbon emissions are the culprit, produces most of the journalism questioning the same scientific conclusions. do the news outlets take issue with the science, or is it the journalistic pursuit of objectivity. a flaw where the quest for balance results in violence. >> one of the factors is that we have largely a liberal press in the west. with climate change, it is difficult. the joins - there's a large con sensis. you need to create debate to bring in political commentators. >> they can talk via the internet sceptic. >> creating conflict that producers like. >> where you find skeptisism most in the media is the united states, the u.k. and australia. what you think about

she is now undergoing rehabilitation in nairobi. she was stand at the university in kenya when al-shabab fighters attacked in april. her parents come in every other week to visit and take care of rachel has taken its toll on the family. >> we had to be there to make sure she's well taken care of. >> they'll never forget these images from the attack and the days family members spent looking for her not knowing if she was alive or dead. >> i have realizes that life is in the hands of god, and you have to figh find positive in the situation whether good or bad. >> garissa university has been set to be opened next year. many security changes have also been made in this region. >> the number of a shah babb related attacks have gone down significantly. security officials say this is because of better intelligence and coordination with the local community. >> but members of the somali community believe that scuft has come at a cost from them. he was arrested by police, and his family has not seen him since. >> we've looked everywhere. we w

world trade organization's latest round of ministerial-level talks are about to get under way in nairobi. they will focus on a proposal to eliminate tariffs on several high-tech products. representatives from many of the wto's 162 countries and regions will come together in the kenyan capital from tuesday to friday. 54 members, including japan, the eu nations, china and south korea, will try to hammer out a deal. if it's successful, duties will be eliminated on 201 items, including home electronics and office and medical equipment. the representatives will also discuss the future of the doha round of free trade talks, which are aimed at finding common ground among all the members in eight areas. officials from japan and the u.s. want to bring the doha talks to an end. instead, they want to focus on interregional free trade agreements, such as the trans-pacific partnership. but such a move would likely face opposition from emerging economies. tokyo share prices opened slightly lower this morning. many investors are avoiding active trading ahead of the u.s. federal reserve policy meeting.

we have this update from the kenyan capital, nairobi. >> tension is high in the burundi capital bujumbura. there is a massive police swoop that is targeting some neighborhoods of the city where police have arrested a number of young men and taken them away. others were also shot on the streets. the government has denied it has killed civilians and say all killed are people it's calling he mys of the state. the opposition has denied, however, that they have been involved in the violence with the man who's considered the face of burundi opposition. it is up to the government to tell the people who is actually carrying out the killings and who is continuing with this violence, saying that the opposition are not even united enough to come together to issue one press release and that they do not have the capacity to carry out killings against anyone. now with the continuing violence in burundi, there are fears that it could rekindle civil war in the country. this country has gone through civil war from 1993 to 2005, and this is something that is still fresh in people's mind. that is why more t

. >> let's pick up on that last point with our african correspondent in nairobi.ith, is there any chance the fakes will disappear altogether? it's an entrenched industry in many countries across asia and parts of africa. edith: you are absolutely right. as long as there is a demand for these products, the t -- the cheaper they are, the more demand they are in, there's a small chance the fake products will disappear from the market. it's not just in ghana, it's across the continent. if anything, the smuggling of fake roderick's is proliferating. >> you are basically saying this is a moral choice, or is it in government hands? is it about plugging up the holes in the borders? edith: it's about how much money you have in your pocket. these are fabrics that are usually used on special occasions. if you don't have the five euros it would cost to buy one meter, and you need at least four meters, if you don't have the right amount of money to buy that, you going to go with the cheaper product. it would not matter to you whether that product is from pure -- from your loca

. >>> members of the world trade organization are holding a ministerial session in nairobi. one issue they're tackling is the doha talks which began in 2001. the trade minister wants to move beyond the comprehensive approach that deadlocked the discussion. he says the parties should sit down together and work out issues in specific fields. >>> a growing number of women in southeast asia are making waves in the business world. in the second installment of our two-part series. we sit down with a leader of a business empire in thailand. >> reporter: this is the ceo of one of thailand's large ef st rl developers. she succeeded her father. she has worked hard to stay ahead of the curve. >> customers' behavior is changing every day. the stores or the shopping mall cannot stay the same, therefore, it's our policy to renovate our shopping malls, actually every few years. >> reporter: this shopping center underwent a face lift two years ago. chadatip had to persuade 200 well-known international and lopht brands with shops here to make some changes as well. included are creating sales

the world trade organization's latest round of ministerial level talks has begun in nairobi. participants will focus on a proposal to do away with tariff on several high-tech products. delegates from 162 countries and regions are meeting in the kenyan capital until friday. 54 of them will try to reach a deal to eliminate duties on items such as home electronics as well as office and medical equipment. the delegates will also discuss the future of the doha round of free trade talks. they're aimed at finding common ground among all the members in eight areas. officials from japan and the u.s. are hoping to virtually end the doha talks. they want to instead focus on free trade agreements between regions, but emerging economies could oppose such a move. >>> japanese government officials want to help food producers fight counterfeits and promote exports. they've designed a system to certify regional brands. officials plan to register the first batch of food items as soon as next week. producers had been seeking the agriculture ministry's seal of approval. experts examined seven pr

nairobi. >> anticorruption protestors have been tear gassed with the demonstration in kenya. around 200 took to the streets on tuesday. and they were marching to the supreme court, and parliament, but were disbursed by riot police, 26 people were arrested. >> france has promised to given countries $8.5 billion over the next five years to invest in renewable energy and increased access to electricity. as a meeting on the sidelines of the conference, the french president said although africa is only responsible for greenhouse gases it is sufficient erring the consequences. african leaders want to commit more money to the green climate fund. climate change is effecting people all over the world, some ones are already seeing the effects of global warming, our environment has been to the pacific nation which lies no more than three . to see how people this are coping. from above, it is evident how narrow the island is, yet this is where 50,000 people live, it is has a population density similar to tokyo, or hong kong, and it is growing fast. wherever you look at things there are c

he made the comment at the world trade organization in the kenyan capital of nairobi. >> translator: reaching an agreement is difficult, even after they spent many years of holding talks. so i think we need to try a new approach. >> he proposed that interested parties sit down together to work out issues on specific fields. he conveyed his idea to kenyan trade secretary muhammad who chairs the wto meeting. but emerging economies are likely to oppose it. >>> a growing number of women in southeast asia are making waves in the business world. in the second part of our two-part series, kyoko fujita sits down with a thai woman who has bigger things in mind. >> reporter: this is the ceo of one of thailand's largest retail developers. she succeeded her father who founded the firm. she built the nation's first modern shopping center in the 1970s. she has worked hard to stay ahead of the curve. >> customers' behavior are changing every day. so the stores, all the shopping mall cannot stay the same. therefore, it's our policy to renovate our shopping malls every few years. >> reporter: this sh

can be done is for tension to be scaled down >>> thank you, our correspondent reporting live from nairobi. 195 countries and the european union have all said yes to a landmark deal on climate change after two weeks of intense negotiations at the co p21 summit in paris. the agreement asked all nations to limit their greenhouse gas submissions which will be reviewed over five years. our environment editor nick clerk >> reporter: the moment the world agreed to tackle climate change. so the paris agreement was born. emotions spilled over. to bring more than 190 countries together to come up with a universal packet was an extraordinary achievement. >> translation: i have been asked to bang the gavel again. it is a little one, but i think it can do great things. >> reporter: earlier there was a moment of high drama assist suddenly the text flew up a difficulty. apparently it was typing areas only as a lack of sleep. >> as a result of the finalisation of documents in haste by colleagues who had not slept for days, a number of errors regrettably were not detected in the document l9 as it was bein

i know that you have ties to iowa because, get this, he graduauad from a well-known college in nairobi, the carlisle college, but you also have advanced degrees from a couple of seminaries right here in eastern iowa, the well-known seminary in dubuque, obviously, and wartburg seminary, so you have some iowa ties. tell, first of all, everyone, let's show the map of where sudan is located so everyone gets afofos. we have it right there on the we have the main sudan, which of course, is involved in civil war fighting for many, many decade many, and south sudan, onef the newest countries in the world. tell us about your participation. you grew up there, your wife, you and your wife centina, and you have seven children. you're not paid. the clergy in south africa or in africa and in south sudan, you don't receive anything. it's all volunteer. what are you doing here inn iowa and what brings you to -- what has brought you to our state? i know by the time we air, this you'll be back home, but what did you come to iowa for? >> bishop peni: first and foremost, i want to thank you for welcoming

. >> earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in nairobi and asked her how the pope was received when he visited a neighborhood at the center of muslim-christian tensions. >> with great jubilation, i will tell you that. it was mostly from the muslims who saw his visit as a very symbolic gesture inasmuch is getting peace back to the region. the specific place he went has been an enclave for muslims. they do feel trapped. for him to have been able to cross over as a christian to that side was seriously symbolic. >> walk us through some of the key moments of the five-day trip and talk about the significance of it. >> he did visit plenty of places. there are quite a few highlights. he went to a stadium asking the muslim kenyans to stand up and hold hands as a symbol to end tribalism in the country. going to the slum was a big gesture telling them he understood what poverty meant and their government was neglecting them. of course, his final day today ending at the mosque, something tremendously instrumental, especially because the muslims have not been able to leave that region because of th

this expert and director of research, that is a nairobi-based -- base. first on the question about the american dream, what do you think? caller: i think it is absolutely attainable. you can achieve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. if you live in the united states of america today, it doesn't matter what color you are, what religion your comment does not matter at all you can achieve those things. and there's no reason in the world why the structure that we have typically is not attainable. --s goes from nirvana vermont, not virginia. host: let's hear from harry in georgia. he does not believe the dream is attainable. hello. caller: merry christmas. i think because of policies i think the american dream, the idea it really happened after world war ii. , i was sure this radio, people say this is not the country i grew up in. the country we grew up in, i am 64 years old, the country we grew up in was the result of the depression and the social policies, not world war ii. all the government spending that gave jobs to people. when i grew up, you

david mckenzie, nairobi, kenya. >>> a secret service agent who protects president obama's family is missing his gun and his badge. the agent told police the items were stolen from his personal car which was parked near the white house. he says the thief took a flash drive, a radio, handcuffs in addition to that gun. the secret service declined to comment. >>> well, some of the hottest toys this holiday season could put your family's privacy at risk. >> consumer watch reporter julie watts on why some security experts are advising parents to steer clear of so- called smart toys. >> what sort of riding helmet are you going to wear? >> pink. >> reporter: 6-year-old charlotte and hello barbie can talk about anything, but what they say may not stay just between friends. >> a lot of the information that the child is providing is going to a server where it's stored and then processed. >> reporter: hello barbie is one of the moltest toys this holiday and part of -- hottest toys this holiday and part of a new generation of toys that are wi-fi enabled, but that means theoretically they can also be hac

. >> there was a meeting they held with leaders in nairobi and advocate for trying to protect wildlifeue that is a particularly important issue in africa and so this is something that we are obviously aware of. >> now the u.s. government says" lions in central and west africa will come under the protection of the endangered species act and under consideration for years and make it hard for trophy hunters to import head, paws or skin. >> they have enormous impact in terms of the focus of the american public and putting on trophy hunting and relevant over all and cecil's situation is not unique and there are hundreds of lions every year being killed by american trophy hunters and evidence we documented going back to 2011 when we submitted our petition. >> joins france after the death of cecile the lion and will bring in tighter legalization in 2017. more than 40 airlines stopped employing hunting trophy and introduced by the u.s. cannot stop it abroad and hoping the measures will reduce the number of lions being killed in the name of sport. al jazeera, washington. >> chefs have been buil

. >>> kenya capitol nairobi one died after an apparently botched security drill at university and atore university were not told about the exercise and panicked fearing the drill was a genuine terrorist attack and a stampede ensued as hundreds made for the exits and china's beijing is in zimbabwe on a five day trip and will have funding and investment to the cash-strapped country but as we report now more loans could lead to more debt. >> reporter: most products sold in this mall are made in china, and has just returned from there where he goes to stock up on supplies. >> for the past four or five months it's me but for two months things are very good and i cannot complain. >> reporter: zimbabwe operates half the capacity and many goods sold here come from china and blame western sanctions for the weak industrial and manufacturing sectors and sanctions imposed years ago for human rights reasons and allegations the government denies and china criticized for not speaking out against its training partner and government officials want to borrow money for hospitals, roads and schools but

. >>> ray person has died in nairobi after an apparently botched security drill at after just. the university were not told about the exercise and panics. fearing that the drill was a terrorist attack. the stampede ensued, as hundreds of students made for the exits. >>> urban areas in africa are growing fast but in many cities the planning is lagging behind. the lack of affordable housing in began ghana's capital means people have to commute from the outskirts of the city to get to work. a report now. >> reporter: patrick leaves his house at 5:30am ever 5:30 a.m. e morning for work normally it's a 45 minute journal journey but g rush hour he has to allow three hours. >> my journey is frustrating every day and disgraceful. i am stuck in traffic, knowing that i should be in the office briefs pairing for the work of the day. patrick joins thousands of others on private mini buses. on average he spend a total of 30 hours a week commuting. at the newspaper where he works, his boss says it's a problem for most of the staff. >> most of them live outside the city center. about 70% of t

associated press is now reporting that a suspected bomb has forced an air france flight to land in nairobi, kenya. that flight was from mauritius to paris. no word on the passengers on board but the associated press has now reported that a bomb threat grounded an air france flight >>> and csu officials say that more than 830,000 prospective students applied, a 5% jump over last year. the number of black and latino students applying to csu colleges judged by about 25% each, almost half a million student attend the 23 schools in the csu system making it the largest four-year public university system in the united states. >>> 50 dayings and counting until the super bowl comes to the bay area. the committee began rolling out the first of 10 super bowl 50 statues. they were being placed all across the area including the one that you see right here outside of the san francisco city hall. each statue weighs 1600 pounds and stands 6 feet tall. all have similar design elements, representing the super bowl history. >> this represents the past 49 super bowl rings. they'll have football tickets. each

cnn international correspondent david mackenzie reports from nairobi. >> reporter: the aim is terror stood up to al shabab in an extraordinary act of defiance. they were on this bus on the chronically insecure border with somalia. bullets ripped through the side of the bush in an ambush. >> i see peopling running to the road to stop us and they tell us to get muslims to come out. go back to the bus. >> reporter: a man on the bus told cnn there were 12 christians on board. the gunman wanted to identify them and execute them. he says muslim passengers helped hide some of them on the bus and they gave the christian women head scarves before the gunmen made them line up on the road. they stood strong, telling the gunmen, quote f you want to kill us, kill us. there are no christians here. al shabab then fled. >> we are all kenyans. we are not separated by religion. everybody can profess their religion, but we are one country, we are one people as a nation. that is a very good message. >> reporter: civilians have suffered through countless al shabab attacks in the border region of kenya. e

. >> there was a meeting held with civil rights leaders in nairobi, there was an advocate for trying to protect wildlife in africa. this is a particularly sensitive issue in africa and something we are aware of. >> u.s. lions will come under the endangered species act, will make it harder for trophy huntsers to import lion parts, like heads paws on skins. >> cecil has had enormous are are effect on the trophy hunting and relevant to the effort overall. but unfortunately, cecil's case was not unique. that is evidence we documented going back to 2011 when we submitted our petitions. >> u.s. joins france in taking tougher action after the death of cecil the loin. u.k. will bring in tougher legislation in 2017. more than 40 airlines have also stopped flying any trophies. hopefully to reduce the number of lions in the name of sport. >> allen fisher, al jazeera, washington. >> much more to come. reaction to sepp blatter's ban and wheth he still has a chance to clear his name. >> time to get all the sports news now, here's andy. >> thanks so much barbara. fifa president sepp blatter session

in kenya the police anti terrorism unit has floated from nairobi to casa.ur passengers from the diverted plane was reportedly been arrested two muslims and two christians and are still being interrogated. france is also getting involved. was this a proud run to test out air france on port security if the terror group is found to be behind us, it is most likely analysts say to be isis as they downed a russian tesh rest mrooifrn sinai. isis claimed responsibility for all of the paris attacks. this was a french plane headed to terrorist known to be full of french people. three other airport planes were sdrierted to a bomb square while flying over the u.s. the last month. this is the first time a suspect device has been found on board. this air france plane made an emergency landing in mumbasa after a device was found hidden behind a per mirror in a bathro. they are trying to establish did the package come on board or did it lie undiscovered all of the way from paris on the outbound flight. heather and lia? >> we will continue to follow the story. meantime a ne

. >> ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993and operation. >> reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. >> my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture of the american embassy and pointed to where a truck could go as a suicide bomber. >> reporter: shortly after the terrorist attacks on the two u.s. embassies this man, abdul raheem al nashiri, approached bin laden with a new scheme. two years of planning followed. on october 7th, 2000, in the yemeni port of aden, two al qaeda suicide bombers steered their small boat up to the "uss cole." their bomb blew a gaping hole in the navy destroyer and killed 17 american sailors. >> to those who attacked them, we say, you will not find a safe harbor. we will find you and justice will prevail. >> reporter: but the u.s. did not retaliate, and four months after the bombing of the "cole" bin laden praised his holy warriors at the wedding of his son in afghanistan. even then osama bin laden was already planning ano

two people who were critically injured as well in that attack were air lifted to the capital nairobi. yesterday, it is hoped they will make a full recovery. boris. >> now, david, despite tear heroic efforts. el shabab had a string of attacks like this in the past two years. what kind of elbe does this have and why are they doing it? >> well, the aim is to sew division a. lot of people on that border are of somali ethnic origin though they are kenyan. they have gone in and separated people out, try to get some kind of report through fear of the border community. in this case, it's clear that they stood up with much bravery and in my experience in that region, very few people are directly wanting to support el shabab, this hideous terror group from next door. but it does show that there are people willing to say, other than that, division and religious differences between matter. what matters is solidarity and facing up to the fears. >> such an inspiring story. david mackenzie him thank you. >> 58 minutes past the hour remember time for an early start for your monday this early morning.

david mckenzie reports now from nairobi. >> reporter: their aim is to cause terror and division shs butan monday 100 passengers were crammed on this bus traveling on the chronically insecure border with somalia. bullets ripped through the side of the bus in an ambush. >> i looked up to see people running to the road. they tell us to get to come out and go back to bus. >> reporter: a man on the bus told cnn there were 12 christians on board. the gunman wanted to identify them and execute them. he says muslim passengers helped hide some of them on the bus and gave the christian woman head scarves before the gunmen made them line up on the road. they stood strong telling the gunmen, quote, if you want to kill us, then kill us. there are no christians here. al shabaab then fled. >> we are kenyans. we are not separated by religion. everybody can profess. we are one people. that was a very good message. >> reporter: civilians suffered through count leless attacks ine border regions of kenya. earlier this year al shabaab attacked a university killing 147 innocent students. again, they singled

this is one of the places they used to meet, a nondescript mall in the heart of nairobi, in a hotel tuckedde right next door to kenya's largest mosque. storm explains he delivered a bugged blackberry, destined for an al qaeda operative wanted for his suspected role in the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings that killed 224 people. three months later, that terrorist was dead. storm says because of him. but his most important mission is yet to come in yemen. >> there was just the time when anwar awlaki became an interesting person for them. >> for the cia? >> for the cia. >> anwar awlaki, american educated cleric, al qaeda leader. storm called him a personal friend from his days as a jihadist. awlaki has been inspiring terrorist attacks around the world. the 2005 suicide bombings on london trains and a double decker bus leaving 52 dead. two foiled 2006 plots. >> threat level to the uk has been raised to critical. >> one to blow up planes flying to the united states, the other to blow up buildings in canada. and in 2008, a deadly attack on the u.s. embassy in yemen. and storm says he can provide the c

catherine soi reports from nairobi. >> these protesters are decommanding answers.y and her friend join the demonstration. yes. >> we don't want corruption any more. we want everybody to benefit. i don't have any money and we want changes. >> the anti-corruption commission has taken 350 people to court this year. six cabinet secretaries, which is a third of the cabinet, have been forced to resign because of corruption allegations. >> many kenyans are angry about corruption particularly in the public sector. these people want to see more action. >> in this forum some of the economic think tanks discuss the latest scandal. last year the government raised roughly $2 billion in capital after borrowing from europea borrowing from european investors. but it's not clear what project $1.4 billion has been used. >> i think there have been many segments. however, in terms of action we haven't seen action. >> earlier this year the disappearance of close to $8 million from the youth services accounted loans and other alleged fraudulent payments. several county governments have

this is one of the places they used to meet, a nondescript mall in the heart of nairobi, in a hotel tucked just inside right next door to kenya's largest mosque. storm explains he delivered a bugged blackberry, destined for an al qaeda operative wanted for his suspected role in the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings that killed 224 people. three months later, that terrorist was dead. storm says because of him. but his most important mission is yet to come in yemen. >> there was just the time when anwar awlaki became an interesting person for them. >> for the cia? >> for the cia. >> anwar awlaki, american educated cleric, al qaeda leader. storm called him a personal friend from his days as a jihadist. awlaki has been inspiring terrorist attacks around the world. the 2005 suicide bombings on london trains and a double decker bus leaving 52 dead. two foiled 2006 plots. >> threat level to the uk has been raised to critical. >> one to blow up planes flying to the united states, the other to blow up buildings in canada. and in 2008, a deadly attack on the u.s. embassy in yemen. and storm says he can pro

now apparently the bus is traveling from nairobi to mandera. >>> we have a lot more to come including mother in aleppo who is struggling to put food on the table for her family. >>> india's supreme court up holds the decision to release the youngest man convicted in the gang rape and murder of a woman in new delhi. and in sport, rahul will be back with pep guardiola who has announced he'll be leaving, and they have announced their new manager. >>> now the iraqi army is expected to start an operation within the city of ramadi in the coming hours. state tv has made the announcement quoting the army chief of staff. residents have been asked to leave the area within 17 hours. iraqi planes have dropped leaflets indicating safe routes. >>> in syria 40 people have been killed and another 50 centered in strikes at the center of rebel-held city of idlib. they have been growing with britain and france joining the fight against isil. russia began carrying out its aerial campaign on isil as well as other armed groups oppose president assad in september. >>> well, strikes on syria will be at the t

at the nairobi conference, developing countries say they still want deals to make trade more fair.countries say that discussion is out of date, not the least because some countries like india and china have become powerful themselves. this man runs a trade think tank. he says the e.u.'s subsidies have mostly stopped. >> they are challenged by lack of infrastructure, by low productivity, by -- by the sort of issues that make it very hard for them to participate in -- in the global market. >> reporter: back in the country, farmers like phillip continue to struggle to grow their trade regionally and globally. richer countries have made their own regional agreements. some economists say african countries should do the same, instead of waiting for global deals that may never come. >>> a group of [ inaudible ] nationals have been abducted. they were in a hunting party in a desert area. reported by up to 26 of them in the group. they said they had an officially permit from the iraqi government and it is working to secure its release. >>> a north korean court has sentenced a pastor to life

mohammed is following the story from nearby nairobi. he sent this update. >> reporter: there is a massive police scoop targeting some neighbors in the city. they arrested a number of young men, and others were also shot on the streets. the government has denied it killed civilians and say all those killed are people they calm enemies of their state. now, the position has denied they've been involved in the violence with the man who has been considered the face of burundian opposition. he's saying that its up to the government to tell the people of burundi who is actually cutting out the killings and who is continuing with this violence saying that the opposition are not even united enough to come together to issue one press release, and they don't have the capacity to carry out the killings against anyone. now, with the continuing violence in burundi, there are fears it could rekindle civil war in the country based on ethnicity. this country has gone through a civil war from 1993 to 2005, and this is something that is still fresh in peo

david mckenzie is in nairobi with their story of incredible bravery. >> wolf, their aim is terror, butns have stood up to al shabaab in an extraordinary act of defiancement on monday, more than 100 passengers were crammed on the bus traveling to mandeira on the critically wor torn area of somalia, and bullets ripped through the bus. >> i looked up and i immediate ly saw people running in the road to stop us. they told us to get those who are muslims to come out, go back to the bus. >> reporter: a man on the bus told cnn 12 christians on board. the gunmen wanted to identify them and execute them. he says that muslim passengers helped to hide some of them on the bus, and they gave the christian woman head scarves before the gunmen made them lineup on the road. they stood strong said the witness, telling the gunmen, quote, if you want to kill us, then kill us, because there are no christians here. al shabaab then fled. >> we are all kenyans. we are not separated by religion. everybody can profess his religion, but we have seen that we are one country, one people, finish finished. that is

david mckenzie, nairobi, kenya. >> thanks to david for that report. >>> back to national lead, a majork airport. not only alarming but the story's strange, a week ago a man snuck past security, scaled a fence topped with razor wire and wound up on the tarmac bringing the airport operations to a halt. perhaps even stranger, authorities still don't seem to know who this guy is or where he went. let's bring in cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh. how could this guy possibly get through security and then get away? >> that is the million dollar question at this hour. we know that right now, investigators are going frame by frame through that closed circuit footage from the airport. but the mystery man was caught on camera scaling a perimeter fence in an area under the watchful eye of airport security. the intruder made it over the fence and on to the taxiway. at this hour, the man's motive remains unknown. >> reporter: tonight, cnn is learning a man made it over airport perimeter fencing and on to the taxiway near the terminal used by american airlines, bringing operations at john f. kenn

. >>> police in kenya have opened an investigation into a security drill at a university in nairobi thate person dead and more than 30 injured. the spokesman said the university did not inform relative authorities about the terror drill. >> reporter:est -- this woman died on tuesday afternoon. martin who is recuperating also thought students were under attack. he jumped from the first floor window and fractured his legs. >> in front of me at the stairs i see four men advancing, wearing white, had something red -- that's what i saw, something red, and they had the guns, about four of them advancing to the stairs. this is not the first floor. now at this point, you know, fear kicked in, now it was just panic. >> reporter: but the university was not under attack. it was a security drill gone wrong. this student's legs and hands are broken. she jumped off the second-floor balcony, and is still too traumatized to talk to us. two other people, one with a spinal injury, are in intensive care. many of the students were at the student center when the security drill started. they say they were not

so you then went to university in nairobi. you graduated there.you come to the united states? >> i come to the united states in june 1999. and the year 2000, i was lucky enough to get a job in the school district where i walked since up to today. >> public schoolteacher? >> public school, yes. >> teaching math mostly? >> yes. >> and you're now dean of students. >> dean of students. there's always ways to improve any school you work in. but you must think back to the first school that you were in, sit on the floor there in kenya and think about anticipate how different it is and how much we take for granted here. >> everyone always thinks you can get some more, but what the students i'm teaching every singling day here, what they have is much, much, much more than what kids in africa or in kenya or in malawi have access to. anywhere in the united states, take what you have, work hard, be persistent, and you can be whatever you want to be. >> well, thank you for your contribution to lastworddesks.msnbc.com. i have to get in a plug there. you have in

at this hour baghdad, nairobi and in moscow all ringing in the new year with the backdrop of terror threatening this moment of celebration. here in the u.s. an isis related arrest in new york as people pack times square. the crowd lined with police officers. some you see. many you don't see. we have teams looking into the latest arrests and increased security. cnn's evan perez is getting the latest from his counterterrorism sources. we start with cnn's miguel marquez among the masses in times square. more than a million expected there tonight. miguel, the crowds coming despite the state of alert, right? >> reporter: the crowds will probably be in record numbers tonight. these are some of the folks who've been packing in here. you guys ready for this? happy new year. >> happy new year. >> we've got many hours to go. we're sort of midway down here. if you keep looking that way all the way up there you can see that toshiba sign, that's where the ball will actually come down. more than a million people packing in here. 6,000 police officers to keep them safe from the land, sea, air and even undergr

high school where he excelled academically, he was able to earn a scholarship to the university of nairobiyear, he earned a doctorate in mathematics at the university of california. if he didn't get that scholarship to go to high school, didn't get that financial help, he would probably still be in his village inn kenya trying to eek out a living, trying to find enough food. that high school scholarship led to a university scholarship which led to pursing a doctorate in math here in los angeles at one of the most finest uns in the world and today he is the dean of students in pamona, california. nobody knew that would happen when the boy without shoes started high school. the k.i.n.d. fund is sending thousands and thousands of students down that path that he walked. many of them, like him, are walking five miles or more to school barefoot every day. thousands of girls are going to be able to go to high school, thanks exclusively to your help. maybe, just maybe some day one of them will tweet her support for the k.i.n.d. fund from one of the great universities in th he used so poignantly, l