nairobi and nairobi still that place where we come for work we come from school we probably raise our families to a certain extent here and then we will go and retire somewhere else but there is still the generation now that is born here and that actually has now we could ties with the so-called rural base and that is for me the beginning of that nairobi and and one of the things that i'm keen to see is how do they sort of take ownership of the space as their spaces their home how do they engage with it how do they participate in making it the sort of city that they would like it to be the story of nairobi is in many ways i suppose a typical story of a post-independence african city in incredible demographic growth. enormous wealth for some but terrible inequalities as well who would you agree with that absolutely absolutely and it's clear i mean in fact when you look at the city of course the city was the segregated city before independence and you can see the effects of segregation but now religion white areas absolutely there is absolutely there is absolutely that doesn't exist tha

welcome to talk to al-jazeera in the field with me barnaby phillips in the kenyan capital nairobi now this is a city that has played a big part in my life i spent some very happy childhood years here i have vivid memories of although i left when i was only ten years old way back in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight i've returned for reporting stint for al-jazeera and it's fascinating for me personally to see the changes nairobi is undergoing these possible. changes in some cases for the better and in some cases for the world to help me understand nairobi's journey i've been talking to some experts kenyans of my generation can help explain where this city has come from and where it might be going. in the one nine hundred seventy s. kenya was celebrated as an african success story newly independent politically stable economically strong nairobi it's proud capital it was caught between two identities i wrote he was founded by the british and that colonial influence was still strong but it was trying to redefine itself as a modern african city in the seventy's just like today it was

but the fundamental change between the nairobi i knew as a boy and the city of today is one of. eyes the population has grown eight hundred percent a small manageable city has become a vast metropolis right my first stop was at the downtown arts complex run by joy boyer she's a woman of many talents actor singer architect and defender of nairobi's heritage. now in the one nine hundred seventy s. kenya was a defacto one party state few dead question president joe miller kenyatta. today it's a multi-party democracy so i wanted joy to tell me if nairobi's artists now have more freedom of expression since our sort of multi-party elections and particularly two thousand and two we in the cultural sector began to notice a shift we saw a younger generation sort of pick up the baton so to speak from previous artists and be bolder in terms of the themes that they were tackling with with music with the spoken word we saw a new art forms emerging contemporary dance you know sort of sprang into the scene and then of course now with the sort of digital age we're seeing a lot more younger peop

will in a symbolic protest spark more deadly unrest after kenya's disputed election we're live in nairobi also coming up a breakthrough on refugees the parties in germany's coalition talks hammer out a deal allowing refugees to bring family members to join them and naming and shaming the u.s. releases a list of high profile russian politicians an oligarchy retires to the kremlin part of a measure passed by congress to punish moscow for meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election. great to have you along everyone will we start in east africa where kenya is opposition leader raila odinga has taken a symbolic presidential oath of office in a mock ceremony in the capital nairobi while thousands of a static supporters of war were on hand at the swearing in event which can be as attorney general has called an act of treason i think a boycotted a rerun of the country's presidential vote last october calling it a sham i asked people assembled the government to cut off the signal of television channels broadcasting the event and police later fire tear gas to disperse opposition supporters

leader tends aon swearing-in ceremony in nairobi. they president obama rerun one by the president was stolen from them -- they said. i will have the details. russia sponsored syrian peace talks get off to a rocky start with key players refusing to come to the negotiating table. catalan corresponds a leadership debate on a bed by the ousted leader to form a new government. he remains in exile in belgium and risks arrests if he sets foot on spanish oil. -- soil. find out which real life story clint eastwood as chosen to tell him his latest hollywood action blockbuster. that and much more on live from paris. thank you for joining us. the opposition leader has been sworn in as the kenyon alternative president in front of thousands of his supporters in nairobi. that is according to reports and despite a crackdown by kenyan police in a bid to disperse the crowd. he says he is there rightful leader. the president was reelected in october in a rerun of the vote after the first results were an old and claims of irregularities. he and his supp

catherine and wander reporting from nairobi kenya thank you. ireland will hold a referendum on reforming the country's near total ban on abortion the country currently has some of the world's strictest abortion laws prime minister earlier over cars says he will be campaigning to change the legislation which irish parliamentary committee recently recommended allowing abortion up to twelve weeks into a pregnancy suggest a majority of voters are in favor of reform. all right i'm joined now here in the studio by d.w. news journalist jennifer collins so good to have you here with us jennifer abortion laws in ireland arguably are a very divisive issue where is this current push for a referendum coming from well i would say there's always been a fair level of pushback against arlen's abortion laws but i would say the catalyst for this big push that we're thing was that in twenty twelve when thirty one year old indian dentists. and died after complications after being refused a abortion and an irish hospital she presented at seventeen weeks with. a sep

since early this morning supporters have been assembling in a nairobi park. is an important day for us and out come one time i don't want to miss our show we. are. not allowed to this will be a summer here and the left all presidents as well because. the police initially used tear gas to disperse the crowds. new a dangerous ice in an oath of office and an improvised swearing in ceremony and pronounced himself the people's president he also used the opportunity to denounce a regime he says was brought about by election rigging. it's has sorry field day for the first time kenyans have taken the decision to reject a dictatorship government that came through the ceiling of votes. shortly after the speech didn't get disappearance kenya's attorney general has threatened to charge him with treason which could lead to capital punishment president who can yasser his reelection is widely recognized internationally despised low voter turnout has had three private broadcasters shut down to prevent a live transmission of the events present a very very difficult process if

in nairobi thank you. yemen's prime minister is reported to be preparing to flee the country as a splits opens up between forces that previously backed him soldiers who'd been supporting the government of surround the preservation palace in aden ready to force the prime minister out the government has been backed by a coalition led by saudi arabia and united arab emirates but the u.a.e. bout fashion has turned against the government in civil war is effectively a proxy war with the saudi arabia's coalition backing the government of fighting rebels but by iran. i do some of the other stories making news around the world observers say air raids in syria's italy province of claimed the lives of at least eight people this footage is said to show the aftermath of strikes in the heart and that concha code the ongoing violence has prompted syria's opposition to boycott peace talks underway in the russian resort of sochi. austria's new chancellor sebastian cortes welcomed hungary and prime minister viktor orban to

symbolic protest spark more deadly unrest after the country's disputed election we'll go live to nairobi also coming up germany sees a breakthrough in marathon talks on forming a new government negotiators hammer out a deal on a key sticking point allowing refugees to bring family members to the country. ireland's a prime minister leads the charge to liberalize the country's were stripped of abortion laws ahead of a referendum planned for me why are lawmakers pushing now for a vote on this decisive divisive issue. i'm simply someone's gonna good to have you with us kenya's opposition leader raul odinga has taken a symbolic presidential oath of office in a mock ceremony in nairobi thousands of ecstatic supporters were on hand at the swearing in a van which kenya's attorney general has called an act of treason odinga had boycotted a rerun of the country's presidential vote last october calling it a sham to ask people assemble the government cuts transmission of t.v. channels reporting on the event but despite previous threats to stop the gathering police remained at a distance. let's bring

ok catherine sawyer live for us in nairobi catherine thank you. the u.s. has lifted its ban on refugees from eleven countries at dame high risk but says tougher checks will still be enforced u.s. president donald trump implemented the ban in october as part of his revised immigration policy applicants from the and then countries will still face tougher so-called risk based assessments to be accepted. look cabinet documents in australia have revealed that a top minister tried to stop hundreds of refugees from starting a new impermanent life in the country the papers revealed that in two thousand and thirteen a that immigration minister scott morrison asked the national security agency agency to slow down checks on nearly seven hundred asylum seekers he wanted them to miss the deadline for a permanent protection enter thomas has more from sydney. what this document reveals is the government bending over backwards to the naleo life in australia to any refugee who'd come by boat since july twenty thirty eight any refugee who comes to australia that way is auto

out of the interior minister has outlawed a doing this political movement will be alive in light nairobi with the latest also coming up shifting alliances in yemen fighters turned on the government they once supported and the prime minister is said to be preparing to flee or live in yemen to get the latest plus a breakthrough on refugees the parties in germany's coalition talks hammer out a deal of allowing refugees to bring family members to join them. also a historic vote to ireland confirms it will hold a referendum on abortion the prime minister leads the push to liberalize the country's restrictive abortion laws ahead of a public vote planned for may look at why lawmakers are pushing to resolve this divisive issue right now and the temper proof bottles that can be opened by yet the world anti-doping agency is looking into a possible security breach that could compromise thousands of drug tests just weeks before the winter olympics kicks off. a. great to have you along everyone. the kenyan government has. outlawed opposition leader raila odinga as national resistance movement well th

but first let's stop the show here in nairobi. i have joined its neighbors in banning the sale of plastic bags and other plastic products but that doesn't mean an end to plastic waste around nairobi an estimated two hundred fifty tons of plastic are generated every day it can be recycled in different ways now. in the kenyan capital has found a way of timing the west into fuel. plastic litters this dump site counting. every kenyans generates four million tons of garbage. to see one juror who is a model for school children. collecting waste helps income. come here to collect plastic with my friends. this job helps me pay for school fees. everything. on an average day lucy and others collect about twelve tons of plastic waste from the site. a truck takes today's bounty to the alternative energy system factory in thicker. here the plastic waste will be processed into diesel founder kent opened this was. seventeen. we. project where. it became abundantly clear that unless we are able to create value for the waste we would not succeed w

my name is sound money coming to you from kenya's capital often nairobi and joining us is my colleague and he in my area hello in. thank you sharon and hello everyone. we're coming to you from the live fasi park in lagos nigeria welcome sit back and relax for the next half hour or thereabout i will bring you the latest on environment topics from africa and europe this is what we have coming up today in tanzania donkeys are still being stolen and killed farmers and animals welfare campaign is all around then a shipyard in germany is building guess what fully functional green both renewable materials and incentive go we meet women using paul to earn money and provide light to the avenue. but first let's stop the show here in nairobi kenya has joined its neighbor rwanda in banning the sale of plastic bags and other plastic products but that doesn't mean an end to plastic waste in every round nairobi an estimated two hundred fifty tonnes of plastic generated every day it's come to recycled in different ways now i just can't entrepreneurial in the kenyan capital has found a way of timing th

thousands of opposition supporters rally in nairobi as kenya's shadow president has been officially sworn in after a controversial. times the only moment volley in pennsylvania was some of the u.s. his first steel mills were established one year old do voters feel donald trump has lived up to his promise to make american industry greater. russia's efforts hosting talks on serious political future they have been off to a rocky start in the resort town of sochi as foreign minister was interrupted several times while he read a message from president vladimir putin to the delegates oh i oh sorry opposition members. are bombing our people as an important ally of syrian president bashar al assad syria's main opposition groups and the kurds are refusing to attend the talks she would just use for the middle of a new slow you've got the will today we have all conditions to turn the tragic page of syria's history considering all the latest achievements a dialogue between various syrian factions is necessary to reach a political solution with the un backed mediation ok let's get the latest on all of

live for us in nairobi catherine thank you. deputy director has resigned weeks before his official retirement a u.s. president has repeatedly accused political bias. favorite his rival hillary clinton during the two thousand and sixteen presidential race white house has denied having any involvement in mccabe's resignation. paul gives his state of the union address to congress later this year kicking off a second year in office as president will lay out his agenda as he seeks to rally a deeply divided nation and sagging approval ratings camberley how could reports from washington d.c. . donald trump isn't known for modesty most people expect him to spend much of his state of the union address highlighting what he boasts as evidence of success from his first year in office passing a one point five trillion dollar tax reform bill drops in unemployment and driving the historic gains in the stock market. off the field right now out of the spiral trump is known for his off the cuff remarks but the u.s. president displayed none of th

in nairobi thank you. our job is to main political parties have made a major breakthrough in that efforts to form a new coalition government jobs americans conservatives on the left the social democrats they've reached agreement on refugee family reunions refugees already in germany will be allowed to bring their families to join them but they'll be limits on the number who belong to do some. parts is a speedy headquarters where those talks have been taking place so welcome charlotte both parties describing this as a win but it does have its critics. yes for sure lots of criticism today and i'd rather call it a progress than a breakthrough we have to remember that this topic of family reunification has been heatedly discussed since the so-called refugee crisis and twenty fifteen and the number of refugees actually affected as around one hundred and fifty thousand the rather small number if you think about the more than eight hundred thousand people that came at the height of the refugee crisis but it's a m

symbolic protest far more deadly unrest after kenya's disputed election we'll get an update from nairobi also coming up a breakthrough on refugees the parties in germany's coalition talks hammer out a deal allowing refugees to bring family members to join that. ireland's prime minister leads the charge to liberalize the country's restrictive abortion laws ahead of a referendum planned for many will look out why lawmakers are pushing for a vote on this divisive issue now. also coming up the faith healer who's got the attention of german officials he claims to be able to heal insurable diseases but critics say that promise comes with a profit we'll look at the evangelist trying to gain a following in ukraine and germany. and the temper of proof bottles that can be opened by hand the world anti-doping agency is looking into a possible security breach that could compromise thousands of drug tests just weeks before the winter olympics. you. see me so much going to thank you for joining us kenya's opposition leader has taken a symbolic presidential oath of office in amman. ceremony in nairobi

about recycling up slightly but first let's give a warm welcome to my charming colleague sharon in nairobi kenya hello hello and to you and hello to all of our viewers welcome today's edition of eco at africa my name is cheryl my new form nairobi kenya and that's right today we will be talking about how used materials can be used to manufacture new products you will be amazed this is what is coming up on the show today we visit a community in western uganda that's introduced a new environmentally friendly product to the local market led from elephant dung within head to screen where a local startup is timing trash into a brand new product and will whisk you off to what a lot of levels where new effort is under way to protect the fascinating creatures from extinction. the women we are profiling in al fast segments aren't afraid of the elephants about show up in their yards to the contrary the latest in a small community in western uganda are using elephant dung to a very live ng they are making paper out of it it sounds almost too good to be true and the extra income that the women ironing

brought to you by d w t v k t m my name is sound money coming to you from kenya's capital all from nairobi and joining us is my colleague empty in my area hello and . thank you sharon and hello everyone. we're coming to you from the loofah city park in lagos nigeria welcome sit back and relax for the next half hour they are about i will bring you the latest on environment topics from africa and europe this is what we have coming up today in tanzania donkeys are still being stolen and killed far more than on the most welfare come pain as a lamb then a shipyard in germany is building guess what believe functional green vote out of renewable materials and in senegal we meet women using gas so low politics and money provide light to the habit. but first let's stop the show here in the robie kenya has joined. neighbor wanda in banning the sale of plastic bags and other plastic products but that doesn't mean an end to plastic waste in every round nairobi an estimated two hundred fifty tonnes of plastic are generated every day it can be recycled in different ways now just can't an entrepreneur in

katie had by david sharon more money coming to you from nairobi kenya and joining me is my colleague from nigeria how leonti have a little call but it's good to see you hello and hello to everyone out there. in nigeria shalen and i will be bringing you the latest exciting environmental stories from all over africa and europe now here's a bit of what we've got lined up in ghana illegal gold mining is endangering not just the land but children and animals we'll tell you why. in the eco africa interview kenyan environmental activist and i'm a cultural policy expert coming in guy talks about the impact of global warming on food security and how region looking at fossil a woman who's project is bookbinding many villages with renewable electricity. gonna run some long africa's largest gold produces many young people in the country have taken up gold mining often illegally the activities of the small scale miners the so-called golomb says endangering the country's environment and not through resources polluting reversed and found land as well partners of nature africa a local ngo is carryin

let's go live to nairobi, kenya. good morning to you. we know you are a reporter and you have to stick to the facts but what was your reaction when you read these comments? >> reporter: well, you know, dave, this is a continent in which i am fiercely proud to have been brought up. i am an international citizen. i live in london. and i am based in nairobi and my personal reaction was shock really and a little bit surprised that this kind of foot and mouth kind of verbal accidents keep coming out from the leader of the free world. now, bear in mind, africa is not the country that anyone might have recognized from the first time he went to see john f. kennedy on the white house steps in the 1960s. this is a young country where china, one of the biggest powers in the world is everywhere. present everywhere because they don't talk in south. they talk money first. my reaction was here we go again and indeed, my background, i am fiercely proud of africa's traditional literary and artistic roots. we have five that come from this continent. they'

let's get more data because poland catherine i wonder who joins us from nairobi welcome catherine so the government has declared a kind is a position of assistance we want a criminal organization what effect will this have. well that has a great effect in the sense that the the national resistance movement is an arm of the national the super alliance so that prominent politicians who are in there who have declared that they are members of this national resistance movement so we could see a rest of these prominent politicians but then also it's very hard to determine who among the people of kenya who are not politicians and just supporters who is a member of the national resistance movement so now we could see the government going into surveillance you could see the government victimizing anybody who is chris is critical of the government given the situation right now i mean if you see the crowds that came to who pop compared to the crowds that actually attended the inauguration of president who can ya it seems that right loading of does pose a big threat and the national resistance m

phil: kathryn omwandho in nairobi, thank you.many's two main political parties have made a major breakthrough in efforts to form a new coalition government. chancellor merkel's conservatives and the center-left social democrats say they have reached an agreement on the refugee family reunions. refugees already in germany will be allowed to bring their families to join them. but there will be a limit on the number they will have to be allowed to do so. dw's charlotte potts is at a headquarters where talks have been taking place. welcome. both parties describing this as a win, but it does have its critics. charlotte: yes, for sure. lots of criticism today, and i would rather call it progress than a breakthrough. we have to remember that this topic of family reunification has been heatedly discussed since the so-called refugee crisis in 2015. and the number of refugees actually affected is around 150,000 -- a rather small number if you think about the more than 800,000 people that came at the height of the refugee crisis. but it is

of opposition supporters rally in nairobi years of kenya's a shadow president is on officially sworn in after a controversial vote. no war anonymity the south korean government cracks down on the trade of digital currencies. the company on the news are we start in russia where there are efforts to host talks on syria's political future have had a rocky start in the resort town. sochi the meeting was delayed by several hours the main opposition groups on the kurds have boycotted the meeting a small section of the opposition groups who are inside she are also refusing to participate they mounted a sit in at the airport after apparently taking offense being by the presence of official syrian slangs in the terminal building where the meeting was finally opened by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. today we have all conditions to turn the tragic page of syria's history considering all the latest achievements a dialogue between various syrian factions is necessary to reach a political solution with the u.s. backed mediation. well on the ground in syria the government is continuing to

just after the smoke cleared, dateline travelled to nairobi. we'll take you inside the mall attack with harrowing scenes of how it unfolded and details from those who lived through it. you'll hear from two mothers caught in cross fire. >> it was pretty terrifying. it really was. it was very, very, very fearful. >> two mothers caught on camera. >> what's going to happen? i'm going to die. the kids are going to die. >> in a matter of seconds, these moms, an american, and a kenyan would go from strolling to the mall to being forced to make life and death decisions to save themselves and their children. forkatheri for katherine walton, it ban like any other saturday. she took their five kids to the west gate mall. a place all of them could be entertained, the teens and toddler toddler. >> just an opportunity to walk around. kill a couple of hours. i knew we would go home and have naps and everybody would be happy. >> the waltons chose to move to kenya two years earlier from texas. for katherine and phillip, it was like going home. both children of

allegedly targeted by president trump did obvious correspondent catherine bond who joins me now from nairobi castle people offended in kenya by president trump's reported comments. people are very offended by his comments the very racial that people are saying that it's a very racist comment in fact the african union reminded president trump that the american economy was built with the help of african slaves who were taken from this continent when they were making the statement saying that they were loved by a president trump statement you have a lot of kenyans and other africans who are showing pictures of that escapes of africa and beautiful sunsets and of the environment just to prove that africa is not the doc continent as perceived and it seems that that's still is the perception in some people's minds that africa is you know the place of hopelessness so a lot of kenyans are insulted we have the president of botswana who is the first president to directly address this particular issue with from the continent and but so on is a south african country which is a very strong economy it's co

has more now from nairobi. across nairobi there are many street markets like this one was shoppers rummage through piles of secondhand clothes bargaining for a good deal here at tory market for a list and ten years been selling used clothes for two months with prices ranging from as little as under a dollar to about five dollars an item she says business is good yeah we are fun but we are fond of second hand clothes new clothes today are sometimes made from cheap material but we rely on second hand clothes because we know it's affordable and the quality is good when you were doing is our government figures show that in twenty fourteen secondhand clothing contributed ninety five million dollars to the kenyan economy that grew to one hundred twenty eight million dollars by twenty sixteen oxfam says that in twenty fifteen east africa imported more than one hundred fifty million dollars worth of secondhand clothes and shoes mostly from the u.s. and europe but cheap imported clothing hasn't made it easy for the loca

leader of last year's polls despite her kenyatta as official when catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. i. was. right loading they're taking an oath of office that is not officially recognized he swears to serve and protect the country as what he calls himself the people's president he's basing his oath of the august eighth general election that he says he won the election was invalidated by the supreme court which ordered a new one to be held in october last year. and his opposition national coalition will quote it that. was tuesday's rally in nairobi was largely peaceful and there was no police presence despite the government declaring the gathering a new full and shutting down live signal to the country's main television stations for most of the day the the ceremony itself took less than fifteen minutes and left mixed feelings on what today was sort of climactic for the many many supporters of the opposition as of when lisa new came to witness this symbolic swearing in of and his deputy. and the reason why people went home so disappointed is because the other three main leaders incl

treason this off to the heads of the opposition is a mock inauguration of president reagan like to nairobi. and german lawmakers hold a special session to honor the victims of the holocaust and auschwitz survivor has strong words for those looking to night this dark chapter in german history. of a warm welcome to you i'm. president donald trump is called on the country to unite behind him to create a new american moment during his first state of the union address trump also asked lawmakers to support his plans and upgrading the country's aging infrastructure and to overcome the deadlock on immigration reform he has mall. republicans were thrilled to greet their leader ahead of the highly anticipated speech but the big question ahead of donald trump's first state of the union address what he adopted more presidential tone with the world see twitter trump or teleprompter trump a lot had changed he said since he took office in new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land each day since we have gone forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission to make america great again fo

and my name is sharon the money coming from nairobi kenya and joining me is my colleague empty in my dear ear hello and. thanks sharon i'm now outside when lagos nigeria welcome as always we're happy to have you with us for our environmental journey through africa and europe so here's what we have coming out today. saving ram months of rains in mozambique. making use to back out of textile waste in zimbabwe. i'm sharing solar energy in germany. but we start off in south africa which is really non-food its nature reserves including the wild famous kruger national park but often the people who leave in the communities near this wildlife preserves have never set foot in them while all going to ization is hoping to change that by introducing the local youth to wildlife and conservation through photography. an idyllic sunrays of a south africa's land the province this isn't part of the country is home to dozens of nature results and national parks that draw in thousands of tourists from all over the world every year. but for the local communities that live right on the borders of these pa

thanks anti i'm sharing my money in nairobi kenya welcome to the show here's what we have lined up for you today. we meet environmental activists were trying to save north salt the capital of mauritania is on the atlantic coast much of it is actually below sea level on the sea level is rising in kenya we find out how a solar energy system is lighting up a group of communities and in senegal with just who are coming together to do something about environmental degradation. first in nigeria in the country around just to be precise it's a wetland area where they also used to be mined say now and the government and local organizations are trying to create new jobs by helping people set up face fox let's go take a. chill my okafor does what she loves the most nature would seem she runs a conservation organization in a former mining area near the city of just one of the projects of the even creation care initiative is a fish from commercial business and kusa vision ism is a perfect fit for carful the site has an old team mine insights alice transform into a fish farm in one thousand nine hun

taken to the streets to celebrate but what legitimacy does this give it will have a live report from nairobi and is the one moment in the year when the u.s. president is a short of a television audience the state of the union address donald trump will deliver his for us in just a few hours but at least while democratic politicians have said they will not be in the capitol to hear his speech we'll take a look at what's expected. and the anti-corruption operation appears to be wanting down in saudi arabia the government says it's taken back more than one hundred billion dollars in settlements. but what else is required to tackle corruption in the kingdom i mean it's a pole connect with us he's in the house between his beard it when he when it was great live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us yemen has been at war for nearly three years now and every day brings a new front in the conflict that has killed thousands and displaced millions of people now secessionist forces in the south say they have taken control of the por

merchuma, bbc news, nairobi. ingvar kamprad, has died at the age of 91, at his home in southern sweden. joe lynam reports. ingvar kamprad can safely be described as a retailing genius. born in 1926 in southern sweden, he started selling matches aged five, then seeds and then pencils. at 17, he formed ikea, named after his own initials and the area where he was born. now, it is probably the best known furniture store in the world, with more than 400 giant shops, and annual sales of £30 billion. kamprad was inspired to create the idea of flat—packed furniture when watching someone remove the legs off a table to fit into a customer's car. he disowned his previous support forfar—right parties in sweden, during the war, and lived a modest lifestyle. his house and possessions did not reflect his wealth. translation: i don't think i'm wearing anything that i haven't bought at a flea market. that's because i want to give a good example. if we're going to be conscious about our economy, one can't just talk about it. one h

welcome to talk to al-jazeera in the field with me barnaby phillips in the kenyan capital nairobi now this is a city that has played a big part in my life i spent some very happy childhood years here i have vivid memories of although i left when i was only ten years old way back in one nine hundred seventy eight.

december but more importantly that the paul will be free fair and credible catherine all jazeera nairobi kenya as well as opposition leaders have condemned the supreme court's decision to block the coalition from registering in upcoming elections the court's ruling comes just days after the major a dominating constituent assembly announced that the poll would be held in april months ahead of schedule critics said madeira is depriving people of a free and fair election. starting tomorrow and on sunday we're going to come out with more force with more will to defend plurality and political promises venues where that's why we've seen the first justice and its capacity to get the services we're going to defend this industry and to defend as as an instrument that can rescue democracy and freedom one of those will be sworn in as per his president later on saturday for second term is opponents accuse him of electoral fraud and continue to protest against his reelection john homan reports from the capital. in honduras the top twenty percent own more than half the country's wealth many of the res

tuesday's rally in nairobi was largely peaceful and there was no police presence despite the government declaring that catherine and willful and shutting down live signals of the country's main television stations for most of the day. the ceremony itself took less than fifteen minutes and left mixed feelings on what today was sort of anticlimactic for the many many supporters of the opposition i saw when lisa new came to witness the symbolic swearing in of rye loading that and his deputy long gone with your car and the reason why people went home so disappointed is because the other three main leaders including. this deputy did not show up to this event. they later issued a statement saying the absence was beyond their control but supporters here say does not look good for opposition unity or what. we thought were the other leaders will be here to support it would have shown us how strong the open. yes. i other people we talked to told us that the important thing is that. i did not claim i'm a sponsor of the cuts. and that's the kind of. relief that the state of this country this is fro

al-jazeera nairobi. the sundance film festival is opened in the u.s. state of utah the annual event will showcase one hundred ten movies include dramas comedies documentaries and shorts films on sexual abuse gender equality and a star studded rally for respect will also headline the event. this is all just here on these of the top stories the u.s. state department's urging turkey not to intervene against kurdish forces in africa and in syria the turkish government says it may attack in the coming days but it's keeping approval from russia first the heads of the army and intelligence are in moscow for talks meanwhile syria's deputy foreign minister says government forces will attack turkish jets flying over its kurdish region will have the. other two clear we warn that the syrian air defenses restored all its capacity and power and is ready to destroy turkish targets in the skies of the syrian arab republic this means that in any case aggression by the ticket air force it won't be made easy. israel's embassy in jordan is reopening after israel apologize