in nairobi kenya africa's largest. is. on hold. from the i do the the most literal soul of a gotta draw it from the most literal everybody will be penned into the need for want an immediate we all want one in the world. eva king of condoms started advocating for safe sex and the importance of using condoms after high school after losing a close friend to a change stanley decided to start honest and open conversations about hiv with as many people as possible to draw people's attention here is this i catch him growing out feet is very attractive and it's also make me feel proud that i'm the king and . a good level at a low level. high level coming from the slums it's like to me. in the last 2 decades hiv infections in kenya have decreased by house organizations like l.v. c.t. health who supply the king of condoms with well condoms have helped these efforts however 5.6 percent of the population still carries the virus and recently and new worrying trend has a much to. do we've noticed that now among the new infections there's an incr

from on this on the way the international crisis group in nairobi kenya joins us now thanks for your time so put us us see the un mission is clearly in them but the un says they are not there in warsaw what exactly is the un mission there for. i had a good afternoon. i think would receive in the in the deer see over the past few weeks is that the effort to see the army is attacking the a.t.f. the a.t.f. on their part is attacking the population and then the population is attacking. the peacekeeping mission in the dear sea and that is their mandate there in the d.n.c. to keep the peace but i think what you see at the moment is that there is no peace to keep so from when it's go it's their really on the pressure and it's very difficult for them to act also because there are a lot of there a lot of expectations from the population that want to go will fix it but that's very complicated ok so let's understand that clearly for over 20 years many forces i've been causing havoc in congo are looking at the un peacekeepers combined 2 weeks to defeat these groups you know you see that when it'

is freedom she says this is my favorite woman we're talking about i'm coming to you live from nairobi kenya another person writes and also on you tube oddly says i'm live to you from nigeria she is the best songwriter woman in the world very talented and then one more. goal says she's an icon and a music legend that's a place permanent marks into the hearts of millions across the globe and he is writing us from doha qatar so helen i will give it back to you to finish your anecdote about why that was special to you. so wonderful to be in contact with dolly fans from around the world like the last tweeter i 1st became when i was a teenager and partly because i was you know fat clear teen with no dress sense and dolly parton seemed to. embrace what people can now call being extra. and partly because my dad who was a greek cypriot immigrant to england said this is our music by which he meant this is immigrant music and i think that's part of a global appeal. is the fact that the things like the concentration on. common values of family and. displacement. done often from a female from a radical

delirious push to change kenya's tech scene started 12 years ago in kenya's capital nairobi at a time kenya opposition took to destry to protest a disputed election then tar country was in crisis together with other developers juliana founded the crowd sourcing platform. which is key to a hill for testimony that allowed ordinary people to report incidents of violence in their areas so we wanted to create a repository where we would put all of this information so that there would be i record of what happened to the country today he sent a nationally recognized platform has been used to report his crimes during the us elections documented the war in syria and help disaster relief after the earthquake in nepal. and juliana has evolved from a young turk nerd into a global role model and advocate for freedom of information. now that's what i call an inspiring woman and that's my inspiration to count me as studio single it creates a collective from was 3 friends want to bring to life which is that structure will tell you more about it in our mice it's. all up for everybody we studio think g

the situation all right mohamed thank you mohamed today there reporting live from a very wet nairobi in kenya. we've got lots more to come here at al-jazeera including find out how to promote a possible to being secretly sold to help keep caribbean politicians in power. hello again it's good to have you back well here across north asia we are dealing with some very cold air that is coming in from parts of siberia across parts of china as well as eastern russia tempters all the into the low single digits for vladivostok 2 degrees there mongolia minus 14 is going to be your high on tuesday getting a little bit warmer by the time we get to stacey about minus 13 degrees there over here towards parts of japan though it is going to be quite rainy the teens is going to be a high maybe tokyo 13 degrees with rainy conditions there of soka it's going to be a rainy day few as well plenty of clouds across much of china over the next few days even some rain up here towards the north a little bit cooler out here towards the east we do have winds coming out of the north and we're going to be seeing for show

informal settlements in kenya's capital nairobi up to $500.00 households usually have to make do with one shared public toilet they tend to be wooden huts without any water. the genome a wendy lives in a slum in nairobi the 25 year old mother was apprehensive about using the public toilet it was not surprised that suddenly it was not cool. jams even we were infected now she shares this new blue toilet with only 4 other households the toilets made by kenyan company shanachie don't rely on sewers the waste is separated into liquids and solids in removable cartridges big. if the toilet they're also relatively cheap to install in the dense alleyways of new koori can imagine the process that you have to go through to be able to lay a sewer in a place that is the table to be polluted it's the washington post. the water list toilet is not only clean it also helps the environment the waste is collected and taken to a treatment facility outside nairobi where it's recycled into organic fertilizer for farmers. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website o

very soon had 2 children left in mataura and improvised housing settlement in kenya's capital nairobi she works every day as a domestic help so that she can pay for food childcare and rent she can't afford to pay for hospital visits on top of that. the hygiene standard in nairobi's poorer neighborhoods is terrible the road's a full of garbage and human waste bacteria spreads easily hair and that leads to disease people immediately reach for antibiotics 1st gets them from a store around the corner cheap and without prescription. the man behind the counter has no pharmaceutical training people in poor neighborhoods often get poor quality antibiotics the dosage is too overused in the wrong way perfect conditions to create antibiotic resistant superbugs if we're able to save the children to buy the kitchens at the local level then it means when we export a few months we export i suppose you're a drug we're not taking bugs from one place to another and vice versa. so we must to look to be able to affect the global aspects of what she says. this is been a growing problem for kenya's health

affected across east africa because of the heavy of the normal rainfall mohammed is in the kenya's capital nairobi where government officials have been warning residents to go to higher ground. these kind of flooding are becoming almost unusual events last year we sold dumbs breaking their bunks blasting their bunks and killing so many people all the flooding and inundating villages and towns along the banks and many people asking why was the small to avoid it but the government is quick to say that. due to climate change and beyond their control they are also sending out a very stark warning to people living only in low lying areas but also along the river banks that the banks are bound to the bomb to abbas their banks once again they should go to higher ground and there is a massive. of a question going on right now in court but also in other parts of the country where there's been extremely. bad conditions and also have been rainfall going on and the dumps are also being released in a controlled way and on to agree was expected to exacerbate the situation. violence escalating in a city in the e

the kenyan manufacturing industry a sponsor pressed enter through kenya says so-called big 4 agenda it of you hit the streets of nairobi and it looks like it will take more than a directive to get things going. david has been a tailor for 20 years nairobi's kenyatta market has been his retail home for 12 of those years in this shop selling african garments. koku zeek his fabric and garment shop and now the kenyan government are banking on a resurgent appreciation for african attire to boost the manufacturing industry and create jobs thus the president's directive that all public servants wear locally made clothes on fridays and on public holidays on the streets of nairobi the directive has gotten a mixed reception. it's still more natural and when you don't listen to it it's because a lot of african fabrics are made from platinum and i stress mine is a mix of them and cotton and that's the complaint and then color says this it's it's. a better place just like a good looking good that's innovative you'll get killed for that you create jobs probably supply and. looks look in my place. a. launching. something yeah my 2nd

nairobi. correspondent: a week of torrential floods in northwestern kenya. many bridges remained down.er washed away long sections of roads. workers are repairing this road. the government is pleading for help. >> we need all the assistance we can get. we are appealing for help. the priority is to take food and medicine to the affected people so they can cope with the disaster. correspondent: this village is one of the worst hit after landslides followed days of rain. families were wiped out in a torrent of water and mud. that emergencye help is going to arrive. but in some cases, villagers -- without the bodies of missing relatives. >> we are really sad we have not yet recovered the bodies of our children. it is not just my son's body, but my neighbor's seven children who died. we need urgent help. correspondent: traders and their families are working together to clear the debris away so they can open their businesses. but it is not over. kenyans and affected villages are being urged to move to safer ground. >> the government does not issue the necessary mornings. the -- the necessary

nairobi. a week of the traditional floods in most parts of north western kenya many bridges of the main. fast flowing water also washed away long sections of roads workers are repairing this bridge on the road between keitai and road where the government's appealing for help from anyone but i'd like to see jim we need of assistance we can get we have people who will show us for the prototype for nice to take food and medicine to the affected people so they can cope and get to. the village of tom collins one of the last hit by floods on landslides which followed days of torrential rain and tire families were wiped out in a torrent of water rocks and in old $21.00 canyon started here you might assume that when such disasters hoppen emergency help is quick to arrive but in tom luck it's the village just left with the grim task of such and for the bodies of missing relatives government rescue workers are yet to arrive because of the damage to roads and bridges. we're really sad that we've not yet recovered the bodies about children it's not just my son's body but also my neighbors 7 children

for the september 2013 attack on the westgate mall in nairobi that killed 67 people, and for the death of over 140 in the april 2015 attack on kenya'sgarissa university. nir kalron i investigated the links between al shabaab and illicit ivory trade in 2012. kalron: al shabaab was controlling the ports of kismayo, marca, and big parts of mogadishu, including access to the port through its agents. evidence frorom kenya suggggests the local and regional poachers used that access. we'd seen evidence from ports in marca and kismayo of ivory, large stocks of it, and had collected evidence from individuals that testified to having profited frfrom thahat te with al shabaab b agents. knights:s: al shabaab did contnl various ports in somalia where the ivory is being shipped out of, and they would basasically charge a tax for anything being shipped out. narrator: al shabaab levies s a% to 7% tatax on ivoryry that pass through areas they control, makingng about $25250,000 a yeyr from ivoryry. insurgenent groups and armed forces units are not the only poachers. local villagers, who know the terrain, are also involved, and they are increasingly r

nairobi. a week of the traditional floods in most parts of north western kenya many bridges that remain down fast flowing water is also washed away long sections of roads workers are repairing this bridge on the road between keitai and road where the government's appealing for help from anyone but a lack of city james we need of assistance we can get we have been to well wishers for the prototype for nice to take food and medicine to the affected people so they can cope and get to. the village of tom collins one of the last hit by floods and landslides which followed days of torrential rains and tire families were wiped out in a torrent of water rocks and in all $21.00 kenyan started here you might assume that when such disasters happen emergency help is quick to arrive but in tom luck it's the village just left with the grim task of such and for the bodies of missing relatives government rescue workers are yet to arrive because of the damage to roads and bridges. we're really sad that we've not yet recovered the bodies about children it's not just my son's body but also my neighbors 7 children w

busy at the moment and we'll continue to monitor events with you from the kenya red cross peter about acts a joining us from nairobi thank you. still ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour libyan war cleaver have to declare as a no fly zone in the skies over the capital tripoli. also we take a look at some of the other ways chileans are protesting against that government. and we'll tell you about hope of celebrations in brazil but have been there to 8 years in the making that's coming up with cho. thank you both african hour to libya where i spokesman for the ward cleaver have to says a no fly zone is in place over most of the capital tripoli now the city's only functional airport is mitiga in and that is except i have to forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government of national called the tripoli administration says any threat to civilian aviation is a crime under national and international and you'll know in the today we declare a no fly zone we're flying is totally prohibited without prior coordination with the general command of the armed forces this no fly zone is

and we turn our focus now to kenya empowering women and girls is the focus of a united nations summit involving 160 countries that has now kicked off in nairobi the u.n. is calling on the world to deliver on promises me 25 years ago well in 199-4179 governments that's nearly every country on earth recognized for the 1st time that protecting the rights for women and girls is a key to development at a landmark conference in cairo they adopted an action plan and that was a pivotal moment but despite progress there are still enormous problems every day more than $33000.00 girls are forced into child marriage and over 800 women die from preventable causes during pregnancy or childbirth every day and some 232000000 women in the developing world lack access to contraceptives but the issue is controversial many conservative and religious groups say the summit promotes abortion and the vatican has refused to take part because the catholic church opposes contraception or at i think we can talk to somebody now in row b. i believe i'm being joined now by bigger get over since she is the c.e.o. of plan international a nonprofit organization dealing mainly

mutilation by 2022 kenya and other african leaders attending a un conference on population and development are also calling for an end to trial marriage the 3 day summit in the kenyan capital nairobi brings together more than $6000.00 participants from $160.00 nations to discuss sexual and reproductive health and women's rights. fees and new buildings on the edge of nairobi's biggest the city is busting at the seams especially in the poorest areas nairobi's population has grown by 40 percent in the last 10 years budgets for improving water supplies or education aren't keeping up with the rapid population growth bringing problems that particularly affect young women those attending this population conference in nairobi agree improving women's rights is the key a vision of full equality for women and girls of reproductive rights for all that vision is still far from reality 25 years ago un member states agreed that rather than trying to influence the size of their populations countries should instead focus on improving the lives of individuals particularly women. this project in nairobi supports go through vocational training and sex education. it's run by a german nonprofit with th

have died in kenya rescue workers in west poco close to the border with uganda trying to reach thousands of people in need of help because of rain damaged roads and destroyed bridges from nairobi mohamad abdalla explains how river dad's a making things worse. these kind of flooding are becoming almost unusual events last year we sold dumbs breaking them bunks the last thing the bunks and killing as so many people read was all the flooding and inundating villages and towns along the banks and many people asking why was the small to avoid it but the government is quick to say that these east due to climate change and beyond their control they are also sending out to various parts of warning to people living only in low lying areas also along the riverbanks not the banks are bound to the bomb to a bus that banks once again on that they should go to higher ground and the east i'm a sieve. of a question going on right now in the west of course but also in other parts of the consumed where there's been extremely. bad conditions and also have bit of rainfall going on and the dumps are also being released in a controlled way and on to leave was i expect that to exacerbate the situatio