since the military take over in july 2013 and still they face an uncertain future and as nico nicole johnstonts. >> reporter: the largest christian community in the east but in egypt they are a minority, out numbered by muslims. christians are no more than 10% of the population. over the years many in the community have done very well in business. still that i suffer from discrimination and attacks and that hasn't changed a lot sense the over throw of mobarac in 2012. many christians were uneasy when he was elected president two years ago. christians were worried about the growing influence of the group and the protection of their rights. so when morsi was over thrown last year many christians were relieved. their pope spoke at a news conference supporting his down fall. all this was too much for some muslim brotherhood supporters. they blamed cops for conspiring to over throw president morsi and things turned ugly. >> in cities across the country enraged people targeted and burned churches, i think 37 churches were destroyed or badly damaged and there was a pattern where the police did very

nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: egypt has the largest christian community in the middle east.n egypt they are a minority, outnumbered by muslims. christians are no more than 10% of the population. over the years many in the community have done well in business. they sever discrimination and a -- suffer discrimination and attacks. it has not changed since the overthrow of hosni mubarak in 2007. many christians were uneasy when mohamed mursi from the muslim brotherhood was elected president two years ago. christians were worried about the influence of the group, and the application of their rights. so when mohamed mursi was overthrown last year, many christians were relieved. the pope spoke at a news conference, supporting the down fall. >> all this was too much for some muslim brotherhood supporters, blaming cops for conspiring to overthrow mohamed mursi, and things turned ugly. >> in cities across the country enraged people are targeted and burnt. 37 churches were destroyed or badly damaged. there was a pattern where the police did little to intervene, even though the righting

nicole johnston, aljazeera. >> the president of mali is calling for a ceas ceasefire ine north where separatists are reportedly resisting an attempt by mali's army to take control. several soldiers were killed in fighting on wednesday. the renewed stress ends the efforts for peace talks with rebels, who want independence for mali. >>> hundreds from nigeria have joined the search for the schoolgirls kidnapped weeks ago. armed with guns and poison spears, their mission is to rescue the girls. they were chosen by the government because of their knowledge of the terrain. >>> flood waters have finally started to recede in the balkans. at least 51 people were killed. and many more made homeless by the worst flooding in history. aid into bosnia and indeed to serbia, is proving difficult because of bureaucracies at the border. >> reporter: left to fend for themselves, aid may be reaching the larger towns, but here, hundreds of other small villages, aid is not getting through. the people are becoming increasingly desperate. she was -- she escaped with her life and now she has nothing. >> we n

nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: a minority out numbered by muslims. 10% of the population. over the years, many in the community have done very well in business. still they suffer from discrimination and attacks. >> hasn't changed a lot sips the overthrow of hosni mubarak in 2011. many christians were uneasy when mohamed morsi was elected president two years ago. christians were worried about the growing influence of the group and the protection of their rights. so when morsi was over thrown last year, many christians were relieved. their pope spoke at a news conference supporting his downfall. all of this was too much for muslim brotherhood supporters. they blamed copss for conspiring to overthrow president morsi and things turned ugly. >> in cities across the country, enraged people targeted and burned churches, 37 churches, i think, were destroyed or badly damaged. there was a pattern where police did very little to intervene even though the writing was on the wall. it was clear this kind of thing was at risk of happening. in the still, they were set on fire last year. t

nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: there's a heavy security presence in areas like the khyber agency. soldiers are here to protect health workers. they have been attacked by the taliban, who accused them of providing cover for spies. the government has announced a major immunization campaign. the problem is getting to the remote areas. >> really more steps are required to ensure that all children are on a consistent basis in the tribal belt. >> reporter: the government directed that people in the tribal areas will have to be vaccinated. the world health organisation said that people living in pakistan will have to be immunized for the disease before they can travel overseas. >> whether it was karachi, north-western province or parts of pakistan. we'll tackle the issue head on. >> in the last few months around 30 polio workers have been killed or injured. the taliban blocked change. with the military involved the aim is to get as many children as possible immunized. >> the area of khyber agency - 4,000 children are the prime target. we have sent out teams with military organizations t

as nicole johnston reports, the third power transition in as many years is creating more uncertainty for mean egypt chance. >> reporter: these are the men in charge of egypt for the last three years. first hosni mubarak - president for 30 years. it all came to an abrupt end in 2011. for three weeks anti-government demonstrators rallied in tahrir square, demanding hosni mubarak resigned. in february they got their wish. he stepped down, handing power to the armed forces. the commoneder in chief -- commander in field marshal. he was the temporary head of state. he was the head of the soup ream council of armed forces or skaf and ruled for the next 17 months. in 2012 there were presidential elections. the first since hosni mubarak was removed. mohamed mursi was voted in as president. he was from the muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party. under hosni mubarak the group had been banned but tolerated. now it had to get a country which had been through an extraordinary revolution on track. it couldn't do it fast enough. a grass roots movement called tamerod or rebellion formed, collec

nicole johnston, aljazeera. >> the murder was one of 15 in which the victims became known as the disappeared. seven of those victims have never been found. >> secretary of state john kerry and his african counterparts are trying to figure out how to bring peace to south sudan this morning. kerry met with leaders in the capitol of ethiopia. u.s. officials want peacekeeping troops deployed from the u.n. and penalties against fighters on both sides. >> two details after nba commissioner adam silver band the l.a. clippers owner donald sterling from life, the team owners are taking steps to force him to sell the team. >> dell and steph, that first step toward forcing donald sterling happens today with the conference call between 10 other team owners and commissioner adam silver to decide on the logistics of convening a vote of all of the league owners about sterling's status. should this team become available, suitors are lining up. >> i am banning mr. sterling for life. >> donald sterling may be banned for life, but for now, the billionaire still owns the clippers. now some heavy hitters may be