. >> now, the housing demand in the nigerian city in maiduguri saw an increase after the arrival of tens of thousands of displaced people. they are flocking to the city trying to get away from boko haram. we have this report on how people are hoping. >> this man has been looking for a new house for his family. a third child arrived two days ago. he thought they deserved a better place. he's given up on moving out. >> translation: i used to pay a fraction of my income on reject. now i'm asked to pay three times the amount. the alternative is that there's an increase everywhere. i'm lucky to remain after my rent expires. >> he is not alone. many are homeless because they can't afford entries. home owners are eager to meet the rising demand. >> maiduguri is a city struggling. that made it difficult to find a place to live. rent has gone up. owners are trying to cash in putting up new buildings. >> reporter: the landscape of the city is changing. thousands displaced are avoiding the harsh life of refugee camps, and are pushing rents up. home openers are not complaining. >> translation: many

. >>> the nigerian city of maiduguri has come under attacks, trying to get control of it. it's in the country's north-east. that's the area that they are trying to secure. the people there say they can't rely on the army to keep them safe. we travel to maiduguri, and met the local men defends the city. >> reporter: for three years these member of militia helped stopped boko haram from taking maiduguri. more than a dozen were killed. the civilian joint task force was poorly armed. they say the government strategy needs to change. >> people are attacking. if we are attacking them. what we have. if we attacking them they have no power to attack us. >>> now the city is boxed in by all directions. >> move out of the local government. and their support. some of them are in the houses. we have more than 1.5 million there, and in the city. you can see that the city is chopped up. after five years of violence and suffering, they have had enough. >> all of us are determined not to run. this is our last line of defense. if we run away there's nowhere to go to. if we go to other state

two bombs have gone off near a university, and at a bus station in the central nigerian city.happened just hours after another suicide blast in the town. which left at least 19 people dead. witnesses say that a second pommer who tries to detonate his explosives was beaten to death by on lookers. the u.n. security council is due to meet to discuss the on going humanitarian crisis. despite voting last year to ban them. just remind yourselves what are these weapons. the gun powder and metal shrapnel. the bombs are cheap and easy to make. puts they want together in an abandon warehouses. they don't lock on to a direct target. off to the u.n. now james listening to the description of a barrel bomb not a surprise that the security council tries to ban them, tell us what is significant about this peteing. >> well, i think this meeting is significant, it starts in about an hour's time for several reasons it is almost exactly one year since the security council did something on syria because of very rare for them to get any agreement. they managed to pass a resolution 2139 a year ago.

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. >>> demand to howser in a nigerian city has seen a huge increase because of the arrival of thousandsplaced by boko haram. >> reporter: he has been looking for a new house for his growing family. a third child arrived only two days ago. and he thought they deserved a better place to live in. now he's given up on moving out. >> translator: i used to pay a fraction of my income as rents. now i am asked to pay three times the amount. i have searched for an alternative but seems there is an increase everywhere. i will be lucky to remain here after my rent expires. >> reporter: he's not a reason many people are now homeless because they can't afford the increased. but homeowners eager to meet the rising demands for housing, this is a city with a large number of displaced people. that is making it difficult to find a place to live because rents has gone on. owners are trying to capitalize by building new buildings. thousands of people displace ed by the attacks by boko haram fighters are trying avoid the harsh life of refugees cams are and pushing rents up. and homeowners aren't complaining

. >> the nigerian city of maiduguri came under attack by boko haram fighters trying to get control of it. it's in the north-east and that is the area that the military is trying to secure before holding elections in six weeks. people say it's up to the army to keep them safe. al jazeera travelled to maiduguri. >> reporter: for three years members of the state sponsored militia helped stop boko haram, but at a huge cost. >> they say the government strategy needs to change. >> people are attacking. we all explain. if we are attacking them with the little we have i know with the little answer we have if we attacking them they have no power to come and attack us. >> for now the city is safe but boxed in by boko haram from all directions. >> i will take over the boko haram. most of these people move out of the government. some of them are in the camps. some of them are in the houses. we have more than 1.5 million today in the city. you can see that the city is chopped off. >> after years of suffering residents say they have had enough. all of us are determined not to run. this is our last

. >>> demand for housing in the nigerian city of maiduguri has seen an increase because of the arrival of thousands displaced by the raids of boko haram. ahmed idris reports. >> reporter: this man has been looking for a new house for his growing family. a third child asked two days ago. he thought they deserved a better place to live. he has given up on moving out. >> translation: i used to pay a traction of income as rent. now i'm asked to pay three times the amount. i searched for an alternative. but fas have increased. i'll be lucky to remain after rent expires. >> he's not alone. many are homeless after not affording the increases. maiduguri is a city struggling with a large number of displaced perps, making it difficult to find a place to live. rent has gone up. owners are trying to cash in by putting up new buildings. the landscape is exchanging thousands are displaced by the attacks. they are trying to avoid refugee camps and are pushing rent up and home owners are not complaining. many came in from the up to s and villages when there's a rise in demand you expect rents to go up

. >> well, the nigerian january city of madaguri has become a refuge for tennessee of thousands come caught up between the army and boko haram but for many the challenge is trying to find an affordable home. >> reporter: jani has been looking for a new house for his growing family. a third child arrived only two days ago and he thought they deserved a better place to live in. now, he's given up on moving out. >> i used to pay a fraction of my income as rent. now, i am asked to pay three times the amount. i have searched for an alternative, but it seems there is an increase everywhere. i will be lucky to remain here after my rent expires. >> many are homeless because they can't afford the increases. but homeowners are eager to meet the riding demand for housing. madiguri is struggle with displaced persons. it has made it difficult to find a place to live. some owners are trying to cash in by putting up new buildings. >> the landscape of the city is changing. thousands of people sglaidz by the attacks by boko haram fighters are trying to avoid the harsh life of refugee camps and pushin

. >>> the nigerian military has retaken the city of baga from boko haram.ere murdered last month. amnesty called those killings -- some were drowned and others were killed in fighting on saturday. >>> a small town in nigeria, despite differences in their faiths there is no conflict between people a, just cooperation. channel 4 news reports on these two faiths co-existing with one another. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: if their political leaders lack charisma the church does not. it is on fire. they're speaking in tongues. their prophetess leading her flock in songs of praise. nigeria style. ♪ ♪ [ bells ringing ] >> reporter: as we climb, an ex-or sichlex or ex-or sichl is going on halfway up making enough noise to wake the dead. so be healed. they call this place of pilgrimage not only for christians but for muslims and animists too. they worship, pray and make sacrifices here. there are wandering mystics. some have lived up here for years. there are four things that seem to matter more than most to your average nigerian. in no particular order -- football politics noll

launched yet another attack on maiduguri, the largest city in the northeast of that country of more than 170 million people. according to press reports nigerian army troops repelled the millitants after they entered the city on armored cars and on tanks. boko haram hopes to make the city the capital of a breakaway islamist state. and violence continues to escalate in eastern ukraine, near russia, after peace talks between the government and russian-backed separatists broke down. government officials say 13 ukrainian soldiers and about a dozen civilians were killed in the last 24 hours. more than 5,000 people have been killed in the now nine-month long conflict. in asia today, in hong kong, the largest pro-democracy demonstration in seven weeks. thousands of protesters staged a peaceful march, demanding fully democratic elections for the territory's next leader in 2017. last summer, chinese legislators approved a plan that would allow beijing to screen the candidates first, a move which prompted pro-democracy protests that shut down parts of the city for almost three months last year. former secretary of state james baker, who served under the

gaol in egypt, where they have been held for 400 days. >>> the nigerian military is trying to repel boko haram fighters from the eastern city of maiduguri after a series of blasts across the north killing is it. >>> in iraq shia militias are denying claims that they are preventing sunnis returning to their homes once areas are cleared of i.s.i.l. fighters. >>> the release of our colleague peter greste. our correspondent in france spoke to the human rites lawyer jeffrey robertson asking why the egyptian authorities finally freed peter greste. >> international pressure had some impact. it's been 400 days one down, two to go. indeed 16 journalists banged up in egypt for the foreseeable future tens of thousands of political prisoners. this has been a very successful campaign to chill criticism - certainly in egypt and to an extent abroad - of the abdul fatah al-sisi dictatorship. it has stopped the coverage who afrl democratically elected. al jazeera closed a channel covering them. so it's been very effective and in other dictatorships are taking notice that the way to avoid criticism is to arrest journalists on trumped up char

fight something underway in the town of mafa but the nigerian army says its driven fighters out of the key cityfmaiduguri. two blasts in northern nigeria's city killed five people. one attack targeted a military checkpoint. a suicide bomber targeting a political meeting nigeria killed seven people two weeks before the national elections. >>> the attacks come a day after the african union announced that it would sends in a regional force to fight the armed group. let's go back to the nigerian capital, abuja. the international condemnation and the unity we are seeing from some of the neighboring countries, those really there is no stopping i guess, the add vance much boka haram. >> well boka haram, itself boka haram is in a tight situation now. the camroonians and forces from niger are bearing down from the chad border and the nigerian security forces are also trying to mop up some elements of boka haram from the towns and villages they occupy in northeastern nigeria. the group is in a tight spot now. it is able to launch coordinated attacks. look at the attack this morning. it was launched on fo

. >> the nigerian government said its forces have fought off an attack in the northeastern city of gombe. forces open fired as they opened the city saturday, throwing leaflets and calling for the boycott of next elections. boko haram attacked a town in neighboring chad, killing ten people. >> this is what is left of the gombe village the first known assault in chad by the nigerian armed group. it's thought around 30 fighters crossed lake chad early on friday. they made it to the village and shot at anyone they found and then set fire to the place. two-thirds of the village has been burned to the ground. nugumbe had become a place where many sought safety from boko haram back home. many of them are now on the run gain as the violence follows them. the chadian army is part of a regional task force made up of troops from nigeria niger and cameroon fighting boko haram which is trying to create an islamic state in the region, and has killed orchid napped thousands of people. the chadian army has responded to friday's attack and eventually pushed the armed group back, but many people are conce

city of sirt. >> the aftermath of a strike by boka haram fighters in chad as nigerian fighters say they have fought an attack by the armed group. >> no place like home for aaron finch as he notches up a big score against eng lands in the cricket world cup. gulf nations have cover determined what they have called a coup in yemen. foreign ministers from the corporation council issued a statement after a meeting in re ryad ryad. talks are being held in yemen between houthi rebels and the party of the former president. it's hoped that meeting will lead to the formation of a transitional body that will last two years. it's a week since houthis took power. more details: >> reporter: angry protesters set fire to a shi-houthi vehicle, yemen's third largest city. they say the car was being used by the houthis to prevent them from hoarding holding a demonstration. it is one of many predominantly sunni regions where anti-sunni sentiment is on the rise. this isa city south of sana. the houthis are in control of parts of the city. people are worried. protesters are out on the streets to deny ounce what they say

nigerian president. it happened minutes after goodluck jonathan left the stadium in the city of gombe in the city's northeast. -- in the country's northeast. looking into alleged war crimes in the country of gaza in 2014 has resigned. william shaver has joined us. why have you decided to step down now? >> well, there is a new attack officials of the human rights council have now decided that they are going to proceed with a kind of inquiry, going to ask for legal advice and so on. so it makes it impossible for me to continue while that inquiry is going on. the work is urgent. the commission has to finish its job and get the report submitted to the human rights council in early march and i have to get out of the way so it can go on with its job. i don't want this inquiry and attempt by israel to sabotage so i'm stepping aside. >> concerning the work you did for palestine liberation organization in 2012, correct? >> that's correct. i did a legal opinion about the international criminal court when palestinian -- palestine liberation organization was advising people on the issue of ratifying the rome statute of

nigerian army has retain a strategic town formally under control of boko haram, the city of baga on lakehad is near cameroon. the town is a headquarters for multiple multi-national military force from all four countries. he von edege has more from the capital. >> the recapture is a hugely significant and symbolic victory for the nigerian army because it has been the thorn in the side of the fight against the group over the last 6 years, two very controversial events have taken place in the town earlier this year in january. there were reports of at least 2000 people killed by boko haram and the military were basically accused of turning a blind eye to this. in 2013, similar accusations, though a smaller number at least 200 people were allegedly killed by boko haram and dumped in a mass grave. again, authorities were accused of not responding to sos calls from residents in the area. so it was hugely important for the nigerian military to get this town back from boko haram. they are telling us many were killed in the violence that cantha took place, that they were able to get weapons that

. >> the nigerian government said its force have fought off an attack by boko haram. local forces say fighters from the group open fired as they entered the city on saturday calling for boycott of next month's general election. the attack has prompted a 24 hour curfew in the area. boko haram attacked a town in neighboring chad killing at least ten people. caroline malone has more. >> this is what is left of the village after the attack of boko haram. it's the first assault in chad by the nigerian armed group. it's thought about 30 fighters crossed lake chad early on friday. they made it to the village and shot at anyone they found and then set fire to the place. two-thirds of the village has been burned to the ground. ngumbe was a place where people sought safety. thousands of nigerias left the town after it was attacked. many of the them are on the run again as the violence follows them. the chadian army is part of a regional task force made up of troops from nigeria niger and cameroon fighting boko haram which is trying to create an islamic state in the region, and it has killed and kidnapped thousands of people. the chadian army responded t

. >> the nigerian government said its forces have fought off an attack by boko haram on the northeastern city of gofmbe. the attack has prompted a 24-hour curfew in the area. on friday boko haram attacked a town in neighboring chad, killing at least ten people. >> the northeast is not the only part of the area where there is violence. the southern niger delta was the focus of the army and other armed group six years ago. there are fears that poverty and frustration among form fighters could send them back into battle from niger delta. >> former fighters like her get a basic monthly allowance of $340 and they're taught a trade. and an incentive not to attack oil pipelines. but she said she still can't look after her two children. desperation could make her go back to a life of violence. >> i don't want to go back. i don't want to go back to that. >> these creeks are quieter than they used to be, but armed groups still hide out here. leaders were paid to keep their fighters away from the oil pipelines. the fighters were well armed and often attacked people listening in the niger delta. they wou

place west of the rebel held city of luhansk despite the step towards peace ukraine accuses rebels the november keeping their side of the ceasefire agreement. >>> nigerianave his retaken the northeastern borden down from boko haram. a town at nigeria's border from chad, niner and woman ron was the scene of what is feared to have been the armed groups worst atrocity in its six-year insurgency. these photos show the town before boko haram moved in. a town of 3,000 homes schools and clinics. the red is lush vegetation, identify days later new satellite pictures show that vegetation is badly damaged and the whole area has been flatten the. more from the capital abuja. >> reporter: the recapture is a hugely significant and symbolic victory for the nigerian army because it really has been the thorn in the side of the fight against the group over the last six years. two very controversial events have taken place in the town. earlier this year in january. there were reports that at least 2,000 people were killed by boko haram and the military were basically accused of turning a blind eye to this. in 2013, similar accusations though smaller number, at least 200

city of sirte. there has not been claim of responsibility. >>> troops that have launched the biggest offensive against boko haram in five years. jets from nigerian's neighbor chad has been bombing the area. they have deployed ground troops inside nigeria and say it's military has killed 200 fighters. nine chadian soldiers have died in that offensive. the armed group launched a counter offensive on the cameroonian border town of fotokol. a number of soldiers have been killed. >>> african union officials have been meeting to assign soldiers to bite boko fight boko haram. >> the nigerian military has confirmed that chadian and cameroonian soldiers are in nigeria fighting boko haram. this is a multi national strategy to fight the group. much is being made of the fact that there are armed forces here but they say this is not a story and there is no limit of the number of forces that can fight the group. the fact that these forces are present is more evident that they are winning against boko haram in the country. in a separate development there are concerns about what impact the insecurity in the region and the fighting in the region might have on the

. >> the nigerian government says forces have fought off antac by boko haram in the northeastern citygamb i6789. local forces say fighters opened fire as they entered the city on saturday. they also threw leaflet did calling for residents to boycott next month's general election. the attack has prompted a 24 hour curfew in the area. the northeast isn't the only part of nigeria with a recent history of violence. the southern niger delta was the focus of heavy fighting until the government amnesty six years ago. there are fears, poverty, and frustration among former fighters could send them back in to battle. from there, harama tassa reports. >> still new at this back in 2009, the nigeria government granted amnesty to nearly 30,000 fighters from an armed group called the movement of the emancipation of the nijer delta. former fighters get an allowance of roughly $340 and they are taught a trade, an incentive not to attack oil pipelines and kidnap foreigners but buni says she still can't look after her two children. desperation could make her go back to a life of violence. >> i feel bad.

the nigerian military says it has killed more than 300 boko haram fighters in air strikes in recent days. >> islamist militants from the group have attacked cities in northeastern nigeria in an effort to prevent presidential and parliamentary elections getchell for late march. more than 13,000 people have in killed by boko haram attacks over the past six years. well, to our other big story and we need more time and less austerity -- that's the message we expect to hear from athens tomorrow. >> the greek government now says it will ask you creditors for an extension of the loans keeping the state afloat but there is still very little common ground between greece and its partners on just how that bailout money should actually be spent. >> that uncertainty is having wide reaching effect. >> greece's immediate future is at stake in frankfurt where the eu's meeting to assess finances. liquidity is a key issue. greeks are withdrawing around 2 billion euros a week. some banks may go broke and a greek exit from the eurozone cannot be ruled out. >> in the end, the decision has to be a political decision. it is not up to monetary policy to decide on if gr

fighters hit the city of maiduguri from four different fronts after earlier offensives last week. the nigerian government says it's repelled the assault and inflicted massive casualties on the boko haram. this comes as african leaders have approved a new force of at least 7,500 troops to confront boko haram's rise. the group's recent attacks include the reported massacre of hundreds of people in the northern town of baga last month. nigeria is due to hold national elections in two weeks. al jazeera journalist peter greste has been released from an egyptian prison after 400 days behind bars. greste and two of his al jazeera colleagues, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed, were convicted on terrorism charges widely denounced as a sham. they were arrested as part of a crackdown on al jazeera while covering the aftermath of the coup that overthrew president mohammed morsi in 2013. greste flew to cyprus on sunday following his release, but fahmy and mohamed remain behind bars. al jazeera english managing director al anstey said the network continues to seek the remaining pair's freedom. >> we spoke to

>> the nigerian army alongside civilians and vigilantes have driven out boko haram from the capitol in northeastern nigeria. sunday the armed group launched an attack on the outskirts of the city that lasted several hours. the battle has moved on to the town of maffa. we have more from the capitol. >> the guns are silent after the military in collaboration with civilians repelled an attack from four different locations on the city. a security source told al jazeera that the fighters from boko haram have been chased away and now there is as raging battle currently going on in the town of maffa after the failure failure. this is coming at a time boko haram has suffered defeat in the hands of the nigerian mill at her, the chadian military, following the launch of attacks on several positions of boko haram in northeastern nigeria. this morning's attacks signify the desperation on the part of boko haram to make in roads into borno state. this morning's attack resulted in the death of several boko haram members, according to a security source. >> there's been more violence in nigeria's northeast a suicide bomber blowing himself up near the house of a politician. seven have been kill

nigerian government says that it has forced off attacks. locals say that the group open fired as they opened the city on saturday as they through leaflets calling for the boycott of next month's general election. the attack has called for a curfew in the area. >>> now the northeast isn't the only part of nigeria with a recent history of violence. the southern niger delta was part of fighting. from niger delta. >> this woman is still new at this. the nigerian government granted amnesty to fighters for the group of former fighters like her. they get a basically balance and they are taught a trade and an incentive not to attack oil pipelines and kidnap foreigners. but she said she still can't look after her two children. desperation could make her go back to a life of violence. >> i don't want to go back. i do not want to go back to that. >> these creeks are quieter than they used to be, but armed groups still hide out here. men largely disbanded when many accepted the amnesty offer. the men were paid to keep their fighters away from the oil pipelines. the fighters were well armed. they would also destroy oil pipelines and kidnap foreigners. after

nigerians are worried about the government imposing a tax on imported cars. >> facing an old foe barcelona look for a repeat of last year's victory over man city in the champions league. >> welcome back. you're watching the news our on al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. a bomb explode in near nigeria at a bus station. it's the second attack in the town in three days. >> the observatory for home rights said 90 christians have been kidnapped in the country's northeast. the area is near the scene of heavy fighting between kurdish fighters and isil. >> the hamas is denying it had contact with the c.i.a., which leaked documents contained by al jazeera which said it was desperate to do. >> to the maldives, the former president said he is mistreated by security forces and denied access to his lawyer. he was arrested on terror charges over the arrest of a judge. there were dramatic scenes monday as he went to court. we have a report. >> this is the former president of maldives. the first democratically elected head of state. he said his arm was hurt as police dragged him into court. he was pleading to be allowed to walk in by himself. he was denied bail and ac