paul kagame has been president since 2000 but effectively since his party took control in 1994. could stay in power until 2034. >> say you wanted to be president for life and that would be a disaster for rwanda. >> i don't want. what is happening is, people's choice. ask people why they want it. >> since the referendum was announced just ten days acknowledge politicians have been urging support for the changes. they were told that people were pressured into attending rallies but they said they came freely. >> we asked members of our parliament to change term limits because it was difficult to reelect president kagame. >> voting went ahead anyway. since early in the morning people have lined up at the polling station and voted in a quiet and orderly manner. supporters of president kagame say it is an expression of people's will because they have not hesitated. peter mutuburuku was born in rwanda. >> it is a big shock to us that there's a referendum which was arranged in one week, to allow president kagame to be president for life essentially. we think it's illegitimate. >> they s

office and went on to win. >>> in neighboring rwanda, a referendum is on, whether allowing president paul kagame can run for a third term. kagame has ruled rwanda since his ethnic tutsi ended the conflict in 1994. tell us what the turnout has been like so far this morning? >> that's right, we are at a polling station in central kagale where president kagame is expected to vote at any moment now. this isn't a regular polling place, people have been very quiet lining up coming in and voting. president kagame himself hasn't said whether he will stand for another term or not yet. he says he is going to wait for the outcome of this referendum so he can gauge the will of the people as to how much they want him to run again. this is a slightly contentious issue while supporters say the reason for this referendum is the will of rwandan people can be realized. opposition leaders of which there are a few in the cupt, th. they say the lack of freedom of speech means that this can't be a free and fair referendum. but the government says and the government supporters say this is an expression of the people's

rule of paul kagame for close to 20 years. time for businesses with stephen carroll. let's start in spain, where the economy is expected to be a big issue in the election sunday. stephen: the economy in 2011 was in pretty bad shape, but after years of austerity and 100 billion euro bank bailout, things are starting to look up for the eurozone's fourth largest economy. it has returned to growth, although many in spain still are not feeling the benefit. josh has more. : spain has gone from a problem economy to one of the fastest-growing on the continent. shop keeps in barcelona say people are buying more and there is new optimism. >> it has been very very hard. for the past two years it has gotten better but slowly. there may be better consumer confidence in spain, but unemployment still runs high at just over 21%. >> they say it is getting better, but the young people are all leaving. they cannot find jobs here. >> there are not any good jobs. i do not think this is a good way to relaunch in a country. josh: there are still som

. >>> constitutional changes that will allow president paul kagame to stay in office no. 2034. preliminary results indicate an overwhelming victory for kagame. >> the results of controversial referendum were exactly as expected. people at the capital celebrated. in all districts it said nearly 100% of people voted in favor of changing the constitution and its presidential term limits. paul kagame has been president since 2000 but effectively in power since his rebel group ended the genocide and took power in 1994. the changes mean he can run again in 2017 and could stay in power until 2034. >> you want to be president for life and they say that would be a disaster for rwanda. >> i don't want. what is happening is people's choice. ask people why they want me. >> since the referendum was announced just ten days ago, politicians have been urging support for the changes. the government says they came freely. >> translator: we asked our members of parliament to change the term limit because they were an obstacle to us reelecting president kagame. >> both the uand the u.n. spoke out

but in his annual state of the nation speech today, paul kagame failed to make clear if he would be standingctions. rwanda ah's elects commission's. >> it is a privilege and a duty to serve rwanda. not an entitlement. no individual is there forever. but there is no time limit on the values, institutions, or progress. >> nigeria's rivers have been busy hubs for shipping and a life blood for local fishermen. but these sources of water are drying fast, ahmed idris reports. >> mohammed has been a fisherman all his life. the skills have been passed down from one generation in the family to another. because it is thbecause he consr as life. >> fishing is very important, that is where we feed and live, actually, will make our start as fishermen and so are we. >> the rivers aren't yielding as much as they used to. this is a confluence, a meeting point of the benway and the niger. this used to be a very difficult hubs. people earning their living from the water have seen their incomes dry up. water becomes shallow. as a result, many figurer mefn had to swix jobs to feet their families. >> their raise

vote in a election that could see paul kagame's third

. >> state of the nation speech today, paul kagame failed to state whether he would be running for reelection. rwandans expect transition from one to another. >> it is a privilege and a duty to serve rwanda. not an entitlement. no individual is there forever. but there is no time limit on the values, institutions, of progress. >> 36 million people around the world are thought to be trapped in modern day slavery, including one in 10 haitian children. as the caribbean country looks for solution he, andy gallagher reports from poarpts. port-au-prince. >> in a quiet neighborhood of port-au-prince, a group of actors are going through their lines. it is a passionate affair for good reasons. this team produce more than a dozen radio shows every month that aim to entertain and educate their audience. one of the things they highlight is child slavery, scenes woa boh powerful and frightening. >> to have people face the reality and really realize how hard it is. >> in haiti, radio is a dominant medium. the idea this is a soap opera for social change and those involved say it's working. actress martine f