dooney mcquay guy is a doctor from the democratic republic of congo and a nobel peace prize laureate he travels the world campaigning for a cause. for much of the work to do we consider the cause for which we are fighting to end rape and sexual violence against women during war a noble cause you can know. unfortunately the change has been slow in coming but peter and the women the rape victims expect a lot from our advocacy do not appear to only. with him in the fight for peace. the 61 year old in his hand of the german institute for medical mission schneider has been supporting danny mccuaig in the d r c and in germany for years often billionaire had. in the end he said it's not only mine it's your nobel prizes well what are you doing to change things and this challenge is also our cause we don't just want to applaud him and say great man we want to support him and make sure that we're doing what we can to help him in the fight for peace and comfort. but how can she help the new mccuaig in his fight against sexual violence and for peace in the democratic republic of congo. but there'

in the democratic republic of congo german physician gisela schneider works with the rosemont data they want to improve health care in the conflict on region. but the situation in the province is difficult in recent months hundreds of thousands of people have fled from armed groups or loot rape. and kill and then there is a bolo the virus has been haunting the northeast of the democratic republic of congo for over a year and thousands have already died. shari is a village near banja the capital of a tory province 20000 refugees arrived here in just a few weeks gisela schneider has come to survey the situation julie help says here is local representative of new south korea. rosemont better hands the nonprofit organization moussaka but there are too many refugees in a small village to manage adequately fresh food is the structure is completely overburdened with primary care of the refugees moussaka is doing their best to help but they're not a big humanitarian organization with a lot of experience they're just trying to help people here the best way they know how. a church has been conver

the democratic republic of congo shan states north eastern border with you candor bro wonder and burundi the region has rich deposits of gold tungsten and coltan materials which high tech companies from industrialized countries need to manufacture their products. the mines are often controlled by armed groups who terrorize the inhabitants of nearby villages. or certain knowledge and i have very clear. it was that bad but not that these are all these are also. in the democratic republic of congo german physician is a lush niger works with the rosemont data they want to improve health care in the conflict on region. but the situation in the province is difficult in recent months hundreds of thousands of people have fled from armed groups or loot reg. and kill and then there is a bolo the virus has been haunting the north east of the democratic republic of congo for over a year and thousands have already died. shari is a village near banja the capital of a tory province 20000 refugees arrived here in just a few weeks gisela schneider has come to survey the situation to help says here is loc

across the congo river from brazzaville is kinshasa the capital of the neighboring democratic republic of congo. where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protests with violently put down. reverend he was involved in that campaign he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing. the human being with ignored. the choice of 2 days for. everything on the president's side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the electoral commission. says he's monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election observers here that anyone thought might

it was that bad but now that these are all these are also. 7 in the democratic republic of congo german physician gisela schneider works with rosemont data they want to improve health care in the conflict on region. but the situation in the province is difficult in recent months hundreds of thousands of people have fled from armed groups who loot reg. and kill and then there is a boa the virus has been haunting the northeast of the democratic republic of congo for over a year and thousands have already died. shari is the village near bania the capital of a tory province 20000 refugees arrived here in just a few weeks gisela schneider has come to survey the situation julie help says here is local representative of. rosemont better hands the nonprofit organization moussaka but there are too many refugees in a small village to manage adequately possibly even the structure is completely overburdened with primary care of the refugees lusaka is doing their best to help but they're not a big humanitarian organization with a lot of experience they're just trying to help people here the best way

dooney mcquay guy is a doctor from the democratic republic of congo and a nobel peace prize laureate he travels the world campaigning for a cause. for much of the work to do we consider the cause for which we are fighting to end rape and sexual violence against women during war a noble cause to be a vocal know. unfortunately the change has been slow in coming her piece of land the women the rape victims expect a lot from our advocacy no 2 people could really. with him in a fight for peace is. the 61 year old as hand of the german institute for medical mission schneider has been supporting danny mccuaig in the d r c and in germany for years i can tell you how to in berlin he said it's not only mine it's your nobel prizes well what are you doing to change things and this challenge is also our cause we don't just want to applaud him and say great man we want to support him and make sure that we're doing what we can to help him in the fight for peace and comfort. but how can she help turn him in his fight against sexual violence and for peace in the democratic republic of congo. but there

across the congo river from brazzaville is kinshasa the capital of the neighboring democratic republic of congo. where the catholic church also played a role in campaigning for elections to be held 3 years ago many of the protest with violently put down. reverend. was involved in that campaign he met in training church leaders on elections in brazzaville before they were banned from observing to his voice if you might be with is there are ignored. the choice of today's voice everything on the president's side of the river is much more tightly controlled soldiers already voted ahead of sunday's election activists say their polls were not transparent the president of the electoral commission who's also the chief justice insisted the republic of congo is a democracy. absolutely if not you would not be here interviewing president of the electoral commission if not there would be verbal criticisms made against the president of the electoral commission. billy sheehan says he has monitored elections for more than 10 years before being blocked. and the churches were some of the only election o

malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo . yes president joe biden as a point of common interest to manage the steady arrival of refugees and migrants at the southern border the vice president will lead u.s. efforts with mexico and central american countries to stem the flow of migration members of congress have been visiting emergency facilities that have been reopened recently it follows a growing outcry after images revealed over crowded and makeshift conditions at a center in texas and so it's not like someone sits around. the table from one of the what amounts to going to great idea whatsoever and we have given money do you really haven't taken our kids rushed to the border the mercury to take for cross rivers and there were those people lying we would be. one of the ways we learned is that. if you deal with the problems in your country it benefits . the people through 3 counties there. an investigation into a deadly fire at the world's biggest refugee camp is now under way the campus conses bazaar in bangladesh is home to

so voters in the republic of congo choosing the next president in an election that could see the current one extend his state almost 40 years then sasuke new guy so is one of the world's longest leaders and is widely expected to stamp out 7 people are vying for the top job but some opposition candidates are either in jail or are boycotting the poll the internet has been shut down and there are concerns a vote is not transparent one candidate to get a breeze puff fake who's in hospital cave at 19 is aging people to get out and vote . my dick i'm part i'm in a difficult situation i am fighting jet i demand that you rise up and go vote for change fight don't give up the fight to rise up please do this for me that's enough american webb who has more from a polling station in brazil at this polling station which is in a school in the capital brazzaville just a small handful of people here who have come to vote and one of the things that analysts anticipated with this election is a low turnout because they say that many people here in congo don't feel that there's really a chance of any change

bangladesh killing several people and destroying thousands of homes and early results from republic of congo's election showed the president winning almost 100 percent in several districts hours after his main rival died of cold it. almost 6 years to the day since it intervened in yemen and helped create the world's worst humanitarian crisis saudi arabia is now offering up a plan for peace the saudi foreign minister has outlined the proposal for a nationwide ceasefire following followed by a resumption of political talks to try to end the war charlotte bellis reports. you know and i limit here from riyadh and saudi arabia's political and military elite came a proposal they want to in the war in yemen and they had some carrots for the who thinks we will do all we can to put the necessary pressure on the who are these to accept and to come to the negotiating table and to lay down arms because we believe that a stop to the fighting and a focus on a political solution is the only way forward. this is her day to port held by the who theses but under blockade by the saudi coalition meaning most fuel

a weather update next here on al-jazeera the opposition in the republic of congo calls the president's election win $40.00. and the u.s. state bound for its use of the death penalty becomes the latest to abolish capital punishment. it's time for the perfect gentlemen. sponsored point qatar airways we've got more of that when few whether lurking around southeast in parts of europe are the sort of the black sea see these areas of cloud here more snow coming in across parts of turkey easing up towards southern areas of you cry through a remain erupt towards the northwest is a little more spring like we got some rather sharp showers rolling in tightening i suppose increasing wind as we go on through the next couple of days and cold air coming in behind that cold front that's our weather for the weekend it will sweep through in 20 increase the wet across into western parts of scotland northern areas of england as we go on through thursday back down towards the southeast there we go with us no other side of the black sea things quietly down but still there nevertheless and temperatures reall

malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo . with post of the votes counted after israel's 4th election in just 2 years the clear idea of who will end up in power but it's a small palestinian israeli party which may hold the key force of reports from west . one months or a bus decided to split from the rest of the mainly palestinian israeli joint list alliance and campaign separately it was a big gamble that earned him plenty of blowback now with 5 seats in the israeli parliament his united arab list in theory has the power to bestow either side a majority. vote so he can be kingmakers in the elections we need to 6 eighth's that we can establish our status and influence in politics for the future the next generation. of us is politics a religious and conservative right wing israeli politicians call him and he's ironist left wing is criticize his stance on. issues and yet his openness to engage with and potentially support either the bloc led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu or the one trying to remove netanyahu from power has

the leading opposition candidates in republic of congo has died the day after the presidential election he breeze perfect all of us dies as he was being transferred to france for treatment for covert but his supporters claim he was poisoned they're suspicious of president and he says soon guess so is expected to extend his 36 year rule from brazzaville markup malcolm webb reports. supporters of the breeze half a colossal don't believe that he died of coded many here outside his party headquarters think he was poisoned. they were expecting him to win the republic of congo's presidential elections so. we need change and north topsy they must do an autopsy to know if you really died from covert 19. killers had traveled to paris for medical treatment his death was announced early on monday for a lot of the people living in a neighborhood that is so very very seem like a distant reality they watch the news it seems like it's something that affects all the people in richer countries plus there's a the mistrust of the government and that hasn't been helped by things that have happened to forme

only time politicians give anything is jaring elections malcolm webb al jazeera brazzaville republic of congo. a long dormant volcano is erupting in iceland southwest and situation in the middle of the peninsula between the capital reykjavik and the international air force no evacuations have been ordered but a no fly zone has been set up with all flights in and out of the airport halted the eruption had been expected there been tens of thousands of small at quakes over the past few weeks it's the 1st eruption in this part of the country though in almost 800 years allison gresham a is a volcanologist and assistant professor at the university of missouri kansas city she says the risks of the population is very low. there aren't a lot of homes nearby the nearest settlement is about 10 kilometers away and at the moment it's a threat it's not eruption it's what's called the fissure so you kind of get a lie and. then ting renel other comes out of the surface and there's 2 mothers bones moving away from it there's really been about 50000 or quite since early february so they've been keeping an eye

voting for a president of the republic of congo the man in the job for 36 years wants another term of the leading opposition candidate is a hospital with cope with 19. hello thanks for joining us a secret trial is under way in china of a canadian citizen who's detention has stoked tensions between beijing and. senior diplomats from canada and the us turned up outside the court to show solidarity for michael kaur vick who's being accused of espionage the former diplomat was arrested in december. 28 seen not long after canada arrested while away executive man one joe on a u.s. extradition warrant and there's another canadian michael spade or who is also detained in china on similar charges and appeared in court on friday despite. the international agreement to china has signed under the vienna convention that would allow. consular officers access to hearings for their citizens we are being denied that access we've made we've requested access to michael writes i hear you repeatedly repeatedly but that access team tonight. has you know. that michael covert has been detained for more than

still ahead here on al-jazeera the man they call the empress seeks reelection and republic of congo after 36 years in power. plus they're happy and they know it will tell you which country has come top of the global happiness index for now the 4th here running. well that temporary heat wave has gone from the gulf states now and we're back to normal. max about 30 and muskets about 36 as you can say much the same as medina and sunshine is the dominant form of weather as you might expect turkey's not doing quite so well in fact the time we get to sunday that's rather a role rather a roll wind in istanbul you're a cane anchor i think and the sun's out to the south of the fancy looking 5 votes of iran is looking far we're up to about 24 degrees in beirut she's pretty good for cyrus as the rain largely retreats from southern africa there are of course still some residual bans of showers and they will reproduce themselves as we get a change in the season versus one gone through port elizabeth and that line of blue is developing showers in south africa or its way slowly eastwards and it might tur

political position in the republic of congo have rejected the results solve the presidential election as fortunate presidents did he says soon get so has already ruled for decades in the electoral commission say he won more than 88 percent of the votes are there opposition politicians boycotts of the poll or are in jail on serious marcum where reports from the capital browser feel. political opposition in the republic of congo say they've been cheated the electoral commission said president any sasa requests a one with nearly 90 percent of the vote but due to local news about the congo is not a democracy you can see what happened congress is a dictatorship pure and simple. presidential polls one sunday results were announced 2 days later the supporters here don't believe the results but also many of them say they're not surprised some of the opposition candidates boycotted the elections entirely to others who won in the last election are in jail serving sentences of 20 yazd forced labor that they were given off the challenging the result of the last election the breeze parfait collaps

and from the repubcan -- the republic of congo, results show the president winning in a most 100% ofistricts after his main rival died of covid. almost six years to the day since the interview in yemen, help create the world's first humanitarian crisis. saudi arabia is now offering up a plan for peace. the foreign minister has outlined a proposal for a cease-fire, followed by a resumption of reports to try to end the world. reporter: from saudi arabia's political and military leak game proposal. they want to end the war in yemen, they had carrots. >> we will do all we can do the necessary pressure to accept to the negotiating table, first, we believe that a stop the fighting in a focus on the political solution is the only way forward. reporter: most fuel and food imports are not getting through. this is the international airport, is not seen regular commercial flights since 2015. the saudi government is proposing to ease the blockade, allow some flights to resume of sevier port. add to that, new political negotiations. the iran backed group rejected the proposal, stating that the ai

polls open in republic of congo's presidential election but the leading opposition candidate is admitted to hospital with copd 19. elevator and clark this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up coronavirus restrictions are trigger resistance across europe as the country's brace for another wave of infections. and its infection spike police in brazil's biggest city are breaking up parties to contain outbreaks. plus a taste of life in taiwan where a thriving economy is bucking the global trend. so then the polls have open for republican congress presidential election president dennis gay so is widely expected to extend his 36 years in power there are reports of internet outages ahead of the poll some opposition candidates are either in jail or have refused to stand or another candidate. who is hospitalized with covert 19 has urged people to vote. competitive in. my dicom partly it's i'm in a difficult situation i'm fighting death i demand that you guys open go vote for change fight don't give up the fight rise up please do this from a. all right quick look at some of the leading candi

as vote counting gets underway in the republic of congo there are concerns about just how free and fair the presidential elections are there is an internet blackout claims of voter fraud and some opposition politicians are either in jail or they are boycotting the poll malcolm webb reports in the capital brazzaville. has ruled the republic of congo for most of the last 40 years he wants to stay he voted here in the capital brazzaville. which is in its 1st stages we can say our democracy is in good health. his most prominent opponent. has coded sent a message to his supporters from hospital. i'm battling death but i'm asking you to stand up and vote there was a low turnout in many polling stations in brazzaville in parts of the city where the opposition a popular there were more voters and complained to the regularities. voters here said the ruling party official had taken all the materials from a polling station to his property where they said he was paying people $20.00 to vote for the ruling party. this man says he'd bring money to people to vote for you it's not an election. dozens o

the eastern democratic republic of congo is rules for a rival militias. women are movies rebel fighters many of them experienced abuses teenagers. we're on foot the beauty of the landscape cannot distract from the constant fear of kidnap of being caught up in fighting. as soon as we get close the rebel militia sends an escort to take us to that base. one of them is mama for either she joined the militia almost 20 years ago after another group attacked her village the man killed her parents with machetes 6 of them raped her she was just 15 she'd already been married the same group had killed her husband. i felt defeated my life had defeated me i saw what they had done to me and how they killed my family i couldn't continue my life like it had been i mean really so i decided to become a fighter and drive them out. given the chance she'd shoot them on the spot she says when a former teacher began recruiting people to take revenge she joined him many in her group survived similar trus it is it's a militia of traumatized damaged young people. they killed my fat

group of experts on the democratic republic of congo and also a senior research at the s. issues of security studies in pretoria we asked him if the un peacekeeping mission in congo had failed. that want to score is the response to a compressed problem they have to deal with big territory and they have to face 150 groups scots are on the country some of them a sponsor about politicians or use them to be to secure their position kinshasa they listen bituminous going to governments the us administration but it's also not been goob by city did activities of institutions and you know when you go work in the government in the consul where government is capable to accompany what they have to do and don't look this good and this has been lacking in it yes if it passed and yes but security needs of noise at least what's in the isa no there have been many components within what is called the i democracy force getting in and being a 2nd time. and then remember who are trying to return to canada to china you want in the city to me james i've been attacked but to go to system doesn't a

the leading opposition candidate in the republic of congo. died he was being treated for code that 19 votes in the presidential election of being counted president dennis the soon widely expected to win. japan has lifted a state of emergency in tokyo as pressure mounts on the government to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control ahead of the olympics the measure imposed in january bars and restaurants have been closing at 8 pm many other businesses have switched to remote working with infections rising for months ahead of the games experts are warning against complacency. just days before the olympic torch relay is organizing committee say they're taking all precautions to minimize the spread of the virus it's an effort to turn around public opinion with polls showing 80 percent of people in japan want the olympics canceled or postponed again. this week in fukushima the torch relay with start old though it is a grand starts greatly simplify it but no one including spectators to prevent infection he edition will take all possible measures

voters in the republic of congo are electing a president denise. is one of the world's longest serving leaders and is widely expected to stay in power 7 people are vying for the top job but some opposition candidates are in jail or are boycotting the poll the internet's been shut concerns the vote is not transparent one candidate. is in hospital with 19 but he's urging people to get out and vote. difficult situation. that you. fight the fight. please do this for. marco might be joining us live from brunswick markham have people been showing up to vote. so in some of the polling stations you went to very few people it's over there been more. in the suburbs to see a lot of the opposition leader who just so we're not video message the one who's sick in hospital he's very popular here in the last few people is just voting right now and a few minutes from now they're close again anyone is still inside is still allowed to vote after that i did mention the internet being off for the whole day also all businesses have to close the roads are closed there are

presidential candidates in the republic of congo have held their final campaign rallies ahead of an election on sunday many opposition politicians are boycotting the polls and right groups rights groups say there is no space for a democratic process malcolm webb reports from the capital. they call him the emperor. and after nearly 40 years in power 77 year olds any sense whom queso wants 5. his rule of the republic of congo is lighted by crises and corruption scandals which he says he'll and. will put an end to even more realities which i call corruption theft laziness and indiscipline and absenteeism do you understand. a lot of the people here don't really look like they're paying a lot of attention to the president speak it's normal for people to be paid to return political rallies here in congo and given a knockout 30 really the ruling party has enough resources to do that on any private scale. no expense was spared here at the final rally of his campaign a french public relations company helped to run it but not everything followed the script. when people started chanting and the curfew

hello i'm kristie want to welcome to the program it's good to have your company the democratic republic of congo is home to the un peacekeeping mission get a violent insurgency in the country shows no signs of abating for nearly 3 decades eastern congo has been mobbed with insecurity and frequent outbreaks of violence caused by armed groups last year more than 2000 civilians were killed in attacks by these rebels there are say to be over 100 odd groups in the region and experts say the deadliest among them is the islamist group 80 if shortfall and lied to democratic forces now the un's mission which has been on the ground and has deployed over 17000 peacekeeping troops in the region but as a team found the mission has not brought peace all security to people there. peace as soldiers from south africa their task is to cure this region which is considered to read. there's a little heat of attacks by the islamist group a.t.m. so we've got to follow the one thing. it feels a bit odd to move in an armored vehicle like this while people outside seem to live a normal everyday life but the impression is

voters in republic of congo are electing a president then he says and guess who is one of the world's longest serving leaders and is widely expected to stay in power 7 people are vying for the top job but some opposition candidates are either in jail or their boy caught in the poll the internet's been shut down there are concerns the vote is not transparent one candidate who gave brace perfect collarless is in hospital with covert 19 he's urging people to get out and vote malcolm webb is in brazzaville he says there's a chance the opposition won't accept the results. it's certainly possible that they're able to challenge will question the result is very difficult to monitor what happens with the data once the base accounted here at the polling station after the incident itself. is very hard for anyone to see what the electoral commission is doing in its lack of transparency the activists say is just one of many things that make this process potentially not very democratic it's all. of the and i from an office in candidates who ran in the last election they challenge the result they we

has ruled the republic of congo for most of the last 40 years he wants to stay he voted here in the capital brazzaville. our democracy which is in its 1st stages we can say our democracy is in good health . his most prominent opponent. has coded sent a message to his supporters from hospital. on battling death but i'm asking you to stand up and vote there was a low turnout in many polling stations in brazzaville in parts of the city where the opposition a popular there were more voters and complained to the regularities. voters here said a ruling party official had taken all the materials from a polling station to his property where they said he was paying people $20.00 to vote for the ruling party. this man says he bring money to people to vote for you it's not an election. dozens of armed police came and they said they didn't have a warrant to enter the property and would wait to gather more evidence. the president of the electoral commission visiting polling stations today everyone should have been able to vote on that. we can't imagine a person with a cat whose name is not on the electo

so this is these are the top stories the polls have opened in the republic of congo's presidential election president. expected to extend his 36 years in power some opposition candidates are either in jail or have refused to stand. down from president and one of the things that a lot of people we've spoken to here over the last week have anticipated is a low turnout because a lot of people feel that this election doesn't really bring an opportunity to bring any kind of change and interestingly we were at the same polling station just a few days ago when soldiers were voting and the difference is striking there were hundreds and hundreds of them all lined up in the yard waiting to vote in a process that rights activists said were not transparent soldiers are visible today but they're out on the street as well as police the roads are closed no one's allowed to drive around they can only move on foot the internet has been turned off as well. 3 more protesters have been killed another critically injured increased use of violence by the military has not stopped the protests people held a door ru

efforts that organizations like oxfam are involved in in places like yemen or the democratic republic of congo. pakistan's prime minister imran khan is one of those of confidence in parliament after suffering a surprise setback in senate elections column's governing p.t.i. policy won the most seats but his finance minister lost to former prime minister opposition can the use of frozen golani khan called vote on saturday after the opposition had demanded his resignation. the us has condemned new veto powers proposed by china on the hong kong selection of election candidates saying it's a direct attack on the territories autonomy beijing revealed the legislation on friday at the opening of its largest political meeting of national people's congress the changes will effectively dismantle hong kong's opposition by giving a beijing appointed committee control over who can run for office the white house is warning of a powerful cyber espionage campaign that is targeting microsoft exchange email software the so-called half the m hacking group has been remotely breaking into e-mail service since janua

efforts that organizations like oxfam are involved in in places like yemen or the democratic republic of congo. the u.s. senate has passed a compromise by democrats and republicans on federal benefits for millions of unemployed americans politicians have approved additional weekly unemployment aid of $300.00 until the start of september they remain 2 of becomes one of many obstacles to president joe biden's net 2 trillion dollars covert 19 relief bill and gallica reports from miami. said it will come to order in the u.s. congress evenly split between democratic and republican politicians passing president biden so-called american rescue plan was never going to be easy the senate debates been delayed by hours long readings american voting session and compromises by democratic party to pass biden's 1st piece of major legislation republicans who support isn't needed to pass the bill so it's a wasteful parade. of leftwing projects $200000000.00 for the answer to the museum and library services what's that got to do a co nothing this legislation is the most consequential in a blow to progressive de

voting is underway in republic of congo's presidential election but the leading opposition candidate is in hospital with cave 19. this is out 0 life and also coming out of more violence in myanmar as anti coup protests continue the un's top official echoes calls for sanctions against military leadership. coronavirus restrictions and triggered protests in europe as countries brace for another wave of infections. and thousands are ordered to evacuate australia's most populous state as it experiences its worst flooding in decades. so that the polls have opened for republican congress presidential election president had any success to newgate so is widely expected to extend his 36 years in power the internet has been cut ahead of the poll some opposition candidates they're either in jail or have refused to stand but one candidate ski but he's perfect who's in hospital with kevin 1000 is people to get out and vote. compared to. my dick i'm partly it's i'm in a difficult situation i'm fighting death i demand that you guys open go vote for change fight don't give up the fight rise up please

cameroon with 3 different kinds of garlic different imported from the neighboring democratic republic of congo this one comes from chad and this one comes all the way from china and it's the same story for more than 70 percent of the food the people a here in congo is imported and that makes it relatively expensive itself because of it pandemic more than a 3rd of the people living here in the capital brazzaville have become food insecure. president their needs are soon queso has asked supporters why congo depends on food imports in an election campaign rallies. prompted a flurry of memes from social media users who say his policies after nearly 40 years in power. the reason why. this inger says your plan for society is fake and ineffective. but the economic problems aren't from a lack of revenue. which comes from oil exports worth billions of dollars each year but that hasn't stopped congo from nearly going bankrupt 3 times in the last 2 decades. alfonse dongo says in this economic climate his passion financial journalism doesn't pay he also says it's not safe to publish critical views that's

now counting is underway in the republic of congo's presidential election a vote expected to see dennis sasso and queso extend his 36 years in power it was up against 6 other contenders including the former finance minister some opposition politicians are already in prison for criticizing the 2016 election and the largest opposition party has boycotted the vote the main opposition candidate running is calais as but he is now seriously ill with coded and has been flown to france to receive treatment there has been an internet blackout in the country since midnight the government is also close roads in the capital and a curfew is also in place. i feel great satisfaction because everywhere in the country i have seen the people mobilized and ready to take part in the electoral process then before that the american easy the vote was badly organized everywhere if you see the whole areas of congo where they were not even polling stations how do these people vote if they don't have a place to vote well jerry's malcolm webb is in the capital brazzaville and says there has been a lack of transpar

so ahead on al-jazeera the opposition and the republic of congo of course the president's election win 4 didn't. the number of migrants arriving at the us mexico border is growing we'll hear how the white house is tackling the crisis. and in sports the u.s. women from both stossel invited to the white house to mark equal pay to. hello there we got something of a mixed bag and i wear the still across europe it's slushy settled and dry across central pasta we have got that wintry mix down towards the southeast at key northerly wind blowing in here with some snow and it will turn colder up tools in north west got a cold front that blue line that will make its way in for the weekend in the showers say will turn wintry at the moment those showers are generally of rain we've got temperatures of around 12 celsius in london starting to cool down in glasgow would be getting up to double figures here over the last couple of days 7 celsius for friday night is something of a wintry mix coming on as we go on through the course of friday some rain there into positive fronts of course northern areas

the leading opposition candidate in republic of congo's election has been admitted to hospital with carvin 1000 just ahead of the presidential voters he's appealed to supporters to end the rule of president an assassin who is widely expected to extend his 36 years in power parts of the australian state of new south wales are seeing some of their west flooding for decades thousands of people have fled to their homes and as that torrential rain continues evacuations are now underway in sydney's outer suburbs security forces in thailand have fought with protesters broke through barriers around the king ceremonial residence police pushed back about 1500 demonstrators tens of thousands of people mostly youths have been protesting since last year to demand a new constitution and reforms to the monarchy. and thousands of protesters have also gathered outside israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has residents again calling for his resignation similar rallies have been held every weekend over the past 9 months now and comes just days ahead of israel's general election its 4th in 2 years all th

this is eat every news africa on the program today on terra in east end the democratic republic of congo we have an exclusive report from a team imbedded with u.n. troops in the region it's the largest such peacekeeping mission. and in the other conflict the death of the main opposition visa has overshadowed the country's election should brace off a coup and i was the main rival of president. was expected to extend his 36 c.l. hold on power. class african leaders pay respects to times in his former president john level 40 at a state ceremony in the capital good. natured racist later this week. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to the program it's good to have your company the democratic republic of congo is home to the u.n. peacekeeping mission gets a violent insurgency in the country shows no signs of abating for nearly 3 decades eastern congo has been mobbed with insecurity and frequent outbreaks of violence caused by armed groups last year more than 2000 civilians were killed in attacks by these rebels now the. to be over $100.00 odd groups in the region and experts say the deadliest

i bought the won't look so way the war in the democratic republic of congo continues and the number of rape victims is rising every day. and i think that. the most you only. want to use what is is. so much oh but that would be my dream that one day only get that and i can experience that real case i see and something has to happen now to stop the sexual violence against women and children so that they can live and prosper so that their dignity is respected and that these surgeries and i don't get needed that is i'll wish. but it is easier to have peace and healing when victims receive justice and so nobel peace prize winner danny mccuaig fight song. i. ever. do get thank. you. while the women continue to hope and pray to god to bring peace to that country. i. live to get. i. begin to get. it. that's it. clean drinking water for everyone. costa rica has made protecting its springs a top priority. the secret to their success. and efficient waste management program that requires everybody to do their part. and it's paying off. 3000. and 30 minutes on d w to go africa. some of the national

i saw reports takes us to north kivu province in the democratic republic of congo activists in the capital city goma are working to raise awareness of covert 19 because many people don't believe the virus poses a serious threat to them the country as a whole has been spared the worst of the pandemic it's officially reported $700.00 deaths and just over $20000.00 cases but it's fear the misconception about the pandemic could cause the situation to change. benedikt my name is 66 years old and diabetic when she arrived at the hospital she was weak and needed oxygen for 5 days 60 seats all over exposed the head of c.b.s. but we. got this he's improving very well. dr i'm wondering gamelan is the only emergency physician and he africa and funded hospital in goma in eastern congo in the past week he received 5 covert patients 3 of them severe cases the doctor is glad the case numbers compared to countries like south africa. if we'd have that here in goma or in the country i think that would be catastrophic because we are not well prepared to receive a big number of sick people coming over in my l