nile. was. it's the 1st day of spring when egyptians for movements of life. flocked to the river. to celebrate the arrival of the new season. with a kid to america field of view of good and mostly every egyptian wants to live by the nile is the thought that if they can't then at least they can sit and picnic they're living in the salvia it's the place of their dreams and mahmoud everybody from young lovers to troubled souls come here for different reasons either to enjoy themselves or to wash away their pain to see for him not. the ancient greek writer who wrote it has described egypt as being the gift of the nile it was a fitting description. when major cities that run along are only there because of the nile at the novels and it would just be another part of the so hard that you know it would just be dust and sand you couldn't live without and it is the life blood. attached to this source of life 95 percent of the egyptian population lives along its banks just 5 percent of egypt's land the rest just desert. the miles maybe most commonly associated with egypt. but its waters begin

nile. was. it's the 1st day of spring when egyptians from moods of life. flock to the river. to celebrate the arrival of the new season. with a kid to america a few of them you have good and mostly every egyptian wants live by the nile is the thought that if they can't then at least they can sit and picnic they're living in the soviet it's the place of their dreams and mahmoud everybody from young lovers to troubled souls come here for different reasons either to enjoy themselves or to wash away their pain as you heard him not. the ancient greek writer who wrote it has described egypt as being the gift of the nile it was a fitting description. we made to cities that run along and are only there because of the nile and the novels and it would just be another part of the so hard that you know it would just be dust and sand you couldn't live without and it is the life blood. 'd attached to this source of life 95 percent of the egyptian population lives along its banks just 5 percent of egypt's land the rest just desert. the miles maybe most commonly associated with egypt. but its

the number of hydro power stations along the course of the river nile is on the rise. with the exception of egypt the mild basin countries face a chronic shortage of power. large majorities of the populations in these countries do not have access to electricity. uganda is one such example. here on the nile close to its outlet from lake victoria there are 2 new hydro power stations. but combined they don't generate enough power for a country with a growing economy and an increasing population. 90 percent of our people have electricity 91 percent don't so we have an aggressive through an official program which is on going to have a target that in the next 4 years this number which says today 9 percent should rise to 16 percent in the east. the nile in uganda is characterized by high speed rapids and waterfalls. one of the most well known is the murchison. it's an area that attracts tourists from around the world. and it's home to uganda as largest national park. the structure of river here is ideal for those seeking the thrill of white water rafting. i i. close has been

victims admit it's unlikely the government can help them to recover ever morgan reports from the river nile state. this is what's left of a highly out the last home in sudan's are now state he says his farm used to extend from here to the banks of the nile nearly 2 kilometers away now the river is one with the farm destroying what was his main source of income while living mother i love and i used to live in this house with my kids and their families that's all gone on the farm where i used to plant onions and nuts is all destroyed i've lost nearly $20000.00 because of the floods but that's just from what i had ready for harvest this season and now i can't farm for winter and i don't know if i'll get any government assistance. ali says it's hard for him to know exactly how much financial damage the floods have done to his farm he'll have to wait until the waters dry out completely to find out his village of is one of dozens on the banks of the nile and river in my old state that was destroyed by floods countrywide hundreds of villages were also destroyed because of the river rising to level

the waters dry out completely to find out his village of is one of dozens on the banks of the nile and river in my old state that was destroyed by floods countrywide hundreds of villages were also destroyed because of the river rising to levels not seen in a century at least 120 people have been killed and more than 600000 have been displaced most now are waiting for government response to cope with the situation after losing either most or all of their belongings. manana the other muslim we need the government to come and take care of the water that's in the houses because the water is now mixed research water from the latrines that collapsed we need to avoid malaria color and the hardship because we can't deal with diseases on top of losing our homes the damage in chicago a village nearly 5 kilometers away has forced all of its 1000 families out of their homes most had relied on farming and livestock for income both devastated by the floods that you are a village which residents say was once vibrant with schools markets and farms now look like this their homes either damaged or destroyed s

economic situation to worsen in the coming weeks if no help is offered he will morgan is there a river nile state. there being protested mexico to mark 6 years since dozens of students disappeared demonstrators started a fire at a government building in the state of guerrero $43.00 students went missing in 2014 a case which is still unsolved remains of only one of them have been found. people in argentina have been evacuated as much as you workers try to contain wildfires burning through the province of cordoba at least 3 firefighters were injured the region has been hit by a shortage of rain over the past week that's made the situation worse. and dry conditions and record temperatures of course while fast to spread along the west coast of the u.s. over the past couple of weeks and that's led to increasing concern about what this could mean for the environment scientists say catastrophes like the one we're seeing right now maybe the new normal reynolds has this report from our. the fires ravaging the west coast of the u.s. have captured the world's imagination and inspired horror but they a

river now that out by the river is still running very very high so the levels of the nile river and they are for a river in river nile states is still high lots of people still feeling the effects of the devastation of the floods that hutton has been witnessing for the past 3 weeks people continue to get displaced in that state and they're calling on the government to try to address the issue of flooding that's because floods happen every year in the country maybe not as devastating as the one seen this year but they say that there has to be proper plans that the government should address the issue of housing and the issue of drainage system because they're tired of being displaced they're tired of waiting for the levels to recede and facing water borne diseases before going back home and then facing the same thing next year ok thanks very much a broken record for us the from. lots more still to come on this program for you including europe struggling to contain a surge in coronavirus infections with a record in the u.k. france and spain plus. i'm charlie angelo on the riv

people have been forced from their homes and more than 100 have died people living close to the river nile city authorities must monitor river levels more closely and they're calling on the government to address the poor planning of buildings and roads in flood prone areas ever morgan is following the story from hot tomb where the government is calling for help from the international community . this of course is the worst floods it's been seen in more than a century and the water levels of the nile river is receding. and in the north and in the southern part of the country in the northern part of the country especially river now state however the story is still very much the same the state is still witnessing devastation from the floods the level is still very high and that's because there is another river that is contributing to the nile that also comes from the high lands that's the odd but a river and because of heavy rains on the high lands more water has been flowing down that river downstream to the nile so people there still remain displaced still suffering from the devastating eff

the river that you see behind me is the nile river which a sudanese government officials say is unprecedented in terms of the level of waters it is carrying right now at 17.621 meters meteorologists say it's the highest that have been recorded in nearly a century and that has resulted in massive flooding in various parts of the country now one of those areas is right here in this island of tootie which lies between the blue nile and the white nile the flooding from the nile waters has resulted in massive destructions of properties many people have been forced to leave their homes to look for refuge and shelter and for drier lands. and now to. most of the destruction isn't just because the river flooded we have an annual phenomenon where the water in the river increases during the rainy season the river manages to break the makeshift dams that we build this will cause the most destruction but this year is the worst we've ever seen now countrywide at least one 100000 properties have been destroyed and at least 100 people have been killed as a result of the floodings meteorologist say that the r

. >> i'm in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river, and i will be telling you about the impact of the flood on neigighborhoods anand the govert response. ♪ hello, and welcome to the program. new details are emerging about anw a prominent belarusi opposition leader was snatched from the streets in minsk. after the disappearance of maria, her whereabouts remain unknown. it is claimed unidentified men forced her across the border into ukraine, but she tore up her passport so she couldn't read -- couldn't leave belarus. >> arriving at the ukrainian border, three opposition activists, two men and one woman. the driver and another man inside had been arrested in the capital not long before she was detained. they had been told they would be prosecuted if they didn't cross the border. the pair explained what happened. >> as soon she got into the car and saw her passport in front of her, she ripped it up into small pieces. then she got out through the rear window and started walking towards the belarusian border. >> the border committee confirmed she is b

town along the river niles banks. the river nile is starting to recede here in sudan after causing devastating floods which has affected more than 770000 people countrywide and destroyed more than 140000 homes now most of the damage has been along the areas that lie on the banks of the nile river one of them being this area of chicago and river and i would state now people here say more than 100 homes have been completely damaged you can see some of the damages here they say that last rains have completely collapsed resulting in sewage water coming out and this is the what level for the past 12 days now they say they have not seen the water receding yet and they're concerned about water borne diseases they said that they wanted the government to come and spray pesticide insecticide so that they can kill the moscow lover now that all hasn't happened and they're saying that they don't know what will come next because there has been no plan given to them by the government in terms of compensation the government says that

100000 homes have been damaged or destroyed and more than 100 people have been killed after the nile river rose to its highest level since records began the flood waters are starting to recede but water borne diseases are still a threat from al jazeera spoken to one man in sudan who quite simply has lost everything . from. abroad but. i figured it. was different from the. food. on the. bar that. it was one of them. and didn't. mean to show me you don't have. many you know more. before they get a lecture. well better god is going to be a little bit you need me to get huffy unconditional. well i think. god a little bit. of. and equally. i've felt that there are a lot of the centers on the holiday now to defraud medenica yeah neymar charlap do you. shuffle money got a double photo shoot from over the 40 happy high turn it is now you that are going to shove les get off because a yeah big deal i know when 100 month into the i'm sure you had a very vanilla battle there is a minimum of bottled water hot shot out and i said i don't growl that has said that i never did him to hobble but i'm not for

remains high fall as were also damaged in many of the 18 states in the river nile state those affected are trying to find a way to rebuild as they wait for some kind of financial help i will morgan has mall. this is what's left of a highly out the last home in sudan's or now state he says his farm used to extend from here to the banks of the nile nearly 2 kilometers away now the river is one with the farm destroying what was his main source of income all over the mother i love i used to live in this has put my kids and their families that's all gone now on the farm where i used to plant onions unearths is all destroyed i've lost nearly $20000.00 because of the floods but that's just from what i had ready for harvest this season and now i can't farm for winter and i don't know if i'll get any government assistance in the. alley says it's hard for him to know exactly how much financial damage the floods have done to his farm he'll have to wait until the waters dry out completely to find out his village of galle on is one of dozens on the banks of the nile in river nile state that was des

is being urged to prevent more damage and loss of life from flooding people living close to the river nile so that authorities must monitor river levels more closely around half a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes during record flooding. alexina bony is walking again after emerging from a coma a few days ago russian opposition leader says that his recovery is going well but will take a long time he continues to be treated in germany where doctors say he was poisoned with a russian nerve agent last month the kremlin though denies involvement what is fear here on al-jazeera during the slump next. 15 years from now one in 3 people one tonight. likely in this city are. built without proper sanitation lacking medical facilities. used as a dumping ground for the sick this rubbish you know mama faced could be disciplined in a west bank. and with the rising crime the reason you would never. own the building a lot in the room in the last. the couple. but it's not just about poverty and chaos the generations have lived in these. words. that survive. and that's why. i want to toss the

the river nile is starting to recede here in sudan after causing devastating floods which has affected more than 770000 people countrywide and destroyed more than 140000 homes now most of the damage has been along the areas that lie on the banks of the nile river one of them being this area of chicago and river in our state now people here say more than 100 homes have been completely damaged you can see some of the damages here they say that last rains have completely collapsed resulting in sewage water coming out and this is the what's the level for the past 12 days now they say they have not seen the water receding yet and they're concerned about water borne diseases they said that they wanted the government to come and spray pesticide insecticide so that they can kill the moscow lover now that all hasn't happened and they're saying that they don't know what will come next because there has been no plan given to them by the government in terms of compensation the government says that the effects of the damage will be felt for months and it's very hard to conclude how much was lost fi

the economic situation to worsen in the coming weeks if no help is offered he will morgan on to 0 river nile state. how many is the world food program's concentrate country director in sudan he joins us on skype from khartoum good to have you with us to tell us about the extent of the disaster that you're dealing with. what really it's it's unprecedented or not it's so significant that you know how will respond with thousands of people will these circuits and this is all coming on the back of the whole leaves. endemic as well so it's really very very challenging for us it's in the more than one usual months and usual days because we're about 1800000 people we. know you have a significant additional 220000 you have your niche as possible so it's really very much the contents of the smaller ones i'm getting from that account can you reach these people i mean how has people's access to food and basic supplies been affected so yes access is very very limited because there was of course in cuts in many of the areas such as not that sort. of that was very much in the circuits we do make use of new

ministry of water and irrigation and they attribute the reason of the unprecedented levels of the nile river to multiple factors they say one of its climate change they say that there's been heavy rainfall in ethiopia where 80 percent of the water comes from the blue nile and so so they say that the heavy rains and if you can high lands and that eventually comes downstream on the nile is one of the reasons why we're seeing heavy flooding along the banks of the nile they also say that the dams that have been built along the nile over the past few years have contributed to the fact that the heavy rains after the rise of the water levels now we've got at least 4 dams along the nile river 3 of them here in sudan and one of them just on the border just just over the across the border with egypt and one of them that has just recently been announced there that has been filled in ethiopia now that was expected to reduce the amount of water that is flooding right now because it's partially filled in because no deal has been reached between the 3 countries sudan if you have here and egypt a lot of iss

aid to ethiopia citing lack of progress in resolving a dispute over a huge down project on the river nile ethiopia has continued to work on the drama which downstream countries egypt on sudan that say threatens their water supply. could ghana become a car manufacturing hub for west africa the government is hoping so it's trying to lure international car companies to the country to do that it's introducing a ban on imports of vehicles that are 10 years or older it's a significant move used cars make up 70 percent of vehicle imports to ghana date of your correspondent i collect the scent of that for force. just to see fixes salvaged and used cars imported into ghana he works from his base in samara a capital crime. he and his employees fix more than 4 cars and month in almost $1000.00 u.s. dollars in revenue this is his only source of livelihood. salvage vehicles arrive in the country car dealers bring them here for me to work on them and payment is made once i'm finished this is all i do to take care of my family and my workers. and i'm give what a few bats goosey and he simply could soon

invest the both of them in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by the floods from the nile river and i'll be telling you about the impact of the floods on neighborhoods and the government response. hello and welcome to the program new details are emerging about how a prominent bellaver opposition leader was reportedly snatched from the street in minsk more than 24 hours after the disappearance of maria. her whereabouts remain unknown it's claimed unidentified men tried to force or across the border into ukraine but she tore apart passports or she couldn't leave bella bruce now has more details. arriving at the ukrainian border in the early hours 3 belarusian opposition activists 2 men and one woman the driver and another man inside had been arrested in the bell russian capital minsk not long after maria collision to go over was detained they'd been told they'd be prosecuted if they didn't cross the border speaking in kiev the pair explained what happened ticklish week over the loss of life in the e.u. either are as soon as she got into the car and saw her passport in front of her

more from council government officials in sudan are to meeting the reasons behind the level of the nile river to multiple factors they say one of them is climate change which has resulted in heavy rainfall in the if you can high lands and that water eventually comes downstream in the blue nile through the blue nile which contributes to 80 percent of the rivers now we've seen the banks of the nile flooding with homes destroyed neighborhoods completely submerged in water and i've seen people getting displaced as a result so dams government after declaring a 3 month state of emergency has called an aid organizations to try to help those affected and those displaced by the floods now the other reasons that meteorologists say it has resulted in the level in the rise of the 911 are the number of dams that have been built on the nile river over the past few years we've got 3 in dams here in sudan we've got one on the sudanese egyptian border the aswan dam and there is the ground if you printed on them that is still being built on the ethiopian highlands. on the top of the if you can highlands the so

you know the river nile basically river 9 old sold the waterfall or rainfall i think we've had more rainfall in the last few days and this is also we have people lose their homes because they just basically collapse and what we're expecting is that it's getting steadier it's still very high you know so people are interest maybe a little bit of the 'd banks living on the banks and then we've got a couple of states river and of state in the northern states because you know we're expecting a higher also levels of the river nile as well but hopefully things are going to get steadier this is the forecast in the ministry of area but i think what's really important now is how are we responding to people's needs it's going to get you know over the next few days we're already talking about different diseases because of its autumn because of the water stagnant waters. how can we support the different families are talking about also we're going into different exams for the secondary school exams so it's just this is this is our main concern right now is you know getting people to comfortable state i me

government officials in sudan are to be eating the reasons behind the level of the nile river to multiple factors they say one of them is climate change which has resulted in heavy rainfall in the if you can high land and that water eventually comes down stream in the blue nile through the blue nile which contributes to 80 percent of the nile river is now the other reasons that meteorologists has resulted in the level in the rise of the nile are the number of dams that have been built on the nile river over the past few years we've got 3 in dams here in the sudan we've got one on the sudanese egyptian border the aswan dam and there is the ground if you printed on them that is still being built on the ethiopian highland antigovernment march made up mostly of women is taking place in minsk right now the capital of better demonstrations began last month after president alexander lukashenko was declared the winner of an election that the opposition still says was rigged about 40 protesters were detained on friday. police in portland in the us are broken up protest says the city heads towards

morgan has this from a town along the river niles banks. the river nile is starting to recede here in sudan after causing devastating floods which has affected more than 770000 people countrywide and destroyed more than 140000 homes now most of the damage has been along the areas that lie on the banks of the nile river one of them being this area of chicago and river and i would state now people here say more than 100 homes have been completely damaged you can see some of the damages here they say that let's rings have completely collapsed resulting in sewage water coming out and this is the water level for the past 12 days now they say they have not seen the water receding yet and they're concerned about water borne diseases they said that they wanted the government to come and spray pesticide insecticide so that they can kill the moscow lover now that all hasn't happened and they're saying that they don't know what will come next because there has been no plan given to them by the government in terms of compensation the government says th

government officials in sudan are attributing the reasons behind the level of the nile river to multiple factors they say one of them is climate change which has resulted in heavy rainfall in the if you can highlands and that was eventually comes down stream in the blue nile through the blue nile which contributes to 80 percent of the nile river now we've seen the banks of the nile flooding with homes destroyed neighborhoods completely submerged in water and we've seen people getting displaced as a result so down the government after declaring a 3 month state of emergency has called an aid organizations to to try to help those affected and those displaced by the floods now the other reasons that meteorologists has resulted in the level in the rise of the 911 the number of bands that have been build on the nile river over the past few years we've got 3 in dams here in sudan we've got one on the sudanese egyptian border the aswan high dam and there is the ground if you can are not on them that is still being built on the if you can high lands. on the top of the if you can highlands the sou

to going back to its levels prior to the floods but there are other parts in the state and the river nile states where the level remains high as a matter of fact where it remains to increase because of a river that comes from the if you can high lands and goes to this day and connects with the nile there now people there say that they are was still facing the devastation of the floods and they're saying that they're still at high risk of waterborne diseases and that the government needs to step in and spray insecticides to make sure that water borne diseases do not spread because they cannot cope with sickness on top of losing their properties or reporting live from courtroom effects due. we're still looking pretty stormy untasted in the atlantic kids tell us more is jenny harrison jenny yet there are many storms out there still a gym but thankfully when you need to need to really focus on so i can show you straight away which ones they are one just disappearing off the north of the screen there that is actually come on to that but the other one is that is tropical storm beta and you can

people have now been affected by flooding in sudan at least 100 people have been killed while the river nile not expected to return to normal levels for days there are warnings that fresh rain on higher ground could cause more flash flooding downstream international agencies are increasing their support to fight any outbreaks of disease chemicals have been sprayed to fight malaria with many people also now risk of malnutrition. thousands of people have protested against the thai government in what organizers said was the largest demonstration there is a gathered at a university in bangkok to demand the removal of the prime minister former army general who came to power in a coup it's part of a well established pro-democracy movement but the country has strong laws to protect the oil family. authorities in belarus have crackdown on a woman's protest march in the center of the capital minsk and demanding president alexander lukashenko step down after last month's disputed election more than 300 people were arrested with police singling out members of the crowd and dragging them away step lawso

floods hit sudan after the nile river which flows through the country rose to levels not seen in more than a century the surge in water was caused by heavy rains on the if european high lands upstream more than 100 people were killed and dozens injured and at least half a 1000000 people were displaced as homes were damaged or destroyed by the waters the government declared a 3 month state of emergency last week and while the river's water has started to recede this week the number of those falling ill is increasing so than was facing a health crisis even before the flood emergency pharmacies have been reporting shortages of medicines and many hospitals like adequate equipment since the floods began 3 weeks ago the number of cases of water borne diseases in areas affected have increased many families say they're struggling to cope with illnesses after having lost so much already aid organizations say the health consequences of the floods will be much worse in the coming days and that action needs to be taken now and. the biggest protest is the water it was a disaster when it flooded an

government is being is to prevent more damage and loss of life from flooding people living close to the river nile syria thirty's must monitor river levels more closely russian opposition leader alexina bound he says his recovery will be a long one after he was poisoned last month he fell ill last month in russia he was airlifted to berlin for treatment germany says he was poisoned with not shock russian officials deny that. for a 2nd day taiwan says it scramble jets in response to an approach made by chinese aircraft taiwan's defense ministry says the aircraft crossed the mid line of the taiwan straits military tension coincides with a visit by a senior u.s. official to taiwan those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story 8000 other news for you from 13 i will see you very soon. is india launching a crackdown of government critics police prosecute opposition activists and muslims in connection with riots triggered by the controversial citizenship law well the detained received justice this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm imran khan it was

the heavy rainfall has led to the river nile rising to its highest level in a century. the three-month state of emergency has been enforced by the government. 31,000 people have been displaced in one town. >> the situation is really desperate for the displaced. the heart of the town. every classroom in this school is packed with up to 12 families. .here is congestion food deliveries come, but some say they do not get enough within the day, and they are also concerned that they have nowhere to go back to because their homes have been damaged very mud by the -- very much by the floods or totally destroyed, so it will take them a while to go back and peace their lives together. nongovernmental organizations are caring for the .isplaced people there are up to 1000 people displaced and affected by the flood in just this place alone, so you can imagine the magnitude of the problem. the main concerns of the residents are up to 18 villages have been totally marooned and cut off from the rest of the state by the flood. they tried to evacuate, but many of the people from these vi