south sudan after security guards fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against president salva kiir nikki haley met the president to discuss ways to end the four years of a war that has displaced millions of people here are more good reports of juba. the united states backed south sudan when it became independent after a friend of mine twenty eleven but for more than three years now south sudan has been locked in a civil war the us ambassador to the un nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there is nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president of everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president kiir accused his former vice president

of got a tough task ahead of them to breathe new life into a peace deal time between president salva kiir and opposition leader rick my chair in august twenty fifteen a deal which failed soon after the two men put pen to paper in our mission. is that. implementation of the requests for television process decided by our heads of states joining us about on something different artists or peace agreement. so far. all the prophecies of the. fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen less than three years after the country's independence from sudan the greenman signed in august twenty fifteen was intended to end the war but less than a year later fighting broke out in the capital juba forcing much our who had returned as first vice president to make and since then the conflict has brought them to governmental authority for development also known as i guess one thousand and two the violence south sudan's government has expressed its readiness for the process but it has concerns we think that we should move forward with giving no proposal we've got is going to respond to some of the poi

diplomats failed to stop president salva kiir from reneging on the deal. hree months after riek machar returned to juba last year to serve again as vice president, kiir's army chased him out of the country, and kiir appointed another politician as his number two. in the past 15 months, as the fighting escalated again, south sudanese civilians fled their homes, mostly across the border to uganda. >> today, if you have over one million people displaced and have taken refuge in uganda, in particular, it was because of that crisis. >> reporter: food shortages resulting from the civil war have left six million south sudanese, half the population, dependent on international aid. as martin abucha sees it, political negotiations needed to end this war require stronger engagement by global and regional powers. he says the u.s. offers humanitarian aid but stands on the sidelines as the violence continues. >> the united states' government is saying they'll spend over $2 billion since 2013, but i'm sure they should have spent less and stopped this war. you're talking a

she says four government soldiers from president salva kiir's dinka tribe stopped her as she was fleeing south sudan and raped her right in front of her family. >> ( translated ): when they started raping me, they told me not to raise alarm, otherwise they would shoot me. still when i'm sleeping, i'm dreaming of the dinka, that they are coming to rape me again. >> reporter: how often do you have those dreams? >> ( translated ): daily, every time i lie down, those dreams come. >> reporter: a recent human rights watch report on south sudan found "...a clear pattern of government forces unlawfully targeting civilians for killings, rapes, torture... and destruction of property.." the victims are from ethnic groups suspected to support the rebels. >> ( translated ): they are doing it, because they know very well that those soldiers are our brothers. so they do it to punish them. >> reporter: although the rebels, known as the sudan people's liberation army in opposition, purport to protect local communities, there are also reports of their fighters assaulting civilians near the ugandan border.

nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there is nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president here accused his former vice president riek machar of a coup a peace agreement supported by the us was signed in ten to fifteen but there was more violence less than a year later forcing my charge to flee the country in september this year the u.s. sanction to government officials and the former military chief of staff put the reeling the peace process but south sudan's government now says it's ready to work for a deal. the president also assured her actual into the ambassador that the government w

inside sudan after security guards fired tear gas of protesters demonstrating against president salva kiir nikki haley had earlier met the president to discuss ways to end the four year civil war that's displaced millions of people it but morgan reports now from juba. the united states backed south sudan when it became independent after a friend of mine twenty eleven but for more than three years now south sudan has been locked in a civil war the us ambassador to the un nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there is nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president of everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president kiir accused his former vice

nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there is nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president of everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president here accused his former vice president riek machar of a coup a peace agreement supported by the us was signed in twenty fifteen but there was more violence less than a year later forcing my charge to flee the country in september of this year the u.s. sanction to government officials and the former military chief of staff put the reeling the peace process but south sudan's government now says it's ready to work for a deal. the president also assured her excellent of the ambassador that the gover

south sudan after security guards fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against president salva kiir nikki haley is calling for greater international efforts to support a resolution to the nearly four year conflict that's displaced millions of people cattle will implement a range of labor law reforms including the introduction of a minimum wage details are yet to be revealed on how much the minimum wage will be and when it will come into effect the latest reforms will also ensure that employers will no longer be able to stop employees from leaving cattle there are an estimated one point five million expatriate workers in cattle let alone his parliament will meet on thursday to discuss its response to madrid's plans to take control of the region politicians will discuss what to do if the central government imposes direct rule by triggering article one five five on friday catalan leader colors kumar has turned down an invitation to speak to senators in madrid i'll be back with more news in thirty minutes next al-jazeera it's witness. news has never been more i think global but the mess

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been locked in a civil war the us ambassador to the un nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there's nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president of everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president here accused his former vice president riek machar of a coup a peace agreement supported by the us was signed in ten to fifteen but there was more violence less than a year later forcing my charge to flee the country in september of this year the u.s. sanction to government officials and the former military chief of staff put the reeling the peace process but south sudan's government now says it's ready to work for a deal. the president also as

south sudan after security guards fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against president salva kiir nikki haley had earlier met the president to discuss ways to end a four year civil war that displaced millions of people have a morgan report from juba. the united states backed south sudan when it became independent after a friend of mine twenty eleven but for more than three years now south sudan has been locked in a civil war the us ambassador to the un nikki haley hopes to convince president salva kiir to make peace i didn't come here to talk i came here to basically say the time for action is now we're not waiting anymore we need to see a change and we need to see it right away and there is nothing that they can say at this point we have lost trust in the government and we now need to regain that trust and the only way to regain that trust is through the actions of taking care of all of the people present here is the president of everyone not just one tribe not just one group fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen when president kiir accused his former vice presiden

amy: she said the united states is considering how to pressure south sudan's president salva kiir into peace, but withdrawing aid may not work. >> yes. the united quandary states has been in. at one point they were giving south sudan millions and millions of dodollars for the military, to train politicians there. nonow it has been rereduced babasically to aid. that is the leverage the united states has. but cutting that off means so many people in need will be without. amy: we are talking to nick turse, the author of several africa. his latest book "next time they will come to count the dead." we will talk about the united states presence throughout it is, 6000 u.s. troops believed, and what the u.s. is doing in niger where the u.s. special ops forces as well as five nigerian troops were killed . stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we talk about the u.s. presence in africa, i want to turn to republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina, member of the same -- senate arms services committee who

south sudan after security guards fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against president salva kiir nikki haley is calling for greater international efforts to support a resolution to the nearly four year conflict that has displaced millions of people . female politicians in the european union say their own parliament has failed to protect staff from sexual harassment the accusation came during a debate on the mergence emotion to improve laws on work workplace abuse and gender equality sexual harassment has been in the spotlight since allegations were made earlier this month against top us film producer harvey weinstein several female european politicians have come forward with their own stories of harassment in the workplace. not only as parliament will meet on thursday to discuss its response to madrid's plans to take control of the region and politicians will discuss what to do if the central government imposes direct rule counted on leader carlos boozer mars turned down an invitation to speak to senators in madrid those were the headlines are back with more news in thirty minute

in south sudan after security guards fired tear gas protesters demonstrating against president salva kiir ricky haley is calling for greater international efforts to support a resolution to nearly four years of conflict that's displaced millions of people female politicians in the european union say their own parliament has failed to protect staff from sexual harassment the accusation came a jury in a debate on an emergency motion to improve laws on workplace abuse and gender equality sexual harassment has been in the spotlight since allegations were made earlier this month against a top u.s. film producer harvey weinstein catalonians parliament will meet on thursday to discuss its response to madrid's plans to take control of the region politicians will discuss what to do with the central government imposes direct rule by triggering article one five five on friday catalan leader carlos boogyman has turned down an invitation to speak to senators in madrid i'll be back with more news in thirty minutes next on al-jazeera it's the stream to stay with us. as native amazonian is increasingly s

known to have got a tough task ahead of them to breathe new life into a time between president salva kiir and opposition leader rick my char in august twenty fifth seen a deal which feel soon after the two men put pen to paper in our mission. is. implementation of the revised process decided by the states joining us. on something different are these three men so far. all the prophecies of the. fighting broke out in south sudan in twenty thirteen less than three years after the country's independence from sudan the greenman signed in august twenty fifteen was intended to end the war but less than a year later fighting broke out in the capital juba forcing my char who had returned as first vice president to make and since then the conflict has brought them to governmental authority for development also known as i guess one thousand and two the violent south sudan's government has expressed its readiness for the process but it has concerns we think that we should move forward given over. to god is going to respond to some of the points of those. very technical questions which is why i'm just

and says sudan after security guards fired tear gas in protest is demonstrating against president salva kiir nikki haley had earlier held talks with the president find ways to end the country's civil war called for international efforts to support a resolution following the breakdown of last year's peace deal within two million people of france the country since fighting erupted in twenty thirty after the president accused his former deputy. of plotting. now a new report accuse israel of the systematic abuse of young palestinians arrested in occupied east jerusalem it says teenagers are detained in the middle of the night accused of throwing stones at soldiers and questions without a lawyer present culture to jam the boards. five decades of israeli occupation and many scenes remain the same young palestinians throw stones at israeli soldiers who respond with tear gas but now report from human rights organization beat salaam and hama kid says israel is ignoring special laws to protect the rights of minors and teenagers when they are detained after a protest that this is an age in which people

forced to leave after security guards fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against president salva kiir she had earlier held talks with the president to find ways to end the country's civil war following the breakdown of last year's peace deal more than two million people have fled the country since fighting broke out in twenty thirteen. the u.n. chief is in yemen to see for himself the deteriorating humanitarian crisis there this war torn country is facing severe food shortages and an outbreak of cholera has killed more than two thousand people here is what. the conflict in yemen has been going on for more than two and a half years the u.n. says more than ten thousand yemenis have been killed and almost forty thousand injured since twenty fifteen eighty percent of the population is in need of humanitarian aid millions of people on the verge of famine. the world's worst cholera epidemic as well the. major problems with the basic services like water and health education a saudi like coalition of countries has been bombing the capital sanaa and other parts of yemen to try to restore the i

south sudan is hosting its first ever international oil conference but president salva kiir is in a no show here was expected to address the gathering which failed to attract investors from large global energy firms the country's going through a fuel crisis despite having billions of oil barrels and reserves with no functioning power grid petrol is being sold on the black market at a cost many just can't afford he morgan a ports in the capital juba. this may not seem the best way to prepare for exams but now i think peter says it's the only way her brothers them study she says fuel is too expensive for her family. because there's no power in the house so we use candles we can't pay for the fuel that is used to run the generator in our neighborhood that fuel is expensive and comes from the black market it's cheaper to get candles be used for a day south sudan has the largest oil reserve in africa according to experts but it has no means of processing its own oil instead it relies on its neighbor sudan to do so but two years of war and low oil prices last here has damaged the economy thi

south sudan spiraled into civil war in two thousand and thirteen after a dispute between president salva kiir and a former deputy nearly three hundred fifty thousand refugees have flooded into gambell almost ninety percent are women and children. this is an international crisis this is not just ethiopia is a problem this is an international crisis and when you look at the thousands of people here and you see that they're supposed to have one hundred clinics for took thousand people and there's six thousand people in one clinic and it's from i mean they're they're trying to make ends meet by you know working off of food shortages but at some point you have to look at say no one deserves to live like. morgan has more from the capital juba. as of yet nikki haley is the highest u.s. official to visit south sudan from the administration and this visit comes after it seems like the u.s. is taking a tougher stance on south sudan in september the u.s. government sanctioned two government officials and one former chief of staff of the can in the country are saying that they are derailing the peace pro

for so long so sudan spiraled into civil war in twenty thirteen after a dispute between president salva kiir and his former deputy a nearly three hundred fifty thousand refugees have flooded into almost ninety percent are women and children. this is an international crisis this is not just ethiopians problem this is an international crisis and when you look at the thousands of people here and you see that they're supposed to have one hundred clinics for took thousand people and there's six thousand people in one clinic and it's a problem i mean they're there trying to make ends meet and you know working on food shortages but at some point you have to look at say no one deserves to live like this so that was nikki haley speaking earlier on have a morgan joining us live from south sudan's capital juba so what you have is fighting in south sudan head by you also have a humanitarian crisis that is unfolding talk to us about the significance of nikki haley's visit amongst these factors. well daryn let's remember that first of all nikki haley is about the house she is the highest u.s. official to

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