is trying to help somalia's struggling government now.ike viqueira has the story. >> reporter: for almost a quarter century it has been a country in tatters. it has had 16 governments mostly powerless and unable to stop the rise of al-shabab that has destabilized somalia and the entire horn of africa. president obama came to office vowing to decrease america's direct involvement in places like somalia, and use a combination of regional military forces to fight groups like al-shabab. mr. obama touted his app troeron kenya. >> reporter: the united states is working with ethiopia, and the united states and others to further degrade al-shabab's space of operations inside of somalia. >> reporter: but the trip was a stark reminder that the fight continues to rage. the day after the president spoke in kenya a car bomb attack killed 13. al-shabab claimed responsibilities. experts say what is needed now is political stability. >> it requires legitimacy and ultimately one has a reborn nation once again. and until that happens we're playing whack-a-

efforts to cam bat al-shabab in somalia. >>> the u.s. taken on larger military role in the fight against al-shabab. fighters have cut a path of destruction there. now the u.s. is trying to help somalia's struggling government. >> reporter: for almost a quarter century it has been a country in tatters. it has had 16 governments, mostly powerless and unable to stop the ride of al-shabab, that has destabilized not only somalia, but the entire horn of africa. president obama came to office vowing to decrease america's direct involvement in places like somalia, and use a combination of regional military forces to fight groups like al-shabab. in a visit to kenya last month, mr. obama touted his approach. >> as we speak kenya is working with ethiopia and with the united states and others to further degrade al-shabab's space of operations inside of somalia. >> reporter: but the president's trip was a stark reminder that seven years into his presidency, the fight continues to rage. the day after the president spoke in kenya, a car baum tack on a

now i am back to somalia again, i have been a ref jay all my life. >> reporter: somalia already has 10sthousands of displaced people. but many in yemen say they have no choice but to go there. and whether they are stuck in yemen or forced to go back to the country from which they fled, these somalis have nowhere safe to call home. caroline malone, al jazerra. >>> as you heard in that report. somalia remains very insecure, african union peacekeepers are planning a major offense i ever with the somali army against the armed group al-shabab. the aim is to cut off the group's how to kenya where it carried out a string of deadly assaults. the operation is near the port and mohamed adow send this report from the frontline. >> reporter: these are the men somalia wants to use in its efforts to seize territory back from al-shabab fighters. they are the latest recruits from the somali national army. they are now being trained in the port city. capital of the regional state, one of the last remaining strong holds of a al-shabab. >> translator: we cannot allow al-shabab to continue using this regio

she escaped from civil war in somalia many years ago.d herself once again caught up in another conflict. >> translator: i have been living in aden for 25 years. it's hard to leave it. now i have children and life and death are in dodd's hands, no one is spared death whether in somalia or here. >> reporter: some of the people living here are also displaced yemenis, he came here with his family when their home was damaged. and their house was destroyed. but they say they are worried about not having a place to stay. because the authorities want them to leave the school. >> translator: every day the authorities come to remind us about the deadline to leave on august 20th. where can i go as i have no house. my house was destroyed because of the war. we left because of the tragedy of the war and now we have the tragedy of housing. >> reporter: the situation is particularly bad for the 230,000 somali refugees in yemen. some of them are going back to somalia, even though there is widespread fighting there too. >> translator: i have gone to yeme

somalia's coast -- off of somalia's coast, there are warnings about a new outbreak of piracy. that is despite efforts to build stability in the horn of africa. our africa correspondent has returned to the northern region to see why the causes of piracy have not yet been addressed. reporter: it is a long, hard road. it is similarly is most notorious pirate village -- it is somalia's most notorious pirate village, but times have changed here. the pirates' flimsy boats sit idle now. foreign navies now control the ocean. pirate bosses, like this man who does not want his face shone, are out of work. how do you feel about what you are involved in? what made you stop? we were persuaded to stop, he says. the money was good. we hijacked two ships and got $3.8 million in ransom. hasnd us, the village assembled. they are angry there is no other -- they sayot least the local trawlers are stealing most of the fish stock. the men gather in the local tee and wonder ifop resuming piracy is the answer. you would go back and become a pirate again? >> yeah, if i don't get any job, we can't eat.

is taking on a larger military role in the fight against al-shabab in somalia.hters have pledged allegiance to al-qaeda. >> reporter: for almost a quarter sentry it has been a country in tatters. since 1991, somalia has had 16 governments mostly powerless and unable to stop the rise of al-shabab, theal fill late of al-qaeda that has destabilized not only somalia, but the entire horn of africa. president obama has used a combination of regional military forcing to fight groups like al-shabab. in a visiting neighbors kenya last month, he touted his approach. >>> as we speak, kenya is working with ethiopia and the united states and others, to further degrade al-shabab's space of operations inside of somalia. >> reporter: but the trip was a stark reminder that seven years into his presidency, the fight continues to rage. the day after the president spoke in kenya, a car bomb attack killed 13. al-shabab claimed responsibility. though they have lost ground, experts say what is needed now is political stability. >> that requires legitimacy and ultimately one has a rebo

now i'm back to somalia again. i've been a refugee all my life. >> somalia already has tens of thousands of displaced people, but many in yemen have no choice but to go there. whether they are stuck in yemen or forced to go back to the country from which they fled, these somalis have nowhere safe to call home. al jazeera. >> as you see in that report, somalia is far from secure. african union peacekeepers plan a major too far against the army against the armed group al shabab. the aim is to cut off the route from kenya. local forces are taking on al shabab. we have this report from the front line. >> these are the men somalia wants to use in its efforts to seize territory back from al shabab fighters. they have now been trained in the port city. capital of the regional state, one of the last remaining strongholds of al shabab. >> al shabab, we cannot allow them to continue using this region as a lightout. they have been flushed out of most other parts of somalia. er, do the same here, too. >> until the training is

to host somalia and that number has more than doubled.nment threatened to close it after the attack of a university earlier this year but it has since softened its position. i'm joined here in doha by the migration analyst and has reports and worked with the u.n. refugee agency and good to have you with us. what is your experience of what is happening at the moment and those who are returning in particular in somalia? >> first we need to interrogate the whole concept of refugees returning back voluntarily. i would say that we do not have enough knowledge to really understand the people's choice. >> you are doubting they decide on their own and maybe they were pushed. >> i think it's definitely something worth interrogating. >> okay. >> at the moment we do not have enough studies that are large scale enough and in-depth enough to understand that these people know exactly what is lying ahead in somalia, particularly in places like luke and two others, three locations that have been identified as pilot projects locations and cities. >> but i

there i found another war and now i'm back to somalia again. i've been a refugee all my life. >> somalia already has tens tenf thousands of displaced people. whether they're stuck in yemen or forced to go back to the country from which they fled, these somalis have incorporate to go. carolyn malone, al jazeera. >>> following opposition from senior democrat senator robert menendez. >> while i have many specific concerns about this agreement my overarching concern is it requires no dismantling of iran'iran's newark structureirad only dismantles it for ten years. >> kristin saloomey is live in new york. >> menendez is the senior democrat on the foreign relations committee. menendez says he's concerned the deal does not do anything to dismantle iran's nuclear capabilities. he says contrary to what the president has been saying it's not an all or nothing deal. he called on congress to reject the deal but not in its entirety. he encouraged the president to go back to the negotiating table and get a better agreement. a group of nonproliferation arms c

returning home where in somalia where refugees are struggling to adjust to a new life after years livingneighboring kenya. ♪ the leaders of france and germany called for a unified response to the continent's biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. more refugees have started coming into europe from serbia, the crisis is said to top the agenda at a summit of western leaders in vienna and later on monday a thousand refugees arrived in hungry, the country's prime minister called for more money from the eu. meanwhile thousands of refugees are now in macedonia after the country reopened its border with greece. macedonia declared a state of emergency and closed the crossing point for three days. andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: in the heat of macedonia's border with greece the pathway for refugees may be fully open again, the only confrontation is an occasional minor scuffles and the pace of the journeys quickened they are bogged down this arguments and the interior minister came to a makeshift reception center to make a decision to close the border last week and talking about what the e

also has special forces operating inside somalia, and there have been air strikes. since 2007 the u.s. has can you beinged an estimated 15 to 19 drone strikes inside se r somalia floe from their massive airbase. that along with eight missiles and cruise strikes. last month the pace picked up intensity. at least six tribings hit somalia as they provide support for an ongoing offensive. this year it has killed top al shabaab commanders including one that played a role in the 2013 attack in nairobi's west gate ma'am. >> we scored some successes that i'm on the retreat. when you think they're gone, you're absolutely wrong. >> reporter: the u.s. sent troops to somalia in 1992 when the country collapsed at the end of the cold war. it was an ill-fated mission. the battle between so mali militias and american troops depicted in the movie "blackhawk down" with bodies traged through the streets of mogadishu. the u.s. pulled out leaving it to descend further into chaos. now the coalition is making games, and as al shabaab pushed back, there are two key questions. who fills the

thousands of refugees are returning to somalia from the world's biggest camp in kenya.early 400,000 people live in the refugee camp, two years ago, the agreement was made to cut that number in half. most of those who have returned are now living a life of hardship, in the somali port city. mo had ma'am reports. built on a ship, for a long time been home to those displaced by conflict, and drought to somalia. it has groan with refuging returning from neighboring kenya. return add few months ago, after living in the camps for 21 years. >> all we have here is peace. we have nothing else, we have no help to settle back and got no aid from anyone. just before the first group returned, a number of charities came together to build this makeshift shelters for them. >> no one lives here, all these houses have been abandoned. the families who first settled here moved out complaining they were too tiny, and did not offer them enough protection against the heat. it's the difficulty in assessing shelter and other humanitarian service services s causing concern about the ability of t

is not a routine thing in somalia.hat's part of the problem. this is a country that had 20 years of dictatorship from the 1970s and 1980s, and had no real culture of parliamentary debate and dialogue. and then 20 years of state collapse. so we're really dealing with somali political figures that have no history, no culture of the give and take of parliamentary debate. >> there's a guy in this one just whaling on somebody with a cane, intending to do some real harm. >> i've seen more effective fighting in other places. this was really haphazard, but it was quite dangerous because of the way they were using chairs and sticks. i mean, someone could have gotten killed. >> peacekeepers are eventually allowed into somalia in 2007. and as a result, fighting among somali insurgents increases. >> we've got a very serious political crisis on our hand, and it has triggered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. 3.8 million somalis are in immediate need of humanitarian assistance. 1.8 million are internally displaced because

the next president of somalia, he said, will be elected through popular elections.ut he recently announced it will be difficult to hold such elections after all. the decision to cancel plans for a full election in somalia next year means progress on important issues such as security and the threat from al shabaab fighters has not been as quick as hoped for. and now, the government is under intense pressure to come up with a system that does not rely on clan elders to elect a president. >> we have to come up with a system other than the straight leaders select, you know, the next parliament and then those directly electing. >> system is no longer accessible to the public. >> government officials now say they are seeking an alternative electoral process for next year. al former constitutional affairs minister. >> maybe we will have maybe 20,000, 2778, 20,000, 50,000, the whole country and that 30,000 can also elect the president. >> back in jubiland's parliament, a winner is declared after one round voting. interim president mohammed islam has retained his seat. membe

the next president of somalia he said will be elected through popular elections. but he recently announced that it will be difficult to hold such elections after all. the decision to cancel plans for a full election in somalia next year means that progress on important issues such as security under threat from al shabaab fighters has not been as quick as hoped for and now the government is under intense pressure to come up with a system that does not rely on clan elders to elect parliament members. >> they have to come up with a different system, straight coalition leaders selecting the next parliament and then those electing a president, that system is no longer acceptable to the public. >> reporter: government officials say they are now electing an alternatively electioalternative electionmeth. >> instead of the number we currently have maybe we have 20,000, 30,000 who can elect the president. >> back in the parliament a winner is declared after one round of voting. interim president has retained his seat. members of the public in attendance celebrate the outcom

at least six strikes hit somalia in an ongoing offensive. the strikes have killed top al shabab commanders, including one said to have played a role in the 2013 attack on nairobi's west gate mall. >> you think they're gone, you're absolutely wrong. >> the u.s. sent troops to somalia in 1992, when the country collapsed at the end of the cold war. it was an ill-fated mission. a battle between somali militias and american troops depicted in the movie blackhawks down ended with the bodies of dead americans dragged through the streets. the u.s. pulled out, leaving somalia to descend further into chaos. now, the coalition is making gains, and as al shabab is pushed back, there are two key questions, who fills the void and what is the future u.s. role. >> the u.s. is not alone, by any means, but there are very distinct limits to what the u.s. is prepared to do and i have the impression, those limits have pretty much been reached. >> a new government is in place. the prime minister spoke with al jazeera in march, and pained an optimistic picture. lo

the next president of somalia would be elected through popular elections. but he announced that it would be difficult to hold such elections after all. >> making progress on important issues of security and the threat of al-shabab fighters have not been asked. now the government is under intense pressure to come up with a system that will rely on a plan to select parliament members. >> they have to come up with a system other than the traditional leaders collecting th, that system is no longer acceptable to the public. >> government officials now say that they're seeking an alternative process for next year. a former minister. >> maybe we'll have 20,000, 30,000, the whole country. that's 30,000 can also elect the president. >> back in the parliament, the winner is declared after one round of voting. interim president will take his seat. many in attendance celebrate the outcome. they may not have had a say in the polls, but the results got them excited. al jazeera. somalia. >> two top political person amounts hoping to become the next u.s. president are out

. >> thousands of refugees are returning to somalia from the world's largest refugee camp in kenya. nearly 400,000 people lived in the camp. in 2013, an agreement was made to relocate people who wanted to leave. most of those who returned are living a life of hard sip in the port city. we have this report. >> built on the shape of the sunny beach, this had been home to those displaced by conflict and drought in somalia. the population had grown with refugees returning from neighboring kenya. she and her daughter returned after living in the camps for 21 years. >> all we have here is peace with that we have nothing else. we got no help to settle back and no aid from anyone. >> just before the first group of refugees returned, a number of charities came together to build these makeshift shelters for them. no one lived here, all these houses have been abandoned. the families moved out, complaining they were too tiny and did not offer protection against the heat. it's the difficulty of shelter that is causing concern about the ability of the returning refugees to live in dignity. >> mos

they have been flushed out of most other parts of somalia.l do the same here too. >> reporter: but until the army recruits finish their training, it is these fighters who have the task of maintaining control. moving in small groups al-shabab fighters are known to conduct surprise attacks almost anywhere. suddenly we are under attack. [ explosion ] [ gunfire ] >> reporter: there has been an al-shabab ambush here. it's renowned for attacks by al-shabab fighters who are not far from here, just a few meters away, and the forces of the state are returning fire. with attackers pushed back and everyone accounted for, we move forward to the official front line. anywhere beyond here is rebel territory. these men cannot afford to relax. they know their enemies could hit them at any moment. just a few hundred meters away, there is an african union peace keepers base. >> translator: we have a close working relationship with the peace keepers. they also support us by treating our sick and rounded. >> reporter: a short distance away is this village. until

. >>> and we're in somalia where refugees are struggling to adjust to a new life after years living ineighboring kenya. ♪ >>> eight police officers have been found guilty of the murder of a taxi driver in south africa in 2013. the 27 year old from mozambique was videoed struggling with police who tied him to the back of a van and tied him behind it. he was accused of parking illegally. let's take you live to tania page. tell us about what the judge had to say while delivering his verdict. some pretty harsh words for the convicted. >> reporter: yes, they were. i have been covering court cases for many years and i don't think i have ever heard a judge use such strong language. he releetedly called these police officers liars. he said he lied about their defense that he had assaulted one of the police officers, that the crowd was violent and threatening their lives. he said police lied about handcuffing him? that they should have known that in doing so, he would have been dragged and seriously injured. very damming words from the judge there. he also of course as well as that really drama

spent part of the spring this year in somalia. their andg at changes you have a situation which in some ways are even more difficult than in ghanistan. a lot of insecurity. in gettingulties around. a tremendous amount of corruption. brian: you say in your book that afghanistan is one of the three most corrupt countries in the world. you name north korea and somalia. how do you see corruption? rankingsrely for the -- it is a very important question of what is corruption? it is an a question because corruption is at the core of policies failing across a range of domains. whether it involves poaching in wildlife trafficking. or state building efforts in afghanistan and in somalia. other parts of the world are also correct like india. but that country is not collapsing. are trying --tes is trying to develop anticorruption strategies. me, this is the key priority -- corruption to focus on. they alienate people to the point of highlighting a group like taliban. is totally -- an effect on resources and lamb. -- if the rival product -- pa

>> burundi plays a crucial role in somalia. it provides peacekeepers. he's said before that the situation in burundi is dire and al-shabaab have threatened to attack burundi. he's been under a lot of pressure not to run for a third term. the pressure was not enough to stop him from running for a third term. there's been efforts for mediation between the warring factions, between the government and other opposition figures who are opposed to his running for a third term. as well some of the opposition leaders, took out his position in parliament. there's talks going on. it's still tense. a lot of people will say that the pressure is not enough. the fact that there are some troops that burundi has contributed troops in the fight against al-shabaab should not be a reason for him or not be a reason for the international community to allow him to continue to go against the constitution. >> okay. wonderful. thank you very much for that. in nairobi. >>> egypt's interior ministry said a car bomb exploded outside the state building in cairo. 27 people were injur

one camp to another, the somali refugees forced to leave kenya, but with no good home to go to in somaliathe images which are said to show isil destroying an ancient temple in the syrian city of palmyra. >> our american story is written every day. it's not always pretty... but it's real. and we show you like no-one else can. this is our american story. this is america tonight. ♪ >>> bring you up to date with the global headlines here on al jazeera. as thousands of people continue to cross the macedonian border on their way to e.u. countries, the u.n. has called on all of the countries of europe to work in unity to tackle the refugee crisis, or it says face failure. in south africa, eight police officers have been found guilty of the 2013 murder of a taxi driver. >>> more violence in south sudan's unity state claims the lives from two workers with doctors without border. >>> the red cross says it be suspend all aid operations in yemen, in aden after gunmen stormed their office there. the city has seen intense fighting between troops loyal to the exiled president and opposition fighters. >>

i have spent part of the spring this year in somalia. going back there to look at changes there and you have a situation, in some ways, it is more difficult than in afghanistan. a lot of insecurity. real difficulties in getting around. a tremendous amount of corruption. it is possible, but it is tough. brian: you say in your book that afghanistan is one of the three most corrupt countries in the world. you name north korea and somalia. how do you see corruption? vanda: i rely for the rankings . it is a very important question of -- what is corruption? corruption is at the core of policies failing across a range of domains. whether it is combating poaching and wildlife tracking -- , or staterafficking building efforts in afghanistan and in somalia. other parts of the world are also corrupt like india. but that country is not collapsing. the united states is trying to devise anticorruption measures, they often fail. they need to succeed in that effort or the entire policy effort might be undermined. to me, this is the key priority corrupti

brian: where other than somalia and afghanistan have you spent a lot of time? vanda: columbia, and mexico. i am completing a book on mexican security crime, just now. it should be out next year. brian: going back to afghanistan, i want to show you another video clip. this is down the alley that you have been studying. this was in january of this year when he was here talking about this. [video clip] >> some of the examples we go through in your report that came out last month, some of the waste and fraud. money that could have been better spent. looking at the $7 billion to combat opium production. talk about that effort. >> unfortunately, there is nothing positive about that. if you use any metrics that we normally use for fighting drugs, the amount of crop being produced, we fail. there is a 30% increase in the amount of fields under production. the amount of opium actually produced. we fail. that has increased. the amount of interdictions decrease. the amount of people using drugs in afghanistan has increased. phenomenally. using every indication it has been

camp to another, the somali refugees forced to leave kenya, but with no good home to return to in somalia. >>> patrols in ghana rooting out bad practices while respecting customs. >>> the strike that lit up the asian champions week. >> protestors are gathering... >> there's an air of tension right now... >> the crowd chanting for democracy... >> this is another significant development... >> we have an exclusive story tonight, and we go live... >> hello again. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. the u.n. has called on europe to tackle what has been described as the worst refugee crisis since world war ii. 3,000 refugees are expected to enter macedonia every day over the next few months. eight police officers have within convicted of the death of a taxi driver. >>> the red cross are suspending all aid activations after gunmen stormed it's offices. >>> strong confidence that russia will continue supporting its regime. >> throughout his history the united states has known for playing games. but one official would say today would be contradictive the next day or by himself later

al jazeera, kismayo, somalia. >> israel has released asylum seekers from detention centers. authorities say that those freed are not allowed in tel aviv. the detainees have been held for more than a year in a facility in the negev desert. >>> the u.n. security council has warned south sudan's president against reneging on his promise to sign a peace deem. he has said he'll sign an agreement in the next few hours or so. and last week delayed signing saying he needed more time to consider the agreement. gabriel elizondo reports from the united nations. >> if south sudan's president backs out of the peace deal, the united nations said it will react and do so quickly. that was the message from u.n. security town. >> express readiness to act immediately. if the president does not sign the agreement tomorrow. >> the u.s. has drafted a u.n. security council resolution calling for targeted sanctions and an arms embargo if it is not signed. but there could be disagreements within the council over the initiative and diplomats say any action on the resolution would require further nego

tomorrow night we'll examine the role that al shabaab is trying to take in undoing somalia. 20 salvaiir says he needs more time before signing a peace deal. he faces the threat of new u.n. sanctions, the war pits dinka people against riek machar's nuer people. in the meeb meantime, rebel figs are opening fronts in new neighborhoods. >>> now with greece, as it wrestles with a new economic crisis. 650 new migrants in the last few days. many of them have arrived on the island of kos. jonah hull is there. >> reporter: an early morningren distress. many others do make it across. this is a family of syrian refugees who finally arrive on the shores of kos. an island in the european union. did you pay somebody to give you this boat? >> yes, $1,000. >> 1,000 per person? >> 500 per children. >> the shore line is littered, fairly showrt but sometimes perilous crossing from turkey. on monday night six people along with a child are confirmed to have drown when their dinghy overturned. according to a witness from a nearby he hotel saw up to 50 syrians he believe climb off and clamor on down the be

he decides to join jihadists in somalia. >> and i had to join that.all to my religious belief. >> he returns to denmark where he says he gathers military supplies preparing himself for war. >> i said good-bye to my children, to my family. >> then, at the last minute, a phone call from somalia. >> he said, morad, we lost the airport. >> in mogadishu? >> in mogadishu. >> what does that mean? >> he said, you can't come, it's too dangerous for you. >> what's going through your mind then? >> obviously it's allah's will that i don't go, and i'm so deeply disappointed and devastated. i feel betrayed, you know? >> betrayed by his god, unable to fight for his religion, he says. just as fast as islam had taken hold, doubt and questions enter. >> i sat down in front of a laptop, and i'd type contradictions and why i'm daring to ask this question. i hit enter, and i saw plenty of websites talking about contradictions in the koran. it took some time to research them, but once i concluded that they were genuinely contradictions, that's when it wiped totally away my

. >>> and returning home, we're in somalia, where refugees are struggling to adjust to a new life afterrs of living in neighboring kenya. ♪ >>> we start, though, this south africa, eight police officers have been found guilty of the murder of a taxi driver in 2013. the 27 year old was videos struggled with police who then tied him to the back of a van and dragged him behind it. he was accused of parking illegally. we'll take you live to our correspondent who can tell us about that a little later. >>> in the meantime, though, let's go to yemen. the red cross is suspending aid operations in aden after an attack on its office. the group says that armed men looted equipment and money. all local and foreign staff are being withdrawn. it says it hopes to resume operations if the security situation improves. the city has been under pro-government control since july when houthi rebels were forced out of it. well, there's more fighting in other parts of yepmen as hashem ahelbarra reports. >> reporter: an anmorred vehicle is hit by a rocket. this is the southern saudi arabia province along its bo

one is action upstream which is partly the diplomatic effort to make sure piece caping in somalia isdone. but upstream the make states to syria get proper humanitarian help there so there's proper dignity and support for refugees in those countries, ditto refugees in africa fleeing from the conflict in tanzania and ethiopia. if you don't tend them upstream, the flow overwhelms downstream. the second thing the european union needs to do is properly share the burden and assess who are the refugees as opposed to the economic migrants and properly ensure they uphold the most basic standards of humetyened 5 dignity for those fleeing for their lives. >> ifill: did the countries the refugees are traveling to to get to their ultimate goal, do they have the resources to help provide the resettlement, help, absorb the flow? >> it's a really good point, and the short answer is no. i was recently visiting one of the transit states in central africa through which people pass from nigeria and elsewhere to get to the north african coast and travel to europe. the neighboring states for the great con

there were still debating, somalia, mali, pakistan. sure, there's a lot of symbolism . somalÍa.a political piece there and complex of solving the conflict there, which is crucial. we touched on the second aspect which is capacity building. and i think peter was saying it was an issue in the smaller countries. belgium, netherlands. very tiny. but i think etch in -- even in larger countries it's a matter of capacity. when the french government introduced series of solutions through -- some of them were politically motivated. hiring almost 3,000 agents of what is one of the largest forces in europe and in the western world which is france. it is a matter of capacity. in all western countries the -- they were known to law enforcement. that goes to london in 2005. the person was known but there are obviously some legal issues. it doesn't warrant criminal action and it shouldn't in democratic society. it's a matter of capacity. you have to make a judgment call to tier 1, tier 2 and that's what happened in paris. they deemed to be a three. one of them was back from yemen. not a priorit

. >> they have been flushed out of most parts of somalia,. >> somalia continues to train new recruitso keep up the fight against al shabaab. in the next hours, we will look at the challenges often the front lines, challenges very evident from the story we have tonight. >> antonio, thank you. >>> lewis stokes has died, ohio's first black member of congress in 1968. he served 15 terms and led the house select committee on assassination, leading the investigations of the assassination of president kennedy and martin luther king, jr. stokes was 90 years old. is >> his name is harry wayne casey. you know, as in k.c. and the sunshine band. casey says the highs in the music business don't come without some lows. i asked him how does it come out of the gate with a hit single. >> my very first song came with a hit single. >> before number one did you know you had a hit? >> i few all my life ♪ do a little dance make a little love get down tonight ♪ >> what does it feel like to make a huge hit and you're going up? >> not on a down side but for me the top was very lonely and i remember one year m

she escaped from civil war in somalia many years ago, and finds herself once again caught up in another conflict. >> i have been living in aden for 25 years. it's hard to leave it. now i have children, and life and death is in god's hands. no one escapes death, whether in somalia or here. >> some of the people living here are displaced yemenis. coming here when their home was damaged. and ther they say they're worried about not having a place to stay because the authorities want them to leave the school. >> every day the authorities come to remind us about the deadline to leave on augus august 20th. august 20th. we left because of the tragedy of the war. >> they have tens of thousand of displaced people. >> from the pkk. this afternoon some shottings were fired. one police officer was slightly wounded nobody claiming responsibility. all of that coming adz turkey heads to a second selection within six month ts. now the president set to call the new elections. until then an election government will formed, a sort of caretaker government that will be make up of all of the parties represent

holiday makers have shunned kenya's beaches from neighboring somalia. they issued warnings to the coast. it's only the most who are returning. this family is from england. they've been coming here for the last eight years. >> it's just the most beautiful place on this planet. it has a magic. it's like paradise. you step off it. when you step off that boat you don't want to get back on it. >> the island itself has largely been peaceful. but attacks by al-shabab has scared away tourists. this hotel owner said he has not had a guest for a while. >> in the history of lamu we've never had such an experience. we have gone three months without a single guest. we're just cleaning our pool, cleaning our rooms, cleaning our kitchens. >> young men wander in search of guns. it's these unemployed youth who worry the lamu governor most. >> it gives me sleepless nights when i imagine the number of young people who are unemployed. when i imagine the families who are not able to put food on their tables. >> there was good news for ken kenya's ailing tourism recently whe

us, taking the networks in somalia and the communities of somalia, kenya, and any other place. he's already reached out to the head in somalia, will you work with me on this? we're not working on how to make that happen. we want to look at that, the imam came to meet with us a couple weeks ago. i'm going to go out to minneapolis to speak with him directly. i think we can take the mechanisms we have for public private partnerships and use the religious leaders to answer the challenges that may come out of the religious community. >> i just want to agree with what the other panelists have said, and add a couple things, we certainly need to reach the poorest of the poor, i want us to not leave the marginalized reasons behind. and which makes it much more difficult conversation for us. it's necessary in hiv and aids. the other important issues that would help practitioners. jimmy carter and others who recognized the importance of this 30 years ago, and started working with us, there's a robust, but small body of work on cross training, our practitioners and people on the ground to

remember all a khomeini that guy from alabama who is going to somalia and the giant al-shabaab and for45 years ago there was a lot of excitement because it was possible to tweak the sky in somalia and he would tweak that. what you now have our 600 seven, 800 talking to people in paris london and brussels every day and it's their output not isis central's output that gets people the most excited. it's easy to see why. the bottom line is those personal clinic patients from fighters they get personal to want to be a recruit. on the one hand they create identification. imagine you are a muslim and a deprived suburb of paris and you know he don't have a lot of opportunities in french societies. you look at these pictures of fighters with guns amongst brothers being heroes in that new society. you look at these pictures and what do you see? you see yourself. you see somebody like yourself. you see someone who is a hero in that society who is incredibly successful empowered and admired yet who six months ago someone exactly like you with no prospects in european society with no hope and proba

. >> in november 2006, the seattle fbi received a phone call from war torn somalia.gitive william shumpter from the barbershop. >> it was a taunting type of phone call that your efforts fail ad failed. >> two years later, william was dead. >> william died in somalia in a missile attack directed by united states forces in a villa he was living. >> brown served 84 days of his two year bank fraud sentence stemming from the valley roundup. in 1999, then 15-year-old brown may have tried to attend one of the earliest training camps on american soil in bly, oregon. >> it was the original inspiration of the converts that we started to investigate around 1998-1999 with the james ojama case. >> seattle entrepreneur and radical cleric. he was convicted may 2014 and sentenced to life in prison. >> today they are led by the jews. >> james' inspiration came not from video but he actually went to the mosque and was tutored by him in the ways of violent jihad and attempted to bring that back, that original group of converts, some of whom stayed on and worked with the crescent cuts c

. >> in november of 2006, the seattle fbi received a phone call from war torn somalia.gitive ruben shumpert, ali muhammad brown's contact from the crescent barber shop. >> it was a phone call that your efforts failed, i win, you lose. >> i'm fighting the good fight with shube an and intend to reign down terror on you and your family. >> two years later ruben was dead. >> ruben died in somalia in a missile attack i believe directed by united states states force on a villa where he was living. >> brown served 84 days of his two year bang fraud sentence stemming from the roundup. back in 1999, a then 15-year-old ali muhammad brown may have tried to attend one of the earliest terrorist training c p camps on american soil in bly, oregon. >> if there's any poison, you help your brothers. >> it was the original inspiration of the converts that we started to investigate around 1998, 1999. with the james ojamma case. >> this is dog cry ranch, a dream of entrepreneur, james otama and radical cleric. he was convicted on may 14th of 11 terrorist counts including some related to thi

. >> thousands of refugees are return to go to somalia.ears ago an agreements with made to half that number. most of those who have return ready now living a life of hardship. >> a long time open to those displaced by conflict. recently its population has grown with refugees returning from neighboring kenya. afteafter living in camps 11 years. >> all we have is peace. nothing else. after no aid from anyone. >> a number of charities came together to build these makeshift shelters. no one lived here. all of these houses have been abandoned. the families who settled here moved out complaining that they were too tiny and did not offer protection against the heat. >> most have been forced to swap one refugee camp to another. officials say that there is little that they can do for them. >> it requires huge resources. they leave hospitals and medical care. there are so many services that they required that the state cannot afford. >> these young men are an exception. they've been trained to build boats out of fiber gas. the majority of the return

. >>> hopes are fading that somalia will hold full elections next year because of continuing violence. the government insists some voting process will be held. there is no voter registration system. regions have to rely on traditional methods. >> it's election time. in the pearl city, members of parliament are voting for the president. the public has no role to play in this process. the candidates make their pitches for the mps and ask for their votes. >> it needs security, it needs full voter information awareness. i think all these infrastructure pieces have to be built up. in terms. people, we are willing and ready. >> three years ago he was elected by a parliament selected by clan elders. he promised to complete the transition to democracy by 2016. the next president of is a mall yeah will be elected through popular elections. but it will be difficult to hold elections after all. the plans for a full election next year means that progress on important issues such as security and the threat from alshah bob fighters have not been as quick. now the government is under intense pressur

of living is threatened. >> northwestled between the indian ocean and cane i can't's border with somalia, in recent months, this forest has become a hideout for al shabab fighters. it has consequences for the tribesman. >> the forest is our mother. for generations, we depended on it for food and medicine. there is a reason this community shares a name with the forest. we can't live without it. >> at the village, no running water and no shops, with no access to health care and other resources, the bonni ranks have dwindled and the strike is on the brink of extinction. it's on going insecurity causing alarm for the community. >> for centuries, the way of life, living on wild fruit, about herries, honey and game meat, but all that is now threatened by the presence of not only al shabab in the forest, but also the kenyan defense forces fighting them. >> a honey farmer doesn't remember when he last went to the forest. he is now forced to set up beehives in the village. >> i'd say that for my security, not to go to the forest. i fear being taken or slaughtered by al shabab. they kill everyone

we join african union forces on the frontline of their operation against rebels in southern somalia. and south korea prepares to raise the sewol ferry that sunk

makers have shunned kenya's beaches after attacks blamed on al shabaab fighters from neighboring somalia and western governments issued warnings against travel to the coast. it's the own, been coming here for last eight years. >> it's just unspoiled place on this planet. it has a magic, it's like paradise, you step off and you don't want to get back on. >> why lambo island has been primarily peaceful, they have chased away tourists. this man hasn't had a guest for a while. >> three months without even a single guest. we are just cleaning our pool, cleaning our rooms cleaning our kitchen but no guests. >> reporter: every morning along the waterfront young men wand in search of jobs. it is these lack of jobs that worry the governor the most. >> it gives me sleepless nights when i think of the number of people who are unemployed. when i imagine their families who are not able perhaps even to put food on their tables. >> there was good news when the lifted a travel advisory closing much of the coastal am region. i set the stage. but for many lamo still remains a no-go area. >> now the britis

somalia, afghanistan and of course syria. ayman and his wife and five children fled from darra. >> we find here nice people, good people, all these give us food medicine, water, very nice people here. >> reporter: this extraordinary wave of new arrivals have provoked sharp divisions in the austrian society. the right is supposed to do well in elections later this year, but we've also met austrians who have come to help people in need. katie, come with her boyfriend and mother to hand out clothes toys books, to anyone who wants them. >> i think this is the least we can do. these people have been through the worst we could imagine, and suffered hardships. it's for us to make it an easier life for tell. >> reporter: to treat these people humanely and to decide who should stay, and to prevent them from being taken advantage of by smugglers. >> more than 100 people have drown off the coast of libya. european leaders are looking for solutions to the crisis and now the u.n. has weighed in asking the international community to do mor

. >>> we join local forces on the front line against rebels in southern somalia. >> reporter:

holiday makers have shunned kenya's beaches after attacks from al-shabab fighters from neighboring so somalia this family from england has been coming here for the last eight years. >> it's just the most beautiful place on this planet. it's like paradise when you step off that boat you don't want to get back on it. >> while lamu has been peaceful there have been scared-away tourists. this hotel owner said that he has not had a guest for a while. >> in the history of lamu we have hadn't not had the experience. we could go three months without a single guest. we're cleaning our pool, cleaning our rooms, cleaning our kitchen, but no guests. >> every morning along the waterfront young men wander in search of jobs. it's these unemployed youth that worry the governor most. >> it gives me sleepless nights when i imagine the number of young people who are unemployed, when i imagine their families who are not able to put food on their tables. >> there was good news for kenya's ailing tourism when recently britain, the source of half of the country's tourists, lifted a travel advisory, covering most of