this is the south—east nigeria. this is the place — south—east nigeria. es in the — place of one of the candidates in the election. peter obi. life is normal here. people are busy— life is normal here. people are busy trying to stop up ahead of the election. there will be no movement on saturday, so people are going — movement on saturday, so people are going about their normal duties, — are going about their normal duties, trying to get themselves comfortable before themselves comfortable before the election. i have been to the election. i have been to the local_ the election. i have been to the local office of the electoral commission here and i have _ electoral commission here and i have seen— electoral commission here and i have seen them moving some non—sensitive materials, distributing them to the various_ distributing them to the various local governments where they will — various local governments where they will be used in the election, and i've spoken to a few people too who told me they are looking forward eagerly to saturday's elections and to

he represents the igloo people of south east nigeria which make up or on 18 percent of the population seen by many as an outsider. he is the youngest of the top 3 contenders that age 61. and he has focused on the younger generation with pledges to fight corruption and to change the economic priorities from consumption to production in line with my upbringing, especially my mothers council, my promises that nigeria resources will be most prudently used. and as the commander in chief i pita, obee sicily pledge, they're all packed with nigeria will be diligently pursued to created new nigeria, characterized by sustainable and inclusive growth and development. while nigeria is the most populous nation in africa, it's estimated that only around $93000000.00 people or less than half of the country are registered to vote. and when it comes to the issues the new president will inherit. there are many ranging from the economic crisis that has left citizens dealing with cash shortages to an energy crisis that has drawn attention to the nations controversial petrol subsidies. as a result, all ey

we also have peta or be another governor from the south east of nigeria. he has govern the south eastern state of our number of state for 8 years and apart from them, there are 15 other candidates, one of them. the most notable, of course, is grab your most icon castle is a running for the presidency from candlestick. kind of state has by the way, the 2nd largest number of votes in the country. and so wanted to call and on this believe that whoever wins may goes convincingly and condo state consistently, along with other key stake will be on his way to victory on his way to clinch in the press. does it now currently, nigerians, what expecting new breed of politicians in this particular election but from the primaries, primary elections of the political party, it was clear that they are not going to get a young voter on a popular political party to run for the process. yes, there are young people in other political parties, but those projects have no quality co structure on the ground. so many of the many, many niger and many political analysts don't expect

well hurry matessa reports now on the voting delays in the city of new go and south east to nigeria. it was a long and frustrating day for many voters here in the southeast. somebody station opened late and in the process was slow. those in managed to vote early. some of them are behind me. they say that they're not going to go home today to say wanted to the process to prevent what they call votes tampering. if it happens a lot of people's been many, many hours in the queue, it was mainly young people. and throughout the day, we saw people getting increasingly agitated. they complained that the voting machines when working, they complained that some of the election officials weren't as helpful as they should be. it's young people who say be once something done about his country. now, french president emanuel micron says he'll travel to china and just over a month to discuss the war in ukraine on friday, china released a piece proposal. beijing is calling for an end to western sanctions on russia and is urging moscow and keith to hold peace talks. moran says it's important for china

nigeria ahead of saturday's elections. we report from the se for an opposition candidate has been kills. i'm out of my casa in south east jerry, a region that seems pretty late violence and kidnapping. keep wanting to find out why some people said if you'll marginalize and cut off from the ranks of the country. ah, i'm tell mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up cities, reduced to rubble more than 8000 civilians. did the ukraine boy is al, was away from entering a 2nd year, also hit. i'm tommy's a van live from turkey. our incredible stories of compassion emerge from the rubble of earthquakes. ah, the senate candidates in nigeria has been killed by gunman ahead of saturday's election. bo you bo chuck who was attacked on wednesday in southeast and a new goose station. the opposition candidate was returning from a campaign rally for his life policy. howard natasha has more from a nuclear this is way the man was running for senator was killed on wednesday night . his convoy was traveling along this road. when it got to this area, gunman opened fire. you could see some of the cartridges down there. he was

to the countries of africa er and the countries of the middle east mean syria libya central african republic south sudan mozambique nigeria small er and so on and so on and so on and so on i wanted to say that you mentioned the murder of suleimani, and there was also a case when in the summer of last year in afghanistan during special operations, the leader of the leaders of al-qaeda was also killed. that is, this is also an organization that is recognized as a terrorist in the states, and this is also a clear example of what the united states is doing with leaders of terrorist organizations, if the united states recognizes the wagnerites as just an international criminal organization, well, this does not actually mean the persecution of the leaders of this organization. i think what it means is that the infrastructure of combating terrorism in the world looks completely different from the infrastructure of combating organized crime in ukraine the infrastructure of the fight against terrorism, which is reflected in the law of ukraine on the fight against terrorism, is one of the best in the world in ukraine, the security

the sour a candidate in nigeria has been killed by gunman ahead of saturday's election bar or hugo chuckle. head was attacked on wednesday and south east and a new goose dice. he was returning from a campaign rally for his opposition labor policy. israel has carried out a strikes on the gases strip, comes off, thomas said it would respond to the killings of at least 11 palestinians during a ride by israeli forces, the nablus on wednesday. and in less than 24 hours, the war in ukraine will into its 2nd year. thousands of people have died, millions have been displaced. and the country has been devastated by the fighting since russia's invasion. o staying with the war in ukraine, over the course of the year. moscow has turned to iran for low cost drones. some of them have slipped past ukraine's defenses. how defense it is a alex go topless explains vs massive missile inventory is running seriously low. a year of high intensity conflict has all been exhausted . stocks as it launch missiles strike off to missile strike. when you cranes, past structure and high value military targets to replace his depleted stalks. moscow was turned to one o

security concerns and nigeria ahead of saturday's elections. we report from the south east where an opposition candidate has been killed. i'm adam tarza in south east and i carry a reeds in that scene, pre lakes and violence, and kidnapping. keep watching to find out why some people say they feel marginalized and cut off from the rest of the country. cities reduced to rubble more than $8000.00 civilians, did the ukraine war is hours away from entering a 2nd year. israel strikes sites and garza, after rockets are fired from the territory. and i'm sammy's, aid and live from total care were incredible. stories of compassion are emerging from the rubble of earthquakes. and on p systemic with your sports majesty. united prepaid to face off against boss. the learning, the europa league of the local rivals, man city could only draw one all in the champions league despite dominating away at leipzig. ah, we begin in nigeria where violence continues to mother run up to the country's presidential election on wednesday as senate candidate was killed by gunman and southeast and a new st

that is then to live our will for that the mental for society, nigeria election process was marked my legs not here in the south east and other regions. 18 presidential candidates want to lead africa's most populous nation, but only 3 are seen as having any chances of winning hula to new view of the governing or progresses congress, former vice president, a to global backer of the main opposition people, democratic party and former a number of state governor peter o. b of the smaller labor party. whoever wins the presidency, whatever a lot of challenges to deal with turning around is running economy attack my arm groups in some regions, cash shortages as well as the high cost of living. good. oh good move. nigerians also voted for parliamentarians to represent them for the next 4 years. if these are like shows don't go well. you have a situation where we become to broaden for our donations. we become a destination for 80 destination for help. what at our employee, our parts in joining jew, i'm contributing development. now jerry is also struggling with a separatist movement kidnappings for ransom conflict between he

south africa. in addition, in west africa we rely on nigeria, which is the economic leader in the region in east africar point supports is kenya where also we have certain prospects for increasing trade turnover. and the whole spectrum of cooperation. in addition, if we take the region between south africa and east , in this belt, our reference point zimbabwe , who do you think this visit will be a logical continuation of those top-level contacts that we have already developed will give a new impetus to our bilateral relations. well, that is, it turns out that the interest of business is once we went to the form, there certainly is, especially since if we talk about zimbabwe, they have it. uh, very much interest at first turn competence in the field of agriculture. we are already at the moment together with our zimbabwean partners. we took part in the implementation of the first and second phases of the zimba farmer mechanization program over the past 3 years, more than 2,000 units of belarusian tractor agricultural equipment have been delivered there, and we expect that with our help zimbabwe will set

nigeria. insecurity is rife, kidnappings for ransom, the of movement in the south—east of the country, in thetry. there is a huge cash crunch, simply because a few weeks ago the government decided to replace the old notes, the local currency. but when people take their notes to the bank to change them to the new ones, there was a shortage so there is a huge cash shortage. there is a cost of living crisis brought by the war in ukraine as well as the covid pandemic. a lot of problems on the entry of whoever wins this election. fix, problems on the entry of whoever wins this election.— problems on the entry of whoever wins this election. a last thought, how significant _ wins this election. a last thought, how significant do _ wins this election. a last thought, how significant do you _ wins this election. a last thought, how significant do you think- wins this election. a last thought, how significant do you think these j how significant do you think these elections are in terms of democracy in africa as a whole, and as an example of a really competitive election, it is good for the continent?—

the state of virginia. israel or conklin by 4 to nigeria, civil war known as by after or a between 19671970. that attempt at cessation in the south east home to an evil homeland ethnic group killed more than 1000000 people. but when, when you finish the retire, lieutenant colonel is worried about a new generation of fighters who say not enough people from this region have influence over nigeria, politics, security, and economy. i'm. so there's and that the for that will mention think deeply and see how they can mingle us into the equation to assuage the phyllis under handles the people. the boys who are warren, on legislative bodily nigeria, southeast has seen an increase in pre election violence, kidnappings, and continued agitation from some to split from the rest of the country. dozens of people have been killed this year in a row, you to abuse your breast lobe, you know breast it all before i believe kids, you know bottle. i be going to record for them to tele doc liberty. a free book this i missed your instincts in man. what really, brigham said want to be free presidential and parliamentary elections are on saturday. some pollin

nigeria, the wet or whether we have to head further south. however, some heavy falls to come particular across the south, east area, southern areas of mozambique as well as madagascar with some pretty ferocious fund storms, effecting eastern areas of south africa. and creeping into the suit you. by the time we get to thursday. that sure weather update. ah, how do control installation? moscow is one of the keys in the world. it has an incredible facial recognition technology. how does the narrative improve public opinion? no wonder how is citizen journalism. we're bringing the video spread like wildfire. they do know super bowl in ukraine. the listening post dissects the media . we don't cover the news over the way the news is cover. lou. ah, what about you're watching out there with me. so robin in day hall, reminder of all top stories, tens of thousands of search and rescue personnel are working into kia and syria to free survivors trapped under rubble. after monday's earthquakes, at least 8200 people have been killed across both countries and thousands more. are injured. series foreign minister has european countries to send his country 8 af

nigeria for the wet weather. we have to head further south, however, some heavy falls to come particular across the south, east area, southern areas of mozambique as well as madagascar, was in pretty ferocious fonda storms, effecting eastern areas of south africa. and creeping into la, sue 2. by the time we get to thursday that she weather update. ah, depleting the issues of the day, the 5 largest polluters of the world are in india, jump into the street. they made their money on call. they made their money on field, convincing those folks. no, we need to go. green is very, very difficult, giving a voice. we chose to do that because we wanted to escape war and violence. when you humanize this narrative, you allow people to really understand the reality and break down misconceptions. the street on al jazeera lu ah, welcome back to out there with me. so robin a reminder of our top stories you as president joe biden has just given his 2nd state of the union address to congress. in the speech, biden highlighted, slowing inflation called for unity and said the country remains unbroken in the wake of the cove at 19 pande

nigeria, the wet or whether we have to head further south. however, some heavy falls to come sticky across the south, east area, southern areas of mozambique as well as madagascar with some pretty ferocious thunderstorms, effecting eastern areas of south africa. and creeping into la sushi. and the time we get to thursday that she weather update. ah, ah, emergency cruise and took here and serious struggle to cope as the number of people did and mondays earthquake crosses 8600. ah, i'm tell mccrae, this is al jazeera live from doha. we have extensive coverage of the earthquakes, including a 3 year old, alive after nearly 2 days under the rubble. miraculous rescues give hope of finding more survivors. homes destroyed and out on the cold survivors hope aid pouring in from across the world will reach them soon. jobs are coming back prior to coming back and joe biden highlights his policies to revive the economy and a combat of state of the union. a truce ah, hundreds of thousands of people and is quite devastated to kia and syria waking up, clinging, to hope some of their loved ones are still alive. risky workers are digging through piles of debri

nigeria for the wet or whether we have to head further south. however, some heavy falls to come particular across the south, east area, southern areas of mozambique as well as madagascar with some pretty ferocious thunderstorms, effecting eastern areas of south africa. and creeping into la sue 2. by the time we get to thursday that to weather update. ah, ah, for emergency crews and to cheer and serious struggle to cope as the number of people did. and monday's earthquake crosses 80600. 0.

a senate candidates from nigeria is opposition. labor party has been shot and killed in the south east. this is the latest incident in a state of violence ahead of saturday's election house, which also reports from a new, gu israel by fortunate, generous civil war known as if i, after all, with them in prison. if we are between 967 and 1970, that attempt at cessation in the south east home to the able homeland, ethnic group killed more than 1000000 people. but when, when you finish the retire lieutenant colonel is wide about a new generation of fighters who say not enough people from this region have influence over nigeria, politics, security, and economy. i'm suggesting that the flag will mitchell think deeply and see how they can bring us into the equation to our slides, the syllabus, under handouts, the people, the boys who are warren alleged to badly nigeria southeast has seen an increase in pre election violence, kidnappings, and continued agitation from some to split from the rest of the country. dozens of people have been killed this year in a row you to abuse your breast lobe,

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of virginia israel or conklin by 4 to nigeria, civil war known as by after or what i know for sure, for between 19671970. that attempt at secession in the south east home to an evil homeland ethnic group killed more than 1000000 people. but when, when you finish the retire lieutenant colonel is worried about a new generation of fighters who say not enough people from this region have influence over nigeria, politics, security, and economy. i'm suggesting that the fellow will mitchell think deeply and see how they can bring us into the equation to assuage the sinners under handles the people. the boys who are warring alleged items badly, nigeria se has seen an increase in pre election violence, kidnappings, and continued agitation from some to split from the rest of the country. dozens of people have been killed the c o. l. o you die boucher breast lobe, robin or breast robber. i believe kids, you know what all i become difficult for them to tell her that liberty and freedom of these i missed your instincts in man what really breed them. so i don't want to be free presidential and parliamentary elections are on saturday. some polling stations will

as well for places like nigeria, the heat continues, but the way to where they can be found most in more southern areas. heavy falls to comfort botswana and east in areas of south africa by thursday. ah. debating the issues of the day, the 5 largest polluters of the world are in india. jump into the street, they made their money on call. they made their money on field convincing those folks know we need to go. green is very, very difficult, giving all of voice we chose to live because we wanted to escape war and violence. when you humanize this narrative, you allow people to really understand the reality and break down misconceptions. the street on al jazeera stop plundering africa's result says the message from pope francis as he visits 2 of the continents war torn countries. what impact will his visit have on these states? and what future does catholicism have in africa? this is inside story. ah welcome to the program on the whole robin, the pope's visit to the democratic republic of congo comes as it struggles to contain worsening violence. eastern congo has suffered unrest for years, but fighting has intensified on displayed to half a 1000000 people since t

nigeria, a civil war known as a bi. after all, would tell me an office in there for between 19671970. that attempt at secession in the south east home to the able homeland, ethnic group killed more than 1000000 people. but when, when you finish the retire lieutenant colonel is worried about a new generation of fighters who say not enough people from this region have influence over nigeria, politics, security, and economy. i'm suggesting that the federal mitchell think deeply and see how they can bring us into the equation to assuage the sinners under handles the people. the boys who are warren alleged items, badly nigeria southeast has seen an increase in pre election violence, kidnappings, and continued agitation from some to split from the rest of the country. dozens of people have been killed this year in a row, you to abuse your breast lobe, you know breast it all before i believe kids, you know portal i recall, did you call for them to tell her that liberty, a free book? these are natural instincts in man what bully, breed them. so i want to be free presidential and parliamentary elections are on saturday. some polling sta

east anglia, southern england and the south midlands. so there will be changes in the distribution of cloud this is bbc news. i'm mark lobel. our top stories. delays and violence mar nigeria'snt memory as millions have been voting for a new president. the uk prime minister says he's giving it everything to get a new deal with the eu on post—brexit trading rules for northern ireland. but can he get the backing he needs from politicians in northern ireland and from his own party as the moment beckons? i think the talks on reforming the protocol are inching towards a conclusion. certainly the deal isn't done yet but i do think we are inching towards conclusion. china fails to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine, causing tension at a meeting of the g20 major economies. anthony albanese becomes the first sitting australian prime minister

as well for places like nigeria, the heat continues, but the wet to weather can be found most in more southern areas. heavy falls to comfort botswana and east in areas of south africa by thursday. ah. debating the issues of the day, the 5 largest polluters of the world are in india. jump into the street, they made their money on coal. they made their money on field. convincing those folks. no, we need to go. green is very, very difficult, giving all of voice we chose to live because we wanted to escape war and violence. when you humanize this narrative, you allow people to really understand the reality and break down misconceptions. the street on al jazeera stop plundering africa's result says the message from pipe francis as he visits 2 of the continents war torn countries, what impact will his visit.

selection but there is in nigeria generally turned out is going to be very important deciding who gets to run in the country and security is a major concern for people here in the south east and in some other parts of the country. one thing to, to watch out for is to see how many people actually turn out to vote. the public, many putting stations, have it open. good and people are frustrated and one of them doctor, non date, she'd ne'er do. doctor, thank you very much for talking to us. do you have to go to the hospital to see your patients? yes, you haven't voted yet. how do you feel about that? i'm not happy because i should that be much woke up by now, but i took my psychological on me why i excited my franchise. so i've thought woochie, i'll have to get to the hospital so that he himself countless of that route. what's coming here, mark? i see that this, well not a run by just for do home. why do you think it's taking so long? on a chicago to sleep, but i'll be watching this will units for the past if he's a want to q ok show this kind of to has happened before. so i don't know but maybe to go. so for i come i receive almost like lucy. yeah. on wednesday here in a new