we finally made it to south sudan. this is rebel territory, which means most essentials must be brought in through the black market. this fuel costs more than $35 a gallon. >> this is the town? >> this is a village. >> pagak is a village. >> it is a town, do you know what a town is? >> it's a village. >> it's a homecoming for bol who's been living in rwanda since the war forced him out of south sudan. many of these former politicians have taken up military positions within the opposition. >> behind the laughter, the reality of war is palpable. bol took us to meet major general chayot manyang, who had just returned from renk, where the two sides are fighting for control over the oil fields. while riek machar officially negotiates for the rebels, it is actually men like chayuth who increasingly hold power over regional militias. >> there's been a lot of killing in the past 10 - 12 months on both sides. who do you think bears ultimate responsibility, and do you think the people who have been carrying out the killings of i

says armed groups are targeting children in south sudan. >>> iraqi troops are sent back to ramadi assil tightens its grip on the city. 11 police officers are jailed for standing by as an afghan woman was lynched, plus -- >> i'm rob reynolds in los angeles reporting on outlaw motorcycle gangs. ♪ >>> demonstrators who are insisting that burundi's president drop his bid for a third term in office have been confronted by police on the streets of the capitol bujumbura. [ gunfire ] >> tear gas fired to disperse the crowds. some protesters reportedly beaten. at least eight people have been arrested. those on the streets say pierre nkurunziza's ambitions to stay on as president violate the constitution. last week a group of renegade generals tried to overthrow him, but failed. here is our correspondent in bujumbura. >> reporter: there were more police on the streets on tuesday. the plans of the protesters were come where i am right now, but the police and soldiers were not having that, so they put up a barricade and blocked the protesters. they were angry, and kept telling people go home but

south sudaner, especially in the past two weeks.ts. >> reporter: villages burned people killed, women and girls raped and thousands displaced. since south sudan's government began fighting with rebels 17 months ago, these scenes have been common in this four year old country. unicef says in the last two weeks children have been the targets of armed groups in unity state. >> one of the victims a 17 year old girl said when the attackers came they took my belongings. they threw me into the fire. they tried to take my baby away from me. i said they had to kill me first. >> reporter: that mother and her twin baby's survived. they have now joined the millions of sudanese who have been displaced by fighting. unicef says in the past two weeks, dozens have been killed rapes, and recruited as solders. >> we know that they are likely to be on the [ inaudible ] side and this is impacting many many more children. this is quite horrifying and a very very dark sign for where things are going at the moment. >> reporter: the attacks against children

south sudan already has a high rate of acute malnourishment.leave their homes, it will suffer from a lack of food and medical treatment. al jazeera. >> u.s. regulators announced the largest consumer recall in u.s. history. it involves the airbags in almost 34 million cars from 11 different manufacturers. we have the latest. >> a minor accident should not lead to this, but it did to corey berdych of florida. a chunk of metal flew out of his air bag into his right eye. >> all i remember was kind of a big explosion sound like a shotgun. my right side went black pitch black. >> it was the last thing he would ever see out of that eye. more than 100 people have been injured, as many as six killed and investigators say takata air bags are to blame. tens of millions of vehicles have already been recalled worldwide and now the manufacturer has agreed to recall almost 34 million cars in the u.s., something they've refused to do, despite calls from regulators in the national traffic high way safety administration. >> it is not hard for you to answer yes o

. >> rebels in south sudan say they captured a refinery. it says oil companies operating near the oil field should shut down and evacuate staff immediately. last month rebels vowed to capture key oil installations to force the president to step down. >> the south sudan information minister joins us on the phone now. i want to ask you about your response to these reports from the rebels. what sort of protection does this region and the adjacent oil fields around it have? >> well, of course, the allegations of the so called rebel group is not correct. to set the record right, we have no -- the only refinery that we have was interrupted before it could be opened, so their claim that they have captured the refinery is not correct. it is not in place because they have -- capturing the oil field we have our forces there. this is not their first time to claim it. we have been repulsing them. >> this area that we're talking about is still hugely important to the south sudan economy and therefore to your government. how confident are you that they c

because of their oil interests and particularly the neighboring countries to south sudan. uganda ethiopia kenya, sudan, itself. if they were to come together and put stringent sanctions on, it might have an impact. the problem is it has more impact on the government than it has on a rebel group. there are relatively few sanctionsuous, useful sanctions you can impose on a rebel group. >> david chin shanks to get your thoughts. thanks for joining us from washington. >> you are welcome. >> south africa's main opposition party, the democratic alliance will for the first time in its history have a black leader. observers view the move as an attempt to shake the party's image of being dominated by white liberals. harry mutasa reports. >> reporter: south africans know politically things are changing. for the first time, the opposition party the democratic alliance will have a black leader. and how do voters feel about that? >> we are scared of being led by a white person. but i don't think it would actually even make a difference. >> the out going leader has been praised for about

fighting has escalated recently. >>> rebels in south sudan say they have captured a refinery.y say all oil companies should shut down and evacuate their staff immediately. last month the rebels vowed to capture key oil installations to force the president to step down. >>> south sudan's information minister told al jazeera there are no refineries in the area. and he explain idea he believes the rebels will not succeed in bringing the count friday to a stand still. >> we have no refinery in that area. the only refinery he had there was interrupted before it could be opened. so their claim is not correct. they believe it is only [ inaudible ] a problem, and they are demanding [ inaudible ] and come out with their own objective. the question is can they achieve that? to me i don't believe they are capable of doing anything. they are incompetent, and they will not make it. >>> to iraq now where at least eight policemen have been killed in isil attacks in police stations east of ramadi. it is also just 10 kilometers away from a base where shia militias are preparing a counter offen

. >>> rebels, in south sudan say they captured a refenry. and it is operating and they were told to shutdown and, get their stuff out of the area. the rebels who are loyal to the former deputy president have been fighting government troops around there for months, they do control key oil install lacings as a way to force him to step down. >>> and south sudan information man, says there are no refineries in the area. >>> he said he believes they won't be able to bring the country to a standstill. [inaudible] >>> only refindry that we have was military and, it was closed before it could be opened and they claimed that they captured it, it is not correct. we have no. they have no refindry over there. they believe that, is only, they are demanding that and revenge and they come up with their own objective and can they achieve that? i don't believe that they can bring anything. they will not make it. they have to accept what the government is. >>> well that's the story about the economic and the oil and what about the children's organization grou

unfortunately, south sudan's leaders, both those officially in office, and those contesting those who are in office have chosen the compromises needed for peace. it's that absence of compromise and leadership that is leading to this extraordinary challenge to the region. it is increasingly clear that accountability are essential to peace and compliment our existing funding the united states is committing an additional $5 billion to is support south sudanese to create a credible, justice mechanism such as a hybrid court in order to hold perpetrators to account. it will also support efforts to build the capacity of civil society to document human rights violations. and i call on other international donors to join us in committing funds to these critical justice and reconciliation efforts. the choices that south sudan's leaders will make ultimately will determine if the country continues on a path of conflict or the hope that it's citizens richly deserve. we hope the choice will be made for peace. in closing i want to once again say that i know president obama is looking forward to comin

south sudan says it's retain the province of malacao. after 17 months of fighting, the upper nile has become the area of target. south sudan depends on you crude, could spem disaster for a government that's battling surging inflation. catherine soy reports. >> upper nile state was vitamin. whoever controls the state capital controls the only functioning oil fields. rebel leader riek machar's leadership overrun mallaka last thursday. outside help. >> we fought for 21 years to liberate this country. and khartoum lowers our ability. capable of protecting itself. >> reporter: after days of fighting government troops also regained the oil fields, a thriving community many residents fled to neighboring area which where the oil fields are. for now they'll stay here. there's nothing to go back to. the conflict has devastated many is lives. oil production is low, there is a critical shortage of foreign currency. these traders get their produce from neighboring countries. many others have simply given up and closed shop. a ugandan says she will go

wayne. >>> government troops in south sudan recaptured the capitol from rebels after weeks of fightingt forced thousands to seek safety in the upper nile state and it changed hands several times since fighting began 17 months ago and more from catherine. >> reporter: south sudan campaign to retake them from the rebels in upper nile state was vital and who controls it controls the functioning oil fields and they believe opposition and local malitia which previously had been allied by the government over run them last thursday and the rebels had outside help. >> behind rebellions and fought for 21 years for the country and they are capable of protecting itself. >> reporter: after days of fighting government troops also regained control of another county farther north and close to the oil fields and this is what is left until recently it was a thriving community. many residents fled to neighboring places where the oil fields are. for now they will stay here. there is nothing to go back to. the conflict has devastated many lives here the economy is struggling ail production is very low, th

this press briefing wail focus three states in south sudan.he conflict has taken a particularly death toll on the population. and these three states are. [ inaudible ] and i am now the going to leave the floor to paul christy the head. >> thank you very much. over the last few weeks, we have seen an escalation in conflicts in the three states. the humanitarian -- we are very concerned the about the humanitarian effects on the civilian population. in the states we have seen an escalating and continued use of violence against civilians. medical care and essential humanitarian care has been reduced, hospital have been closed. medical staff have been evacuated. throughout this violence we see more people moving to the protection of civilian sites wherein creased numbers in the sites the tensions within the sites and the approaching wet season are all extremely concerning. on the 27th of april my teams reported conflict to the south of the town. i hired a medical team in the town to the south who reported to me then that they could hear explosions

doctors without borders warns the humanitarian situation in south sudan is deteriorating quickly.nd the chile government turned violent. ♪ the u.s. led air strikes in syria now total more than 4,000 over a nine-month period. thursday there was an admission from the u.s. that one of those strikes near aleppo likely led to the deaths of two children. at the same time fighters from islamic state of iraq and levante are continuing to make advances in military campaign in syria and now they are trying to control the area between the western city of homs and anbar province in iraq and a cue fewer in palmyra which they are in full control of at the dire humanitarian situation there and the city has been without water or electricity for more than ten days and emma hayward reports. >> reporter: everyone in this station appears to have fled knowing that i.s.i.l. has been edging closer day by day. but with their own camera rolling i.s.i.l. fighters are relentless in the destruction of any symbol of the syrian regime are still present. palmyra are in the hands of these fighters. just a few we

civilians in south sudan flee what the u.n. says is the worst fighting in months. washington hits out at beijing as tensions rise over claims on the south china sea. >>> a defiant sepp blatter told a press conference in zurich that he doesn't fear arrest. "what for?" was his rhetorical response to a question. he denied he was to game for the corruption scandal and said it was his job to restore the reputation of world football. >> to all intents and purposes that was it. i'm the newly elected leader of f.i.f.a. and i'll continue to do the work until now. i have a great deal of responsibility to restore the reputation of f.i.f.a. >> shifting gears now, and syria - a barrel bomb dropped by bashar al-assad's forces kills 55 in the east. medical sources say the bomb hit a crowded market in a town under i.s.i.l.'s control. in aleppo 20 civilians, most women and children have been killed from barrel bomb attacks there >>> the saudi-led coalition has bombed houthi positions across yemen. targetting an air base. the strikes set off explosions and fires. the u.n. special env

still ahead on al jazeera civilians in south sudan face what the u.n. says is the worst fighting in months. we'll have the latest on india's scorching heatwave that has killed 2,000 people already. >> a reminder of top stories here on al jazeera. more than 4,200 migrants have been rescued in the past 24 hours. a bomb has exploded inside a mosque in the northern nigerian city of maiduguri. and activists say that 70 people have been killed in northern syria after government forces dropped barrel bombs on two areas of aleppo province. >>> and sepp blatter does not fear arrest. he denied he was personally to blame. he said it was his job to restore the reputation of world football. andy richardson has been following events from zurich. >> sepp blatter is not happy. >> i said i forgive but i do not forgot when it comes to persons and facts. >> he just chaired a meeting of fifa executive committee the panel that makes world football's biggest decisions. but david gill a newly elected member from europe has showsen notchosen not to attend. he said he could not

colleagues and south sudan's capital. she works for an in agency that distributes food and supplies to people living in the country's north, but a fresh outbreak of fighting between rebels and government forces forced her to leave her post. a couple of days ago, she received a phone call telling her to get to safety asked -- fast. >> we were in indonesia, and then we get a phone call that the situation is getting out of control. we felt it, but we never thought it would escalate. we were given one hour to get ready. >> in the past year and a half south sudan's ethnic conflict has taken the lives of more than 10,000 people. it has also forced 2 million more to flee their homes. government forces recently launched an offensive on rebel held towns but a political solution is needed to put an end to the conflict once and for all. >> in the we take all the places that are under the rebels, that will not be the solution. because we are writing a war that is essentially political in nature. the solution remains in the hands of t

thousands of people in south sudan have been displaced by violence in unity state. they've escaped fighting between government forces and rebels. >>> fifa president has accused the european football body ue for running a hate campaign against him. he was re-elected as president of fifa on friday despite a corruption scandal surrounding the organization. >>> in kenya, the country's northeast has been hardest hit by the ongoing threat from al shabaab. now the government says the education sector sector is in crisis. more than 100 schools have been forced to close and there's also a mass exodus of teachers. >>reporter: until recently this was some of the safest streets in kenya but it's become the scene of frequent al shabaab attacks. >> business is bad. this town is empty. people have fled the killing and the curfew imposed by the government. >>reporter: no part of the country is poorer than the northeast region which is at the border of kenya and somolia. it's here that al shabaab has had almost free reign in recent years. security personnel guard some schools that r

the south sue sudan needs oil for 90% of its income.spell disaster for a government already battling surging inflation and a economic slump. >> reporter: south sudan's military campaign to retake it from the rebels in upper nile state was vital. whoever controls the state capital controls the only functioning oil fields. rebel leader a local militia overran it last thursday. the government says the rebel has outside help. >> khartoum is behind the regel. [bell] i don't knows. we fought for 21 years to liberate this country and i khartoum knows our ability. they are capable of protecting itself. >> reporter: after days of fighting government troops, also regained control of another county farther north. and very close to the oil fields. this is what is is left. until very recently it was a thriving community. many residents fled to neighboring city where the oil fields are. for now they'll stay here. there is nothing to go back to. the conflict has devastated many lives here, the economy is struggling. oil production is very low there is

. >> south sudan's army said it has retain malakal from rebels. it has left thousands displaced in the oil-rich upper nile state, and has changed hands several times since the conflict started in 2013. we have this report from juba. >> south sudan's military campaign to take malakal from the rebels was vital. whoever controls the capital controls the oil fields. the opposition and the local militia that had been armed by the government overran the area last thursday. the government sees the rebels had outside help. >> khartoum is behind the rebellions, and will not accept this. we fought to liberate the country. it is capable of protecting itself. >> after days of fighting troops gained control to the north, and close to the oil fields. this is what is left. until recently which is a thriving community. many residents fled to a neighbouring area where the oil fields are. for now, they will stay here. there's nothing to go back to. >> the conflict devastated many lives, the economy is low. critical shortage of foreign currency and commodity prices

and south sudan is no exception. >> south sudan's economy heavily relies on oil is struggling.of living is very high and millions offenders placed people do not know if they will ever go back home. both the government and the rebels are pushing to gain as much territory as they can ahead of the rainy season but this means thousands of displaced people are not able to plant and feed their families, they will have to yet again depend on food aid, catherine with al jazeera nairobi, kenya. >>> columbia rebels suspended ceasefire after 26 members killed by the armed forces and air and land attack in the province resulted in seizure of a large number of weapons and columbia forces resumed operations against farc last month after attack left ten soldiers dead despite on going peace talks between the two sides in cuba. they urged the group to take part in the peace talks and put the armed forces on alert. >> translator: let there be no defeat, the same firmness and determination with which we have under gone with peace talks and put an end to conflict that plagues us for decades with t

and explains while the crisis is deepening people in south sudan are receiving no humanitarianssistance. >> the increase in violence in the three states that you mentioned, upper nile, unity and one other is causing a horrible humanitarian situation and we vacuum waited teams and closed projects. my national staff in the town of lar left lar on saturday saturday lunchtime, because they were scared. they have run into the bush. three of my staff had telephones and were contacting us. we were not calling them they were calling us. one of them has stopped calling. his friend who is still in contact with us tried to call his satellite telephone and told us the phone is ringing but nobody is answering yet and we don't know if he is alive or dead and the staff member still in contact with us was hiding on an island when armed men came on the island and started shooting at women and children who were hiding there and he ran in the swamp. as he was running, rocket propelled grenade round hit the water next to him and thankfully didn't explode and he hid in the water for nine hours befo

raped or recruited, armed groups are targeted children in south sudan. >> the faulty air

that is why it is imperative that all of us must bring peace to south sudan somalia and kenya should be proud of the effort it is making to help make such a different particularly in somalia. i was inspired by these children children. i asked one girl what she wanted to be? she said she wants to be a doctor. i bet she has never been in a hospital but she still wants to be a doctor. we have an enormous challenge all of us. this is not just a challenge for kenya, believe me, this is a challenge for the global community, and all of us must work together to guarantee that people don't live in a refugee camp from the date of birth to the end of high school, but rather they can go home. that's our obligation refugee camps are supposed to be temporary. not to become permanent cities in another nation. we all have the obligation in order to provide better alternative to these young people. i'm pleased to announce that the united states is just provided an additional 45 million to the u.n. high commissioner for refugees for the operations here in kenya and we're proud of the fact that perhaps

. >>> doctors without borders says it's evacuating its international staff from south sudan, because of concerns of an imminent attack. last year the hospital was burnt and looted during an attack. we can talk now to pete buff deputy operations doctors at doctors without borders. he's on a skype line from amsterdam, i believe. tell us about the hospital operation you have in leer. tell us about where it's based and who you fear the aggression from. >> yes, good afternoon. our teams in leer are operating a hospital with 80 beds. so this year alone they have conducted more than 20,000 consultations for the population in the region. it's the only hospital that serves a population of roughly 200,000, and it's the only... >> i'm afraid that line seems to have gone down. we'll try to get him back. in the meantime we'll move on. the world health organisation declared liberia ebola free. experts are warning against complacency because new cases are being reported elsewhere in the region. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: these students are the picture of health as liberia is declared ebo

rebels, in south sudan say they have captured a refinishry, in the state operating near the oil fieldtheir facilities and the government says there is no refinery there. >>> and iraq's security forces are being sent back towards ramadi, to retake the city from isil. >>> yemen's government, and saudi arabia, have been taking part in talks, and talking about the conflict. >>> arab force to securities, and implement tasting of safe havens, and saub saub,. >>> surrender or face war, it's the warning issued to the houthis by yemenny factions, and, leaders in saub saub. >>> the president who is in exile calls for saudi troops to protect civilians. >>> the only chance to protect them and, the only chance to protect fighters. >>> this will take effect and all the issues, and ladies and gentlemen, the houthi may ilish sha says, and the forces loyal have misread the concept of the truce, and the government has little control on the ground. it says, talks with houthi can only happen, if they put out from areas they seize. >>> houthi must understand, that they will not be a solution, without the

. >>> civilians in south sudan in the worst fighting in months. >> i have no concerns about that and i have especially no concerns about my person. >> sepp blatter defiant as the corruption scandals involved in fifa rumble on. >> you hello, a massive rescue operation has taken place in italy. more than 4,000 hundred my 2400 migrants have been rescued in the last 24 hours. 1800 people are dead or have gone missing since the beginning of the year. dozens of migrants crammed on a boat were picked up and transferred to safety to the island of lampedusa. 2 people died off the22 people died off the coast on friday. more migrants arrive in the early hours of the morning. they were seen destroying their boat. athens has called on the e.u. to help. >>> let's get more now. the extraordinary scale of this operation. give us details of what's been happening. >> some will be taken to sicily. we're expecting 400 to arrive here now that ship will stay at large and will be brought back by smaller vessels of the italian coast guards. that number 4,000 is probably going to rise in the next few hours b

special envoy for sudan and south sudan. so two years ago on the 50th anniversary of the african union, the 53 nations set out a plan for the next half century. and i think, incredible set of vision and foresight. and they came together for the agenda 2063, which was a road map that put together a vision of the continent as a prosperous and peaceful africa that was going to rekindle unity and self-reliance among the african nations. and i think all of us are well aware, you cannot accomplish that kind of vision without the full inclusion and participation of women. and so, quite appropriately, the african union declared 2015 as the year of women's empowerment and development. which is obviously the right way to kickoff the agenda 2063. and it is a time in which the african union is calling on all africans to seize the opportunity to focus on practical solutions and measurable results for women on the continent. so in this spirit, we're just delighted to host today's panel featuring our ambassadors from rwanda who will highli

. >>> renewed violence in south sudan is worsening the humanitarian crisis in the country.hting between government troops and rebel fighters have forced thousands to leave, including some aid agencies. paul is doctors without borders head in south sudan. >> the increase in violence in the three states that you mentioned is causing a horrible humanitarian situation. we have had to evacuate medical teams, close projects my national staff in -- the town of lehrer left lehrer on saturday. saturday lunchtime, because they were scared. they ran into the bush. three of my staff has telephones and were contacting us. we weren't calling them. they were calling us. one has stopped calling. his friend who is still in contact with us tried to call his telephone and told us the phone is ringing, but nobody is answer. we don't know if he is arrive or dead. the same staff man who was in contact with us was hiding on an island when armed men came on to the island and starting shooting women and children there. he started running, he hid in the water for nine hours before he was comfortable

meanwhile, in cambodia iraq haiti and south sudan members of our self-defense forces provided humanitarian support and peacekeeping operations. the number to 50,000, based on this track record we are resolved to take yet more responsibility for the peace and stability in the world.

one of the most powerful experiences that i had working with colleagues in sudan and south sudan was around the separation of the two countries. gathered a group of sudanese and south sudanese women together and talked about petroleum. this was one of the major issues being negotiated by an ambassador and his colleagues. many people were saying there's no gender dimension to petroleum. the oil agreements. there's no gender. maybe there is something around the economy or maybe something like that. and so when you break it down withwoman is they were identifying the way that communities interacted with issues. so instead of talking only about protecting oil installations or extracting resources or setting prices, they were talking about the environmental impacts of oil installations. they were talking about the environmental impacts of transportation routes. they were saying, for example, some of these places, water is heavily polluted. women are responsible for collecting water. they have to walk further to get to clean water. they and their families are much more vulnerable to being

. >>> two global aid agencies evacuated their international staff from a region of south sudan due to fears of an attack. doctors without borders and the red cross say they are concerned about the situation in the rebel held town of leer in the oil-rich unity state. fighting broke out in south sudan in december 2013 when the president accused his former deputy of attempting to stage a coup. >>> the world health organisation is declaring liberia free of ebola. experts warn against complacency, because new cases are being reported elsewhere in west africa. caroline malone reports. >> reporter: these students are the picture of health as liberia is declared ebola free. the virus has not been seen in this country for 42 days, twice the incubation period. >> i lost my father to the deadly ebola virus. now i see my country getting back to normal. i'm happy i'll see my friends play, joke, shake hands. things i have not been able to do for six months. >> the people in neighbouring guinea and sierra leone are still dealing with ebola. the world health organisation says both countries reported

ambassador lymon for sudan and south sudan. so two years ago on the 50th anniversary of the african union, the 53 nations set out a plan for the next half century. and i think, incredible set of vision and foresight. and they came together for the agenda 2063 which was a road map that put together a vision of the continent as a prosperous and peaceful africa that was going to rekindle unity and self-reliance among the african nations. and i think all of us are well aware, you cannot accomplish that kind of vision without the full inclusion and participation of women. and so, quite appropriately, the african union declared 2015 as the year of women's empowerment and development. which is obviously the right way to kickoff the agenda 2063. and it is a time in which the african union is calling on all africans to seize the opportunity to focus on practical solutions and measurable results for women on the continent. so in this spirit, we're just delighted to host today's panel featuring our ambassadors from rwanda who will highlig

. >>> rebels in south sudan say they captured a refinery near a major oil field in upper nile state ande oil fields have been told to shut down facilities and evacuate their staff immediately. rebels loyal to president have been battling government troops in the area for months and have taken control of key oil installations as a way of forcing the president to step down. the south sudan's information minister told al jazeera there are no refineries in that area and michael also said he believed the rebels will not succeed in bringing the country to a stand still. >> we have no machinery in upper nile and the only machinery we have is interrupted before it can be opened and they captured this is not correct and there is no refinery over there. they believe that it's only the frontier is the problem and demanding it and why they rebel and they come out with their own objective and the question is can they achieve this and for me i don't believe they are recoverable of doing anything and they are incompetent and they will not make it. and they will have to accept what the government says.

. >> reporter: south sudan's navel i campaign to retake areas from the rebels in upper nile state waswhoever controls the state capital controls the only functioning oil fields. rebel leader and the opposition and the local militia who [cheering] had previously been allied and armed by the government overran it last thursday. the government says the rebels had outside help. >> khartoum is behind the rebellions and we will not accept this. we fought for 21 years to liberate this country and khartoum knows our ability. the ffla is capable of protecting itself. >> reporter: after days of fighting government troops also regained control over another county farther north and very close to the oil fields, this is what is left. until railroad have you very recently it was a thriving community. many fled to where the oil fields are for now they will stay here, there is nothing to go back too. the conflict has did he have stated many lives here, the economy is struggling, oil production is very low, there is a critical shortage of foreign currency and commodity prices have more than doubled in

and south sudan is no exception. >> reporter: south sudan economy heavily relies on oil and is strugglingt of living is very high and millions of displaced people do not know if they will ever go back home. both the government and rebels are pushing to gain as much territory as they can ahead of the rainy season and this means thousands of displaced people are not able to plant and feed their families they will have to yet again depend on food aid. catherine with al jazeera, nairobi, kenya. >>> columbia stark rebels suspended ceasefire after 26 of their members were killed by the armed forces. the air and land attack in the province also resulted in the seizure and a large number of weapons. a colombian forces resumed operations against fashioning last month after an attack in which ten soldiers were killed. that is despite ongoing peace talks between the two sides in cuba. hundreds of officials and volunteers are spending a fourth day cleaning up an oil spill on the west coast of the united states. on tuesday around half a million liters of crude oil leaked from a faulty pipeline close t

. >>> secretary of state john kerry is warning south sudan is at grave risk.ere's been violence there, civil unrest and a food crisis threatening the future of the country. cnn is following the secretary's trip through africa. good morning, robin. >> reporter: good morning. yes, secretary of state kerry had some extremely harsh words for the two warring factions of south sudan. i want to read what the secretary of state said. he sharply criticized saying they have not chosen to make the compromises needed for peace. he also said in a radio interview that they need to come to their senses. we understand as well as that the secretary's visit is going to encompass a large amount an essential element of his visit is going to be the regional security situation. he spoke with kenya's leadership with regional security cooperation and how to best tackle al qaeda group al shabaab which started as a somalia group, but spread to different countries. you will remember the attack a month ago. secretary kerry paying tribute to the victims as well as those in the embassy bom

civilians in south sudan flee what the u.n. says is the worst fighting in months. washington hits out at

. >>> civilians in south sudan faces the worst fighting in months. >>> in sport, a cup final action across europe. >> don't forget when it came to persons. >> sepp blatter comes out fighting rejecting any blame for the recent corruption scandals engulfing his organization. >> we begin with a massive rescue operation in italy that saved more than 4,000 migrants trying to cross the mediterranean in the past 24 hours. the cost guard said distress calls were made from 22 different boats on friday. in one operation 17 bodies were found on three boats. another 217 people who were on board were rescued. there's been no letup in the past few hours. 700 migrants have been taken to the port in southeast italy. they were rescued by the british navy off the coast of libya. we're live in catania in sicily. a very dramatic day on the seas. some awful and some very good. talk us through what happened. >> well, as you said over the past 24 hours the navy not only the italian but the irish and german have been very busy off the coast of libya. now apart from the 700 migrants that you talked about another t

. >>> and people in south sudan face the worst fighting in month. >>> we'll find out why sepp blatters some popular around the conference. >> massive rescue operation has taken place in italy. over 4,200 migrants have been saved in the mediterranean in the past 24 hours. they were picked up in a number of separate boats between italy ireland and german. the u.n. refugee agency estimating 1,800 people are dead all have gone missing since the beginning of the year. emma hayward has more. >> reporter: there are more migrants being rescued in the mediterranean than ever. this weekend one of the busiest yet. here german vessel oversaw the rescue of hundreds from different boats off the coast of tunisia on friday. a baby is reunited with her mother. dozens of exhausted migrants take shelter on deck. the italian coast guard said that on friday 17 bodies were recovered from boats on the libyan coast. this is the british navy flagship entering the italian port on saturday. hundreds more migrants on board rescued by various ships patrolling the coast of libya. good weather is encouraging ever g

is not an exception. >> south sudan heavily relies on oil. it is struggling. the cost of live something very high. and millions of displaced people do not know if they'll ever go back home. both the government and rebels are pushing to gain as much territory as they can ahead of the rainy season. this means thousands of displaced people are not able to plant and feed their families. they have to yet again depend on food aid. catherine soi. >> in ireland a referendum on whether to change the constitution and legalize same-sex marriage. final opinion polls show that the yes camp was headed to victory. no camp campaign has been accused of-- >> airline executives who had a flight delay tantrum has been released from prison. the court noted she'll have to live under heavy criticism from society. >>> now the latest round of talks between the united states and cuba about resurrecting diplomatic relations have finished with no final agreement reached. the official embassies in washington and havana for the first time in 54 years. it's the latest step

you have an area mali south sudan, you could add others. there are many that are peacefulful . we have less war than previously >>> we'll have more on the conversation including homosexual laws, and the future of the presidency. >> grim determination in nepal. 10 days after the earthquake search for the many missing >>> and a view of the migrant crisis in the mediterranean. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm libby casey. >> i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news - an attack in egypt that may be linked to i.s.i.l. >>> and a court decision in burundi >>> a look at the stories across the u.s. in the american minute. the new attorney-general lace more work needs to be done in baltimore. loretta lynch visited the city meeting with lawmakers and religious leaders and spoke to the family of freddie gray. his death spoke protests and violence this baltimore. it's pledged the justice department will help to reform policing in the city. >> president obama names a pick for the next joint chief of chaff and introduced general joseph dunford, with 40 ye

. >> still more to come - including doctors without borders evacuated from south sudan, as warnings of eminent attacks arise. >> yes we'll delivery the referendum on the future in europe. >> reporter: after a surprising victory in the u.k. elections, david cameron looks to the challenges ahead >>> in sport, find out why lebron james was not a happy man during this n.b.a. play-off. >>> in syria international inspectors found traces of sarin gas in research sites used by the regime coming after activists reported chlorine attacks in idlib. fighting in the area near damascus continued between hezbollah and opposition fighters. >> reporter: it's thought to be a battle of survival. if in the opposition hands, damascus would be next, and would cut off bashar al-assad's stronghold. they are gaining the upper hand with few losses on the battlefield. the syrian says 40 hezbollah fighters were killed. it announced a strategic withdrawal from the area. the army of conquest groups leading. it's one of fighting of a coalition. hezbollah deployed 85% of forces to fight, leaving 15% on the border wit

. >>> civilians in south sudan flee what the u.n. says is the worst fighting in months. >> i'll have all your sport - including... >> i forgive but i don't forget >>> sepp blatter comes out fighting as he begins his fifth term as f.i.f.a. president, rejecting that he is to blame for the corruption scandals engulfing his organization. >>> we begin this newshour with a rescue operation in italy saving 4,000 trying to crosses the mediterranean in the past 24 hours. distress calls were made from 22 different boats on friday. in one operation 17 bodies were found or two boats another lot of people on board were rescued. more than 700 migrants have been taken to the port in south-east italy, rescued by the british navy off the coast of india. we go to the sicilian harbour of catania. huge numbers today. zeina khodr - what has been going on? >> well huge numbers, at the moment all the people rescued are on their way to sicily in the afternoon and throughout the night there'll be a few boats docking around the island and further north on sar

paul is doctors without borders head of mission in south sudan.scribes he difficulties. >> we have had to evacuate medical teams close projects. my national staff in the town of ler left on saturday saturday lunchtime because they were scared. they ran into the bush. three of my staff had telephones and were contacting us. one of them has stopped calling. his friend who is still in contact with us tried to call his telephone, and told us that the phone is ringing but nobody is answering it. we don't know if he is alive or dead. the same staff member was hiding on an island when armed men came on the island and started shooting at women and children hiding there. he ran into the swamp as he was running a rocket propelled grenade hit the area next to him, but thingfully didn't explode. he hid in the water for nine hours. when he came out he collected the bodies of two small children that had been caught. >>> california's government is deploying hundreds of volunteers to clean up an oil spill. rob reynolds reports from the county of santa barbara. >>

sceaptdescaped fighting in eunt unity state in south sudan. despite a corruption scandal surrounding the organization, sepp blatter has been reelected as president. >>> government bombings of aleppo, it comes as kurdish forces say they have pushed i.s.i.l. out of the province. osama ben javaid reports. >> a sign in arabic, i.s.i.l. was just here a few days ago. now under the chrome of kurdish fighters. it's strategic kurdish take iters say they now control over a dozen villages in hasaka are against the group known by its arabic acronym daesh. >> used to launch astacks on i us and our fight will continue until we reach kobani and leach. >> they say syrian government forces have collapsed in the north and their aim is to stability ozone under their control. but be syrian government forces deny that a defeat has occurred. is. >> translator: we'll continue fighting until residents can come back and lift in safety. we will not go home until we achieve this. >> reporter: control of northern syria is divided between rebels i.s.i.l. and kurdish fight

congo, south sudan - they are countries that have more than a million displaced last year >>> thank you, secretary-general of the norwegian refugee council >>> people in south africa are stepping in to protect foreigners from violence. migrant workers have been the tart of hate attacks in recent weeks. shops and homes have been burnt, and thousands forced to leave. charles stratford reports from johannesburg on the efforts made to stop the violence. >> reporter: this man and his friends are unemployed south africans. they live in a township where there has been repeated attacks on migrant workers. they formed whether or not they describe as a volunteer protection uniting saying they are determined to stop the violence against violence. >> the guys are coming from africa and other countries. they are here to make a living. then we get stuff cheaper. i think the police are not helpful, especially now. if you call them they'll take hours to come you know. sometimes they don't come. there are a few criminals using the opportunity. >> we are told that the shop was attacked a couple of months

napuda has her own life here, crunts ventu, south sudan. >> pushing pressing ahead with the military operation to take complete control. osama ben javiz records. >> this is mobruga a small town in hasaka province now under the control of kurdish fighters, it's strategic it links territory in turkey. kurdish say they now control a dozen villages. the group now known by its arabic name daesh. >> we were able to take strategic control of areas that daesh took a while ago kobani and many aleppo. >> dozens of you u.s. led u.s. led coalition air strikes. i.s.i.l. videos deny air strikes are working and deny civilians are killed. ypg fighters say they will try to take the strategic area on the turkish syrian border. >> we'll continue fighting until residents can come back and live in safety. we will not go home until we achieve this. >> reporter: control of northern syria is dwighted between rebels and northern syria fighters, kurdish fighters are trying to control villages and untons to secure the tboard border with turkey. the people are afraid many in areas around to fear that the ypg ad

people from the mountains bordering south sudan, they are among those most affected by decades of fighting between the regime and various armed opposition groups. the conflict has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. many have resettled in sedans capital. for them, wrestling is much more of the sport. hundreds gather at a stadium to cheer on their favorite. >> it is strong not only in the mountains but here as well. reporter: despite their talents hope remains for the olympic hopefuls. initially it was difficult to adjust but with the right training, we can master it. reporter: it means letting go of the traditions passed down from generation to generation. none of them seem worried about losing their culture. it is an opportunity for a better life that few can hope for. anchor: tributes are pouring in from lenny kravitz to ringo starr as celebrities are saying goodbye to blues legend bb king who died today at the age of 89. brian: he won 15 grammy awards and known for his unique guitar sound that helped shape early rock 'n roll. he continued to perform well into his 80's even