has been accused of providing weapons to the rebels and the rebels say most supplies come from south sudan >> translator: we are not getting support from sudan, if we were were would have won a long time ago and it's the other side getting support from uganda and militia from sudan. >> reporter: fighters heading to yet another front-line position it will be a long tough journey on foot but say they are fighting for a cause they believe in. catherine with al jazeera, in rebel-held south sudan. >>> in the past hour i spoke to benjamin who is south sudan's foreign minister and said they have taken over some towns but he believes the government is still in control. >> we have got ten states in the republic of south sudan. seven states are under complete quiet in the towns and the states of upper nile unity and the government controls all the major towns and major areas and the rebels are in a few county not more than three or four counties out of the four states so the country is under government control and the system is running and the structures and everything are running in south sudan tod

weapons to the rebels but denied this and so have rebels that say most of the supplies come from the south sudan >> translator: we are not getting help from sudan or anywhere. if we were we would have won this war a long time ago. it is the other side getting support from sudan. >> reporter: these fighters are heading to yet another front line position, it will be a long, tough journey on foot but say they are fighting for a cause they believe in. catherine with al jazeera, rebel-held south sudan. >>> we are hoping to speak to the foreign minister of south sudan a little later in this news hour. let's move to other news and taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack on a nato convoy in the capitol kabul. a second attack on native forces in kabul in a week. let's talk to jennifer glasse about this live in the afghan capitol, the latest from you jennifer on these actual attacks. >> reporter: that's right, kamal, the attack happened before noon on a nato convoy and nato says no soldiers were killed in attack and say they have no report of casualties either, an eyewitness at the se

. >> >> songs of war in the fight for south sudan. an exclusive report from rebel-held territory. >> family values and helping the poor. pope francis spreads the message during his south american tour. >> now talks between the six world powers and iran over its nuclear program will go beyond tuesday's deadline. the e.u.'s foreign policy chief said negotiations will continue over the next few days to reach a possible break through. the interim nuclear deal, which was set to expire has been extended until friday. u.n. sanctions on iran's bliss system missile program and an arms embargo remain the sticking points. iran wants international sanctions to be lifted, which have crippled its economy and slashed oil exports. >> we are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days. that does not mean we are extending our deadline. i told you one weeing a more or less, we are interpreting in a flexible way four deadline, which means we are taking the dates that we'll need to finalize the agreement which is something that is still possible, e

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south sudan gained independence from sudan in july 2011 following a peace deal. broke out pretty quickly. in 2013 after a power struggle between the president and his deputy. since then 10,000 people have been killed and more than 1.6 million people have been forced out of their homes. last month, while peace talks were underway rebels captured the capitol of a state, and it's an important oil center. the town has now been retaken by the army but much of the state remains in rebel hands for now. catherine soi gained rare access to rebel forces. let's see her exclusive report. >> reporter: these are south sudan's rebel fighters. the sudan's people liberation army in opposition. they have just come from the trenches in the east. it has taken them four days through the swampy junk toll get here. we saw young boys among them. the united nations children's organization unicef say there are around 10,000 child soldiers on both sides of the conflict. but some of the children we saw had been separated from their families. >> that doesn't mean that they are soldiers. they

the united states was involved in the creation of south sudan. but there hasn't been much follow through in trying to create the state. >> any significance to the date, august 17? >> trying to inflict pressure on what is political stalemate. we haven't been able to have both really consider what coalition government will be over the next few years. so i think it's trying to add pressure. i think the united states may try to inflict sanctions on individuals if the date has passed after august. but i think it's really trying to reinvigorate and start the talks which have been at a stalemate so far. >> currently the situation is that mediating efforts are being led by the regional group of the east african group of countries. that doesn't seem to be yielding too many positive results. >> it's quite complicated because within that, you have a lot of countries including uganda kenya ethiopia, the two factions are perceived with aligning with the governments. i think things initially were hoped that the government could mediate between two parties. but

it's what the people of south sudan demand.ustice and accountability for all of the crimes that have been committed in that country. we need a new regime not this dictate tait forral genocidal regime. >> short of the president stepping down what are your demands to get to peace? short of that happening, because that might not happen. >> yeah what needs to be clear to everybody is that we don't have a legitimate leader in the country now. the country is in crisis. the international community just needs to come in to set up a new system or let this dictator regime negotiate in good faith. >> you touched on the humanitarian situation in the areas of the country that you control, are people getting the things that they need? we have reported that some people are too terrified to take food, because they feel it makes them a target for somebody to harm them. that's a dire situation to live in from day-to-day. so how is the humanitarian situation in the areas of the country that you control? >> it is -- it is very harsh humanitarian c

here is our exclusive report. >> reporter: these are south sudan's rebel fighters. dan people's liberation army in opposition. they just came from the trenches in the east. it has taken them four days through the swampy jungle to get here. we saw young boys among them. unicef says there are around 12,000 child soldiers on both sides of the conflict, but army commanders here say some of the children we saw had been separated from their families. >> that doesn't mean that they are soldiers. they are just coming with the soldiers together to join their parents. yeah. but all in all, we do not accept that. and we abide with all of the convention of geneva on the child soldiers. >> reporter: the fighters are tired but upbeat. they sing songs of battle and victory. ♪ >> reporter: they have been fighting forces from the government in juba for about 18 months now, and say their mission is to change the leadership. this commander tells his troops that special forces fighting further north are making gains near south sudan's only functioning oil fields. the rebels have joined

south sudan gained independence from sudan in july 2011. follows a peace deal to end the longest running civil war. but the peace was short lived a new war within south sudan broke out in december 2013. after a power struggle between the president and his deputy. since then, 10,000 have been killed. last month world peace talks are taking place rebels captured the capitol of upper nile state, and an important oil center. the town has now been retaken by the army, but much of upper nile remains in rebel hands. kathryn joined rare access, and here is her exclusive report these are rebel fighters p the lib ace army in opposition. this comes from the trenches in the eastern state it has taken them four days to get here. we saw young boys among them, the childrens organization say there are around 12,000 child soldiers on both sides of the conflict, put army commands say some of the children we saw have been separating from their families. >> that doesn't mean that they are soldiers. they are just coming with the soldiers together to join their

here is her exclusive report. >> these are south sudan's fighters. it's tan them four days through the swampy jungle to get there. there are young boys among them. unicef a say that there are 12,000 child soldiers on both sides of the conflict. some of the children we saw have been separated from their families. >> they're just coming together to join. but all in all we don't accept that. >> they sing songs of battle in victory. they say their mission is to change leadership. this commander says that special forces fighting further north are making gains in south sudan's only functioning oil field. the rebels have joined forces with the local militia there which was allied with the government until recently. >> they showed us some of the heavy weapons like this, and lots of ammunition. sudan has often been accused of providing weapons to the rebels, and they have denied this, and so have the rebels, who say most of the supplies come from you the south sudanese government. >> we're not getting help from sudan or anywhere. if we were, we would have won

>> well, we have situation in south sudan that is extremely hard for south sudanese people in general. this is one of the most humanitarian crisis in the world. many people in south sudan are going hungry now as we speak. 4.6 million of those people are at emergency level very serious level of hunger. while humor aid is making difference i'm afraid it's going to be much harder in the future. we are having also the rainy season, roads are being cut off and humanitarians are not able anymore to access those. what is particularly frightening due to this prolonged conflict, eyewitnessed people who were asking us not to deliver them food because it exposes them and they can be killed for that. that is really frightening and that should stop immediately. >> have you ever heard of a situation like that, where people are fearful of getting help, because it makes them a target? >> yes. we are reaching a situation where people in communities are asking humanitarian aid not to deliver food and life saving service, because it makes them target exposes them. they are in hiding and they have to cho

. >>> songs of war in the fight for south sudan, an exclusive report from rebel-held territory. >>> andhousands flock to see the pope in ecuador as his south american tour continues. ♪ >>> hello. an emergency summit of e.u. leaders is about to start with no signs so farover how they might resolve the greek debt crisis. the prime minister wants some of greece's debt written off, but it's not clear if he has any new proposals to present to the summit. the french prime minister said france was doing everything it could to keep greece in the euro zone. events are being closely watched in greece. in a moment we'll go live to our correspondent in brussels and athens but first barnaby phillips sent this report from the greek capitol. >> reporter: at the foot of this mountain, this man examines his win yard and worries about the coming weeks. his grapes won't wait for greece to solve its financial problems. if they are not picked in september, they will be ruined and so will he. and right now he can't get money from the banks to pay his suppliers. >> translator: time is precious. very soon the

address the diversities of people in the south sudan. under which we will do reforms. >> machar is being accused of atrocities in violence in the civil conflict, which broke out in 2013. deals have collapsed, prompting the u.s., regional leaders, and the african union to post this final best deal. washington has been among south sudan's major sponsors since it seceded from khartoum in 2011. stuart: the latest figures are that 2.2 million people have been this place, including 800,000 children. families torn apart that may still be separated. the u.s. children's fund unicef, has developed a program gathering information about parents and children, in an attempt to reunite as many families as possible. >> reunited after a year and a half apart. these parents did not know whether their children were even alive. now unicef brought them together. >> i am so happy to get my kid back alive. thanks to the organization. >> since the beginning of the war, these 18 children lived with other kids at a camp. they had no idea their parents were 236 ki

a trip to east africa and factions in south sudan are now in his sights. ♪ within the past few minutes we've heard the son of libya's former the leader moammar gadhafi has been sentenced to death and faces charges ranging from war crimes to corruption for his role in suppressing the 2011 uprising and he wasn't in court in tripoli to hear his sentence. he is being held in the town of zintan four years ago from former rebels who are now loyal to the installed government in tripoli and gadhafi's former chief has also been sentenced to death. more on that a little later on in the program. as i say that is news that has come in within the past five minutes or so but in the meantime let's look at other news in the united states and turkey have agreed on a plan to create a buffer zone to fight i.s.i.l. within syrian territory, this has been a long-held demand by turkey that says it's suffering more and more from i.s.i.l. presence on the border and how it would work though has not yet been established. but this is the area currently that i.s.i.l. controls and this is where the proposed buffer

. >>> still ahead on al jazeera, we report from rebel-held territory in south sudan, where commanderslame government forces for starting the civil war. plus colorful, but cramped, these tent cities are home to nepal's earthquake survivors, but now they are threatened again. ♪ >>> top stories on al jazeera. one year after the war in gaza began, there is very little sign of recovery. about a hundred thousand people remain displaced. it issest mated it will cost up to a billion dollars to rebuild the gaza strip. >>> greece proposes reforms as early as next week. details are part of a formal application for a new aid program from the euro zone. >>> chinese stock markets have plunged. it closed down 5.9% on wednesday. $3.2 trillion has been wiped off of the stock markets in three weeks. >>> south sudan's former vice president turned rebel leader has given the president an ultimatum. he has told him to step down before midnight on wednesday or be overthrown. it comes as the u.n. security council has imposed sanctions to generals loyal to both then. catherine soi sent this exclusive report.

marks, leading many here to speculate that they represent those two missing israeli citizens. >>> south sudanmarking four years since it gained independence. it became the world's youngest nation after it voted to split from sudan in '2011. the president has addressed crowds in the capitol. but many people outside of the capitol feel they have very little to celebrate. south sudan has been racked by a civil war which began in 2013. and the severity of the violence means many people are just trying to survive. this is catherine soi's exclusive report. >> reporter: this man was fetching firewood northeast of here. she said she was ambushed by government soldierings. they allegedly shot her several times before she was rescued and air lifted here. her brother says the security situation is not what he expected when he celebrated independence from sudan four years ago. >> translator: you get independence but you are still dying. you can't be happy. the conflict was not happening i wouldn't be here. so how can i celebrate. >> reporter: at another health center, not too far away this woman has her

a country engulfed in unspeakable violence - south sudan marks four years of independence, there's little to celebrate. >> robin adams with the sport. we have the latest from ashes, and wimbledon update. a man who helped to expose misconduct within f.i.f.a. - they have come down heavily on former executive chuck blazer >>> we begin this newshour with gaza. israeli officials say citizens are being held in the strip, one by hamas. they have been held there for 10 months. a gag order has been listed. paul brennan is at the home of one of the missing men's families. before going into the issue of the families tell us about the two missing men. what do we know about them? well two men, which the gagging order was listed on the main is a man who is an israeli of ethiopian dissent. he's 28 years old. it appears he crossed the border from israel into gaza on september 7th last year two years after the end of the gaza war, the anniversary that we are marking today. the mystery is why he did it. it appears that he wept the five or six miles to the beach where the gaza perimeter fence is left his ba

lot of ammunition, now sudan has been accused of providing weapons to the rebels, but they have denied this and so have the rebels that soy most of the supplies cot from the south sudanese government. >> we are not getting help from sudan or anywhere, if we were, we would have won this war a long time ago. we are getting support in sudan. >> this fighters are heading to yet another front line position. lit be a long tough journey on foot, but they say they are fighting for a cause they believe in. our next guess has just returned from the upper nile district where fighting broke out. response manager joins us live, thank you for taking the time to talk to us, can you you tell us about how people are coping with the fighting going on. >> i hope you can hear me, it is lauren taylor in the studio, just asking you you have just come one upper nile, give us an indication of what it is like for people living among this fighting. >> question seem to have difficulties connecting with lilian apologies for that we will try to get her back later in the program. >> meanwhile the u.s. defense secretary defended president obama strategy to defeat the islamic state of the ira

. >>> stay with us in just a moment we'll be talking about south sudan's rebel commanders about whatwant tend to the country's civil war. >>> we'll meet the survivors of the nepal earthquake who having to call these camped tent quarters their home. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of taylor swift's music videos interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. ♪ >>> time to go through the global headlines. russia's has vetoes the u.n. security council resolution which would have condemned the 1995 massacre during the bosnia war as a genocide. >>> yemen's government has told the united nations it has offered a conditional truce to houthi rebels. there has been no comment from houthis as of yet. >>> a year after israel began its 50-day bombardment on gaza there is little sign of recovery. the u.n. says it will cost nearly $8 billion to rebuild the palestinian territory over the next 20 years. >>> we'll get on to financial events in china in just a moment, but an update on what has been happening in new yo

we've been working on this with south sudan for 20 years. we've been frequently on the ground throughout the country. documenting allegations of human rights on all side of the conflict, and i'm absolutely confident that my colleague who is are experienced researchers have pulled together very crate information about the scale and the atrocities that have taken place. >> they have carried out what is happening in unity state. how if at all does your report differ from what they have found? >> i think for the most part our research findings are extremely similar. obviously they're certainly interviewed people different from those who we interviewed. but the nature of the attacks and the facts that we're still seeing deliberate attacks on civilians, we're not seeing here people who were caught up in fighting between armed groups. the time and time again we're seeing armed men from the government and allied militias come in. they were attacking the women and elderly in an effort to pursue their aims. so a lot of information in common. and both

we are saying south sudan requires accountability. they must be held accountable to whatever atrocities that will be found through the investigation. >> philip thank you for speaking to us. that's philip aguar, the spokesperson for the south sudanese military there. >>> ashton carter held talks with the saudi king on the third stop of the middle east tour. he also visited israel and jordan. he's trying to ease fears over the nuclear deal reached with iran last week. ashton carter spent monday and tuesday talking to his counterpart in israel as well as the prime minister netanyahu. the ally in the region strongly criticized the deal but carter said friends can disagree. also on tuesday the defense secretary briefly visited a u.s. base in jordan another important ally. he addressed soldiers from six countries fighting in an anti-isil coalition. now he's in saudi arabia to meet defense ministers from the gulf countries. they're all worried about the deal with iran. there are concerns that that deal could lead to a military build-up in the

phillip is a spokesman for south sudan's military and says the u.n.ady investigating those claims and the report is biased biased. >> the report which is antiand with people supporting no provision. let us together with the human rights and the united nations go to the ground and conduct a thorough investigation. >> reporter: at least 22 shia fighters have been killed when two suicide bombs were detonated in the battle for control of anbar province and islamic state and levante targeted shia fighters from the popular mobilization fighters and we report from baghdad. >> reporter: this is a rare look at iraq's latest operation in anbar province against i.s.i.l. this footage was shot with the permission of iraq security forces. [gunfire] they launched what was described as the first phase to cut i.s.i.l. supply lines and surround the cities of fallujah and ramadi and pmf are shelling houses they say contain i.s.i.l. fighters. >> translator: we are bottom boarding within the perimeters of fallujah and consolidated all our efforts including the rapid deplo

key partner helping to solve the on going crisis in south sudan and later we will meet with leaders across the region to encourage the government and opposition in south sudan to end the violence and move towards a peace agreement. i want to thank ethiopia for helping those who fled south sudan and conflicts throughout the region. finally i would note that everything i have mentioned, sustained and inclusive growth development, secureity gains depends on good governance and we had discussions driven by technology and the internet and continued growth depends on information and open exchanges of ideas. i believe that when all voices are being heard, when people know they are included in the political process that makes our country stronger and more successful and more innovative and talked about steps they can take to show progress on good governance and protecting rights and strengthening democracy and this is an area we tend to deepen our conversations and consultation because we strongly believe in ethiopia's promise and its people. ethiopia is a strong partner with the united states and

barack obama's ground breaking trip to east africa warring factions in south sudan are now in his sight>>> columbia authorities are about to start of what could be the country's largest mass grave. ♪ but first a son of libya's former leader moammar gadhafi sentenced to death for his alleged role in suppressing the 2011 uprising and he wasn't in court in tripoli to hear his sentence as barker now reports. >> reporter: he is the man many believe would succeed his father colonel moammar gadhafi of leader of libya but after a guilty verdict islam faces death by firing squad. he was arrested in 2011 trying to flee the country and has been kept in prison by a former rebel group in the mountain town. the rebel group opposes the legally installed government in tripoli but allowed islam to participate by a video link. >> translator: 36 others were also given sentences on tuesday including former intelligence chief abdul la and prime minister also sentenced to death by firing squad. libya's chief prosecutor says the sentences of those tried in tripoli will be carried out. >> translator: they were

we immediate the man in south sudan who has switched from the farm to the frontline.ercrowded and abandoned by the state. can pope francis revive faith in his religion from bolivia's prisoners? >> the top stories now in al jazerra. scuffles in athens. the greek government has submitted a new plan to its creditors which includes tax hikes and pension reform. the u.n. has brokered a ceasefire in generally. this will allow aid agency to his deliver desperately-needed surprise to more than 21 million people. the truce is supposed to hold for one week. >>> the u.s. secretary of state has threatened to walkway from nuclear talks with iran if decisions are not made soon. john kerry's comments followed tough negotiations in vienna. >>> now, one of president obama's top aids has spoken of the heart break and horror unfolding in south sudan. the world's youngest nation marked four years of independence on thursday. but national security adviser susan rice has said that massive and widespread violence has returned and human rights abuses are now rampant. she went onto say that t

and international community would punish those determined to drive south sudan into an abyss.ork of different tribes and militia have been involved in south sudan's civil war and one is the white army a largely civilian force fighting troops alongside the rebels and catherine met some of them in the rebel held upper nile state and she has this exclusive report. >> reporter: in times of trouble it is young meniscal calls to the front line to help the government since conflict started 1 1/2 years ago and they call themselves the white army. he was injured in may while fighting the fields in the north and says once he gets better he will return. >> translator: i'm not afraid to go back. when children, women and people like me are being pulled how can i be afraid. >> reporter: he told his wife he and many others would not officially join the resistance army. >> translator: what i like about the white army is that when we are ready we just run to war and we are not like regular soldiers who have to stand in military formation and wait for orders. >> reporter: they are mobilized fro

we need to have a clear roadmap of how to demilitarize the situation in south sudan. president obama his advisers, like gayle smith, should not be -- the demilitarization of the situation south sudan. it is difficult to compare. the case of the chinese, the chinese are bringing concrete support for infrastructure development. the chinese have the capacity and the financial level to invest in infrastructure. what the united states has invested in is at the cultural and ideological level. the chinese can never compete in the cultural level with the advancement of the group -- the born-again religious forces through these are the forces that are spewing hate around africa and spewing hatred for same gender loving persons. what one needs is for the progressive forces in the united states to be able to push an agenda so the united states china, and the progressive forces can work for the rights of women you use, and entrepreneurs, that this is not for the entrepreneurs. amy: thank you for being with us. we will link to your new piece. this is democracy now. when we come ba

we have been talking to top rebel commanders. >> reporter: these are south sudan's rebel fighters the sudan people's liberation army coming from the trenches. it took them four days through a swampy government to get here. we saw young boys among them. the united nations children organization u.n.i.c.e.f. says there's around 12,000 child soldiers on both sides of the conflict. army commanders say some of the children had been separated from their families. >> that doesn't mean they are soldiers, they are coming with the soldiers together to join. but all in all, we do not accept that. we are abiding with all the conventions of geneva on the child soldiers. >> the fighters are tired, but upbeat. they sing songs of battle and victory. they've been fighting forces from the government in juba for 18 months, and say the mission it to change the leadership. this commander tells his troops that special forces fighting further north are making gains near south sudan's only functioning oil fields. rebels joined forces with the militia, allied to the government until recently. >> translation: w

a spokesman for south sudan's military and said that the u.n. is investigating a claim and the report is biased. >> let us together with the human rights and the united nations go. >> at least 25 people have been killed and 38 horse wounded in a suicide attack in afghanistan. a bomber on a motorcycle detonated explosives in the central market in the northern province. afghan military operations have been targeting taliban fighters the night before. two turkish peace officers have been killed by fighters by the outlawed workers party. the pkk said that they carried out the attack in resallation of the bombing. now the pkk said that the policemen had cooperated with isil. there have also been protests across turkey after the government temporarily blocked twitter from sharing images of the attack being shared online. >> king salmon welcomed the agreement. ashton carter is on the heard stop of his middle east tour having visited israel and jordan. israel is the main ally in the region and criticizes the deal which it says will build instability in

the only thing that can stop war in south sudan is salva kiir's removal from the helm. >> what followed after was an attempt to ethnically cleanse the tribe second largest in the country. peace talks expected to resume there will be a new proposal on a transitional government, they say they will not accept anything less than separate armed forces for at least three years. this general says 18 months is not enough to heal wounds and build trust. >> to organize, to come together national army of south sudan that one will not be enough. and it will force people to fight again. >> reporter: these men are all important advisors to their leader riek machar. won't accept a deal that doesn't properly address the root cause of the conflict. catherine soy lks lks al jazeera upper nile state. >> baltimore's mayor says she will replace the police commissioner after riots surrounding the death of freddy gray be commissioner let the be riots spin into looting. during a march to demand fair elections in nicaragua barrels were pushed against protesters, the current rules favor the ruling party. next ye

the spokesman for south sudan's military said that the u.n. is investigating those claims and the report is biased. s. >> the u.s. secretary of defense has met the saudi king as he continued the tour of easing fears over last week's landmark iranian nuclear deal. ashton carter is on the third stop of his middle eastern tour after visiting israel and jordan. israel is washington's main ally in the region, and strongly criticizes the deal. it says it will fuel further instability in the region. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry will explain the iran nuclear deal with law make necessary washington. >> this is a day we've been looking forward to because we get to really talk substance, we get to get out of the politics and into the facts. so we're very much looking forward to answering any and every question that members of the house have and then later the members of the senate. we're convinced that the agreement that we have arrived at with world powers is an agreement that will prevent iran from potentially obtaining nuclear weapons it wil

it is set on interviews with victims and witnesses. >> there's been fighting in south sudan since december, 2013. al jazeera is making calls to the saw the sudan government to ask for a response to these allegations. >> the u.s. secretary of defense ash carter has held talks with the saudi king on the third stop of his middle east tour. the visit comes a week after world powers reached a deal on iran's nuclear program. he spent monday and tuesday talking to his counterpart in israel, as well as meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he strongly criticized the iranian nuclear deals but carter said friends can disagree. also on tuesday be, the defense secretary visited a u.s. base in jordan. he addressed soldiers from six countries fighting in an anti isil coalition. now he's in saudi arabia to meet defense ministers from the gulf countries. they are all war required about the deal with iran. they say it could lead to a military build up in the region. >> the u.s. defense secretary isn't just offer moral support to allies in the region. he's thought to be bringing with him promis

a country engulfed in violence south sudan marks four years of independentens, there's little to celebrate. once busy now docked. why the fishing boats if thailand are not allowed out to sea. we begin with breaking news out of gaza. israelis say two citizens are held in the strip, one by hamas one disappeared last year. details are coming out now, 10 months after a gag order was lifted. we'll cross live to gaza and imtiaz tyab in a moment first to paul brennan in ashkelon the home of one of the missing men's families. paul what do we know of the missing men, how did they disappear. >> the first was a bedouin from the desered and appears to have entered gaza of his own volition and gone missing. very little is known about him. that's pretty much as much as we are told. the second man from ashkelon a coastal city 5-6 files from the fence that separates israel from gaza along the beach. he disappeared on 7th september. it has been known in the community about his appearance. there was a gagging order placed on it by the authorities, it was released thursday as a result of a challenge by an is

. >> president obama pressing for humanitarian aid in south sudan during his historic trip to africa. nato calling an emergency meeting to discuss isil and syria while the u.s. enters talks to create a safe zone along the turkish border. the boy scouts of america preparing to allow gay scout leaders for the first time in its history but not everyone is on board. >> i am a victim of revenge pornography. >> another major corporation taking a stand against posting explicit images online without everyone's permission. >> this is al jazeera america live in mark city. i'm del walters. ethiopian leaders are hosting a state dinner for president obama. he's the first sitting american president to visit the african nation. earlier he talked about security and human rights with that country's prime minister. he also met with other regional leaders to discuss the crisis in south sudan. >> the situation is deteriorating. the humanitarian situation is worsening. the possibilities of renewed conflict in a region that has been torn by conflict for so longed and has resulted in so many deaths is somet

. >>> south sudan's rebel leader has called on the president to resign or spark a revolution. they have asked the international community to withdraw its support for the government. they have been speaking to rebel commanders about their demands. >> in this meeting south sudan's wave their options in the ongoing battle between the fighters and government troops in parts of the country. generals and influential individuals on both sides of the conflict have been accused of being hard liners and hampering the negotiations brokered. they have yet to achieve any peace. >> so you don't consider yourself hard liners or spoilers? of the generals on the ground? >> they all say they want piece but fighting is going on despite a cease-fire. according to the u.n. many people have been killed. their homes burned. women raped and tens of thousands of people displaced in the latest government offensive. rebels are also on the offensive in the neighboring state but only functioning both sides blame each other for starting the fight. >> if i kill two of your children how can there be peace. t

. >> in this strategy meeting south sudan's rebel commanders weigh opposites in their ongoing battle between fighters and government troops in parts of the country. generals and other influential individuals from both sides of the conflict have been accused of being hardliners and hampering negotiations brokered by the intergovernmental authority. >> you don't consider yourself hardliner, the spoilers of the peace process as the generals on the ground? >> yeah, because i don't know the reason -- tens of thousands of people are displaced in the latest government offensive. rebels are also on offensive in a neighboring state but only functioning oil fields are there. both sides blame each other for starting the fight. >> we are not the ones rejects peace. let me ask you if i killed two of your children, how do you start peace? the only thing that con stop the war in south sudan is to want remove the helm. >> the commanders insist there was no coup attempt made but what followed after was an effort to ethnically cleanse the second largest tribe in the country. >> there will be a new pro

president and he is the helpful for the government and regional leaders on the civil war in south sudan will address the african union. as we have been hearing burundi opposition parties following the election and boycott and has called for fresh elections and denounced pierre's running for a third term. responding to houthi shelling on yemen border less than a day since the coalition began to allow aid to be sent in the secretary-general issued a statement saying the houthi the people congress and all other parties will agree to and maintain the humanitarian pause for the sake of the yemen people and saudi arabia says the coalition will respond to any large military action by the houthis and we have more. >> thousands of people in the mountains outside the city of thais are in desperate need of humanitarian aid. pro-government tribes in yemen's military have been making gains in the west but the contested city is under siege by houthi fighters and loyalists and a five-day saudi-led truce is reaching thai. >> translator: our goal is clear the safety and security of the yemen people and

functioning oil field. >> we're not fighting for control or oil of south sudan.e're fighting against how he wants to rule the country with an iron fist. sudan has been accused of supplying weapons to the rebels, and they the supplies come from the southeast. >> we're not getting help from sudan or anywhere. if we were, we would have one war a long time ago. but it's the other side getting support. >> these fighters are heading to another front line position, but they say they're fighting for a cause they believe in. catherine soi al jazeera. >> the "world health organization" is institutionally unprepared to deal with outbreaks like the ebola crisis and requires urgent and fundamental change. investigators say that the organization needs $100 million to overhaul itself. ebola has killed more than 11,000 people in west africa in the past 18 months. now more than a million people in ecuador have been arriveing and receive mass. some camped overnight braving the wet weather to get a good spot. cope francis is on a week-long tour in south america. we go to lucia newm

we have agreed to work closely on south sudan to bring lasting peace to the conflict-ridden country.d to work together in building peace in somalia but creating institutions and by strengthening the somali security forces in their quest to be in charge of the peace of their own country. we have agreed to intensify the campaign against terrorism in the region and we both noted with satisfaction the progress with forces and somali we are making with the support of the u.s. and other partners in their fight against al-shabab and agreed to deepen our intelligence cooperation both by laterally as well as regionally and both noted and underscored this cooperation is to curb the menace by terrorism and it's a strong reminder we need to work more in this respect. in conclusion we have agreed to continue working together for better results in all aspects of our cooperation. mr. president, i now call upon you to give your remarks. >> thank you mr. prime minister. good afternoon. prime minister we appreciate your kind words and the welcome you extended to our delegation. we've had very producti

you talked about the war in south sudan which is waging horribly for years right now including placesike darfur, sudan. sandra: notable the president is in this region right now. >> it is. it you saw the introduction, you talk about aspirations for black people it is significant for the african continent to welcome the first african american leader in the free world. what does it say looking to someone that looks like man, being the most powerful man in the world. that is something we overlook here but for them i can't describe the pride. i went to kenya last year. the pride they felt having african-american president especially one that descended from their country. leader of the free world that is very significant. i hope it will help us not with just that relationship with you relationship with our allies. people in africa have people opposed to us an allied with us. places like ethiopia and kenya where the president traveled. there is a lot of good will towards our nation and places we could do national security front and economic front with trade. sandra: jon stewart joked that t

, patch work of different tribes and militia have been involved in south sudan's civil war.is the white army. it's a largely civilian force that has been fighting government troops alongside the rebels. catherine soi met some of them in the rebel-held upper nile state and she sent this exclusive report. >> reporter: in times of trouble, it's young men who are called to the frontline to help fight tribal tribes and the government since conflict started one and a half years ago. they call themselves the white army. he was injured in may while fighting near oil fields farther north. he says once he gets better, he will return. >> translator: i am not afraid to go back. when children, well, and people like me are being killed, how can i be afraid. >> reporter: he told his wife he and many address were not officially join the resistence army. >> what i like about the white army is that when we are ready we just run to war. we are not like the regular soldiers who are to stand in military formations and wait for orders. >> reporter: they are mobilized from different villages by co

several tribes and militia are involved in south sudan's civil war. one is the white army. this is a largely civilian force that's been fighting government troops alongside the rebels. that catherine met some of them in the upper nile state and files this exclusive report. >> in times of trouble it's young men called to the front line to help fight rival tribes and the government since conflict started one and a half years ago. they call themselves the white army. >> he was injured in may fighting. he says once he gets better, he'll return. >> i'm not afraid to go back. when children, women and people like me are being killed, how can i be afraid? >> he told his wife he and many others would not officially join the resistance army. >> what i like about the white army is that when we are ready we just run to war. we are not like the regular soldiers who have to stand in military formations and wait for orders. >> they are mobilized from villages by community leaders like this elder. >> when we are going to war no one helps us. we go with one gun. when we kill the enemy we ta

. >> human rides and south sudan civil war on the agenda. >> the u.s. and turkey were to create a safe zone in syria as nato discussions security in the region. >> pairing final respects to sandra bland. why the family says her death in a texas jail cell does not add up. >> this is aljazeera america. good morning. president obama is in ethiopia this morning wrapping up a news conference with the country's prime minister. the leaders are talking about security and fume rights. he pledged to help ethiopia keep up the pressure on groups like al shabab. critics say the visit legitimizes the oppressive government, but president obama disagreed. >> this visit reflects the importance the united states places on our relationship with ethiopia continued growth in ethiopia dependency on the free flow of information and open exchanges of ideas. i believe that when all voices are being heard the people know that they're included in the political process that makes a country stronger. >> we are live in ethiopia this morning. why are human rights activists complainin

obama urged action to bring peace to south sudan. >> the humanitarian situation is worsening. the possibilities of the new con like in a region that has been torn by conflict for so long as resulted in so many deaths and is something that requires attention from all of us. >> obama met with six country leaders. they talked about possible arms embargoes before factions failed to reach it he steeled by mid-august. sarah: what can the u.s. due to health ethiopia in its fight against extra space in somalia? >> president obama and ethiopian prime minister have agreed to share more intelligence information. there are american drones flying over somalia every day. and americans have a good idea of what going on on the ground. they want to share more of this intelligence information with the ethiopians. obama is taking here is very clear. they do not want to put boots on the ground. he is sticking to align the as we provide the logistics and information, but you do the fighting. > sarah: observers say the election in burgundy was not fair. the critics boycotted it as unconstitutional

al jazeera, in rebel held south sudan. a scathing report found that the world health organization is unprepared to deal with outbreaks of the epole la crisis the report criticized for failing to act on early warnings and slow decision making. garretts say they need $100 million to overhaul itself ebola has killed over 18,000 people in the last 18 months. tens of thousands were also left homeless, reports from many children the scars of war are still very apparent. >> it was a moment that few have forgot an group of palestinian children playing football on the beach targeted by israeli missiles. israel says it mistook them for fighters instead, four children were killed all from the same family. >> while he still likes to play football, he never plays on the beach any more, saying it just isn't the same without his brother and three cousin whose died. his mother keep as close eye on him telling us he hasn't been the same since that day and that he has even try today take his own life. >> he is always fighting with everyone,

south sudan. south sudan. once this swath of land that's being reclaimed from ocean is turned into a second terminal by japanese contractors more than 1 and a half containerrers will be able to be handled. alongside it a chinese company will reclaim more land from the sea. this is an american chewing gum company in nairobi. it's expanding with a $63 million reequipped new factory. production is being increased with a focus on exports. >> i think these investments are going to make a big difference in terms of making kenya competitive paired to other markets. contacts back to europe, that is something that i look forward to one day. >> reporter: and so long term there's huge optimism for this are eej. but just like every aspect of life here, economic growth depends on stability and security. where me right now is ali khan satu. that is a remarkably positive report on kenya. let's leave corruption and all of those issues aside for moment. let's look at the funding for the. we've got china very much

obama urged action to bring peace to south sudan. >> the humanitarian situation is worsening. the possibilities of the new con like in a region that has been torn by conflict for so long as resulted in so many deaths and is something that requires attention from all of us. >> obama met with six country leaders. they talked about possible arms embargoes before factions failed to reach it he steeled by mid-august. sarah: what can the u.s. due to health ethiopia in its fight against extra space in somalia? >> president obama and ethiopian prime minister have agreed to share more intelligence information. there are american drones flying over somalia every day. and americans have a good idea of what going on on the ground. they want to share more of this intelligence information with the ethiopians. obama is taking here is very clear. they do not want to put boots on the ground. he is sticking to align the as we provide the logistics and information, but you do the fighting. > sarah: observers say the election in burgundy was not fair. the critics boycotted it as unconstitutional