when the fighting broke out they felt their home in rank in the far north or south sudan they took what they could carry and one hundred kilometers to the kenyan border in the far south now they in juba the capital and the un's refugee agency helping them leave and accompanying them on a three day long journey back. many of those who returned faced tough challenges fighting is still rampant in parts of the country it hasn't rained in months and the fields have not been attended to for years but that hasn't deterred everyone. who lives here just feel happy because oh go back with my family and start preparing our land when there is peace and then we can grow things we got used to plant vegetables and fruit when the rain came after years of being apart from their loved ones the most important thing for now and the others is just to get home safe . now i spoke to alan boswell the south sudan on this from the international crisis group i began by asking him exactly how the governments and u.n. agencies are helping people attend to homes and villages well you know the government in south sud

report says that they were transported from kenya to south sudan and that they were seen in the south sudan's and notorious new house which is the national security prison so south sudan's government right now has to defend itself against that allegation and it also has to face the fact that it does not want a hybrid course or accountability it's been denying that it's been denied that it wants that it at has anything to do with the killings they have been reports that it's a u.s. firms to to lobby against the formation of hybrid court meanwhile the opposition camp which of those two critics were from from from the from which our side. says that accountability must be held and they're calling for the formation of a hybrid court but really a great it comes down to these talks today and tomorrow what the two sides agree on they have a lot of issues besides accountability and the death of these two activists they have to sort out security arrangements they have to sort out when a transitional government will be formed once again. many thanks need of zeros when they're reporting from this

levels it's like millions of others from south sudan as well as rwanda or the d.r. see edith and her family found refuge in uganda where 48 here functions differently compared to the rest of the world people are not just confined to a camp like in kenya refugees who arrive here immediately given a work permit and the land which is provided by the communities and their new neighbors who hand over parts of their land they also receive monthly benefits we have cash and foot as well because when we give them for dead that is restricted to the 4 that we've given them but when you give them cash they have the option to buy and supplement what about that debt that that is so it's optional. ugandans have a strong willingness to give to those in need for 20 years they also suffered during the civil war the people here know what it means to be forced out of their homes they also benefit from international aid which can be used to build hospitals or schools but of course there are still challenges. as a young school we have enormous talent is one of it is in a frost drug. like

little bones it's like millions of others from south sudan as well as through wonder or the dear see you defend her family found refuge in uganda there are 48 here functions differently compared to the rest of the world people are not just confined to a camp like in kenya refugees who arrive here immediately given a work permit and the land which is provided by the communities and their new neighbors who hand over parts of their land they also receive monthly benefits we have ash and for does well because when we give them food get that is restricted to the 4 that we've given them but when you give them cash they have the option to buy and supplement what about that debt that that is so it's optional. you cannot have a strong willingness to give to those in need for 20 years they also suffered during the civil war the people here know what it means to be forced out of their homes they also benefit from international aid which can be used to build hospitals or schools but of course there are still challenges. as a young school we have enormous talent is one of it is. like the classroo

was signed in september by president salva kiir rebel leader and other rival factions meanwhile south sudan has rejected un allegations it was behind the killing of two prominent government critics three that don't some well look i disappeared in kenya in twenty seventeen within lived in exile the government's repeatedly denied responsibility for their disappearance a mystery international is now calling for an independent investigation into the alleged execution of morgan joining us from him but first of all what more do we know about the talks that have been going on. well rob what we do know is that to government officials or to their presence of smooth two sides of the government from the from the government of national unity and from the opposition are both here and i disavow about to discuss the delays that they have had in terms of implementing the peace deal that was signed here in addis ababa in september last year now one of the issues that they are delays about that they are going to discuss today is that the issues of security arrangements as part of the peace deal that was sign

the turin parties from south sudan are here in the capital addis ababa to try to resolve outstanding issues as they face potential delays in implementing the peace deal that was signed here if you think capital addis ababa in september last year now they're supposed to be forming a transitional government on the twelfth of may this year but it doesn't look like that's going to happen the joint monitoring and evaluation commission the body that is set up to wanted to the river to lies to peace deal is saying that there are a lot of delays specifically in terms of implementing the security arrangements now asper the deal the touring sides are supposed to be bringing their armies together unifying them and training them ahead of the return of the rebel leader regular charges to his post as vice president now that's hasn't happened yet and it doesn't look like it's going to happen in the coming ten days there's also the issue of the number of states and the boundaries something that should be resolved ahead of the return of the rebel leader that is also not yet resolved so it doesn't loo

the two warring parties from south sudan are here in capital addis ababa to try to resolve outstanding issues as they face potential delays in implementing a peace deal that was signed here if you think capital addis ababa in september last year now they're supposed to be forming a transitional government on the twelfth of may this year but it doesn't look like that's going to happen the joint monitoring and evaluation commission the body that is set up to one into the peace deal is saying that there are a lot of delays specifically in terms of implementing the security arrangements now aspirate the deal the touring sides are supposed to be bringing their armies together unifying them and training them ahead of the return of the rebel leader regular charges team his post as vice president now that's hasn't happened yet and doesn't look like it's going to happen in the coming ten days there's also the issue of the number of states and the boundaries something that should be resolved ahead of the return of the rebel leader that is also not yet resolved so it doesn't look like that the tr

egypt to israel on this and about from israel to rwanda from rwanda to uganda after uganda juba in south sudan from sudan to libya from libya to italy and then to germany. yeah germany. way around the world wasn't something he wanted. i had no choice because every trade is ruled by a brutal dictator and this is my escape cost me years of my life because i couldn't go to school last study. out. and brutality was even waiting after a day to escape from eritrea. deepen. the boat. and they would do this every trail as frequent internet bans mean more. often can't even get in touch with their families back home to check up on how things are going. and the ones that insist in the. this why they want. these things that they want to know the people in this human institution these 2 for much money i call my family on the phone now and again. but i don't talk about politics so i dictated to them with. a. little faith that there will be a regime change in eritrea any time soon he hopes that germany will not close the door on him. for more insight on the country often shrouded in mystery eritrean born jou

abuses around the world you know in different places peacekeepers serve different functions in south sudan for example as that country descended into a really brutal civil war a few years ago people from surrounding peacekeeping bases flocked to un peacekeeping compounds to seek protection so that was a very direct civilian protection mandate that those peacekeepers were acting against and there are several different examples like that around the world in which if those peacekeepers weren't there a vacuum a security vacuum is what international relations scholar call it would form and conflict would just metastasized perhaps spread to other countries so there there really as a lid to keep. the conflict in check i'm interested in some of the specifics as i did some research on those individual 14. missions now for example the one in india pakistan kashmir which was established way back in $199117.00 personnel dead now so i would be interested to know what you think about sort of the importance of that but then something like kosovo you've still got 5000 people there 20 years after the war h

meanwhile south sudan has rejected un allegations it was behind the killing of two prominent government critics agree injury is bonnie and dong. disappeared in kenya and two thousand and seventeen wall they lived in exile the government has repeatedly denied responsibility for their disappearance amnesty international is now calling for an end depended investigation into the execution about morgan has more from. the two warring parties from south sudan are here in the capital addis ababa to try to resolve outstanding issues as they face potential delays in implementing a peace deal that was signed here if you think capital addis ababa in september last year now they're supposed to be forming a transitional government on the twelfth of may this year but it doesn't look like that's going to happen the joint monitoring and evaluation commission the body that is set up to wanted to the river to lies to peace deal is saying that there are a lot of delays specifically in terms of implementing the security arrangements now asper the deal the touring sides are supposed to be bringing their armi

south sudan has been in conflict since 2015 the war has divided the country along ethnic lines 200000 people most of them refugees from sudan's blue nile state even this remote town and looked to be a bad hospital for all their medical needs they would has destroyed almost the infrastructures which are especially in the upper layer. almost always including mother cutlass bittles obstruct living in the presence of who you know visions of the mother to walk into the city that they're supposed to. once and the magic. now settled in towns and villages. but many are unregistered and invisible. 6 boys and 2 goals none of them have citizenship al-jazeera world needs to upgrade people. who are out on the identity of the person is considered nonexistent. statelessness in lebanon. on al-jazeera. the u.s. is sending more troops to the middle east iran's foreign minister calls it a dangerous escalation. down to 0 on life from a headquarters in doha i'm dead also ahead renewed fighting on the outskirts of the libyan capital as forces loyal to warlords 24 have to try to advance near a disused airpo

another viewer says, i'm in south sudan and we still have a royalfamily i'm in south sudan and we stillhing of the past, not of such economic importance. it's interesting to get the views. let's talk about cashpoints briefly because i wanted to ask you about this. there are fewer and fewer cashpoints now in the uk that are free to use. is this a problem, george? it would be if people were using cash. that's the thing. at some point in the not too different feature, cashpoints will be resigned to museums. they are not releva nt to be resigned to museums. they are not relevant to most people's lives today so i'm not surprised. relevant to most people's lives today so i'm not surprisedlj relevant to most people's lives today so i'm not surprised. i won't ask you for a fiver, clearly! thank you. that's it from business live today. we'll see you again tomorrow. thank you for watching. bye—bye. good morning. it's been a rather cloudy, misty and a bit of a faulty started the day. we've got some rain this morning. many affecting parts of wales, north—west england and southern scotland. it's lin

abuses around the world you know in different places peacekeepers serve different functions in south sudan for example as that country descended into a really brutal civil war a few years ago people from surrounding peacekeeping bases flocked to un peacekeeping compounds to seek protection so that was a very direct civilian protection mandate that those peacekeepers were acting against and there are several different examples like that around the world in which if those peacekeepers weren't there a vacuum a security vacuum is what international relations scholar call it would form and conflict would just metastasized perhaps spread to other countries so there there really as a lid to keep. the conflict in check i'm interested in some of the specifics and i did some research on those individual 14. missions now for example the one in india pakistan kashmir which was established way back in $199117.00 personnel there now so i would be interested to know what you think about sort of the importance of that but then something like kosovo is still got 5000 people there 20 years after the war how

south sudan has been in conflict since 20 think the war has divided the country among ethnic lines 200000 people most of them refugees from sudan spinout state even this remote town and looked to be a bad hospital for all their medical needs. has destroyed almost the infrastructures which are in. almost all the way including middle was obstructed from the presence of who do you know visions of the mother to walk into the city that they're supposed to. people have to weigh your own record on this trouble in fact a few years ago there is place only for one state on the land of israel all you do not believe in a 2 state solution the official story is that there are no i'm sure we all feel are you i don't care about the official story if you were to go visit today you would say what has the media been telling the world isn't far from why there's lots to graze in here join me mad the front of my guest from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories and big issues here on al-jazeera. stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspe

south sudan has been in conflict since twenty thirteen the war has divided the country along ethnic lines two hundred thousand people most of them refugees from sudan's blue nile state even this remote town and looked to be a band hospital for all their medical needs the war is destroyed almost the infrastructures which are specially in up and they are. almost always including mother cutlass bittles obstruct. the process of you know vision of the military working to the capacity that they're supposed to. last. a palestinian mother and baby are killed by israeli airstrikes in the gods of the dozens of rockets fired into southern israel leaves one dead. i'm sam is a dan this is al jazeera live from dell also coming up kim jong un tells his troops to stay on high alert new photos are released of the north korean leader seeing the latest missile test. and once powerful brother of algeria's ousted president is arrested as protests continue calling for radical change plus we had a. good look at. south africa's racial divisions out in the open ahead of wednesday's elections. a day and night of i

minutes millions have been displays of home and uproar to do that you don't go in civil war now south sudan's government and u.n. agencies are trying to help them return home but is it too soon. also coming out of fed day of heavy rain compounds that mr reagan was on peak aid seems money to make the fast aerial beliefs so he had tales of survival on sulfation.

abuses around the world you know in different places peacekeepers serve different functions in south sudan for example as that country descended into a really brutal civil war a few years ago people from surrounding peacekeeping bases flocked to un peacekeeping compounds to seek protection so that was a very direct civilian protection mandate that those peacekeepers were acting against and there are several different examples like that around the world in which if those peacekeepers weren't there a vacuum a security vacuum is what international relations scholar call it would form and conflict would just metastasized perhaps spread to other countries so there there really as a lid to keep. the conflict in check i'm interested in some of the specifics and i did some research on those individual 14. missions now for example the one in india pakistan kashmir which was established way back in $199117.00 personnel there now so i would be interested to know what you think about sort of the importance of that but then something like kosovo is still got 5000 people there 20 years after the war how

surrounded mostly by men less than a 3rd of german lawmakers are women that puts germany on a par with south sudan in terms of female representation and mechelle also made the joke with a very good point that there are more men called mikhail i'm told on management for it's in germany than there are women overall ok well. that's a that's an interesting factor to learn kate ferguson there from the conference of the german women association entrepreneur associations thank you so much. thanks so much well the european parliament elections are next week with populism on the rise many politicians are stressing the importance of unity and common interests but where money is concerned it's every man or every country for himself cash strapped italy for one recently got friendly with beijing. it was a special event for a special deal at the end of march italy signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with china on the new silk road beijing's belt and road initiative the 1st g 7 country to do so in future italian ports like 3 aston genoa will mark the european terminus of the maritime routes to and f

south sudan has been in conflict since 2013 the war has divided the country along ethnic lines 200000 people most of them refugees from sudan's blue nile state even this remote town and look to be a bad hospital for all their medical needs their war is destroyed or most infrastructures which are specially in are. almost always including mother cutlass bottles of stewart living in the presence of who you know vicious all of them on. any walk into the capacity to death supposed to. hello again everyone fitting in here in doha the headlines and i was here up the acting u.s. defense secretary says there will be no war with iran and that the deployment of additional forces in the gulf is to turn possible attacks by town. patrick shanahan made the comments following a classified briefings of members of congress along with the u.s. secretary of state they've been under pressure as we explain what they describe as unspecified threats from tehran. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. that we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not ab

environmental show that meets some of the people striving to protect the planet a key deadline for south sudan's peace deal is looming but many are worried their rivals will yet again fail to put the plan into action an exclusive exploration of the goals and motivations behind russia's foreign policy told by those who can deal with the premise and with rex it still looming and populism on the rise across europe will these elections become a referendum on the new self made on al-jazeera. free education for all was the promise the reality provoked a generation. to drugs enough blood to want in south africa how a protest over education feeds. morphed into a national results but that is just an idea that this time it's got. everything must fold. a witness documentary on al-jazeera. al-jazeera this is opportunity to understand slain in a very different way where there is playing out it's a little live up to. the room it's all too familiar with the innocent lives ended in an instant. then grief anger and the debate around firearms but for survivors and families of the four then reality often changes f

that just time now good thing like everything is possible for me 73 percent of the population in south sudan is under the age of 13 they are born and raised up in the wall so the a mindset and attitude just. i decided to ditch my so programming so that i can make a priest. as a refugee living in uganda and had to walk 3 hours to an internet cafe internet cafe so he could charge his computer and play video games and now is the founder and c.e.o. of 2 new games he's winning awards partnering with other developers to create games with a social impact of course is not alone in that pursuit video gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry and as it's grown so too have the number of civic minded game developers organizations and conferences working to educate players about humanitarian issues from the plight of refugees and migrants to the horrors of war so. welcome to the stream and you so much new friend this. is the president of games for change that's a nonprofit organization that brings together game creators and social innovators and around me it's now is a video game developer and co-founder

how -- sea and ethiopia, south sudan. it's an exciting and interesting portfolio and despite the fact i will talk about the concerns, there's a lot of positive stuff going on as well. i will walk through quickly so you can get a sense of what we see in the area we are focused on starting with somalia i would say we are in a g it is a very vital partner and has played important roles in combating extremism in somalia as well. my first question is, how would you assess the u.s. presence and how do you see it changing in the foreseeable future? >> thank you and i am glad to be here. thank you all very much. my portfolio covers 13 countries so i have all of the horn countries and the countries along the red sea. i have sudan, ethiopia, south sudan and it is a very exciting interesting portfolio. we have been talking about some of the issues and i want to walk through the neighborhood quickly see you can get a sense of the highlights in the neighborhood we are focused on. starting with somalia we are in a guarded optimistic mi

will do better for me tamala al jazeera cape town south africa south sudan's president salva cure the formation of for unity government should be delayed by a least a year the spider made twelve deadline in the peace agreement that ended the civil war president here says he doubts the parties and various armed groups will be able to implement all the agreed security arrangements in the coming months around four hundred thousand people died during south sudan's five year civil war which broke out in twenty thirteen between forces loyal to my char vernon vice president and kier. well the vice president of venezuela as opposition controlled national assembly. has been arrested the opposition leader made the announcement on social media earlier had said on twitter he was being taken to the headquarters of the intelligence agency he is the first politician arrested since tried to spark a military uprising last week against president nicolas maduro the government's. leading us democrats have voted to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress they're demanding he release an

across the country of kenya and eventually leading up to a regional partners uganda and eventually south sudan opening up the region to trade and movement of persons on the route it will also be just freight transport for example dealers usually have their new and used cars brought from by truck it's hoped that the new rail option will help lower prices for car buyers and make it more secure to move because you look great on term would prove a lot. of spin on your own through a driver because you're so used to that which before the railway was built by chinese contractors and financed largely by chinese loans that poses a debt burden. putting all this together hasn't come cheap three point eight billion dollars kenya has had to fork out in order to get this done and the tricky thing is ninety percent of that funding came from the china eggs in bank the foreign investors celebrate the results and the promotional videos the chinese provided both financing and technology to operate the railway for the first five years.

i have all of the horn countries, all of the countries along the red sea, sudan, ethiopia, south sudan. it's an exciting, interesting portfolio. despite the fact that we're going to talk about concerning issues -- i'll walk-through the neighborhood quickly, so you can get a sense of what we see as the highlights of the neighborhood we're focused on. i would say we're probably in a guardedly optimistic mind-set about somalia, we've seen where it was in 1991, and we now have a permanent presence there. we have ambassador yamamuto. we have recommitted to work aggressively on political issues and economic issues. >> there's a lot of positiveness. the last three decades it's been a great concern for us. we have seen some modest degrees of progress. the issue has been working more closely in the last few months, i would say. to move outside of just mogadishu. we're trying to push the security perimeter further out. it is essential we get beyond mogadishu. that's been happening and been a bit of a positive new story we're seeing. holding territory, taking and holding territory outside of w mo

across the country of kenya and eventually leading up to a regional partners uganda and eventually south sudan opening up the region to trade and movement of persons on the route it will also based freight transport for example dealers usually have their new and used cars brought from by truck it's hoped that the new rail option will help lower prices for car buyers and make it more secure to move because the. term will be improved a lot. by your through a driver because you are used to that which you perform in the railway was built by chinese contractors and financed largely by chinese loans that poses a debt burden. putting all this together hasn't come cheap three point eight billion dollars kenya has had to fork out in order to get this done and the tricky thing is ninety percent of that funding came from the china eggs in bank the foreign investors celebrate the results and the promotional videos the chinese provided both financing and technology. the operate the railway for the first five years do you think it was worth it ok in terms of the finance basically and what the other the spen

environmental shows that meet some of the people striving to protect the planet a key deadline for south sudan's peace deal is looming but many are worried their rivals will yet again fail to put the plan to action an exclusive exploration of the goals and motivations behind russia's foreign policy told by those who can deal with the premise and with rex it still looming and populism on the rise across europe will these elections become a referendum on you self made on al-jazeera. free education for all was the promise the reality provoked a generation. to drugs enough blood to want things are not how a protest over education feeds. morphed into a national results but that is done yet this time it's got. everything must fold. a witness documentary on al-jazeera. plans. you're watching of zero zero robin in doha these are all top news stories the most powerful cycling to hit india in twenty years as destroyed homes along the eastern coastline uprooting trees and plunging large areas into darkness at least eight people have been killed after cyclon forney made landfall on friday near the city of g

south sudan has been in conflict since 2013 the war has divided the country along ethnic lines 200000 people most of them refugees from sudan's blue nile state even this remote town and looked to be a band hospital for all their medical needs the war is destroyed or most infrastructures which are specially in the upper layer almost all work including my local hospitals obstruct living in the presence of who you know vision of the mother to work into the capacity that they're supposed to. on counting the cost as the u.s. ratchets up the pressure on iran we look at the straits of hormuz the most valuable waterway in the world $3.00 lanka's tourism industry takes a hit off to the east the sunday attacks and flying cars as the future just a rough counting the cost on it is it. is a problem and with the headlines on al-jazeera the sun. the minister for foreign affairs says the kingdom doesn't want to war in the region part of the iranian regime chooses war it will respond king solomon has called for 2 emergency summit the gulf and arab leaders in mecca to discuss escalating tensions in the

from zone but the same time friends are certain that by is very difficult of full engagement and south sudan rival parties have agreed to delay the formation of a unity government by six months are prisoners the president salva care and rebel leader english are have been meeting in ethiopia's capital addis ababa to try and salvage a peace deal signed last share that they have a resolve several differences ahead of a major deadline to form a government. bigamous opposition politician bobby wine is told al-jazeera he is willing to sit down with president it were a missed seven eight to discuss the challenges facing the country a popular musician turned politician was released after three days in custody for taking part in what authorities called unlawful protests catherine so i reports on kampala. this was the moment you were in the town home on thursday after three days in cassidy for leading protests against a social media talks many of his supporters like young john to his music and political views most have grown up with president yoweri in the seventies in charge he's been in power for mo

soldiers the declaration passed after china a traditional ally of pakistan dropped its objections south sudan's warring parties are meeting about ending the six years civil war the talks and ethiopia's capital addis ababa before the deadline runs out to form a unity government a peace deal was signed in september by president salva kiir rebel leader with much r. and other wives all factions. meanwhile aside sudan has rejected un allegations it was behind the killing of two prominent government critics adding injury is a bone and don't some your lack disappeared in kenya in twenty seventeen where they lived in exile the government has repeatedly denied responsibility for the disappearance on the stand to nationals now calling for an independent investigation into the alleged execution and those are the headlines more details on the website al jazeera dot com coming up on al-jazeera it's witness i think i'm . really going to tell you that it will be. prepared if it is because they've been doing in. the first year there were fifty of us in our time and there were like twenty. we had to see people

south sudan's president salva kiir has said the formation of a unity government should be delayed by at least a year that would be missing a sunday deadline set as part of a peace agreement signed last year that ended the civil war president here says he doubts all the parties will be able to implement the agreed security arrangements in the coming months at least four hundred thousand people were killed in the years of conflict those were the headlines the al-jazeera news is here in half an hour to stay with us the stream is next. i have the ok and you're in the stream it has been a record setting cycle and season for parts of india and a handful of countries in southern africa a trio of deadly storms all within weeks of each other and now many scientists are lining us about the devastating impact of climate change on the developing world imo a good deal and today we explore how extreme weather is potentially saddling people in poor nations with the death of climate change what do you think leave your comments in the chat and we'll do our best to get them into the conversation. i'm

republican faction says one of its members accidentally shot mckee while opening fire on police south sudan's president sell the kit as the formation of a unity government should be delayed by at least a year despite a may twelve deadline in the peace agreement that ended the civil war president care says he doubts the parties and various armed forces will be able to implement all the equates security arrangements in the coming months now south africa's governing african national congress is on course to win the general election bob with its lowest share of vote since the end of apartheid twenty five years ago the a.n.c. has won nearly fifty seven percent of the votes counted as a setback for president zuma rama poser who replaced jacob zuma the main opposition democratic alliance has almost a quarter of the vote official results are expected on saturday the a.n.c. hasn't fallen below sixty percent a national election since one thousand nine hundred ninety four malcolm webb is and the main result center and pretoria. as the results are tallied they're displayed on the screens in the two scree

have to keep the peace but by the same token it's hard to imagine a place like let's say darfur or south sudan or central african republic without these peacekeeping forces at the moment what in your opinion might be going wrong but they have to keep them there for so long so in most cases peacekeepers are deployed in one of the most stable highly fried jail or in some cases failed states where government institutions state structures are simply not there to provide the kind of peace and safety that vulnerable populations need and also even for different parties that are suppose to come together and have that dialogue and conversation about moving the country forward situation doesn't exist so peacekeepers are there primarily to provide that kind of environment basic protection for vulnerable groups and also a conducive political environment for the virus pretty good actors to come together or out a deal to take countries forward so that is their primary object if there are a certain peacekeeping missions that have been in force meant to mandate in the sense that they can actually participate