it is actually going to benefit the people of south sudan and the people of sudan., minister, when you desperately appeal for international investment in your oil and gas sector, the big players like exxon mobil and others, they look at what is happening on the ground, they are looking at the chronic insecurity, they look at the relationship with sudan, they look at the failure to deliver on infrastructure or any semblance of the government in your country and they say "we don't want any part of that." it is actually the opposite. from here, i will be flying to paris. they met my president last month injuba and they are interested. this is a british—based company and a state owned oil company of kuwait... strictly and explicitly set last year that they were putting any ambitions they had in south sudan on hold because of the insecurity in your country. it is the opposite. i was the one who told them that we need to reach an agreement as soon as possible. we all know you want them. the question is do they want you? they want me. i'm the one with the oil. you're the o

. being the president of the republic of sudan. -- south sudan.whom you mentioned, currently exiled, he fled the country in fear of his life in 2016. he was her political mentor, you backed him for an awful long time, and you jump ship and decided to throw in your lot with presidents all the key act, but we have at the center of sudan isa but we have at the center of sudan is a fundamental division between... there is an agreement we are implementing, signed in august of 2015, and that is what put us in the situation. myself and the vice president of south sudan, we are implementing that you agreement. what we are doing together with the president is to bring those who are not part of the agreement to be on board, so we implement the agreement, and from there we will transition from where we are now to a better future for all of us, we can have an election. better future sounds great as words, but look at reality. the civil conflict continues at pace, the latest human rights watch report came out for 2018, looking back at 2017, talking about dorma

for sudan, it is wonderful.appened for a long time and i think the combination of energy and regular water levels is a great blessing. cheap electricity can be used for a lot more than just keeping your cows properly air—conditioned. it can bring faster development to sudan, which isjust emerging from decades of crippling us sanctions and wants to take advantage of the opportunities. what do you think about the row between ethiopia and egypt about this dam? the nile is the lifeline of egypt so for them, i wouldn't say they're paranoid, but they are very concerned about anything to do with that water. and the nile is a lifeline to sudan as well. welcome to the first—ever festival of music and culture in this village. this village is about half a day's drive north of khartoum. it was abandoned 20 years ago, the mud houses left without roofs as the villagers moved away from the river banks to avoid catastrophic flooding. this woman remembers two huge floods from when she was a child. her father was mayor. this was

sanctions weren't removed they were achieved sudan still has stifling u.s. sanctions attachments bogus state sponsor of terrorism does it nation and only when those things are removed ordinary sudanese see improved living standards did you see any change in your life so i heard after the easing of sanctions. not at all in fact sanctions are always used as an excuse the problem is not the sanctions the problem is failure in policy itself this is an accumulation of policy failure from the independence or separation of top down. in two thousand and. it's a political failure and an economic failure. and in response to a comment earlier mr obvious said that the government will be subsidizing in its new budget. some of the basic money i would like to know which cannot be things are going to be subsidized and also in addition in that other if you adjust which has been released recently or rather not released to the public we do not really have that but if speculated that two percent of the budget only two percent would allocated to health care and approximately thr

their trading partners include the armed forces of sudan. sudan is a country designated by the u.s. government as a state sponsor of terrorism. hutson: one particular former lra fighteter said that he was with a group who shot six elephants on kony's orders, and they hand carried the tusks through centntral african republic. and they went to the kafia kingi enclave on the border of sudan, and there in the presence of joseph kony, they soldld the ivory to a sergeant in the sudan armed f forces. narrator: garamba is a converging point for military units from several countries looking to kill elephants. hutson: so you've got the lra rebels, you'veve got armed forcs from sudan, from south sudan, and from uganda all competing with fardc, the congolese forces to poach the last wild elephants that remain in the park. narrator: these units come armed with satellite phones, night vision goggles, and ak-47s. elephants are also shot from helicopters, as was the case with 22 elephants killed in garamba in march 2012. hutson: we do know for certain that the elephanants were killed from a helicop

of south sudan. like imus it did get spending in army in the militia got its militias roaming the country and i know you have this. crazy there's no fixed number for it but yeah so that and what you are referencing it's really actually what the majority of our community is also a. they think that too much of the budget is being allocated to the military so this isn't a bash it says the new budget is strongly catering to the security industry and the productive industries such as other culture don't receive any support to flourish another person eman highly writes and that the budget allocation is higher than i believe is being said and any money used for military spending is causing this issue to get deeper and deeper sudan's continued investment and war comes at a time when the sudanese pound is at a record low against foreign currencies so i'm going to direct these to you people say that the budget has too much military spending in it what's your response to that you know actually the budget now is

twenty eight thousand detainees and that the sudanese regime continues arrests now are you in sudan or want to weigh in on this program tweet us. stream. they have been called the bread protests anti a stereotype demonstrations began in january after the government of president omar al bashir announced the twenty eighteen budget and further economic cuts the prices of basic household staples especially flour have steadily rising and sent people into the streets several subsidies like wheat pharmaceuticals where human ated by the government and the colosseum has been devalued to improve the local economy officially one us dollar is equal to eighteen sudanese pounds but i'm officially on the black market the u.s. dollar is estimated to be selling for more than double the price the government has been investing in military as it continues. fighting on several fronts for south kordofan and the blue nile states on sunday the government released more than eighty activists to tango in the protests and a move ordered by the president but dozens remain in prison term. we will work hard to ge

they have recalled their south sudan ambassador to the u.s. for consultations according to them the war has lasted for more than four years now and the u.n. has said that if it continues in ten to eighteen then they will be three million people who are displaced in neighboring countries and that is obviously a concern for the u.n. and for the different humanitarian actors involved in south sudan's war. germany's politicians are meeting again to try and reach a compromise to form a government france longer merkel's conservatives are in negotiations with the opposition social democrats are calls been unable to form a coalition since the election in september when both parties lost seats to the far right. in order i talked as a consequence constructive talks today we've reached a lot of agreements we managed to reach consensus issues of habitation. printing we managed to finish the issue of digitalisation and we could reach an agreement on art and culture but we've just joined the protest in the high level meeting that there are issues ahead of u

the government of sudan is often accused of being one of the world's greatest violators of human rights and just as often it denies the charges the man who conveys many of those denials is the country's foreign minister ibrahim gun dog who is my guest here in munich does he care if anyone believes him. and will welcome to comfort zone thank you very much for having me here you told the interviewer last year we have abided by all our human rights a big ations this was clearly provably untrue wasn't it. it could not be true but sometimes you depart from normal for reasons that has to be explained living in a world. of turmoil around us neighboring countries or different problems you call it a departure when you called it repeated violations of civil and political rights incidents of harrison and arrest torture and prolonged detention for civil society actors that's more than a departure isn't it cannot be a long detention. that is not all sure but event of millions sometimes to come in order to ensure social security. this comes from the un's human rights council's independent expert on s

but the tensions between egypt and sudan didn't stop here. in turkey ethiopia what is planned to be africa's biggest hydroelectric dam is sixty percent complete and designed to revolutionize ethiopia's economy turning it into the continent's largest power generator an exporter the five billion dollars dam is being built on the blue nile river fifteen kilometers from sudan's border sudan supports the dam because it will regulate floods provide electricity and irrigation but egypt's president sissy who seeks reelection next month says the dam would disrupt the flow of the nile to almost one hundred million egyptians and potentially cripple the farming industry ethiopia accuses the egyptian ally eritrea of sending rebels to sabotage the dam eritrea denies it. c.c. says he doesn't want to witness a war with his neighbors the three presidents made on monday an address op of or in a show of unity. we can all be completely assured in ethiopia in sedona i mean egypt is responsible leaders we met we spoke and we agreed and there will be no damages on

this man is sudan's richest man. it is wonderful, it's really the best thing that's happened for a long time. i think the combination of energy and regular water levels is a great blessing. cheap power to keep his cows cool and to bring faster development to a sudan and merging from decades of crippling us sanctions, but egypt is firmly against the dam. the regional rivalries go back as far as the pyramids. the sudanese pyramids. egypt was once ruled from here 2000 yea rs egypt was once ruled from here 2000 years ago. powers on the nile rise and fall, and ethiopia's influence is growing. water is generally becoming highly politicised, not only in this region but elsewhere. but i think there is always, as in our case between the three countries, if the political will is around involving the high up authorities in three countries, i think it will work out. but the diplomatic row is far from settled. where the river's two great tribute meet in khartoum, the blue nile from its european supplies 85% of the water. so the d

fresh from fighting in the east of the country as south sudan more than forty years of war and with us it was issue from jimmy about barbara loach is the u.n. agency our senior regional spokesperson in kampala. is a member of parliament representing the national female you. constituency also in kampala hillary own knack is the state minister for relief for disaster preparedness and refugees joy dooku is a refugee from south sudan joining us from a rule in uganda and al jazeera correspondent malcolm webb is in kampala thank you all for being part of the stream today i want to start with members of our community one in particular who is a refugee himself this is a rebirth of the creator on twitter who explains why he had to leave south sudan he says it was the last straw i gave up hoping all would be well the uncertainty was too much there were too many rumors super inflation still no salary new increased wave of crime and insecurity hits those traveling on the roads making movements a life or death situation in south sudan was inhospitable so we asked him what his reception was like in

and sudan was a year in sudan the same thing happened to me because i was listening to them and i said i don't know if i'm so they are so in november stars and so then i came to egypt on november seventh of and the same thing happened to me on an interview in egypt years ago so i was not safe in sudan i was less if in egypt so that i was running and like i did myself to get safe and to get protected because that's why in the first place they came to israel take it michael thank you very much for telling us your story and what's been happening to you in israel right let's bring in i guess a single rose and i should imagine that that's a story you hear all the time and i what is your response not to to what is happening. it's a very said that the government of israel came to a point to a whole decade or. willie asylum seekers' is very badly the we are now at the point that is i want to deport the asylum seekers to two countries that claim they have no agreement with israel in the four years during which is that they sent all of the four thousand asylum seekers to disc two countries poor

they have recalled their south sudan ambassador to the u.s. for consultations according to them this war has lasted for more than four years now and the u.s. said that if it continues in ten to eighteen then there will be three million people who are displaced in neighboring countries and that is obviously a concern for the u.n. and for the different communitarian actors involved in south sudan's war canada say some criticism from human rights curbs for its attempts to deport a twenty four year old man to somalia. was born in saudi arabia and says he has no ties to somalia where there's been years of violence on the armed group al-shabaab kenya lack reports from toronto. born to a somali mother in saudi arabia abdul abdi was six when he came to canada as a refugee he was taken into care by child welfare authorities and shuffled among thirty one foster homes as a ward of the state his relatives couldn't get him citizenship the troubled teenager he committed crimes and went to jail when he was released this year border officials tried to deport

based in geo child soldiers international and from south sudan's capital juba brigadier general. spokesman for the south sudanese army welcome to you all charles we talk a lot in this program about the horrors of war but you experience it as a child first hand you were fourteen when you were force of become a child soldier in sierra leone could you tell our viewers about what happened to you. well it was in a village called ok you know what i mean i cannot distribute the diamond. district of stereo where we were in a bush when i was recording recouping. will always find this book that is going into the air that's the way to actually identify where people are actually residing and so the way they were to trace into the bush and then be out. in the bush and the rest and all of us and took us to the township of mine in such a different kind of districts and so i was very aware and strict and. teaching us how it should go and also asks it to look to look carry it i tips so it's it was a whole process which does not want to convey i want to begin summary because of our work we can giv

well still ahead on i just you know we're live in south sudan way human rights groups say the government and the opposition are still recruiting child soldiers even after promising not to trust. the. women in the u.k. celebrate the suffragettes one hundred years after they got the right to vote. hallo there is one surprising flooding in the yonder java certain number of landslides has been persistent rain just east all southeast account and you see very clearly from satellite pictures the area that's like to be when it will happen when the last twenty four will be within the next twenty four hours it includes most of borneo some parts of central southern philippines and of course java and sulu ways you know all of java and in bali it looks to be sunny but maybe more reliably the sunshine is there and can easily be lazy or holiday on the sumatra and all of thailand in southeast asia should be drawn at this time of the year it had been unusually wet a couple of weeks ago but now it's looking reliably dry once more unless you're in west java or indeed northern australia there are some bins

sudan believes it. egypt sent troops to earth try a month ago a move sparked by a land dispute over what's called the whole like triangle and woman relations between sudan and turkey not like we are now confirming that we are ready here in this place and that our forces are ready to do what is asked of them at any time the border closed last month sudan's ambassador in cairo was recalled and now this sudanese troops seem to the border. but the tensions between egypt and sudan didn't start here. into ethiopia what is planned to be africa's biggest hydroelectric dam is sixty percent complete and designed to revolutionize ethiopia's economy turning it into the continent's largest power generator and exporter the five billion dollar dam is being built on the blue nile river fifteen kilometers from sudan's border sudan supports the dam because it will regulate floods provide electricity and irrigation but egypt's president a bill foster el sissie who seeks reelection next month says the dam would disrupt the

in the middle is sudan. our correspondent reports from sudan. ethiopianthe grand dam is almost finished. africa's biggestweydroelectric station has already bridged the nile. sudan is waiting expectantly for the cheap power that will soon fizz across its border. but that is not all. the waters of the nile transformed the sudaneset des into a land of plenty. a century ago for british textile mills and now there are vast circles of high quality cattle feed,po mostly for to the goal. for sudan, the great advantage of this new dam is to regulate the flow of the blue nile. they are having to dredge justice of the pumping station can recee water to take the field. the level is as high as that platform, it meters higher. that is what the dam is going to change. these are turbulent times. sudan has had a decade-long deal with egypt, but it is at odds with its northern neighbor over how mh water the country can use. dan's richest man owns a golf course in khartoum,s as well the cattle-feed farm. >> for sudan it is wonderful. it is the best thing that has

war persecution and hunger and their countries tens of thousands of refugees many from eritrea and sudan of travel to egypt seeking a better life in israel but the government calls them infiltrators and says they threaten what it calls israel's jewish character it's begun issuing deportation orders to the tens of thousands of african refugees and warning them either accept money on a plane ticket home or risk being jailed will get so i guess in a moment but first imran khan reports from tel aviv it's a common sentiment among asylum seekers here in israel who are being issued with deportation notices ready to stay in a prison more leave behind gabriel is another man who theories about his future he's twenty seven and from eritrea after a four year journey which involved prison time in egypt in israel he's now been handed a deportation noticed he says yes raids have dismissed his asylum claim out of hand he's being held at the whole lot detentions and well jazeera interviewed him they don't even. i don't know why they given your rejection. that. i came to you in such a fourth option you kn

more than half the south sudan's people of worried about where their next meal is coming from a warning from the united nations. south korean protests is rally against the north as pressure builds for concessions from washington and pyongyang the talks. the winter olympics is pulse to beijing where there's a push to get more people into the snow. opposition medics in syria say a child has died or that dozen more people are being treated after another suspected chlorine gas attack witnesses reported smelling the gas after an explosion in the rebel held on the eve of a single this is video that purports to show the victims struggling to bring the syrian government has denied using chemical weapons in the war. i don't i'm not a little attention today we have more than thirty dead dozens of mints and launching of chemical weapons with chlorine sarin and other gases from iran we don't know what they are russian a common a don't care about un council decisions they still bombard us and use chemical weapons against us america france turkey saudi arabia what are they waiting for britain what ar

jubilation in sudan as well the eighty political prisoners are released but opposition leaders say it's not enough and far as small here with all they say sport including a court of arbitration for sport has opened an investigation into a russian medalist suspected of failing a drug test at the winter olympics in pyongyang. turkey is threatening to battle syrian pro-government forces if they protect the kurds in the northern enclave of afrin the warning came soon after syrian state media said the militia will be entering the region within hours the kurds are asked the syrian government for help to repel a turkish offensive it could mean syrian link forces directly confront turkish troops who've been engaged in an operation against kurdish fighters since last month syria's kurdish why p.g. has been a key u.s. ally in the fight against eisel but turkey is opposed to the group which it views as a terrorist organization and that's not the only flashpoint there's also been syrian government strikes on the rebel held on klav of eastern ghouta near damascus will get more on the situation in ku

but the tensions between egypt and sudan didn't start here. in turkey ethiopia what is planned to be africa's biggest hydroelectric dam is sixty percent complete and designed to revolutionize ethiopia's economy turning it into the continent's largest power generator an exporter. the five billion dollar dam is being built on the blue nile river fifteen kilometers from sudan's border sudan supports the dam because it will regulate floods provide electricity and irrigation but egypt's president. who seeks reelection next month says the dam would disrupt the flow of the nile to almost one hundred million egyptians and potentially cripple the farming industry ethiopia accuses the egyptian ally eritrea of sending rebels to sabotage the dam eritrea denies it sisi says he doesn't want to waste a war with his neighbors the three presidents made on monday an address ababa and a show of unity. you cannot be completely assured in ethiopia in sudan i mean egypt is responsible leaders we met we spoke and we agreed and there will be no damages on anyone and

they have recalled their south sudan ambassador to the u.s. for consultations according to them the war has lasted for more than four years now and the u.n. has said that if it continues in ten to eighteen then they will be three million people who are displaced in neighboring countries and that is obviously a concern for the u.n. and for the different communitarian actors involved in south sudan's war well in a moment we'll have all the way there with robert still ahead on al-jazeera. ready to stay in a prison. leave or face jail african refugees who had hoped for a better life in israel are told they're not welcome plus. a storage visit for turkey's president out of the on the vatican. and in school will meet nigeria's first of a bobsled team aiming to make history as they get ready to compete in the winter olympics. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lake. to the first snowfall on a winter's day. hello it's been snowing in moscow not a big surprise you might think but actually it is moscow as technically continental climate is got no w

camps around south sudan the civil war now in its fifth year has seen thousands of people killed and millions displaced it's also had a major impact on education with one point eight million or seventy percent of school aged children not getting any pain at admission children's agency unicef says one in every three schools have been destroyed or damaged occupied or close at least once during the war and even in those areas where there was no fighting there are still challenges to be faced getting access to education south sudan's constitution provides free education but students have to pay schools for registration and for uniforms and exam fees with the were weakening big kaname many families struggle to find the money and pull their children out of school most of those forced to leave are girls now if one of them i came home. i used to go to school but my father passed away and my mother couldn't afford to pay the registration fees for me and my siblings so no i don't attend classes i don't feel good about that the rest of the kids get to go to school and i can't go the u.n. says s

have been violent protests in south sudan after friday's decision by the u.s. to impose a unilateral arms embargo the same department said it was appalled by the brutal violence in the five year civil war human rights watch has also called for a weapons ban and warned that south sudan's warring parties are continuing to recruit child soldiers have a morgan has the latest from juba. this is not the first report that has been put out by human rights watch on child recruitment in south sudan it says that children as young as thirteen has been have have been recruited to fight in the conflict which is now in its fifth year unicef also put out a report in late ten fifteen saying that there are sixteen thousand children who are recruited by armed groups now that report has changed into late in twenty seven to reflect new figures which says that more than one nine hundred thousand children have been recruited by armed groups in the conflict this is a this is a problem that has been going on since south sudan sort of fighting in september twenty third team and rights g

this is sudan's richest man. he owns a golf course as well as the cattle feed farms. is a great blessing. cheap power to keep his cows cool and to bring faster development to eight sudan emerging from decades of crippling us sanctions. but egypt is firmly against the dam. the regional rivalries go back as far as the pyramids... ..the sudanese pyramids. egypt was once ruled from here, 2000 years ago. powers on the nile rise and fall, and ethiopia's influence is growing. water in general is becoming highly politicised, not only in this region but elsewhere, but i think if there is always, as in our case, between the three countries, if the political will is around involving the high—up authorities in three countries, i think it will work out. but the diplomatic row is far from settled. where the river's two great tributaries meet in khartoum, the blue nile from ethiopia supplies 85% of the water. and so the dam, and its ability to control the flow, is making downstream egypt nervous. in china, celebrations for the lunar new year are taking place. it's an opportunity for