is from togo and as a human rights advocate she's a prominent voice online that comes to togo is politics and sent us this earlier the people of togo have the most treated they have resilience and he wants to change the past couple of months the ruling government has tried to dismantle the unity of the opposition they have a rest said many political activism leaders and we have enjoyed lot of repression in persecution but despite all of that we are still standing strong demanding the end of the all this misery regime in africa the harvest of thousands of people who have been protesting in many cities in togo as showing how courageous the at in the how did so mean the to see the end of this it's a ship in total and all the political parties are looking at ways to enter a dialogue with the ruling governments we in this is the sites you will keep fighting and mobilizing resources to demand the end of the ruling regime in total we want change and that's all we are asking for. the hash tag togo is rising is trending in the country along with the hash tag for our mess go in reference to the pre

quits power was i the five months protesters have been calling for an end to the political dynasty togo is the only country in west africa that doesn't adhere to presidential term limits that's kept than a single family in power for half a century first missing by a dam of the thirty eight he is and then his son for missing there who took over in two thousand and five when his father died president four pledged in late september to hold a constitutional referendum but the proposal for a two term presidency is not rich proactive that means missing big could stand again even twice potentially keeping him in power until twenty city limits of a good. result but that doesn't mean we know the total these are determines they are not with us on the street just to have fun this movement began because they know they must take a stand here i coalition of fourteen opposition parties has been leading the mess demonstrations since august security forces violently suppressed some early gatherings people have been killed and they've been arrests and detentions. if their intention is to intimidate us so

healthcare workers teachers and students have added their voices to anti-government protests and togo staging a nationwide strike its latest demonstration calling for an overhaul of tacos political system and an end to the ruling family's fifty year are upon power around the heart has more. or less looks more like a street party than a protest but behind the smiles a serious complaints hospitals without water equipment to staff teachers on put a full wages and students burdened with crippling debt and a president who refuses to give up the position in his family for more than fifty years. was we will not give up we will not stop until he quits power was i the five months protesters have been calling for an end to the political dynasty togo is the only country in west africa that doesn't adhere to presidential term limits that's kept than a single family in power for half a century first missing by a dam of the thirty eight he is and then his son for missing there who took over in two thousand and five when his father died president full pledged in late september to hold a constitution

togo is one of the smallest countries in africa. in the sixteenth century it was a country raided by european slave traders the capital city has a population of less than a million people many of them young. but it's one of the african countries least touched by the communication and computing revolution with. limited resources and infrastructure. is a determined to be part of the technological revolution that is sweeping across africa. says is a young man who has started a tech business in the city his company infinite loop is a product of his passion for technology and the change that it brings. sam first became known for the robots he was making since he was a child he's programmed the robots to play football and even recognize faces. while he was at university he and his friends could not afford computers and had very little access to technology he decided that the solution lay in the fate of thinking with cheap computer chips and second hand parts computers could be built from the most basic and unlikely components. but his aun

healthcare workers teachers and students have added their voices to anti-government protests in togo saging a nationwide strike that is the latest demonstration calling for an overhaul of toyota's political system and an end to the ruling family's fifty year grip on power mariana hond has more. or less looks more like a street party than a protest but behind the smiles a serious complaints hospitals without water equipment to staff teachers on pitiful wages students burdened with crippling debt and a president who refuses to give up the position in his family for more than fifty years. was we will not give up we will not stop until he quits power was i the five months protesters have been calling for an end to the political dynasty togo is the only country in west africa that doesn't adhere to presidential term limits that's kept than a single family in power for half a century first missing by a dam of the thirty eight he is and then his son for missing there who took over in two thousand and five when his father died president four pledged in late september to hold a constitutional

we're going to talk about places like togo nothing is happening there central african republic it will be another thing is happening in misrata i mean this comes against a backdrop of the report that was released by the international which depicts a grim reality about what's happening in terms of human rights abuses of the same time the united nations high commissioner for human rights. they that a hussein is stepping down of the reason why his stepping days basically because the culture or the environment is not conducive to any genuine change is civil with facing a real quizes when it comes to the un itself well let's be clear that and the high commissioner who has done some excellent work during his term isn't just stepping down because of the culture outside of the un amongst member states there's also a culture within the united nations that is retracting in terms of human rights and that culture starts from the very top and from the very new secretary general who has a background in humanitarian sort of matters but has not taken human rights at all seriously in terms of what the

difficult jump al-jazeera for us thousands of people have taken part in opposition protests against togo'spresent. they want to restrict presidents to two five year terms missing days against the proposal he's been in office since two thousand and five took over from his father who ruled togo for thirty eight years talks on constitutional reforms will take place later this month ambitious plans are being drawn up to connect east and west africa by rail the trans african railway line will run through ten countries now those behind the project hope it will increase trade on the continent but the line could take decades to complete the final part of our series looking at global trade routes across hard core ports . from senegal. on board the five fifteen train from the car to chess most passengers are on their way home after a long day of work in the city. the fifteen minute journey home always seems a bit longer than the morning commute. after years writing this train was fun so has learned to enjoy this moment free from just directions. remember i'm walking talking a good time for myself he

in togo protests and public sector strikes have been going on for months the west african country has been ruled by a single family for half a century in the nursing baby son president for nursing bay has followed father without presidential term limits and many have had enough. pressure from the streets has brought a commitment by the president to him to constitute. reform talks too though expect concrete results joaquin's is a teacher who's drawing destructors. i have a professional degree and my salary is one hundred twenty five u.s. dollars per month that's the cost of living is high and we're overwhelmed by debt so it's very difficult. as a french teacher i handle four classes of more than one hundred students each with two different subjects at the end of a semester i have more than a thousand papers tomorrow without any support we lack infrastructure no library to do research in some classes there's no space for all the children health workers are also on strike. says the decision to walk out of his hospital job was not taken lightly the health service he says is no longer fit

thousands of people have taken part in opposition protests against togo's president for not saying day they want to restrict presidents to two five year terms missing is against the proposal he's been in office since two thousand and five and took over from his father who ruled togo for thirty eight years talks on constitutional reforms will take place later this month. for the first time in thirty two years a new school curriculum is to be rolled out in kenya but some parents say the new teaching methods are too ambitious and expensive critics say the government also needs to focus on building more schools employing more teachers and buying more books catherine so reports from nairobi. there's a new way of teaching in this public school classroom. class to children on the outskirts of the capital are part of a pilot program for the new curriculum to be rolled out next year it will close is more in life skills technology natural talent and less on final exams many parents and teachers say it's a welcome change from the old one called eat for fall but also ambitious and expensive for it

party late on monday evening cycling gates is heading towards fiji after bringing destruction to togo in the south pacific the category four storm caused widespread flooding catholic trustee and damaged buildings told us government has declared a state of emergency. return to our top story now the corruption case in south korea been. from the australian national university joins us from canberra good to have you on the show our correspondent was telling us a little earlier on that the story is trending there's a lot of interest there why do you think people are so interested in the outcome of the court case today. well chason still herself has been described as a breast putin like figure she's been accused of influencing presidential decision making despite holding the government position and she's been accused of using her connection to the president to solicit vast bribes from the korean chaebol that's the family run conglomerates that dominate south korea's economy and this scandal inspired the candlelight protest movement and this drew millions of protesters over successive weeken

he spent most of his teenage years in the west african country of togo before moving to france. stashed on in the chicken farm and plan for paris st germain. he never played for psg but there was another completely different job waiting for him. sometimes your first dreams do not pan out but i started engineering in front and undertook a career in technology. join the communications industry in the late 90s and ended upjoining f5 five months ago. it is such a big challenge, running a publicly that a company in the us. did you want to become a xco? i did stop the technology industry attacks talent from all over the world and all types of background. what lessons did you learn from owning a chicken farm the dreams of becoming a footballer to becoming a chief executive? there are lots of similarities. you have to be tenacious, deal with adversity and some of the adversity you face in the chicken farm business. when you join you faced a lot of adversities, disappointing earnings numbers and you also had to lay off people. the company is going through a transition. we have a phenomen

presented a bobsled team and actually africa is quite well represented at these games eritrea gonna kenya togo madagascar all there. let's see we had all kinds of other sorts of pageantry had kids with you know tiger puppets if you had people dressed in chicken outfits or some sort of bird outfits it was everything you could want out of an opening ceremony so what is the big story that's taking place as these games start oh it's definitely the doping story of russian athletes who are there you know under a neutral banner an olympic flag they're known as a one pick athletes from russia. were hoping to have an even larger contingent in their one hundred sixty eight strong number so forty seven athletes who were refused to permission to participate in these games tried to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport against their i.o.c. and some of their compatriots have had. success last week at the cas getting their lifetime bans lifted but for this specific olympics held firm and said that the i.o.c. was justified in barring these athletes which you know certainly is not going to make the russ

like working out faso like burkinarth faso, to the west like the ivory coast and to the east like togoapart from prosecuting their agenda of building at least one factory in each district of ghana, the time has come for ghana to develop strategic industry out of its abundant natural resources. we shall shortly establish an integrated aluminum development authority to assemble the relevant financial resources, the systematic exploitation and development of our bauxite deposits. by the same token, we have decided to exploit our substantial iron ore and manganese deposits situated in the northern and western region of our country to build a steel -- an integrated steel industry to serve the needs of our country and region. we are making systematic efforts to develop our new oil and gas industry into which exxon mobil on just appeared, signing the 18th of generating this year, on offshore oil and gas exploration and production agreement with ghana. we are determined to establish the relevant petrochemical industry to take advantage of the growth of our oil and gas industry. there is a lot

the five took over from his father who will togo for thirty eight years talks on constitutional reform will take place later this month. for the first time in thirty two years a new school curriculum is to be rolled out in kenya but some parents say the new teaching methods are too ambitious and expensive critics say the government also needs to focus on building more schools employing more teachers and buying more books catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. there's a new way of teaching in this public school classroom. class to children on the outskirts of the capital are part of a pilot program for the new curriculum to be rolled out next year it focuses more on life skills technology natural talent and less on final exams many parents and teachers say it's a welcome change from the old one called eight for four but also ambitious and expensive for its not to feel the government a need to consult even the donors because as you have seen how the. plane lands and does the same with it for starters it's a horse of a good system because we had worked ships students who had to be trained

west african leaders have arrived in togo up to try to end the political crisis president forty nothing day is resisting demands to quit or implement political reforms many told police believe a new round of talks between the president and the opposition is the last chance to achieve stability hollowed out reports after months of a tense standoff that took at least government and opposition parties are finally agreed to hold talks broke up by gun us president. i do my time. is that simple to help assist in the dialogue between the various political and. of this the talks expected to last ten days and discuss a range of issues including the introduction of the one thousand nine hundred two constitution that placed a limit on the number of times a president could serve two to a popular will float was approved by ninety nine percent of voters in a different. a coalition of fourteen patties and president phony a symbol of willing union for the republic party represented by seven delegates which really did listen to show in reality the solution depends on the president and his family who hav

west african leaders step in to help solve a political standoff in togo. and in sports the brazilian football ice that ended early due to a lack of players and he's here with that story. from cool brisk knows and few words. to the warm tranquil waters of southeast asia. and it was far too early for spring rain in china but he'd be forgiven for thinking that's where we've got to twenty five degrees in hong kong eighteen shanghai the feed is from the sciences moisture is relative woman's and we get a lot of rain out of it there is some stay with the real coders residing further northwest in china but for the most part we are talking rain in a line from shanghai back to do developing more in the west but time we get to wednesday hong kong still humid but at twenty three degrees cool down a bit in shanghai shanghai by this time still around about the seven marks not really mid winter weather i wouldn't think and then the sea area is largely free of cloud part from occasional all showers that muddy even watch they have just hit hong kong or other parts of centr

our natural paradise and home to sea turtles they've been successfully protected in both bennett and togo for years this is where the biosphere reserve is due to begin in the future. we want to see how the more the delta biosphere reserve is progress and then and talk to narrow countries together that over one hundred kilometers wide they are separated by the mono river the biosphere reserve consists of separate settlements the coastal protection area begins right behind the beach it's a unique biotope here where the monterey than meets the sea the mangroves begin other mouth of the river shows us the airline waterways behind it. his organization is helping to protect the mangrove forests they've planted forty five new hacked is and marked off spawning grounds for the fish with local residents. we continue in the and too late to haul. here patrice bad is support in the future. his environmental denies ation is planned in a nature reserve of flora and fauna on the river banks. has already won the fisherman and hunters over so they'll respect the areas where fishing and hunting are prohibit

countries are africa's atlantic coast but i've never really been on mr love as a raider but mean and togo and for a long time both countries have failed to convince that people on the need to preserve the lands biodiversity right especially in the region around the river this river forms the border between the two small nations and it is a rich tapestry of mangroves forest wetlands and savanna it's also a refuge for rare species such as the manatee and red bellied monkeys let's take a look at what ben and total are doing to protect this natural paradise. sylviane davo what's fun environmental organization he'd like to see fishing in this part of the river delta bad and so the fish have a chance to spawn thirty four points on your deck you know but we're proposing a ban on fishing for one kilometer around the river delta so the fish will be able to pass back and forth between the mono river and the sink. we're seeking a consensus amongst the fishermen. always say you're doing it for them cause this is. the beach and the dunes beyond it our natural paradise and home to sea turtles they've b

they fly to our last stop the forest of good to me in togo. to the people in this area the forest is sacrosanct. they head out into the woods following their priests in the procession they believe accounts of the forest and shield them from sickness and protect them from evil the priests always kept a close watch on the forest. but now they have the spirit of a local environmental group that. they hope to reforest some areas and set up a patrol. to run i don't know why it would give it a greater stretch to the forest are clearing and farming. on it that way but. they're working together to fight poaching forest burning and timber thieves. and so again a whole bunch of good ideas on protecting and preserving the world we live in that's it for today's program thank you for watching the environment you're brought to you by channels television d.w. and k t n sharon as always it's been a pleasure working with. thank you mel a tab thank you to all of you as if you have any questions or ideas that you would like to share with us you can do so on our

in togo protests and public sector strikes have been going on for months the west african country has been ruled by a single family for half a century in the nursing bed in a city some president for nursing day has followed father without presidential term limits and many have had enough i was pressure from the streets as broad a commitment by the president to enter constitutional reform talks to go expect concrete results joaquin's is a teacher who's drawing destroyed because. i have a professional degree and my salary is one hundred twenty five u.s. dollars per month it's the cost of living is high and we're overwhelmed by debts it's very difficult. as a french teacher i handle four classes of more than one hundred students each with two different subjects at the end of a semester i have more than a thousand papers tomorrow without any support we lack infrastructure no library to do research in some classes there's no space for all children. else workers are also on strike. says the decision to walk out of his hospital job was not taken lightly the health service he says is no longe

down togoing from maine georgia on horseback, knocking doors? today, by the time the presidential election is over, you know every mole, every acne scar, you know everything about these people. you are sick of seeing them. inre was no such media blitz the 18th century. and who is going to get on a horse and ride? first of all, the campaign would take six and a half years. they could not figure out what to do. on,s wilson, very early comes up with this idea. everybody goes, that's a terrible idea. at the very end of the convention, the committee on postpone matters -- my favorite committee ever in the history of government -- the committee on postpone matters. >> our whole government. [laughter] says, hows down and about that idea james wilson has? sleeping in a tavern, eating tavern food for four months, they wanted to go home. they said, that's a great idea. the electoral college did not have really any high-minded ideas about balancing rural and urban or letting certain states have the same number of votes as others. it was just, how are we go

demonstrations like this for the past few weeks across various west african countries in chad in easier in togo even in tunisia some are protesting against the rising cost of living others are calling for political change and so this protest has to be taken in the light of what's happening throughout the region young africans tired of being ignored taking to the streets in order to get their voices heard. the demonstration ended like it started peacefully for president mikey's all supporters this shows his ability to govern with the opposition and with thousands of people on the streets the opposition sees it as a success too and so all seem to agree that democracy isn't easy but it's always worth fighting for. the car. more women than ever hoping to get elected into government choosing representatives in more than three hundred local elections on saturday a change in the law requires women to fill a quarter of all seats smell from under us from columbus i am during her latest political race with a bang rosie sennight form of this is world diplomat and parliamentarian is aiming to become good t

talks have begun between togo's government and the opposition to try to end a six month political standoff for months thousands of people have been protesting against president for nursing babies there demanding that he stand down and the government introduce presidential term limits acing bay has been in power since two thousand and five the ten day talks are being brokered by the presidents of ghana and guinea. radian media say rescue teams have found the wreckage of a passenger plane that disappeared in the zagros mountains emergency workers rushed through mountainous terrain in temperatures of minus sixteen degrees celsius to get to the site the ass man lines aircraft went down in forty weather on sunday killing all sixty five people on board iran's president hassan rouhani has ordered an investigation into the accident hungary's prime minister has kicked off his election campaign by calling for a global alliance against migration to all bonds nationalist party is pushing for a third consecutive victory in april's election the right wing politician has been increasingly at odds with th

now russia's athletes have a real life togo after the winter olympics finished in south korea the team was thirteenth in the middle table after the taping scandal prevented many top russians from competing daniel holkins was at the airport where the contestants were finally allowed to display their national symbols. days. with the russia but everybody knows they really should. not miss you five. people five of these well wishers showing you what's really a festival atmosphere here today you know all they did was for korea you know there was a lot of discussion of whether they should make a hundred you know whether they perhaps should more quote the games here today as you can hear by the cheering is self-evident yes they should have gone yes they should look was it their country and the fact that we don't go there often it's. certainly a reach to get a third place in history in pictures during the final competition someone. before him and he fell to the south he managed to grab the third place. was the chance to . mostly grating the whole national team of course but when i see the hock

whatever problems lie you'd have to get i has to be and how to al-jazeera how to talks a begun between togo's government and the opposition to try to end a six month political standoff for months thousands of people have been protesting against president for nothing day they are demanding that he stand on the government introduce presidential term limits been in power since two thousand and five the ten day talks have been brokered by the presidents of dharma and guinea and egyptian companies agreed to by fifteen don't believe in dollars worth of israeli natural gas deal israel hopes will strengthen diplomatic ties operators of israel's team are and of a fee an offshore gas fields will supply private egyptian firm dolfin us holdings around sixty four billion cubic meters of gas over a decade israeli's energy minister has called it the most significant export deal between the two countries since their historic peace treaty one thousand nine hundred seventy nine legislators in iceland a time to make male circumcision illegal saying it falls under the umbrella of child abuse if the bill passes i

talks have begun between togo's government and the opposition to try to end a six month political standoff for months thousands of people have been protesting against president for nursing day they're demanding that he stand down and the government introduce presidential term limits that's the way has been in power since two thousand and five the ten day talks are being brokered by the presidents of ghana and guinea. the body of morgan tsvangirai is juice be flown to his home in rural zimbabwe ahead of his burial on tuesday thousands of mourners took to the streets of harare on monday to pay tribute to the opposition leader the sixty five year old died on wednesday after a long battle with cancer. formed the movement for democratic change party and was a staunch critic of ousted president robert mugabe her much us a has more from harare. people said they want to celebrate the inside their eyes light they say he was a great man a great opposition leader and one way they say they want to preserve his legacy is to try and make sure that elections this year are free the credible morgan tsvangi

thousands of people have been protesting against togo's president far in a single says he's against opposition proposals to restrict presidents to two five year terms he's been in power since two thousand and five talks on constitutional reforms are expected to be held later this month. the hundreds of thousands of people are expected at a rally in the greek capital in the coming hours over the use of the name macedonia by the neighboring former yugoslav republic greece won't allow macedonia to become a member of nato or the european union without an agreement on the matter both governments have signaled they're willing to compromise but convincing their voters may be a more difficult matter is john's or openness. this is what happens when you the slavia broke apart a quarter century ago and its southern most state claimed independence as the republic of macedonia a million people gathered in the cell and the capital of the greek region of macedonia outraged that a non greek nation should lay claim to ancient greek heritage that is still the dominant view here today. they're trying to inherit

dozens of people have been protesting against togo's president opposition parties want to restrict presidents to two five year terms but the current president. says he's against the idea he's been in power since two thousand and five talks and constitutional reform is slated for later this month. a judge in brazil has ordered the return of former president a little silver us passport that was confiscated last week just before he was about to board a flight for ethiopia to attend a un conference there were fears he would seek asylum abroad it was taken after a court upheld his conviction for corruption and increased his jail term to twelve years he's likely to be barred from running in and told his election but his party insists he will be a candidate a confidential un report has found north korea violated sanctions last year ending about two hundred million dollars make sporting banned materials such as coal iron and steel it also says pyongyang sold weapons to the governments of syria and me and mark let me give you a warning you might find some images in support disturbing. using what's bee

venezuela's economic crisis now allow thousands of people taken part in opposition protests against togo's president. they want to restrict president to to hear terms sing day is against the proposal and has been in office since two thousand and five he took over from his father who ruled the country for some thirty eight years talks on constitutional reforms are going to take place later this month. well now travel within africa can be challenging at times but now an ambitious plan has been drawn up to connect the east and west by rail senegal's president macky sall pushed for the project that's being paid for by the chinese government and supported by the african union those behind the i hope it will increase trade on the continent the why while the line will run through ten countries from senegal in the west to east cartney it takes at least five days to travel by road from the senegalese capital dakar to the capital of djibouti flights between east and west africa opening up but fares are not cheap so in the final part of our series looking at new global trade routes nicholas hack repo

but his party insists he will be its candidate now thousands of people have been protesting against togo's president for in a single day says he's against opposition proposals to restrict president to five year terms he's been in power since two thousand and five troops on constitutional reform are expected to be held later this month. there are ambitious plans for a railway line to connect east and west africa the route will run through ten different countries it's hoped little boost trade on the continent but the trends are going to render line could take decades to complete and the final part of last series looking at new global trade routes reports from ts in senegal in west africa . on board the five fifteen train from the car to chess most passengers are on their way home after a long day of work in the city. the fifteen minute journey home always seems a bit longer than the morning commute. after years writing this train was fun so has learned to enjoy this moment free from distractions. remember i'm walking talking a good time for myself here if i drive to work it would take me at

our desire to also began betting togo's government and the opposition tried to end the six month political standoff a ten day missing is being bokeh by the presidents of ghana and give me the dough reports. after months of a turn standoff that took at least government and opposition parties are finally agreed to hold talks broke up by gunnels president. i do my task is this simple to help assist in the dialogue between the various political and. of this the talks are expected to last ten days and discuss a range of issues including the reintroduction of the nineteen ninety two constitution that placed a limit on the number of times a president could serve two to a popular vote was approved by maine to nine percent of voters in a referendum. a coalition of fourteen patties and president phone yes imbecile ruling union for the republic party represented by seven delegates each really did listen to show in reality the solution depends on the president and his family who have ruled us for fifty long years they should listen to the people's demands and they weren't be a solution if we don't spe

—— a ruled togo, a vassal country? —— a rule taker. has done only recently. in the wales that we have seen new only recently. in the wales that we have seen new powers only recently. in the wales that we have seen new powers being devolved to welsh government. we are absolutely clear that we want to see the vast majority of powers returning from brussels, starting off in edinburgh, cardiff and belfast, not on whitehall. but we are also clear that where powers are related to the uk as a whole, it makes sense for us to ensure that rules continue to apply across the whole of the uk in the same way. to celebrate world budai tomorrow, would the prime ministerjoin me in helping share a story of child literacy campaign to make reading for ten minutes with a child as much a part of a day as eating fruit and veg? i am very happy to join her in welcoming that campaign and to mark world but die which is the day to enjoy and celebrate reading. as a child i very much enjoyed reading and this idea of trying to make sure we see ten minutes of reading

calls for political change in togo grow louder as teachers and health workers call the national strike. legal fallout from activists who say they're convinced the popstar north to cancel a concert in israel. and in support the new england patriots and philadelphia eagles have the training patter counts the countdown to super bowl continues. from the neon lights of asia. to the city that never sleeps. hello there it's certainly been hot for some of us in new zealand recently for january well it turned into the hottest month on record in christchurch than eden wellington but the end of the month well it certainly wasn't plain sailing we had a huge storm that worked its way across us in the form of an old tropical cycloid here's the circulation then gradually drifting its way southwards slamming its way into new zealand for youth a very very heavy rain some places saw around fifty millimeters per hour for ling that is a phenomenal amount of rain on the ground wouldn't have been able to absorb that much more that's why we saw some flooding and also around the coast we saw a bit of inundati

demonstrations for the past few weeks across various west african countries then show the news here when togo even in tunisia some are protesting against the rising cost of living others are calling for political change and so this protest all those that ago is able and economically sound has to be taken in the light of what's happening throughout the region young africans are tired of being ignored taking to the streets in order to get their voices heard that russians are proud of their long history of space exploration yuri gagarin was the first person to travel into space back in one thousand nine hundred sixty one and the soviet space agency was also behind the first woman in space the first space walk itself well the russian are seven rockets that launched the first act like a still servicing the international space station but with this week's space x. launch russia fears losing its commercial edge in the modern space race or a shallow reports not from a school. the pitches and the achievements amazed millions of people around the world but space x. is falcon heavy rocket launch with it

been demonstrations for the past few weeks across various west african countries in chad in easier in togo even in tunisia some are protesting against the rising cost of living others are calling for political change and so this protest although senegal is. an economically. it has to be taken in the light of what's happening throughout the region young africans who are being ignored taking to the streets in order to get their voices heard. one of the most famous faces in northern ireland is retiring gerry adams was considered spokesman for the irish republican army in its thirty year war to end british rule since then he's played a pivotal part in the peace process the shin fein leader for thirty four years is being replaced by mary lou mcdonald who has no links to the conflict from dublin the barber of ports over the years gerry adams has been praised as a brave political leader and condemned as a secret terrorist commander the boy from belfast became active in northern ireland civil rights movement in the one nine hundred sixty s. . following the arrival of british troops the province de

international development summoned to the british parliament for urgent questioning talks have begun between togo's government and the opposition to try to end a six month political standoff for months thousands of people have been protesting against president for. demanding that he stand down and the government introduce presidential term limits has been in power since two thousand and five to ten day talks are being brokered by the presidents of ghana and guinea. so don's foreign minister has told al-jazeera all political prisoners who were detained last month will be released or the eighty have already been freed including prominent opposition leaders saddam had faced international pressure to release the detainees who were arrested after anti-government protests about the rising cost of food lamb and well has more. on the move to release dozens of political prisoners from jails in the sudanese capital of khartoum came as a surprise. most were arrested last month after protests about soaring prices and tough economic conditions turned violent turnout. we will work hard to get rid of the reasons

talks of a gun between togo's government and they opposition to try to end the six month political standoff attend a meeting is big by the presence of garland and jamie. after months of a turn standoff that took at least government and opposition parties are finally agreed to hold talks broke up by gunnels president none of. my friends is there. to help assist in the dialogue between the various political and. of the sky the talks are expected to last ten days and discuss a range of issues including the reintroduction of the nineteen ninety two constitution that placed a limit on the number of times a president could serve two to a popular vote was approved by in one thousand nine percent of voters in a referendum. a coalition of fourteen parties and president phone yes imbecile ruling union for the republic party represented by seven delegates each really did listen to show in reality the solution depends on the president and his family who have ruled as for fifty long years they should listen to the people's demands and they weren't be a solution if we don't speak openly and freely to eac

thousands of people have been protesting in togo against the country's long serving president voting nothing bay says he's against opposition proposals to restrict presidents to two five year terms massively has been in power since two thousand and five talks on constitutional reform are expected to be held later this month there are ambitious plans for a railway line to connect east and west africa the route will run through ten different countries it's hoped it will boost trade on the continent but the trans african railway line could take decades to complete and the final part of our series looking at new global trade routes nicholas haq reports from types in senegal in west africa. onboard the five fifteen train from the car to chess most passengers are on their way home after a long day of work in the city. the fifteen minute journey home always seems a bit longer than the morning commute. after years writing this train was fun so has learned to enjoy this moment free from distractions. for a minute on the walkie talkie i get time for myself here if i drive to work it would take

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