from on this deed of use tomi oladipo joins me in the studio hello to me now how big a deal is it that prime minister won this award this is massive this is the one of the biggest on as annual honors in the world and for someone who's africa's youngest needa he's only been in office for a year and a half if europe is africa 2nd most populous country and he's coming in this time brought in a lot of political and economic reform but not just for his country there's also his regional impact we've seen his involvement in sudan for example with the political crisis that was there and he spearheaded the attempts to broker talks there so this is a major recognition of abbie's work in this in this period well now why was resolving the conflict with every tree so important because that is one of the mean reasons given for that award i think 1st of all when you look at eritrea and if you know these are more than just neighbors the sister countries things were so bad that when the border got closed after the tension and the war families were split so siblings did not see each other because they h

com tomi oladipo thanks for joining us massive crowds have flooded the streets right across chile on the 7th day of anti-government protests in the capital santiago alone some 1000000 demonstrators converge on the city center demanding economic reforms and the resignation of president sebastian pinera protesters also turned out in the port city of paraiso where some tried to force their way on to the grounds of chile's congress at least 19 people have died in unrest across the country. for more let's cross to santiago where correspondent john bartlett is standing by john you've just come from the demonstration can you describe what it's like there. yeah it's it's remarkable this evening night school and now it's it's people starts going back to the homes there's a real feeling of hope i think that's something that you can you can definitely feel around there's a lot of singing going on in the streets you can even you can still hear the horns now i would just replace what we've had the last few nights of kind of helicopters as sirens and things. seem to change i mean not to say that h

of pride as well for a lot of africans but i think also one of retrospection right get of these tomi oladipo thank you for sharing your insights with us. let's check in on some other stories making news around the world a court in south africa has ruled that former president jacob zuma will stand trial for corruption is application to stop the case was rejected zuma you see here in file footage is alleged to have taken bribes during his time as an economist minister in the 1990 s. he denies those charges they use chief brags that negotiator has been given the green light by a member states to seek a last ditch deal with the u.k. michel barnier will now go into another round of intense talks ahead of an e.u. summit next week by me earlier met his british counterpart in brussels and said the meeting was constructive. in ecuador thousands of indigenous people have gathered for more protests in the capital quito it is the 7th day of nationwide demonstrations that are frequently involved clashes with riot police the president has evacuated his administration from the capital the unrest was origin