president uhuru kenyatta vowed to crack down on terrorism of the the security chief was charged with bribery for the intend to reveal state secrets. he's one of the highest ranking officials to be prosecuted. >> houthi fighters and their allies with drew from aden after overnight air raids by the saudi arabia-led coalition. the u.s. military has been given the authority to provide support for saudi war planes. we have a report on the fighting that led up to the withdrawal. >> reporter: a symbolic victory. houthi forces and their allies pushed into the city. pushing into the strong hold. before he left the country last week. the rebels stormed into the port city using tanks and armoured vehicles despite the air strikes. they reached as far as the crater. they were working to is light the fighters. >> they worked and are in contact with the resistance fighters. we'll rid the city of infiltrators. >> reporter: the coalition targeted the allies forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh. but over the past few days the air strikes focussed from aden. bombing rebels and loyalists from the east and

president uhuru kenyatta vowed to crack down on terrorism in this country >>> china's former security chief has been charged with bribery and intends to reveal safe secrets. it sets the way for a high ranking official to be prosecuted. seen as a prime target in the anticorruption crackdown, as the china correspondent adrian brown reports from beijing. >> this keenly anticipated announcement was confirmed by the newsagency on friday morning. it said that they were charged with bribee abusive power and leaking secrets enough to get you put away for a long time in china. the case is referred to in the court. we expect the trial which could be an open trial to happen within the next few weeks. why does this matter - well joe was in charge until three years ago of the vast security apparatus. he had files on everyone including, rubbly xi jinping. he was, in short, the most feared and powerful man in this country. now his humiliation and disgrace has been confirmed with this trial in the city. china has not seen anything like this since the gang of four were put on trial in 1980. it include

uhuru kenyatta finalised the deal by warping the two sides to stick to their end of the bargain and avoid being thrown off track by outside forces. >> i wish to remind you as leaders of the central african republic you must never forget and must always be guided by the fact that your principal interest is the well being first and foremost of the people of the central african republic. >> reporter: it's been a long road to a peace settlement between the mostly muslim seleka and christian ballackar. the seleka overthrow the president, the president forced to leave. and rebel leader riek machar declared himself the first muslim president of the clr. he announced the dissolution of the seleka. enter a group that came to the capital to fight the seleka group and kick out of the government. a cycle of violence began, one so chaotic the united nations warned the country was at risk of spiralling into a genocide. tens of thousands of civilians were forced to nee. in 2014 there was a resignation in a move to end the violence. by then thousands of people were killed and millions displaced, and thou

the president uhuru kenyatta addressed the nation for a second time since the attack happened and declared three days of mourning saying the finders, organizers are kenyans. the government was pursuing them and he called for patience and religious tolerance. >> i urge every kenyan every church and local leader to speak up for our unity, and ensure that our justified anger does not spillover and lead to the victimisation of anyone. that would only play into the hands of the terrorists. let us remain in signedy as we safe guard peace and stability. >> reporter: there's frustration in garissa that was attacked before. there were reports about an attack on a university. all this weapons that her using came from where. these people must have passed bar yes. -- barriers. al-shabab issued a statement. people are afraid and do not trust government sources to keep them safe. iraq's prime minister says the islamic state of iraq and levant cap be defeated if it uses -- can't be defeated if it uses radicalized foreign fighters. they are calling on young people to be prevent from recruitment. the captu

uhuru kenyatta is vowing to take marsh measures and we'll go live to kathryn soy. details emurgeing over one of the alleged attackers. >> absolutely we talked to some sources where one of the gunmen were killed. they said they know him. he is mohammad janis shinwari and he -- mohamed mohamud. he studied at a university. he was described as a brilliant lawyer. and we talked to his father, a local government administration. he's in nairobi, and he was shaken. a journalist who talked to him, and sent a recording said that he is shaken and he confirmed that that was his son. he said he doesn't want to be drawn in bebit. but they left home and went to somalia, and immediately informed the police. some of the people we talked to said initially they wanted to go and fight along side i.s.i.s. but couldn't get a passport. that's how they went into somali but the suspected mastermind of this attack in garissa is said to be a kenyan. somali is said to be a resident of garissa. he once hung towards a religious school here a mad rask if you may. he disappeared last year and is

the students stopped at the office of the president uhuru kenyatta to present their demands. >>> a vigil is held for the victims, mohammed adow joins us from nairobi. tell us more about what is happening at the moment. >> well a sombre mood here tonight here in the heart of nairobi. hundreds of kenyans turned up around dusk and gathered in this square where i am standing behind me and they lit candles, wrote notes and stand in memorial of the 147 students killed in the garissa attack. they are asking questions, and some are chanting why were they gunned down. why were they gunned down. they had placards with pictures of some of the students who were killed as well as crosses, each marking the grave - symbolic grave of those who died. they had the flags of kenyans draped over. a sombre mood here, and kenyans are asking for quick action by the authorities, and the insecurity that has killed more than 400 people ever since the attacks by al-shabab started after october 2011 operation in which kenya sent its forces to somali. >> yes, we saw the picture of some university students marching th

. >> they asked students do you agree with the uhuru kenyatta government. will you tell him to withdraw troops. the students answered what they thought they wanted to hear. some were killed anyway. they are hoping for news about a missing student. a member of the his church. >> his parents are in nairobi. they kaint find him in the -- can't mind him in the mortuary or list of survivos - alive or dead >>> this is the now county commissioner in charge of security. last year he had to deal with a series of attacks that killed hundreds of people. >> if we contain that. i am sure they will contain. i'm confident. don't think it is insurmountable. it is not >>> the only university in nearby kenya has been closed. many students never want to come back >>> in southern thailand rebels have taken matter into their own hand to stop trafficking. they are determined to stop communities deteriorating into lawlessness. >> reporter: deep in the jungles of southern thailand the men patrol one of asia's busy smuggling routes. they are volunteers answering calls for civilians

it was the end of a 3-day period declared by uhuru kenyatta. a shrine was set up. photographs of victims displayed. the assault on the university was the deadliest in kenya by al-shabab. >> every attack in kenya was given numbers, you never know who the victims were, someone's brother, sister, aunty, uncle - we want to humanize the numbers. some of the those in the attack paid their respects. a first year student killed by gunmen, hiding in a closet for eight hours. managed to escape. >> i feel like crying. i feel like why, what did they do wrong. what did they do good that i'm here. i feel like crying. >> she was soon overcome by grief. the vigil comes after a huge campaign on social media, particularly on twitter, with the hope that 147 is not just a number, but where kenyans told the stories of the victims of the garissa massacre. they are calling for urgent action against insecurity. >> ahead of the vigil, hundreds of university student marched through the streets, demanding tighter security at university. shouting slogans and waving placards. they denounced th

. >> translation: those men were asking students "do you agree with uhuru kenyatta's government? will you tell the president to withdraw troops from somali?" students answered what they thought the attackers wanted to hear. some were killed anyway. >> reporter: this man waits outside the gates. he's hoping for news about a missing student. a member of his church. >> translation: they can't find him in mort uaries or in a list of survivors - ind jur or dead. -- injured creditor dead. -- injured or dead. >>> this is the new commissioner. he had to deal with hundreds of attacks killing people along the coast. >> if we contain that. we are going to contain it. i'm confident. i don't think it is insurmountable. it is not >>> on university in nearby kenya has been closed indefinitely. many students we talk to said they never want to come back. >>> ukraine's president petro porashenko has indicated that he no longer objects to a potential referendum in separatist-held areas of the east. ukranian government expressed anger when polls n independence were held by russian separatists who cr

let go to some -- somali uhuru kenyatta -- kenya, jordan and other place, in theory it makes sense ne it doesn't. >> does anything make sense in terms or engaging i.s.i.l. not in terms of dip loam assy but in order to stop them you have to defeat them militarily. >> there is something we have to think about for the future and that is if you look at places where we have seen violence like northern nigeria. regional coalitions are coming together to say this is a collective problem. the african union has been successful in somali. a regional group saying this is our problem, the americans can help us drones have been affected. on place where is we had problems like this same questions arising in yemen, do we help the pakistanis and saudis. when we see problems like this do we in the background help the regional groups instead of suggesting that the united states is disillusioned. >> do we have to do something in terms of the united states given the number of americans joining the groups? >> i think we do. let's not overstate this. in contrast to where we were when i sat at the threat t

. >> those men were asking kenyans, do you agree with uhuru kenyatta's government? some were killed. >> awaits outside the university gates, hoping for any news about a missing student a member of his church. >> his parents are in nairobi. they can't find him among the list. >> this is a new county commissioner, last year he had to deal with a series of attacks attacks. >> of the students we talked to say they never want to come back back. catherine soy, al jazeera kenya. >>> petro poroshenko expressed went on to create their own state. the separatists who are still in control of parts of eastern ukraine have dismissed poroshenko's expressions. >> there's grave concern what the war answer effect on orphaned children. 140,000 have been forced out of their homes. the figure includes some of the 95,000 children who live in orphanages and residential homes. as andrew simmons reports. some are at the center of this crisis. >> in ukraine a country in conflict aged from under five to teens and all opportunity care of the state. but they're from the self-declared republic o

uhuru kenyatta >>> houthi rebels and loyalists fight for the port city of aden. you're watching al jazeera, i'm jane dutton live from doha. also coming up in the programme - protests in kenya against al-shabab, after the armed group attacked the university >>> fighting for control of yarmouk. i.s.i.l. fighters take over more of the refugee camp in syria >>> we go to columbia for a look at how recycled bottles are helping to bring life to hundreds of people >>> the saudi arabia-led offensive in yemen entered its 10th day. hundreds killed thousands displaced. in recent developments saudi arabia-led air strikes pushed houthis back. fighting tips in the port city of aden in southern yemen. saudi arabia has been dropping weapons and aid to groups fighting the houthis, said to be backed by iran. those that are allied to the former president is said to be in control of the strategic port city of mukala. the streets of aden have ball a battle ground. large parts of the street have become dessert. supported by saudi air strikes, they hope to push the houthis back. for now

uhuru kenyatta >>> houthi rebels and loyalists fight for the port city of aden. you're watching al jazeera, i'm jane dutton live from doha. also coming up in the programme - protests in kenya against al-shabab, after the armed group attacked the university >>> fighting for control of yarmouk. i.s.i.l. fighters take over more of the refugee camp in syria >>> we go to

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today, kenya's president, uhuru kenyatta declared three days of national mourning promising he will respond to the threat in the fiercest way possible. >> our forfathers bled and died for this nation, and we will do everything to defend our way of life. >> axelrod: we are now hearing extraordinary tells of survival from some who managed to make it through the attack. debora patta is in nairobi with those, and with the gut-wrenching wait for parents who still don't know if their child is dead or alive. >> reporter: this is what the aftermath of a massacre looks like the agonizing wait to identify bodies at chiromo mortuary relatives home hopefor a miracle. it seldom comes. parents who do not find their childrent morgue come here to nyayo stadium in kenya's capital, nyayo stadium. mary waits for her cousin who is studying at the university. the family last heard from him when he sent this frantic text early on thursday morning as masked dpun men forced their way on to his campus. "we have been attacked by al-shabaab," it resident. "please pray for us." they have been unable to reach him since

. >> they were asking, do you agree with uhuru kenyatta's government? they responded away they thought the people wanted to hear. they got killed anyway. >> hoping about any words amos was a member of his church. >> they can't find him in any of the list of survivors. injured or dead. >> reporter: this is the new garrissa county commissioner in charge of security. last year he had to deal with a series of attacks has killed close to 100 people in an area along the kenyan coast. >> if we contain that, i'm sure even that enemy is going to be contained. i am very confident. i don't think it's insurmountable. i think not. >> many of the students we talked to said, they never want to come back. catherine coy, al jazeera garrissa. >>> we're joined on the phone line by the kenyan spokesman thanks for your time, thanks for talking to al jazeera. why did the military target these particular areas in somalia? al shabaab said it was only farmland that was destroyed in those air strikes. >> this out of reliable that now target who are done before the camps were tak

. >> they asked students do you agree with the uhuru kenyatta will you tell him to withdraw troops. the students answered what they thought they wanted to hear. some were killed anyway. this man is waiting outside a gate. awaiting news of a semising stunt. a member of the his church. >> his parents are in nairobi. they can't find him in the mortuary or list of survivors - alive or dead >>> this is the now garrisa commissioner in charge of security. last year he had to deal with a series of attacks that killed coast. >> if we contain that. i am sure they will contain. i'm confident. don't think it is insurmountable. it is not >>> the only university in nearby kenya has been closed. many students never want to come back >>> malaysia's lower house approved an anti-terrorism law that the government says is necessary to tackle threats. the new law introduces indefinite detention without trial. it was passed hours after 17 detained on suspicion of planning attacks in the capital. we are joined live from the malaysian capital. how does the law differ from the legislation that's taking plac

. >> translation: both men were asking students "do you agree with uhuru kenyatta's government? will you tell the president to withdraw troops from somali?" the students answered what they thought the soldiers wanted to hear. some were killed any. >> reporter: this man is outside the gate hoping for news of a student. a member of his church. >> translation: they can't fight him in mortuary they can't find him in a list of survivors - injured or dead. >> reporter: this is the new commissioner in charge of security. last year he had to deal with a series of attacks killing close to 100 people in an area along the coast. >> if we contain that. i'm confident, i don't think it is insurmountable >>> the only university in north-eastern kenya has been closed. many students said they never want to come back. >>> french special forces rescued a hostage inside mali. he was kidnapped by fighters in a hostel in timbuktu in 2011. he was rescued this the north, but there's no word of two others kidnapped in the same attack >>> ukraine's president petro porashenko has indicated that he no long

. >> the government under his excellency uhuru kenyatta, these wide ranging efforts include the treeing of all assets suspected to have been linked to the masterminds of the terrorist attack. >> reporter: those whose licenses were revoked include hotels and bar companies that operate between nairobi and the northeast part of the country. the money transferred handled for example how millions of somali helped by the conflict in their country as well as refugees in kenya. the government's position to revoke licenses and also freeze the accounts of businessmen and other entities has hit at the heart of the somali business community. traders mrs. reporting a slump in business are now -- they say they have suffered because of attacks as well as the government efforts to restore security in their area. >> when an explosion happens we are the victims like businesses and residents and the subsequent crack down, now we see it's monetary crack down and therefore, we're very, very angry with this move and we want the government to as quickly as possible rectify this situation. >> reporter: governm

on saturday uhuru kenyatta call on religious and community leaders to put a stop to it. we met a mother in nairobi, that fears she may have lost her son to al-shabab >>> this woman's son left their home in nairobi with men were the mosque when he was 22. that was in 2012. she has never seen him sincement the certificates show a conversion from christianity to islam, and she believes he's joined a group, likely the somali armed group al-shabab. he called her in the night to check on her. she asked him to come home. he told me he can't, because he's wanted by police. he told me mama we'll meet in heaven. >> police and people from the mosque questioned her and put her under pressure. they least nairobi, and came to live here in this house in the country side to have peace. she's not alone in losing her son. there are dozens of families across kenya who say young men and boys disappeared, and they suspect they have gone for paramilitary training with al-shabab. >>> the kenyan troops are recent additions to the somali fighters. one escapee said planners sent foreign troops to

in a nationally televised address, president uhuru kenyatta urged his people to stay calm, and alert.y to be vigilant, as we confront and defeat our enemies. >> ifill: kenyatta also announced expedited training of 10,000 police recruits. the government also identified the suspected mastermind of the attack as mohammed mohamud, also known as dulyadin, -- and officials posted a $220,000 bounty for him. he's alleged to be the leader of al-shabaab's cross-border strikes. they began after kenya sent its military into somalia four years ago. until today, the worst of those came in 2013, when al shabaab gunmen attacked a nairobi shopping mall, killing 67 people. >> ifill: we take a closer look at al-shabaab, and it's activities in kenya, with ken menkhaus, a professor at davidson college who has done extensive research and consulted with the united nations on the somali group's activities. thank you for joining us professor. assuming this is al-shabaab's work as they say, what is their goal, what is their admission in this kind of attack? >> a publicly stated goal is retribution for the keny