ultraorthodox shas party, coalition building in the israeli parliament. played the role of king maker in the israeli knesset. al jazeera. >> in mali there has been another attack on the city of gao. outside the city mortar rounds, gao was the first city freed from military intervention earlier in the year. >>> it has been more than ten years since nigeria passed a law banning child labor but the international labor organization says there are 15 million children working in the country. al jazeera's afa midras went to meet some of them. >> millions of nigerian children forced to work in conditions like this. he dropped out of school when he was 8. he joined the ever-growing number of people working in mines across nigeria. for him the pay justifies the pain. >> with the little i earn here i support my family and take care of my needs. what options do i have? i'm happy with what i do. >> osama says his parents are happy with him working but he'd rather be in school with his mates. with support from a local musician, osama brush aside the danger of this work