state officials say they have beefed up security in zamfara state negotiations to get the girls released are reported to be under way if they are located i want to assure you that the example the state government has the capacity to rescue them without getting choice. but to join get basic and risk pool god has one wish or 2 a life is to bring to dren. severally unhealthy that is our prayer. the big question is why these girls have been kidnapped but as yet no answers are forthcoming. you're watching data news still to come on the program the challenges of staging an awards ceremony during a pandemic google spotlights the winners of the losers of the golden globes. but 1st former u.s. president donald trump has had set out a possible presidential run in 2024 he was addressing a gathering of staunch conservatives in his 1st speech since losing the 2020 election he also attacked the republicans who voted to impeach him and called for them to be thrown out of the party. it feels like executing a time machine lending in the days when donald trump was the president of the united states i don'

state officials say they have beefed up security in zamfara state. negotiations to get the girls released reported to be under way if they are located i want to assure you that the. government has the capacity to the rescue there without getting choice. but to just get basic and risk pool get the has one wish to or to a lie is to bring to drain. 7. that is. the big question is why these girls have been kidnapped but as yet no answers are forthcoming. now this year's golden globes for film and television have been handed out in a socially distanced ceremony thanks to the pandemic most of the a list audience and nominees followed the event from the show was hosted from new york and los angeles by comedians tina fey and amy poehler one of the top awards went to nomad land starring frances mcdormand for the best movie drama and sasha baron cohen picked up best comedy movie for his 2nd or at fill the golden globes are awarded by the hollywood foreign press association. and journalist k.j. matthews has been watching the show for us in los angeles k j tell

attacks are becoming more frequent to the most recent being a mass abduction of 200 $79.00 pupils in zamfara states last month a kidnapping is a tactic commonly used by armed groups and criminal gangs in nigeria amnesty international says it's been escalating since january 2 mass abductions of schoolchildren took place within 10 days and february officials say they carried out by bandits loosely formed gang. that raul been kidnapped for money nigeria deny is paying ransoms but many believe regional instability in north western states has allowed kidnapping to become ubiquitous source of income some believe boko haram is very well publicized kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the town of chibok back in 2014 fronted more armed groups to turn into these mass abductions of children well let's ask to fanaticism by he joins us from a bridge at fidelis what more are we hearing about this latest kidnapping. the kidnapping happened in the area and so for friday. witnesses some of them who are students and villagers say that the gunmen stormed the school close to midnight and docked it most ne

fred move and you need reports from zamfara state this man has come to this school to find and says his daughter is one of the hundreds of girls who were could not on friday some hasn't been able to seep since the news reached his family. that this is. horrible. and chroma ties situation we are in. because we constantly. grow our lawyers thinking about. ghettos daughter it is only 12 years old she had just started this it can save mr a to just give a secondary school police and the school authorities say they were caught off guard the girls were sleeping here when the gunmen attacked what used to be called the most secure government school in zamfara state. this secondary school used to cost more than 550 schoolgirls more than 300 of them and now in captivity this state has decided to shut down all schools in zamfara state because they cannot guarantee the safety of students without it occasion the future of younger generation in northern nigeria is now at stake. the vice principal is wild that parents will stop sending their children to school it out of the education negatively because

may become the kidnappers target once again or they doubly correspondent fred mooney is in nigeria zamfara state and sent us this update. the news of the girl's freedom will bring live for their families and for many other nigerians who are following this story but there is a bigger issue at play there is little security here and so there is no guarantee that such a kidnapping on top then again hundreds if not thousands of communities and schools in this part of the country remain vulnerable. for move on and stay here in nigeria the united nations says a terror attack in the country's northeast was directly targeted at several humanitarian aid facilities a hospital and the premises of aid agencies in the town of decor were reportedly set ablaze or damaged affecting the support being given to nearly 100000 people nomics they say group is suspected of being responsible for the violent. now samir manuel the country's military rulers are coming under growing international pressure to hold their crackdown against the country's pro-democracy movement and to release the jailed leader i was hanks'

correspondent for me is in nigeria zamfara states and sent us this update. the news of the girls freedom we're bringing the view for their families and for many other nigerians who are following this story but that is a big issue at the pay those rates of security here and so there is no guarantee that such a could not being on top in again hundreds if not thousands of communities and schools in this part of the contrie remain vulnerable. fred move only will stay in nigeria the united nations says a terror attack in the country's northeast was directly targeted at several humanitarian aid facilities a hospital on the premises of aid agencies in the town of to quote were totally satam place or damage affecting support being given to nearly 100000 people these limits could be slamming state militant group is suspected of being responsible for the violence. the international pressure is growing on me and my ruling the military to end its crackdown on the pro-democracy movement foreign ministers from southeast asian countries have held talks with the military ju

christine as we are covering the story of kidnapping of schoolgirls in zamfara state we had about another story in so-called states where. gunmen attacked a community and there we made this man whom was trying he was 1st of all mourning his the death of his son and also he told us that his brother was kidnapped unfortunately they did it after we interviewed him he was killed here is their story. an entire community is grieving more than it does and people were mad that juma son was murdered his brother too was killed nikita was also too close to jesus. they came around 2 30 am and took my younger brother and god to give the people in the community to acknowledge them us shoot them and they started shooting sporadically and short 10 people and they hate us. after he spoke to juma gunmen killed him the next day he had pursued them to secure the release of his abducted brother both were killed gunmen causing mayhem in the north came the few my generalized and they're taught by the government generals chinese recently was granted a rare access to the bandits hide out they said that children a

sleeping here when the gunmen attacked what used to be called the most secure government school in zamfara state. and this secondary school used to cost more than 550 schoolgirls more than 300 of them i'm now in captivity this state has decided to shut down all schools in zamfara state because they cannot guarantee the safety of students without education the future of younger generation in northern nigeria is now at stake. the vice principal is wild that parents will stop sending their children to school it out said the efficient negatively because there is there are girls under her you know to which. the student would not have. and they're not feel comfortable to the student had. state officials say they have beefed up security for state negotiations to get the girls released are reported to be under way if they are located i want to assure you that the example the state government has the capacity to rescue them without having choice but to john get basic and risk pool get the has one wish or 2 a life is to bring to dren. severally unhealthy that is our prayer. the big question is why t

sleeping here when the gunmen attacked what used to be called the most secure government school in zamfara state. and this secondary school used to cost more than 550 schoolgirls more than 300 of them are now in captivity this state has decided to shut down all schools in zamfara state because they cannot guarantee the safety of students without education the future of younger generation in northern nigeria is now at stake. the vice principal is wild that parents will stop sending their children to school it out of the education negatively because as they are girls under 2 with. the student with high fees. and do not feel comfortable to study how. state officials say they have beefed up security exam for state negotiations to get the girls released are reported to be under way if they are located i want to assure you that the example the state government has the capacity to just rescue them without getting choice but to join get basic and risk pool god has one wish what we like is to bring to dren. severally unhealthy that is our prayer. the big question is why these girls have been kidnap

christine as we are covering the story of kidnapping of schoolgirls in zamfara state we heard about another story in so-called states where. gunmen attacked a community and there we made this man who was trying he was 1st of all mourning his death of his son and also he told us that his brother was kidnapped unfortunately they did it after we interviewed him he was killed here is their story. an entire community is grieving more than a dozen people were murdered juma son was murdered his brother too was killed nikita is also too close to jesus. they came around 2800 took my younger brother and go to give the people in the community to acknowledge them us shoot them so they started shooting sporadically and short 10 people on the 8 or so after he spoke to juma gunmen killed him the next day he had pursued them to secure the release of his abducted brother both were killed gunmen causing mayhem in the north the few my generalized and they have touted by the government. generals chinese recent who was granted a rare access to the bandits hide out they said that children are not the employee it

you the hundreds of students kidnapped from their boarding school in nigeria's northern state of zamfara be believed regional governments as the girls and are safe and well after being seized by demand on friday that abduction was the 2nd school kidnapping in nigeria this year. but their ordeal is over. officials say the almost 300 school children are healthy however some did suffer physical wounds it's the psychological impact of their kidnapping thought may take longer to heal. if you didn't when did most of us injured our feet and we couldn't continue to walk our captors said they would shoot anybody who didn't continue we walked across the river and they hit us and let us sleep under bushes in a forest. i know. for the families of the schoolgirls their relief is unsurmountable. i'm going to mind very happy. you know i guess i'm not god has brought our or deal to an end that he is what we're so happy as them is that i thank god for everything good and i look dead about god i like to have to allow what he wanted to would not allow him to be and that the students were abducted from this

regained their freedom after 4 days of tense negotiations it is just reports now from goose out in zamfara stay . there i have to go on. their way into the office of the governor exhausted and some too sick to watch. they're served meals in an office where normally cabinet meetings are held with their 1st decent meals in days they gathered the strength to tell us what happened saying it does it was. they drove us like animals some of us were falling and getting injured they made us trek for 2 to 3 hours and spent the 1st 2 days in the camp they pushed us forward threatening to kill anyone who refused to move despite the blisters on our feet they forced us to walk further into we reach the 2nd and then the 3rd camp. the $279.00 students like kidnapped while they were sleeping in their boarding school dormitories in the town of jungle in circumstances similar to the kidnapping of more than $270.00 goes in she broke into into 14 this man a former bandage says he left several others to help bring the goals back. we met and told them we came in peace to leave with the girls who for no fault of

coming up 279 nigerian schoolgirls limped to safety as their freed days after that kidnapping in zamfara state. concern for men mas neighbors but no plans to intervene as police fire more live rounds at anti cooper testis. and cafe and restaurant owners in the netherlands open that outdoor terraces in defiance of the town. and it will begin with the news that u.s. president joe biden has made his 1st major move against russia over the poisoning of opposition leader and explain avani the white house as an outside actions against 7 senior russian officials including the director of russia's f.s.b. security surface the prosecutor general and the head of prison service it's also targeting 14 companies or agencies associated with chemical agent production. no our neighbors the most prominent critic of president vladimir putin fell seriously ill last august the u.s. accuses the kremlin of poisoning him with a nerve agent something it denies about and he was jailed last month on his return to russia for violating parole whilst being treated in germany the european union is also imposing sanctio

it has been confirmed that 317 girls who were kidnapped from school in the northwestern state of zamfara have been released and let's speak now to ahmed interests who's been traveling to witness the release of her state set up in tell us more about what you know. i. want to signal as you can see we are right in the council chambers of the government house in which i was on part of state and all behind us. children $200.00 and more than $270.00 of them that's a few get now officials are talking about this kids have been taken since friday in the early hours of friday and finally they are who they came in late at night and right now what is going to happen is that the government is going to. address them and then their health will be checked they'll be debriefed and then be reunited with the parents before they head back to that respective homes now basically this is a process that was. in controversy in in mistry as of yesterday and last night in fact there were even questions as to whether these children who are coming back the initial reaction what's not be the negotiation process has s

christine as we are covering the story of kidnapping of schoolgirls in zamfara state we had about another story in states where. gunmen attacked a community and there we made this man whom was trying he was 1st of all mourning his death of his son and those or he told us that his brother was kidnapped unfortunately they did it after we interviewed him he was killed here is their story. an entire community is grieving more than it does and people were mad that juma son was murdered his brother too was killed nikita is also too close to jesus. they came around 230 in the east and he took my younger brother and god to give the people in the community the us shoot them and they started shooting some radical and short 10 people and they hate us. after he spoke to juma gunmen killed him the next day he had pursued them to secure the release of his abductors brother both were killed the gunman causing mayhem in the north came the few my generalized and drift out by the government. general's shiny shoe i recently was granted a rare access to the bandits hide out they said that children are not be

these are the top stories in $279.00 schoolgirls kidnapped in the northwest of nigerian state of zamfara have been released gunmen took them from a state run school on friday it is the latest of a series of abductions in the region but it us is the latest from in time for us. but the governor who just finished addressing the case here is saying that the process of taking them back took a moment while he apologized for that and that basically it was a bit of penton bandits people who have repented and given up arms against the state that actually took the skills from donors who kidnapped them earlier now basically they has been a process of negotiations between the authorities here and people armed men who've been terrorizing communities across the zone for a state in other parts of north northern nigeria the biden administration is defending its decision not to apply sanctions on saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan of the killing of journalists tomorrow so ji it reiterated that it seeking to recalibrate not rupture the relationship between washington and riyadh. we have urged saudi ar

they're close to rescuing 317 girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the northwestern state of zamfara the fate of the students is still known they were taken from the town of jungle on friday in the latest of a series of mass abductions in the north police say they have information the girls have been moved to a nearby forest a committed dress of the school there in zamfara states from where the girls were taken. this is the 1st hostel the gunman broke into and when they arrived here this is the 1st room the entered they 1st of all broke this door and then moved inside. now in this room there are 8 bun brit's and on this bed some of them empty of my trusses and other things but right here you can see uniforms that are waiting to be working and right here is a bucket full of water which the owner probably stored for the morning bath which is an able or she was unable to take all over the floor materials brooms saw and other things strewn all over the place in this particular institution this school when the gunman broke into the school there were more than 550 students 317 of them were

kidnappings in recent weeks if allah is the release of $279.00 schoolgirls kidnapped from a school in zamfara last friday david autor was a defense and security consultant who specializes in african political instability terrorism and organized crime he is concerned that paying ransoms could encourage more kidnappings. fish is becoming embarrassing and you know it would be ridiculous that these kind of much nothing is happening in the stone age and nobody really say anything about it so there is a complicity which the president really needs to address the whole idea will be runs has a counterproductive impact we've seen it get this he seeks must you not be weak we had about the issues in chibok that cheap you have become corrupt become governor and now the just get it you cannot so people can play any that be giving runs full doing the same thing all of my good so it's almost like an established industry but if you are not a victim and you are the parent you would want your child to be free to respect you all without iran's own speed or not what is important is that it goes to release and as

from nigeria that's where the government is saying 279 schoolgirls kidnapped in the northwestern zamfara states have been released gunmen took them from a state run school on friday straight to either degrees in the. forest what can you tell us about the release of the girls and the circumstances surrounding their release. well basically all the 279 go some been released the governor said no one is left in captivity and that all of them are safe no one was killed what we saw actually were girls limping because they had to walk when they were taken from the beds for 5 days ago and they had to walk long distances one girl was telling me that she walked more than 60 kilometers they spent the night and the 1st come. for 2 days and then moved to another camp from where negotiation process have taken place and i've also spoken to one of the people who was the intermediary between government as well as the bandits now the governor said it was hard work it was challenging and some point. nearly gave up that. are you still with us. all right apologies we seem to have lost our oh my there you are

state officials say they have beefed up security in zamfara state negotiations to get the girls released are reported to be under way if they are located i want to assure you that some part of state government has the capacity to rescue them without getting choice but to join get a 2nd risk pool god has one wish what we like is to bring our to dren. severally unhealthy that is our prayer. the big question is why these girls have been kidnapped but as yet no answers are forthcoming. as you well know the pandemic is limiting and in many cases preventing gatherings so artists and performers are hard hit but the south african music star suno musician wouldn't let the hotshot down it to him he recently released an album that he produced remotely and this might just bring about his international breakthrough . the wizard on the dick's son l. writes sings and mixes anything and everything he comes across and likes i'm able to take cost credit to guards. the sort of folk music you name it so yeah i can basically take anything and just fuse it with that soul but the bass is always just been house

sleeping here when the gunmen attacked what used to be called the most secure government school in zamfara state. and this secondary school used to cost more than 550 schoolgirls more than 300 of them are now in captivity this state has decided to shut down all schools in zamfara state because they cannot guarantee the safety of students without education the future of younger generation in northern nigeria is now at stake. the vice principal is wild that parents will stop sending their children to school it out of the it is a negative for me because they are girls and they are korean no to which. student i feel. and they will not feel comfortable to the student and. state officials say they have beefed up security exam for state negotiations to get the girls released are reported to be under way if they are located i want to assure you that the example the state government has the capacity to rescue them without getting choice. but to join get basic and risk pool get the has one wish or 2 a life is to bring our children. safely unhealthy that is our prayer. the big question is why these g

regains their freedom after 4 days of tense negotiations a major supports now from closeout in zamfara stage. they arrived at war. their way into the office of the governor exhausted and some too sick to walk. their serve meals in an office where normally cabinet meetings are held. with their 1st decent meals in days they gathered the strength to tell us what happened saying it doesn't. they drove us like animals some of us were falling and getting injured they made us trek for 2 to 3 hours and spent the 1st 2 days in the camp they pushed us forward threatening to kill anyone who refused to move despite the blisters on our feet they forced us to walk further into we reach the 2nd and then the 3rd camp the $279.00 students like kidnapped while they were sleeping in their boarding school dormitories in the town of jungle in circumstances similar to the kidnapping of more than 270 goes in she broke into into 14 this man a former bandage says he left several others to help bring the goals back. we met and told them we came in peace to leave with the girls who for no fault of theirs found t

this news out in nigeria where the government says all 279 schoolgirls kidnapped in the northwest zamfara state have now been released a gunman took them from a state run school on friday it's the latest in a series of recent abductions of students in that region. we were sleeping at night when suddenly we started hearing gunshots they were shooting and listen we got out of our beds and people said we should run that they are thieves everybody fled and there were just 2 of us left in the room the other girls from my town i told her get up so we can run away she said i swear to god i will not leave the bed at that stage they were pointing guns at our heads i was really afraid of being shot. when i hear is president obama says he feels overwhelming joy at the news of their release and he said well welcome hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping the military and police will continue to go off to kidnappers they need the support of local communities in terms of human intelligence that can help criminal plans in the bud while we have an al-jazeera team in t

schoolgirls kidnapped in northwest nigeria last week have been released the governor of the state of zamfara says that the girls are in good health and on government premises the students were abducted from their boarding school by an armed gang last friday. and of course we will have more on that story as we get more information in the next hours but 1st turning now to our top story which is this international pressure growing on me our mars' ruling military to stop its deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters foreign ministers from southeast asian countries are holding talks with the military today in an attempt to tackle the crisis they will tell the junta that they are appalled by the violence but some anti kook rupe say that the meeting legitimizes the junta has rule that demonstrators are back on the streets calling for a return to democracy after the military seized power a month ago security forces has stepped up their response in recent days using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protests the u.n. says that at least 18 protesters were killed on sunday. and we are join

sleeping here when the gunmen attacked what used to be called the most secure government school in zamfara state. and this secondary school used to cost more than 550 schoolgirls more than 300 of them are now in captivity the state has decided to shut down all schools in zamfara state because they cannot guarantee the safety of students without indication the future of younger generation in northern nigeria is now at stake. the vice principal is wild that parents will stop sending their children to school it out said the it is a negative for me because it is they are girls and they are korean no to. the student movement. and they will not feel comfortable to the student. state officials say they have beefed up security exam for state negotiations to get the girls released are reported to be under way if they are located i want to assure you that the example i said government has the capacity to rescue them without getting choice but to join get basic and risk pool god has one wish to what will lie is to bring our children by. several unhealthy that is our prayer. the big question is why th

so the governor of zamfara has a peace initiative that he launched.ing for ransom and has had this problem for years. and one of the solutions he's been trialling is to try and bring some of these criminals into the fold, giving them the opportunity to hand over their weapons and stopped their criminal activities in exchange for some economic opportunities — cars, housing, jobs, etc. and so he had told local media that he had used some of these repentant bandits — bandits is the term that is used here to identify anybody who kidnaps for ransom, any criminal that kidnaps for ransom — he'd used some of these repentant bandits to talk with the most recent abductors and try and strike some sort of deal. it's not clear exactly how they were able to convince them to release the girls, but president buhari on friday did tweet admitting that state governments in the past have paid a ransom to kidnappers, and urging them to stop doing that. world athletics president sebastian coe has said a roadmap for russia's reintegration to the sport was just the beginning

that defiant is affected 5 movies and the people of zamfara out for their out freedom of these girls and he did promise that his government will bring an end to these abductions so. that's what has been the reaction on the parents' house so happy at this moment girls as to going through medical checkups to see if they're fine and didn't they there will be days today are 5 days and how are those families free acting frag. of course they're happy this is great news for for them i mean they have been spending 3 piece nights about 4 or 5 nights without having any information about their dogs we are talking about guards who are between 12 to 1818 the very young and the parents put it in my gene that what kind of life. so this is great news to dependence on the people of zion for students. is fred move on the story for us thank you. international pressure is growing on me on mars ruling military to stop its deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters foreign ministers from southeast asian countries are holding talks with the military junta in an attempt to tackle the crisis police opened

i was really afraid of being shot a lot as there is a mid-air dresses in the town of goodsell in zamfara state where the governor told him no ransom was paid for the girls release. we met one of the men who led the team of negotiators who met the kidnappers and after tens 3 or 4 days of negotiations the girls were released in may last night and they were driven here to do so he the leader of the team in fife was a former bandit himself who surrendered to the authorities and accepted an amnesty along with others so he led that particular team because they know the terrain better and so the security services allow them to move in that's what he told us it said they went in there hoping that they will get the kids in time and in peace but they were also prepared for any unforeseen situations that may arise there he said there went and asked them to hand over the girls because the girls have nothing to do with their own group versus the bundy's he said mentioned that they have their own grievances their own scores to settle with your father just because of neglect because of human rights abu

they're close to rescuing 317 girls abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern state of zamfara they were taken by gunmen in the early hours of friday morning. the syrian military is saying it said defenses have responded to an israeli strike near damascus state media says missiles were fired from the occupied golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of the capital there's been no official response from israel which does really comment on strikes inside syria. efforts to revive the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and major powers of stalled the white house says it's disappointed that iran is not ready to hold informal talks along with its european allies iran's foreign ministry says it's too early to be back at the negotiating table tehran wants the u.s. to lift unilateral sanctions 1st the former u.s. president donald trump has hinted he may run for the white house again in 2024 but has no plans to start his own party he delivered his 1st public speech since leaving office on the final day of a conservative conference in florida it was his 1st public speech since

sleeping here when the gunmen attacked what used to be called the most secure government school in zamfara state. this secondary school used to cost more than 550 schoolgirls more than 300 of them are now in captivity the state has decided to shut down all schools in zamfara state because they cannot guarantee the safety of students without education the future of younger generation in northern nigeria is now at stake. the vice principal is wild that parents will stop sending their children to school it authored it is a negative for me because it is they are girls and they are korean no 2 we. have. and do not feel comfortable to the student. state officials say they have beefed up security exam for state negotiations to get the girls released are reported to be under way if they are located i want to assure you that the example i said government has the capacity to rescue them without getting choice but to john get basic and risk pool get the has one wish what we like is to bring our children. safely unhealthy that is our prayer. the big question is why these girls have been kidnapped but

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christine as you were covering this story of kids not being over schoolgirls in zamfara state we had about another story in so called 2 states where. gunmen attacked a community and there we made these on moore's try he was 1st of all the morning he's the death of his son on those stories he told us that his brother was kidnapped unfortunately he did it after we interviewed team he was killed here's their story. an entire community is grieving more than a dozen people were mad that. son was murdered his brother too was killed the killers also too close to jesus. they came around 230 and he took my younger brother and god to give the people in the community the right to mass shoot them so they started shooting some radical and short 10 people on the 8 or so after he spoke to juma gunmen killed him the next day he had pursued them to secure the release of his up ducted brother both were killed gunman causing mayhem in the north came the few my generalized and left out by the government. generals chinese shuai recent who was granted the area access to the bandits hide out they said that

christine as you were covering a story of kidnapping of schoolgirls in zamfara state we heard about another story in so called 2 states where. gunmen attacked a community and there we made this man whom was trying he was 1st of all mourning his death of his son and also he told us that his brother was kidnapped unfortunately after we interviewed him he was killed here is their story. an entire community is grieving more than a dozen people where my dad jumo son was murdered his brother too was killed they killed us also too close to jesus. they came around 2 30 am and he took my younger brother and go to give the people in the community to acknowledge them us shoot them and they started shooting sporadically and shot 10 island 8 or so after he spoke to juma gunmen killed him the next day he had pursued them to secure the release of his abducted brother both were killed gunmen causing mayhem in the north came the few my generalized and drift out by the government. generals chinese shuai recent who was granted a rare access to the bandits hide out they said that children are not be impertinen

officials have been in talks with the kidnappers known locally as bandits up they say these bandits in zamfara state often kidnap for ransom money and to press for the release of their members held in prison authorities are searching for the culprits. so thick on this one nothing that. would do this this is just somebody you know you will do. all the lying to you to. halt when we see such home phones couples are in and then just getting off. nigeria's president also tweeted saying they're working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping saying the military and the police will continue to go after the kidnappers. this latest kidnapping was nigeria's 4th mass abduction in less than 3 months this time it had a happy ending but there are fears that children may become the kidnappers target once again. earlier as both your correspondent fred move in new jarius some for a state and i asked him what more he could tell us about the girls were lee's. yes the girls have been really is 279 they're now going through a series of medical checks to see if they're well. we

school is acts have become more frequent of late with the most recent being a mass kidnapping in zamfara state last month joe biden says the u.s. vaccination campaign is on target and as ordered states to ensure all adults are eligible by may fast biden warns that the fight against covert 1000 though is far from over he's urging people to get vaccinated to keep up social distancing and continue wearing masks when i came in office you may recall i set a goal that many you said was kind of way over the top i said i intended to get 100000000 shots in people's arms in my 1st 100 days in office tonight i can say we're not going to meet that goal we're going to beat that goal because we're actually on track to reach this goal of 100000000 sharks in arms on my 60th day in office no other country in the world has done this not south korea is suspending defense exchanges and banning arms exports to me on mon it's the latest country to cut ties after the military coup security forces are being accused of torture and persecution and their response to peaceful protests. tributes have been pouring in

. ♪ the zamfara government in northern nigeria has imposed a curfew after opening fire after three hundred will kidnapped withheir families. our bbc nigeria correspondent. correspondent: this is the latest distressing episode on what has been a truly traumatic week for these 279 schoolgirls who were taken from their school northwest of nigeria on friday mornin is was supposed to be a happy moment, the official handover ceremony to a local chief. but many of the parents of the girls were impient to be reunited with their daughters. some were agitated and faye --thought the cerony was taking too long. some officials tried to retreat. residents reportedly started throwing stones at the retreating convoy, leading members of the armed forces to start shooting. ♪ laura: africa's first electric fishing boats are being launched from the shores of lake victoria in kenya and being hailed as being better for the environment, the fishermen, and even the fish. our correspondent has the sty. correspondent: sunrise, and these fishermen are making their way back to shore after a night onhe water, willing

millions of people now are affected in zamfara, kaduna, katsina, sokoto, and elsewhere.his is huge, and this requires a state initiative, which doesn't seem to be the case also here. >> absolutely. i think we often talk about the dynamics of the conflicts or the restiveness in these areas, but we hardly really put a length at the human impact beyond the abductions of these children, which in essence are tragic and should be stopped. but i think it's the wider impact on society, you know, parents who would fear to send their children to school, state governments who have no choice but to shut down schools, and there needs to be a lot of attention paid on what this will do for education, for access to education in the northern part of the country, where the literacy rate is already very low. as you may know, nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children anywhere in the world, and about 70% of the 10.5 million students who are out of school in this country are in the north. so when we look at the immediate impact on families, we look at parents who are afraid for

officials have been in talks with the kidnappers known locally as bandits up they say these bandits in zamfara state often kidnap for ransom money and to press for the release of their members held in prison authorities are searching for the culprits. so think on this one don't think you. would do this when this thing has to stop out there before you would. line. it to a. halt when you see such home phones couples are in and then just that. nigeria's president also tweeted saying they're working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping saying the military and the police will continue to go after the kidnappers. this latest kidnapping was nigeria's 4th mass abduction in less than 3 months this time it had a happy ending but there are fears that children may become the kidnappers target once again. and finally before we got a reggae legend bonnie has died in kingston jamaica he was 73 his career spanned 6 decades but he's best known for co-founding the whale as the group that catapulted mali to global stardom we say goodbye now with one of the whale as early h

mass kidnappings that have taken place in recent weeks 279 schoolgirls kidnapped from a school in zamfara on friday were released on tuesday u.s. pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson has confirmed it will test its gold in 1000 vaccine on children expanded trials which also includes newborns and pregnant women to security forces in myanmar continue to crackdown on protesters 2 days after the bloodiest day yet of the unless there is a force that live rounds were fired in the northwestern town of. amnesty international says war crimes are being committed in mozambique's northern kabul delgado province in a new reports the rice group says hundreds of people have been killed since 2017 is documented extrajudicial executions human rights violations and indiscriminate attacks those are the headlines on al-jazeera i'll be back with the al-jazeera news hour under 30 minutes right after inside story to stay with us. free at last gunman in northern nigeria release hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls but abductions like these are on the rise so can anything be done to break this cycle this is insid

they say these bandits in zamfara state often kidnap for ransom money to press for the release of their members held in prison authorities are searching for the culprits. you think on this one don't think that he. would do this and this is just it is up out there is that if you will do. the lying to you too. often. when we see doing something on phones the balls are floating in and then just getting off that nigeria's president also tweeted saying they're working hard to bring an end to these gram and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping saying the military and the police will continue to go after the kidnappers. this latest kidnapping was nigeria's 4th mass abduction in less than 3 months this time it had a happy ending but there are fears that children may become the kidnappers target once again. foreign ministers from southeast asian countries have held talks with me in mass military in an attempt to tackle the crisis in the country protesters continue to turn out in force after the military seized power in a coup a month ago security forces are stepping up their response as the unr

and this is the latest in a series of school attacks but the most recent being a mass kidnapping in zamfara state last month. south korea is suspending defense exchanges and banning arms exports to myanmar it's the latest countries a cup tie is after the military coup security forces are being accused of torture and persecution in their response to peaceful protests. the u.s. says some hopeful progress has been made towards a cease fire in yemen but it says more commitment is needed from the warring parties special envoy timothy linda king made that assessment after visiting the region yemen has now been at war for more than 6 years tributes have been pouring in off to south africa's zulu king died at the age of 72 the zulu nation says good was well a teeny had been in hospital for weeks to treat diabetes when his health took a turn for the worse king's brother to me was the leader of south africa's largest ethnic group and he served as monarch for 5 decades well those are the headlines i'll have more news for you here on al-jazeera after the stream to stay with us. want to i'll just see th

officials have been in talks with the kidnappers known locally as bandits up they say these bandits in zamfara state often kidnap for ransom money and to press for the release of their members held in prison authorities are searching for the culprits. so thick on this one nothing. would do this and this is. somebody you. are lying to you to. call home when you see some home phones couples are in an industry that. nigeria's president also tweeted saying they're working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping saying the military and the police will continue to go after the kidnappers. this latest kidnapping was one theory is 4th duction and last in 3 months this time it had a happy ending but there are fears that children may become the kidnappers target once again here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world f.b.i. director chris way has told us lawmakers there's no evidence to support a right wing theory that the siege on the u.s. capitol building was carried out by people posing as trump supporters he described the events

in february, 279 schoolgirls were abducted in zamfara state and a further a2 staff, students and familyigerstate. one was killed. in december, more than 80 schoolchildren were kidnapped from a school in katsina state, and a further 300 boys abducted from another school there. all have since been freed. 0ur correspondent in abuja, ishaq khalid, told us more about the rescue effort. well, basically at the moment, the nigerian authorities are saying that troops are trying to rescue the dozens of students who were kidnapped by the gunmen. troops with guns and helicopters have been deployed. and initially, the authorities said that 180 people had been rescued at the initial stage of the abduction, following gunfire with the military, but some sources are saying that those people were actually students and staff who escaped during that time. the authorities are saying they were rescued by the military. and now, about 30 people are missing — students, males and females — and the authorities are saying they have launched a search operation. basically, what happened — the gunmen, in large number

they say these bandits in zamfara state often kidnap for ransom money and to press for the release of their members held in prison authorities are searching for the culprits you think on this one don't think that. this one this is just somebody you know you would. give you 2. when you see something on phones that balls are floating in an industry that. nigeria's president also tweeted saying they're working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping saying the military and the police will continue to go after the kidnappers this latest kidnapping was nigeria's 4th mass abduction in less than 3 months this time it had a happy ending but there are fears that children may become the kidnappers target once again. are staying in nigeria of the united nations as a terror attack in the country's northeast was directly targeted at several humanitarian aid facilities a hospital and the premises of aid agencies in the town of de quote were reportedly set ablaze or damaged affecting the support given to nearly 100000 people islamic state militants are suspected

criminal gangs in one area last month 279 girls were kidnapped from a government run boarding school in zamfara state but released several days later this was just over a week after at least 42 people were abducted from a boys' school in ny just state in december more than 300 boys were kidnapped from a secondary school in can car in the north and really 6 days later boko haram said it was behind that incident the group also abducted more than 100 girls from a boarding school in the northeastern town of and 20185 of the girls died and most of the others were released after a week somebody of book arms well publicized kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the town of chook in $24.00 team has prompted more armed groups to turn to mass abductions of children around $100.00 of them are still missing if you tell us embassy in a blue jacket has more on this latest kidnapping. this is the 1st time that the groups are targeting it at least a titian of higher lending usually galson have asked is now institutional almost every day kidnapping across nigeria there has been kidnappings of the people wh

they are close to rescuing 317 girls abducted from a boarding school in the northwestern state of zamfara they were taken by gunmen in the early hours of friday morning up next is the listening post more news on this channel in 30 minutes see that. the pope a said to visit iraq on his status trip a brood since the coronavirus and damning. one it's christian population continues to do window and security issues plague the country. can the pope bring hope to those who see them as an authority. the market. kind. of take up and fight. the fight off the access to news for all strata the whole point is to even out power balance well the squashing. industry. hello i'm richard burton you're at the listening post where we don't cover the news we cover the way the news is covered here are the media stories we're examining this week enter the search terms astray and news and the results will tell you that google and facebook are the story al-jazeera launches a new platform aimed at a new audience the clue is in the name more marga daffy's threatening theater of the absurd we take a look back at the

become much more frequent of late with the most recent of them being a mass abduction of 279 pupils in zamfara state last month we'll be getting you more on all of this as we get says and in fact right now we can speak to fidesz he's a journalist joining us on the phone now from the nigerian capital abuja for dennis what do we know about this latest abduction they seem to be coming thick and fast. well the letters abduction happened in the early hours of friday so far the government has not made any official statement as to the number of people who were kidnapped or those who are behind the kidnapping the school authorities of also thought he should have a statement with calista waiting for the big 3 authorities to issue a statement as formal the kidnapped girls were taking probably college hires clearly in cardenas state which is just a few kilometers from the nation's capital of culture and this is like the 1st time that this kidnapping it's been a part of the action of the else is happening in a higher learning we have always targeted secondary schools where younger girls attend but this is

it has been confirmed that 317 girls who were kidnapped from a school in the northwestern state of zamfara have been released let's speak now to ahmed interests who's been trying to witness the release of her states tell us more about what you know. well typically you can see we are right.

officials say they're close to rescuing 317 girls kidnapped from a school in the northwestern state of zamfara it's given their family's hope after the raid early on friday and interest has more now from the south. it's difficult says $317.00 goals like taken from a boarding school in joint debate in some part of state now abortions are underway to recover them on the orders of nigeria's president that they will they should be secured and returned home safe and sound right behind me is a tough one but he's on a surveillance mission there are 2 helicopters actually deployed for this mission based on something the force and they started to fly did to fight the location why these goals and they would want to make sure that they have not been moved so that whatever negotiations or whatever action that needed to be taken is taken successfully we only have heard what the commissioner of police in tougher stated was said they are doing their utmost best to take up on this 2. suspects fully aware engaged in all the parties involved. we. progress got up lists talking put specific temps at the point we