and is not investor friendly full stop zanu p.f. is as a whole needs to be toppled and we need a proper democracy so come back at a what will it take for you do you think to in the protests and really solve an economic crisis. yeah you up two will let's put just number one it's we need since harry was. sober person but we mustn't is in cincy you can't sit with one thing and another man for example east region of jello but is this a distinct region and it's is it is is this that is doing it's him so he does is to google biffing for negotiations will be most members in this in four of a national gallery is which added people should go first is least alone in the question it does that is getting so what you need to sincerely to number one and then about two international community what does it take in it for them to intervene in this situation people are dating people that's now as i'm speaking open mono but i've been booted go to go look in the human error i mean i see it i think it's only going to spend if i'm down on the ground as a

and is not investor friendly full stop zanu p.f. is as a whole needs to be toppled and we need a proper democracy so much come back at what will it take for you do you think to end the protests and really solve an economic crisis. yeah. let's just love that we. need to put him in the situation before i blame people that's not always going to begin. well being did go to him alone and i mean i. suppose if i'm down on the ground as a protester and we just go here to president obama a very active on twitter he says violence and misconduct by security forces is unacceptable and the trial of the new zimbabwe case and so what insubordination will not be tolerated misconduct will be investigated if required heads will roll for i we have less than a minute left i just want to give you this last word way to next for the zimbabwe administration so thank you so much again now i think. what. we need to form not only. for a strong government. but also from people from human rights organizations. it's a national narrative if you want to talk the c

and there is a lot of confusion as to actually where the center is in terms of the extent to which zanu p.f. is marching in step and the government is marching in step of course is a good question some people say there are these huge splits others say a good cop bad cop approach is being pursued but that certainly is one of the big burning questions at the moment that many of us are trying to look into. the african union says it's perspiring a high level visit to the democratic republic of congo opposition leader martin for you who is challenging a final ruling from the top court the clearing is rival felix just a caney the winner of the presidential election the media miller has more from kinshasa. the highest court in the democratic republic of congo announcing the next president felix. constitutional court judges dismissed an appeal by his rival martin for you who alleged widespread vote rigging on polling day last month for you accused the security of making a power sharing deal with the outgoing president joseph kabila both deny that by you lose refusing to accept the court's rulin

no doubt about it i think this is what the zanu p.f. government has been doing all along. this leg of speaking with one voice within the government itself it appears that when ever the president leaves the country they seem to be disturbances and these options are not working i mean the need for a proper solution that is discussions are bringing all stakeholders on board they would money thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera. now a taliban attack has killed at least sixty five afghan intelligence and security personnel southwest of kabul the suicide and gun attack happened in the maiden shah the capital of wardak province the attackers drove a truck packed with explosives into a training center run by the afghan intelligence agency well after the explosion other taliban fighters dressed in police uniforms stormed the base and the taliban has resume talks with american officials the group released a statement saying its representatives met u.s. diplomats in qatar where the group has a political office the u.s. appointed special envoy zalmay khalilzad to lead

and is not investor friendly full stop zanu p.f. is as a whole needs to be toppled and we need a proper democracy so come back at a what will it take for you do you think to in the protests and really solve an economic crisis. yeah you up two will let's deport just number one it's we need since harry was. sober person but we mustn't is in cincy you can't sit with one thing and another man for example is just getting off delegate is a distinct legend and he is sitting it is is that is doing it's him so he does is just little biffing for negotiations will be much more pleasant this in four of a national gallup is which out of people if you just go this is the least alone and the question it does that is getting so what you need to sincerely to know bob and then about to international community what does it take in need for them to intervene in this situation people are dating people that's now as i'm speaking up and i don't know but i've been be did go to go look in a million malaria i mean i seen it i said it's only going to spend if

golf the whole region if it's not urgently addressed human rights watch says supporters of the ruling zanu p.f. people and handing them to police if they are believed to have been protesting against the government alexei o'brien reports. with broken limbs and bruised faces this group waits for treatment outside a clinic in harare. soldiers broke into a house in the middle of the night destroying property in the process that tends to beat us in our own was full of blood. is happened during demonstrations against president innocent men and god was moved to double fuel prices to counter a deepening economic crisis. security forces responded with what rights groups say was an unprecedented use of excessive force live ammunition rubber bullets and tear gas. they had no mercy they wanted to kill us but i managed to escape the protesters had set fire to a police station barricaded roads and looted shops hundreds of people were arrested and are now making their way through the courts including prominent activist pasta event. he's facing charges of subverting the government and twenty years in pris

other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks look at a couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused the m.d.c. civil society groups in business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front there is. a number.

there was always a fear this was a zanu—pf coup. maybe an economic but not political reformer. who is a name, they have their beat and follow it. it is excellent journalism. their beat and follow it. it is excellentjournalism. she their beat and follow it. it is excellent journalism. she has their beat and follow it. it is excellentjournalism. she has got bit at the right time. although while others may have this story later. she says, this man is going to davos where he will be fated. this is what is going on with the economy. she is veryjudicious in reporting some people have said there are up to 200 deaths. she says, at least 50, from checking through. much endlessly good day for journalism. and exposing it might make a difference. timed it beautifully. let us put the spotlight finally on the toilet paper in the ministry of defence which apparently features a picture of wladimir putin, esteemed leader of wladimir putin, esteemed leader of russia. gavin williamson, the defence secretary, the man who said russia should shut up and go away. it comes back to the royals and talki

according to human rights watch the group says ruling the ruling zanu p.f. party supporters are beating up people and handing them over to the police doctors say they've treated sixty people for gunshot wounds after protests over a steep rise in fuel prices police have arrested hundreds of people including prominent white scientists the u.s. and e.u. have condemned the security forces crackdown on protesters zimbabwe's president. has been speaking on social media here's part of what he said on twitter on thursday he said i have been deeply saddened by the events in our beloved homeland violence will not reform our economy violence will not rebuild our nation he goes on to say resolving zimbabwe's economic challenges is a monumental task and while it may not always feel that way we are moving in the right direction there. is a senior researcher at south africa's institute for security studies he spoke to us earlier from zimbabwe's capital harare and says the financial issues are a hangover from the longtime rule of president robert mugabe. the problem or the

government and the really bad news is that there are simply a lot of thugs and crooks and spoilers in zanu—pfey are looking to wreck reforms. andrew harding, thank you. a teenager has appeared in court charged with the murder of 14—year—old jaden moodie, who was knocked off a moped and stabbed to death in east london earlier this month. our correspondent daniela relph has this report. jaden moodie was killed in east london on the 8th of january. he was 14 years old. he was knocked off his moped by a car and then stabbed several times in bickley road in leyton. ayoub majdouline, who's 18, was arrested at the weekend and today appeared in court charged with murdering the teenager. he was not asked to enter a plea. standing in the dock, wearing a prison issue grey tracksuit, he also faced a second charge of possessing a bladed weapon, a knife, in a public place. ayoub majdouline answered a number of basic questions in court. he confirmed his name and his date of birth as august, 2000. he gave his address in wembley in north london. and he was finally asked for his nationality. he told the court

context with the land grab that took place in two thousand was more about the retention of power by zanup.f. than actually what later became the past track land reform program ok so maybe politically expedient economically the alley at the end of the day from an economic perspective what has the land reform policy what sort of about has he had on the agricultural sector on the economy so the first point to note is that zimbabwe historically was a bread basket it's its agricultural production was enormous it was able to feed its country in many of the countries around it and in the last few years we've seen a significant deterioration in production so the issue is you know how do you get back to a fully functioning productive agricultural sector and where are we now is saying that insincere i'm saying alison give me your interrupting but let me bring you the argument from supporters of the government who would say maze production for example in two thousand and seventeen is the highest in two decades tobacco production another success story they say that's that five hundred seventy six mi

force the farmers out there that say much of the good land with the senior officials in the ruling zanu p.f. party just didn't feel it was i don't have lent the moment in. other form the lords of congress we don't have named so far away from us to be considered a steal i mean it's an insult the commercial farmers union says several farms are overgrown with weeds and wild grass on this land the sunflowers maize and mangoes that were once here are long gone this used to be a four bedroom house and this was the kitchen the taps or over there they've been removed people who came here took the tiles and the sink so and whatever bricks they could find the house traced all the way back there that used to be the lounge and the living room for bend free compensation if it happens is not enough he says property rights and the rule of law have to be respected otherwise history will keep repeating itself how do we toss al-jazeera to zimbabwe. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the new u.s. house of representatives which is now controlled by the democrats has passed a package of bills to e

other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks look last couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused the m.d.c. civil society groups in business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front. do you think this sort of approach is going to spawn a split within the ruling or the ranks of the ruling party. well you know there is a number of of news stories circulating at the moment talking about splits within the party between the military and the party and so forth and there is a lot of confusion as to actually where the center is in terms of power we hear. there is a story at the moment going around the midst of risk is cutting short his trip and will be back in zimbabwe either today or tomorrow we don't know whether that's true there's been some criticism about him having left the country on state visits to eastern europe and russia and then stands really off to davos leaving the country in the hands of vice president when ordinarily the rotation on the vice presidency would have been to the other vice pres

engulf the whole region if it's not urgently addressed human rights watch says supporters of the ruling zanu p.f. party are beating up people and handing them over to police if they're believed to have been protesting against the government and o'brien has more. with broken limbs and bruised faces this group waits for treatment outside a clinic and harare school soldiers broke into a house in the middle of the night destroying property in the process they too tends to beat us in our own was full of blood to. it happens during demonstrations against president innocent men and god was moved to double fuel prices to counter a deepening economic crisis. security forces responded with what rights groups say was an unprecedented use of excessive force live ammunition rubber bullets and tear gas. they had no mercy they wanted to kill us but i managed to escape the protesters had set fire to a police station barricaded roads and looted shops hundreds of people were arrested and are now making their way through the courts including prominent activist pasta event. he's facing charges of subverting the

other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks look last couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused the m.d.c. civil society groups and business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front there is a number of of new stories circulating at the moment talking about splits within the party between the military and the party and so forth and there is a lot of confusion as to actually where the center is in terms of power the extent to which the new p.f. is marching in step and the government is marching in step of course is a good question some people say there are these huge splits the say a good cop bad cop approach is being pursued but that certainly is one of the big burning questions at the moment that many of us are trying to look into. the african union says it's postponed a high level visit to the democratic republic of congo this comes as the opposition leader martin for you know challenges a final ruling from the top court declaring his rival feelings to be the winner of the presidential election

labor leaders and prominent rights activists human rights watch has accused supporters of the ruling zanu p.f. party of beating activists and handing them over to police alexey o'brien reports. with broken limbs and bruised faces this group waits for treatment outside a clinic in harare. soldiers broke into a house in the middle of the night destroying property in the process they took turns to beat us in our room was full of blood. it happens during demonstrations against president innocent men and god was moved to double fuel prices to counter a deepening economic crisis the security forces responded with what rights groups say was an unprecedented use of excessive force live ammunition rubber bullets and tear gas. they had no mercy they wanted to kill us but i managed to escape the protesters had set fire to a police station barricaded roads and looted shops hundreds of people were arrested and are now making their way through the courts including prominent activist pasta event. he's facing charges of subverting the government and twenty years in prison if convicted we thought we had a

golf the whole region if it's not urgently addressed human rights watch says supporters of the ruling zanu p.f. are beating people and handing them to police if they're. been protesting against the government alexey o'brien reports. with broken limbs and bruised faces this group waits for treatment outside a clinic and harare. soldiers broke into a house in the middle of the night destroying property in the process they too tense to beat us in our own was full of blood to. it happens during demonstrations against president innocent men and god was moved to double fuel prices to counter a deepening economic crisis. security forces responded with what rights groups say was an unprecedented use of excessive force live ammunition rubber bullets and tear gas. they had no mercy they wanted to kill us but i managed to escape the protesters had set fire to a police station barricaded roads and looted shops hundreds of people were arrested and are now making their way through the courts including prominent activist pasta event. he's facing charges of subverting the government and twenty years in pr

the whole region if it's not addressed urgently according to human rights watch it says the voting zanu p.f. party supporters are beating up people and handing them over to police doctors say they've treated sixty eight people for gunshot wounds after protests over a steep rise in fuel prices and he said arrested hundreds of people including prominent rights activists present donald trump says north korea and iran are a significant threat to the u.s. he singled out both nations in a raise you of american missile defenses seven at the pentagon. we are committed to establishing a missile defense program that can shield every city in the united states and we will never negotiate away our right. to do this second we will focus on developing new technology not just investing more money into existing systems the world is changing. and we're going to change much faster than the rest of the world british prime minister theresa may has reached out across the political divide and urging m.p.'s to work together on a new deal for the u.k.'s withdrawal from the e.u. she made the appeal just hours af

context with the land grab that took place in two thousand was more about the retention of power by zanu p.f. than actually what later became the pos tract land reform program ok so maybe politically expedient economically the alley at the end of the day from an economic perspective what has the land reform policy what sort of impact has it had on the agricultural sector on the economy so the first point to note is that zimbabwe historically was a bread basket its its agricultural production was enormous it was able to feed its country in many of the countries around it and in the last few years we've seen a significant deterioration in production so the issue is you know how do you get back to a fully functioning productive agricultural sector and where are we now is saying that insincere i'm saying alison give me a little to one thing but let me bring you the argument from supporters of the government who would say maze production for example in two thousand and seventeen is the highest in two decades tobacco production another success story they say that's that five hundred seventy si

context with the land grab that took place in two thousand was more about the retention of power by zanu p.f. than actually what later became the pos tract land reform program ok so maybe politically expedient economically the alley at the end of the day from an economic perspective what has the land reform policy what sort of impact has it had on the agricultural sector on the economy so the first point to note is that zimbabwe historically was a bread basket it's its agricultural production was enormous it was able to feed its country in many of the countries around it and in the last few years we've seen a significant deterioration in production so the issue is you know how do you get back to a fully functioning productive agricultural sector and where are we now is saying that insincere i'm saying alison give me a little to run thing by let let me bring you the argument from supporters of the government who would say maze production for example in two thousand and seventeen is the highest in two decades tobacco production another success story they say that that five hundred seventy

told zanu p.f.conference in december that the country's land audit was close to completion this is been something which has been in the works for years now to determine exactly who has got what and it's quite interesting that the government is now talking about beneficiaries of land reform are the ones who are going to have to pay for the compensation to the farmers to the white farmers that were kicked off their land so it's really very unclear at the moment but certainly it seems that the government is trying to keep pilot light. underneath this broader promise for compensation by preface by preference in the. investment deals piers a final brief thought from you the government of zimbabwe has promised many things when it comes to spending commitments but has failed to deliver on many of those so do the white farmers have much hope that what ever happened well you know i think the cynicism that was expressed by ben for it than others is is pretty well founded certainly the government has failed to

the whole region if it's not addressed urgently according to human rights watch it says the ruling zanu p.f. . supporters are being beaten up people being handed over to police doctors have treated sixty eight people for gunshot wounds after protests over a steep rise in fuel prices police have arrested hundreds of people including prominent rights activists the united states and european union have condemned the security forces crackdown on protesters while after three days of demonstrations things are slowly getting back to normal but many businesses and schools remain closed and people are still worried about fuel shortages. that mitch says do not yield statistics. because i think before you judge would say yes but i think the best way forward to the question should do that does it is an absolute things are not yet normal we can't get fuel all fuel stations are closed my boss has run out of fuel i am just part and will not be able to go anywhere and so we will we stop their operations you to fear of violence during the demonstrations once you lose your bust your livelihood is gone wh

blames the opposition for the unrest and police deny targeting opposition supporters i think of sin is zanu p.f. . activists who also been to us in the we are resistant in the same vein those from the m.d.c. also. participated when we were there they were also arrested so i don't think it's fair to say police are targeting police we only look at it what somebody did during this it were an arrest and then we do conduct investigations in the end of the day it is the. security forces remain on the streets right police have blocked the entrance of the constitutional court stopping lawyers from entering they say they hope the demands for an independent legal system will be heard but some fear doing their job is going to become even more difficult for al jazeera. the mediterranean leaders are trying to find a way to help hundreds of migrants who made the sometimes deadly journey from north africa to europe this is in the summit taking place in cyprus which has become the main target for smugglers trafficking and stover chota reports from nicosia. the buffer zone that divides the island between th

range of other statements that we've seen in the last couple of weeks couple of days especially from zanu p.f. yesterday accused of the m.d.c. civil society groups and business of pursuing a terrorist agenda in zimbabwe so the situation is not looking good at all on that front there is a number of of news stories circulating at the moment talking about splits within the party between the military and the party and so forth and there is a lot of confusion as to actually where the center is in terms of power we hear. there is a story at the moment going around the mr men of god who will be back in zimbabwe either today or tomorrow we don't know whether that's true there's been some criticism about him having left the country on state visits to eastern europe and russia and then a stance really off to divorce leaving the country in the hands of vice president when ordinarily the rotation on the vice presidency would have been to the other vice president campbell more hardy and there are concerns that the crackdown that we've seen is being largely orchestrated through mr chewing his office th