abuja, nigeria. >> still to come in the program. jailed for the u.s. teach whose inflateed exam results for their own gains and find out if space x has achieved its ambition of landing a booster rocket. >> we have the top stories in al jazeera. houthi rebels in yemen have condemned an arms embargo imposed by the u.n. they describe the resolution which calls on them to withdraw from seized territory as an aggression. >>> al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula said that it's spiritual leader has been killed in a drone attack. the u.s. had offered a reward. >>> the u.s. offer of $200 million in humanitarian aid to iraq. the pledges are made during talks between president and the iraqi prime minister who is in washington. >>> the u.s. senate committee has improved legislation which could prevent the white house were lifting sanctions on iran. democrats and republicans on the foreign relations committee reached a compromise on the measure which require the administration top on iran's compliance. >> senate republicans and democrats reached a compromise on tuesda

yes. >> reporter: in abuja lagos and across many of nigeria cities, buhari supporters celebrated. it was a historic day. the first time no nigeria's history andelechted government has nailed to win rewill he he can and the peaceful handover of power from one democratically elected leader to another. >> we are very happy because he has won the election now now we are happy. happy. [ inaudible ] all of us, we are very happen right now. >> he has been part of the masses for a very long time. he knows our problems, he is one of us. he knows what the nigeria nigeria nigerian people wants. we don't have roads lights, jobs and i believe this experience and the team has coming on to hold the positions positions in this country things will change and change has come. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: conceding defeat outgoing president goodluck jonathan called for unity and stability. >> i promise the country free and freer elections. i have kept my word. i have also expanded the space for nigerians to participate in the democratic process. that is one legacy i would like to see and d

rorlgtreporting from abuja. >> when president elect muhammadu buhari gave his speech in abuja on the siem day chad's army says its forces had killed hundreds of boko haram. normer soldiers who was on the front line fighting boko haram in december of last year, he says the military does not provide soldiers with weapons the military says he failed to follow orders and did not perform military duties. >> i think those are the instruments, those are the weapons that the military are using. if you whichever you means for them they will be huge. >> and there are other problems buhari will have to tackle. more than 50 are charged for mutiny and over a dozen senior soldiers are facing crumtion charges. facing corruption charges. many think buhari's back ground as military will help. >> the tendency to want to use the same iron handedness that existed at that time, to deal with this insurgency, we believe it will be counterproductive. >> reporter: buhari says he will stop by taking efforts to fight geneticth security. meanwhile, nigerians in affected places wait. yvonne ndege, al jazeera abu

a roll call of the missing girls was read out in the gathering in abuja. the schoolgirls were abducted in the north-east. ynonne ndedge reports from abuja >> reporter: peter's sister is one of 200 girls missing a year after being taken. the mass abduction caused global protests against the failure of the government of president goodluck jonathan to find the girls and deal with the group. >> i've been so sad >> i feel so sad, so depressed. i'm sorry for them, and the think the government failed them. and that i failed them. i see so many things. we have not done enough. >> hundreds of schoolgirls marched through abuja marking the anniversary. >> the girls brought the march to the ministry of education to demand fresh government action to find the missing girls. each of them is holding a placard with the names of missing girls, a number and a hashtag never to be forgotten. some are as young as 7 and 8 years old. >> the minister of education was not available to meet them. it's been nine months since the previous government said it knew where the girls were.

just been speaking to supporters on the first day after his election victory and yvonne is live in abuja for us. >> reporter: that is right, president elect muhammadu buhari has just arrived at the campaign headquarters just behind me thousands of people are on the streets to greet him. there is excitement in the air. people are estatic about election all over the country and not just the capitol of abuja and celebrations every where because for the first time in nigeria's history the sitting government has been removed through the ballot box in a peaceful way. when he made his victory speech he first of all thanked president goodluck jonathan who is still president who still has to serve out the end of his term until the end of may and said the president goodluck jonathan had nothing to fear from his election and that he was a patriotic nigerian a true nigerian and that the rule of law would be established in nigeria that he would set about trying to tackle some of the major issues that have been in the country. as i say there are thousands of people here. he has just gone inside the bu

i was personally in abuja and tried to meet the government. they've been in denial for years. frankly, nigeria has no excuse in asking for the international community to help them. we, boko haram is a big problem but what we've seen over last three years is that the nigerian army has been involved in human rights violations. yes, international community can do more, put pressure and support the nigerian government with the accountability lies with the government to protect civilians and also to hold boko haram and the nigerian military accountable for the human rights violations which have been caused. let's not forget the underlying causes why people in the northeast are so un'. they're not operating in isolation. they're operating in misgovernance, corruption, lack of support in the region of the northeast extreme private. wepoverty. i think we should hope for more from the new president-elect. >> ten people were injured in the capital and hundreds of opposition supporters clashed with the police, this was the scene on monday when several people were shot and one man died. t

haru mutasa reports from abuja. >> this boy is three years old. all he seems to understand is that school girls were kid flapped by boko haram a long time ago. his parents aren't far. they have been meeting every day for a year, they don't want the chibok girls to be forgotten. >> it is not okay, we in nigeria should be united for the return of those girls. >> in april of last year boko haram an dictd on deducted school girls in chibok. the attack led to a global twitter campaign to free the girls with the hashtag bring back our girls trending around the world. mbdmuhammadu buhari will be sworn in in may. some hope his push to free the girls, others are skeptical. >> there are many saboteurs in the army that are sabotage being this airport. sabotaging the airport. >> a year is a long time. reality is sinking in. even if some of them are found alive, parents don't know what condition they will be in, how many are pregnant or have already had children, or what condition they will be in. goodluck jonathan kept telling the parents the girls would be r

ynonne ndedge there in abuja >>> saudi's king salman announced a shake-up. nayef is the new crown prinls. his son is the deputy crown prince appointed defence minister and jp. and al-jubeir replaces prince faisal the longest serving minister appointed in 2005. the royal decree saysal-faisal asked to be relieved of his duties because of his health. we look at his long career. >> reporter: he was the longest serving prime minister, his career, al- faisal, 40 years. he saw the world come and go, and served under four saudi kings. advancing the foreign policy, especially after the attacks of 9/11, when 15 of the attackers were saudi generals. he was part of saudi arabia's efforts to lesson iran's influence in the region including syria, where they have been supporting a couple of rebel groups. more recently in yemen iranian backed houthi rebels are the target of a saudi arabia air campaign. as a foreign minister and political ally in the region, faisal was well liked and respected in diplomatic circles but with age faced health problems and in the past few years

we have reports from abuja. >> this boy is three years old. all he seems to understand is that school girls were kidnapped by boko haram a long time ago. his parents aren't far. they've been meeting almost every day for a year. along with other concerned nigerians. they don't want the girls forgotten. it's not okay. something terrible happened in nigeria, and we should denight and demand the rescue of those girls. as long as those children are out there, our children need to know we are here. >> boko haram abducted more than 200 school girls. their family says every girl taken wanted to achieve something in life. that's why they went to school even though boko haram leaders for bid western education. the attack led to a global campaign to free the girls with the hashtag #bring back our girls trending around the world. president buhari will begin his presidency in may. many are hopeful that he'll do more to find the girls. many are skeptical. ment. >> a year is a long time. slowly reality is sinking in for some families. even if some of the gir

ynonne ndedge has more from abuja. >> reporter: he's the president elect in africa's prominent country, when we spoke to muhammadu buhari hours after victory he appeared calm and relaxed. how does it feel to have won the election and how will you tackle nigeria's problem? >> i would like to answer the question after i formally have the certificate. >> you know you're the winner how does it feel inside after 12 fears. >> fulfilled. >> reporter: in abuja, lagos and across many districts muhammadu buhari supporters celebrated the first time an elected government failed to win the election, and the peaceful hand over of power to one democratically elected leader to another. >> we are very happy because muhammadu buhari won the election. we are happy. everyone vote for him. we are very happy. >> he has been part of the masses for a long time. he knows our problems, he is one of us. he knows. we don't have roads, we don't have light. we don't have jobs. there is insecurity in this country. i believe with his experience and with the team he's coming on to hold positions in this country, thing

she filed a report from abuja. let's listen. >> reporter: when goodluck jonathan was elected president in 2011, many were convinced he could fix nigeria's problem, he was the former vice president, highly educated with a ph.d. in zoology, but inherited serious challenges like corruption. he promised to deal with them swiftly, but the critics say the problems got worse. >> the area that was worst of all was the area of security. so many people died and it was a government that didn't care. at the end of the tenure corruption became the culture of nigeria. of course the oil sector became awash with corruption. >> weeks before facing the election the government said it reclaimed all the territories controlled by the group. >> the president didn't invent the crisis. it was an inherited problem. >> i imagine that there'll be security challenges. all the territories that have been taken over have been more or less taken back. and the security forces... >> reporter: when conceding defeat he said he'll be remembered for se

rivers faith governorship and goodluck jonathan who lost resent presidential election and we go to abuja and the vote was marred by violence and accusations of vote rigging by opposition so we have a party of the outgoing president there and what is the result and will the result be challenged by the abc? >> well like you said a lot of issues have been associated with the violence and vote rigging and even intimidation of election officials. well the pdp won in river state and it's significant because who gets the seat of governor of river state is sitting on top of monthly or an estimated millions of dollars every month as revenues to the state and also controls a lot of -- has a lot of influence over the particular state which is of course a very very important battleground in political parts in nigeria along with legos and a few other places. basically the people's democratic party has put in all the efforts it wanted to put to ensure that rivers goes its way. if we remember river state has been in the force of pdp democracy in 1991 until the deflexion a few months ago, last year by i

let's bring in ivan in abuja. any more details about the identity of these girls and women? >> reporter: in the last few seconds we have managed to speak directly to nigeria's military spokesperson about what is going on where these girls and women are, what their identities are, and what he has just explained to us is they are still waiting here in abuja for photographic evidence and information about the identities of those individuals they have been promising all morning to publish photos of the girls and women who were rescued, but that -- the situation is difficult, because the forest is incredibly remote. the areas where these operations have taken place can only be accessed by air, there are no telecoms here. so it's not clear at this moment how long we could be waiting. it could be hours or into tomorrow. we simply don't know. and what people are anxious about are finding out whether within that 293 who have been rescued whether any of them are from the school. they are still going through this profiling and verification process, and some of the schoolgirls could be

and we are at the rally in abuja. >> reporter: 200 girls gathered here today in the capitol abuja to start protesting the fact more than 200 girls were kidnapped a year ago today by boko haram and still not been found, each of these girls is carrying a small plaque which has the name and a number for each of the girls who disappeared a year ago and a way of identifying each girl reminding nigeria and the world that each is special and the families are at a great loss and families are missing them. the idea is to send a message to the government these girls must be found and the government position is they are doing all they can to find the girls but they have faced extraordinary challenges because of insecurity we have seen in the northeast and say the girls have not been forgotten. >>> u.s. judge sentenced four former black water guards to lengthy prison terms and four jailed for their part in the 2007 killing of 14 unarmed iraqis. nicholas was given a life sentence after being found guilty of murder and the shootings are in baghdad traffic city and the three others convicted of man

yvonne is live from abuja and thanks for being with us and muhammadu buhari lost to goodluck jonathan in the last election in 2011 and more than 800 people were killed in violence that followed. but this time it appears the reaction has been far more peaceful? >> that's right, it has been incredibly peaceful. people were really worried about the potential for violence not only because there was violence last time around when elections took place some four years ago but also because of just the close nature of this race. everybody predicted that it was going to be a very very close race between the two and have been flash points of electoral violence particularly in parts of the north where we had elections and seen post election violence follow. the fears were so much that the two main candidates in this race muhammadu buhari who is president elect and goodluck jonathan signed a peace accord in january promising to run issue-based campaigns, to refrain from any insightful language that could invoke ethnic tribal or religious sentiment and those issues have been a problem before. thank

. >> reporter: in abuja for us and muhammadu buhari supporters still in the glow of victory there. what is happening right now? >> well that is right. we are outside the the campaign headquarters for the campaign he ran for several months and muhammadu buhari is meeting with officials and thousands supporters are on the streets and incredibly happy at this historic occasion. we all know the script and assume we all know the script when it comes to democracy in africa. you hear the people say you cannot remove an incumbent president and cannot remove a second government and can't have a peaceful transition from one democratic leader to another and clearly what happened in nigeria changed that perception and that is what people are so excited about. and other people thought it wasn't possible to do this but it has happened. and there is a great amount of excitement, not just here in the capitol abuja but around the country. people this has been a massive change, a massive transition in the democratic history of this country. the ruling party, the people's democratic party has ruled t

haru mutasa is in the capital abuja. >> this boy is three years old all he seems to understand is that school girls are kidnapped by boko haram a long time ago. his parents are meeting with other concerns nigerians. they don't want the chibok kids forgotten. >> it's not all, this is horrible. as long as our students, our children know that we sold them. >> reporter: in april last year boko haram fighters attacked a government school in chibok in northern borno state and abducted more than 200 girls. their families say every girl taken wanted to achieve something in life, that's why they went to school, even though boko haram hates western education. muhammadu buhari will be sworn in in may as new president. many are hopeful that the new government will attempt to rescue the girls. many are uncertain. >> translator: they will be using the same army. >> a year is a long time. slowly reality is sinking in for some families. even if the girls are found alive, their parents don't know how they will be. how many are pregnant, have had babies or are sick. for this father, brothers and sisters

haru mutasa reports from abuja. >> this boy is three years old. all he seems to understand is that school girls were kidnapped by boko haram a long time ago. his parents aren't far. they have been meeting every day along with other concerned nigerians. >> it's not okay, something terrible happened in nigeria and we should yeunt and unite and demand for the return of those girls. >> reporter: in april of last year force he attacked chibok and abducted more than 200 girls. every girl taken wanted to achieve something in life, that's why they went to school, even though the boko haram opposed education. some hope muhammadu buhari's new government would do something more to find the girls. others are skeptical. >> the new government will use the same army that the former government have used and there are many saboteurs in the army. >> reporter: a year is a long time. slowly reality is sinking in for some families. even if some of the girls are found alive their parents don't know what condition they will be in, how many are pregnant, how many have ch

they have been monitoring the election and joins us from abuja. thank you for joining us. there has been worries about the election, the process and the violence after the result was announced. it seems that all those worries did not come to pass and everything has gone well. are you surprised by the positivity that seems to have come out of this selection. -- this election? >> i'm not surprised. we deployed 4,000 observers across the country with every local government in every state and geopolitical zone and deployed the quick count. it was about capturing the election. we mentioned all the processes. i can tell you that even though there were hitches, pockets of incidents, the election turned out to be very credible very peaceful, and the processes - even for day one, 95% of polling, were held conclusively. it was a single digit matter that proceeded to have the elections on sunday. i'm not surprised. i saw the process. >> what do you put the success down to - the technology or the speed which the results were given the the mind-set of the people. what was the main thin

. >> live in abuja, thank you. >>> the national press club has urged nigerian government to release two al jazeera journalist who is have been detained for a week in northern nigeria. they were embedded with the ministry before they were arrested for allegedly reporting to boko haram without quote clearance. they've been kept in a hotel in maiduguri since tuesday. >>> fighters from the islamic state in iraq and the levant have stormed a palestinian refugee camp in damascus. the focus of heavy fighting in in 2012 when rival armed opposition groups moved in there. the government siege saw many pushed to starvation and violence has prevented aid groups from doing their work. well al jazeera's stephanie dekker is live for us in beirut. tell us more about what is happening in this refugee camp. >> reporter: well, we know that the fight something ongoing particularly between isil in one group inside the camp and this is a palestinian group believed to be affiliated with hamas. there are other groups in this camp like al-qaeda-affiliate al-qaeda-affiliateddal newsed al nusra front. they blame

i'm with al jazeera, abuja. >>> now violent protests in the west africa country following the death of senior opposition leader and died on sunday in cameroon and 57 and about to be president in 2009 and witnesses say the government poison eded the body. bangladesh is taking a hit because of blockades being imposed by opposition and allies to try and force early elections but delays deliveries and overseas buyers are cancelling thousands of orders and we report from central bangladesh. >> reporter: here at the giant glue factory thousands of workers hurry to fill an order and it's what they have to do to survive. these days once an order is finished instead of being delivered it could end up sitting around in storage. that is because of violence like this. bangladesh's opposition wants elections and it called for a transportation blockade to press their point. that led to violence that killed more than 100 people this year. buses and trucks have been burned. the government blames the opposition who deny their involvement. many of those dead are drivers of buses and trucks. >> translato

ali mustafa reports -- haru mutasa reports from abuja. >> reporter: here they remember days when people pushed and shoved to get on buses. they say muhammadu buhari brought order, he demanded compliance forcing cities to be cleaned up. now he's back, some hope he will tackle the many challenges in nigeria. we are the grassroots. we are sovereign. >> nigeria is one of the world's largest oil producers, but many don't have access to electricity. >> they don't have the power or logistics. they have to manage their own economy. when muhammadu buhari addressed the nation he called for all nigerians to unite and work together. >> this is not the time for confrontation. this is a moment where we need to hear the words, and work to a better future. [ clapping ] >> we do this first by extending a hand of friendship and conciliation, across the country. >> those who worked with him, when he was in uniform say he was tough. a disciplinarian and perceived to be less corrupt than others in the political elite. >> all political leaders were taken into detention, there were investigation, and those wh

kidnapped chibok school girls are not believed to be among them we're joined live on the line from abuja. thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. first of all could you give us any information about who these girls and women that you've asked actually are? the operation has raided three of the camps in which they were keeping all kinds of witness which we dislodged today. >> you cannot rule out-- >> major general if you could still hear us, which i hope you can. can you just confirm what you're saying you're not ruling out that some of these girls or among them may be some of the girls also kidnapped from chibok? unfortunately, i think the line has gone down. he may still be on the line. major general can you still hear me? >> i still hear you. >> can i just get a confirmation from you. you're not actually ruling out that some of these girls are the chibok girls. >> that is true. anything is possible. >> if you can still hear me, if i can just ask another question about some sambisa forest. how close are you from taking control of all of it? how close are you from pushing boko haram

our correspondent ynonne ndedge has more from abuja. >> the nigerian military is planning to release photos and details of hundreds of women and girls that have been rescued. screening and profiling process individuals and figure out where they are from. we managed to speak to a nigeria's military spokesperson who told us the military believe some of the individuals could be the wives or children of boko haram fighters who have been living in the forest. we also know that the military are not ruling out the possibility that some of those rescued could potentially be some of those kidnapped from chibok. the military has been engaged in a fight with boko haram fighters, considered to be the last strong hold of the group. it raises the prospect that if boko haram is defeated in the forest. for many, the hope is that the chibok girls will be found. . >> indonesia executed eight prisoners despite a campaign to stop them. seven foreigners and one indonesia what is convicted of drug trafficking. australia recalled their am bass door. a filipino woman was spared. we have this report. nine fa

yvonne ndege abuja. >> hundreds of fishermen who were forced to work with little or no pay in indonesia are now allowed to go home. the men were being held against their will and forced to work as slaves. from there we have this report. >> they suffered in silence for many years until a team from the fisheries ministry came to investigate claims of human trafficking and slavery fishermen say they were forced to work without pay. >> you can call this slavery indeed. for example when they were sick they would be called by the captain and given electro shocks and tortured. when they were tired they were treated inhumanely. yes, this is slavery. >> these men athey were sold to the fishing company by an agent in thailand who promised them a job in a restaurant. instead they ended up far from home. they managed to escape and are now hiding. >> maybe some people on the boats wanted to be there but not me and not many others. they told me to accept my situation, but i couldn't. i wanting to home so badly. >> the fishing company used a prison cell to regularly lock up fishermen they had written

in abuja, campaigners wore tape in a silent vigil for the kidnapped girls, indicating the voices of the 200 girls that were abducted. there were some that managed to escape. >> reporter: they don't want to talk about the night they were kidnapped from their school. they want people to know how they are going now, a year later. first, a message to 200 school mates that couldn't get away from boko haram that night. >> i will just pray for them, that there is hope that one day god will set them free from the hands of the boko haram. >> reporter: these girls escaped from the fighters by jumping off moving lorries in north-east nigeria. the armed group raided the school and abducted them. the reason they don't want their faces shown is to protect their families and other girls in school in chibok. they say they need everywhere to know that they don't see themselves as victims, not any more, they plan to go back to chibok stronger than ever. mary wants to heel people. >> i want to be a medical doctor to go and build a clinic and help those. >> reporter: the american university of nigeria is i

our correspondent in abuja, the nigerian capital. >> these reports that the nigerian soldiers are in control of the forest seem reliable and accurate. over the past weeks we have witnessed a decrease in the number of attacks by boko haram in the north-east area. we managed to speak to a member of the civilian task force. those are ordinary nij jnls who have been supporting -- nigerians who sln supporting people -- have been supporting people from the group. five members of a task force were killed and two soldiers. president goodluck jonathan said that he would eliminate this group before leaving office the the end of may, and said the group is facing extinction. it is difficult to independently verify the information from this region, because access is very limited. non-governmental organizations, several rights organizations, human rights organizations and the media have not had access to the area. if the information is accurate it could pave the way for the return of a million people who have been internally displaced by boko haram violence >>> hundreds of zimbabweans who fled fro

. >> reporter: our correspondent ynonne ndedge has more from abuja. >> the nigerian military is planning to release photos and details of women and girls that have been rescued. we understand that that's a screening and profiling process ongoing to identify these individuals and figure out where they are from. we managed to speak to a military spokesperson who told us the military believe some of the individuals could be the wives or children of boko haram fighters who have been living in the forest. we know that the military are not ruling out the possibility of some of those potentially be some of those kidnapped from chibok. the military has been engaged in a fight with boko haram fighters considered to be the last strong hold of the group. if boko haram is defeated in the forest. for many the hope is that the chibok girls will be found. >> still ahead on al jazeera, on the defensive, why syria's army is retreating from parts of idlib. and why journalists in burundi are under pressure covering the protest of the president. >> fall of saigon, forty years later. >> we have no idea how m

ynonne ndedge is live in abuja. . >> tell us more about the good news. >> initially we got a text message from nigerian military personnel, a colonel in the north-east saying that 293 women and girls had been rescued from the forest and military operations were continuing, and specified of those rescued, they did not include the chibok schoolgirls, the more than 200 schoolgirls, kidnapped in april. 219 of them are still missing. an hour or so later in an interview on al jazeera, a military spokesperson said they couldn't be categoric about that. there was a screening and profiling process ongoing, and the military were not ruling out the penalty that along the 293 rescued, there could potentially be schoolgirls from chibok among them. there was a process going on to identify them. the military spokesperson who appeared on al jazeera said there was a possibility that some of those rescued could be the wives and children of boko haram fighters living in the forest. we are waiting for further information and details. the ministry are promising to release photographs of the individuals so tha

a report from abuja. >> when president elect buhari gave his victory acceptance speech nech at the reiterated one of his top election campaign pledges, to eliminate boko haram and tackle en security. >> on the same day, chad's army said fors had killed hundreds of boko haram fighters. tests a reminder to the incoming president that the group may still be a problem. >> elijah should know a former soldier on the front line fighting boko haram in baza in december last year. he says the military did not provide soldiers with weapons. the military say he disobeyed orders and failed to perform his military duty. >> first and foremost, the instruments, those are the weapons that the militaries are using. if whatever you bring. they will be used. >> there are other problems he will have to tackle hundreds of soldiers have been sacked. more than 50 are facing charges for mutiny were fighting boko haram and a dozen senior soldiers are facing corruption charges. >> many think bahari's background as an army general are a will help. some worry he may not be the right man for the job. >> he was in office o

the rally in abuja are canners are demanding the school girls be returned. >> more than 200 girls have gathered here today in the capitol to start protesting the fact that more than 200 girls were kidnap add year ago today and have still not been found. each of these girls is carrying a small placard which has the name and a number for each of the girls who disappeared a year ago. and it's a way of identifying these girls reminding reminding nigerian's and the world that each girl is a special individual that the families are at a great loss that the families are missing them, and the idea is to send a message to the government that these girls must be found. now the government's position is they are doing all they can to find the girls but they have faced extraordinary challenges because the insecurity that we have seen in the northeast. they say the girls have not been forgotten. >> a nigerian government spokesman say finding the girls may be a priority. >> clearly the people of nigeria have not forgotten the girls. there is a depp commitment to make sure that the girls are rescued.

well n the capitol of nigeria abuja campaigners demanding return of the girls kidnapped and put tape on their mouths during a silent march to symbolize the silence of the abducted school girls. more than 200 girls taken by boko haram 57 of them managed to escape al jazeera's harry went to meet some of them. >> reporter: they don't want to talk about the night they were kidnapped from their school instead they want people to know how they are doing now one year later. but first a message to more than 200 of their school mates who couldn't get away from boko haram that night. >> i would just pray for them that there is hope that one day god will set them free from the hands of the boko haram. >> reporter: these girls escaped from boko haram fighters by jumping off moving trucks in northeast nigeria and raided a school and abducted them. the reason why they don't want their faces shown on t.v. is to protect their families and other girls still in school there. but they say they need everyone to know that they don't see themselves as victims, not anymore, they plan to go back stronger th

ynonne ndedge is live in abuja. first of all, clear up some issues for us here. who are these women and girls. >> well the military promise to release photographs and more details of the individuals. all we know so far is there's an ongoing screening and profiling process. they are the words that the military is using to describe what is going on to identify who the individuals are. late tuesday night nigeria's military spokesperson gave an interview to jazz, and he was probed about the identity of the individuals, and he was probed but he said some of the individuals could be the wives and children of boko haram fighters. when asked about the like to chibok and the 200 or so girls kidnapped, he said because of that profiling process that is going on, the military are not ruling out the possibility that in the midst of the 293 individuals, there could be one or two girls from the chibok school but they are not sure for now and we are waiting for details and photographs that they say they are going to hand over to the media. >>> thank you ynonne ndedge. saudi arab

. >> ynonne ndedge has more from abuja. >> muhammadu buhari's victory is historic for this country. it's the first time that the untry has seen a transition from one democratic ruler to another. it has been blighted with coups and military dictator ships over many many many years. there is a process to unfold before muhammadu buhari is legally the president. according to nigeria's constitution he must be sworn in at the end of may. there'll be a major celebration and ceremony. before then there'll be other statements and announcements that he will make to the public and supporters. we expect him to give victory speech on wednesday. >> after that the hard work of putting together a team to tackle the problems begin. the number one corruption. which is the bane of nigeria's problems for a long time. he promised to tackle insecurity in the north-east. particularly the boko haram crisis and his experience as a military map, many believe will help to deal with the problem. there's unemployment 25% unemployment in nigeria. he has promised to create jobs and the power crisis. there are men

ivan is live in abuja. do we know where these women and girls are right now? and when we may here about who they are? >> reporter: well stephanie, no, we don't know. we can only speculate that they are still in the northeast of the country near the forest where they were found because the area is so far away so incredibly remote. you need to use an aircraft to get there. we understand that the military are screening and profiling the girls and women to try to find out their densities, and where they come from. in the last few minutes with ve managed to speak to a spokesperson and ask them who are these individuals if they are not the schoolgirls. and he has explained it is difficult to ascertain their identities because they have been kept some as slaves for an incredibly long period of time. but we have been told that photographs will be released in a bid to try to identify them and i get repatriate them with their families. send them back to where they belong. >> do we know what lead to them being found? >> reporter: well stephanie, there's been an ongoing b

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yvonne, al jazeera, abuja, nigeria. >>> there may be problems in burundi as protests continue in the capitol and 15 have been injured in the latest clashes on the sixth day of unrest and protest began after the president announced he would run for a third term in defiance of the two-term limit. malcolm web following developments at the capitol. >> reporter: local radio station reported a short while ago that a policeman shot dead a soldier on the streets at one of the sites of the protests. now if this is confirmed it may strain the relationship between the army and the police. the soldiers have been out the street since monday and have not been joining in with the police and have been observing small groups of soldiers and most of the sites where they are clashing and seen them a couple of times trying to negotiate between police and protesters, sometimes urging police to use restraints and less force and the army is respected here and seen as neutral and not taking political sides so of course if it is confirmed that a policeman did choose a soldier and if there were more incidents

irregularities at polling stations and some boxes stolen and not delivered and covering elections from abuja. >> reporter: for all political parties aspiring to keep the seat of the state or governor of river state one because it has a lot of influence in the delta and also the oil-producing hub of the entire nigerian company and they will be sitting on millions of dollars of revenue with political influence in the particular region. the rest of the country opposition and congress is making headway with almost all of this declared in the northeast or rather in north of the country except a few places like the result is also expected from the state and also in the northeast and two parties are fighting neck and neck. and it seems so powerful to unseat the current political ruling party in several states in the north especially the north central states so basically the pcp has lost some ground and apc is emerging as the leading political party in nigeria at the moment transition from leading opposition party to a governing party in nigeria. >>> there have been violent protests in the west afri

mehdi nemmouche ynonne ndedge is in abuja. do we here more about the women and girls, and their identities? >> we don't know where they are. they must be in the north-east because of hour away the area is from the capital and the major city asks how difficult it is to get to. all the military told us is the 293 individuals are screened and profiled in a bid to try to ascertain the identities where they came from how they came to be in the forest and we managed to speak to a spokesperson who said that the military believes there's a possibility that some are believed to be the wise and children of operatives operating from the forest. we are promised that photographs will be released today, and more details about who these women and children are >>> so nearly 300 women and girls we are talking about. they were not the ones taken from chibok. that has a lot wondering how come the world has not heard about their abductions and how many more women and children may be involved in the abductions. >> well the reality is boko haram us

mohamed buhari and so many people are hoping he will be able to deliver what he's promised, al jazerra abuja, jai nigeria. >>> it's been more than a week sin the nigerian military detained two al jazerra journalists they were embedded with the mill tear i before they were detained last tuesday, they have been kept in their hotel since then. al jazerra is demanding their immediate release. >>> a russian troller has sunk killing at least 54 people. more than 100 were aboard the ship when it sanction off the coast of the peninsula. search teams worked in freezing water to rescue survivors. reports do suggest that drifting ice may have hulled that vessel. >>> critics say that since chinese president came to power in 2012, the a least 500 human rights activists have been jailed. of now there is growing concern about the fate of five female activists detained more than three weeks ago. they were arrested ahead of a protest being planned for international women's day. adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: this is way ting ting one of the five activists now detained. a high-profile advocat

in him we have this update from abuja. >> reporter: well, these reports that nigerian soldiers are now in full control of the forest seem like they could be reliable and accurate, because over the last few weeks we have witnessed a significant decrease in the number of attacks by boko haram in the northeast area. we have also managed to speak to a member of the civilian joint task force now those are ordinary nigerians who have been supporting military operations against the group. now, the source we spoke to confirmed the lines that we are betting. he also we want as far as saying in the fighting that ensued between nigerian forces and boko haram, five members of the civilian joint task force remember killed and for nigerian sole jeffs presssoldiers. president goodluck jonathan said he would irradicate this group before he leaves office in may. he says they are facing extinction it's incredible difficult to verify the information we are getting from the region because access has been very limited. nongovernmental organizations civil rights organizations human rights organizations and

abuja, nigeria. >>> it's been more than a week since the nigeria military detained two al jazerra journalists. they were embedded with the military before they were detained last tuesday, they have been kept in their hotel since then. al jazerra is demanding their immediate release. >>> u.s. democratic senator robert menendez has been indict odd corruption charges. he's accused of accepting gifts for politing the business interests of a friends he faces several charges including conspiracy bribery and fraud. the senator asserted his innocence saying that the charges were politically motivated. >>> more details have emerged. the driver who tried to ram through the compound gates was a transgender prostitute from baltimore. ricky hall was killed when nsa police opened fire on her car a second passenger and an officer were injured. the fbi has confirmed a malaysia man they called one of the most wanted terrorists is dead. they said he was killed in a raid in the philippines in january. he is believed to be a member of an al quada splinter group and linked the 2002 bali bammings. >>> mcdonald's a

they are now safely back in the capital abuja. they had been covering the military's campaign against the armed group going uh-huh ram. al jazerra's director of news says we are pleased for them that their ordeal is over. they are looking forward to spending time with their families and loved ones, i know that both of them want to thank everyone who helped secure their release including ngos, politicians and fellow journalists. >>> reminder there is lots more on our website as always, al jazerra.com. get the latest on the stories we are covering. aljazerra.com. >> new york new york. eight point four million people call this city home. >> twenty-four degrees snowing hard in central park going down to twenty in midtown. snowfall one to two feet. so they're now saying we could have snow falling as rapidly as five inches an hour. >> this has been the coldest winter here in eighty-one years. and it coincides with a grim reality. more people in new york city are homeless today than at any point

for more on this we're joined in abuja the managing editor for nigeria's online newspaper. good to have you with us. how could journalists who are considered to have the necessary authorizations to be embedded with the military, and then be accused of reporting without authorizations? >> well, this is really, really unbelievable. it's not unbelievable that it would happen in this country. it's unbelievable that journalists--at a time when this country is trying to make history, when it's trying to prove to the world of democracy and it's a culture of impunity that characterize this government. you know, the whole world rallies around al jazeera and rallies around journalists around the world. >> tell us little bit about how often journalists face restrictions when it comes particularly to reporting on what's happening in some of the areas or some of the operations against boko haram? >> well, you know, the military rallies around the coverage of boko haram. that's why the coverage of boko haram has been really difficult. reporters are restricted from venturing into some are

let's go to the capital of abuja. girls known as the chibok girls. >> we won't know until we're through with the screening process, however there are indications that most of them are of different backgrounds. and we'll be able to see categoryically their status. the indication is that they're not of a political background. >> okay, so did you know if these are not the chibok school girls? that these women that you found had been taken bye-bye boko haram. the question is that they may have been with them of their own free will. >> well, they were taken into the force evidently against their free will, and they would take out the terrorist counts in the forest. they were acquitted from that place, and i've. taking care of their families. >> what do you say about the way they were treated? >> about those who were freed? >> no, i beg your pardon. not so much about the way they were freed but how they were treated as they were held captives? >> oh, okay. that will be--there is indication that they were brought from differ

cnn's christian purefoy is in abuja. christian. >> reporter: john, yes, campaigners are gathering behind me as they have every day as the girls disappeared with the now famous #bringbackourgirls. at noon local time john one year ago, over 270 girls were kidnapped from the village and put in a truck and nothing has been heard from them since. everyone we speak to in the corridors of power has no idea where the girls are. the worry is they have been sold off as sex slaves or killed in the violence that is ongoing with the military and terrorist group boko haram. really john no one has any idea. the campaigners we speak to here today say they would not be sitting here if they didn't believe hope for the girls to come back alive. >> still hope. christian, thanks. >>> you did not just imagine it yes, indeed air travel got worse last year. which airlines were the worst offenders? that's next. technology gives you control and now technology gives you home security and control in a new and revolutionary way. introducing plug & p

. -- in abuja. he says he has a plan we'll know that later. for now, it's about poverty and inequality. you see behind me that's a highway. it's paved, but if you turn around this is how most people live in lagos - below $1 a day. people are unemployed youth are frustrated. people want to do something to improve their lives urgently. the youth want change they want a man who will do what he can to try and improve their lives. and another big thing is the issue of power. you see the power station over there. surprisingsly, or maybe not, because people who lived here said so they don't have access to electricity, only a few privileged few. if they do it's erratic. they use changes for the new president. he knows it. people hope it's taken into account. yes it's a problem. most nigerians - it's about the bread and butter issues jobs economy, health and education, and tackle the youth matters. >> for nigeria, and must be significant that this is the m.e.r.s. time an opposition candidate wins a presidential election. >> exactly, it's huge. a lot of

. >> thank you for that live update from abuja. >>> still to come this hour. broken promises. we need struggling south africans who blame the government for recent takes on foreign workers. >> i'm in brazil where the petrobras scandal is costing thousands of jobs and people are scrambling for work. >> and scoring for barcelona. >> it's a new day. >> another chance. >> i will be strong. >> i can't get bent down because my family's lookin' at me. >> i will rise. >> i will fight. >> i will never give up. >> you're gonna go to school so you don't have to go war. >> hard earned pride. hard earned respect. hard earned future. >> we can not afford for one of us to lose a job. we're just a family that's trying to make it. >> a real look at the american dream. "hard earned". premiers sunday, may 3rd 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome to the top stories here on al jazeera. european union leaders are considering a military operation to stop people traffickers in libya on thursday. >>> saudi coalition forces continue to launch airstrikes on houthi targets in the city. a