you know, you hear about the success in terms of the growth rate in ethiopia. but when you look at the united nations human development index ethiopia ranks 173 out of 180 countries in 2013. has enough been done to invest that growth back into people and share that growth with people? >> sure, i think its important to put things in perspective. where it came from where it is and where it's going. i usually use markers numbers to tell the story. if you look back at the total gdp back in 2000 and to where it is today it has tripled. today it's the fourth-fastest growing economy and it has started to reduce poverty. it went from 50% to 29% today. the best way to look at it is an emergeing economy is a work in progress. i would expect either the human development index or unemployment to show even more encouraging results going forward. >> a lot of, of course, the investment has been handled or prompted by government projects especially infrastructure projects. at some point the projects sector needs to come in and take over these projects and keep the investment l

ethiopia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. it's a far cry from the country devastated by famine as well as a civil war which lasted for decades. arg cult forward is the driving force. the government is investing heavily in infrastructure projects as pt of a plan. that is attracting foreign investors expected to ingest $1.5 billion into ethiopia's economy. unemployment is a big challenge. 50% of the population is under 16, and the country is creating hundreds of thousands of jobs to keep up with the growing population. large-scale unemployment is seen as a driving faction pushing young ethiopians to leave europe or the u.k. let's get more on the issue, we are joined by john campbell, who is an expert on this issue. from the school of african studies. thank you for being with us. as i mentioned despite the economic boom thousands are ricking their life. why can't ethiopia retain the young people at home. >> the difficulty is as you likely noted the lack of opportunity, the vast majority of the investment that has gone on in the

in ethiopia. this is one of the main battle grounds in the upcoming regional and parliamentary elections. the largest ethnic group in ethiopia, it's here that the candidate has his power base. >> my people want democracy real democracy not sham democracy, not pseudodemocracy. eight opposition parties are fighting the ruling ethiopia democratic front across the country. >> opposition supporters and last minute voters have been claiming intimidation of their supporters. >> there are allegation that the prime minister denies. >> campaigning, they are in the debate televised debate. they are there in all the processes of the election and therefore, i think when you see that, you know, people are not along with you and supporting you, there are always complaints. >> for the last five years he has been the face of the opposition in parliament. he was the only opposition m.p. in the 507 seat house. he is not defending his seat following a decision by the electoral board to recognize a splintered group wi

ethiopia has a fast-growing economy. not everyone is benefitting from the boom. >> reporter: this is a country under construction. workers are busy day and night paving roads aring building bridges -- roads, building dredges and are constructing a light rail to stitch together the ends of the capital. it's the first light rail project in sub-saharan africa. >> the infrastructure is a reflects of government's ability to negotiate with financial institutions and countries like china, where massive borrowing and grants are coming in. 6,000 to 5,000km of road then construct. part of a government policy. most agricultural production takes place. ever you look the city drastically changed in of the past five years. development, property boom and economic growth form a trunk that government officials say will give them land slide victories in the elections. >> the country was known for poverty. it was hunger and sexist. it hasn't helped everyone. according to the united nations, 30% of ethiopia live in poverty. we met a woman w

ethiopia's economy is one of the strongest in africa growing at almost 10% a year. the government has launched ambitious frank structure projects that mohammed adow reports, not everyone is benefitting. this is a country under construction. workers are business day and night paving roads and building bridges. they are constructing a new light rail system to stitch together the ends of the capitol. this is the first light rail in sub is a haran africa. >> it is a reflex of the government's ability to be able to work with national institutions. massive borrowing and grants are coming in. >> 65,000 kilometers of road have been constructions in the last 10 years, part of a government policy to open up rural ethiopia where mosting a cult toral production takes place. >> everywhere you look in the ethiopian capitol there is something being built. it has changed in the past clarify years. development, property boom and economic growth form what government officials say will give them landslide victory in the elections. >> in this country, it was known for poverty, and it w

ethiopia has one of the fastest growing economies in the world. it's a far cry from a country devastated by famine, and a civil war that lasted for decades. agriculture is the driving force, acting for half of the g.d.p. the government is investing heavily in infrastructure as part of a plan to divert the economy. that is attracting foreign investors expected to inject 1.5 billion. unemployment is a challenge. 50% of the population is under 18, and the country need to create hundreds of thousands of jobs to keep up with the growing population. large-scale unemployment is seen as a driving factor pushing young ethiopians to leave the country. john campbell is from the school of oriental studies in london, and explains what needs to be done to keep young yooeth openians from leaving. >> the difficulty stems from the lack of opportunity in the rural areas. the vast majority of the invest that has gone on has been urban or infrastructure related, and takes a long time for the benefits of this development to reach all areas. it's not just ethiopia that

five ethiopia refugees were killed in the strikes. forces loyal to the exiled penalty say they've taken back sites from the houthis. pro government troops are advancing east of saada. the houthis still control large areas of territory across yemen. >> malaysia's prime minister has ordered the navy and coast guard to search for stranded migrants. thousands are adrift with nowhere to go. most rohingya refugees are fleeing violence in myanmar. we have more from malaysia. >> that was always the problem with this policy, letting the people whom you are trying to hem know that they can't now receive help. these migrant boats are thought to be way offshore especially since the push back policy by the different governments of this region, not letting them land. they are thought to be outside mobile phone rang from the coast and probably don't know that they can seek ref refuge. they would probably try to outrun a vessel, not knowing that that is there to now help them getting assistance to get to shore. migrant vessels will have a choice of g

elections get under way in ethiopia on sunday. the prime minister has promised fair elections and is expected to do well in his first test since taking power in 2012. huge pro government rallies have taken place. opposition parties accuse those in power of surviving descent. ethiopia's economy is one of the strongest growing at 10% per year. but not everyone is benefiting. >> this is a country under construction. workers are busy day and night paving roads and building bridges. they also construct a new light-rail system to stitch together the ends of the capital. this is the first light-rail project in sub sahara africa. >> in is a reflection of the government's ability to negotiate with international financial institutions, and countries like china where massive borrowing and many grants are coming in. >> part of a government policy to open up rural ethiopia where most of the agriculture production takes place. everywhere you look something is being built. the sky lane has changed in the past five years. and the development of e

ethiopia votes but the election is called a nonevent. >>> and walking the line for peace. women activists cross between north and south korea. >>> it looks like there's been a frightening development in southeast asia's migrant crisis. mass graves have been discovered in malaysia in an area known to be used by human smugglers. the government is estimating the number of people believed to be buried there and where they come from. we'll come back to the story as soon as we get more details >>> u.n. brokered talks to end the war in yemen. president hadi says he won't take part unless houthi rebels pull back from territory they have seized across the country. let's go live now from rhiyad. quite a dramatic decision not to attend these talks. >>reporter: absolutely. hadi is exiled in saudi arabia. the argument is following: they are' legitimate government. the houthis launched the coup so they're not a legitimate government and the international community should recognize only hadi as the only legitimate power. number three, the houthis should stop interfering with politics and

ethiopia signed a peace agreement in 2000, ending two years of war. violent protests broke out in 2005 after a disputed multiparty election. in 2010 another term was won as prime minister. the european union said the election fell short of international standards. rachel nicholson from nestamnesty international said opposing forces have been violated. >> there has been multiple human rights situations and there has been an intensifying crackdown of dissent in the country. this is most visible when we look at the situation of the political opposition the arrest of political opponents over the years, crackdown of the media and bloggers and we see the trial of the nine bloggers which is under way on terrorism charges. and also the widespread crackdown on protests whether they are political or not, last year we saw thousands of protesters. when they took part in widespread protests also they have the thousands of protesters from the muslim community who have been protesting government interference in religious affairs for a number of years. thousands of t

to the polls. >> critics routinely accuse ethiopia of using antiterrorism rules to silence countries opposition -- country's opposition. >> demonstrations ignited in the aftermath of the turbulent 2005 election when thousands to the street. today, things seem call him as students prepared to cast their ballots on sunday. stability, as opposed to change seems to be on most people's minds. >> for the opposing parties there is not enough to convince us. we need to know them, really what kind of hardee's or what kind of people. >> security is tighter than usual on campus, and those who do not support the governing party are wary of speaking on camera. we find a critical voice in a cafe close by. if visitors to afraid to show his face. >> the regime will not withdraw from power with an election. it is already a known result. >> many of those who work for the opposition 10 years ago are now disenchanted. during the 2005 election, he was in his early 30's and supported the leading opposition coalition . like thousands of young people, he spent weeks in prison afterwards and then gave up on

. >> reporter: they came out in their hundreds, mostly israeli jews or ethiopia origin and angry at what they say was police brutality against a black israeli soldier and more than a dozen people were hurt when scuffles broke out with the police. >> glas the police brutality. the police is acting with force against us. >> reporter: in an incident last week an israeli or ethiopia decent was allegedly assaulted by immigration officers who thought he was illegal immigrant and this video sparked outrage on social media and policemen were seen beating a soldier and shows a policeman pushing him to the ground after he didn't initially obey the policeman's order and tries to help the colleague and the issue of immigrants in israel stirred controversy for many years and deliberate policies has 50% decline of the population of jews in the last decade the video up loaded on social media the soldier picks up a rock and threatens policeman before police backup arrives and in 2010 there was a cable from tel aviv saying 65% of ethiopia origin relied on them to survive and then they revealed many tenan

our correspondent reports from the capitol. >> reporter: opposition supporters in ethiopia. this is one of the main battle grounds in the upcoming regional and parliamentary elections. the largest [ inaudible ] in ethiopia it is here that an opposition candidate has his power base. >> my people want democracy, real democracy, not shallow democracy, not pseudo democracy. we want freedom as you see the young people singing for freedom. >> reporter: they are fighting the [ inaudible ] epldf in [ inaudible ] across the country. but they are stacked against the opposition. as campaigns draw to a close opposition candidates are on a last-minute hunt for votes. they have been complaining about intimidation, and also the huge amount of resources the ruling party has. >> they are campaigning. they are in the debate, and a televised debate. they are there in all of the processes of the election and therefore, i think, when you see that you know, people are not along with you, and are not supporting you, there are always complaints. >> reporter: for the last five years this has been th

in the next 30 minutes, ethiopia votes but systematic repression has made the vote a nonevent. and walking the line for peace. women activists cross between north and south korea. u.n. brokered talks to end the war in yemen have been thrown into dark. the country's president, abd rabbu mansour hadi, says he won't take part unless houthi rebels pull back from territory they've seized throughout country. let's go live to hashem ahelbarra. he's not going why? >> reporter: jane, there has been long conversations between the u.n. envoy and him. they say they are a legitimate government so they say they should be the ultimate authority in the country. number two they would like to get guarantees from the international community that the houthis pull out before the geneva talks and also stay away from politics and stay away from undermining the political process. if these demands are met then the president his government is going to go to geneva. if that is not met they don't see any reason to go to the talks. very delicate talks right now. president abd rabbu mansour hadi with the me

. >> polls have opened in ethiopia's first eligible election, ruling party is expected to win. opposition parties have accused the government of using oppressive tactics to try and hold on to power. let's get more now from mohammad adow. how has the balloting gone so far? >> reporter: well, fauziah so far things have been smooth. polling stations opened about two hours ago. as you say there nearly 37 million ethiopians expect to have registered to cast their vote and they are voting in tens of thousands of apology stations across the country. here in the capital they are up to 1600 polling stations each holding 800 voters. this is obviously a strategic employment by the government to make sure they don't assemble too heavily in one place. the process in the exat have beencapital havebeen faster, one for member of government and one for regional assemblies who are going to form governments of the regional states, nine states of ethiopia. here voters are only casting one vote, that is for the national member of parliament. >> mohamed the ruling party is expected to win again. how

. >> in ethiopia, campaign has ended, just before sunday's elections. it will be ethiopia's first election since the death of long term prime minister in 2012. >>> myanmar's navy has detained more than 200 people after rescuing them at sea. the government says the people are bengalis, that is the word it uses to describe the ethnic rohingya minority. thousands have traveled to indonesia, malaysia and thailand in the past few weeks. >>> myanmar is considering a population control law that critics say could be used to discriminate against minorities particularly the rohingya. florence louie reports now from sitwae myanmar. >> reporter: looking after her five children, the oldest is 11, the youngest two. in her community it is not unusual to have big families. >> translator: in the muslim faith children are seen as a blessing so the government says can i have as many children as i want i cannot accept that. >> reporter: government leaders would like birth spacing spacing having an interval between births. put forward by a buddhist nationalist group mabata

also because kenya and ethiopia are major allies. and if you heard mr kerry, he said that kenya's presence and occupation is important for the security of the country and the region. kenya has been destabilize of course and troops na that country, for several years. there's no addressing of that question. so al-shabab becomes, if you like a bandwagon to ride on without supporting the somali security forces to do the work themselves and free the country. >> i spoke to the president of uganda who believes al-shabab is increasingly desperate and weakened. are the african union forces that are involved despite what you said about kenya and ethiopia are they doing a good job about combatting al-shabab and somalia. >> it is important to note that they have been helpful to the somali people in pushing them out of urban centers. al-shabab is able to hit and run terror when and where they want. the only people that will defeat al-shabab are significantly improved and wealthy security forces. they get something like $700 million from the e.u.

rages and yemen, but the country's exiled president says he won't attend peace talks in geneva >>> ethiopia votes, but systematic oppression made it a np event >>> women act -- nonevent. women activists cross north korea and south korea >>> mass graves have been discovered in malaysia in an area known to be used by human smugglers. the government is investigating how many people may have been buried there, and where they came from. >> translation: today the chief and deputy chief of police are near the thai malaysian border to verify the mass graves found, believed to relate to human trafficking activities involving migrant. >> al jazeera's correspondent is there for us. >> we know that the home minister confirmed the discovery of mass graves but is not able to say how many bodies have been found or dug up. he is able to say that there were camps discovered in the area and said by the time police officers got to that area the camps had been abandoned. the police are believed to have made the discovery late last week. we know the inspector general of police and his deputy are in the area and

during the thirty-year war against ethiopia many did so. after eritrean independence in 1993, some returned. the eritro-german cultural centre was founded back then for people returning from germany. alexander siyum teaches german at its language school. his pupils are young eritreans who are interested in germany, as they tell me cautiously. three of the young women are married to eritreans who live in germany. so they'll soon be allowed to emigrate. >> it's a highly developed country. i want to continue my education there and think i can live better there than here. >> alexander siyum grew up in wuppertal in germany. he's been back in eritrea for ten years, but still feels german. >> for ordinary eritreans it's normal to live here like this. it's not normal for me. i grew up differently. i have a different mentality, a different way of thinking more democratic and you have to tolerate some things. >> for instance, the fact that there's no press freedom. the city is full of satellite dishes with unlimited reception of international channel

ethiopia. >> the european leaders have been holding late night talks to solve greece's debt crisis. france's president is meeting the german chancellor and the greek prime minister on the sidelines of the e.u. summit. the meeting comes a day after warned they won't be able to make a payment to the i.n.s. >> now sweden says it has scrambled fighter jets to intercept two russian planes flying near it's air space. it comes as nato considers a request for thousands of troops to protect them against a possible russian invasion. s the a drill but the intention is real enough. the pilots have 15 minutes from the alarm sounding to take to the skies. thorpe scrambled for real, 150 times last year, to shadow russian aircrafts over the border. the current lead nation in the nato mission is norway, backed up in lithuania by the italians this they say is all about reassuring the tiny baltic states that they won't let the russians do to them, what they did to ukraine. we show them our presence, by being up there, and show they want we are nearby, and that we are on alert we are air born within 15

so we've come all the way to ethiopia from south sudan. we took a flight from juba to addis, the capital, and now we're back in the border with south sudan, a town called gambela. a long journey to get back here because there's no direct way of coming from juba to the border. because the areas are controlled by the opposition and the government and it's quite unsafe to travel through there. and now we're trying to head to the actual border and get into south sudan, to a town called pagak. before the war, bol gatkouth was a member of parliament in juba. now he's a humanitarian liaison officer for the opposition. he's agreed to accompany us into rebel held territory.. ..but he's not crazy about the camera. before you go to the checkpoint, you should stop that. because we don't want to get to their nerves. >> is that a checkpoint? >> yeah, get down. >> we're going to put the camera down again. >> so we're going to try to cross the border now, let's see if this works. we're cleared to leave ethiopia. we finally made it to south sudan. this is

this man came to south africa, fleeing political violence in ethiopia. he has a wife and two children back home to support. two of his friends from somalia and ethiopia, he says was murdered close to his shop. >> it was around 8 o'clock at night they said "give us something", he tried to give him the thing, he was shot on the head. he passed away and two years back they shot one of my friends on the back. they say we took the jobs. we are not taking the jobs, we are sending a community. we are not committing crimes or sending drugs >>> it's not just african migrant workers. this man came to south africa from bangladesh. his shop was recently attacked. the men sold his stock, cash and his clothes. >> many use gun, knife. how can i go outside. i can't go outside. >> reporter: the south african government says it's determined to stop attacks on migrant workers and is toughening asylum. police promised zero tolerance for those behind the violence. >> in this neighbourhood local men seem to be the most determined to protect their foreign friends. >>> a former

coming in. 6-5,000km of road have been constructed in the last 10 years part of a policy to open up ethiopia where most agricultural culture takes place. >> everywhere you look the cities have changed in the past five years. development, property boom and economic growth form what government officials say will give them land slide victory in the elections. >> it is known for policy. it was sexist and known for hunger. >> reporter: that success has not helped everyone. according to the united nations 30% of the people live in abject poverty. we met this woman with four children selling sawdust from a timber factory, on a good day she earns 1 usd. >> this is not work. i can't call it work. i work all day, but still cannot buy enough food. >> it's that type of matter that caused many to trek across the desert. many do not make it. the government says it's trying its best. >> if you look at the last five years, we created 8 million jobs. with a population. we have done that. still, there is - we have to create opportunities, and we have to convince people to seize opportunities. >> the problem w

made this dangerous sea crossing and in many cases their long journey is at the horn of africa and ethiopia and somalia and they have a meeting point and migrants make their way across the border to sudan and conthrough libya where they board boats to attempt the journey to europe. leonard doyle is a spokesperson for the international organization for migration and says not enough is being done to save lives. >> obviously part of the problem is there is not enough life-saving going on at one level and on the other hand there are many more people crossing or trying to cross so we are getting an enormous rise in numbers, this weekend thankfully the numbers who died are quite small and there are ten deaths which are tragic of course but not like the numbers they could have been if the life-saving operation had not taken place and we have seen as you said 1783 so far this year which is in the order of 30 times higher than last year. the lives are being saved because italian coast guard and italian state is way beyond the european union is taking its own initiative into saying as long as people

they believe joblessness is driving many youth to take the perilous journey through ethiopia and sudan before reaching libya with the hope of reaching italy by boats. >> unless opportunities are created for the youth and they are also given access to quality education, we will keep talking about this problem. it will never go away. >> reporter: but here the task is not to provide either jobs or schooling, simply to stop people leaving. mohamed adow, al jazerra. >>> the french president has promised harsh punishment for soldiers found guilty of sexually abusing children in the central african republic. the abuse allegedly took place at a center for displaced people near the airport between december 2013 and june of last year. >> translator: if some soldiers, i don't know more for the moment behaved badly there then there would be sanction on his par with the trust we put in all of our armed forces. i am proud of our army, so i will be harsh and those who behave badly if that's the case in central african republic. >>> a senior u.s. diplomat is warning ba ba rune did. the president is tr

let's speak now for mohamed adow who joins us new from ethiopia. mo what do you know? i know this is breaking as we speak. >> reporter: yeah, well, richelle garissa police are confirm that go they have lost 20 policemen. they were targeted in two different attacks. and policemen who were in a vehicle patrolling the area between the refugees camps and right at the border of somalia and kenya were targeted in an attack. plus there was an i.e.d. and then they opened fire. and in the seconds incidents they said the police officers who were killed were said to be reacting to the distress call from the officers who were targeted in the first attack. police are confirming up to 20 killed. and they say the policemen who were attacked some of them the survivors fled on foot and ended up in the refugees camp which is about 10 or so kilometers from where the attack took place. now the area where the police officers were said to be headed is a scene of annal that burr incursion last wreak where al-shabab officials are said to have been lecturing the members of the town for the nee

it was a good meeting. >> the beating sparked off a series of anti racism demonstrations by ethiopia israelis part of the movement from spain the middle east and africa. >> a significant number of these ethiopia israelis were born in this country and insist they've lived as marginalized citizens since birth. >> few taking part in the demonstrations were willing to be interviewed fearing further victimization. one former member of parliament outlined the reason for the protest. >> we are here because we see more and more attacking by the police not only the police, but individual police treated as criminals and because of the color, because of the difference of culture, they are attacking some young especially. >> and another demonstrator identified only by the name david explained why he was there. >> it's tough. i don't know what's going to happen. i, myself, am a police officer and i took my uniform off to demonstrate. that says something. it's very difficult. >> the demonstration that had begun peacefully dejen rated into violence. more than 50 police officers were injured as well

still ahead no surprises in ethiopia elections but what does it mean for the people? and we will tell you why lebanon is concerned about farm animals being brought from syria by refugees. and in sport find out if lebron james have done enough to get the cavs in striking range of the nba finals. ♪ it has been a month since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit nepal killing some 8600 people. harry faucet is standing by live for us in kathmandu with more on this really somber anniversary, harry? >> reporter: indeed we are here in the square in the middle of kathmandu, world heritage unesco the heart and soul of the city and what happens to the real treasure of the architecture hit home very hard and for many people here this is just another day of a still unfolding dizzy as disaster and trying to maintain livelihoods and other instances looking for aid but some people did use this day to pause and reflect on what had happened exactly a month ago. a youth organization gathered around what was a very famous tower here in kathmandu which was brought down by the earthquake 180 p

. >> fleeing political violence in ethiopia he has a wife and two children back home to support. two of his friends from somalia and ethiopia were murdered close to his shop. >> it is around half past 8:00. they said to give us something. it's like they were--when they tried to give him that thing they struck him on the head. he passed away. they shot one of my friends in the back, in the shop. they say we took their jobs. we're not taking the jobs. we're serving the community. we're not committing crimes. we're not selling drugs. >> it it's not just african migrant workers living here. this man came from bangladesh. his shop was recently attacked. the men stole all his stock his cash even his clothes. >> they were using guns, using knives. how can i go outside. >> the south africaen government said that it is determined to stop attacks on migrant workers. they say the police have promised zero tolerance for those behind the violence. but in this neighborhood it's local men who seem to be the most determined to protect their foreign friends. charles stratford al jazeera, johannes

in ethiopia voting has ended. first election since the death of long serveing leader mela mazawi in 2012. >>> government cutbacks, high unemployment. some signs of growth but as nah diem babanadim baba reports. >> from the state agents to neighborhood bars. he says he's luckier than most because his wife has a permanent job while he gets $400 of unemployment a month. >> reporter: for worst caises the mine, long term unemployed people with no state aid at all. it is better to earn $200 or $300, rather than nonat all. >> prime minister mariano ahoy says that 600,000 new jobs were created this year and he can point byrespond by figures. the are intcial monday trip fund predicts that unemployment will remain high. manuel sphierved survived thanks ofriends and family. >> i offered myself for all kind of job security guard whatever working in the supermarket, simply placing the products whatever, they don't call me because of my age. >> only 1 in 10 new applications were filled. >> salaries are very low 30, 40% blow the

. >> translator: the jews of ethiopia suffer from discrimination. it is no secrete that the israelis do not recognize their value, that's a fact. >> reporter: accusations of mistreatment range from police brutality to housing discrimination. >> people are restricted from living in certain places because of the color of their skin. i do not want to live in such a country. >> in 2013, israel admitted to forcibly administering birth control to ethiopian jewish women without their knowledge or consent. ethiopian israelis make up less than 2% of the population but have the highest poverty rate in the country. many have little access to jobs. >> translator: we witness racism against arabs ethiopians. >> pent up age are among ethiopian jews could be nearing a boiling point tension that could open new dialogue between israeli government and the community. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera, new york. >> len lyons jewish community of boston joins us from newton, massachusetts. good to have you with us len. israel did the right thing saving tens of thousands of ethio

. >> the libyan coast guard has detained 400 migrants from somalia and ethiopia traveling by boat to italy. libya is the main departure point to enter europe. weakened by civil war it has been unable to stem the flow of migrants. >> egypt hanged six men accused of carrying out attacks on security forces last year. police say the men belonged to a group that pledge the loyalty to isil. they were sentenced to death by a military dry bunnal. it's the first momentum pell execution since the military coup. amnesty egypt research spokesman would the men didn't receive a fair trial. >> this is a despicable act. the me were executed after a grossly unfair trial before a military court. they should never have been tried before that court in the first place. the truth is that the security forces falsified the base of their arrest. they were never given proper access to lawyers or even to challenge their conviction fairly. this looks like cold-blooded murder and payback for the shooting yesterday of several judicial officers in the center. the international community is going to say its concern

. >> it triggers the exodus of the young from ethiopia. europe is a destination for many ethiopians. they take the journey overseas. many do not make it. >> if you look at the last five years, we created 8 million jobs we have done that. still there is poverty, we have to create opportunities and seize opportunities. >> the problem with some of this ethiopia as one of the lowest rates in africa many are infuriated by the lack of opportunities, though many can't help but be impressed with the transformation. >>> my guest is from the ethiopian development institute and joins us live. some people put down the last year of growth rates to being helped by oil prices. to what extent do you think it could be sustained going forward. >> thank you for having me. >> it has registered impressive growth for the past decade. averaging about 49%. by any measure, this growth has been very very impressive. in terms and it has been driven by investments in the public sector, you know by infrastructure public services and schools and centers, so on and so o

why the eiffel tower turned away tourists today >>> an important ally in the fight against terrorism, ethiopia prepares for elections amidst complaints of unfair innocence. >>> first, in the american minute - president obama's trade bill has been approved going on to the house. the senate is split over whether to reauthorise a key section. patriot act. it is used to justify the security agency's phone regard collection programme. senate republicans are split over whether to make changes to the act or extend it as is >>> the state department began a release of emails from hillary clinton's private account. the 300 released emails are a fraction of the 30,000 she's turn said over to the state department. only some of them deal with the 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi libya. some contain sensitive information that was classified. clinton said the emails were handled appropriately and she is glad they are out for the public to see >>> talks wrap pd up in washington. washington and havana - both report progress ons opening embassies. u.s. negotiators say they are close to reaching a d

it's footage of an ethiopia israel soldier being attacked by a police officer and his colleague in a suburb of tel-aviv. it led to a demonstration in jerusalem last week that led in violence and to the events in the course of this day. the crowds which increased in size appear to be dispersing peacefully. then a few hours later it began gathering again in the square. no more restraint from the side of police, stun grenades and officers on horseback attempting to disperse the crowd. too late to stop the events from this night but in coming hours the israeli prime minister will be meeting representatives of the ethiopian community along with the soldier whose assault by police has become so public. an attempt perhaps to stop jewish unity from being washed away. al jazeera tel-aviv. >> security is tighter than usual in syria's capitol a suicide bomber blew himself up in damascus near government offices and embassies. there are conflicting reports on the impact. a human rights ears say one person was killed and three wounded, including a senior military official in charge of munitions. a

. >> preliminary rilts in results in yoaps ethiopia's election regional and parliamentary poll. the opposition has accused the ruling party of harassment and to try to remain in power. anti-austerity parties in spain have made gains. worst result in more than 20 years after four years of severe spending cuts and a string of construction scarchld. timblscandals.tim friend reports. >> new era of corruption politics and further instability. earlier as the election results came in it quickly became clear that this man would play a leading role in what would come next. the leader pablo ig iglesias. >> political path of the political trixtionpolitical transformation of this country. >> candidates from the smaller parties triumphed. overturning majorities from the mainstream socialists. >> this content has driven to other groups. >> people have spoken and will continue to do so. i'm proud that madrid and barcelona have marked a beginning of another phase. >> what we have here are new trends and they must come down from the clouds, negotiate talk and find new solutions. >> reporter: the

. >> preliminary results in ethiopia's national elections are expect to be reds in the coming hours. final vote counting won't be completed in my the end of june. millions voted in a regional and parliamentary poll. the opposition accused the rolling party of using repressive measures to remain in power. an ethiopian legal scholar said the election was a sham and mockery of democracy. >> the entire process was as i characterized it recently, a war by other means because the incumbent, the department front is a former liberation front coalition of many liberation fighting liberation fronts, four of them. the way it runs the campaign, the way it always does politics i guess more military and then use the language of fight combat and struggle. for me, this election was only a war by other means and the ethiopia rdf took the offensive for many years especially since 2005 and the offensive has paid off, if they have 100% of the city so no surprises. for many years now, they have been using the bureaucratic methods of controlling regular glading media through the media freedom and informat

. >> in ethiopia campaigning has ended ahead of sunday's national elections. 58 opposition parties are looking to challenge the ruling party. the first election since the death of long serving prime minister mela zanawi in 2012. >>> in ireland there has been a referendum to legalize gay marriage. it may become the first country to allow gay marriage by vote. >>> hillary clinton has agreed to release a set of her e-mails that occurred in 2012. she was secretary of state at the time. she's been criticized for her handling of the bengd benghazi attack. >> i'm glad that the e-mails are starting to, out.this is something that i've asked to be done as you know for a long time and those releases are beginning. i want people to be able to see all of them. and it is the fact that we have released all of them that have any government relationship whatsoever, in fact, the state department had the vast majority of those anyway because they went to what are called .gov accounts. >> white house correspondent patty culhane reports on the debate over the patriot act. >> reporter: we now know the u.s.

only then will he and ethiopia be able to get out of the shadow of the previous leader. >> you can watch the full interview on "talk to al jazeera." >>> malaysia's prime minister has ordered the navy and coast guard to search for sea-stranded migrants. thousands are adrift with nowhere to go. most are rohingya refugees. thailand says it will no longer push back boats. step vaessen has more where some asylum seekers are being treated. >> reporter: they all they were going to die. doctors who have examined them say their condition is very very bad. most of them are die hide rated, malnourished infections and all kinds of skin diseases and authorities here are struggling to take care of them. >> translator: we thought we had died already. and would meet god soon. we had lost all hope of survival. we were so scared. >> reporter: indonesia and malaysia have agreed to temporarily accept 7,000 migrants many still at sea, but the navy says they are not actively rescuing anyone who is still stranded in their boats until they get a direct order to change the policy to send away everyone who is ill

we're going to see films from ethiopia and mexico. but when the paparazzi are photographing the stars, they asked that the stars not photograph themselves. >> you can mind find out much more on our website. the address that is www.aljazeera.com. >> the death toll rises in the amtrak derailment. officials begin to piece together what happened, trying to figure out what went wrong. president obama sits down with arab leaders to talk about the war in yemen. but the kings from two allies are not there. plus dozens are killed after gunmen open fired on a bus.

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the knew species is call add close relative in the language spoken by the people of ethiopia's afar region. that is all of our time, thank you for joining us, the news continues next, life from london. this is the news hour, live from london. >> we, o i cannot monitor everyone all of the time. >> he says he can't be held responsible for the corruption scandal. where the head of

they were found in the desert of of ethiopia afar site where lucy the famed an certificate was -- ancestor was found. >> reporter: construction on 295 and creek road. once with you reach this point and head toward 55. everything is open and clear and ready for you. another work zone to avoid carney's point hollywood avenue taking out the right lane. galloway township they are working on the white horse pike pomona road doing paving until 6:00 a.m. trains and buses on time. >> reporter: it's feeling better out there 68 degrees in philadelphia. just 56 in allentown. a huge change, 61 in reading, i think you'll notice the decrease in humidity more dramatically to the north and west, 67 in wilmington, 67 degrees right now in millville. travel weather if you're traveling along the east coast we're not seeing any weather delays or problems just yet. i can't anticipate any with the weather looking good along the east coast. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, except for the one cluster of downpours that we're tracking that's near delaware you need to be careful that. dry, less humid 86

. >>> systematic oppression made the ethiopia elections a nonevent. >> i'm in a capsule that could one day carry people beneath a helium balloon to the edge of space. >>> we begin with breaking news of syria, where the death of 400 i.s.i.l. fighters in palmyra. 300 rebels have been killed in air raids on the opposition-held area of the it's one of the many battles that government forces appeared to lose. >> reporter: the syrian rebel alliance army of conquests, said it's consolidating in idlib and moving forward. recent advances against syrian forces made them confident. for weeks they fought to take over a hospital in idlib, and overran it on friday after syrian troops retreated, with the help of air support. the government soldiers returned after losing the stronghold which the president promised to tweet them. it was an alliance funded by arab state and turkey. experts call it propaganda when maps show a strategy to take back lost area. on the ground the situation is different. i.s.i.l. roles areas from raqqa and other areas and palmyra. government forces have been back and hold par