rival factions have been fighting in the capital mogadishu. and the armed group said it was behind a car bomb that killed at least three people outside of the national prison's authority headquarters. it is feared it could lead to new conflict as catherine sawyer reports. >> the president's address to than -- the nation was stopped, but he accused opposition leaders of politicizing and grab power, and some foreign countries of meddling in somalia's internal affairs. but he also pushed back on the controversial laws to extend his time in office by two years. >> the federal governments of somalia has always believed and still sees dialogue, compromise, negotiation, and returned to the discussion table as the only viable options while honoring this september 17, 2020 agreement and recommendations on the election model. i call upon all of the signatories of the agreement to come together immediately for discussions. >> the september agreement says the country will hold indirect elections, and members of parliament will be chosen who in turn vote i

the unrest is the 2nd bout of violence in mogadishu over 4 maggio's bid to stay in power and many fear the dispute will further divide somalia's armed forces that are drawn from different clans president for module belongs to one of the main clans the deride or the majority of the military in the capital and most opposition leaders belong to the how we there's growing concern there could be a return of clan based violence that followed the overthrow of mohamed bari in 1901 the nation hasn't had a stable central government since then a new internationally backed government was installed in 2012 but his struggle to assert control beyond mogadishu. all right this spring in our guests in mogadishu i'm going to be a member of parliament and former deputy prime minister in toronto with an alley a development and humanitarian expert and co-founder of lead now a somali women's political pressure group and also in mogadishu. housen a security analyst and former director general of somalia's defense ministry a warm welcome to you all i'm going to let me start with you today why did president for

fighting on the streets of mogadishu between supporters and opponents of somalia's president after he extended his term in office. in a way that seen people desperate for medical help india's prime minister admits this 2nd wave of covert 19 has shaken his nation. and goes on the high seas in the gulf of guinea one of the most dangerous places the part. i. say then iraq's prime minister has now suspended the health minister after at least 82 people died in a fire at a baghdad hospital the decision came off the public erupted demanding the prosecution of high level officials the funerals of some of the victims are being held 3 days of national mourning be declared for the fires spread through a ward where covert 900 patients were being treated early reports point to an oxygen tank being the cause of the blast so many a full team has more now from baghdad. well the cabinet led by a prime minister mr me met this afternoon and decided to suspend the health minister as well as the governor of baghdad province this comes on top of previous suspensions of the director and other management of.

yes the soldiers were recalled by their commander who is in mogadishu are they were called from 4th line positions in a place called. in the south we started seeing this troop movements last night and he himself has been meeting with opposition leaders and some other military commanders as well he's given the president an ultimatum of 24 hours to step down so there's a lot of we are right now in mogadishu and the residents there particularly worried because of the involvements now of security forces and the fact that they have taken sides. i am really in. the us see you a new cable pleasure to send medical supplies to india as prime minister in a random o.t. admitted the country has been shaken by a coronavirus storm in the 350000 new infections have been reported in the past 24 hours setting a global record for a 4th straight day all spittles and doctors in the capital new delhi have put out notices saying they are unable to cope with the rush of patients and as a desperate shortage of oxygen and medical supplies and as above brought them reports now from new delhi. accrediting there we

by saying on the streets of mogadishu between supporters and opponents of somalia's president after he extends his term in office. live from the front line we're in eastern ukraine where families speak of their struggles and the cost of a 7 year war. at least 82 people have been killed in an explosion at a covert 19 hospital in baghdad and early reports suggest the blast was caused by a poorly handled oxygen cylinder the incident comes as iraq faces a record number of coded 900 cases with nearly 7000 new infections. registered on saturday some n.f.l. team reports from baghdad. and neighborhood struck by grief after an explosion ripped through a crowded covert 19 ward sod lost his father who had been a patient at the hospital as well as his brother who had stayed by his bedside to care for him. my father was about to recover they even took him off the oxygen and in the hospital burns down i lost 2 of them we couldn't rescue them the explosion and but that's even mass a teapot spittle where around 120 patients were treated for cope with 19 was likely caused by a poorly handled oxygen cyl

just a few hours time i'm in a tree convoy of soldiers opposed to the president has now moved into mogadishu some of the families to the most of the people are in defiance of the government extending term limits the president his term is finished could lead the country into war a peaceful demonstration is under way here now in the military a capture a new position as the country could be taken back into civil war. that is today we've gathered here to show our feelings towards the government extending its term and towards a dictator who wants to use force to stay in power we thank the military forces who helped us demonstrate peacefully. the u.s. france. the us e.u. and the u.k. of all places to send medical supplies to india as promised and under modi admitted the country has been shaken by the coronavirus nearly 350000 new infections have been reported in the past 24 hours setting a global record for a 4th straight day hospitals and doctors in new delhi have put out urgent notices saying they are unable to cope with the number of patients there's a desperate shortage of oxygen and medicine

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now there's been gunfire and explosions in the capital of somalia violent clashes on the streets of mogadishu between supporters of the president and opponents of a proposed extension to his term in office security forces are calling on president mohammed up to life for marjah to step down with a prominent army general having set a deadline for him to vacate his office a military convoy of soldiers opposed to the president as our move into mogadishu those demonstrating say they fear he could lead the country back into civil war some of the families to the most of the people are in defiance of the government extending term limits the president his term is finished could lead the country into war a peaceful demonstration is under way here now and the military capture a new position as the country could be taken back into civil war. today we have gathered here to show our feelings towards the government extending its term and towards a dictator who wants to use force to stay in power we thank the military forces who helped us demonstrate peacefully. well in our other headlines the u.s. and the u

president promises not to extend this term but it does little to calm the standoff on the streets of mogadishu. hello there can't wait to share these details with you finally break is coming for the iberian peninsula it has been plagued with wet weather for several days now this is a picture on thursday at least toward portugal we're getting some nice sunshine in there still some scattered showers hanging around for spain you know it's been particularly cold through the united kingdom we've got this cool pool of air digging in london 12 degrees and that cruel air will make its way down to southern areas of italy rome by the weekend will be into the teens so let me show you the next 3 days in london temperatures running below average but i do think it will stay dry so that is the good news we got a circulation through germany and poland those showers will now push into ukraine bell the reuss and russia but the cool persists of course for london 12 degrees 40 the high on friday where it's not so cool we're getting a wind direction a shift of wind direction for cairo egypt so our temperature will

is we are being told that it's very very tense right now in mogadishu catherine i think it might be worth reminding our viewers how we got to this point remind us the background because it all stems from the fact that parties couldn't reach a consensus on how to actually carry out a vote for a new leader. yes it all stems from this election. somalia was supposed to have a popular vote that did not happen the country was not prepared so it was decided in september in september last year there was an agreement that was made that there should be an in direct election anyway and which means that members elders get to choose parliamentarians who get to vote for a president but there's been a lot of disagreements about the electoral process with some stakeholders saying that the president hasn't started a people who are loyal to him so that it can all go to his favor the president and his allies have also accused some leaders of regional states of being stumbling block something blocks to you know this electoral process so they've been several talks rounds of talks all have failed and now

recalled his troops back to mogadishu the on the front lines so there arrived last night that the ones who are leading this potus today he himself has been meeting with other military commanders and opposition leaders the whole day today and he has given the president 24 hours to rescind his decision for that extension of his term and his government so the situation in mogadishu a very tense indeed last week we also saw another police commander who was in charge of the region which is the biggest metropole is in mogadishu he was fired because he tried to stop parliament from debating that issue of the extension when he was fired he we are told has now retreated to his residential area and we see many troops who are loyal to him again causing a lot of friction and a lot of tension in mogadishu people very worried about the security this appears very much to be a political and security crisis yes we have this ongoing political crisis and no involvement of the security forces there must be a real concern about where this could lead. yes very many people are worried about that because for

or began in the somali capital mogadishu with been reports of gunfire and explosions that follows violent clashes between supporters of the president and those who opposed his plans to extend his term in office security forces want president obama to up to life are modular to step down and he's been given a few more hours to do just that the united nations has sides to reject violence and resume dialogue catherine soy reports. these are images many people in somalia don't want to see a political and security crisis is threatening to destabilize the country once again and now security forces are taking sides the soldiers arrived in the capital mogadishu from frontline positions in here in the south recalled by this sector commander who's opposed to the extension of president life our margins star in office by another 2 yes they went to the streets in protest alongside some city residents. who fought with police forces loyal to president obama just several times. to the most of the people are in defiance of the government extending term limits the president his term is finished could lead t

anti—government militia are occupying key parts of the capital, mogadishu. the british—iranian aid worker nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is being sent back to jail in tehran for 12 months,

watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes violence in the somali capital mogadishu between supporters of the president and those who oppose the extension of his political town. india's coronavirus emergency continues to escalate the u.s. and european countries page life saving support. grief and anger in iraq after a hospital fire that claims dozens of lives the country's health minister is suspended. and coming up a bit later an oscar ceremony for the times scaled back because the pandemic but a list of this is nominees achieves what previous awards haven't. and i'm somehow must not have all the sport pep guardiola and manchester city celebrate the fall straight up title in front of a limited crowd of 8000 fans at wembley stadium. welcome to the news hour we begin the program in the somali capital market issue where there have been reports of gunfire and explosions it follows violent clashes between supporters of the president. and those who oppose his plans to extend his term in office security forces one present 100 up to life for marjoe to step down he has been

elections 100 other locking foreign module had faced a growing unrest on the streets of the capital mogadishu many people have been fleeing the city and residents fear more violence is armed opposition members take up positions and could order the one. the federal government of somalia has always believed in still sees dialogue compromise and negotiation and the return to the discussion table as the only viable options. finally i urge all security agencies to maintain the stability of the capital and the safety of innocent civilians avoiding any actions that may lead to insecurity i also urge the somali people to support the armed forces in this regard catherine so it has more from nairobi. well some people i've spoken to in somalia saying that the president's message we'll deescalate tensions in the country that have been building up for quite a while people were particularly worried about the involvement of security forces that seem to be divided now along political lines on sunday we saw clashes between pro-government and opposition forces which the opposition forces which included soldier

an explosion in somalia's capital mogadishu supporters and opponents of the president finds about the controversial extension of his. grief and anger in iraq by inside a hospital for covert 19 patients that baghdad kills at least 82 people. as a new hospital struggle with a catastrophic surge of coded 19 infections the u.s. europe and countries around the world prepared to send lifesaving aid. is on the high seas in the gulf of guinea one of the most dangerous places for pirate attacks . all the sports pep guardiola manchester city celebrate the 4th straight league cup title in front of a limited crowd of 8000 fans at wembley stadium. we begin in somalia where gunfire and explosions are being heard in the capital mogadishu have been violent confrontations between supporters of the president and those opposed to an extension of his term in office it's happening just hours ahead of a deadline set by a prominent commander of the law to step down those demonstrating against the president say they fear. he could lead the country back into civil war the former didn't go the way they did mos

heavily armed troops loyal to the opposition are occupying key parts of the capital mogadishu. civilians have been fleeing the area. it follows a weekend of violence between security forces and armed opposition loyalists. the violence was triggered by a controversial extension of the president's mandate — granted to him by the lower house of parliament. the bbc�*s aisha afriah explains. mogadishu is relatively calm. but the effects of last night's heavy fighting are still evident. businesses on the main roads have reopened — although tension remains high in most parts of the city. gunfire on sunday night, government and opposition forces clashed along the kilometre four junction. gunfire and sounds of heavy weapons continued into the evening, disrupting the evening meal to break the fasts. translation: this is | the month of ramadan. it's the month of repentance and seeking god's forgiveness. therefore, standing for prayer and shedding blood at the same time don't go together. some of the city's schools and universities have also dismissed their students due to safety rea

supporters of somalia's president and those who oppose him have been fighting in the capital mogadishu this comes after mohammad of law he from maggio signed a bill to extend his time in office by now the 2 yes catherine so is following the story from nairobi. we're told it's relatively quiet now in mogadishu but still a very very tense indeed within hearing about this plot as that was led by these forces who are opposed to the extension of president for majesty by 2 yes' people otherwise about the security situation especially now with what appears to be the involvement all the military taking sides rebels in northern chad say they're ready to observe it. discuss a political settlement across from libya on april 11th calling for an end to president idriss deby is rule that he was killed fighting on the front line it's been another night of violence near the al aksa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem israeli security forces fired stun grenades and water cannon at palestinian protesters to angry at restrictions on gatherings during ramadan. india is reporting a record number of

supporters of somalia's president and those opposed to an extension of his term in office of fighting in mogadishu it's happening ahead of a deadline for mohamed a delight he from object to step down catherine soy has the latest. there has been more than short hard in an area called kilometer for around the home of a presidential candidates called abdulrahman who are. we gun shorts in an area called. president another presidential candidate shaikh mohammad would say that he's home was attacked and blamed the president and these clashes basically have been between police forces and soldiers who are opposed to the extension of the presidential town by another 2 years rebels in northern charge say they're ready to observe a cease fire and discuss the political settlement they crossed from libya on april 11th calling for an end to president rule that he was killed fighting on the frontline. a day after u.s. president joe biden for me recognized the mass killing of armenians during the oshman empire a genocide i mean his prime minister has resigned the movie will set the stage for elections on gene the

the country once again and now security forces are taking sides the soldiers arrived in the capital mogadishu from frontline positions in here in the south recalled by the sector commander who is opposed to the extension of president mohamed up to light farm i just stopped in off a span of the 2 yes they went to the streets in protest alongside some city residents. they fought with police forces loyal to president but my just several times. to the most of the people are in defiance of the government extending term limits the president his term is finished could lead the country into war a peaceful demonstration is under way here now in the military a capturing new position as the country could be taken back into civil war. last week a police commander who was fired for trying to stop parliament from debating the presidential time limits retreated to his home in a residential area of mogadishu with forces loyal to him honestly say the security crisis is likely to embolden al shabaab fighters to take control of areas that might be abandoned by military forces and step up their talks this is act

. >> mogadishu is calm, but the effects of left night -- last night are still in evidence. businesses have reopened, but tensions remain high. on sunday night, government and opposition forces clashed. gunfire continued into the evening. >> it's the month of ramadan, the month of repentance and seeking god's forgiveness. these don't go together. >> some of the city schools and universities have also dismissed students for safety reasons. >> this morning, students will not go to school because of this. i appeal to the government to compromise and stop this cruel violence. >> parliament called on the warring parties to stop disrupting security in the city during the holy month of ramadan. >> i would like to tell the somali public that i am sorry for the crisis in mogadishu, which destabilized peace in the city during this holy month of ramadan. i encoura everybody to work toward peace. >> despite the calm, forces loyal to the opposition in somalia occupy key parts of the country. they are in close proximity to the presidential palace. the international community has called on

gunfire explosions continued to shake somalia's capital mogadishu overnight that in violent confrontations between supporters of the president of those opposed to an extension of his term in office parliament recently voted to extend mohamed up the law for modulus term and talks to organize a new election of stalled the us has urged both sides to reject violence and resume dialogue let's bring it out a serious catherine soy is following those developments from the kenya's capital nairobi so catherine bring us up to speed on what's happened overnight and what the situation is that this morning. well the situation this morning adrian is calm but still very very tense this is after this fighting overnight and even during the day between our police forces loyal to president for majo and propositions soldiers who left frontline positions in his belly in the south came to the capital mogadishu also posed to the extension of our president for maja's time in office by another 2 years so we're being told now that the opposing our forces have held their positions but we've not heard of any active en

signaled that he does not support a proposed extension of the presidential term when in the capital mogadishu thousands of people are calling for elections many are fleeing as unrest grows against the government mogadishu residents fear more violence as armed opposition fighters take up positions around the city have been violent confrontations in the past couple of nights after parliament voted to extend the president's term in office those are the top stories out of their world is up next i'll be back with more news for you after that i've got an interview with catch up with our website after dot com i found out. there are stories about the arab immigration in many countries in the world people leave their homelands for many reasons some of conflict and prosecution others follow educational opportunities while others seek a different life in another country. dr hassan sure carries a story is about a small palestinian boy rescued from danger who later became a rescuer himself a doctor and a humanitarian he's now a leading international figure in the red cross and red crescent. on the work fo

now there have been more gunfire and explosions in the somali capital mogadishu for nights supporters of president mohammed of to iraqi are martial arts fighting against those who are a pool still extension of his term in office parliament recently voted to extend for marshall's term and talks to organize a new election have stalled well the un serves both sides to reject violence and has human dialogue with the scots this in a bit more detail with mohammed at though he joins us here in doha mohamed why is there why has there been such a violent reaction to the president's decision to extend his term in office. well what we're seeing there's been a slow one turns build up to what we're witnessing in the capital mogadishu for a very long time the people of somalia have been struggling to piece their country together and try to establish some sort of central authority that governs the country this after almost 3 decades of conflict and the hope the holding of elections every 4 years seems to have given somalis the guarantee they needed to come together and feel as a nation once again so

hold elections mohamed abdullahi from majia had faced a growing rest on the streets of the capital mogadishu many people have been fleeing the city and residents fame or violence as armed opposition members take a positions. and could order the hunt for $400.00 the federal government of somalia has always believed in still sees dialogue compromise and negotiation and the return to the discussion table as the only viable options among finally i urge all security agencies to maintain the stability of the capital and the safety of innocent civilians avoiding any actions that may lead to insecurity i also urge the somali people to support the armed forces in this regard. catherine so it has more from nairobi. well some people i've spoken to in somalia saying that the president's message we'll deescalate tensions in the country that have been building up for quite a while people were particularly worried about the involvement of security forces that seem to be divided now along political lines on sunday we saw clashes between pro-government and opposition forces which the opposition forces which

. >> somali opposition fighters have taken a position in parts of mogadishu, a day after clashes with government troops over the president bid to extend his mandate. witnesses have seen armed men and vehicles with machine guns on monday. key roads were blocked. somalia is facing its wrorst political crisis after a failure to hold elections in fabric. on sunday heavy gunfire was turned into the night after fighting broke out between government forces and the opposition leaders. we are following developments from nairobi. >> we're being told now the opposing forces have held their positions but we have not had any active engagement this money. there appears to be shuttle diplomacy going on. nobody wants an outright war. so diplomats are trying to get opposing sides to the talking table, saying they must negotiate, they must de-escalate the tensions. we have seen statements from international partners like the u.k., the e.u., the u.n. calling for clalm, saying, whoever tries to keep somalia over the edge will be held responsible. we have also had a televised statement from the security m

a car bombs exploded in somalia's capital it happened on the western side of mogadishu one person was killed and another 4 were wounded the target was the headquarters of the national prisons authority and somalia's president has agreed not to extend his term and is promising to hold elections there's been growing unrest in the capital people have been fleeing mogadishu and residents fear more violence south africa's president cyril ramaphosa is appealing in a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor zonder commission is investigating the so-called state capture scandal during jacob zuma as a 9 year tenure zuma faces allegations of allowing a business family close to him to secure government contracts and influence policy the former president has refused to testify and those are the headlines the news is going to continue here on al-jazeera in about 30 minutes time after the string good buy. president joe biden into the white house spacing multiple crises including the. divided america 3 months on has he managed to follow through on campaign promises to fix the country stayed with

and is promising to hold elections has been growing unrest in the capital people have been fleeing mogadishu and residents fear more violence south africa's president cyril ramaphosa has appeared on corruption inquiry involving his predecessor the commission is investigating the so-called state capture scandal joining jacob zuma as 9 year tenure zuma faces allegations of allowing a business family close to him to secure government contracts and influence policy the former president has refused to testify those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera it's a rise by. how concerned should we be about raising some new crisis or is this entirely down to the pandemic we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in a prime minister designate a. school fixing a war torn economy counting the cost on al-jazeera. for to be pretty straightforward as it grows we digest excrete and any new bodies don't use go back into the soil and so the cycle begins all over again simple so why then is all global food system so topsy turvy it emits greenhouse gases and fue

minister yesterday who said that government forces are fighting a militia who have been brought to mogadishu by some opposition some opposition leaders to cause calles he says that the government is containing the situation but people in the city are very wary indeed especially now that they're seeing that the security forces are involved and appear to have been to be taking sides so to come in this half hour families in indonesia pay tribute to the $53.00 sailors found dead in a sunken navy submarine. i'm 6 years out of the zeke a virus outbreak our families affected. but. we've got some pleasant spring wall into the eastern side of the u.s. east policy of canada as well over the next couple of days something of a contrast in the temperatures suddenly way in the scumming in the cross the plains pushing up towards the lakes as we go through the next behind this this warm front so that's pulling out of the gulf of mexico but much cooler air tucking in behind temperatures hit generally around the the mid to high teens but we're getting up into the twenty's well into the twenty's across the pla

university welcome to you all if i could start with zachary here in mogadishu 2nd here is this move by the president to extend his mandate is it legitimate. i think you misread the. whole situation there is no president to explain really only to you it. it is the balance by the way we don't have a lot of. the law how have we have how many people decision the right by the way we don't know can i finish please by the way we don't. have a lower house because people's house the parliament decided to and it still means that the country has experienced it for the last 8 months because of the. bickering between a speedboat. from the region and some central government 'd that could not decide the fate of the country to go to what they call by the election i don't call elections a selection tribal a bunch of tribal elected. members of parliament and this is the only system in the . 198 countries that. did in these 2 shootings based on tribal. rival selection so we want to get past this. type of election selection and go to the polls for the democratic system of giving people the power back to s

faced growing unrest on the streets of the capital mogadishu catherine sawyer reports. president mohammad up to life as address to the nation was tough but the same time provided and offered to unlock the political statement he accused the opposition leaders of politicizing the security forces trying to cause. and grab power and some foreign countries of meddling in somalia in tunnel affairs but he also pedaled back on the controversial law passed by the lower house of parliament to extend his term in office by 2 yes' and have the electoral commission organize a popular vote within that time. to go to the federal government of somalia has always believed and still says there look compromise and negotiation on their return to the discussion of the only way options on marrying the september 17th 2020 agreement on that accommodations or the right door technical committee. you know trees of this of $29.00 re meant to come together you made a tree for i did discussions on the unconditional implementation of the above mentioned agreement. the september greenman says the count

clashes between government and pro opposition government forces including some soldiers who came to mogadishu from the front lines and have been taking up positions in some neighborhoods on tuesday we saw people fleeing from their homes fearing an all out conflict between security forces if the issue is not resolved as quickly as possible so in his statement the president said that he made this decision to rescind the extension of his time in office because of the stability and peace of the country he blamed some opposition politicians of politicizing the security forces to cause instability and grab power so you asked about the reaction it's going to be interesting really to see especially how opposition politicians are particularly the presidential candidates going to react to them because some of them have been calling on the president to step down because his time in office expired in february right and so what happens next given the level of distrust between the sides. well the president in his statement said that he's never been. to organizing an election using only you know agreement t

signaled that he does not support a proposed extension of the presidential term one of the capital mogadishu thousands of people are calling for elections many are fleeing as unrest grows against the government mogadishu residents fear more violence as armed opposition fighters take up positions around the city have been violent confrontations for the past couple of nights after parliament voted to extend the president's term in office. as the new leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians report lists crimes including restriction of movement and seizure of land israel's foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless. there's a top stories do stay with us there are the stream is coming up next on why filipino nurses in the u.s. a been hit so hard by coated 95 now. i have family ok today on the stream philippe now nurses on the front lines of code wait we find out why one group of nurses have died from the coronavirus in greater numbers than their cowork

in other news felice in somalia's capital mogadishu say 5 people including an attacker have been killed in a bombing on a tea shop no groups claimed responsibility this follows separate attacks early on saturday on 2 military bases outside of mogadishu the military says they successfully pushed back al-shabaab killing 76 fight is. the coronavirus fund demick 9 the number of call 1000 infections in latin america has passed 25000000 brazil is the hardest hit country in the region with the world's 2nd highest number of cases behind the us a widespread spike in infections has prompted both chile and believe year to close their borders ecuador and peru have also imposed new measures over the easter holidays to limit travel and public gatherings let's go live to alison that i'm kitty who is in colombia forus he's monitoring developments in south america so it seems that more and more countries are closing their borders in south america. brazil the epicenter of the pandemic really there just how dire is the situation in brazil. well follies hospitals across brazil literally been crippled by th

this is a neighborhood in mogadishu where people are leaving their homes trouble started on sunday when pro-government and opposition security forces clashed during protests against the extension of president mohammad apply for my just amin office by another 2 yeahs had expired in february but talks to hold a new election have failed. so mali's who are getting out say they're wary and want these problems too and. we are feeling because of the war we are leaving behind our houses have not slept for 2 days because of the clashes to stop fighting so we can return home opposition forces including some soldiers who left frontline positions in house in the south of the country have taken control of several neighborhoods erecting barricades stones and mounds of soil as well as digging trenches the government says it's fighting armed groups brought to the city by opposition political leaders to cause chaos. and dices may hide among their force we have information that armed men are going into people's also used to harass them who do not want to use force and cause confrontation the government w

in somalia gunfire and explosions of shaken the capital mogadishu there have been violent confrontations between supporters of the president and those who oppose plans to extend his time in office bottom and recently voted to extend mohamad. and talks to organize a new election of stalled well in lawrence is professor of political science at the american university he's also a former u.s. diplomat and regional security officer in west africa he says somalia is in desperate need of international mediation. camp for some of its 1st one may have won elections since 1980 and it was negotiations were down over a number of issues mostly just about the conduct of the elections the president was accused of stature and is back we go like election borenstein and other issues and there's also the. power distribution she's between the provinces and the president to the fight made provinces so all of this broke down and that led to an exploration both parliaments and the presidents man the february in this new law passed by the lower house of parliament called the people's parliament on it for 14 and

police in somalia's capital mogadishu say a suicide attack on a busy cafe has killed at least 6 people including the bomber no group has claimed responsibility it follows separate attacks early on saturday on 2 military bases outside of mogadishu. 5 indian security forces have died in a raid on a maoist rebel hideout in eastern justice got a state or that maoists fighter was killed and 12 others injured. for the government for more than 4 decades demanding land jobs and jobs before. taiwan's minister of transport says he won't avoid responsibility for the rail crash that killed 51 people families of the victims they're angry that no one has apologised for the accident the transport ministry adriel company are facing questions over safety protocols the train crashed into a truck that had rolled onto the track from a construction site. those are the headlines about with more news and hoff about to stay with us. it's a wondrous ecosystem but human activity is the escalating climate change and posing an existential threat you don't get a resort but on top of that. in the lead up to us to a

gunfire in somalia's capital mogadishu supporters and opponents of the president finds about the controversial extension of his term. overwhelmed crime and tore him burial grounds and hospitals the coronavirus crisis in india keeps getting worse the u.s. and the e.u. are sending help. indonesia says all 53 crew members on board a submarine. are dead. at least 82 people have been killed in an explosion at a cave in 1000 hospital in baghdad early reports suggest the blast was caused by a poorly handled oxygen cylinder the incident comes as iraq faces a record number of codes in 1000 cases with nearly set. 1000 new infections registered on saturday some out of all teen reports now from baghdad. a neighborhood struck by grief after an explosion ripped through a crowded covert 19 ward lost his father who had been a patient at the hospital as well as his brother who had stayed by his bedside to care for him. my father was about to recover they even took him off the oxygen and in the hospital burns down i lost 2 of them we couldn't rescue them the explosion and but that's even possible where around a

will pull britain al-jazeera london somali opposition fighters have taken up positions in parts of mogadishu a day after clashes with government troops over the president's bid to extend his mandate witnesses have reportedly seen armed men and vehicles mounted with machine guns on monday a key roads in the capital were blocked somalia is facing its worst political crisis in recent years after the failure to hold planned elections in february on sunday heavy gunfire was heard well into the night after fighting broke out between government forces and the allies of various opposition leaders catherine soy is following the developments in the kenyan capital nairobi. we're being told now that the opposing forces have held their positions but we've not had of any our active engagement this morning there appears to be a lot of shuttle diplomacy going on nobody skin for an outright war so polish diplomats are trying to get politicians and their posing sides to the talking table saying that they must negotiate the mast deescalate the tensions we've seen statements from international partners like the

police in somalia's capital mogadishu say at least 6 people including the attacker have been killed in a bombing on a tea shop it follows separate attacks early on saturday on 2 military bases outside mogadishu the military says it successfully pushed back killing 76 fight is the head of the roman catholic church has his followers not to lose hope during the kohen of virus pandemic pope francis delivered the message during a scaled back east of age of 70 in st peter's basilica. have come into place across parts of europe to combat surging kovi 1000 numbers france will shut schools and nonessential shops for 4 weeks while it's early is locking down for the easter holiday the number of current virus infections in latin america has passed 25000000 brazil remains the region's hardest hit country while a spike in new infections in bolivia and chile has prompted both countries to close their borders prosecutors in taiwan are seeking an arrest warrant for a construction site manager who calls the train today a raid on friday 51 people died but officials say that number could rise as crews con

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