Hello and a warm welcome to the latest edition of africa here from. Nigeria. And im cheryl minute from Nairobi Kenya today we have again literally a ray of new environmental ideas for you. Today. In kenya where you will meet. A man with a mission. And we show you how farmers in zimbabwe are battling Climate Change with new ways of agriculture. Zimbabwes farmers face a lot of challenges sunday. Soils Climate Change and most recently a new invasive and highly destructive pest on top of that that is the mated three Million People in the country without access to reliable Food Supplies but theres also hope new stress resistance maize varieties and improved agricultural techniques could help the farmers to achieve the use that they need to survive. Looks at his field with disbelief line sure whether the. Now excessive rain has drowned most of his harvest. This predictable weather makes survival tougher with each passing year. We are still finding it difficult to adjust to Climate Change. Fa
Air. And a new spin on a board game to help young South Africans deal with abuse. Russian president Vladimir Putin has denied they killed civilians during airstrikes for the second day. Russias airstrikes mark the biggest middle east offense in decades. In the past 24 hours its hit 12 isil targets, destroying a command center and weapons depots, but opposition groups say theyre the ones being targeted. Saudi arabia has criticized them, demanding that moscow end them. Heres more. Russian jets attacked a town thats not an isil stronghold, mainly in eastern syria. Instead this area is dominated by rebel groups that oppose president bashir assad, a russian ally. Its the second day of russian airstrikes, and theres concern who theyre targeting. Civilian casualties as russian bombs were dropped in homes and provinces. Say the opposition, the raids focused on command and control posts not held by isil. Translator we urge before that the russians are interfering in syria, not to fight isil. Th
By the taliban. Tackling widespread Sexual Violence. We again with certain i cant where russia is conducting a second day of airstrikes. Syrian Government News channels are reporting russianjets have carried out at least 30 air raids targeting rebel positions. Saudi arabia has criticized the russian race and demanding moscow stop them saying they have caused civilian casualties while failing to hit isil targets. The u. S. Is conduct can bombardments against syria has said it will hold talks as soon as possible with the russians to avoid clashing with russias air campaign in syria. We all want syria democratic, united, secular, a syria which is a home for all ethnic and confession al groups whose rights are guaranteed, but we have some differences as for the details on how to get there. We agreed on the imperative of as soon as possible. Perhaps even as soon as tomorrow but as soon as possible having a military to military decon flicktion discussion, meeting, conference, whichevertion d
After time in paris. Im shihab rattanzi. Now fear that lobsters could be next. U. S. President barack obama is urging the American Public to help stop gun violence in the country. His plea for common sense on gun safety follows another mass shooting. A candle lit vigil is being held for the victims after a gunman opened fire in a Community College in roseburg, oregon. Tom ackerman reports. Reporter Police Responded to shots fired by the gunman at a classroom on the campus of umpqua Community College in roseburg. There was an exchange of gun fire. The shooter threat was neutralized. Reporter a witness told a local newspaper that after firing his first shot at a teacher gunman told students to lie down and asked them to state their religion, then he resumed fire indiscriminately. We have confirmation that the shooter is deceased. He is a 20yearold male. Reporter after being searched, students were put on buses and evacuated while police searched for possible booby traps. Investigators we
Winds and rains blow towards manila. Starting with an al jazeera exclusive kenyas Police Squads admitted for the first time to carrying out extrajudicial killings, speaking to the Investigative Unit of al jazeera, the officers discussed the involvement in the kenyan assassination programme, targetting suspected muslim radicals. Reporter this is the body of maclebury, one of 21 suspected radical muslims allegedly shot down by police since 2012. He predicted death when i met him last year. Im the one terrorized. My life is the one in danger al jazeeras Investigative Unit spoke to the police hit men involved in the extrajudicial killings. We verified that they were members of the counterterrorism units, and we agreed to conceal the identities. reporter britain and america provided millions of dollars of counterterrorism training and equipment to kenyas police, and the officers claimed western security agencies know about the killings because they provide some of the intelligence in the re