Arbitrary arrests and possible war crimes a damning u. N. Report obtained by aljazeera shows the extent of Human Rights Violations in yemen many committed by the Saudi Led Coalition will this prompt the u. N. Security council into action. Also on the grades we want an apology African Leaders demand u. S. President donald trump take the vulgar comment he reportedly made about their countries and others the controversy has cast a spotlight on how western media portray africa well hear from sudanese cartoonist. And shes become a new symbol of honesty and resists a sixteen year old i had to meet is behind bars for slapping an israeli soldier dozens of her supporters have gathered in the occupied west bank to demand her release and now an irish artist famous for his image of che guevara has added his talent to the cause egyptian rockers cairo key became famous during the revolution these these days though their music has fallen out. Fever at least with the government i misspelled looking at how they and other artists are being silenced connect with us using the hashtag it industry. And the and the it with the news great live on air and streaming online three you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com thank you for joining as we begin with yet another devastating picture of the war in yemen an unreleased u. N. Report parts of which have been seen by al jazeera accuses all major pay is involved of crimes that are causing profound misery for the countrys twenty eight Million People part of the report examines ten as strikes that killed one hundred fifty seven people last year it found on the saudi Led Military Coalition violated rules of war by using disproportionate force the report also highlights what it calls a widespread and systematic pattern of audits syria arrests kidnappings and torture as specially in camps run by the United Arab Emirates the office also accuses iran of violating an International Arms embargo by directly or indirectly supplying myside and drones to the healthy rebels more than ten thousand people have been killed in the conflict the Saudi Led Coalition intervened in support of yemens president. Howdy in twenty fifteen despite a punishing ad campaign the coalition is not in a stalemate with the who the rebels who control vast areas including the capital some now our diplomatic editor james space saw the report and tells us more from the United Nations. This is a report to the u. N. Security council has not been made public its only been given to the fifteen members of the Security Council but ive been allowed to read a copy and its very hard hitting and very critical of all of the parties in the war in yemen it questions whether yemen can continue to be one country it says in the south because of the length of the war in the divisions that have emerged there is the real possibility of secession into a separate south yemen it says in the south of the country people displaying the flag of the old country of south yemen and are not loyal to president had he although theyre formally under his command it says that president heidi has no longer effective command and control of the military and Security Forces in the south of yemen it says one of the reasons that there is this lack of stability in yemen is actually the forces that have been built up by the Saudi Led Coalition it says that there are proxy units that they have drawn up but it says that these units will do more to further the fragility of yemen then they will do to hold the state together it says they pose a threat to peace and stability in yemen it is also very critical of the coalition for civilian casualties in yemen it says that it appears that the Saudi Led Coalition has not been following International Humanitarian law and it says its likely that some of those who are responsible for planning and executing airstrikes fall under the designation of the Security Council as people who should be subject to sanctions again the another damning part of the report is about the u. N. A part of the coalition in the camps there running inside yemen it says that there has been torture in these camps it talks about beatings electrocution constrain suspension the use of what it. Cools the cage which is confinement in a cage in the sunlight and the denial of medical treatment it says working with the government of yemen gives the u. A. E. Plausible deniability so it is a possibility on now given this report by the panel of experts that the Security Council must consider whether there should be sanctions against members of the coalition and also sanctions against iran because the who three sides are also criticized it says that there have been military remnants of military equipment and drones that are of iranian origin and were introduced in yemen after the Security Council adopted an arms embargo well adam baron is a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations he says its unlikely the un report will be followed up by different magic action on yemen these were crime allegations have been going around and been voiced by a number of u. N. Officials for some time dont get me wrong i think this is very important that these things are being documented if not you know perhaps for immediate action for the sake of the future and for it to be recorded in history but i think in a lot of ways unfortunately and particularly with. I would say the lack of u. S. Leadership in the region at this point its really hard to imagine there being sustained diplomatic action on yemen at at this point despite the i would say severity of the allegations that were seeing in this report and the deep severity of the situation in yemen right now. When you look at it its easy for them to for people to kind of deflect and that goes not just for the states that are involved in this conflict with the risking saudi arabia whoever it on. But this is also in terms of internal parties and youve seen i guarantee you that you will have significant reporting on this document by media aligned with all of the key working parties that being said which are going to see is you know when say the who fees and theyre aligned media are talking about this report they leave out all of the stuff criticizing the hoodies and when you see you know. Media aligned with some of the Coalition Member states theyll completely report on the allegations against the who it is and the documented by the these but will leave out other things so i think thats kind of an in issue at this point is there is this climate really of of impunity in the conflict in yemen and when you have all sides really committing these kind of violations. It makes it even harder to really hold anybody to accounts on the unfortunately this just underlines the extent that this conflict continues to be just a horrific tragedy for the yemeni people who while the leaders are largely growing rich off this war continue to suffer the worlds worst humanitarian crisis worth reminding you of the Different Actors in yemens conflicts take a look at this map on aljazeera dot com of the different parties directly or indirectly involved in this four year conflict to supporting the action and how and also for more Background Information on the conflict in yemen how we got to the situation were in today washes excellent documentary yemen the north south divide it looks at how the ongoing war and the chronic humanitarian crisis are deeply rooted in yemen servant history a great film watch it on aljazeera dot com and as always would love to hear from you on this and other stories were covering on the great today you can send in your comments on any of our Online Platforms sweet us at a. 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News grid you can also whatsapp us a number is coming up on your screen its up for five a one triple one four nine all the different ways to get in touch with us on the bottom right of your screen right now moving on to other world news in syrias Government Forces and their russian allies are continuing their attacks on a beseeched suburb of the capital damascus so far violence in eastern guta killed more than thirty people elsewhere in the countrys north the situation is dire for thousands of newly displaced syrians who are trying to escape fighting in italy province the government is battling Opposition Forces there to take over a major abbes it is one of the largest remaining rebel strongholds one hundred twenty thousand people effect to makeshift camps in the past three weeks the area is already sheltering more than a million internally displaced people from other parts of syria it which borders turkey is one of four areas mosques for socalled deescalation zones that are meant to reduce find and is in a deal struck between Turkey Russia and iran now al jazeera simplicio blue is in one of it live scams inside syria. This is rama refugee camp in northwestern and left by the turkish Syrian Border there are five thousand refugees here who came after december fifteenth when the Syrian Regime started its airstrike on civilians and its there in hama most of those people are from his and how much and theyre mainly very poor families you said the kids they are walking even on barefoot they dont have shoes to wear and people need immediate humanitarian assistance we have been talking to the people who have been residing here and the people in charge of the camp theyre telling that the medical equipment they have is not enough the food they have is not enough for those people they need immediate extra medicine they need immediate extra food to feed those people here and there are some other extra camps around this area close to the border people have fled their homes from its their home off to the airstrikes started an online team has put together this in full graphic feature about the impacts that nearly seven years of war in syria has had on children its broken up into sections examining issues like the psychological toll recruitment into on the groups and what life is like in conflict zones you can find that in the interactive section on our website aljazeera dot com outrageous racist and xenophobic african and bastards to the un havent held back as they delivered their response to reports that u. S. President donald trump use vulgar language to describe their countries and others the operas is said to have happened a strong discussed immigration with senators he denies using foul language the African Group of a bus address to the United Nations met in emergency session on twelve. Twenty eighteen to consider the remarks made by the president of the United States. And is extremely appalled at and strongly condemns the outrageous racist and xenophobic remarks attributed to the president of the United States of america as widely reported in the media demands every checks and an apology and the former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Samantha power has shared the statement on twitter saying its never been its never seen a statement i have never seen she said a Statement Like this by african countries directed at the United States so as a shock in reaction reverberates around the world about what the u. S. President is set to said theres a broader story here worth looking at about how the world and particularly the west see the african continent joining us now a sudanese born cartoonist who gave his take on this controversy before we speak to him take a look at what he drew he depicted the u. S. Republican partys emblem the elephant well it doesnt require description from me you can see for yourself whats happening. Is here with us on the news great well show that again for our viewers who are unable to see it but tell us what inspired you why did you decide to depict the republican emblem in this matter. Because the reality of whats happening right now is this all the things that president have said and this is the outcome of the part of the world. Do you think that the reaction weve seen from African Leaders in you know their strong condemnation calling for an apology is that a Strong Enough reaction or are you perhaps xpect more well theres really nothing they can do because the you know its a diplomatic and what this is what they can do but the question is what can the American People do about their president who is going around insulting most of the world this is how he got to power by insulting people i mean you know part of his campaign was you know insulting mexicans and calling them drug dealers and rapists and someone says so this is this is whats expected of the president but the problem is what is the other side of the states going to do right now the African Union i want to come back to what they said he says the Trump Administration miss understands africans but what donald trump allegedly said is not different from what hollywood or western media have shown about africa is it yes no no absolutely not i mean if you watch any film from cartoons disney cartoons to well you know millions of dollars spent in hollywood blockbuster films it says the same thing so its really the you know the the the cartooning of africa and this is how it looks like just you know crashing the service you know of how things look like or how africa supposed to be in a lot of places you go and they think africa is a country you know and its this is this is partly our fault as well i mean we really can blame the west on everything we have to reflect who we are what do we do you know that were fifty five countries nine hundred Million People we have to talk about that the. No the African Media should be as strong as that as well so whose responsibility is it is it african news outlets the African Media that need to depict africa in a better way or should western Media Outlets do a better job perhaps of researching and doing things differently i guess is both definitely both but i mean if you are trying to talk about an issue you should research and make sure that you review this issue in the right way now i want to reach you a comment here by one of our viewers may be flecks on twitter who says im probably african and i believe in pan african is in but sometimes the word used by president is true why do African Leaders go and borrow money from Foreign Countries he says and steal the funds back to their foreign accounts so hes saying basically that African Leaders have a responsibility in the way africa is depicted in africa is represented by these western navies it is definitely a but we really have to think who brought these African Leaders to power who supported these African Leaders to begin with and what made africa into the state that it is today its colonialism and its also the support off the american administrations and the western administration as well so its its not as easy as it looks but its a complex issue but really really simple you know for viewers who are watching us around the world you know we asked people to tell us you know what people often get wrong about africa around the world give give us your take on that what do you think people get wrong about the african continent what do you as an african would want people to know about the continent that is not something negative well its we you know i i grew up in a lot of places being a you know sort of a diplomat so its always the questions the same questions over and over again you know when you say africa they think jungle they think of you know famine they think of you know the same things over and over again but we have diversity we have a lot of you know the languages in itself the cultures the history that we have so its a lot of things that again i think its our fault that we dont show it we dont show it we dont have the power to show africa as we should show it. So where do we start then how do we change things i think we should start definitely with you know the social media social media has made things a lot easier now and theres a lot of connectivity and we as african artists and as africans we should you know do a lot of soul searching as well because for so long we were told that we were less that sometimes we have less confidence and showing who we are and showing our our our heritage our food our costumes our diversity its really its a complex issue but we come from a very complex background as well you know so i think in time and now we have started in a lot of things i mean if you look at nigeria with the with the films to industrial you look at whats going on i mean i come from sudan and sudan theres a Huge Movement right now to talk about the you know the historic. The permits in sudan that we have the most parents in the world incident right now and its might be one of the oldest as well so theres a lot of exploration and theres a lot of theres a lot of you know a lot around africa there is there is that movement and social media has made it a lot easier definitely ok thank you so much its very goo